CSS Contracts in London

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 94 91
Rank change year-on-year -25 -3 -30
Contract jobs citing CSS 293 439 741
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.33% 2.46% 2.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.95% 9.82% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 323 528
10th Percentile £363 £325 £359
25th Percentile £433 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £650 £695
90th Percentile £788 £774 £788
England median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile - £30.66 £36.43
25th Percentile £33.25 £33.88 £53.19
Median hourly rate £38.66 £42.12 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -37.61% +12.50%
75th Percentile £43.26 £47.49 £73.13
90th Percentile £43.72 £49.00 £74.25
England median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year -21.82% -6.38% +6.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,272 4,472 7,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.06% 25.06% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 3,356 5,509
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £730
90th Percentile £838 £825 £813
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 25 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £36.06 £23.80 £37.84
Median hourly rate £52.50 £36.84 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.51% -44.18% +35.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £68.80 £76.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CSS in London

CSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CSS in London

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for CSS in London

CSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CSS in London

CSS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Central London +3 46 £550 +9.89% 51
East London +14 5 £525 -2.78% 15
South London -3 1 £725 +18.57% 2
CSS
England

CSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (5.12%) CMS
2 9 (3.07%) nginx
3 8 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.71%) Apache
4 5 (1.71%) WordPress
5 4 (1.37%) Confluence
6 3 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.68%) Drupal
7 2 (0.68%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.34%) govService
8 1 (0.34%) Magnolia
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.41%) Sketch
2 9 (3.07%) Adobe XD
3 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.37%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.37%) Trello
6 3 (1.02%) InDesign
7 1 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.34%) InVision
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (6.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.37%) Shopify
3 2 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) FastStats
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.04%) AWS
2 43 (14.68%) Azure
3 26 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 20 (6.83%) GitHub
5 19 (6.48%) Power Automate
5 19 (6.48%) PowerApps
6 18 (6.14%) Figma
7 17 (5.80%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (5.46%) npm
8 16 (5.46%) Yarn
9 15 (5.12%) Serverless
10 11 (3.75%) SaaS
11 10 (3.41%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (2.73%) PaaS
14 7 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (2.39%) Azure Functions
15 6 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (2.05%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.46%) HTTP
2 7 (2.39%) DNS
3 4 (1.37%) SSL
4 3 (1.02%) POP3
4 3 (1.02%) SMS
4 3 (1.02%) SMTP
5 2 (0.68%) Firewall
6 1 (0.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.22%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (4.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (3.41%) MySQL
4 10 (3.41%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.41%) Power BI
5 9 (3.07%) MongoDB
5 9 (3.07%) Redis
6 7 (2.39%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.05%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.37%) Big Data
8 4 (1.37%) Tableau
9 3 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.02%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.68%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.68%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.68%) Power Query
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 75 (25.60%) Git
2 22 (7.51%) webpack
3 21 (7.17%) Jenkins
4 20 (6.83%) Bitbucket
5 15 (5.12%) TeamCity
6 11 (3.75%) JIRA
6 11 (3.75%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.39%) Cypress.io
7 7 (2.39%) Maven
7 7 (2.39%) Mocha
7 7 (2.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (1.71%) Postman
8 5 (1.71%) Selenium
8 5 (1.71%) Subversion
9 4 (1.37%) Babel
9 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.37%) ESLint
9 4 (1.37%) GitLab
9 4 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.37%) WebDriver
General
1 81 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.80%) Finance
3 48 (16.38%) Banking
4 41 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.22%) Investment Banking
5 27 (9.22%) Marketing
