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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 90 98
Rank change year-on-year -61 +8 -15
Contract jobs citing CSS 262 382 435
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 2.76% 2.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.74% 10.55% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 220 305
10th Percentile £350 £312 £315
25th Percentile £420 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £745
England median daily rate £485 £475 £478
% change year-on-year +2.11% -0.52% -9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £44.38 £34.25 £27.20
25th Percentile £47.19 £35.75 £27.69
Median hourly rate £53.75 £39.50 £34.23
Median % change year-on-year +36.08% +15.40% -53.26%
75th Percentile £59.69 £41.88 £56.80
90th Percentile £62.13 £42.55 £66.91
England median hourly rate £47.50 £60.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -21.49% +2.98% -12.96%

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 3,885 3,621 4,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.23% 26.17% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,620 2,347 3,509
10th Percentile £363 £380 £387
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £688
90th Percentile £770 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £38.50 £35.79
Median hourly rate £54.00 £52.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -25.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.00 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -16 46 £530 +0.95% 50
West London -20 4 £358 -12.59% 19
East London 0 3 £450 - 18
South London -8 2 £775 +6.90% 5
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 13 (4.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 7 (2.67%) CMS
3 6 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.53%) Confluence
5 3 (1.15%) Joomla!
6 2 (0.76%) Camunda
7 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.38%) Kentico
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.38%) Moodle
7 1 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.38%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.38%) SugarCRM
7 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.44%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.29%) Sketch
3 4 (1.53%) Trello
4 3 (1.15%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (1.15%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.15%) InVision
4 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.38%) InDesign
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.38%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.76%) Shopify
3 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 71 (27.10%) Azure
2 67 (25.57%) AWS
3 42 (16.03%) GitHub
4 25 (9.54%) GitHub Actions
5 22 (8.40%) Figma
6 20 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.63%) GCP
7 16 (6.11%) Serverless
8 15 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.34%) Amazon S3
10 12 (4.58%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.82%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.44%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.67%) Amazon Cognito
14 6 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (2.29%) npm
14 6 (2.29%) Power Automate
14 6 (2.29%) PowerApps
15 5 (1.91%) SaaS
15 5 (1.91%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.29%) HTTP
2 3 (1.15%) SMS
3 2 (0.76%) BGP
3 2 (0.76%) DNS
3 2 (0.76%) Firewall
3 2 (0.76%) LAN
3 2 (0.76%) Network Security
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%) DKIM
4 1 (0.38%) FTP
4 1 (0.38%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.38%) Internet
4 1 (0.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (13.36%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (8.02%) Relational Database
3 20 (7.63%) NoSQL
4 16 (6.11%) SQL Server
5 13 (4.96%) MongoDB
6 12 (4.58%) MySQL
7 10 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.29%) Apache Cassandra
8 6 (2.29%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.91%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.53%) Power BI
11 3 (1.15%) CockroachDB
11 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.15%) Mixpanel
11 3 (1.15%) Pinecone
11 3 (1.15%) Redis
12 2 (0.76%) Big Data
12 2 (0.76%) DB2
12 2 (0.76%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 73 (27.86%) Git
2 23 (8.78%) Jenkins
3 21 (8.02%) JIRA
4 19 (7.25%) Cypress.io
5 15 (5.73%) GitLab
6 14 (5.34%) JUnit
7 13 (4.96%) webpack
8 12 (4.58%) Mockito
9 9 (3.44%) Maven
10 8 (3.05%) Cucumber
10 8 (3.05%) Selenium
11 6 (2.29%) Postman
12 5 (1.91%) Eclipse
13 4 (1.53%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.53%) Snyk
13 4 (1.53%) Storybook
13 4 (1.53%) Vite
14 3 (1.15%) Jasmine
14 3 (1.15%) REST Assured
14 3 (1.15%) WebDriver
General
1 70 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 50 (19.08%) Finance
3 32 (12.21%) Banking
