CSS Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 66 74
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 -22
Contract jobs citing CSS 5 23 24
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.49% 1.91% 1.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.52% 18.40% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 12
10th Percentile £380 £383 £446
25th Percentile £463 £394 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +18.92%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £606
90th Percentile - £598 £702
South East median daily rate £300 £390 £422
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.47% -11.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 14 7
10th Percentile - £62.50 £53.50
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 142 125 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.91% 10.40% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 73 90
10th Percentile £375 £403 £444
25th Percentile £418 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £639 £690 £707
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -9.52% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 26
10th Percentile £49.63 £62.50 £51.88
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile £55.00 - £75.00
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

CSS job vacancy trend in Hampshire

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CSS

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CSS

CSS
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. 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
Southampton - 2 £475 - 8
CSS
South East

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AS400
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
1 4 (80.00%) ERP
1 4 (80.00%) OO
1 4 (80.00%) OOP
1 4 (80.00%) SOLID
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) RPG
3 1 (20.00%) RPG IV
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IBM