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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 92 99
Rank change year-on-year -52 +7 -23
Contract jobs citing CSS 278 421 430
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.93% 2.86% 2.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.29% 11.15% 9.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 254 294
10th Percentile £343 £275 £321
25th Percentile £413 £401 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £635 £630 £638
90th Percentile £703 £767 £749
England median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -5.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £33.10 £34.25 £27.37
25th Percentile £36.63 £35.75 £28.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.50 £51.67
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% -23.55% -32.44%
75th Percentile £55.63 £41.88 £74.61
90th Percentile £60.50 £42.55 £76.35
England median hourly rate £62.50 £58.88 £60.00
% change year-on-year +6.16% -1.88% -7.69%

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 3,815 3,777 4,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.50% 25.62% 25.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 2,471 3,487
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 30
10th Percentile £33.07 £34.65 £29.60
25th Percentile £43.75 £38.38 £35.79
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +7.69% -21.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.20 £72.80 £78.75
England median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -5.60% +20.45% -20.17%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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 -9 52 £525 -4.55% 95
East London +3 5 £520 +7.22% 23
West London -16 4 £350 -14.43% 21
South London -14 2 £775 +6.90% 13
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 12 (4.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 8 (2.88%) CMS
3 7 (2.52%) Confluence
4 5 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.72%) Apache
5 2 (0.72%) Joomla!
5 2 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.36%) Camunda
6 1 (0.36%) CICS
6 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) Moodle
6 1 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.36%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.52%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.16%) Sketch
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%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.72%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.36%) InDesign
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 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%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (26.26%) Azure
2 69 (24.82%) AWS
3 41 (14.75%) GitHub
4 25 (8.99%) GitHub Actions
5 23 (8.27%) Figma
6 21 (7.55%) GCP
7 15 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (5.40%) Serverless
8 14 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.68%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.96%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.24%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.88%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.52%) Amazon Cognito
13 7 (2.52%) npm
14 6 (2.16%) Azure AKS
14 6 (2.16%) SaaS
14 6 (2.16%) Yarn
15 5 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (1.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.52%) HTTP
2 3 (1.08%) DNS
2 3 (1.08%) SMS
3 1 (0.36%) BGP
3 1 (0.36%) DKIM
3 1 (0.36%) Firewall
3 1 (0.36%) FTP
3 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) Intranet
3 1 (0.36%) LAN
3 1 (0.36%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) OSPF
3 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.36%) Skype
3 1 (0.36%) SSL
3 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (17.27%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (9.35%) Relational Database
2 26 (9.35%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.55%) NoSQL
4 20 (7.19%) MongoDB
5 14 (5.04%) MySQL
6 12 (4.32%) Redis
7 9 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.24%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.16%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.16%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.44%) DB2
11 3 (1.08%) CockroachDB
11 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.08%) Mixpanel
11 3 (1.08%) Pinecone
11 3 (1.08%) Power BI
11 3 (1.08%) Tableau
12 2 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 82 (29.50%) Git
2 27 (9.71%) JIRA
3 25 (8.99%) Jenkins
4 22 (7.91%) webpack
5 20 (7.19%) Cypress.io
6 16 (5.76%) JUnit
7 14 (5.04%) Mockito
8 11 (3.96%) Maven
9 9 (3.24%) GitLab
9 9 (3.24%) Postman
9 9 (3.24%) Selenium
10 8 (2.88%) Cucumber
11 6 (2.16%) Eclipse
11 6 (2.16%) REST Assured
11 6 (2.16%) SoapUI
11 6 (2.16%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.16%) Vite
12 5 (1.80%) Subversion
12 5 (1.80%) Xcode
12 5 (1.80%) XCTest
General
1 87 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.94%) Finance
3 34 (12.23%) Banking
4 26 (9.35%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.76%) Marketing
