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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 127 92
Rank change year-on-year -67 -35 +3
Contract jobs citing CSS 256 290 458
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 2.37% 2.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.98% 8.95% 9.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 197 342
10th Percentile £340 £346 £383
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year - -4.08% -5.87%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £705 £788 £750
England median daily rate £490 £472 £500
% change year-on-year +3.81% -5.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 2
10th Percentile £22.45 £30.91 £30.66
25th Percentile £32.94 £33.25 £33.88
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £42.12
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -18.08% -39.84%
75th Percentile £46.25 £35.75 £47.49
90th Percentile £59.53 £39.06 £49.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% -20.00% +2.04%

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 4,283 3,239 4,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.03% 26.51% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,847 2,263 3,443
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £447 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £720 £700
90th Percentile £775 £833 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 18 29
10th Percentile £22.63 £32.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £29.52 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.66 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +2.72% -35.61%
75th Percentile £64.50 £64.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.43
% change year-on-year +4.00% +29.05% -25.49%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -37 31 £550 +5.21% 27
East London -6 4 £410 -21.90% 10
West London - 3 - - 13
South London - 2 - - 3
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 21 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.25%) CMS
3 13 (5.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.34%) Confluence
5 5 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.95%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.56%) Kentico
6 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.17%) Camunda
7 3 (1.17%) WordPress
8 2 (0.78%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.78%) Drupal
8 2 (0.78%) IIS
8 2 (0.78%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.78%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.39%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.39%) Apache
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.39%) Sitefinity
9 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.56%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.17%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.17%) Sketch
3 3 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.78%) Magento
3 1 (0.39%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.05%) Azure
2 50 (19.53%) AWS
3 28 (10.94%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (8.59%) Serverless
6 21 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (7.42%) Power Automate
8 17 (6.64%) Figma
8 17 (6.64%) PowerApps
9 16 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (4.69%) GitHub
11 10 (3.91%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.52%) GCP
12 9 (3.52%) OneDrive
13 8 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (3.13%) Entra ID
14 7 (2.73%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) Intranet
2 3 (1.17%) Firewall
2 3 (1.17%) Network Security
2 3 (1.17%) SMS
3 2 (0.78%) BGP
3 2 (0.78%) HTTP
3 2 (0.78%) LAN
3 2 (0.78%) OSPF
3 2 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.78%) RTMP
3 2 (0.78%) SSL
3 2 (0.78%) WAN
4 1 (0.39%) DHCP
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.39%) Internet
4 1 (0.39%) Skype
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) VLAN
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (16.80%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (8.20%) Relational Database
4 17 (6.64%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.30%) MySQL
5 11 (4.30%) Power BI
6 10 (3.91%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.13%) Big Data
8 7 (2.73%) Oracle Database
8 7 (2.73%) Tableau
9 6 (2.34%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.95%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.95%) Metadata
11 4 (1.56%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (1.56%) EDRMS
11 4 (1.56%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.56%) Presto
11 4 (1.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (17.97%) Git
2 24 (9.38%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.86%) GitLab
3 15 (5.86%) JIRA
4 11 (4.30%) Cucumber
4 11 (4.30%) Cypress.io
5 9 (3.52%) Maven
5 9 (3.52%) Vite
6 8 (3.13%) MSTest
7 7 (2.73%) JUnit
7 7 (2.73%) webpack
8 6 (2.34%) Mocha
8 6 (2.34%) Mockito
8 6 (2.34%) tSQLt
9 5 (1.95%) Storybook
10 4 (1.56%) Ant
10 4 (1.56%) Selenium
10 4 (1.56%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.17%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (1.17%) NUnit
