CSS Contract Job Trends in Essex

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing CSS 8 0 15
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 3.27% - 6.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 25.00% - 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile £533 - £426
25th Percentile £544 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £534
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.19%
75th Percentile £594 - £581
90th Percentile £598 - £600
East of England median daily rate £575 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +27.78% -2.07% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.12 - -
Median hourly rate £18.25 - -
75th Percentile £19.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £18.25 £70.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -73.93% +185.71% +11.36%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 32 15 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 13.06% 17.65% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 29
10th Percentile £420 £315 £422
25th Percentile £500 £318 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £363 £534
Median % change year-on-year +40.69% -32.12% +2.10%
75th Percentile £584 £409 £575
90th Percentile £600 £469 £600
East of England median daily rate £550 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.12 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £57.13 - -
90th Percentile £58.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £75.34 £43.00
% change year-on-year -13.72% +75.20% -21.82%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

CSS job vacancy trend in Essex

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CSS

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CSS

CSS
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Essex region over the 6 months to 26 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
Rochford - 5 - -
Basildon - 2 £588 - 2
Brentwood - 1 £600 -
CSS
East of England

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Support
1 5 (62.50%) Support Officer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (25.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript Developer
2 2 (25.00%) React Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
1 3 (37.50%) React
2 1 (12.50%) Jest
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 2 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Front End Development
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Pair Programming
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft