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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 129 85
Rank change year-on-year -99 -44 +17
Contract jobs citing CSS 233 310 469
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.16% 2.28% 2.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.16% 8.73% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 220 352
10th Percentile £365 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £385 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -8.61% -5.50%
75th Percentile £578 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £788 £775
England median daily rate £470 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -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 4,515 3,550 4,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.57% 26.06% 27.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,999 2,485 3,206
10th Percentile £388 £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 £782 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 25 25
10th Percentile £25.13 £31.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.25 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.31 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.41% +40.00% -44.03%
75th Percentile £60.75 £62.50 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.70 £71.80
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.22% -8.16%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -48 21 £400 -28.89% 22
South London - 6 £550 - 4
East London +3 4 £410 -22.64% 10
West London -21 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 24 (10.30%) CMS
2 20 (8.58%) SharePoint
3 13 (5.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (3.43%) Confluence
5 5 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.15%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.72%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.29%) Kentico
7 3 (1.29%) WordPress
8 2 (0.86%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.86%) Camunda
8 2 (0.86%) Drupal
8 2 (0.86%) IIS
8 2 (0.86%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.86%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.43%) Apache
9 1 (0.43%) Mule
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Photoshop
1 3 (1.29%) Sketch
2 2 (0.86%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.15%) Shopify
2 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.86%) Magento
3 1 (0.43%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.43%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 60 (25.75%) Azure
2 50 (21.46%) AWS
3 26 (11.16%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (8.58%) Power Automate
5 20 (8.58%) Serverless
6 19 (8.15%) Figma
7 17 (7.30%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (7.30%) GitHub
7 17 (7.30%) PowerApps
8 16 (6.87%) GCP
9 11 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.00%) Adobe Analytics
10 7 (3.00%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (3.00%) Azure Functions
10 7 (3.00%) Google Analytics
10 7 (3.00%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.58%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (2.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.86%) HTTP
2 5 (2.15%) Intranet
3 1 (0.43%) DHCP
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) Firewall
3 1 (0.43%) Network Security
3 1 (0.43%) Skype
3 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.43%) VLAN
3 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (17.17%) SQL Server
2 24 (10.30%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (7.30%) MySQL
4 16 (6.87%) NoSQL
4 16 (6.87%) Relational Database
5 11 (4.72%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.86%) Power BI
7 7 (3.00%) Tableau
8 6 (2.58%) Big Data
9 5 (2.15%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.15%) Metadata
9 5 (2.15%) Redis
10 4 (1.72%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.72%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.72%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.72%) Presto
10 4 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 52 (22.32%) Git
2 27 (11.59%) Jenkins
3 19 (8.15%) Cypress.io
4 17 (7.30%) GitLab
5 14 (6.01%) JIRA
6 13 (5.58%) Maven
7 12 (5.15%) Storybook
8 10 (4.29%) Vite
9 8 (3.43%) JUnit
10 7 (3.00%) MSTest
11 6 (2.58%) SonarQube
12 5 (2.15%) Cucumber
12 5 (2.15%) Gradle
12 5 (2.15%) Jasmine
12 5 (2.15%) Mocha
12 5 (2.15%) Mockito
12 5 (2.15%) tSQLt
12 5 (2.15%) webpack
13 4 (1.72%) Karma Test Runner
13 4 (1.72%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 77 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.60%) Finance
3 34 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.16%) Banking
5 24 (10.30%) Public Sector
6 23 (9.87%) Marketing
7 13 (5.58%) Retail
8 10 (4.29%) Investment Banking
8 10 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.29%) Publishing
9 6 (2.58%) Front Office
9 6 (2.58%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.72%) Local Government
11 3 (1.29%) Games
12 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.86%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 127 (54.51%) Developer
2 35 (15.02%) Senior
3 26 (11.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 23 (9.87%) React Developer
5 22 (9.44%) Senior Developer
6 19 (8.15%) Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (6.01%) Consultant
8 13 (5.58%) Designer
9 12 (5.15%) Architect
9 12 (5.15%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.72%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.86%) Angular Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Lead
12 8 (3.43%) Low-Code Developer
12 8 (3.43%) UI Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Web Developer
13 7 (3.00%) .NET Developer
13 7 (3.00%) Braze Specialist
13 7 (3.00%) CRM Specialist
13 7 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (84.55%) HTML
2 90 (38.63%) React
3 70 (30.04%) REST
4 57 (24.46%) HTML5
5 49 (21.03%) RESTful
6 48 (20.60%) AngularJS
7 45 (19.31%) CSS3
8 41 (17.60%) .NET
9 30 (12.88%) Redux
10 28 (12.02%) Node.js
10 28 (12.02%) OAuth
11 24 (10.30%) SOAP
12 21 (9.01%) jQuery
12 21 (9.01%) Spring
13 20 (8.58%) Jest
14 19 (8.15%) Spring Boot
15 16 (6.87%) Kafka
15 16 (6.87%) Playwright
15 16 (6.87%) Sass
15 16 (6.87%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.72%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.29%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.43%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.72%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.72%) CMDB
7 4 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.72%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.29%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.29%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.29%) Equities
8 3 (1.29%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.29%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.29%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.72%) Windows
2 10 (4.29%) Linux
3 8 (3.43%) Unix
4 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.43%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (45.06%) Agile
2 86 (36.91%) CI/CD
3 57 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (24.46%) User Experience
4 52 (22.32%) DevOps
5 51 (21.89%) Microservices
6 46 (19.74%) Test Automation
7 45 (19.31%) Front End Development
7 45 (19.31%) Full-Stack Development
7 45 (19.31%) Scrum
8 32 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (12.88%) AI
10 28 (12.02%) Software Engineering
11 26 (11.16%) Clean Code
11 26 (11.16%) Code Quality
11 26 (11.16%) Performance Optimisation
12 24 (10.30%) API Integration
12 24 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (10.30%) UX Design
13 22 (9.44%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 179 (76.82%) JavaScript
2 79 (33.91%) SQL
3 72 (30.90%) TypeScript
4 41 (17.60%) Java
5 38 (16.31%) Python
6 32 (13.73%) C#
7 13 (5.58%) PL/SQL
7 13 (5.58%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.29%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.15%) Ruby
9 5 (2.15%) Scala
10 4 (1.72%) PHP
11 3 (1.29%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.86%) Bash
13 1 (0.43%) F#
13 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.43%) R
13 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 28 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.58%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.72%) Degree
4 9 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.43%) CCNA
6 1 (0.43%) CCNP
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (20.17%) Accessibility
2 35 (15.02%) QA
3 30 (12.88%) WCAG
4 9 (3.86%) Data Quality
5 7 (3.00%) GDPR
6 4 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.72%) SLA
7 2 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.86%) GRC
8 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.43%) WAI
8 1 (0.43%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 40 (17.17%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.86%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 16 (6.87%) Terraform
3 12 (5.15%) Grafana
4 7 (3.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (2.15%) Kibana
5 5 (2.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (11.59%) Microsoft
1 27 (11.59%) Oracle
2 23 (9.87%) Adobe
3 16 (6.87%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.15%) Google
5 8 (3.43%) Optimizely
5 8 (3.43%) OutSystems
5 8 (3.43%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.00%) Braze
7 4 (1.72%) Amplitude
7 4 (1.72%) Sitecore
7 4 (1.72%) Splunk
7 4 (1.72%) Tealium
7 4 (1.72%) Workday
8 3 (1.29%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.29%) Qualtrics
8 3 (1.29%) SAP
9 2 (0.86%) IBM
9 2 (0.86%) Sybase
9 2 (0.86%) Veracode