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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 124 89
Rank change year-on-year -54 -35 +3
Contract jobs citing CSS 261 292 449
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.47% 2.32% 2.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.22% 8.90% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 210 331
10th Percentile £340 £361 £328
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £667 £640
90th Percentile £709 £788 £750
England median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £28.65 - £30.66
25th Percentile £37.13 £33.25 £33.88
Median hourly rate £52.50 £38.66 £42.12
Median % change year-on-year +35.81% -8.21% -37.61%
75th Percentile £63.38 £43.26 £47.49
90th Percentile £69.15 £43.72 £49.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £43.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -30.23% -28.33% +2.13%

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 4,198 3,281 4,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.58% 26.10% 25.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,804 2,301 3,337
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 27
10th Percentile £23.00 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £35.00 £23.99
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +40.00% -44.24%
75th Percentile £61.63 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.75 £68.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 May 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 37 £540 -1.82% 48
East London -4 5 £430 -18.10% 10
West London - 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 17 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 12 (4.60%) CMS
4 5 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.92%) Confluence
5 3 (1.15%) Joomla!
5 3 (1.15%) Kentico
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.15%) WordPress
6 2 (0.77%) Camunda
6 2 (0.77%) Drupal
6 2 (0.77%) IIS
7 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.38%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) Moodle
7 1 (0.38%) Mule
7 1 (0.38%) nginx
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (2.68%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.92%) Sketch
3 4 (1.53%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.53%) Trello
4 3 (1.15%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.15%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.77%) InVision
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Adobe Campaign
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.77%) Magento
1 2 (0.77%) Shopify
2 1 (0.38%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.38%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.90%) Azure
2 54 (20.69%) AWS
3 25 (9.58%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (8.05%) Figma
6 21 (8.05%) Serverless
7 17 (6.51%) Power Automate
8 16 (6.13%) PowerApps
9 15 (5.75%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.98%) GitHub
11 12 (4.60%) GCP
12 10 (3.83%) Amazon S3
12 10 (3.83%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.30%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.30%) npm
14 6 (2.30%) OneDrive
14 6 (2.30%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.15%) Firewall
1 3 (1.15%) Intranet
1 3 (1.15%) Network Security
1 3 (1.15%) SMS
2 2 (0.77%) BGP
2 2 (0.77%) HTTP
2 2 (0.77%) LAN
2 2 (0.77%) OSPF
2 2 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.77%) RTMP
2 2 (0.77%) SSL
2 2 (0.77%) WAN
3 1 (0.38%) DHCP
3 1 (0.38%) DNS
3 1 (0.38%) FTP
3 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.38%) Internet
3 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.38%) VLAN
3 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (14.18%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (8.05%) NoSQL
4 19 (7.28%) Relational Database
5 15 (5.75%) MongoDB
6 12 (4.60%) MySQL
7 9 (3.45%) Power BI
8 8 (3.07%) Big Data
8 8 (3.07%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.68%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (2.30%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.92%) Tableau
12 4 (1.53%) Apache Hudi
12 4 (1.53%) Pinecone
12 4 (1.53%) Presto
12 4 (1.53%) Redis
13 3 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (16.48%) Git
2 24 (9.20%) Jenkins
3 20 (7.66%) JIRA
4 16 (6.13%) GitLab
5 12 (4.60%) JUnit
6 11 (4.21%) Cucumber
7 10 (3.83%) Mockito
8 8 (3.07%) Cypress.io
8 8 (3.07%) Vite
8 8 (3.07%) webpack
9 7 (2.68%) Maven
9 7 (2.68%) MSTest
10 5 (1.92%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.92%) Mocha
10 5 (1.92%) Selenium
10 5 (1.92%) tSQLt
11 4 (1.53%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.15%) Jasmine
12 3 (1.15%) NUnit
12 3 (1.15%) Robot Framework
General
1 63 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.01%) Finance
3 41 (15.71%) Banking
4 25 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.13%) Marketing
7 15 (5.75%) Investment Banking
8 13 (4.98%) Front Office
9 8 (3.07%) Retail
