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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 100 100
Rank change year-on-year -59 0 -12
Contract jobs citing CSS 271 337 421
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.68% 2.60% 2.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.65% 9.92% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 215 308
10th Percentile £342 £363 £325
25th Percentile £414 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -3.37% -5.45%
75th Percentile £609 £628 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £476 £490
% change year-on-year +5.04% -2.86% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £26.90 £34.25 £27.20
25th Percentile £32.75 £35.75 £27.69
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.50 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% +15.40% -53.26%
75th Percentile £55.63 £41.88 £56.80
90th Percentile £60.50 £42.55 £66.91
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.75 £58.75
% change year-on-year -48.05% -1.70% -12.96%

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 4,075 3,397 4,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.29% 26.19% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,782 2,325 3,364
10th Percentile £363 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 31
10th Percentile £27.00 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.31 £27.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 £44.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% +5.29% -35.40%
75th Percentile £63.00 £64.13 £65.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.83 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year +1.56% +31.36% -25.05%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -25 43 £540 +2.86% 24
West London -19 3 £350 -14.43% 14
East London -2 2 £450 -14.29% 25
South London -14 1 £750 +3.45% 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 15 (5.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 8 (2.95%) CMS
2 8 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.11%) Confluence
3 3 (1.11%) Joomla!
3 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.74%) Camunda
4 2 (0.74%) Moodle
5 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.37%) Drupal
5 1 (0.37%) Kentico
5 1 (0.37%) Mule
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.37%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.37%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.69%) Adobe XD
2 7 (2.58%) Sketch
3 4 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.48%) Trello
4 3 (1.11%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.11%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.11%) InVision
4 3 (1.11%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.37%) InDesign
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.37%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (29.15%) Azure
2 69 (25.46%) AWS
3 42 (15.50%) GitHub
4 24 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (8.49%) Figma
6 22 (8.12%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (8.12%) Serverless
7 19 (7.01%) GCP
8 16 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.17%) Amazon S3
10 12 (4.43%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.69%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (2.95%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.58%) Amazon Cognito
14 7 (2.58%) npm
14 7 (2.58%) Power Automate
14 7 (2.58%) PowerApps
15 6 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (2.21%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.85%) HTTP
2 3 (1.11%) Firewall
2 3 (1.11%) Network Security
2 3 (1.11%) SMS
3 2 (0.74%) BGP
3 2 (0.74%) LAN
3 2 (0.74%) OSPF
3 2 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.74%) RTMP
3 2 (0.74%) SSL
3 2 (0.74%) WAN
4 1 (0.37%) DHCP
4 1 (0.37%) DNS
4 1 (0.37%) FTP
4 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.37%) Internet
4 1 (0.37%) Intranet
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) VLAN
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.18%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (8.49%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.75%) NoSQL
4 19 (7.01%) Relational Database
5 15 (5.54%) MySQL
6 12 (4.43%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.95%) Apache Cassandra
9 7 (2.58%) Oracle Database
10 6 (2.21%) RDBMS
11 4 (1.48%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.48%) Power BI
12 3 (1.11%) Big Data
12 3 (1.11%) CockroachDB
12 3 (1.11%) Mixpanel
12 3 (1.11%) Redis
13 2 (0.74%) Data Hub
13 2 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.74%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.74%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 68 (25.09%) Git
2 24 (8.86%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.01%) Cypress.io
3 19 (7.01%) JIRA
4 18 (6.64%) GitLab
5 14 (5.17%) JUnit
6 12 (4.43%) Maven
6 12 (4.43%) Mockito
6 12 (4.43%) webpack
7 10 (3.69%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.95%) Selenium
9 6 (2.21%) Jasmine
9 6 (2.21%) Postman
10 5 (1.85%) MSTest
10 5 (1.85%) Vite
11 3 (1.11%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.11%) Gradle
11 3 (1.11%) Mocha
11 3 (1.11%) Robot Framework
11 3 (1.11%) WebDriver