6 18 (6.14%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.75%) Legal
8 10 (3.41%) Front Office
9 8 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.71%) Law
11 5 (1.71%) Retail
11 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.02%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Local Government
13 2 (0.68%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 185 (63.14%) Developer
2 60 (20.48%) Senior
3 44 (15.02%) Senior Developer
4 33 (11.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (9.22%) Architect
6 25 (8.53%) UI Developer
7 21 (7.17%) Lead
8 19 (6.48%) Senior UI Developer
9 18 (6.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 15 (5.12%) React Developer
10 15 (5.12%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (4.78%) Angular Developer
11 14 (4.78%) Designer
12 13 (4.44%) ServiceNow Architect
12 13 (4.44%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.75%) .NET Developer
13 11 (3.75%) Lead Developer
13 11 (3.75%) ServiceNow Developer
14 10 (3.41%) C# Developer
14 10 (3.41%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (86.69%) HTML
2 101 (34.47%) React
3 69 (23.55%) .NET
4 57 (19.45%) AngularJS
5 54 (18.43%) Node.js
6 53 (18.09%) HTML5
7 43 (14.68%) RESTful
8 34 (11.60%) jQuery
9 33 (11.26%) Web Services
10 31 (10.58%) Sass
11 27 (9.22%) CSS3
12 25 (8.53%) REST
13 24 (8.19%) ASP.NET
13 24 (8.19%) Vue
14 23 (7.85%) .NET Framework
14 23 (7.85%) JSON
15 21 (7.17%) ASP.NET Web API
16 20 (6.83%) Redux
17 19 (6.48%) Tailwind CSS
18 18 (6.14%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 14 (4.78%) Derivative
3 11 (3.75%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.41%) Low-Code
5 9 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.73%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.73%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.05%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.71%) CMDB
9 5 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.02%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.02%) N-Tier
11 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.78%) Windows
2 8 (2.73%) Linux
3 6 (2.05%) Unix
4 3 (1.02%) Android
4 3 (1.02%) CentOS
4 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.68%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (34.81%) Agile
2 75 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (22.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 62 (21.16%) User Experience
5 57 (19.45%) CI/CD
6 51 (17.41%) Web Development
7 49 (16.72%) Front End Development
8 46 (15.70%) DevOps
9 37 (12.63%) UX Design
10 29 (9.90%) Computer Science
10 29 (9.90%) Microservices
11 27 (9.22%) OO
11 27 (9.22%) Responsive Web Design
12 26 (8.87%) Analytics
12 26 (8.87%) Test Automation
13 25 (8.53%) Mentoring
14 24 (8.19%) Clean Code
15 23 (7.85%) Scrum
16 22 (7.51%) OOP
16 22 (7.51%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 245 (83.62%) JavaScript
2 93 (31.74%) TypeScript
3 74 (25.26%) SQL
4 69 (23.55%) C#
5 53 (18.09%) Java
6 33 (11.26%) Python
7 18 (6.14%) PHP
8 9 (3.07%) Ruby
9 8 (2.73%) C++
10 6 (2.05%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.37%) Formula Language
11 4 (1.37%) Scala
12 3 (1.02%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.02%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.68%) Groovy
13 2 (0.68%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.34%) COBOL
14 1 (0.34%) JCL
14 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (14.68%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.95%) Degree
3 34 (11.60%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.71%) CCSAS
6 5 (1.71%) CEH
6 5 (1.71%) CREST Certified
6 5 (1.71%) GIAC
6 5 (1.71%) GPEN
6 5 (1.71%) GWAPT
6 5 (1.71%) OSCP
7 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.34%) CCA
8 1 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.31%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.12%) QA
3 13 (4.44%) WCAG
4 3 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (1.02%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.68%) SLA
5 2 (0.68%) WAI
6 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 28 (9.56%) Docker
2 8 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.02%) vCloud
3 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (1.02%) vSphere
4 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.02%) Kibana
2 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.02%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 39 (13.31%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.87%) Adobe
3 24 (8.19%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.46%) OutSystems
5 15 (5.12%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.10%) Atlassian
7 8 (2.73%) Google
8 7 (2.39%) Oracle
9 6 (2.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (2.05%) SAP
10 5 (1.71%) Splunk
11 4 (1.37%) VMware
12 3 (1.02%) Sage
12 3 (1.02%) Sitecore
13 2 (0.68%) CA Agile Central
13 2 (0.68%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.68%) IBM
13 2 (0.68%) Marketo
13 2 (0.68%) Sun
14 1 (0.34%) GoCardless