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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 136 78
Rank change year-on-year -83 -58 +25
Contract jobs citing CSS 253 283 513
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.24% 2.10% 3.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.73% 7.08% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 191 347
10th Percentile £375 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £383 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -7.32% -2.84%
75th Percentile £580 £631 £638
90th Percentile £716 £750 £765
England median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 1
10th Percentile £34.74 £30.42 -
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -31.00% -27.64%
75th Percentile £58.75 £41.96 -
90th Percentile £74.58 £53.32 -
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 5,350 3,999 4,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.30% 29.69% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,607 2,736 3,325
10th Percentile £400 £367 £385
25th Percentile £450 £431 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £710
90th Percentile £763 £800 £850
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 32 22
10th Percentile £26.55 £31.77 £23.84
25th Percentile £36.25 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.41% +22.28% -32.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.56 £62.23
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +8.33%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -71 22 £475 -8.74% 35
South London -2 6 £550 -29.03% 5
East London +3 3 £455 -14.15% 7
West London -23 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 29 (11.46%) CMS
2 20 (7.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 15 (5.93%) SharePoint
4 10 (3.95%) Confluence
5 5 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.98%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.98%) Camunda
5 5 (1.98%) WordPress
6 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.58%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.19%) Kentico
7 3 (1.19%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.79%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.79%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.79%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.40%) Apache
9 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.40%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.40%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.98%) Shopify
3 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.40%) Magento
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 63 (24.90%) Azure
2 55 (21.74%) AWS
3 26 (10.28%) GitHub
4 20 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 18 (7.11%) Figma
5 18 (7.11%) GCP
6 17 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (6.72%) Power Automate
6 17 (6.72%) Serverless
7 16 (6.32%) Adobe Analytics
7 16 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (5.93%) PowerApps
9 11 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.16%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (2.37%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.37%) Azure Databricks
13 6 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (2.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.95%) HTTP
2 4 (1.58%) Intranet
3 2 (0.79%) 4G
3 2 (0.79%) 5G
3 2 (0.79%) DNS
3 2 (0.79%) Skype
3 2 (0.79%) SSH
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (19.37%) SQL Server
2 38 (15.02%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (11.46%) MySQL
4 22 (8.70%) MongoDB
4 22 (8.70%) NoSQL
5 21 (8.30%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.95%) Redis
7 8 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (2.37%) Power BI
9 5 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.98%) Big Data
10 4 (1.58%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.58%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.58%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.58%) Metadata
10 4 (1.58%) Presto
10 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (1.58%) Tableau
11 3 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 63 (24.90%) Git
2 37 (14.62%) Jenkins
3 24 (9.49%) GitLab
4 22 (8.70%) Cypress.io
5 17 (6.72%) JIRA
5 17 (6.72%) Maven
6 15 (5.93%) Storybook
7 14 (5.53%) JUnit
7 14 (5.53%) SonarQube
8 11 (4.35%) Gradle
9 8 (3.16%) Mockito
10 7 (2.77%) Cucumber
11 6 (2.37%) Vite
12 5 (1.98%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.98%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (1.58%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.58%) Claude Code
13 4 (1.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 4 (1.58%) webpack
General
1 88 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.58%) Finance
3 33 (13.04%) Banking
3 33 (13.04%) Marketing
4 32 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.72%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.93%) Publishing
7 11 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.95%) Retail
9 9 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.16%) Investment Banking
11 7 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.98%) Advertising
12 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.19%) Front Office
14 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.19%) Local Government
15 2 (0.79%) Games
Job Titles
1 144 (56.92%) Developer
2 37 (14.62%) Full-Stack Developer
3 32 (12.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 30 (11.86%) Senior
5 18 (7.11%) Java Developer
5 18 (7.11%) React Developer
6 17 (6.72%) Senior Developer
7 13 (5.14%) Python Developer
8 12 (4.74%) Architect
8 12 (4.74%) Consultant
8 12 (4.74%) Web Specialist
9 10 (3.95%) Angular Developer
9 10 (3.95%) Marketing Specialist
10 9 (3.56%) Designer
10 9 (3.56%) Lead
10 9 (3.56%) Lead Developer
10 9 (3.56%) Web Developer
10 9 (3.56%) Web Marketing Specialist
11 8 (3.16%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 8 (3.16%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (91.30%) HTML
2 99 (39.13%) React
3 80 (31.62%) REST
4 71 (28.06%) HTML5
5 62 (24.51%) CSS3
5 62 (24.51%) RESTful
6 52 (20.55%) AngularJS
7 47 (18.58%) .NET
8 34 (13.44%) OAuth
9 32 (12.65%) Node.js
10 31 (12.25%) Kafka
11 28 (11.07%) SOAP
11 28 (11.07%) Spring Boot
12 27 (10.67%) Redux
13 25 (9.88%) Jest
13 25 (9.88%) Spring
14 22 (8.70%) jQuery
14 22 (8.70%) Playwright
15 21 (8.30%) OAuth2
16 20 (7.91%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.91%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.53%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.95%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.95%) Low-Code
3 10 (3.95%) Replication
4 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.98%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.58%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.58%) CMDB
7 4 (1.58%) Equities
7 4 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.58%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.19%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.11%) Linux
2 12 (4.74%) Unix
3 3 (1.19%) Windows
4 2 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (47.83%) Agile
2 98 (38.74%) CI/CD
3 65 (25.69%) Full-Stack Development
3 65 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (25.30%) Front End Development
5 61 (24.11%) DevOps
6 60 (23.72%) Microservices
7 58 (22.92%) Scrum
8 55 (21.74%) Test Automation
9 52 (20.55%) User Experience
10 44 (17.39%) AI
11 38 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (13.04%) Code Quality
13 31 (12.25%) Event-Driven
13 31 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (11.86%) Software Engineering
15 29 (11.46%) Analytics
15 29 (11.46%) Performance Optimisation
16 28 (11.07%) Computer Science
16 28 (11.07%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 204 (80.63%) JavaScript
2 91 (35.97%) SQL
3 79 (31.23%) TypeScript
4 47 (18.58%) Java
5 38 (15.02%) Python
6 34 (13.44%) C#
7 11 (4.35%) PHP
8 10 (3.95%) Bash
8 10 (3.95%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.95%) T-SQL
9 9 (3.56%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.56%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.98%) Scala
11 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.19%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.40%) Bicep
12 1 (0.40%) CFML
12 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.40%) Ruby
12 1 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 34 (13.44%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.46%) Degree
3 25 (9.88%) SC Cleared
4 23 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.40%) PhD
7 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.81%) QA
2 39 (15.42%) Accessibility
3 28 (11.07%) WCAG
4 9 (3.56%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) WAI
7 1 (0.40%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 46 (18.18%) Docker
2 2 (0.79%) Varnish
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (10.67%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.51%) Grafana
3 8 (3.16%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (2.37%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.07%) Adobe
3 23 (9.09%) Oracle
4 18 (7.11%) ServiceNow
5 12 (4.74%) Google
6 10 (3.95%) OutSystems
7 9 (3.56%) Salesforce
8 8 (3.16%) Splunk
9 7 (2.77%) Braze
9 7 (2.77%) Databricks
9 7 (2.77%) IBM
9 7 (2.77%) Optimizely
10 5 (1.98%) Amplitude
10 5 (1.98%) Apple
10 5 (1.98%) Veracode
11 4 (1.58%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.58%) Tealium
12 3 (1.19%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (1.19%) Workday
13 2 (0.79%) Marketo