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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 121 91
Rank change year-on-year -68 -30 +4
Contract jobs citing CSS 251 286 447
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.37% 2.37% 2.57%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.93% 8.96% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 194 336
10th Percentile £340 £343 £384
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £521
Median % change year-on-year - -4.08% -5.23%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £710 £788 £750
England median daily rate £495 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 2
10th Percentile £22.45 £31.50 £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 £38.23 £49.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £42.82 £62.50
% change year-on-year -29.93% -31.50% +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 4,231 3,193 4,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.01% 26.44% 26.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,818 2,233 3,376
10th Percentile £375 £385 £375
25th Percentile £447 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £720 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £838
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 18 28
10th Percentile £22.26 £32.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £38.91 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -8.45% -35.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.69 £63.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £74.38 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -32 31 £550 +4.76% 27
East London -6 4 £410 -21.90% 11
West London - 3 - - 14
South London - 2 - - 3
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 20 (7.97%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.37%) CMS
3 13 (5.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (2.39%) Confluence
5 5 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.99%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.59%) Kentico
6 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.20%) Camunda
7 3 (1.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.80%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.80%) Drupal
8 2 (0.80%) IIS
8 2 (0.80%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.40%) Apache
9 1 (0.40%) Moodle
9 1 (0.40%) Mule
9 1 (0.40%) nginx
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.99%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.59%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.20%) Sketch
3 3 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.80%) Magento
3 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.40%) SDL Web 8
3 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (23.51%) Azure
2 47 (18.73%) AWS
3 27 (10.76%) Power Platform
4 23 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (8.37%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (8.37%) Serverless
6 18 (7.17%) Power Automate
7 17 (6.77%) Figma
8 16 (6.37%) PowerApps
9 15 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (3.98%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.98%) GitHub
11 9 (3.59%) GCP
12 8 (3.19%) Entra ID
12 8 (3.19%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
15 5 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.99%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.59%) Intranet
2 3 (1.20%) Firewall
2 3 (1.20%) Network Security
2 3 (1.20%) SMS
3 2 (0.80%) BGP
3 2 (0.80%) HTTP
3 2 (0.80%) LAN
3 2 (0.80%) OSPF
3 2 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.80%) RTMP
3 2 (0.80%) SSL
3 2 (0.80%) WAN
4 1 (0.40%) DHCP
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.40%) Skype
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) VLAN
4 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (16.73%) SQL Server
2 21 (8.37%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (8.37%) Relational Database
3 17 (6.77%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.38%) MySQL
4 11 (4.38%) Power BI
5 10 (3.98%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.19%) Big Data
7 7 (2.79%) Oracle Database
7 7 (2.79%) Tableau
8 6 (2.39%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.99%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.59%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.59%) Metadata
10 4 (1.59%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.59%) Presto
10 4 (1.59%) Redis
11 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 43 (17.13%) Git
2 23 (9.16%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.98%) GitLab
3 15 (5.98%) JIRA
4 10 (3.98%) Cucumber
5 9 (3.59%) Cypress.io
6 8 (3.19%) Maven
6 8 (3.19%) Vite
7 7 (2.79%) JUnit
7 7 (2.79%) MSTest
8 6 (2.39%) Mockito
8 6 (2.39%) webpack
9 5 (1.99%) Mocha
9 5 (1.99%) Storybook
9 5 (1.99%) tSQLt
10 4 (1.59%) Ant
10 4 (1.59%) Selenium
10 4 (1.59%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.20%) Moq
11 3 (1.20%) NUnit
General
1 65 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 46 (18.33%) Finance
3 39 (15.54%) Banking
4 28 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.76%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.97%) Marketing
7 14 (5.58%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.78%) Retail
9 10 (3.98%) Front Office
10 7 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.59%) Publishing
12 3 (1.20%) Games
12 3 (1.20%) Legal
12 3 (1.20%) Local Government
13 2 (0.80%) Automotive
13 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.80%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.80%) Law
13 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (58.96%) Developer
2 40 (15.94%) Senior
3 24 (9.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 24 (9.56%) Senior Developer
4 22 (8.76%) React Developer
5 21 (8.37%) Full-Stack Developer
6 14 (5.58%) Software Engineer
7 12 (4.78%) Consultant
8 10 (3.98%) Designer
9 9 (3.59%) Python Developer
9 9 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (3.19%) Architect
10 8 (3.19%) Low-Code Developer
10 8 (3.19%) Software Developer
10 8 (3.19%) UI Developer
11 7 (2.79%) Backend Developer
11 7 (2.79%) C# Developer
11 7 (2.79%) ServiceNow Developer
11 7 (2.79%) Web Developer
12 6 (2.39%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (85.26%) HTML
2 104 (41.43%) React
3 70 (27.89%) AngularJS
4 61 (24.30%) REST
5 46 (18.33%) .NET
6 43 (17.13%) HTML5
7 34 (13.55%) RESTful
8 30 (11.95%) Redux
9 29 (11.55%) CSS3
10 26 (10.36%) OAuth
11 23 (9.16%) Node.js
11 23 (9.16%) SOAP
12 20 (7.97%) jQuery
13 19 (7.57%) Spring
14 18 (7.17%) JSON
14 18 (7.17%) Tailwind CSS
15 17 (6.77%) Vue
16 16 (6.37%) Web Services
17 15 (5.98%) Spring Boot
18 14 (5.58%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.77%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.18%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 9 (3.59%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.79%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.39%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.99%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.99%) CMDB
7 5 (1.99%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.59%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.20%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.20%) Derivative
9 3 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.20%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.80%) Equities
10 2 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.59%) Linux
1 9 (3.59%) Windows
2 8 (3.19%) Unix
3 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.40%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (40.24%) Agile
2 67 (26.69%) User Experience
3 66 (26.29%) CI/CD
4 53 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (19.12%) DevOps
5 48 (19.12%) Full-Stack Development
6 42 (16.73%) Front End Development
7 38 (15.14%) Scrum
7 38 (15.14%) Test Automation
8 34 (13.55%) Microservices
8 34 (13.55%) Software Engineering
9 31 (12.35%) AI
10 30 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (11.16%) Analytics
12 24 (9.56%) Containerisation
12 24 (9.56%) Design Patterns
12 24 (9.56%) Workflow
13 22 (8.76%) API Integration
14 21 (8.37%) UX Design
15 20 (7.97%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 187 (74.50%) JavaScript
2 83 (33.07%) SQL
3 69 (27.49%) TypeScript
4 58 (23.11%) Python
5 48 (19.12%) Java
6 36 (14.34%) C#
7 13 (5.18%) PL/SQL
7 13 (5.18%) T-SQL
8 10 (3.98%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.79%) Ruby
10 5 (1.99%) Scala
11 3 (1.20%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.80%) Go
12 2 (0.80%) PHP
13 1 (0.40%) Bash
13 1 (0.40%) F#
13 1 (0.40%) Groovy
13 1 (0.40%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 29 (11.55%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.97%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.38%) Degree
4 7 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.20%) CCNP
6 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CCNA
7 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.55%) Accessibility
2 27 (10.76%) QA
3 21 (8.37%) WCAG
4 10 (3.98%) GDPR
5 6 (2.39%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.59%) SLA
7 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.80%) NCSC
9 1 (0.40%) WAI
9 1 (0.40%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 38 (15.14%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (9.96%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.58%) Terraform
3 6 (2.39%) Grafana
4 5 (1.99%) Kibana
5 4 (1.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (11.55%) Adobe
2 28 (11.16%) Oracle
3 22 (8.76%) Microsoft
4 15 (5.98%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.19%) OutSystems
7 5 (1.99%) Google
7 5 (1.99%) Qualtrics
7 5 (1.99%) SAP
7 5 (1.99%) Workday
8 4 (1.59%) Braze
8 4 (1.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) Splunk
9 3 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.20%) Symantec
10 2 (0.80%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.80%) Cisco
10 2 (0.80%) ESRI
10 2 (0.80%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.80%) Sybase