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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 118 97
Rank change year-on-year -49 -21 -6
Contract jobs citing CSS 264 294 431
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.51% 2.31% 2.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.28% 8.87% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 213 317
10th Percentile £340 £363 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £704 £788 £760
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £28.85 £34.92 -
25th Percentile £37.63 £37.42 £28.51
Median hourly rate £48.75 £42.82 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +25.08% -49.29%
75th Percentile £58.56 £43.52 £39.95
90th Percentile £67.23 £43.83 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £54.88 £53.09
% change year-on-year -45.33% +3.36% -9.63%

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 4,206 3,313 4,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.03% 26.02% 24.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,833 2,321 3,355
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £573 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% -0.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £813
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -3.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 22
10th Percentile £23.33 £34.13 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £38.19 £23.90
Median hourly rate £42.50 £54.00 £35.54
Median % change year-on-year -21.30% +51.96% -46.96%
75th Percentile £60.94 £65.63 £61.25
90th Percentile £74.80 £81.25 £69.70
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -19 36 £540 -1.82% 40
East London -4 3 £410 -21.90% 11
West London -24 2 - - 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 16 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (3.03%) CMS
4 5 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.89%) Confluence
5 3 (1.14%) Joomla!
5 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.76%) Camunda
6 2 (0.76%) IIS
7 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.38%) Apache
7 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.38%) Drupal
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%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (3.03%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.27%) Sketch
3 4 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.52%) Trello
4 3 (1.14%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.14%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.14%) InVision
4 3 (1.14%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.38%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
1 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.76%) Magento
1 2 (0.76%) Shopify
2 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 67 (25.38%) Azure
2 59 (22.35%) AWS
3 23 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (8.71%) Power Platform
3 23 (8.71%) Serverless
4 21 (7.95%) GitHub
5 20 (7.58%) Figma
5 20 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (6.44%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (5.68%) Amazon S3
7 15 (5.68%) Power Automate
8 14 (5.30%) PowerApps
9 12 (4.55%) GCP
9 12 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (4.17%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.27%) npm
11 6 (2.27%) Yarn
12 5 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.89%) HTTP
2 3 (1.14%) Firewall
2 3 (1.14%) Network Security
2 3 (1.14%) SMS
3 2 (0.76%) BGP
3 2 (0.76%) Intranet
3 2 (0.76%) LAN
3 2 (0.76%) OSPF
3 2 (0.76%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.76%) RTMP
3 2 (0.76%) SSL
3 2 (0.76%) WAN
4 1 (0.38%) DHCP
4 1 (0.38%) DNS
4 1 (0.38%) FTP
4 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) VLAN
4 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 24 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (8.71%) NoSQL
4 19 (7.20%) Relational Database
5 15 (5.68%) MongoDB
6 12 (4.55%) MySQL
7 9 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (3.41%) Power BI
8 8 (3.03%) Big Data
8 8 (3.03%) Oracle Database
9 7 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (2.27%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.89%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (1.89%) Tableau
12 4 (1.52%) Apache Hudi
12 4 (1.52%) Pinecone
12 4 (1.52%) Presto
12 4 (1.52%) Redis
13 3 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (1.14%) CockroachDB
Development Applications
1 49 (18.56%) Git
2 25 (9.47%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.20%) JIRA
4 16 (6.06%) GitLab
5 13 (4.92%) Cypress.io
6 11 (4.17%) JUnit
7 10 (3.79%) Vite
8 9 (3.41%) Cucumber
8 9 (3.41%) Mockito
8 9 (3.41%) webpack
9 8 (3.03%) Maven
10 5 (1.89%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.89%) MSTest
10 5 (1.89%) Selenium
11 4 (1.52%) Jasmine
11 4 (1.52%) Postman
12 3 (1.14%) Mocha
