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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 130 106
Rank change year-on-year -115 -24 -13
Contract jobs citing CSS 425 527 747
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 2.21% 2.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.30% 9.89% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 354 541
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £404 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £587 £588 £594
90th Percentile £660 £704 £719
UK median daily rate £455 £475 £496
% change year-on-year -4.21% -4.28% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 22
10th Percentile - £29.11 £29.42
25th Percentile £17.12 £33.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £33.75 £42.82 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.17% -31.50% +19.05%
75th Percentile £42.50 £58.72 £70.00
90th Percentile £58.82 £63.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £38.91 £62.50
% change year-on-year -22.89% -37.75% +23.15%

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 8,025 5,331 7,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.22% 22.37% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,295 3,694 5,379
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £420 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.35%
75th Percentile £630 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £789 £789
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 95 235
10th Percentile £31.03 £29.54 £22.60
25th Percentile £51.25 £45.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -67 251 £500 -0.99% 152
North of England -89 47 £450 +12.50% 102
South East -69 44 £438 -11.17% 90
Midlands -71 32 £475 +18.16% 59
North West -50 30 £394 -1.56% 55
West Midlands -63 23 £475 +11.76% 22
South West -43 22 £409 +9.07% 38
East of England -23 19 £575 +27.78% 54
Yorkshire -55 15 £575 +43.75% 31
East Midlands -32 9 £495 +36.55% 37
North East -35 2 £475 +25.00% 16
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 31 (7.29%) CMS
2 19 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 13 (3.06%) Confluence
5 8 (1.88%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.41%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.18%) Kentico
7 5 (1.18%) WordPress
8 4 (0.94%) IIS
8 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.71%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.71%) Camunda
9 3 (0.71%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.71%) nginx
9 3 (0.71%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.47%) Apache
10 2 (0.47%) Drupal
11 1 (0.24%) Moodle
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 12 (2.82%) Adobe XD
2 10 (2.35%) Sketch
3 5 (1.18%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.71%) Trello
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) InVision
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.94%) Shopify
3 2 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 2 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.41%) AWS
1 91 (21.41%) Azure
2 37 (8.71%) Figma
3 31 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (6.82%) Power Platform
5 27 (6.35%) Serverless
6 24 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (5.41%) GitHub
8 18 (4.24%) Power Automate
8 18 (4.24%) PowerApps
9 16 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.29%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.06%) GCP
11 13 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (2.82%) SaaS
13 8 (1.88%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.88%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.65%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.41%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.18%) Firewall
1 5 (1.18%) Network Security
2 4 (0.94%) BGP
2 4 (0.94%) HTTP
2 4 (0.94%) Intranet
2 4 (0.94%) Reverse Proxy
2 4 (0.94%) SMS
2 4 (0.94%) SSL
3 3 (0.71%) DNS
3 3 (0.71%) VPN
4 2 (0.47%) LAN
4 2 (0.47%) OSPF
4 2 (0.47%) RTMP
4 2 (0.47%) WAN
5 1 (0.24%) DHCP
5 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) Skype
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (14.82%) SQL Server
2 39 (9.18%) Relational Database
3 36 (8.47%) MySQL
4 31 (7.29%) NoSQL
5 29 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (3.29%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.59%) Power BI
8 9 (2.12%) Big Data
9 8 (1.88%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.88%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.65%) Tableau
11 6 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (1.18%) Presto
13 4 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.94%) Metadata
13 4 (0.94%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 64 (15.06%) Git
2 32 (7.53%) JIRA
3 26 (6.12%) Jenkins
4 18 (4.24%) GitLab
5 13 (3.06%) Cypress.io
6 12 (2.82%) Browser DevTools
6 12 (2.82%) JUnit
7 11 (2.59%) Maven
8 10 (2.35%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.35%) Vite
9 9 (2.12%) Mockito
10 7 (1.65%) MSTest
10 7 (1.65%) webpack
11 6 (1.41%) Android Studio
11 6 (1.41%) Eclipse
11 6 (1.41%) Gradle
11 6 (1.41%) Postman
11 6 (1.41%) Storybook
11 6 (1.41%) Xcode
12 5 (1.18%) Jasmine
General
1 111 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.59%) Finance
3 51 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 46 (10.82%) Banking
