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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 99 94
Rank change year-on-year -55 -5 -8
Contract jobs citing CSS 278 346 429
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.71% 2.58% 2.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.75% 9.82% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 219 310
10th Percentile £340 £363 £324
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £508 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% -2.40% -5.45%
75th Percentile £621 £631 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £477 £488
% change year-on-year +4.82% -2.15% -5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £26.90 £34.25 £27.20
25th Percentile £32.75 £35.75 £27.69
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.50 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% +15.40% -53.26%
75th Percentile £55.63 £41.88 £56.80
90th Percentile £60.50 £42.55 £66.91
England median hourly rate £30.00 £60.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -50.41% +5.22% -14.81%

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 4,119 3,524 4,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.33% 26.28% 24.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,799 2,385 3,387
10th Percentile £363 £383 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 33
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.48 £16.37
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.31 £28.51
Median hourly rate £47.00 £44.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +5.29% -35.01%
75th Percentile £63.00 £64.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.83 £74.73
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -20 44 £550 - 36
West London -19 3 £350 -14.43% 17
East London 0 2 £450 -14.29% 26
South London -15 2 £775 +6.90% 5
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 15 (5.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 8 (2.88%) CMS
2 8 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.08%) Confluence
3 3 (1.08%) Joomla!
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) Camunda
4 2 (0.72%) Moodle
5 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) Drupal
5 1 (0.36%) Kentico
5 1 (0.36%) Mule
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.36%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.60%) Adobe XD
2 7 (2.52%) Sketch
3 4 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.44%) Trello
4 3 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.08%) InVision
4 3 (1.08%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.36%) InDesign
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 82 (29.50%) Azure
2 73 (26.26%) AWS
3 44 (15.83%) GitHub
4 25 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (8.63%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (8.27%) Figma
6 23 (8.27%) Serverless
7 21 (7.55%) GCP
8 17 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.04%) Amazon S3
10 12 (4.32%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.60%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.24%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (2.52%) Amazon Cognito
13 7 (2.52%) npm
13 7 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 7 (2.52%) PowerApps
14 6 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.16%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.80%) HTTP
2 3 (1.08%) Firewall
2 3 (1.08%) Network Security
2 3 (1.08%) SMS
3 2 (0.72%) BGP
3 2 (0.72%) DNS
3 2 (0.72%) LAN
3 2 (0.72%) OSPF
3 2 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.72%) RTMP
3 2 (0.72%) SSL
3 2 (0.72%) WAN
4 1 (0.36%) DHCP
4 1 (0.36%) FTP
4 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.36%) Internet
4 1 (0.36%) Intranet
4 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.36%) VLAN
4 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.23%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (8.27%) NoSQL
2 23 (8.27%) SQL Server
3 19 (6.83%) Relational Database
4 16 (5.76%) MySQL
5 14 (5.04%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.24%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (2.52%) Oracle Database
9 6 (2.16%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.44%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.44%) Power BI
11 3 (1.08%) Big Data
11 3 (1.08%) CockroachDB
11 3 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (1.08%) Mixpanel
11 3 (1.08%) Redis
12 2 (0.72%) Data Hub
12 2 (0.72%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.72%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 69 (24.82%) Git
2 25 (8.99%) Jenkins
3 21 (7.55%) JIRA
4 19 (6.83%) Cypress.io
4 19 (6.83%) GitLab
5 15 (5.40%) JUnit
6 13 (4.68%) Mockito
7 12 (4.32%) Maven
7 12 (4.32%) webpack
8 10 (3.60%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.88%) Selenium
10 6 (2.16%) Postman
11 5 (1.80%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.80%) Vite
12 4 (1.44%) MSTest
13 3 (1.08%) Bitbucket
13 3 (1.08%) Gradle
13 3 (1.08%) Mocha
13 3 (1.08%) Robot Framework
13 3 (1.08%) WebDriver
General
