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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 131 82
Rank change year-on-year -90 -49 +20
Contract jobs citing CSS 256 285 493
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 2.12% 3.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.83% 7.23% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 198 345
10th Percentile £375 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £473 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% -10.00% -1.87%
75th Percentile £581 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £788 £766
England median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 1
10th Percentile £34.74 £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 £74.58 £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 5,303 3,940 4,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.27% 29.33% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,540 2,715 3,444
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £450 £431 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £708
90th Percentile £763 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 21
10th Percentile £26.43 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.06 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +22.28% -34.62%
75th Percentile £63.00 £62.81 £61.43
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.00
England median hourly rate £67.47 £54.70 £62.50
% change year-on-year +23.35% -12.48% -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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -61 24 £500 -3.94% 28
South London -2 6 £550 -31.25% 7
East London +3 4 £410 -24.07% 10
West London -23 3 - - 9
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 28 (10.94%) CMS
2 19 (7.42%) SharePoint
3 18 (7.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 11 (4.30%) 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%) OpenStack
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
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.78%) Photoshop
1 2 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.34%) 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 (23.44%) Azure
2 53 (20.70%) AWS
3 29 (11.33%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.38%) GitHub
5 21 (8.20%) Power Automate
6 20 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (7.42%) PowerApps
8 18 (7.03%) GCP
8 18 (7.03%) Serverless
9 16 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
9 16 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (5.86%) Figma
11 11 (4.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (3.13%) OneDrive
14 7 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (2.73%) Google Analytics
14 7 (2.73%) SaaS
15 6 (2.34%) Azure Databricks
15 6 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.30%) HTTP
2 4 (1.56%) Intranet
3 2 (0.78%) 4G
3 2 (0.78%) 5G
3 2 (0.78%) DNS
3 2 (0.78%) Skype
3 2 (0.78%) SSH
3 2 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (19.53%) SQL Server
2 35 (13.67%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (10.16%) MySQL
4 21 (8.20%) NoSQL
5 19 (7.42%) MongoDB
5 19 (7.42%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.91%) Power BI
7 8 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (3.13%) Redis
7 8 (3.13%) Tableau
8 5 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (1.95%) Big Data
9 4 (1.56%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (1.56%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.56%) EDRMS
9 4 (1.56%) Metadata
9 4 (1.56%) Presto
9 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 61 (23.83%) Git
2 35 (13.67%) Jenkins
3 25 (9.77%) GitLab
4 23 (8.98%) Cypress.io
5 17 (6.64%) JIRA
6 16 (6.25%) Maven
7 15 (5.86%) Storybook
8 13 (5.08%) JUnit
8 13 (5.08%) SonarQube
9 10 (3.91%) Gradle
10 9 (3.52%) Vite
11 7 (2.73%) Mockito
12 6 (2.34%) 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 91 (35.55%) Social Skills
2 42 (16.41%) Finance
3 36 (14.06%) Marketing
4 35 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (12.89%) Banking
6 19 (7.42%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.47%) Publishing
8 10 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.91%) Retail
9 9 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.52%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.13%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.95%) Front Office
11 5 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.17%) Advertising
13 3 (1.17%) Games
13 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.17%) Local Government
14 2 (0.78%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 144 (56.25%) Developer
2 36 (14.06%) Full-Stack Developer
3 30 (11.72%) Senior
4 29 (11.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 22 (8.59%) React Developer
6 17 (6.64%) Java Developer
6 17 (6.64%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.86%) Consultant
8 14 (5.47%) Architect
9 12 (4.69%) Lead
10 10 (3.91%) Angular Developer
10 10 (3.91%) Web Specialist
11 9 (3.52%) Designer
11 9 (3.52%) Lead Developer
11 9 (3.52%) Marketing Specialist
11 9 (3.52%) Python Developer
11 9 (3.52%) ServiceNow Developer
11 9 (3.52%) Web Developer
12 8 (3.13%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 8 (3.13%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (91.41%) HTML
2 99 (38.67%) React
3 80 (31.25%) REST
4 70 (27.34%) HTML5
5 58 (22.66%) CSS3
6 54 (21.09%) RESTful
7 49 (19.14%) .NET
7 49 (19.14%) AngularJS
8 34 (13.28%) Node.js
8 34 (13.28%) OAuth
9 31 (12.11%) Redux
10 28 (10.94%) Kafka
11 27 (10.55%) SOAP
11 27 (10.55%) Spring Boot
12 25 (9.77%) Jest
12 25 (9.77%) jQuery
13 24 (9.38%) Spring
14 22 (8.59%) Playwright
15 21 (8.20%) GraphQL
15 21 (8.20%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.42%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.69%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.91%) Data Structures
3 10 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.52%) Low-Code
5 8 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.13%) Replication
6 5 (1.95%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.95%) Fixed Income
6 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.56%) CMDB
7 4 (1.56%) Equities
7 4 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.17%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.47%) Linux
2 9 (3.52%) Unix
3 5 (1.95%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (47.66%) Agile
2 95 (37.11%) CI/CD
3 62 (24.22%) Full-Stack Development
4 61 (23.83%) DevOps
4 61 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (22.27%) Scrum
6 56 (21.88%) Front End Development
6 56 (21.88%) Microservices
7 55 (21.48%) Test Automation
8 50 (19.53%) User Experience
9 41 (16.02%) AI
10 37 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (12.50%) Analytics
12 30 (11.72%) Code Quality
12 30 (11.72%) Event-Driven
12 30 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (11.33%) Software Engineering
14 28 (10.94%) Clean Code
14 28 (10.94%) Performance Optimisation
15 26 (10.16%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 205 (80.08%) JavaScript
2 99 (38.67%) SQL
3 78 (30.47%) TypeScript
4 47 (18.36%) Java
5 39 (15.23%) Python
6 35 (13.67%) C#
7 12 (4.69%) PL/SQL
8 11 (4.30%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.91%) PHP
9 10 (3.91%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.34%) Bash
11 5 (1.95%) Scala
11 5 (1.95%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.17%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.78%) Ruby
14 1 (0.39%) CFML
14 1 (0.39%) Go
14 1 (0.39%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 35 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.16%) Degree
3 25 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.30%) 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 (15.63%) QA
2 38 (14.84%) Accessibility
3 26 (10.16%) WCAG
4 10 (3.91%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.34%) 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 (16.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) Varnish
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.03%) Grafana
3 8 (3.13%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (2.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (12.50%) Adobe
2 29 (11.33%) Microsoft
3 24 (9.38%) Oracle
4 20 (7.81%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.47%) Google
6 13 (5.08%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.52%) OutSystems
8 8 (3.13%) Optimizely
9 7 (2.73%) Braze
9 7 (2.73%) Databricks
9 7 (2.73%) IBM
10 6 (2.34%) Splunk
11 5 (1.95%) Amplitude
11 5 (1.95%) Veracode
12 4 (1.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (1.56%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.56%) Tealium
12 4 (1.56%) Workday
13 3 (1.17%) Apple
13 3 (1.17%) Qualtrics