CSS Contract Job Trends in London

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 140 80
Rank change year-on-year -82 -60 +20
Contract jobs citing CSS 254 268 495
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 2.02% 3.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.72% 6.82% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 174 326
10th Percentile £375 £319 £310
25th Percentile £414 £366 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £503
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% -5.97% -4.29%
75th Percentile £578 £610 £638
90th Percentile £720 £700 £766
England median daily rate £479 £435 £500
% change year-on-year +10.11% -13.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 1
10th Percentile £34.74 £30.42 -
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -31.00% -27.64%
75th Percentile £58.75 £41.96 -
90th Percentile £74.58 £53.32 -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +16.67%

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 5,387 3,929 4,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.44% 29.56% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,642 2,690 3,232
10th Percentile £400 £364 £385
25th Percentile £456 £429 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £700
90th Percentile £752 £788 £850
England median daily rate £537 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 32 23
10th Percentile £31.20 £31.77 £23.88
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £62.25 £61.56 £61.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -16.92% +9.62%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CSS job vacancy trend in London

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CSS

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in London over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in London

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CSS

CSS
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in London over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 13 October 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
Central London -62 22 £500 -3.94% 39
South London -9 8 £543 -30.00% 2
West London -22 3 - - 4
East London +2 2 £500 -5.66% 4
CSS
England

