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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 137 97
Rank change year-on-year -133 -40 +6
Contract jobs citing CSS 428 562 779
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 2.04% 2.35%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.37% 8.21% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 380 543
10th Percentile £351 £268 £263
25th Percentile £406 £356 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £427 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.31% -14.65% -
75th Percentile £588 £525 £600
90th Percentile £638 £671 £700
UK median daily rate £465 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 40 14
10th Percentile £17.12 £33.00 £56.61
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.91 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +38.37%
75th Percentile £51.25 £53.50 -
90th Percentile £66.53 £66.55 -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +51.58%

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 9,788 6,843 8,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.38% 24.84% 24.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,447 4,702 5,580
10th Percentile £375 £355 £363
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 164 185
10th Percentile £29.35 £31.25 £27.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £42.27 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £54.35 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.71% -13.04% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.72 £75.00 £74.48
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.83%

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

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in England

CSS
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

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 28 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in England

CSS
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 28 August 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 -95 247 £480 +2.13% 367
North of England -87 56 £500 +30.21% 114
South East -84 45 £475 +16.14% 108
South West -23 34 £413 +10.00% 54
Yorkshire -38 33 £575 +30.68% 32
Midlands -79 24 £438 +16.67% 82
North West -72 20 £478 +27.47% 63
West Midlands -67 17 £450 +5.88% 32
East of England -19 15 £425 -10.53% 49
East Midlands -34 7 £425 +17.08% 50
North East -40 3 £375 -21.88% 21
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 37 (8.64%) CMS
2 32 (7.48%) Confluence
3 20 (4.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 19 (4.44%) SharePoint
5 12 (2.80%) WordPress
6 7 (1.64%) Camunda
7 6 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.40%) Apache Spark
8 5 (1.17%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.93%) Kentico
9 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.93%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.70%) IIS
11 2 (0.47%) Apache
11 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.47%) nginx
11 2 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.47%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.23%) Liferay
Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Sketch
2 3 (0.70%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.70%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.23%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 6 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.40%) Shopify
2 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Postilion
3 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 102 (23.83%) Azure
2 94 (21.96%) AWS
3 36 (8.41%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (7.94%) Power Platform
5 33 (7.71%) GitHub
6 32 (7.48%) Serverless
7 31 (7.24%) Figma
8 29 (6.78%) GCP
9 21 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (4.67%) Power Automate
11 19 (4.44%) PowerApps
12 14 (3.27%) GitHub Copilot
13 13 (3.04%) OpenShift
14 12 (2.80%) Adobe Analytics
15 11 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (2.34%) Google Analytics
16 10 (2.34%) SaaS
17 8 (1.87%) OneDrive
18 7 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.21%) HTTP
2 9 (2.10%) DNS
3 5 (1.17%) 5G
3 5 (1.17%) SSH
3 5 (1.17%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.93%) 4G
4 4 (0.93%) BGP
4 4 (0.93%) Firewall
4 4 (0.93%) Intranet
4 4 (0.93%) Network Security
4 4 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.93%) SSL
4 4 (0.93%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) Skype
6 1 (0.23%) ATM
6 1 (0.23%) MQTT
6 1 (0.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 56 (13.08%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (10.98%) MySQL
4 36 (8.41%) Relational Database
5 31 (7.24%) NoSQL
6 25 (5.84%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.21%) Redis
8 14 (3.27%) Power BI
9 11 (2.57%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (2.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.87%) Tableau
12 7 (1.64%) Apache Cassandra
12 7 (1.64%) Couchbase
13 6 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.40%) Big Data
13 6 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (1.17%) Presto
15 4 (0.93%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 120 (28.04%) Git
2 49 (11.45%) Jenkins
3 43 (10.05%) JIRA
4 28 (6.54%) GitLab
5 27 (6.31%) Cypress.io
6 21 (4.91%) JUnit
7 20 (4.67%) Maven
8 15 (3.50%) SonarQube
8 15 (3.50%) Storybook
9 13 (3.04%) Gradle