General
1 69 (25.46%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.56%) Finance
3 33 (12.18%) Banking
4 29 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (9.96%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.80%) Investment Banking
6 13 (4.80%) Marketing
7 12 (4.43%) Front Office
8 6 (2.21%) Retail
9 5 (1.85%) Legal
9 5 (1.85%) Publishing
10 4 (1.48%) Military
11 3 (1.11%) Advertising
11 3 (1.11%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.74%) Automotive
12 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Law
13 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 171 (63.10%) Developer
2 44 (16.24%) Senior
3 36 (13.28%) Full-Stack Developer
4 29 (10.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 26 (9.59%) Senior Developer
6 20 (7.38%) React Developer
7 16 (5.90%) Designer
7 16 (5.90%) Java Developer
8 15 (5.54%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) Python Developer
10 9 (3.32%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 9 (3.32%) Software Developer
11 8 (2.95%) C# Developer
11 8 (2.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (2.58%) Backend Developer
12 7 (2.58%) Senior Designer
12 7 (2.58%) UI Developer
13 6 (2.21%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 6 (2.21%) Senior Backend Developer
13 6 (2.21%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (87.45%) HTML
2 130 (47.97%) React
3 84 (31.00%) AngularJS
4 62 (22.88%) REST
5 50 (18.45%) HTML5
6 46 (16.97%) Node.js
7 42 (15.50%) RESTful
8 36 (13.28%) Spring
9 35 (12.92%) Vue
10 33 (12.18%) .NET
11 32 (11.81%) CSS3
12 24 (8.86%) Redux
13 23 (8.49%) Sass
13 23 (8.49%) Spring Boot
14 22 (8.12%) Jest
15 21 (7.75%) JSON
16 16 (5.90%) Tailwind CSS
16 16 (5.90%) Web Services
17 15 (5.54%) Bootstrap
18 14 (5.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.17%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.43%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (4.06%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.95%) CMDB
5 8 (2.95%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.58%) Derivative
6 7 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.85%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.85%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.11%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.11%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.11%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.11%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.58%) Linux
1 7 (2.58%) Windows
2 6 (2.21%) Unix
3 4 (1.48%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.74%) Android
4 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.37%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (40.59%) Agile
2 96 (35.42%) CI/CD
3 71 (26.20%) User Experience
4 67 (24.72%) Full-Stack Development
5 58 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (19.56%) DevOps
7 49 (18.08%) Front End Development
8 42 (15.50%) Microservices
9 38 (14.02%) Software Engineering
10 36 (13.28%) Containerisation
11 34 (12.55%) Design Patterns
12 33 (12.18%) Test Automation
13 29 (10.70%) Scrum
14 28 (10.33%) Unit Testing
14 28 (10.33%) UX Design
15 26 (9.59%) AI
15 26 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (8.86%) Analytics
17 22 (8.12%) TDD
18 21 (7.75%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 198 (73.06%) JavaScript
2 90 (33.21%) TypeScript
3 69 (25.46%) Java
4 62 (22.88%) SQL
5 52 (19.19%) Python
6 26 (9.59%) C#
7 10 (3.69%) Ruby
8 9 (3.32%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.58%) JSX
10 5 (1.85%) ABAP
10 5 (1.85%) PHP
11 4 (1.48%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.11%) Go
13 2 (0.74%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.74%) C
13 2 (0.74%) C++
13 2 (0.74%) Groovy
13 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.37%) Perl
14 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.64%) Degree
4 10 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.11%) CCNP
5 3 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.37%) CCNA
7 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.13%) Accessibility
2 22 (8.12%) WCAG
3 21 (7.75%) QA
4 8 (2.95%) GDPR
5 4 (1.48%) SLA
6 3 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.74%) NCSC
8 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (17.34%) Docker
2 4 (1.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 41 (15.13%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.32%) Terraform
3 7 (2.58%) Argo
4 4 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.74%) Grafana
6 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (10.70%) Adobe
2 24 (8.86%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.64%) Oracle
4 14 (5.17%) Google
5 10 (3.69%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.32%) SAP
6 9 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.95%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.48%) Amplitude
10 3 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.11%) Optimizely
10 3 (1.11%) Symantec
11 2 (0.74%) Aruba
11 2 (0.74%) Broadcom
11 2 (0.74%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.74%) Cisco
11 2 (0.74%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.74%) Marketo
11 2 (0.74%) Sybase