CSS Contracts in England

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSS over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 93 62
Rank change year-on-year -17 -31 -5
Contract jobs citing CSS 742 1,277 2,604
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.02% 2.60% 3.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.89% 11.28% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 925 1,947
10th Percentile £306 £319 £363
25th Percentile £407 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -6.54% +18.89%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 41
10th Percentile £28.78 £21.00 £26.25
25th Percentile £39.76 £25.25 £38.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £65.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +14.04% +26.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.00 £67.80
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -21.54% +17.12% +38.75%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

CSS is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,500 11,325 18,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.40% 23.02% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,320 8,400 14,211
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.88% +13.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 139 213
10th Percentile £22.27 £29.15 £23.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £65.01 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in England.

Daily rate trend for CSS in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in England.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 2024. 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 -4 441 £525 -5.19% 252
South East +4 90 £380 -10.06% 104
North of England -51 71 £450 - 156
South West +10 42 £533 +18.44% 76
North West -38 42 £450 -6.23% 98
Midlands -31 35 £425 - 136
East of England +7 32 £475 +5.56% 57
Yorkshire -13 26 £429 -2.56% 44
West Midlands -9 20 £500 +14.29% 78
East Midlands -13 15 £225 -45.78% 57
North East +2 3 £405 -19.00% 14
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 52 (7.01%) CMS
2 26 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.37%) Confluence
4 20 (2.70%) nginx
5 14 (1.89%) WordPress
6 13 (1.75%) Apache
7 11 (1.48%) Headless CMS
8 9 (1.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (1.08%) Drupal
9 8 (1.08%) IIS
10 7 (0.94%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
10 7 (0.94%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.40%) Kentico
11 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.27%) Gunicorn
13 1 (0.13%) Appian
13 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
Applications
1 14 (1.89%) Photoshop
2 12 (1.62%) Adobe Illustrator
3 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.48%) Sketch
4 9 (1.21%) InVision
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.94%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.81%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Elementor
10 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.21%) Shopify
2 8 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.67%) Magento
3 5 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.40%) Maximo
5 3 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.27%) Unica
6 2 (0.27%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 154 (20.75%) Azure
2 102 (13.75%) AWS
3 58 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.99%) GCP
6 36 (4.85%) GitHub
7 35 (4.72%) Azure Service Bus
8 30 (4.04%) Power Automate
9 29 (3.91%) Figma
10 23 (3.10%) PowerApps
11 22 (2.96%) Entra ID
12 20 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 19 (2.56%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
14 16 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (2.16%) SaaS
15 14 (1.89%) Azure Pipelines
16 13 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.62%) Google Analytics
17 12 (1.62%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.23%) HTTP
2 16 (2.16%) Software-Defined Radio
3 15 (2.02%) Firewall
3 15 (2.02%) SNMP
3 15 (2.02%) VPN
4 5 (0.67%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) DNS
5 3 (0.40%) MQTT
5 3 (0.40%) VoIP
6 2 (0.27%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) DHCP
7 1 (0.13%) HbbTV
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) Network Security
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (11.59%) SQL Server
2 42 (5.66%) MySQL
3 35 (4.72%) MongoDB
4 31 (4.18%) Relational Database
5 30 (4.04%) NoSQL
6 24 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
7 23 (3.10%) Power BI
8 16 (2.16%) Redis
9 11 (1.48%) Metadata
10 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.94%) PowerPivot
12 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.81%) MariaDB
13 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Power View
13 6 (0.81%) Triplestore
14 5 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.67%) Looker
14 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 142 (19.14%) Git
2 50 (6.74%) JIRA
3 26 (3.50%) Bitbucket
3 26 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 20 (2.70%) webpack
5 19 (2.56%) Cypress.io
6 18 (2.43%) Robot Framework
7 17 (2.29%) Eclipse
8 15 (2.02%) GitLab
8 15 (2.02%) GoogleTest
8 15 (2.02%) Selenium
9 12 (1.62%) git-flow
9 12 (1.62%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (1.08%) Maven
12 7 (0.94%) Jasmine
12 7 (0.94%) Postman
12 7 (0.94%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.81%) Babel
13 6 (0.81%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 172 (23.18%) Social Skills
2 97 (13.07%) Finance
3 78 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.22%) Marketing
5 54 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 47 (6.33%) Banking
7 21 (2.83%) Front Office
8 20 (2.70%) Retail
9 14 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (1.62%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.48%) Advertising
11 11 (1.48%) Back Office
12 10 (1.35%) Publishing
13 6 (0.81%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.81%) Games
14 5 (0.67%) Automotive
14 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.67%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.54%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 501 (67.52%) Developer
2 116 (15.63%) Full Stack Developer
3 107 (14.42%) Senior
4 89 (11.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 72 (9.70%) Senior Developer
6 68 (9.16%) React Developer
7 46 (6.20%) Software Engineer
8 38 (5.12%) Lead
9 37 (4.99%) Designer
10 29 (3.91%) Software Developer
10 29 (3.91%) UI Developer
11 28 (3.77%) JavaScript Developer
12 26 (3.50%) .NET Developer
12 26 (3.50%) Full Stack Engineer
12 26 (3.50%) Java Developer
13 24 (3.23%) JavaScript Engineer
13 24 (3.23%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 24 (3.23%) ServiceNow Developer
14 23 (3.10%) Angular Developer
14 23 (3.10%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 640 (86.25%) HTML
2 284 (38.27%) React
3 135 (18.19%) .NET
4 134 (18.06%) AngularJS
4 134 (18.06%) Node.js
5 118 (15.90%) REST
6 94 (12.67%) HTML5
7 78 (10.51%) Sass
8 73 (9.84%) ASP.NET
9 66 (8.89%) jQuery
10 64 (8.63%) Web Services
11 62 (8.36%) CSS3
12 53 (7.14%) .NET Core
13 50 (6.74%) XML
14 49 (6.60%) JSON
15 47 (6.33%) RESTful
15 47 (6.33%) Vue
16 38 (5.12%) Laravel
16 38 (5.12%) Redux
17 31 (4.18%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.53%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.37%) Fixed Income
3 23 (3.10%) Mobile App
4 17 (2.29%) Data Structures
4 17 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 13 (1.75%) Derivative
6 13 (1.75%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.48%) CMDB
8 11 (1.48%) Hedge funds
8 11 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.08%) Animation
10 7 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.67%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.67%) NHS
12 4 (0.54%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.76%) Linux
2 31 (4.18%) Unix
3 21 (2.83%) Windows
4 12 (1.62%) Android
4 12 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.54%) CentOS
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (36.25%) Agile
2 183 (24.66%) Full Stack Development
3 145 (19.54%) Front End Development
4 131 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (17.25%) DevOps
6 127 (17.12%) Web Development
7 115 (15.50%) User Experience
8 109 (14.69%) Software Engineering
9 105 (14.15%) CI/CD
10 87 (11.73%) TDD
11 85 (11.46%) Scrum
12 76 (10.24%) Test Automation
13 71 (9.57%) MVC
14 63 (8.49%) Computer Science
15 58 (7.82%) UX Design
16 52 (7.01%) Prototyping
17 50 (6.74%) Clean Code
17 50 (6.74%) Microservices
18 47 (6.33%) OO
19 45 (6.06%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 575 (77.49%) JavaScript
2 216 (29.11%) TypeScript
3 138 (18.60%) C#
4 130 (17.52%) Java
5 125 (16.85%) SQL
6 94 (12.67%) Python
7 68 (9.16%) PHP
8 40 (5.39%) PowerShell
9 31 (4.18%) Bicep
10 24 (3.23%) C++
11 14 (1.89%) T-SQL
12 12 (1.62%) Ruby
13 11 (1.48%) Apex Code
14 10 (1.35%) C
15 9 (1.21%) Bash
15 9 (1.21%) Go
16 8 (1.08%) PL/SQL
16 8 (1.08%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.94%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (12.26%) Security Cleared
2 80 (10.78%) Degree
2 80 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (1.62%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (0.94%) PMP
7 6 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.54%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.27%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.13%) CEH
11 1 (0.13%) CISSP
11 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.22%) Accessibility
2 37 (4.99%) QA
3 25 (3.37%) WCAG
4 9 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.08%) GDPR
6 4 (0.54%) GRC
7 3 (0.40%) NIST
7 3 (0.40%) SLA
8 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) HL7
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 41 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 29 (3.91%) Docker
3 17 (2.29%) Firmware
4 9 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.27%) NFS
5 2 (0.27%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 28 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (2.16%) Terraform
4 7 (0.94%) Kibana
5 6 (0.81%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) logstash
7 4 (0.54%) Opsgenie
7 4 (0.54%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) Netcool
8 3 (0.40%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.27%) Grafana
9 2 (0.27%) systemd
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 92 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.93%) Google
3 41 (5.53%) Adobe
4 38 (5.12%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.83%) Atlassian
6 20 (2.70%) Oracle
7 19 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.89%) Optimizely
9 12 (1.62%) SAP
10 9 (1.21%) VMware
11 8 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.94%) Splunk
13 6 (0.81%) dotdigital
14 5 (0.67%) Ensighten
14 5 (0.67%) Monetate
14 5 (0.67%) Omniture
14 5 (0.67%) Tealium
14 5 (0.67%) WooCommerce
14 5 (0.67%) Xamarin