6 27 (6.35%) Marketing
7 15 (3.53%) Investment Banking
8 11 (2.59%) Front Office
8 11 (2.59%) Retail
9 10 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Legal
11 4 (0.94%) Local Government
11 4 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.94%) Publishing
12 3 (0.71%) Games
12 3 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.47%) Automotive
13 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 240 (56.47%) Developer
2 55 (12.94%) Senior
3 53 (12.47%) Full-Stack Developer
4 35 (8.24%) Senior Developer
5 34 (8.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 32 (7.53%) React Developer
7 26 (6.12%) Java Developer
8 22 (5.18%) Designer
8 22 (5.18%) Software Engineer
9 19 (4.47%) Architect
10 18 (4.24%) Lead
11 15 (3.53%) Python Developer
12 13 (3.06%) Consultant
12 13 (3.06%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 12 (2.82%) Angular Developer
13 12 (2.82%) Software Developer
13 12 (2.82%) Web Developer
14 11 (2.59%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 11 (2.59%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (2.59%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (83.53%) HTML
2 193 (45.41%) React
3 122 (28.71%) AngularJS
4 98 (23.06%) REST
5 79 (18.59%) HTML5
6 75 (17.65%) .NET
7 71 (16.71%) RESTful
8 63 (14.82%) CSS3
9 48 (11.29%) Redux
10 47 (11.06%) Node.js
11 42 (9.88%) Spring
12 36 (8.47%) Spring Boot
13 31 (7.29%) ASP.NET
13 31 (7.29%) JSON
14 30 (7.06%) Vue
15 29 (6.82%) jQuery
16 28 (6.59%) Jest
16 28 (6.59%) OAuth
17 27 (6.35%) .NET Framework
18 26 (6.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.88%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.76%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.88%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.88%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.41%) CMDB
10 5 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.18%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.94%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.94%) Derivative
11 4 (0.94%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.71%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.71%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.71%) Linux
2 19 (4.47%) Windows
3 15 (3.53%) Unix
4 9 (2.12%) Android
5 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (45.18%) Agile
2 121 (28.47%) User Experience
3 118 (27.76%) CI/CD
4 100 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 92 (21.65%) Full-Stack Development
6 87 (20.47%) DevOps
7 80 (18.82%) Front End Development
8 61 (14.35%) Microservices
9 55 (12.94%) Scrum
9 55 (12.94%) Test Automation
10 53 (12.47%) UX Design
11 48 (11.29%) Software Engineering
12 47 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (10.59%) AI
13 45 (10.59%) Analytics
13 45 (10.59%) Code Quality
14 40 (9.41%) MVC
15 38 (8.94%) Responsive Web Design
16 36 (8.47%) Containerisation
17 33 (7.76%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 299 (70.35%) JavaScript
2 126 (29.65%) SQL
3 102 (24.00%) TypeScript
4 86 (20.24%) Java
5 83 (19.53%) Python
6 63 (14.82%) C#
7 15 (3.53%) T-SQL
8 12 (2.82%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.12%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.88%) PHP
10 8 (1.88%) Ruby
11 6 (1.41%) Perl
11 6 (1.41%) Scala
12 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.47%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.47%) Bash
13 2 (0.47%) C++
13 2 (0.47%) Go
13 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 54 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 32 (7.53%) Degree
2 32 (7.53%) SC Cleared
3 12 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.71%) CCNP
6 3 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (0.71%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.71%) PMP
7 2 (0.47%) CCA
7 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
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%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (15.76%) Accessibility
2 42 (9.88%) QA
3 41 (9.65%) WCAG
4 16 (3.76%) GDPR
5 5 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.18%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.94%) SLA
7 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.47%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) WAI
9 1 (0.24%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 50 (11.76%) Docker
2 4 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.47%) Terraform
3 11 (2.59%) Grafana
4 10 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.41%) Kibana
6 4 (0.94%) Argo
7 2 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 44 (10.35%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.65%) Adobe
3 40 (9.41%) Oracle
4 28 (6.59%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.29%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.06%) Splunk
7 11 (2.59%) Google
7 11 (2.59%) Sitecore
8 8 (1.88%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.88%) OutSystems
9 7 (1.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) Braze
10 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.41%) Workday
11 5 (1.18%) Qualtrics
11 5 (1.18%) SAP
12 3 (0.71%) ForgeRock
12 3 (0.71%) mParticle
12 3 (0.71%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.71%) Symantec