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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 129 80
Rank change year-on-year -86 -49 +16
Contract jobs citing CSS 257 288 498
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 2.14% 3.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.84% 7.30% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 201 352
10th Percentile £375 £313 £325
25th Percentile £410 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% -0.94%
75th Percentile £581 £625 £643
90th Percentile £716 £788 £775
England median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -
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% -30.60%
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% +16.67%

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 5,309 3,943 4,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.24% 29.31% 30.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,541 2,726 3,483
10th Percentile £400 £366 £385
25th Percentile £450 £430 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £658 £688 £711
90th Percentile £763 £820 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 32 21
10th Percentile £26.60 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.13 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £44.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.37% +22.28% -33.59%
75th Percentile £62.25 £62.81 £61.43
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.00
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +24.94% -13.60% -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 13 September 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 September 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 September 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 -56 25 £475 -8.74% 21
South London -5 6 £550 -31.25% 6
East London +3 4 £410 -24.07% 9
West London -21 3 - - 8
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 26 (10.12%) CMS
2 20 (7.78%) SharePoint
3 17 (6.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 11 (4.28%) Confluence
5 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.95%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.95%) Camunda
6 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.56%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (1.56%) WordPress
7 3 (1.17%) Kentico
7 3 (1.17%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.78%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.78%) IIS
8 2 (0.78%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.39%) Apache
9 1 (0.39%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.39%) Drupal
9 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.78%) Photoshop
1 2 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.95%) Shopify
3 2 (0.78%) Magento
4 1 (0.39%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.39%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 60 (23.35%) Azure
2 53 (20.62%) AWS
3 30 (11.67%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.34%) GitHub
5 21 (8.17%) Power Automate
6 20 (7.78%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (7.39%) PowerApps
8 18 (7.00%) GCP
8 18 (7.00%) Serverless
9 16 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (5.84%) Adobe Analytics
10 15 (5.84%) Figma
11 11 (4.28%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (3.50%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (3.11%) OneDrive
14 7 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (2.72%) Google Analytics
14 7 (2.72%) SaaS
15 6 (2.33%) Azure Databricks
15 6 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.89%) HTTP
2 4 (1.56%) Intranet
3 2 (0.78%) Skype
4 1 (0.39%) 4G
4 1 (0.39%) 5G
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.39%) SSH
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (19.84%) SQL Server
2 34 (13.23%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (10.12%) MySQL
4 19 (7.39%) NoSQL
4 19 (7.39%) Relational Database
5 18 (7.00%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.89%) Power BI
7 8 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (3.11%) Tableau
8 7 (2.72%) Redis
9 5 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.95%) Big Data
10 4 (1.56%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.56%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.56%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.56%) Metadata
10 4 (1.56%) Presto
10 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 60 (23.35%) Git
2 34 (13.23%) Jenkins
3 24 (9.34%) GitLab
4 23 (8.95%) Cypress.io
5 17 (6.61%) JIRA
6 16 (6.23%) Maven
7 15 (5.84%) Storybook
8 13 (5.06%) JUnit
8 13 (5.06%) SonarQube
9 10 (3.89%) Gradle
10 8 (3.11%) Vite
11 7 (2.72%) Mockito
12 6 (2.33%) Cucumber
13 5 (1.95%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (1.95%) REST Assured
13 5 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
14 4 (1.56%) Mocha
14 4 (1.56%) Visual Website Optimizer
14 4 (1.56%) webpack
General
1 90 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 43 (16.73%) Finance
