CSS Contract Job Trends in England

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 129 102
Rank change year-on-year -143 -27 -11
Contract jobs citing CSS 395 592 824
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 2.19% 2.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.63% 9.84% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 406 594
10th Percentile £324 £289 £308
25th Percentile £405 £358 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £583 £539 £589
90th Percentile £648 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £450 £458 £490
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.63% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 42 25
10th Percentile £17.12 £31.00 £37.63
25th Percentile £19.14 £33.91 £46.18
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +14.29%
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.73 -
90th Percentile £65.60 £66.95 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +5.49%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

CSS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,525 6,019 7,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.02% 22.27% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,625 4,136 5,523
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £778 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 135 264
10th Percentile £30.30 £30.95 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £48.13 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.48 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CSS job vacancy trend in England

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSS

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CSS

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the England region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London -96 227 £475 - 113
South East -76 53 £475 - 95
North of England -108 41 £492 +28.13% 77
South West -53 23 £413 +10.00% 45
North West -66 23 £394 +3.08% 43
Midlands -87 22 £463 +23.33% 49
East of England -33 19 £575 +27.78% 41
Yorkshire -44 18 £575 +35.29% 23
West Midlands -78 14 £475 +11.76% 16
East Midlands -33 8 £425 +17.24% 33
CSS
UK

