CSS Contracts in Hampshire

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring CSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSS over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 71 77
Rank change year-on-year +21 +6 -22
Contract jobs citing CSS 24 34 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.90% 1.94% 1.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.39% 19.88% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 11
10th Percentile £200 £299 £313
25th Percentile £338 £325 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -33.33% +16.67%
75th Percentile £511 £434 £588
90th Percentile £521 £626 £663
South East median daily rate £475 £375 £405
% change year-on-year +26.67% -7.41% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 2
10th Percentile £51.78 £63.50 £53.63
25th Percentile £53.22 - £57.19
Median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +5.66% +20.45%
75th Percentile £59.78 - £77.19
90th Percentile £61.31 £75.00 £81.88
South East median hourly rate £56.25 £70.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -19.64% +186.18% -45.64%

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 138 171 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.65% 9.74% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 105 124
10th Percentile £397 £350 £406
25th Percentile £418 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% +3.64% +9.89%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £674 £709
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 24
10th Percentile - £53.38 £53.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £66.25 £57.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +5.66% +39.47%
75th Percentile £58.73 - £74.06
90th Percentile £59.71 £75.75 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £61.60 £63.25
% change year-on-year -18.83% -2.61% +40.56%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CSS in Hampshire

CSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for CSS in Hampshire

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in Hampshire

CSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for CSS in Hampshire

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 30 June 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
Portsmouth +5 8 £514 +722.40% 15
Basingstoke +20 4 - - 7
Southampton +6 2 £475 - 18
Winchester - 1 £485 - 3
CSS
South East

CSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 8 (33.33%) Confluence
2 4 (16.67%) Apache
2 4 (16.67%) CMS
2 4 (16.67%) Drupal
2 4 (16.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.17%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) SNMP
1 6 (25.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (16.67%) Internet
3 3 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 4 (16.67%) MySQL
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.17%) DB2
Development Applications
1 13 (54.17%) Git
2 10 (41.67%) JIRA
3 6 (25.00%) GoogleTest
3 6 (25.00%) Robot Framework
4 4 (16.67%) Bitbucket
4 4 (16.67%) Bitbucket Server
5 3 (12.50%) Eclipse
5 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Software Test Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Test Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) PHP Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) CRM Executive
4 3 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (12.50%) Salesforce Developer
5 2 (8.33%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.17%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) RPG Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (87.50%) HTML
2 5 (20.83%) Web Services
3 4 (16.67%) .NET
3 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 4 (16.67%) Ajax
3 4 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 4 (16.67%) CodeIgniter
3 4 (16.67%) jQuery
3 4 (16.67%) LAMP
3 4 (16.67%) SOAP
4 3 (12.50%) Next.js
4 3 (12.50%) Node.js
4 3 (12.50%) React
4 3 (12.50%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Legacy Code
2 2 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (4.17%) AS400
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Agile
2 10 (41.67%) Scrum
3 8 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 8 (33.33%) OO
3 8 (33.33%) OOP
4 7 (29.17%) Software Engineering
4 7 (29.17%) Web Development
5 6 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 6 (25.00%) SysML
5 6 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 6 (25.00%) UML
5 6 (25.00%) Validation
5 6 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
6 4 (16.67%) ERP
6 4 (16.67%) Kanban
6 4 (16.67%) MVC
6 4 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 4 (16.67%) Secure Coding
6 4 (16.67%) SOLID
6 4 (16.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 5 (20.83%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) C#
3 4 (16.67%) C++
3 4 (16.67%) Java
3 4 (16.67%) PHP
4 3 (12.50%) Apex Code
4 3 (12.50%) Python
4 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.17%) RPG
5 1 (4.17%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Atlassian
1 4 (16.67%) Google
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.67%) Zend
2 3 (12.50%) Adobe
2 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) IBM