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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 121 94
Rank change year-on-year -69 -27 -2
Contract jobs citing CSS 251 284 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 2.34% 2.58%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.92% 8.96% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 198 338
10th Percentile £340 £354 £384
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -4.29% -5.83%
75th Percentile £593 £657 £638
90th Percentile £709 £788 £750
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.05% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £30.95 £30.91 £30.66
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £33.88
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £42.12
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -18.08% -39.84%
75th Percentile £48.75 £35.75 £47.49
90th Percentile £61.45 £39.06 £49.00
England median hourly rate £33.75 £42.82 £62.50
% change year-on-year -21.17% -31.50% +2.04%

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 4,237 3,169 4,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.04% 26.15% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 2,216 3,395
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £441 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -3.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £720 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 16 26
10th Percentile £23.98 £31.16 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.76 £33.25 £23.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.91 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -8.45% -38.18%
75th Percentile £60.12 £54.06 £64.40
90th Percentile £90.88 £68.13 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -31 31 £550 +5.21% 18
East London -7 4 £410 -21.90% 11
South London -11 2 - - 7
West London - 2 - - 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 19 (7.57%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.58%) CMS
3 12 (4.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.39%) Confluence
5 5 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.99%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.59%) Kentico
7 3 (1.20%) Camunda
7 3 (1.20%) Joomla!
7 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.80%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.80%) Drupal
8 2 (0.80%) IIS
9 1 (0.40%) Apache
9 1 (0.40%) Moodle
9 1 (0.40%) Mule
9 1 (0.40%) nginx
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.40%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (2.39%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.59%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.59%) Sketch
3 3 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.80%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.80%) Trello
5 1 (0.40%) InVision
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.80%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.40%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (22.71%) Azure
2 48 (19.12%) AWS
3 27 (10.76%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.37%) Serverless
6 18 (7.17%) Figma
7 17 (6.77%) Power Automate
8 16 (6.37%) PowerApps
9 15 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (4.38%) GitHub
11 10 (3.98%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.59%) GCP
13 8 (3.19%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.79%) OneDrive
15 6 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
16 5 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.59%) Intranet
2 3 (1.20%) Firewall
2 3 (1.20%) Network Security
2 3 (1.20%) SMS
3 2 (0.80%) BGP
3 2 (0.80%) HTTP
3 2 (0.80%) LAN
3 2 (0.80%) OSPF
3 2 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.80%) RTMP
3 2 (0.80%) SSL
3 2 (0.80%) WAN
4 1 (0.40%) DHCP
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.40%) Skype
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) VLAN
4 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (17.13%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.76%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (8.37%) Relational Database
4 18 (7.17%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.38%) MongoDB
5 11 (4.38%) MySQL
5 11 (4.38%) Power BI
6 8 (3.19%) Big Data
6 8 (3.19%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.79%) Tableau
8 6 (2.39%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.99%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.59%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.59%) Metadata
10 4 (1.59%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.59%) Presto
10 4 (1.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 42 (16.73%) Git
2 24 (9.56%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.37%) GitLab
3 16 (6.37%) JIRA
4 10 (3.98%) Cucumber
5 9 (3.59%) JUnit
6 8 (3.19%) Maven
7 7 (2.79%) Cypress.io
7 7 (2.79%) Mockito
7 7 (2.79%) MSTest
7 7 (2.79%) Vite
8 6 (2.39%) webpack
9 5 (1.99%) Mocha
9 5 (1.99%) tSQLt
10 4 (1.59%) Selenium
10 4 (1.59%) Storybook
10 4 (1.59%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (1.20%) Postman
11 3 (1.20%) Spinnaker
General
1 65 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.73%) Finance
