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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 126 85
Rank change year-on-year -100 -41 +7
Contract jobs citing CSS 235 289 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 2.15% 2.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.43% 7.39% 9.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 200 353
10th Percentile £375 £313 £325
25th Percentile £410 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £473 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -10.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £576 £628 £638
90th Percentile £650 £788 £775
England median daily rate £475 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 1
10th Percentile - £30.08 -
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -31.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £58.75 £35.75 -
90th Percentile £73.00 £45.66 -
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.57% +51.58%

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 5,302 3,911 4,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 29.15% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,557 2,724 3,510
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £455 £430 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £713
90th Percentile £766 £824 £850
England median daily rate £530 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +1.92% -5.45% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 31 19
10th Percentile £26.43 £31.61 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £33.87 £24.59
Median hourly rate £42.50 £51.44 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +21.04% -36.80%
75th Percentile £63.00 £61.88 £50.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.00 £67.03
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -10.71% -3.75%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -55 21 £408 -22.05% 26
South London - 6 £550 - 4
East London +3 4 £410 -24.07% 11
West London -22 3 - - 15
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 24 (10.21%) CMS
2 20 (8.51%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (3.40%) Confluence
5 5 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.13%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.70%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (1.28%) Kentico
7 3 (1.28%) Umbraco
7 3 (1.28%) WordPress
8 2 (0.85%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.85%) Camunda
8 2 (0.85%) Drupal
8 2 (0.85%) IIS
8 2 (0.85%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.85%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.43%) Apache
9 1 (0.43%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.43%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Photoshop
1 3 (1.28%) Sketch
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Shopify
2 3 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.85%) Magento
4 1 (0.43%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.43%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 55 (23.40%) Azure
2 49 (20.85%) AWS
3 28 (11.91%) Power Platform
4 21 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.94%) Serverless
5 20 (8.51%) Power Automate
6 19 (8.09%) GitHub
7 18 (7.66%) Figma
8 17 (7.23%) PowerApps
9 16 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (6.38%) GCP
11 10 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (3.83%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (3.40%) Google Analytics
13 8 (3.40%) OneDrive
14 7 (2.98%) Adobe Analytics
14 7 (2.98%) SaaS
15 6 (2.55%) Amazon S3
15 6 (2.55%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.83%) HTTP
2 5 (2.13%) Intranet
3 2 (0.85%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.17%) SQL Server
2 24 (10.21%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (7.66%) NoSQL
4 17 (7.23%) MySQL
4 17 (7.23%) Relational Database
5 14 (5.96%) MongoDB
6 10 (4.26%) Power BI
7 9 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (3.40%) Redis
8 8 (3.40%) Tableau
9 5 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (2.13%) Big Data
9 5 (2.13%) Metadata
10 4 (1.70%) Apache Hudi
10 4 (1.70%) EDRMS
10 4 (1.70%) Presto
10 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.85%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 56 (23.83%) Git
2 29 (12.34%) Jenkins
3 23 (9.79%) Cypress.io
4 17 (7.23%) GitLab
5 15 (6.38%) JIRA
6 14 (5.96%) Storybook
7 12 (5.11%) Maven
8 10 (4.26%) Vite
9 9 (3.83%) JUnit
10 7 (2.98%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.55%) Jasmine
11 6 (2.55%) MSTest
12 5 (2.13%) Cucumber
12 5 (2.13%) Gradle
13 4 (1.70%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.70%) Karma Test Runner
13 4 (1.70%) Mocha
13 4 (1.70%) Mockito
13 4 (1.70%) tSQLt
13 4 (1.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 75 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.17%) Finance
3 31 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (12.77%) Banking
5 27 (11.49%) Marketing
6 23 (9.79%) Public Sector
7 11 (4.68%) Publishing
7 11 (4.68%) Retail
8 10 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.40%) Investment Banking
10 7 (2.98%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.13%) Front Office
12 4 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.28%) Games
13 3 (1.28%) Local Government
14 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 130 (55.32%) Developer
2 29 (12.34%) Senior
3 28 (11.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 25 (10.64%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (9.36%) React Developer
6 17 (7.23%) Senior Developer
7 14 (5.96%) Consultant
8 12 (5.11%) Architect
8 12 (5.11%) Java Developer
8 12 (5.11%) Lead
9 11 (4.68%) Designer
9 11 (4.68%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.83%) Angular Developer
10 9 (3.83%) Lead Developer
10 9 (3.83%) ServiceNow Developer
11 8 (3.40%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 8 (3.40%) Low-Code Developer
11 8 (3.40%) Web Developer
12 7 (2.98%) Braze Specialist
12 7 (2.98%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (87.66%) HTML
2 92 (39.15%) React
3 75 (31.91%) REST
4 60 (25.53%) HTML5
5 51 (21.70%) RESTful
6 50 (21.28%) AngularJS
7 48 (20.43%) CSS3
8 40 (17.02%) .NET
9 29 (12.34%) OAuth
10 28 (11.91%) Redux
11 26 (11.06%) Node.js
12 23 (9.79%) jQuery
12 23 (9.79%) SOAP
13 21 (8.94%) Jest
14 20 (8.51%) Spring Boot
15 19 (8.09%) Playwright
15 19 (8.09%) Spring
16 18 (7.66%) Kafka
17 17 (7.23%) JSON
17 17 (7.23%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.96%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.68%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.40%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.98%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.13%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.70%) CMDB
7 4 (1.70%) Fixed Income
8 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.28%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (1.28%) Equities
8 3 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.28%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.53%) Linux
2 10 (4.26%) Unix
3 7 (2.98%) Windows
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (46.38%) Agile
2 87 (37.02%) CI/CD
3 57 (24.26%) User Experience
4 56 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (22.98%) DevOps
6 52 (22.13%) Front End Development
7 51 (21.70%) Full-Stack Development
7 51 (21.70%) Microservices
8 48 (20.43%) Test Automation
9 45 (19.15%) Scrum
10 37 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (13.19%) AI
12 29 (12.34%) Software Engineering
13 27 (11.49%) Clean Code
13 27 (11.49%) Code Quality
14 26 (11.06%) Performance Optimisation
15 25 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
16 24 (10.21%) Analytics
16 24 (10.21%) API Integration
16 24 (10.21%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 179 (76.17%) JavaScript
2 83 (35.32%) SQL
3 73 (31.06%) TypeScript
4 38 (16.17%) Java
5 36 (15.32%) Python
6 32 (13.62%) C#
7 12 (5.11%) PL/SQL
8 11 (4.68%) PowerShell
8 11 (4.68%) T-SQL
9 6 (2.55%) PHP
10 5 (2.13%) Scala
11 4 (1.70%) Bash
11 4 (1.70%) Ruby
12 3 (1.28%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.28%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.85%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.43%) CFML
14 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.43%) R
14 1 (0.43%) XPath
Qualifications
1 32 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 23 (9.79%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.68%) Degree
4 10 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.72%) Accessibility
2 38 (16.17%) QA
3 30 (12.77%) WCAG
4 9 (3.83%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.55%) GDPR
6 4 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.85%) GRC
7 2 (0.85%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) WAI
8 1 (0.43%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 42 (17.87%) Docker
2 2 (0.85%) Varnish
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.38%) Grafana
3 7 (2.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (2.55%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (10.64%) Microsoft
1 25 (10.64%) Oracle
2 22 (9.36%) Adobe
3 20 (8.51%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.53%) Google
5 10 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.40%) Optimizely
6 8 (3.40%) OutSystems
7 7 (2.98%) Braze
8 6 (2.55%) Splunk
9 4 (1.70%) Amplitude
9 4 (1.70%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.70%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.70%) Tealium
9 4 (1.70%) Workday
10 3 (1.28%) Qualtrics
10 3 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) IBM
11 2 (0.85%) Marketo
11 2 (0.85%) Veracode