The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring CSS3 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSS3 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
115
133
149
Rank change year-on-year
+18
+16
+17
Contract jobs citing CSS3
5
4
8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West
CSS3 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 the North West.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
437
503
592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West
22.21%
18.26%
18.53%
Number of daily rates quoted
330
369
464
10th Percentile
£363
£363
£337
25th Percentile
£401
£425
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£550
£588
£577
90th Percentile
£638
£750
£647
England median daily rate
£530
£550
£563
% change year-on-year
-3.64%
-2.22%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
18
3
10th Percentile
-
£37.63
£39.24
25th Percentile
£65.25
£45.88
£41.40
Median hourly rate
£67.75
£47.31
£45.00
Median % change year-on-year
+43.22%
+5.12%
+10.80%
75th Percentile
£74.69
£71.87
-
90th Percentile
£83.13
£75.05
-
England median hourly rate
£65.00
£46.18
£65.00
% change year-on-year
+40.75%
-28.95%
+32.65%
CSS3 Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing CSS3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
CSS3 Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS3 in the North West.
CSS3 Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS3 in the North West.
CSS3 Contract Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS3 within the North West 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
CSS3 Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing CSS3 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region with a requirement for CSS3.
CSS3 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:
