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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 127 107
Rank change year-on-year -119 -20 -13
Contract jobs citing CSS 427 534 751
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 2.23% 2.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.33% 9.88% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 349 544
10th Percentile £313 £320 £307
25th Percentile £404 £384 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £658 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £496
% change year-on-year - -4.28% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 31 20
10th Percentile - £30.25 £28.28
25th Percentile £17.12 £33.25 £44.04
Median hourly rate £30.00 £42.82 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.93% -31.50% +2.04%
75th Percentile £41.25 £58.09 £70.00
90th Percentile £58.10 £62.50 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £38.91 £51.00
% change year-on-year -27.39% -23.71% -2.86%

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 8,012 5,403 7,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.18% 22.52% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,287 3,737 5,386
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £536
% change year-on-year +0.86% -2.85% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 106 239
10th Percentile £31.03 £31.28 £22.50
25th Percentile £52.00 £43.70 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -68 251 £500 - 164
South East -68 47 £475 - 91
North of England -89 47 £450 +12.50% 92
Midlands -79 32 £463 +15.63% 53
North West -42 28 £388 -3.13% 55
South West -51 22 £409 +9.07% 47
West Midlands -66 22 £475 +11.76% 26
East of England -26 19 £575 +27.78% 50
Yorkshire -55 17 £575 +43.75% 27
East Midlands -35 10 £445 +24.30% 27
North East -35 2 £475 +25.00% 10
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 34 (7.96%) CMS
2 20 (4.68%) SharePoint
3 16 (3.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 13 (3.04%) Confluence
5 8 (1.87%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.41%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.17%) Kentico
7 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (1.17%) WordPress
8 4 (0.94%) IIS
9 3 (0.70%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.70%) Camunda
9 3 (0.70%) nginx
9 3 (0.70%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.47%) Apache
10 2 (0.47%) Drupal
10 2 (0.47%) Joomla!
10 2 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 11 (2.58%) Adobe XD
2 9 (2.11%) Sketch
3 5 (1.17%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.70%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.17%) 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 (0.23%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.23%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 92 (21.55%) Azure
2 89 (20.84%) AWS
3 36 (8.43%) Figma
4 32 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 30 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (5.85%) Serverless
7 22 (5.15%) GitHub
8 19 (4.45%) Power Automate
9 18 (4.22%) PowerApps
10 16 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.75%) GCP
11 12 (2.81%) Amazon S3
11 12 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.58%) SaaS
13 8 (1.87%) Entra ID
13 8 (1.87%) OneDrive
13 8 (1.87%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.41%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.41%) Network Security
2 5 (1.17%) BGP
2 5 (1.17%) Firewall
2 5 (1.17%) HTTP
2 5 (1.17%) Reverse Proxy
2 5 (1.17%) SSL
3 4 (0.94%) DNS
3 4 (0.94%) Intranet
3 4 (0.94%) SMS
4 3 (0.70%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) LAN
5 2 (0.47%) OSPF
5 2 (0.47%) RTMP
5 2 (0.47%) WAN
6 1 (0.23%) DHCP
6 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.23%) Internet
6 1 (0.23%) MQTT
6 1 (0.23%) Skype
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (14.52%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.90%) Relational Database
3 37 (8.67%) MySQL
4 30 (7.03%) NoSQL
5 29 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (3.28%) Power BI
7 13 (3.04%) MongoDB
8 9 (2.11%) Big Data
9 8 (1.87%) RDBMS
10 7 (1.64%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (1.64%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.64%) Tableau
11 6 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.17%) Presto
13 4 (0.94%) Couchbase
13 4 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.94%) Redis
Development Applications
1 69 (16.16%) Git
2 30 (7.03%) JIRA
3 28 (6.56%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.98%) GitLab
5 14 (3.28%) Cypress.io
6 13 (3.04%) JUnit
7 11 (2.58%) Maven
7 11 (2.58%) Vite
8 10 (2.34%) Browser DevTools
8 10 (2.34%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.87%) Mockito
10 7 (1.64%) MSTest
10 7 (1.64%) Storybook
10 7 (1.64%) webpack
11 6 (1.41%) Gradle
11 6 (1.41%) Postman
12 5 (1.17%) Mocha
12 5 (1.17%) Selenium
12 5 (1.17%) Visual Studio
12 5 (1.17%) Xcode
General
1 111 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.29%) Finance
3 51 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.24%) Banking
4 48 (11.24%) Public Sector
5 30 (7.03%) Marketing
6 14 (3.28%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.04%) Retail
8 11 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.34%) Front Office
10 7 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Legal
12 4 (0.94%) Local Government
12 4 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Publishing
13 3 (0.70%) Games
13 3 (0.70%) Military
14 2 (0.47%) Automotive
14 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 241 (56.44%) Developer
2 56 (13.11%) Senior
3 53 (12.41%) Full-Stack Developer
4 35 (8.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 35 (8.20%) Senior Developer
5 32 (7.49%) React Developer
6 24 (5.62%) Java Developer
7 21 (4.92%) Designer
7 21 (4.92%) Software Engineer
8 20 (4.68%) Architect
9 18 (4.22%) Lead
10 15 (3.51%) Python Developer
11 13 (3.04%) Angular Developer
11 13 (3.04%) Consultant
11 13 (3.04%) Web Developer
12 12 (2.81%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 12 (2.81%) Software Developer
13 11 (2.58%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 11 (2.58%) Senior Software Engineer
13 11 (2.58%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (84.07%) HTML
2 189 (44.26%) React
3 119 (27.87%) AngularJS
4 98 (22.95%) REST
5 77 (18.03%) HTML5
6 75 (17.56%) .NET
7 68 (15.93%) RESTful
8 61 (14.29%) CSS3
9 49 (11.48%) Redux
10 44 (10.30%) Node.js
11 41 (9.60%) Spring
12 36 (8.43%) Spring Boot
13 33 (7.73%) jQuery
14 31 (7.26%) ASP.NET
14 31 (7.26%) JSON
15 30 (7.03%) OAuth
16 29 (6.79%) Vue
17 28 (6.56%) Jest
18 27 (6.32%) .NET Framework
19 26 (6.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.37%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.28%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.87%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.41%) CMDB
10 5 (1.17%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.17%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (0.94%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.70%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.70%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.70%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.98%) Linux
1 17 (3.98%) Unix
1 17 (3.98%) Windows
2 7 (1.64%) Android
3 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.23%) Tizen
5 1 (0.23%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (44.50%) Agile
2 121 (28.34%) CI/CD
3 119 (27.87%) User Experience
4 101 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (20.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 84 (19.67%) DevOps
7 82 (19.20%) Front End Development
8 61 (14.29%) Microservices
9 56 (13.11%) Scrum
10 54 (12.65%) Test Automation
11 52 (12.18%) UX Design
12 50 (11.71%) Analytics
13 49 (11.48%) AI
14 47 (11.01%) Code Quality
15 45 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (10.54%) Software Engineering
16 41 (9.60%) MVC
17 39 (9.13%) Responsive Web Design
18 37 (8.67%) Containerisation
19 33 (7.73%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 304 (71.19%) JavaScript
2 131 (30.68%) SQL
3 98 (22.95%) TypeScript
4 84 (19.67%) Java
5 83 (19.44%) Python
6 65 (15.22%) C#
7 16 (3.75%) PL/SQL
8 15 (3.51%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.34%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.87%) PHP
10 8 (1.87%) Ruby
11 6 (1.41%) Scala
12 5 (1.17%) Perl
12 5 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.47%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.47%) Bash
14 2 (0.47%) Go
15 1 (0.23%) F#
15 1 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 57 (13.35%) Security Cleared
2 34 (7.96%) SC Cleared
3 31 (7.26%) Degree
4 12 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.17%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.70%) CCNP
6 3 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.70%) PMP
7 2 (0.47%) CCA
7 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.23%) CCNA
8 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (15.69%) Accessibility
2 45 (10.54%) QA
3 40 (9.37%) WCAG
4 16 (3.75%) GDPR
5 6 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.94%) SLA
8 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.47%) NCSC
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) WAI
10 1 (0.23%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 51 (11.94%) Docker
2 4 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.23%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.45%) Terraform
3 11 (2.58%) Grafana
4 10 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.41%) Kibana
6 4 (0.94%) Argo
6 4 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 43 (10.07%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.60%) Adobe
3 40 (9.37%) Oracle
4 30 (7.03%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.04%) Google
7 11 (2.58%) Sitecore
7 11 (2.58%) Splunk
8 8 (1.87%) Braze
8 8 (1.87%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.87%) OutSystems
9 7 (1.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.41%) Workday
11 5 (1.17%) Qualtrics
11 5 (1.17%) SAP
12 3 (0.70%) ForgeRock
12 3 (0.70%) mParticle
12 3 (0.70%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.70%) Symantec