1 72 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.14%) Finance
3 33 (11.87%) Banking
4 29 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.71%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.04%) Marketing
7 13 (4.68%) Front Office
7 13 (4.68%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.16%) Retail
9 5 (1.80%) Legal
9 5 (1.80%) Publishing
10 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.44%) Military
11 3 (1.08%) Advertising
11 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.72%) Automotive
12 2 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 175 (62.95%) Developer
2 44 (15.83%) Senior
3 36 (12.95%) Full-Stack Developer
4 30 (10.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 26 (9.35%) Senior Developer
6 21 (7.55%) React Developer
7 16 (5.76%) Designer
7 16 (5.76%) Java Developer
8 15 (5.40%) Software Engineer
9 11 (3.96%) Python Developer
10 9 (3.24%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 9 (3.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 9 (3.24%) Software Developer
11 7 (2.52%) Backend Developer
11 7 (2.52%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.52%) Consultant
11 7 (2.52%) Lead
11 7 (2.52%) Senior Designer
11 7 (2.52%) UI Developer
12 6 (2.16%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 244 (87.77%) HTML
2 135 (48.56%) React
3 86 (30.94%) AngularJS
4 63 (22.66%) REST
5 50 (17.99%) HTML5
6 49 (17.63%) Node.js
7 42 (15.11%) RESTful
8 37 (13.31%) Spring
8 37 (13.31%) Vue
9 32 (11.51%) .NET
9 32 (11.51%) CSS3
10 24 (8.63%) Redux
10 24 (8.63%) Spring Boot
11 23 (8.27%) Sass
12 22 (7.91%) Jest
13 21 (7.55%) JSON
14 16 (5.76%) Tailwind CSS
14 16 (5.76%) Web Services
15 15 (5.40%) Bootstrap
15 15 (5.40%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.04%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.68%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (3.96%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.24%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.88%) CMDB
5 8 (2.88%) Derivative
5 8 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.16%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.80%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.08%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.08%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.08%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.88%) Linux
2 7 (2.52%) Unix
2 7 (2.52%) Windows
3 5 (1.80%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.72%) Android
4 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.72%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (41.37%) Agile
2 100 (35.97%) CI/CD
3 73 (26.26%) User Experience
4 68 (24.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 60 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (19.42%) DevOps
7 50 (17.99%) Front End Development
8 43 (15.47%) Microservices
9 39 (14.03%) Software Engineering
10 37 (13.31%) Containerisation
11 35 (12.59%) Design Patterns
12 33 (11.87%) Test Automation
13 31 (11.15%) Scrum
14 29 (10.43%) UX Design
15 27 (9.71%) AI
15 27 (9.71%) Unit Testing
16 26 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (8.63%) Analytics
18 22 (7.91%) Responsive Web Design
18 22 (7.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 204 (73.38%) JavaScript
2 90 (32.37%) TypeScript
3 73 (26.26%) Java
4 63 (22.66%) SQL
5 55 (19.78%) Python
6 25 (8.99%) C#
7 10 (3.60%) Ruby
8 9 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.52%) JSX
10 6 (2.16%) PHP
11 5 (1.80%) ABAP
12 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.08%) C
13 3 (1.08%) Go
14 2 (0.72%) Bash
14 2 (0.72%) C++
14 2 (0.72%) Groovy
14 2 (0.72%) Perl
14 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.83%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.83%) Degree
4 11 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.08%) CCNP
5 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.36%) CCNA
7 1 (0.36%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (15.11%) Accessibility
2 22 (7.91%) QA
2 22 (7.91%) WCAG
3 8 (2.88%) GDPR
4 4 (1.44%) SLA
5 3 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.72%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (17.63%) Docker
2 5 (1.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (15.11%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.60%) Terraform
3 7 (2.52%) Argo
4 4 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.72%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (10.43%) Adobe
2 25 (8.99%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.47%) Oracle
4 14 (5.04%) Google
5 11 (3.96%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.24%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.24%) SAP
6 9 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (1.44%) Amplitude
9 3 (1.08%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.08%) Optimizely
9 3 (1.08%) Symantec
10 2 (0.72%) Aruba
10 2 (0.72%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.72%) Cisco
10 2 (0.72%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.72%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.72%) Sybase
10 2 (0.72%) Tealium