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 39 (9.87%) CMS
2 20 (5.06%) Confluence
3 17 (4.30%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (2.03%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.27%) Kentico
7 5 (1.27%) WordPress
8 4 (1.01%) IIS
8 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.76%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.76%) nginx
9 3 (0.76%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.51%) Apache
10 2 (0.51%) Drupal
11 1 (0.25%) Liferay
11 1 (0.25%) Moodle
11 1 (0.25%) Mule
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.27%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.01%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.01%) Sketch
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.01%) Shopify
2 2 (0.51%) Magento
3 1 (0.25%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.25%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.06%) Azure
2 79 (20.00%) AWS
3 38 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (7.85%) Power Platform
5 30 (7.59%) Figma
6 26 (6.58%) GitHub
7 23 (5.82%) Serverless
8 22 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (5.32%) GCP
10 18 (4.56%) Power Automate
10 18 (4.56%) PowerApps
11 12 (3.04%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.78%) SaaS
13 7 (1.77%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (1.77%) Azure Functions
13 7 (1.77%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.52%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.03%) HTTP
2 6 (1.52%) Network Security
3 5 (1.27%) BGP
3 5 (1.27%) DNS
3 5 (1.27%) Intranet
3 5 (1.27%) Reverse Proxy
3 5 (1.27%) SSL
4 4 (1.01%) Firewall
5 3 (0.76%) VPN
6 2 (0.51%) RTMP
7 1 (0.25%) DHCP
7 1 (0.25%) Internet
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) OSPF
7 1 (0.25%) SMS
7 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.25%) VLAN
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (15.95%) SQL Server
2 37 (9.37%) MySQL
3 35 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (8.10%) NoSQL
5 30 (7.59%) Relational Database
6 15 (3.80%) MongoDB
7 12 (3.04%) Power BI
8 9 (2.28%) Apache Cassandra
9 8 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.03%) Big Data
9 8 (2.03%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.77%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.77%) Tableau
11 6 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.52%) Couchbase
11 6 (1.52%) Redis
12 5 (1.27%) Metadata
12 5 (1.27%) Presto
13 4 (1.01%) Apache Hudi
Development Applications
1 76 (19.24%) Git
2 35 (8.86%) JIRA
3 31 (7.85%) Jenkins
4 20 (5.06%) Cypress.io
5 16 (4.05%) GitLab
6 15 (3.80%) JUnit
7 13 (3.29%) Vite
8 11 (2.78%) Storybook
9 10 (2.53%) Maven
10 8 (2.03%) Browser DevTools
10 8 (2.03%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.03%) MSTest
10 8 (2.03%) webpack
11 7 (1.77%) Mockito
11 7 (1.77%) MSI
12 6 (1.52%) Mocha
12 6 (1.52%) Postman
12 6 (1.52%) tSQLt
13 5 (1.27%) Jasmine
13 5 (1.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 62 (15.70%) Finance
3 47 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (11.90%) Banking
4 45 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 28 (7.09%) Marketing
6 15 (3.80%) Retail
7 14 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (3.29%) Investment Banking
9 12 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.28%) Front Office
11 6 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.01%) Legal
12 4 (1.01%) Local Government
12 4 (1.01%) Publishing
13 3 (0.76%) Games
13 3 (0.76%) Military
14 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.51%) Law
14 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 222 (56.20%) Developer
2 53 (13.42%) Senior
3 48 (12.15%) Full-Stack Developer
4 33 (8.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 33 (8.35%) React Developer
5 32 (8.10%) Senior Developer
6 29 (7.34%) Java Developer
7 21 (5.32%) Architect
7 21 (5.32%) Software Engineer
8 17 (4.30%) Designer
9 16 (4.05%) Angular Developer
9 16 (4.05%) Consultant
10 14 (3.54%) Lead
10 14 (3.54%) Web Developer
11 12 (3.04%) Software Developer
12 11 (2.78%) .NET Developer
12 11 (2.78%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 10 (2.53%) Senior Java Developer
13 10 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.53%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (84.30%) HTML
2 172 (43.54%) React
3 112 (28.35%) REST
4 93 (23.54%) AngularJS
5 87 (22.03%) HTML5
6 85 (21.52%) .NET
7 84 (21.27%) RESTful
8 71 (17.97%) CSS3
9 51 (12.91%) Redux
10 50 (12.66%) Node.js
11 44 (11.14%) Spring
12 40 (10.13%) Spring Boot
13 36 (9.11%) Jest
14 35 (8.86%) .NET Framework
15 33 (8.35%) ASP.NET
16 32 (8.10%) jQuery
17 29 (7.34%) OAuth
18 27 (6.84%) .NET Core
18 27 (6.84%) Vue
19 26 (6.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.63%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 19 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (4.30%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.28%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (2.28%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.03%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.27%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.27%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.01%) Graphic Design
11 4 (1.01%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.76%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.76%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.57%) Windows
2 16 (4.05%) Unix
3 15 (3.80%) Linux
4 5 (1.27%) Android
5 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Tizen
7 1 (0.25%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (48.10%) Agile
2 140 (35.44%) CI/CD
3 99 (25.06%) User Experience
4 97 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
5 96 (24.30%) DevOps
6 90 (22.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 84 (21.27%) Microservices
8 73 (18.48%) Front End Development
9 70 (17.72%) Test Automation
10 62 (15.70%) Scrum
11 49 (12.41%) AI
11 49 (12.41%) UX Design
12 48 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (11.90%) Code Quality
14 46 (11.65%) Software Engineering
15 43 (10.89%) MVC
16 41 (10.38%) Design Patterns
17 40 (10.13%) Performance Optimisation
18 38 (9.62%) Web Development
19 37 (9.37%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 290 (73.42%) JavaScript
2 124 (31.39%) SQL
3 116 (29.37%) TypeScript
4 84 (21.27%) Java
5 74 (18.73%) Python
6 73 (18.48%) C#
7 17 (4.30%) PL/SQL
8 16 (4.05%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.77%) Bicep
9 7 (1.77%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.52%) Ruby
10 6 (1.52%) Scala
10 6 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.27%) PHP
12 3 (0.76%) Perl
12 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.51%) Bash
14 1 (0.25%) F#
14 1 (0.25%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 62 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.38%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.33%) Degree
4 13 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
5 3 (0.76%) PMP
6 2 (0.51%) CCNP
6 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.25%) CCA
7 1 (0.25%) CCNA
7 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (20.51%) Accessibility
2 56 (14.18%) QA
3 47 (11.90%) WCAG
4 10 (2.53%) GDPR
5 7 (1.77%) NCSC
6 6 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.01%) SLA
8 3 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) GRC
10 1 (0.25%) WAI
10 1 (0.25%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 61 (15.44%) Docker
2 3 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 39 (9.87%) Kubernetes
2 27 (6.84%) Terraform
3 15 (3.80%) Grafana
4 7 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (1.52%) Kibana
6 4 (1.01%) Argo
7 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 50 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.38%) Oracle
3 30 (7.59%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.08%) Adobe
5 13 (3.29%) Google
6 11 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.28%) Braze
7 9 (2.28%) Sitecore
8 8 (2.03%) OutSystems
8 8 (2.03%) Splunk
9 6 (1.52%) SAP
9 6 (1.52%) Workday
10 4 (1.01%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.76%) ESRI
11 3 (0.76%) Marketo
11 3 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.76%) Qualtrics
11 3 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.76%) Sybase
12 2 (0.51%) MuleSoft
375 CSS jobs in England