CSS3 Contract Job Trends in the North West

CSS 3
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring CSS3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 114 139
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 +30
Contract jobs citing CSS3 7 6 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.31% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.53% 1.66% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 4
10th Percentile £340 £306 £460
25th Percentile £355 £310 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £347 £485
Median % change year-on-year +20.49% -28.56% +14.12%
75th Percentile £449 £382 £503
90th Percentile £463 £408 £531
England median daily rate £404 £565 £500
% change year-on-year -28.58% +13.00% -5.66%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 459 361 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 20.49% 14.96% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 233 476
10th Percentile £318 £323 £363
25th Percentile £373 £375 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £538 £551 £619
90th Percentile £675 £650 £678
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 33
10th Percentile £27.20 £41.09 £45.88
25th Percentile £29.00 £46.18 -
Median hourly rate £51.00 £56.59 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -9.88% +22.54% -38.43%
75th Percentile £76.81 £73.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £89.08 £81.00 £72.25
England median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -16.92% +13.04% -11.54%

CSS3
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSS3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

CSS3 job vacancy trend in the North West

CSS3
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS3

CSS3
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS3.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS3

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 16 October 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
Cheshire -17 7 £418 +27.19% 1
CSS3
England

CSS3
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (14.29%) Apache
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) nginx
1 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) npm
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Git
2 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
2 6 (85.71%) Grunt
2 6 (85.71%) gulp
2 6 (85.71%) SonarQube
3 1 (14.29%) Gerrit
3 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (85.71%) UI Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) React Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) HTML
1 7 (100.00%) HTML5
1 7 (100.00%) React
2 6 (85.71%) Ajax
2 6 (85.71%) Enzyme
2 6 (85.71%) Jest
2 6 (85.71%) JSON
2 6 (85.71%) LESS
2 6 (85.71%) Nightwatchjs
2 6 (85.71%) Node.js
2 6 (85.71%) Redux
2 6 (85.71%) REST
2 6 (85.71%) Sass
3 4 (57.14%) jQuery
4 3 (42.86%) XHR
5 1 (14.29%) lodash
5 1 (14.29%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (85.71%) Front End Development
2 6 (85.71%) Unit Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Code Quality
3 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
4 3 (42.86%) API Integration
4 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 3 (42.86%) Clean Code
4 3 (42.86%) TDD
5 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (14.29%) DevOps
6 1 (14.29%) Mobile First
6 1 (14.29%) User Experience
6 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Perforce
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft