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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 113 100
Rank change year-on-year -54 -13 -11
Contract jobs citing CSS 266 318 415
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.62% 2.49% 2.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.49% 9.59% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 200 308
10th Percentile £340 £363 £325
25th Percentile £413 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.35% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £650
90th Percentile £688 £738 £758
England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £26.90 £34.25 £27.04
25th Percentile £32.75 £35.75 £27.28
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.50 £31.49
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% +25.44% -55.01%
75th Percentile £50.63 £41.88 £37.62
90th Percentile £52.50 £42.55 £39.02
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.05% +5.00% -18.52%

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 4,101 3,317 4,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.95% 25.95% 24.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 2,287 3,338
10th Percentile £363 £385 £382
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £706 £688
90th Percentile £775 £834 £800
England median daily rate £525 £540 £545
% change year-on-year -2.78% -0.92% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 28
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.13 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.44 £26.41
Median hourly rate £46.00 £50.25 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +18.67% -34.85%
75th Percentile £59.72 £65.00 £63.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.38 £76.13
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -23 39 £528 -4.09% 52
East London -3 3 £450 -14.29% 19
West London -17 2 - - 12
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 (5.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.01%) CMS
4 3 (1.13%) Confluence
4 3 (1.13%) Joomla!
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.75%) Camunda
6 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.38%) Drupal
6 1 (0.38%) Kentico
6 1 (0.38%) Moodle
6 1 (0.38%) Mule
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.76%) Adobe XD
2 8 (3.01%) Sketch
3 4 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.50%) Trello
4 3 (1.13%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.13%) InVision
5 2 (0.75%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (29.32%) Azure
2 68 (25.56%) AWS
3 39 (14.66%) GitHub
4 26 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (9.40%) Serverless
6 24 (9.02%) Figma
7 21 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (6.02%) GCP
9 14 (5.26%) Amazon S3
10 12 (4.51%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.76%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (3.01%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.63%) Amazon Cognito
14 7 (2.63%) npm
14 7 (2.63%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.63%) PowerApps
15 6 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (2.26%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.50%) HTTP
2 3 (1.13%) Firewall
2 3 (1.13%) Network Security
2 3 (1.13%) SMS
3 2 (0.75%) BGP
3 2 (0.75%) LAN
3 2 (0.75%) OSPF
3 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.75%) RTMP
3 2 (0.75%) SSL
3 2 (0.75%) WAN
4 1 (0.38%) DHCP
4 1 (0.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.38%) FTP
4 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) Intranet
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VLAN
4 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.28%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (9.02%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.89%) NoSQL
4 18 (6.77%) Relational Database
5 14 (5.26%) MySQL
6 12 (4.51%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.76%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (3.01%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (2.63%) Oracle Database
10 6 (2.26%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.50%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.50%) Power BI
11 4 (1.50%) Redis
12 3 (1.13%) Big Data
12 3 (1.13%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.75%) Data Hub
13 2 (0.75%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.75%) Text Mining
14 1 (0.38%) Metabase
14 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 67 (25.19%) Git
2 25 (9.40%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.52%) JIRA
4 19 (7.14%) Cypress.io
5 18 (6.77%) GitLab
6 14 (5.26%) JUnit
7 12 (4.51%) Maven
7 12 (4.51%) Mockito
7 12 (4.51%) webpack
8 10 (3.76%) Cucumber
9 8 (3.01%) Selenium
10 7 (2.63%) Vite
11 6 (2.26%) Jasmine
11 6 (2.26%) Postman
12 5 (1.88%) MSTest
13 3 (1.13%) Bitbucket
