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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 124 100
Rank change year-on-year -133 -24 -8
Contract jobs citing CSS 411 564 809
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 2.26% 2.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.98% 10.02% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 380 580
10th Percentile £313 £313 £312
25th Percentile £404 £363 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% -8.15% -
75th Percentile £588 £570 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £460 £460 £494
% change year-on-year - -6.88% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 34 24
10th Percentile £17.12 £31.15 £31.24
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.91 £46.18
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £51.25 £51.62 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.53 £59.71 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +19.05%

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 8,250 5,629 7,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.10% 22.61% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,443 3,906 5,518
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £740 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 110 261
10th Percentile £30.66 £32.10 £22.75
25th Percentile £52.19 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.05 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% +10.29% -21.54%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -87 236 £488 -2.50% 89
South East -72 49 £475 -1.04% 82
North of England -98 47 £475 +18.75% 80
North West -68 26 £384 -3.91% 44
South West -49 25 £410 +9.33% 36
Midlands -89 25 £463 +23.33% 42
East of England -25 20 £563 +25.00% 40
Yorkshire -52 19 £575 +43.75% 21
West Midlands -71 17 £475 +7.34% 16
East Midlands -35 8 £425 +18.72% 26
North East -41 2 £475 +10.47% 15
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 36 (8.76%) CMS
2 20 (4.87%) Confluence
3 19 (4.62%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (1.95%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.46%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.22%) Kentico
7 5 (1.22%) WordPress
8 4 (0.97%) IIS
8 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.73%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.73%) Camunda
9 3 (0.73%) nginx
9 3 (0.73%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.49%) Apache
10 2 (0.49%) Drupal
10 2 (0.49%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.24%) Mule
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.97%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.97%) Sketch
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.97%) Shopify
3 2 (0.49%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 92 (22.38%) Azure
2 90 (21.90%) AWS
3 34 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (8.27%) Power Platform
4 29 (7.06%) Figma
5 25 (6.08%) GitHub
5 25 (6.08%) Serverless
6 24 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.62%) Power Automate
7 19 (4.62%) PowerApps
8 17 (4.14%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (4.14%) GCP
9 14 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.68%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.68%) SaaS
11 8 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (1.95%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.70%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.70%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.95%) HTTP
2 6 (1.46%) Network Security
3 5 (1.22%) BGP
3 5 (1.22%) DNS
3 5 (1.22%) Intranet
3 5 (1.22%) Reverse Proxy
3 5 (1.22%) SSL
4 4 (0.97%) Firewall
5 3 (0.73%) VPN
6 2 (0.49%) RTMP
7 1 (0.24%) DHCP
7 1 (0.24%) Internet
7 1 (0.24%) LAN
7 1 (0.24%) MQTT
7 1 (0.24%) OSPF
7 1 (0.24%) SMS
7 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.24%) VLAN
7 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (15.82%) SQL Server
2 36 (8.76%) MySQL
3 33 (8.03%) Relational Database
4 32 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
5 29 (7.06%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.65%) Power BI
7 13 (3.16%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.95%) Apache Cassandra
8 8 (1.95%) Big Data
9 7 (1.70%) Oracle Database
9 7 (1.70%) Tableau
10 6 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.22%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
11 5 (1.22%) Metadata
11 5 (1.22%) Presto
11 5 (1.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (17.03%) Git
2 37 (9.00%) JIRA
3 30 (7.30%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.89%) GitLab
5 15 (3.65%) Cypress.io
6 14 (3.41%) JUnit
7 12 (2.92%) Vite
8 11 (2.68%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.68%) Maven
9 8 (1.95%) Browser DevTools
9 8 (1.95%) Mockito
9 8 (1.95%) MSTest
10 7 (1.70%) Storybook
10 7 (1.70%) webpack
11 6 (1.46%) Mocha
11 6 (1.46%) tSQLt
12 5 (1.22%) MSI
12 5 (1.22%) Postman
12 5 (1.22%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.97%) Ant
General
1 111 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.84%) Finance
3 48 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.44%) Banking