7 13 (4.68%) Investment Banking
8 8 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.52%) Front Office
10 4 (1.44%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.44%) Military
10 4 (1.44%) Publishing
11 3 (1.08%) Advertising
11 3 (1.08%) Automotive
11 3 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Legal
12 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 172 (61.87%) Developer
2 42 (15.11%) Full-Stack Developer
3 33 (11.87%) Senior
4 29 (10.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 22 (7.91%) Java Developer
6 21 (7.55%) Senior Developer
7 18 (6.47%) React Developer
8 16 (5.76%) Designer
9 12 (4.32%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 11 (3.96%) Python Developer
11 10 (3.60%) Consultant
11 10 (3.60%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.24%) .NET Developer
12 9 (3.24%) Lead
13 8 (2.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (2.88%) UI Developer
13 8 (2.88%) UX Designer
14 7 (2.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 7 (2.52%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 7 (2.52%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 246 (88.49%) HTML
2 133 (47.84%) React
3 78 (28.06%) AngularJS
4 65 (23.38%) REST
5 58 (20.86%) HTML5
6 44 (15.83%) RESTful
7 42 (15.11%) Node.js
8 37 (13.31%) Spring
9 31 (11.15%) CSS3
9 31 (11.15%) JSON
9 31 (11.15%) Vue
10 30 (10.79%) .NET
11 25 (8.99%) Sass
12 24 (8.63%) Jest
12 24 (8.63%) Spring Boot
13 23 (8.27%) Bootstrap
14 22 (7.91%) jQuery
15 19 (6.83%) SOAP
16 18 (6.47%) Redux
16 18 (6.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.40%) Mobile App
2 14 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.32%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (2.88%) Derivative
5 8 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.88%) Reinsurance
6 7 (2.52%) CMDB
6 7 (2.52%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.16%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.80%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.44%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.08%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.08%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.60%) Linux
2 8 (2.88%) Unix
3 4 (1.44%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.08%) CentOS
5 2 (0.72%) Android
5 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (46.40%) Agile
2 93 (33.45%) CI/CD
3 82 (29.50%) User Experience
4 70 (25.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 65 (23.38%) Front End Development
6 57 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (15.47%) DevOps
8 38 (13.67%) Microservices
8 38 (13.67%) UX Design
9 32 (11.51%) Software Engineering
10 30 (10.79%) Scrum
11 29 (10.43%) Containerisation
11 29 (10.43%) SDLC
12 28 (10.07%) Test Automation
13 27 (9.71%) Analytics
14 26 (9.35%) Unit Testing
15 25 (8.99%) Design Patterns
16 24 (8.63%) TDD
17 21 (7.55%) Code Quality
17 21 (7.55%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 206 (74.10%) JavaScript
2 83 (29.86%) TypeScript
3 80 (28.78%) SQL
4 76 (27.34%) Java
5 44 (15.83%) Python
6 15 (5.40%) C#
7 11 (3.96%) Ruby
8 8 (2.88%) Groovy
8 8 (2.88%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.52%) JSX
9 7 (2.52%) PL/SQL
10 6 (2.16%) PHP
10 6 (2.16%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.80%) ABAP
11 5 (1.80%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.80%) C
11 5 (1.80%) C++
12 4 (1.44%) COBOL
13 3 (1.08%) Go
13 3 (1.08%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (19.42%) Security Cleared
2 45 (16.19%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.91%) Degree
4 17 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.08%) MCP
6 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.36%) CCNP
7 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (16.91%) Accessibility
2 28 (10.07%) QA
3 22 (7.91%) WCAG
4 7 (2.52%) GDPR
5 4 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 48 (17.27%) Docker
2 4 (1.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (12.59%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.88%) Terraform
3 7 (2.52%) Argo
4 5 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.72%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Ansible
6 1 (0.36%) Control-M
6 1 (0.36%) Kibana
6 1 (0.36%) logstash
Vendors
1 35 (12.59%) Oracle
2 26 (9.35%) Adobe
3 21 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 18 (6.47%) Google
5 13 (4.68%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.96%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.88%) SAP
8 7 (2.52%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.16%) Amplitude
9 6 (2.16%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.16%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.80%) CA Agile Central
10 5 (1.80%) OutSystems
10 5 (1.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (1.80%) Splunk
11 4 (1.44%) TIBCO
12 2 (0.72%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.72%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.72%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.72%) Optimizely