13 3 (1.13%) Gradle
13 3 (1.13%) Mocha
13 3 (1.13%) tSQLt
13 3 (1.13%) WebDriver
General
1 62 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.80%) Finance
3 33 (12.41%) Banking
4 28 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 22 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.51%) Investment Banking
7 11 (4.14%) Front Office
7 11 (4.14%) Marketing
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
9 5 (1.88%) Legal
9 5 (1.88%) Publishing
10 4 (1.50%) Military
11 3 (1.13%) Advertising
11 3 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Automotive
12 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 168 (63.16%) Developer
2 44 (16.54%) Senior
3 35 (13.16%) Full-Stack Developer
4 30 (11.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 26 (9.77%) Senior Developer
6 19 (7.14%) React Developer
7 17 (6.39%) Software Engineer
8 16 (6.02%) Designer
8 16 (6.02%) Java Developer
9 11 (4.14%) Python Developer
10 9 (3.38%) Software Developer
11 8 (3.01%) C# Developer
11 8 (3.01%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 8 (3.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.63%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.63%) Backend Developer
12 7 (2.63%) Consultant
12 7 (2.63%) Senior Designer
12 7 (2.63%) UI Developer
13 6 (2.26%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (86.47%) HTML
2 131 (49.25%) React
3 85 (31.95%) AngularJS
4 64 (24.06%) REST
5 49 (18.42%) HTML5
6 46 (17.29%) Node.js
7 43 (16.17%) RESTful
8 36 (13.53%) Vue
9 35 (13.16%) Spring
10 34 (12.78%) CSS3
11 32 (12.03%) .NET
12 24 (9.02%) Redux
12 24 (9.02%) Sass
13 23 (8.65%) Spring Boot
14 22 (8.27%) Jest
15 18 (6.77%) JSON
16 16 (6.02%) Tailwind CSS
17 15 (5.64%) Bootstrap
17 15 (5.64%) Web Services
18 14 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.89%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (3.76%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.01%) CMDB
4 8 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.88%) Derivative
7 5 (1.88%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.13%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.13%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.13%) PropTech
10 2 (0.75%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.26%) Linux
1 6 (2.26%) Windows
2 5 (1.88%) Unix
3 2 (0.75%) Android
3 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (39.85%) Agile
2 97 (36.47%) CI/CD
3 70 (26.32%) User Experience
4 64 (24.06%) Full-Stack Development
5 54 (20.30%) DevOps
6 53 (19.92%) Front End Development
7 52 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (16.54%) Microservices
9 40 (15.04%) Software Engineering
10 37 (13.91%) Containerisation
11 33 (12.41%) Design Patterns
11 33 (12.41%) Test Automation
12 29 (10.90%) Unit Testing
13 27 (10.15%) AI
13 27 (10.15%) Scrum
14 26 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (9.02%) Analytics
15 24 (9.02%) UX Design
16 22 (8.27%) TDD
17 21 (7.89%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 194 (72.93%) JavaScript
2 92 (34.59%) TypeScript
3 66 (24.81%) Java
4 61 (22.93%) SQL
5 53 (19.92%) Python
6 25 (9.40%) C#
7 12 (4.51%) Ruby
8 9 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.63%) JSX
10 5 (1.88%) ABAP
11 4 (1.50%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.13%) Go
12 3 (1.13%) PHP
13 2 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.75%) Groovy
13 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.38%) C
14 1 (0.38%) C++
14 1 (0.38%) F#
14 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 42 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.26%) Degree
4 7 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.13%) CCNP
5 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.38%) CCNA
7 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (16.54%) Accessibility
2 25 (9.40%) WCAG
3 19 (7.14%) QA
4 7 (2.63%) GDPR
5 4 (1.50%) SLA
6 3 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.75%) NCSC
8 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 49 (18.42%) Docker
2 4 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (16.17%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.76%) Terraform
3 7 (2.63%) Argo
4 4 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (10.53%) Adobe
2 24 (9.02%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.77%) Oracle
4 12 (4.51%) Google
5 9 (3.38%) Red Hat
5 9 (3.38%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.38%) SAP
5 9 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 3 (1.13%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.13%) Symantec
8 2 (0.75%) Botify
8 2 (0.75%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco
8 2 (0.75%) Netskope
8 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.75%) Qualtrics
8 2 (0.75%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.75%) Sybase
8 2 (0.75%) Telerik