3 40 (15.94%) Banking
4 28 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 18 (7.17%) Marketing
7 15 (5.98%) Investment Banking
8 11 (4.38%) Front Office
8 11 (4.38%) Retail
9 7 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.59%) Publishing
12 3 (1.20%) Games
12 3 (1.20%) Legal
12 3 (1.20%) Local Government
13 2 (0.80%) Automotive
13 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.80%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.80%) Law
13 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (58.96%) Developer
2 42 (16.73%) Senior
3 25 (9.96%) Senior Developer
4 23 (9.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 22 (8.76%) React Developer
6 20 (7.97%) Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (5.58%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.78%) Consultant
9 11 (4.38%) Designer
10 9 (3.59%) Java Developer
10 9 (3.59%) Python Developer
10 9 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.19%) Architect
11 8 (3.19%) Low-Code Developer
11 8 (3.19%) Software Developer
12 7 (2.79%) Backend Developer
12 7 (2.79%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.79%) ServiceNow Developer
12 7 (2.79%) UI Developer
13 6 (2.39%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (85.66%) HTML
2 105 (41.83%) React
3 70 (27.89%) AngularJS
4 62 (24.70%) REST
5 45 (17.93%) .NET
6 44 (17.53%) HTML5
7 35 (13.94%) RESTful
8 29 (11.55%) CSS3
8 29 (11.55%) Redux
9 25 (9.96%) OAuth
10 24 (9.56%) Node.js
11 23 (9.16%) SOAP
12 21 (8.37%) Spring
13 19 (7.57%) jQuery
14 18 (7.17%) JSON
14 18 (7.17%) Vue
15 17 (6.77%) Tailwind CSS
16 16 (6.37%) Spring Boot
16 16 (6.37%) Web Services
17 14 (5.58%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.18%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.59%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.79%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.99%) CMDB
6 5 (1.99%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.99%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.59%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.59%) Derivative
7 4 (1.59%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.20%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.20%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.20%) PropTech
9 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.80%) Equities
9 2 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.59%) Linux
2 8 (3.19%) Unix
2 8 (3.19%) Windows
3 2 (0.80%) Android
3 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (40.64%) Agile
2 68 (27.09%) User Experience
3 66 (26.29%) CI/CD
4 53 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (19.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 48 (19.12%) DevOps
7 41 (16.33%) Front End Development
8 38 (15.14%) Test Automation
9 37 (14.74%) Scrum
10 35 (13.94%) Microservices
10 35 (13.94%) Software Engineering
11 31 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (11.95%) AI
13 28 (11.16%) Analytics
14 24 (9.56%) Containerisation
14 24 (9.56%) Design Patterns
15 23 (9.16%) Workflow
16 22 (8.76%) UX Design
17 21 (8.37%) API Integration
18 20 (7.97%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 187 (74.50%) JavaScript
2 82 (32.67%) SQL
3 68 (27.09%) TypeScript
4 58 (23.11%) Python
5 51 (20.32%) Java
6 35 (13.94%) C#
7 13 (5.18%) T-SQL
8 12 (4.78%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.59%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.79%) Ruby
11 5 (1.99%) Scala
12 3 (1.20%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.80%) Go
13 2 (0.80%) PHP
14 1 (0.40%) Bash
14 1 (0.40%) DataWeave
14 1 (0.40%) F#
14 1 (0.40%) Groovy
14 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 28 (11.16%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.57%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.78%) Degree
4 7 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.20%) CCNP
6 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CCNA
7 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.55%) Accessibility
2 25 (9.96%) QA
3 21 (8.37%) WCAG
4 10 (3.98%) GDPR
5 5 (1.99%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.59%) SLA
7 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.80%) NCSC
9 1 (0.40%) WAI
9 1 (0.40%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 38 (15.14%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 26 (10.36%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.58%) Terraform
3 6 (2.39%) Grafana
4 5 (1.99%) Kibana
5 3 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 29 (11.55%) Adobe
1 29 (11.55%) Oracle
2 21 (8.37%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.98%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.59%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.19%) OutSystems
6 5 (1.99%) Google
6 5 (1.99%) Qualtrics
6 5 (1.99%) SAP
6 5 (1.99%) Workday
7 4 (1.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 4 (1.59%) Splunk
8 3 (1.20%) Braze
8 3 (1.20%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.20%) Symantec
9 2 (0.80%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.80%) Netskope
9 2 (0.80%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.80%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.80%) Red Hat