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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 127 84
Rank change year-on-year -102 -43 +14
Contract jobs citing CSS 235 293 479
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 2.16% 2.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.13% 8.37% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 205 357
10th Percentile £356 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £385 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -9.09% -5.00%
75th Percentile £576 £644 £638
90th Percentile £650 £788 £775
England median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 1
10th Percentile - £30.08 -
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -31.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £35.75 -
90th Percentile £73.00 £45.66 -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +52.17%

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 4,577 3,499 4,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.74% 25.81% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,033 2,438 3,174
10th Percentile £393 £364 £377
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 25
10th Percentile £26.40 £32.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.63 £33.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +40.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.13 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £78.20 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.75
% change year-on-year +18.18% -3.08% -5.42%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -60 21 £404 -26.59% 25
South London - 6 £550 - 4
East London +3 4 £410 -22.64% 14
West London -16 3 - - 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 24 (10.21%) CMS
2 19 (8.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (3.40%) Confluence
5 5 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.13%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.70%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.28%) Kentico
7 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.28%) Umbraco
7 3 (1.28%) WordPress
8 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.85%) Camunda
8 2 (0.85%) Drupal
8 2 (0.85%) IIS
8 2 (0.85%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.43%) Apache
9 1 (0.43%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.43%) Moodle
9 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Photoshop
1 3 (1.28%) Sketch
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Shopify
2 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.85%) Magento
4 1 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 54 (22.98%) Azure
2 50 (21.28%) AWS
3 27 (11.49%) Power Platform
4 21 (8.94%) Serverless
5 20 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (8.09%) Figma
6 19 (8.09%) GitHub
6 19 (8.09%) Power Automate
7 16 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (6.81%) PowerApps
8 14 (5.96%) GCP
9 11 (4.68%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (3.83%) GitHub Copilot
11 8 (3.40%) Google Analytics
12 7 (2.98%) Adobe Analytics
12 7 (2.98%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (2.98%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.98%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.98%) SaaS
13 6 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.83%) HTTP
2 5 (2.13%) Intranet
3 1 (0.43%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.17%) SQL Server
2 23 (9.79%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.66%) MySQL
4 17 (7.23%) Relational Database
5 16 (6.81%) NoSQL
6 11 (4.68%) MongoDB
7 10 (4.26%) Power BI
8 9 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (3.40%) Tableau
10 6 (2.55%) Big Data
11 5 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (2.13%) Metadata
11 5 (2.13%) Redis
12 4 (1.70%) Apache Hudi
12 4 (1.70%) EDRMS
12 4 (1.70%) Presto
12 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 54 (22.98%) Git
2 27 (11.49%) Jenkins
3 22 (9.36%) Cypress.io
4 18 (7.66%) GitLab
5 14 (5.96%) Maven
5 14 (5.96%) Storybook
6 13 (5.53%) JIRA
7 10 (4.26%) JUnit
7 10 (4.26%) Vite
8 7 (2.98%) MSTest
8 7 (2.98%) SonarQube
9 5 (2.13%) Cucumber
9 5 (2.13%) Gradle
9 5 (2.13%) Jasmine
9 5 (2.13%) Mocha
9 5 (2.13%) Mockito
9 5 (2.13%) tSQLt
9 5 (2.13%) webpack
10 4 (1.70%) Karma Test Runner
10 4 (1.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 78 (33.19%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.60%) Finance
3 33 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.62%) Banking
5 25 (10.64%) Marketing
6 24 (10.21%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.53%) Retail
8 11 (4.68%) Publishing
9 10 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.83%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.13%) Front Office
13 4 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.28%) Games
14 3 (1.28%) Local Government
15 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.85%) Law
16 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 126 (53.62%) Developer
2 33 (14.04%) Senior
3 27 (11.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 23 (9.79%) React Developer
5 20 (8.51%) Full-Stack Developer
6 19 (8.09%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.96%) Consultant
7 14 (5.96%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.53%) Architect
9 12 (5.11%) Designer
10 11 (4.68%) Lead
10 11 (4.68%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) Angular Developer
12 8 (3.40%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 8 (3.40%) Lead Developer
12 8 (3.40%) Low-Code Developer
12 8 (3.40%) Web Developer
13 7 (2.98%) Braze Specialist
13 7 (2.98%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (2.98%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (85.11%) HTML
2 92 (39.15%) React
3 74 (31.49%) REST
4 57 (24.26%) HTML5
5 50 (21.28%) RESTful
6 49 (20.85%) AngularJS
7 45 (19.15%) CSS3
8 38 (16.17%) .NET
9 29 (12.34%) Redux
10 28 (11.91%) OAuth
11 26 (11.06%) Node.js
12 23 (9.79%) SOAP
12 23 (9.79%) Spring
13 22 (9.36%) jQuery
14 21 (8.94%) Jest
14 21 (8.94%) Spring Boot
15 18 (7.66%) Kafka
15 18 (7.66%) Playwright
15 18 (7.66%) Tailwind CSS
16 17 (7.23%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.68%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.40%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.98%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.13%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.70%) CMDB
8 4 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.70%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.28%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.28%) Equities
9 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.28%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.28%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.11%) Linux
2 10 (4.26%) Unix
3 9 (3.83%) Windows
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (45.53%) Agile
2 86 (36.60%) CI/CD
3 59 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (23.40%) User Experience
5 53 (22.55%) DevOps
6 51 (21.70%) Microservices
7 50 (21.28%) Front End Development
8 48 (20.43%) Test Automation
9 47 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
10 44 (18.72%) Scrum
11 35 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (13.62%) AI
13 29 (12.34%) Software Engineering
14 28 (11.91%) Clean Code
14 28 (11.91%) Code Quality
15 27 (11.49%) Performance Optimisation
16 25 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 24 (10.21%) API Integration
18 23 (9.79%) Analytics
19 22 (9.36%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 179 (76.17%) JavaScript
2 82 (34.89%) SQL
3 75 (31.91%) TypeScript
4 41 (17.45%) Java
5 35 (14.89%) Python
6 31 (13.19%) C#
7 12 (5.11%) PL/SQL
7 12 (5.11%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.26%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.13%) PHP
9 5 (2.13%) Ruby
9 5 (2.13%) Scala
10 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.43%) Bash
12 1 (0.43%) CFML
12 1 (0.43%) F#
12 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.43%) R
12 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.94%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (4.26%) Degree
4 6 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (19.15%) Accessibility
2 35 (14.89%) QA
3 29 (12.34%) WCAG
4 9 (3.83%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.98%) GDPR
6 4 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.70%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.85%) GRC
8 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.43%) WAI
8 1 (0.43%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 39 (16.60%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Varnish
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (9.79%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.38%) Terraform
3 13 (5.53%) Grafana
4 7 (2.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (11.06%) Oracle
2 24 (10.21%) Microsoft
3 22 (9.36%) Adobe
4 18 (7.66%) ServiceNow
5 13 (5.53%) Google
6 9 (3.83%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.40%) Optimizely
7 8 (3.40%) OutSystems
8 7 (2.98%) Braze
9 4 (1.70%) Amplitude
9 4 (1.70%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.70%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.70%) Splunk
9 4 (1.70%) Tealium
9 4 (1.70%) Workday
10 3 (1.28%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.85%) IBM
11 2 (0.85%) Marketo
11 2 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) Veracode