10 11 (2.57%) Mockito
10 11 (2.57%) MSI
10 11 (2.57%) Vite
11 9 (2.10%) REST Assured
11 9 (2.10%) Selenium
12 8 (1.87%) Browser DevTools
13 7 (1.64%) Bitbucket Server
13 7 (1.64%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (1.17%) Bitbucket
General
1 129 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 66 (15.42%) Public Sector
3 55 (12.85%) Finance
4 46 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.35%) Banking
6 39 (9.11%) Marketing
7 20 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.50%) Publishing
9 12 (2.80%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.57%) Retail
11 7 (1.64%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.17%) Games
13 4 (0.93%) Front Office
13 4 (0.93%) Legal
13 4 (0.93%) Local Government
14 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 248 (57.94%) Developer
2 57 (13.32%) Full-Stack Developer
3 52 (12.15%) Senior
4 48 (11.21%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 36 (8.41%) React Developer
6 34 (7.94%) Senior Developer
7 32 (7.48%) Java Developer
8 28 (6.54%) Lead
9 25 (5.84%) Python Developer
10 19 (4.44%) Designer
11 18 (4.21%) Software Engineer
12 17 (3.97%) Consultant
12 17 (3.97%) Web Developer
13 16 (3.74%) Angular Developer
14 15 (3.50%) Lead Developer
15 14 (3.27%) Architect
16 13 (3.04%) Technical Leader
17 12 (2.80%) Full-Stack Python Developer
18 10 (2.34%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
18 10 (2.34%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 381 (89.02%) HTML
2 183 (42.76%) React
3 129 (30.14%) REST
4 103 (24.07%) HTML5
5 95 (22.20%) RESTful
6 90 (21.03%) CSS3
7 79 (18.46%) AngularJS
8 71 (16.59%) .NET
9 54 (12.62%) Node.js
10 48 (11.21%) Spring Boot
11 46 (10.75%) Redux
12 44 (10.28%) OAuth
12 44 (10.28%) Spring
13 37 (8.64%) Terraform
14 35 (8.18%) Jest
15 34 (7.94%) Vue
16 33 (7.71%) Kafka
17 30 (7.01%) Next.js
18 29 (6.78%) .NET Framework
19 28 (6.54%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.64%) Product Ownership
2 32 (7.48%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.37%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (3.74%) Data Structures
6 15 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.10%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.17%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.17%) NHS
11 5 (1.17%) Replication
12 4 (0.93%) CMDB
12 4 (0.93%) Equities
12 4 (0.93%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.93%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.91%) Linux
2 20 (4.67%) Windows
3 17 (3.97%) Unix
4 4 (0.93%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Tizen
5 1 (0.23%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (52.10%) Agile
2 178 (41.59%) CI/CD
3 108 (25.23%) DevOps
4 107 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 106 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
6 102 (23.83%) User Experience
7 99 (23.13%) Microservices
8 94 (21.96%) Front End Development
8 94 (21.96%) Test Automation
9 67 (15.65%) Scrum
10 60 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 56 (13.08%) UX Design
12 53 (12.38%) Code Quality
13 52 (12.15%) AI
14 50 (11.68%) Analytics
15 48 (11.21%) Software Engineering
16 46 (10.75%) Containerisation
17 44 (10.28%) Computer Science
18 43 (10.05%) Performance Optimisation
19 42 (9.81%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 334 (78.04%) JavaScript
2 149 (34.81%) SQL
3 120 (28.04%) TypeScript
4 89 (20.79%) Python
5 79 (18.46%) Java
6 59 (13.79%) C#
7 16 (3.74%) PL/SQL
8 14 (3.27%) PHP
9 12 (2.80%) Bicep
9 12 (2.80%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.57%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.10%) Bash
12 6 (1.40%) Scala
13 5 (1.17%) Ruby
14 3 (0.70%) Perl
14 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.23%) CFML
16 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 85 (19.86%) Security Cleared
2 64 (14.95%) SC Cleared
3 48 (11.21%) Degree
4 37 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.23%) CCA
9 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (22.90%) Accessibility
2 67 (15.65%) QA
3 60 (14.02%) WCAG
4 11 (2.57%) NCSC
5 9 (2.10%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.40%) GDPR
7 5 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.47%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) HL7
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.23%) SLA
9 1 (0.23%) WAI
9 1 (0.23%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 88 (20.56%) Docker
2 2 (0.47%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 50 (11.68%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.84%) Grafana
3 10 (2.34%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.64%) Kibana
4 7 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.64%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.93%) Argo
6 1 (0.23%) Ansible
Vendors
1 59 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.11%) Oracle
3 35 (8.18%) Adobe
4 31 (7.24%) ServiceNow
5 21 (4.91%) Google
6 14 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.34%) Splunk
8 9 (2.10%) IBM
9 8 (1.87%) Optimizely
9 8 (1.87%) OutSystems
10 7 (1.64%) Braze
10 7 (1.64%) Veracode
11 6 (1.40%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.93%) Amplitude
13 4 (0.93%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.93%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.93%) Tealium
13 4 (0.93%) Workday
14 3 (0.70%) Databricks