4 28 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.78%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.34%) Marketing
7 11 (4.20%) Front Office
7 11 (4.20%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.53%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.53%) Legal
8 4 (1.53%) Military
8 4 (1.53%) Publishing
9 3 (1.15%) Advertising
9 3 (1.15%) Automotive
9 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 165 (62.98%) Developer
2 41 (15.65%) Full-Stack Developer
3 35 (13.36%) Senior
4 31 (11.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 21 (8.02%) React Developer
5 21 (8.02%) Senior Developer
6 16 (6.11%) Designer
7 15 (5.73%) Java Developer
8 12 (4.58%) Python Developer
9 11 (4.20%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.82%) Consultant
10 10 (3.82%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 9 (3.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (3.05%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 8 (3.05%) Lead
12 8 (3.05%) Software Developer
13 7 (2.67%) Backend Developer
13 7 (2.67%) Senior Designer
14 6 (2.29%) Senior Backend Developer
14 6 (2.29%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (90.08%) HTML
2 133 (50.76%) React
3 79 (30.15%) AngularJS
4 59 (22.52%) REST
5 52 (19.85%) HTML5
6 45 (17.18%) Node.js
7 39 (14.89%) RESTful
8 34 (12.98%) Spring
9 32 (12.21%) Vue
10 31 (11.83%) CSS3
11 25 (9.54%) .NET
12 23 (8.78%) Jest
12 23 (8.78%) Spring Boot
13 22 (8.40%) JSON
14 20 (7.63%) Redux
14 20 (7.63%) Sass
15 17 (6.49%) SOAP
16 16 (6.11%) Web Services
17 15 (5.73%) Bootstrap
17 15 (5.73%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.73%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.96%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.58%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.05%) CMDB
5 8 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.67%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.29%) Derivative
7 6 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.29%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.91%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.53%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.53%) Fixed Income
10 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.15%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.15%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.67%) Linux
2 5 (1.91%) Unix
3 4 (1.53%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.15%) CentOS
5 2 (0.76%) Android
5 2 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (41.98%) Agile
2 91 (34.73%) CI/CD
3 76 (29.01%) User Experience
4 69 (26.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 56 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (20.99%) Front End Development
7 48 (18.32%) DevOps
8 37 (14.12%) UX Design
9 36 (13.74%) Containerisation
10 35 (13.36%) Software Engineering
11 33 (12.60%) Microservices
12 32 (12.21%) Design Patterns
13 29 (11.07%) Scrum
14 27 (10.31%) Analytics
15 24 (9.16%) Test Automation
16 23 (8.78%) Unit Testing
17 22 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (8.40%) Responsive Web Design
17 22 (8.40%) SDLC
18 21 (8.02%) AI
Programming Languages
1 194 (74.05%) JavaScript
2 83 (31.68%) TypeScript
3 71 (27.10%) Java
4 64 (24.43%) SQL
5 47 (17.94%) Python
6 17 (6.49%) C#
7 10 (3.82%) Ruby
8 9 (3.44%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.67%) JSX
10 6 (2.29%) PHP
11 5 (1.91%) ABAP
11 5 (1.91%) C
11 5 (1.91%) Groovy
12 4 (1.53%) C++
12 4 (1.53%) Go
13 3 (1.15%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.15%) COBOL
13 3 (1.15%) Perl
13 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (20.61%) Security Cleared
2 45 (17.18%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.25%) Degree
4 13 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.76%) CCNP
6 2 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.12%) Accessibility
2 19 (7.25%) QA
3 18 (6.87%) WCAG
4 8 (3.05%) GDPR
5 2 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.76%) NCSC
5 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 47 (17.94%) Docker
2 5 (1.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (14.12%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.05%) Terraform
3 7 (2.67%) Argo
4 5 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.76%) Grafana
6 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (11.07%) Adobe
2 23 (8.78%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.63%) Oracle
4 16 (6.11%) Google
5 12 (4.58%) Red Hat
6 10 (3.82%) SAP
7 9 (3.44%) Salesforce
8 8 (3.05%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.91%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.53%) OutSystems
11 3 (1.15%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.76%) Aruba
12 2 (0.76%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.76%) CheckPoint
12 2 (0.76%) Marketo
12 2 (0.76%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.76%) Splunk
12 2 (0.76%) Symantec