12 3 (1.14%) Robot Framework
12 3 (1.14%) Spinnaker
12 3 (1.14%) tSQLt
General
1 62 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.67%) Finance
3 40 (15.15%) Banking
4 26 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.06%) Investment Banking
7 15 (5.68%) Marketing
8 12 (4.55%) Front Office
9 8 (3.03%) Retail
10 5 (1.89%) Legal
10 5 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.89%) Publishing
11 3 (1.14%) Advertising
11 3 (1.14%) Games
11 3 (1.14%) Local Government
12 2 (0.76%) Automotive
12 2 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 158 (59.85%) Developer
2 42 (15.91%) Senior
3 27 (10.23%) Full-Stack Developer
4 26 (9.85%) Senior Developer
5 22 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 20 (7.58%) React Developer
7 16 (6.06%) Java Developer
8 14 (5.30%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Designer
10 10 (3.79%) Consultant
11 9 (3.41%) Python Developer
11 9 (3.41%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.03%) Architect
12 8 (3.03%) C# Developer
12 8 (3.03%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 8 (3.03%) UI Developer
13 7 (2.65%) .NET Developer
13 7 (2.65%) Backend Developer
13 7 (2.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 7 (2.65%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 230 (87.12%) HTML
2 118 (44.70%) React
3 77 (29.17%) AngularJS
4 65 (24.62%) REST
5 49 (18.56%) HTML5
6 41 (15.53%) RESTful
7 37 (14.02%) .NET
8 35 (13.26%) Node.js
9 31 (11.74%) CSS3
10 28 (10.61%) Redux
11 25 (9.47%) Spring
12 23 (8.71%) Vue
13 20 (7.58%) SOAP
14 19 (7.20%) JSON
15 18 (6.82%) jQuery
15 18 (6.82%) Spring Boot
16 17 (6.44%) OAuth
17 15 (5.68%) Next.js
18 14 (5.30%) Jest
18 14 (5.30%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.89%) CMDB
6 5 (1.89%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.89%) Derivative
6 5 (1.89%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.14%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.14%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.14%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.14%) PropTech
9 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.76%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.41%) Linux
2 8 (3.03%) Unix
2 8 (3.03%) Windows
3 2 (0.76%) Android
3 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (40.91%) Agile
2 78 (29.55%) CI/CD
3 71 (26.89%) User Experience
4 60 (22.73%) Full-Stack Development
5 49 (18.56%) DevOps
5 49 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (15.53%) Front End Development
7 37 (14.02%) Scrum
7 37 (14.02%) Software Engineering
8 36 (13.64%) Microservices
8 36 (13.64%) Test Automation
9 33 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (11.74%) AI
11 29 (10.98%) Design Patterns
12 28 (10.61%) Analytics
12 28 (10.61%) Containerisation
13 23 (8.71%) UX Design
14 20 (7.58%) Unit Testing
15 19 (7.20%) E-Commerce
15 19 (7.20%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 193 (73.11%) JavaScript
2 78 (29.55%) TypeScript
3 76 (28.79%) SQL
4 58 (21.97%) Java
5 52 (19.70%) Python
6 30 (11.36%) C#
7 9 (3.41%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.41%) T-SQL
8 8 (3.03%) PL/SQL
8 8 (3.03%) Ruby
9 5 (1.89%) ABAP
9 5 (1.89%) Scala
10 3 (1.14%) JSX
11 2 (0.76%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.76%) Go
11 2 (0.76%) PHP
12 1 (0.38%) Bash
12 1 (0.38%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.38%) F#
12 1 (0.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 35 (13.26%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.23%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.17%) Degree
4 5 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.14%) CCNP
6 3 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.76%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.38%) CCNA
8 1 (0.38%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (14.39%) Accessibility
2 24 (9.09%) WCAG
3 21 (7.95%) QA
4 9 (3.41%) GDPR
5 4 (1.52%) SLA
6 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 43 (16.29%) Docker
2 4 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.38%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 32 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 13 (4.92%) Terraform
3 7 (2.65%) Grafana
4 5 (1.89%) Kibana
5 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (11.36%) Adobe
2 27 (10.23%) Oracle
3 23 (8.71%) Microsoft
4 13 (4.92%) Salesforce
4 13 (4.92%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.17%) Google
6 10 (3.79%) SAP
7 6 (2.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (1.89%) Qualtrics
8 5 (1.89%) Workday
9 4 (1.52%) OutSystems
9 4 (1.52%) Splunk
10 3 (1.14%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.14%) Symantec
11 2 (0.76%) Botify
11 2 (0.76%) CheckPoint
11 2 (0.76%) Netskope
11 2 (0.76%) Optimizely
11 2 (0.76%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.76%) Screaming Frog