4 47 (11.44%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.06%) Marketing
6 14 (3.41%) Retail
7 13 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.92%) Investment Banking
9 11 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.19%) Front Office
11 6 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Legal
12 4 (0.97%) Local Government
12 4 (0.97%) Publishing
13 3 (0.73%) Games
13 3 (0.73%) Military
14 2 (0.49%) Automotive
14 2 (0.49%) Law
14 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 235 (57.18%) Developer
2 60 (14.60%) Senior
3 53 (12.90%) Full-Stack Developer
4 38 (9.25%) Senior Developer
5 35 (8.52%) React Developer
6 29 (7.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 24 (5.84%) Java Developer
8 23 (5.60%) Software Engineer
9 18 (4.38%) Architect
10 16 (3.89%) Designer
11 15 (3.65%) Consultant
11 15 (3.65%) Python Developer
12 14 (3.41%) Lead
13 13 (3.16%) Web Developer
14 12 (2.92%) Angular Developer
14 12 (2.92%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (2.92%) Software Developer
15 11 (2.68%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 11 (2.68%) Full-Stack Python Developer
16 10 (2.43%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 345 (83.94%) HTML
2 180 (43.80%) React
3 104 (25.30%) REST
4 103 (25.06%) AngularJS
5 83 (20.19%) .NET
6 78 (18.98%) HTML5
7 71 (17.27%) RESTful
8 60 (14.60%) CSS3
9 51 (12.41%) Redux
10 47 (11.44%) Node.js
11 41 (9.98%) Spring
12 37 (9.00%) Spring Boot
13 34 (8.27%) .NET Framework
13 34 (8.27%) ASP.NET
14 32 (7.79%) jQuery
15 31 (7.54%) JSON
16 28 (6.81%) Jest
16 28 (6.81%) OAuth
16 28 (6.81%) Vue
17 26 (6.33%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.49%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (3.89%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.43%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.19%) Low-Code
9 8 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (1.22%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.97%) CMDB
13 4 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (0.97%) Fixed Income
13 4 (0.97%) Graphic Design
13 4 (0.97%) Legacy Code
14 3 (0.73%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.87%) Windows
2 16 (3.89%) Unix
3 15 (3.65%) Linux
4 5 (1.22%) Android
5 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.24%) Tizen
7 1 (0.24%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (46.96%) Agile
2 126 (30.66%) CI/CD
3 101 (24.57%) User Experience
4 97 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (22.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 89 (21.65%) DevOps
7 75 (18.25%) Front End Development
8 70 (17.03%) Microservices
9 58 (14.11%) Scrum
9 58 (14.11%) Test Automation
10 55 (13.38%) AI
11 48 (11.68%) Code Quality
11 48 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (11.68%) Software Engineering
12 46 (11.19%) UX Design
13 42 (10.22%) Analytics
13 42 (10.22%) MVC
14 40 (9.73%) Containerisation
15 37 (9.00%) Design Patterns
16 36 (8.76%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 293 (71.29%) JavaScript
2 125 (30.41%) SQL
3 105 (25.55%) TypeScript
4 86 (20.92%) Python
5 78 (18.98%) Java
6 73 (17.76%) C#
7 17 (4.14%) PL/SQL
8 16 (3.89%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.19%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.70%) PHP
10 7 (1.70%) Ruby
11 6 (1.46%) Scala
11 6 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.22%) Bicep
13 3 (0.73%) Perl
13 3 (0.73%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.49%) Bash
14 2 (0.49%) Go
15 1 (0.24%) F#
Qualifications
1 62 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.49%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.84%) Degree
4 12 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.73%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.73%) PMP
7 2 (0.49%) CCA
7 2 (0.49%) CCNP
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.24%) CCNA
8 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (17.27%) Accessibility
2 53 (12.90%) QA
3 41 (9.98%) WCAG
4 14 (3.41%) GDPR
5 7 (1.70%) NCSC
6 6 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.97%) SLA
9 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) WAI
10 1 (0.24%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 57 (13.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 34 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.84%) Terraform
3 12 (2.92%) Grafana
4 10 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.46%) Kibana
5 6 (1.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.97%) Argo
7 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 45 (10.95%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.49%) Oracle
3 31 (7.54%) ServiceNow
4 28 (6.81%) Adobe
5 14 (3.41%) Google
6 13 (3.16%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.68%) Sitecore
8 10 (2.43%) Braze
9 8 (1.95%) OutSystems
9 8 (1.95%) Splunk
10 6 (1.46%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.46%) SAP
10 6 (1.46%) Workday
11 5 (1.22%) Qualtrics
11 5 (1.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.73%) ESRI
12 3 (0.73%) Marketo
12 3 (0.73%) mParticle
12 3 (0.73%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.73%) Sybase