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (11.42%) CMS
2 20 (7.87%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (5.12%) SharePoint
4 8 (3.15%) Confluence
5 5 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.97%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.97%) Camunda
5 5 (1.97%) WordPress
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.57%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.18%) Kentico
7 3 (1.18%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.79%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.79%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.79%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.39%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.39%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.97%) Shopify
3 1 (0.39%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.39%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 68 (26.77%) Azure
2 58 (22.83%) AWS
3 27 (10.63%) GitHub
4 22 (8.66%) GCP
5 20 (7.87%) Figma
6 18 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.69%) Power Platform
7 17 (6.69%) Serverless
8 16 (6.30%) Adobe Analytics
9 15 (5.91%) Power Automate
10 13 (5.12%) PowerApps
11 12 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (4.33%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (3.15%) OneDrive
15 6 (2.36%) Anthropic Claude
15 6 (2.36%) Azure Databricks
15 6 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (2.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.54%) HTTP
2 4 (1.57%) Intranet
3 2 (0.79%) 4G
3 2 (0.79%) 5G
3 2 (0.79%) DNS
3 2 (0.79%) Skype
3 2 (0.79%) SSH
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (18.90%) SQL Server
2 40 (15.75%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (11.02%) MySQL
4 25 (9.84%) Relational Database
5 23 (9.06%) MongoDB
6 22 (8.66%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.94%) Redis
8 8 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.97%) Big Data
9 5 (1.97%) Power BI
10 4 (1.57%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.57%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.57%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.57%) Metadata
10 4 (1.57%) Presto
10 4 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (26.77%) Git
2 39 (15.35%) Jenkins
3 24 (9.45%) GitLab
4 23 (9.06%) Cypress.io
5 21 (8.27%) Maven
6 16 (6.30%) JUnit
7 15 (5.91%) Gradle
7 15 (5.91%) JIRA
7 15 (5.91%) SonarQube
7 15 (5.91%) Storybook
8 10 (3.94%) Mockito
9 8 (3.15%) Cucumber
10 6 (2.36%) Vite
11 5 (1.97%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.97%) Claude Code
11 5 (1.97%) REST Assured
11 5 (1.97%) Selenium
11 5 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (1.97%) webpack
12 4 (1.57%) Mocha
General
1 90 (35.43%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.08%) Finance
3 35 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.39%) Banking
5 32 (12.60%) Marketing
6 17 (6.69%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.91%) Publishing
8 11 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.94%) Investment Banking
9 10 (3.94%) Retail
10 9 (3.54%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.97%) Advertising
12 5 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.57%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.18%) Front Office
14 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.18%) Local Government
15 2 (0.79%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 150 (59.06%) Developer
2 40 (15.75%) Full-Stack Developer
3 36 (14.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 28 (11.02%) Senior
5 22 (8.66%) Java Developer
6 19 (7.48%) React Developer
7 16 (6.30%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.51%) Python Developer
9 12 (4.72%) Web Specialist
10 11 (4.33%) Architect
11 10 (3.94%) Angular Developer
11 10 (3.94%) Consultant
11 10 (3.94%) Marketing Specialist
12 9 (3.54%) Designer
12 9 (3.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 9 (3.54%) Lead
12 9 (3.54%) Lead Developer
12 9 (3.54%) Web Developer
12 9 (3.54%) Web Marketing Specialist
13 8 (3.15%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (90.94%) HTML
2 102 (40.16%) React
3 80 (31.50%) REST
4 73 (28.74%) HTML5
5 66 (25.98%) RESTful
6 63 (24.80%) CSS3
7 51 (20.08%) AngularJS
8 48 (18.90%) .NET
9 34 (13.39%) Kafka
9 34 (13.39%) OAuth
10 33 (12.99%) Node.js
10 33 (12.99%) Spring Boot
11 30 (11.81%) Spring
12 25 (9.84%) Jest
12 25 (9.84%) Redux
13 24 (9.45%) SOAP
14 22 (8.66%) jQuery
14 22 (8.66%) Playwright
15 21 (8.27%) OAuth2
16 20 (7.87%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.48%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.51%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.33%) Data Structures
4 10 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.94%) Low-Code
4 10 (3.94%) Replication
5 9 (3.54%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.97%) Equities
8 5 (1.97%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.57%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.57%) CMDB
9 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.57%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.18%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.48%) Linux
2 13 (5.12%) Unix
3 3 (1.18%) macOS
3 3 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (46.85%) Agile
2 102 (40.16%) CI/CD
3 69 (27.17%) Front End Development
4 67 (26.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 65 (25.59%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (25.20%) DevOps
6 64 (25.20%) Microservices
7 57 (22.44%) Test Automation
8 56 (22.05%) Scrum
9 50 (19.69%) User Experience
10 45 (17.72%) AI
11 36 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (12.60%) Code Quality
12 32 (12.60%) Event-Driven
13 31 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (11.81%) Software Engineering
15 29 (11.42%) Computer Science
15 29 (11.42%) UX Design
16 28 (11.02%) Mentoring
16 28 (11.02%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 206 (81.10%) JavaScript
2 89 (35.04%) SQL
3 82 (32.28%) TypeScript
4 52 (20.47%) Java
5 39 (15.35%) Python
6 35 (13.78%) C#
7 10 (3.94%) Bash
7 10 (3.94%) PHP
8 9 (3.54%) PowerShell
8 9 (3.54%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.15%) PL/SQL
9 8 (3.15%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.97%) Scala
11 3 (1.18%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.18%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.39%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.39%) CFML
12 1 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.39%) Ruby
12 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 37 (14.57%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.81%) Degree
3 28 (11.02%) SC Cleared
4 24 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.97%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.39%) PhD
7 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.75%) QA
2 39 (15.35%) Accessibility
3 28 (11.02%) WCAG
4 9 (3.54%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) GRC
6 2 (0.79%) WAI
6 2 (0.79%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 50 (19.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.48%) Grafana
3 8 (3.15%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (2.36%) Kibana
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.63%) Adobe
3 24 (9.45%) Oracle
4 14 (5.51%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.12%) Google
6 10 (3.94%) OutSystems
7 8 (3.15%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.15%) Splunk
8 7 (2.76%) Braze
8 7 (2.76%) Databricks
8 7 (2.76%) IBM
8 7 (2.76%) Optimizely
9 5 (1.97%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.97%) Apple
9 5 (1.97%) Veracode
10 4 (1.57%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.57%) Tealium
11 3 (1.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.79%) Marketo
12 2 (0.79%) Sybase