3 35 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (13.62%) Marketing
4 33 (12.84%) Banking
5 21 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.06%) Publishing
7 10 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.89%) Retail
8 8 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.11%) Investment Banking
8 8 (3.11%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.95%) Front Office
9 5 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.17%) Games
11 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.17%) Local Government
12 2 (0.78%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 146 (56.81%) Developer
2 36 (14.01%) Full-Stack Developer
3 30 (11.67%) Senior
4 29 (11.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 23 (8.95%) React Developer
6 17 (6.61%) Java Developer
6 17 (6.61%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.84%) Consultant
8 14 (5.45%) Architect
9 12 (4.67%) Lead
10 10 (3.89%) Angular Developer
11 9 (3.50%) Designer
11 9 (3.50%) Lead Developer
11 9 (3.50%) ServiceNow Developer
11 9 (3.50%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.50%) Web Developer
11 9 (3.50%) Web Specialist
12 8 (3.11%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 8 (3.11%) Low-Code Developer
12 8 (3.11%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 235 (91.44%) HTML
2 100 (38.91%) React
3 81 (31.52%) REST
4 71 (27.63%) HTML5
5 59 (22.96%) CSS3
6 53 (20.62%) RESTful
7 49 (19.07%) .NET
7 49 (19.07%) AngularJS
8 34 (13.23%) Node.js
8 34 (13.23%) OAuth
9 32 (12.45%) Redux
10 27 (10.51%) Kafka
10 27 (10.51%) SOAP
10 27 (10.51%) Spring Boot
11 25 (9.73%) Jest
11 25 (9.73%) jQuery
12 24 (9.34%) Spring
13 21 (8.17%) GraphQL
13 21 (8.17%) OAuth2
13 21 (8.17%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.39%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.67%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.89%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.89%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.50%) Low-Code
5 8 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.72%) Replication
7 5 (1.95%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.95%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.56%) CMDB
8 4 (1.56%) Equities
8 4 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.17%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.78%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.06%) Linux
2 9 (3.50%) Unix
3 5 (1.95%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (47.08%) Agile
2 95 (36.96%) CI/CD
3 61 (23.74%) Full-Stack Development
3 61 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (23.35%) DevOps
5 56 (21.79%) Front End Development
5 56 (21.79%) Microservices
6 55 (21.40%) Scrum
7 54 (21.01%) Test Automation
8 50 (19.46%) User Experience
9 40 (15.56%) AI
10 37 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (12.06%) Analytics
12 30 (11.67%) Code Quality
12 30 (11.67%) Software Engineering
12 30 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (11.28%) Event-Driven
14 28 (10.89%) Clean Code
14 28 (10.89%) Performance Optimisation
15 26 (10.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 207 (80.54%) JavaScript
2 97 (37.74%) SQL
3 80 (31.13%) TypeScript
4 48 (18.68%) Java
5 39 (15.18%) Python
6 35 (13.62%) C#
7 12 (4.67%) PL/SQL
8 11 (4.28%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.89%) PHP
9 10 (3.89%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.95%) Bash
10 5 (1.95%) Scala
11 4 (1.56%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.17%) Ruby
12 3 (1.17%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.39%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.39%) CFML
13 1 (0.39%) R
13 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 36 (14.01%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.12%) SC Cleared
3 25 (9.73%) Degree
4 20 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.39%) PhD
7 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.56%) Accessibility
2 39 (15.18%) QA
3 28 (10.89%) WCAG
4 10 (3.89%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.33%) GDPR
6 4 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) WAI
8 1 (0.39%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 43 (16.73%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) Varnish
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.61%) Grafana
3 7 (2.72%) Prometheus
3 7 (2.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (2.33%) Kibana
5 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (12.06%) Adobe
2 30 (11.67%) Microsoft
3 25 (9.73%) Oracle
4 20 (7.78%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.45%) Google
6 13 (5.06%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.50%) OutSystems
8 7 (2.72%) Braze
8 7 (2.72%) Databricks
8 7 (2.72%) IBM
8 7 (2.72%) Optimizely
9 6 (2.33%) Splunk
10 5 (1.95%) Amplitude
10 5 (1.95%) Veracode
11 4 (1.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (1.56%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.56%) Tealium
11 4 (1.56%) Workday
12 3 (1.17%) Qualtrics
13 2 (0.78%) Marketo