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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 115 93
Rank change year-on-year -83 -22 -5
Contract jobs citing CSS 254 299 462
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 2.44% 2.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.93% 9.21% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 207 343
10th Percentile £340 £317 £383
25th Percentile £410 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £595 £644 £638
90th Percentile £700 £780 £754
England median daily rate £500 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -
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 4,281 3,248 4,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.98% 26.53% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,839 2,280 3,455
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £447 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -3.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £672 £713 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 18 29
10th Percentile £22.82 £32.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £30.27 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £39.75 £43.66 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% +2.72% -35.61%
75th Percentile £63.44 £64.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +27.64% -24.67%

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 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 10 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 10 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 -33 31 £550 +5.21% 28
East London -3 4 £410 -21.90% 6
West London - 3 - - 13
South London - 2 - - 4
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 (8.27%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.69%) CMS
3 14 (5.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.36%) Confluence
5 5 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.97%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.57%) Kentico
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.18%) Camunda
7 3 (1.18%) WordPress
8 2 (0.79%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.79%) Drupal
8 2 (0.79%) IIS
8 2 (0.79%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.39%) Apache
9 1 (0.39%) Moodle
9 1 (0.39%) Mule
9 1 (0.39%) nginx
9 1 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.97%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.57%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.18%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.18%) Sketch
3 3 (1.18%) 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 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.79%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.79%) 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 56 (22.05%) Azure
2 51 (20.08%) AWS
3 28 (11.02%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (8.66%) Serverless
6 19 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (7.48%) Power Automate
7 17 (6.69%) Figma
7 17 (6.69%) PowerApps
8 16 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (4.72%) GitHub
10 10 (3.94%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.54%) GCP
11 9 (3.54%) OneDrive
12 8 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.76%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (2.76%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.36%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.97%) Intranet
2 3 (1.18%) Firewall
2 3 (1.18%) Network Security
3 2 (0.79%) BGP
3 2 (0.79%) HTTP
3 2 (0.79%) LAN
3 2 (0.79%) OSPF
3 2 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.79%) RTMP
3 2 (0.79%) SMS
3 2 (0.79%) SSL
3 2 (0.79%) WAN
4 1 (0.39%) DHCP
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
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 (16.93%) SQL Server
2 22 (8.66%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (8.27%) Relational Database
4 17 (6.69%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.33%) MySQL
5 11 (4.33%) Power BI
6 10 (3.94%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.15%) Big Data
8 7 (2.76%) Oracle Database
8 7 (2.76%) Tableau
9 6 (2.36%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.97%) Metadata
11 4 (1.57%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (1.57%) EDRMS
11 4 (1.57%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.57%) Presto
11 4 (1.57%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (18.50%) Git
2 25 (9.84%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.91%) GitLab
3 15 (5.91%) JIRA
4 11 (4.33%) Cucumber
5 10 (3.94%) Cypress.io
5 10 (3.94%) Maven
6 9 (3.54%) Vite
7 8 (3.15%) MSTest
8 7 (2.76%) JUnit
9 6 (2.36%) Mocha
9 6 (2.36%) Mockito
9 6 (2.36%) tSQLt
9 6 (2.36%) webpack
10 5 (1.97%) Storybook
11 4 (1.57%) Ant
11 4 (1.57%) Selenium
11 4 (1.57%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.18%) IntelliJ
