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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 128 82
Rank change year-on-year -87 -46 +25
Contract jobs citing CSS 253 286 498
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.25% 2.15% 3.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.76% 7.30% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 195 350
10th Percentile £375 £315 £312
25th Percentile £413 £385 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -7.45% -3.16%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £631
90th Percentile £725 £783 £763
England median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 1
10th Percentile £34.74 £30.42 -
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -31.00% -27.64%
75th Percentile £58.75 £41.96 -
90th Percentile £74.58 £53.32 -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +16.67%

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 5,313 3,919 4,909
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.27% 29.52% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,565 2,700 3,394
10th Percentile £400 £366 £385
25th Percentile £450 £431 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £703
90th Percentile £763 £800 £850
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 22
10th Percentile £26.43 £31.77 £23.84
25th Percentile £36.06 £34.17 £36.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +22.28% -32.54%
75th Percentile £63.00 £62.81 £59.51
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £74.00
England median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +22.67% -12.60% +0.68%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -58 23 £525 +0.86% 32
South London -4 6 £550 -29.03% 4
East London +4 3 £455 -15.74% 9
West London -24 3 - - 10
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 28 (11.07%) CMS
2 19 (7.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 17 (6.72%) SharePoint
4 11 (4.35%) Confluence
5 5 (1.98%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.98%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.98%) Camunda
6 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.58%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (1.58%) WordPress
7 3 (1.19%) Kentico
7 3 (1.19%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.79%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.79%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.79%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.40%) Apache
9 1 (0.40%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.40%) Drupal
9 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.79%) Sketch
2 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.98%) Shopify
3 2 (0.79%) Magento
4 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.40%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.40%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 62 (24.51%) Azure
2 54 (21.34%) AWS
3 27 (10.67%) Power Platform
4 24 (9.49%) GitHub
5 19 (7.51%) GCP
5 19 (7.51%) Power Automate
6 18 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (7.11%) Serverless
7 17 (6.72%) Adobe Analytics
7 17 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.72%) PowerApps
8 15 (5.93%) Figma
9 11 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.16%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.77%) SaaS
13 6 (2.37%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.37%) Azure Databricks
13 6 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.35%) HTTP
2 4 (1.58%) Intranet
3 2 (0.79%) 4G
3 2 (0.79%) 5G
3 2 (0.79%) DNS
3 2 (0.79%) Skype
3 2 (0.79%) SSH
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (18.97%) SQL Server
2 36 (14.23%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (10.67%) MySQL
4 21 (8.30%) NoSQL
5 20 (7.91%) MongoDB
5 20 (7.91%) Relational Database
6 10 (3.95%) Power BI
7 8 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (3.16%) Redis
7 8 (3.16%) Tableau
8 5 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (1.98%) Big Data
9 4 (1.58%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (1.58%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.58%) EDRMS
9 4 (1.58%) Metadata
9 4 (1.58%) Presto
9 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 61 (24.11%) Git
2 36 (14.23%) Jenkins
3 25 (9.88%) GitLab
4 23 (9.09%) Cypress.io
5 17 (6.72%) Maven
6 16 (6.32%) JIRA
7 15 (5.93%) Storybook
8 14 (5.53%) JUnit
8 14 (5.53%) SonarQube
9 11 (4.35%) Gradle
10 8 (3.16%) Mockito
10 8 (3.16%) Vite
11 7 (2.77%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.98%) Bitbucket Server
12 5 (1.98%) REST Assured
12 5 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (1.58%) Mocha
13 4 (1.58%) Selenium
13 4 (1.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 4 (1.58%) webpack
General
1 89 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.00%) Finance
3 34 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (13.44%) Marketing
4 32 (12.65%) Banking