General
1 67 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.75%) Finance
3 39 (15.23%) Banking
4 28 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.59%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.81%) Marketing
7 14 (5.47%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.69%) Retail
9 10 (3.91%) Front Office
10 7 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.56%) Publishing
12 3 (1.17%) Games
12 3 (1.17%) Legal
12 3 (1.17%) Local Government
13 2 (0.78%) Automotive
13 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.78%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.78%) Law
13 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 150 (58.59%) Developer
2 41 (16.02%) Senior
3 24 (9.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 24 (9.38%) React Developer
3 24 (9.38%) Senior Developer
4 21 (8.20%) Full-Stack Developer
5 15 (5.86%) Software Engineer
6 12 (4.69%) Consultant
7 10 (3.91%) Designer
7 10 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (3.52%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.13%) Architect
9 8 (3.13%) Low-Code Developer
9 8 (3.13%) Software Developer
9 8 (3.13%) UI Developer
10 7 (2.73%) Backend Developer
10 7 (2.73%) C# Developer
10 7 (2.73%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.73%) ServiceNow Developer
10 7 (2.73%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (84.77%) HTML
2 108 (42.19%) React
3 71 (27.73%) AngularJS
4 62 (24.22%) REST
5 48 (18.75%) .NET
6 44 (17.19%) HTML5
7 37 (14.45%) RESTful
8 32 (12.50%) Redux
9 29 (11.33%) CSS3
10 26 (10.16%) OAuth
11 24 (9.38%) Node.js
12 23 (8.98%) SOAP
13 20 (7.81%) jQuery
13 20 (7.81%) Spring
14 19 (7.42%) JSON
14 19 (7.42%) Tailwind CSS
15 17 (6.64%) Spring Boot
15 17 (6.64%) Vue
16 16 (6.25%) Web Services
17 15 (5.86%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.47%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.52%) Low-Code
5 8 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.95%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.95%) CMDB
8 5 (1.95%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.56%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.56%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.56%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.17%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.17%) Derivative
10 3 (1.17%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (1.17%) Equities
11 2 (0.78%) PKI
11 2 (0.78%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.52%) Linux
1 9 (3.52%) Windows
2 8 (3.13%) Unix
3 2 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (40.63%) Agile
2 70 (27.34%) CI/CD
3 69 (26.95%) User Experience
4 54 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (19.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 48 (18.75%) DevOps
7 42 (16.41%) Front End Development
8 39 (15.23%) Scrum
8 39 (15.23%) Test Automation
9 37 (14.45%) Microservices
10 36 (14.06%) Software Engineering
11 33 (12.89%) AI
12 32 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (10.94%) Analytics
14 25 (9.77%) Design Patterns
15 24 (9.38%) Containerisation
15 24 (9.38%) Workflow
16 23 (8.98%) API Integration
17 22 (8.59%) UX Design
18 20 (7.81%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 192 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 84 (32.81%) SQL
3 72 (28.13%) TypeScript
4 60 (23.44%) Python
5 51 (19.92%) Java
6 38 (14.84%) C#
7 14 (5.47%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.08%) PL/SQL
9 11 (4.30%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.73%) Ruby
11 5 (1.95%) Scala
12 3 (1.17%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.78%) Go
13 2 (0.78%) PHP
14 1 (0.39%) Bash
14 1 (0.39%) DataWeave
14 1 (0.39%) F#
14 1 (0.39%) Groovy
14 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (11.72%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.30%) Degree
4 7 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.17%) CCNP
6 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.39%) CCNA
7 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.45%) Accessibility
2 29 (11.33%) QA
3 22 (8.59%) WCAG
4 10 (3.91%) GDPR
5 6 (2.34%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.56%) SLA
7 3 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.78%) NCSC
9 1 (0.39%) GRC
9 1 (0.39%) WAI
9 1 (0.39%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 38 (14.84%) Docker
2 3 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.47%) Terraform
3 7 (2.73%) Grafana
4 5 (1.95%) Kibana
5 4 (1.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (11.33%) Adobe
2 28 (10.94%) Oracle
3 23 (8.98%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.13%) OutSystems
7 5 (1.95%) Google
7 5 (1.95%) Qualtrics
7 5 (1.95%) SAP
7 5 (1.95%) Workday
8 4 (1.56%) Braze
8 4 (1.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (1.56%) Splunk
9 3 (1.17%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.17%) Sybase
9 3 (1.17%) Symantec
10 2 (0.78%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.78%) Cisco
10 2 (0.78%) ESRI
10 2 (0.78%) Red Hat