10 5 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.92%) Publishing
11 4 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.15%) Games
12 3 (1.15%) Legal
12 3 (1.15%) Local Government
13 2 (0.77%) Automotive
13 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.77%) Law
13 2 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 158 (60.54%) Developer
2 43 (16.48%) Senior
3 27 (10.34%) Senior Developer
4 23 (8.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 23 (8.81%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (7.66%) React Developer
6 14 (5.36%) Java Developer
6 14 (5.36%) Software Engineer
7 12 (4.60%) Designer
8 10 (3.83%) Software Developer
9 9 (3.45%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 9 (3.45%) Python Developer
10 8 (3.07%) Architect
10 8 (3.07%) Consultant
10 8 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (3.07%) UI Developer
11 7 (2.68%) .NET Developer
11 7 (2.68%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.68%) Senior React Developer
11 7 (2.68%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (87.74%) HTML
2 112 (42.91%) React
3 75 (28.74%) AngularJS
4 61 (23.37%) REST
5 48 (18.39%) HTML5
6 44 (16.86%) .NET
7 36 (13.79%) RESTful
8 31 (11.88%) CSS3
8 31 (11.88%) Node.js
9 29 (11.11%) Redux
10 25 (9.58%) Spring
11 22 (8.43%) Vue
12 21 (8.05%) SOAP
13 19 (7.28%) jQuery
13 19 (7.28%) JSON
13 19 (7.28%) Spring Boot
14 16 (6.13%) OAuth
15 15 (5.75%) Tailwind CSS
16 14 (5.36%) .NET Framework
16 14 (5.36%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.90%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.30%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.92%) CMDB
7 5 (1.92%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.92%) Derivative
7 5 (1.92%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.53%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.53%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.53%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.15%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.15%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.15%) PropTech
10 2 (0.77%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.77%) Equities
10 2 (0.77%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.45%) Linux
2 8 (3.07%) Unix
2 8 (3.07%) Windows
3 2 (0.77%) Android
3 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (40.61%) Agile
2 74 (28.35%) CI/CD
3 71 (27.20%) User Experience
4 56 (21.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 52 (19.92%) DevOps
6 51 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (16.48%) Front End Development
8 40 (15.33%) Test Automation
9 38 (14.56%) Microservices
9 38 (14.56%) Software Engineering
10 37 (14.18%) Scrum
11 35 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (12.26%) AI
13 29 (11.11%) Analytics
14 27 (10.34%) Design Patterns
15 25 (9.58%) Containerisation
15 25 (9.58%) UX Design
16 22 (8.43%) Unit Testing
17 21 (8.05%) SDLC
18 20 (7.66%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 194 (74.33%) JavaScript
2 73 (27.97%) SQL
2 73 (27.97%) TypeScript
3 58 (22.22%) Java
4 56 (21.46%) Python
5 33 (12.64%) C#
6 12 (4.60%) T-SQL
7 10 (3.83%) PL/SQL
7 10 (3.83%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.07%) Ruby
9 5 (1.92%) ABAP
9 5 (1.92%) Scala
10 3 (1.15%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.77%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.77%) Go
11 2 (0.77%) PHP
12 1 (0.38%) Bash
12 1 (0.38%) F#
12 1 (0.38%) Groovy
12 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 25 (9.58%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.21%) Degree
4 6 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.15%) CCNP
6 3 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.38%) CCNA
8 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.79%) Accessibility
2 23 (8.81%) QA
3 22 (8.43%) WCAG
4 9 (3.45%) GDPR
5 4 (1.53%) SLA
6 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.77%) NCSC
8 1 (0.38%) WAI
8 1 (0.38%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 40 (15.33%) Docker
2 3 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.38%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (11.49%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.36%) Terraform
3 7 (2.68%) Grafana
4 5 (1.92%) Kibana
5 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (11.49%) Adobe
2 27 (10.34%) Oracle
3 23 (8.81%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.36%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.98%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.83%) Google
7 9 (3.45%) SAP
8 6 (2.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 5 (1.92%) Qualtrics
9 5 (1.92%) Workday
10 4 (1.53%) OutSystems
10 4 (1.53%) Splunk
11 3 (1.15%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.15%) Symantec
12 2 (0.77%) Botify
12 2 (0.77%) Cisco
12 2 (0.77%) Netskope
12 2 (0.77%) Optimizely
12 2 (0.77%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.77%) Screaming Frog