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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 127 87
Rank change year-on-year -88 -40 +12
Contract jobs citing CSS 238 309 461
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 2.27% 2.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.21% 8.69% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 220 349
10th Percentile £359 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £385 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £576 £638 £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 12 9 1
10th Percentile £24.33 £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 £56.25 £35.75 -
90th Percentile £72.08 £45.66 -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +93.10%

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 4,566 3,555 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.66% 26.07% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,025 2,493 3,217
10th Percentile £390 £371 £375
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 £785 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 25
10th Percentile £23.69 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £32.09 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.16 £51.97 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +38.59% -43.18%
75th Percentile £60.63 £62.81 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £71.03 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -6.25%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -45 22 £400 -27.27% 24
South London - 6 £550 - 3
East London +2 4 £410 -22.64% 9
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 23 (9.66%) CMS
2 20 (8.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (5.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (3.78%) Confluence
5 5 (2.10%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.10%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.26%) Kentico
6 3 (1.26%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (1.26%) WordPress
7 2 (0.84%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.84%) Camunda
7 2 (0.84%) Drupal
7 2 (0.84%) IIS
7 2 (0.84%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.84%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.42%) Apache
8 1 (0.42%) Mule
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Photoshop
1 3 (1.26%) Sketch
2 2 (0.84%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Shopify
2 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.84%) Magento
3 1 (0.42%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.42%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.63%) Azure
2 52 (21.85%) AWS
3 26 (10.92%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (8.82%) Serverless
6 20 (8.40%) Power Automate
7 19 (7.98%) Figma
8 17 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (7.14%) GitHub
8 17 (7.14%) PowerApps
9 16 (6.72%) GCP
10 12 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.36%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (2.94%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.94%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.52%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.78%) HTTP
2 5 (2.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.42%) DHCP
3 1 (0.42%) DNS
3 1 (0.42%) Firewall
3 1 (0.42%) Network Security
3 1 (0.42%) Skype
3 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.42%) VLAN
3 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 26 (10.92%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (7.14%) MySQL
4 16 (6.72%) NoSQL
4 16 (6.72%) Relational Database
5 11 (4.62%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.78%) Power BI
7 7 (2.94%) Tableau
8 6 (2.52%) Big Data
9 5 (2.10%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.10%) Metadata
9 5 (2.10%) Redis
10 4 (1.68%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.68%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.68%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.68%) Presto
10 4 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 53 (22.27%) Git
2 28 (11.76%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.98%) Cypress.io
4 17 (7.14%) GitLab
5 15 (6.30%) JIRA
6 13 (5.46%) Maven
7 12 (5.04%) Storybook
8 10 (4.20%) Vite
9 8 (3.36%) JUnit
9 8 (3.36%) MSTest
10 7 (2.94%) Cucumber
11 6 (2.52%) Mocha
11 6 (2.52%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.52%) tSQLt
12 5 (2.10%) Gradle
12 5 (2.10%) Jasmine
12 5 (2.10%) Mockito
12 5 (2.10%) webpack
13 4 (1.68%) Karma Test Runner
13 4 (1.68%) TeamCity
General
1 77 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.07%) Finance
3 34 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (14.29%) Banking
4 25 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.66%) Marketing
6 14 (5.88%) Retail
7 10 (4.20%) Investment Banking
7 10 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.78%) Publishing
9 6 (2.52%) Front Office
9 6 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.68%) Local Government
11 3 (1.26%) Games
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.84%) Law
Job Titles
1 129 (54.20%) Developer
2 36 (15.13%) Senior
3 26 (10.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 23 (9.66%) React Developer
5 22 (9.24%) Senior Developer
6 19 (7.98%) Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (5.88%) Consultant
8 13 (5.46%) Designer
8 13 (5.46%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.46%) Software Engineer
9 12 (5.04%) Architect
10 9 (3.78%) Angular Developer
11 8 (3.36%) Lead
11 8 (3.36%) Low-Code Developer
11 8 (3.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.36%) UI Developer
11 8 (3.36%) Web Developer
12 7 (2.94%) .NET Developer
12 7 (2.94%) Campaign Specialist
12 7 (2.94%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (84.45%) HTML
2 91 (38.24%) React
3 72 (30.25%) REST
4 58 (24.37%) HTML5
5 51 (21.43%) RESTful
6 50 (21.01%) AngularJS
7 46 (19.33%) CSS3
8 42 (17.65%) .NET
9 31 (13.03%) Node.js
10 30 (12.61%) Redux
11 28 (11.76%) OAuth
12 25 (10.50%) SOAP
13 22 (9.24%) jQuery
14 21 (8.82%) Spring
15 20 (8.40%) Jest
15 20 (8.40%) Spring Boot
16 17 (7.14%) Tailwind CSS
17 16 (6.72%) Kafka
17 16 (6.72%) Playwright
17 16 (6.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.62%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.36%) Low-Code
4 8 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.52%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.10%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.10%) Fixed Income
6 5 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.68%) CMDB
7 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.68%) Equities
8 3 (1.26%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.26%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.26%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.26%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.84%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.62%) Windows
2 10 (4.20%) Linux
3 8 (3.36%) Unix
4 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.42%) Android
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (44.96%) Agile
2 89 (37.39%) CI/CD
3 58 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (24.37%) User Experience
4 53 (22.27%) DevOps
4 53 (22.27%) Microservices
5 47 (19.75%) Front End Development
5 47 (19.75%) Test Automation
6 46 (19.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 46 (19.33%) Scrum
7 33 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (13.03%) Software Engineering
9 30 (12.61%) AI
10 27 (11.34%) Clean Code
11 26 (10.92%) Code Quality
11 26 (10.92%) Performance Optimisation
12 24 (10.08%) API Integration
12 24 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (10.08%) UX Design
13 21 (8.82%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 183 (76.89%) JavaScript
2 80 (33.61%) SQL
3 73 (30.67%) TypeScript
4 43 (18.07%) Java
5 40 (16.81%) Python
6 34 (14.29%) C#
7 14 (5.88%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.46%) PL/SQL
9 10 (4.20%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.10%) Ruby
10 5 (2.10%) Scala
11 4 (1.68%) PHP
12 3 (1.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.84%) Bash
14 1 (0.42%) F#
14 1 (0.42%) Groovy
14 1 (0.42%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.42%) R
14 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.42%) XPath
Qualifications
1 28 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.40%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.04%) Degree
4 10 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.42%) CCNA
6 1 (0.42%) CCNP
6 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (19.75%) Accessibility
2 37 (15.55%) QA
3 30 (12.61%) WCAG
4 8 (3.36%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.94%) GDPR
6 4 (1.68%) SLA
7 3 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.84%) GRC
9 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.42%) WAI
9 1 (0.42%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 42 (17.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.84%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 27 (11.34%) Kubernetes
2 16 (6.72%) Terraform
3 12 (5.04%) Grafana
4 7 (2.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (2.10%) Kibana
5 5 (2.10%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (11.34%) Microsoft
1 27 (11.34%) Oracle
2 22 (9.24%) Adobe
3 17 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.62%) Google
5 8 (3.36%) OutSystems
5 8 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.94%) Braze
6 7 (2.94%) Optimizely
7 5 (2.10%) Workday
8 4 (1.68%) Splunk
9 3 (1.26%) Amplitude
9 3 (1.26%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.26%) Qualtrics
9 3 (1.26%) SAP
9 3 (1.26%) Sitecore
9 3 (1.26%) Sybase
9 3 (1.26%) Tealium
10 2 (0.84%) IBM
10 2 (0.84%) Veracode