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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 126 83
Rank change year-on-year -95 -43 +12
Contract jobs citing CSS 247 292 488
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.23% 2.18% 3.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.67% 7.49% 9.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 199 350
10th Percentile £375 £313 £325
25th Percentile £410 £381 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £578 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £788 £778
England median daily rate £475 £427 £500
% change year-on-year +11.31% -14.65% -
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% +38.37%

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 5,289 3,897 4,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.25% 29.15% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,535 2,713 3,491
10th Percentile £400 £368 £383
25th Percentile £455 £430 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £823 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 31 18
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.61 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £33.87 £24.48
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.44 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% +21.04% -36.57%
75th Percentile £61.50 £61.88 £50.56
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.00 £68.02
England median hourly rate £67.24 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +23.71% -13.04% -3.85%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -55 24 £475 -9.13% 9
South London - 6 £550 - 6
East London +4 4 £410 -24.07% 9
West London -21 3 - - 11
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 (9.72%) CMS
2 19 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 16 (6.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 10 (4.05%) Confluence
5 5 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.02%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.62%) Camunda
6 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.62%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.21%) Kentico
7 3 (1.21%) Umbraco
7 3 (1.21%) WordPress
8 2 (0.81%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.81%) IIS
8 2 (0.81%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.81%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.40%) Apache
9 1 (0.40%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.40%) Drupal
9 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Photoshop
1 3 (1.21%) Sketch
2 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.62%) Shopify
2 2 (0.81%) 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%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.48%) Azure
2 51 (20.65%) AWS
3 28 (11.34%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.91%) GitHub
5 20 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (8.10%) Serverless
6 19 (7.69%) Power Automate
7 18 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (6.88%) Figma
8 17 (6.88%) PowerApps
9 16 (6.48%) GCP
10 12 (4.86%) Adobe Analytics
11 11 (4.45%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (3.24%) Google Analytics
13 8 (3.24%) OneDrive
14 7 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (2.83%) SaaS
15 6 (2.43%) Amazon S3
16 5 (2.02%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.05%) HTTP
2 4 (1.62%) Intranet
3 2 (0.81%) Skype
4 1 (0.40%) 4G
4 1 (0.40%) 5G
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) SMS
4 1 (0.40%) SSH
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (17.41%) SQL Server
2 29 (11.74%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (8.10%) MySQL
3 20 (8.10%) NoSQL
4 19 (7.69%) Relational Database
5 16 (6.48%) MongoDB
6 10 (4.05%) Power BI
6 10 (4.05%) Redis
7 9 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (3.24%) Tableau
9 5 (2.02%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.02%) Big Data
10 4 (1.62%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.62%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.62%) Metadata
10 4 (1.62%) Presto
10 4 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.21%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 59 (23.89%) Git
2 35 (14.17%) Jenkins
3 23 (9.31%) Cypress.io
4 21 (8.50%) GitLab
5 16 (6.48%) JIRA
6 15 (6.07%) Maven
6 15 (6.07%) Storybook
7 12 (4.86%) JUnit
8 11 (4.45%) SonarQube
9 10 (4.05%) Vite
10 8 (3.24%) Gradle
11 6 (2.43%) Mockito
12 5 (2.02%) Cucumber
12 5 (2.02%) Jasmine
13 4 (1.62%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.62%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.62%) Mocha
13 4 (1.62%) MSTest
13 4 (1.62%) REST Assured
13 4 (1.62%) webpack
General
1 83 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.38%) Finance
3 34 (13.77%) Marketing
4 32 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (11.74%) Banking
6 23 (9.31%) Public Sector
7 12 (4.86%) Publishing
8 10 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.05%) Retail
9 8 (3.24%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.83%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.62%) Front Office
11 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.21%) Games
12 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Local Government
13 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.81%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (56.68%) Developer
2 31 (12.55%) Senior
3 30 (12.15%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 29 (11.74%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (9.72%) React Developer
6 18 (7.29%) Senior Developer
7 16 (6.48%) Java Developer
8 15 (6.07%) Consultant
9 13 (5.26%) Architect
10 12 (4.86%) Lead
11 11 (4.45%) Designer
12 10 (4.05%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.64%) Angular Developer
13 9 (3.64%) Lead Developer
13 9 (3.64%) ServiceNow Developer
13 9 (3.64%) Web Developer
14 8 (3.24%) Low-Code Developer
15 7 (2.83%) Braze Specialist
15 7 (2.83%) Campaign Specialist
15 7 (2.83%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (89.07%) HTML
2 96 (38.87%) React
3 77 (31.17%) REST
4 64 (25.91%) HTML5
5 54 (21.86%) CSS3
6 53 (21.46%) RESTful
7 51 (20.65%) AngularJS
8 41 (16.60%) .NET
9 32 (12.96%) Node.js
10 31 (12.55%) OAuth
11 30 (12.15%) Redux
12 26 (10.53%) SOAP
12 26 (10.53%) Spring Boot
13 24 (9.72%) Kafka
13 24 (9.72%) Spring
14 23 (9.31%) jQuery
15 22 (8.91%) Jest
16 20 (8.10%) Playwright
17 18 (7.29%) JSON
17 18 (7.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.07%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.45%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.05%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.24%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.24%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.02%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.02%) Replication
8 4 (1.62%) CMDB
8 4 (1.62%) Equities
8 4 (1.62%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.21%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.21%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.21%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.26%) Linux
2 9 (3.64%) Unix
3 6 (2.43%) Windows
4 1 (0.40%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (46.56%) Agile
2 92 (37.25%) CI/CD
3 60 (24.29%) Front End Development
4 58 (23.48%) DevOps
5 57 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (22.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 55 (22.27%) Microservices
6 55 (22.27%) User Experience
7 52 (21.05%) Scrum
8 50 (20.24%) Test Automation
9 37 (14.98%) AI
9 37 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (11.74%) Analytics
10 29 (11.74%) Clean Code
10 29 (11.74%) Code Quality
11 28 (11.34%) Software Engineering
12 26 (10.53%) API Integration
12 26 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
12 26 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (10.12%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 193 (78.14%) JavaScript
2 88 (35.63%) SQL
3 74 (29.96%) TypeScript
4 44 (17.81%) Java
5 38 (15.38%) Python
6 30 (12.15%) C#
7 12 (4.86%) PL/SQL
8 11 (4.45%) PowerShell
9 10 (4.05%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.43%) PHP
11 5 (2.02%) Bash
11 5 (2.02%) Scala
12 4 (1.62%) Ruby
12 4 (1.62%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.21%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.81%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.40%) CFML
15 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (14.17%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.12%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.50%) Degree
4 17 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.40%) PhD
7 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (17.41%) Accessibility
2 38 (15.38%) QA
3 30 (12.15%) WCAG
4 9 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.43%) GDPR
6 4 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.81%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
8 1 (0.40%) WAI
8 1 (0.40%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 45 (18.22%) Docker
2 2 (0.81%) Varnish
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (10.93%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.88%) Grafana
3 7 (2.83%) Prometheus
3 7 (2.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (2.43%) Kibana
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (11.34%) Adobe
1 28 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.53%) Oracle
3 20 (8.10%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.67%) Google
5 12 (4.86%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.24%) Optimizely
6 8 (3.24%) OutSystems
7 7 (2.83%) Braze
8 6 (2.43%) IBM
8 6 (2.43%) Splunk
9 4 (1.62%) Amplitude
9 4 (1.62%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.62%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.62%) Tealium
9 4 (1.62%) Veracode
9 4 (1.62%) Workday
10 3 (1.21%) Databricks
10 3 (1.21%) Qualtrics