5 19 (7.51%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.53%) Publishing
7 11 (4.35%) Retail
8 10 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.77%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.58%) Advertising
13 4 (1.58%) Front Office
13 4 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.19%) Games
14 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.19%) Local Government
15 2 (0.79%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 143 (56.52%) Developer
2 36 (14.23%) Full-Stack Developer
3 31 (12.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 30 (11.86%) Senior
5 21 (8.30%) React Developer
6 18 (7.11%) Java Developer
7 17 (6.72%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.53%) Architect
8 14 (5.53%) Consultant
9 12 (4.74%) Lead
10 11 (4.35%) Web Specialist
11 10 (3.95%) Angular Developer
11 10 (3.95%) Marketing Specialist
12 9 (3.56%) Designer
12 9 (3.56%) Lead Developer
12 9 (3.56%) Python Developer
12 9 (3.56%) ServiceNow Developer
12 9 (3.56%) Web Developer
12 9 (3.56%) Web Marketing Specialist
13 8 (3.16%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (91.30%) HTML
2 97 (38.34%) React
3 78 (30.83%) REST
4 68 (26.88%) HTML5
5 57 (22.53%) CSS3
6 56 (22.13%) RESTful
7 50 (19.76%) AngularJS
8 47 (18.58%) .NET
9 34 (13.44%) Node.js
9 34 (13.44%) OAuth
10 30 (11.86%) Redux
11 29 (11.46%) Kafka
12 28 (11.07%) SOAP
12 28 (11.07%) Spring Boot
13 26 (10.28%) Jest
14 25 (9.88%) Spring
15 23 (9.09%) jQuery
16 22 (8.70%) Playwright
17 21 (8.30%) GraphQL
17 21 (8.30%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.51%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.74%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.95%) Data Structures
4 9 (3.56%) Low-Code
4 9 (3.56%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.56%) Replication
5 8 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.98%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.98%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.58%) CMDB
7 4 (1.58%) Equities
7 4 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.19%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.53%) Linux
2 10 (3.95%) Unix
3 4 (1.58%) Windows
4 2 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (48.62%) Agile
2 96 (37.94%) CI/CD
3 62 (24.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 62 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (24.11%) DevOps
5 58 (22.92%) Front End Development
5 58 (22.92%) Scrum
6 57 (22.53%) Microservices
6 57 (22.53%) Test Automation
7 48 (18.97%) User Experience
8 42 (16.60%) AI
9 36 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (12.25%) Analytics
10 31 (12.25%) Code Quality
11 30 (11.86%) Event-Driven
11 30 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (11.46%) Performance Optimisation
12 29 (11.46%) Software Engineering
13 27 (10.67%) Clean Code
14 26 (10.28%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 204 (80.63%) JavaScript
2 95 (37.55%) SQL
3 78 (30.83%) TypeScript
4 48 (18.97%) Java
5 39 (15.42%) Python
6 33 (13.04%) C#
7 11 (4.35%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.95%) PHP
8 10 (3.95%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.56%) T-SQL
10 6 (2.37%) Bash
11 5 (1.98%) Scala
11 5 (1.98%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.19%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.19%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.79%) Ruby
14 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.40%) CFML
14 1 (0.40%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 36 (14.23%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.67%) Degree
3 26 (10.28%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) PhD
7 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.42%) QA
2 38 (15.02%) Accessibility
3 26 (10.28%) WCAG
4 10 (3.95%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.58%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (1.58%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.79%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) WAI
7 1 (0.40%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 44 (17.39%) Docker
2 2 (0.79%) Varnish
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (10.28%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.72%) Grafana
3 8 (3.16%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 6 (2.37%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (12.65%) Adobe
2 29 (11.46%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.09%) Oracle
4 20 (7.91%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.53%) Google
6 12 (4.74%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.56%) OutSystems
8 7 (2.77%) Braze
8 7 (2.77%) Databricks
8 7 (2.77%) IBM
8 7 (2.77%) Optimizely
9 6 (2.37%) Splunk
10 5 (1.98%) Amplitude
10 5 (1.98%) Veracode
11 4 (1.58%) Apple
11 4 (1.58%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.58%) Tealium
11 4 (1.58%) Workday
12 3 (1.19%) Qualtrics
12 3 (1.19%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud