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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 123 88
Rank change year-on-year -87 -35 +3
Contract jobs citing CSS 236 299 477
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.24% 2.39% 2.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.44% 9.04% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 207 353
10th Percentile £318 £313 £358
25th Percentile £405 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £638
90th Percentile £700 £780 £754
England median daily rate £475 £459 £500
% change year-on-year +3.43% -8.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 2
10th Percentile £23.00 £31.50 £30.66
25th Percentile £36.25 £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 £58.75 £37.82 £47.49
90th Percentile £73.00 £46.47 £49.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -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 4,341 3,306 4,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.81% 26.44% 26.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,880 2,317 3,470
10th Percentile £380 £378 £375
25th Percentile £450 £428 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £785 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 19 29
10th Percentile £23.98 £32.41 £16.25
25th Percentile £34.01 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% +4.71% -36.57%
75th Percentile £73.50 £61.25 £61.43
90th Percentile £93.13 £87.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.12% +11.36% -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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -43 27 £525 +0.43% 21
East London -2 4 £410 -21.90% 5
West London - 3 - - 15
South London - 2 - - 2
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 19 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 18 (7.63%) CMS
3 10 (4.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (3.39%) Confluence
5 5 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.12%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.69%) Kentico
7 3 (1.27%) Camunda
7 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.27%) WordPress
8 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.85%) Drupal
8 2 (0.85%) IIS
8 2 (0.85%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.42%) Apache
9 1 (0.42%) Moodle
9 1 (0.42%) Mule
9 1 (0.42%) nginx
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.42%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Adobe XD
2 3 (1.27%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.27%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.27%) Sketch
2 3 (1.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Magento
3 1 (0.42%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.42%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (22.03%) Azure
2 50 (21.19%) AWS
3 28 (11.86%) Power Platform
4 22 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (9.32%) Serverless
5 19 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (7.63%) Power Automate
7 17 (7.20%) PowerApps
8 16 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (6.78%) Figma
9 12 (5.08%) GitHub
10 10 (4.24%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.39%) GCP
12 7 (2.97%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.97%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.54%) Entra ID
13 6 (2.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.12%) Intranet
2 4 (1.69%) HTTP
3 2 (0.85%) Firewall
3 2 (0.85%) Network Security
3 2 (0.85%) RTMP
4 1 (0.42%) BGP
4 1 (0.42%) DHCP
4 1 (0.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.42%) Internet
4 1 (0.42%) LAN
4 1 (0.42%) OSPF
4 1 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.42%) SSL
4 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.42%) VLAN
4 1 (0.42%) VPN
4 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (18.22%) SQL Server
2 22 (9.32%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.63%) Relational Database
4 16 (6.78%) NoSQL
5 11 (4.66%) MySQL
5 11 (4.66%) Power BI
6 10 (4.24%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.97%) Big Data
7 7 (2.97%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.97%) Tableau
8 5 (2.12%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (2.12%) Metadata
9 4 (1.69%) Apache Hudi
9 4 (1.69%) EDRMS
9 4 (1.69%) Pinecone
9 4 (1.69%) Presto
9 4 (1.69%) Redis
10 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 45 (19.07%) Git
2 24 (10.17%) Jenkins
3 17 (7.20%) JIRA
4 14 (5.93%) GitLab
5 11 (4.66%) Cucumber
6 10 (4.24%) Cypress.io
6 10 (4.24%) Maven
7 9 (3.81%) Vite
8 8 (3.39%) MSTest
9 7 (2.97%) JUnit
10 6 (2.54%) Mocha
10 6 (2.54%) Mockito
10 6 (2.54%) tSQLt
10 6 (2.54%) webpack
11 5 (2.12%) Storybook
12 4 (1.69%) Ant
12 4 (1.69%) TeamCity
13 3 (1.27%) IntelliJ
13 3 (1.27%) NUnit
13 3 (1.27%) Selenium
General
1 67 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 44 (18.64%) Finance
3 37 (15.68%) Banking
4 28 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 20 (8.47%) Marketing
7 13 (5.51%) Retail
8 12 (5.08%) Investment Banking
9 9 (3.81%) Front Office
9 9 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.69%) Publishing
11 3 (1.27%) Games
11 3 (1.27%) Legal
11 3 (1.27%) Local Government
12 2 (0.85%) Automotive
12 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 136 (57.63%) Developer
2 38 (16.10%) Senior
3 24 (10.17%) React Developer
4 22 (9.32%) Senior Developer
5 20 (8.47%) Full-Stack Developer
6 18 (7.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 15 (6.36%) Software Engineer
8 13 (5.51%) Consultant
9 10 (4.24%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Designer
10 9 (3.81%) Python Developer
11 8 (3.39%) Architect
11 8 (3.39%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.39%) Low-Code Developer
11 8 (3.39%) Software Developer
11 8 (3.39%) UI Developer
12 7 (2.97%) C# Developer
12 7 (2.97%) ServiceNow Developer
12 7 (2.97%) Web Developer
13 6 (2.54%) Campaign Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (83.90%) HTML
2 97 (41.10%) React
3 61 (25.85%) AngularJS
4 59 (25.00%) REST
5 45 (19.07%) .NET
6 44 (18.64%) HTML5
7 35 (14.83%) RESTful
8 31 (13.14%) Redux
9 29 (12.29%) CSS3
10 25 (10.59%) Node.js
11 24 (10.17%) OAuth
12 23 (9.75%) SOAP
13 21 (8.90%) Spring
14 18 (7.63%) jQuery
14 18 (7.63%) Spring Boot
14 18 (7.63%) Tailwind CSS
15 17 (7.20%) JSON
16 16 (6.78%) Vue
16 16 (6.78%) Web Services
17 15 (6.36%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.36%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.81%) Low-Code
5 8 (3.39%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 8 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.12%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.12%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.69%) Fixed Income
8 4 (1.69%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.27%) CMDB
9 3 (1.27%) Derivative
9 3 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.27%) Equities
10 2 (0.85%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.81%) Linux
1 9 (3.81%) Windows
2 8 (3.39%) Unix
3 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.42%) Android
4 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (43.22%) Agile
2 68 (28.81%) CI/CD
3 59 (25.00%) User Experience
4 54 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (19.49%) Full-Stack Development
6 45 (19.07%) DevOps
7 41 (17.37%) Scrum
8 38 (16.10%) Microservices
8 38 (16.10%) Test Automation
9 35 (14.83%) Front End Development
9 35 (14.83%) Software Engineering
10 34 (14.41%) AI
11 32 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (10.17%) Workflow
13 23 (9.75%) Containerisation
13 23 (9.75%) Design Patterns
14 22 (9.32%) API Integration
15 21 (8.90%) CRM
15 21 (8.90%) UX Design
16 20 (8.47%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 175 (74.15%) JavaScript
2 76 (32.20%) SQL
3 69 (29.24%) TypeScript
4 57 (24.15%) Python
5 45 (19.07%) Java
6 36 (15.25%) C#
7 14 (5.93%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.51%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.81%) PowerShell
10 6 (2.54%) Ruby
11 5 (2.12%) Scala
12 3 (1.27%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.85%) Go
13 2 (0.85%) PHP
14 1 (0.42%) Bash
14 1 (0.42%) F#
14 1 (0.42%) Groovy
14 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.42%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (11.02%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.78%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.81%) Degree
4 7 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.85%) CCNP
6 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.42%) CCNA
7 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.68%) Accessibility
2 30 (12.71%) QA
3 21 (8.90%) WCAG
4 9 (3.81%) GDPR
5 6 (2.54%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.69%) SLA
7 2 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.85%) NCSC
7 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) WAI
8 1 (0.42%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 37 (15.68%) Docker
2 3 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 24 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.93%) Terraform
3 7 (2.97%) Grafana
4 6 (2.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 5 (2.12%) Kibana
6 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (11.86%) Oracle
2 21 (8.90%) Adobe
3 20 (8.47%) Microsoft
4 15 (6.36%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.81%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.39%) OutSystems
7 6 (2.54%) Braze
8 5 (2.12%) Qualtrics
8 5 (2.12%) SAP
8 5 (2.12%) Workday
9 4 (1.69%) Google
9 4 (1.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.69%) Splunk
10 3 (1.27%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.27%) Sybase
11 2 (0.85%) ESRI
11 2 (0.85%) Marketo
11 2 (0.85%) Optimizely
11 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.85%) Symantec