CSS Contracts in Manchester

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring CSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 68 57
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 +12
Contract jobs citing CSS 26 28 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.81% 1.85% 3.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.88% 7.76% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 46
10th Percentile £298 - £313
25th Percentile £400 £363 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £420 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -1.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £479 £475 £557
90th Percentile £537 £538 £624
North West median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -5.26%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 239 361 389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 25.81% 23.80% 20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 283 310
10th Percentile £400 £375 £336
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £581
90th Percentile £638 £825 £639
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £67.00 -
25th Percentile £76.25 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £71.87 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% +59.71% +143.24%
75th Percentile £88.75 £76.75 -
90th Percentile - £81.60 -
North West median hourly rate £67.75 £47.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year +43.22% +5.12% +10.80%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in Manchester

CSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for CSS in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Stockport - 6 £400 - 16
CSS
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (38.46%) Power Automate
1 10 (38.46%) Power Platform
1 10 (38.46%) PowerApps
2 5 (19.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Babel
1 5 (19.23%) Git
1 5 (19.23%) Jasmine
1 5 (19.23%) Mocha
1 5 (19.23%) webpack
2 4 (15.38%) Grunt
2 4 (15.38%) gulp
2 4 (15.38%) Subversion
3 1 (3.85%) Balsamiq
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (92.31%) Developer
2 14 (53.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365 Developer
4 8 (30.77%) Software Developer
5 6 (23.08%) JavaScript Developer
6 5 (19.23%) React Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Designer
8 1 (3.85%) Digital Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) HTML Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Junior
8 1 (3.85%) Junior Digital Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Junior Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Power Platform Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) SailPoint Developer
8 1 (3.85%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (100.00%) HTML
2 13 (50.00%) React
3 10 (38.46%) HTML5
4 7 (26.92%) Node.js
5 6 (23.08%) .NET
5 6 (23.08%) REST
5 6 (23.08%) RESTful
5 6 (23.08%) SPFx
6 5 (19.23%) jQuery
6 5 (19.23%) Mustache
6 5 (19.23%) Sass
7 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
8 1 (3.85%) .NET Framework
8 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Mac OS X
2 3 (11.54%) Unix
3 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Front End Development
2 14 (53.85%) Web Development
3 9 (34.62%) Agile
4 8 (30.77%) Task Automation
5 6 (23.08%) User Experience
6 5 (19.23%) API Development
6 5 (19.23%) B2B
6 5 (19.23%) Code Quality
6 5 (19.23%) Responsive Web Design
6 5 (19.23%) Web Accessibility
6 5 (19.23%) Web Design
7 4 (15.38%) TDD
7 4 (15.38%) Test Automation
8 3 (11.54%) Continuous Deployment
9 1 (3.85%) API Integration
9 1 (3.85%) Cost Reduction
9 1 (3.85%) Identity Access Management
9 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (3.85%) User Research
9 1 (3.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) JavaScript
2 10 (38.46%) PowerShell
3 6 (23.08%) TypeScript
4 5 (19.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Accessibility
1 5 (19.23%) WCAG
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Google