12 3 (1.18%) NUnit
General
1 68 (26.77%) Social Skills
2 46 (18.11%) Finance
3 38 (14.96%) Banking
4 28 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.66%) Public Sector
6 21 (8.27%) Marketing
7 13 (5.12%) Investment Banking
7 13 (5.12%) Retail
8 9 (3.54%) Front Office
9 8 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.57%) Publishing
11 3 (1.18%) Games
11 3 (1.18%) Legal
11 3 (1.18%) Local Government
12 2 (0.79%) Automotive
12 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.79%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 149 (58.66%) Developer
2 41 (16.14%) Senior
3 25 (9.84%) React Developer
4 24 (9.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 24 (9.45%) Senior Developer
5 21 (8.27%) Full-Stack Developer
6 15 (5.91%) Software Engineer
7 12 (4.72%) Consultant
8 10 (3.94%) Designer
8 10 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (3.54%) Python Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Architect
10 8 (3.15%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Low-Code Developer
10 8 (3.15%) Software Developer
10 8 (3.15%) UI Developer
11 7 (2.76%) Backend Developer
11 7 (2.76%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.76%) Web Developer
12 6 (2.36%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (85.04%) HTML
2 107 (42.13%) React
3 70 (27.56%) AngularJS
4 62 (24.41%) REST
5 47 (18.50%) .NET
6 45 (17.72%) HTML5
7 35 (13.78%) RESTful
8 32 (12.60%) Redux
9 29 (11.42%) CSS3
10 25 (9.84%) Node.js
10 25 (9.84%) OAuth
11 22 (8.66%) SOAP
12 21 (8.27%) Spring
13 20 (7.87%) jQuery
14 19 (7.48%) JSON
15 18 (7.09%) Spring Boot
15 18 (7.09%) Tailwind CSS
16 17 (6.69%) Vue
17 16 (6.30%) Web Services
18 15 (5.91%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.51%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.54%) Low-Code
5 8 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.97%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.57%) CMDB
8 4 (1.57%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.57%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.18%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.18%) Derivative
9 3 (1.18%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.18%) Equities
10 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.79%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.54%) Linux
1 9 (3.54%) Windows
2 8 (3.15%) Unix
3 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (40.94%) Agile
2 69 (27.17%) CI/CD
3 67 (26.38%) User Experience
4 54 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (18.90%) Full-Stack Development
6 45 (17.72%) DevOps
7 42 (16.54%) Front End Development
8 40 (15.75%) Scrum
9 39 (15.35%) Test Automation
10 38 (14.96%) Microservices
11 35 (13.78%) Software Engineering
12 33 (12.99%) AI
13 31 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (11.02%) Analytics
15 24 (9.45%) Containerisation
15 24 (9.45%) Design Patterns
15 24 (9.45%) Workflow
16 22 (8.66%) API Integration
17 21 (8.27%) UX Design
18 20 (7.87%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 191 (75.20%) JavaScript
2 84 (33.07%) SQL
3 70 (27.56%) TypeScript
4 60 (23.62%) Python
5 51 (20.08%) Java
6 38 (14.96%) C#
7 14 (5.51%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.12%) PL/SQL
9 11 (4.33%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.76%) Ruby
11 5 (1.97%) Scala
12 3 (1.18%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.79%) Go
13 2 (0.79%) PHP
14 1 (0.39%) Bash
14 1 (0.39%) F#
14 1 (0.39%) Groovy
14 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (11.81%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.87%) SC Cleared
3 10 (3.94%) Degree
4 7 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.18%) CCNP
5 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.39%) CCNA
6 1 (0.39%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.57%) Accessibility
2 30 (11.81%) QA
3 21 (8.27%) WCAG
4 10 (3.94%) GDPR
5 6 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.57%) SLA
7 3 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.79%) NCSC
9 1 (0.39%) GRC
9 1 (0.39%) WAI
9 1 (0.39%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 38 (14.96%) Docker
2 3 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.51%) Terraform
3 7 (2.76%) Grafana
4 5 (1.97%) Kibana
4 5 (1.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (11.81%) Adobe
2 28 (11.02%) Oracle
3 22 (8.66%) Microsoft
4 14 (5.51%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.15%) OutSystems
7 5 (1.97%) Braze
7 5 (1.97%) Google
7 5 (1.97%) Qualtrics
7 5 (1.97%) SAP
7 5 (1.97%) Workday
8 4 (1.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (1.57%) Splunk
9 3 (1.18%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.18%) Sybase
9 3 (1.18%) Symantec
10 2 (0.79%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.79%) Netskope
10 2 (0.79%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.79%) Red Hat