CSS Contract Job Trends in Reading

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 82 71
Rank change year-on-year +30 -11 -10
Contract jobs citing CSS 12 14 18
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.99% 1.28% 1.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.76% 5.49% 11.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £396 £216 £341
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £635 £375
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +69.33% -12.28%
75th Percentile £538 £670 £481
90th Percentile £575 £671 £519
Berkshire median daily rate £409 £565 £400
% change year-on-year -27.61% +41.25% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.84
Median hourly rate - - £17.34
75th Percentile - - £17.84
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £17.34

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 137 255 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 22.72% 23.22% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 175 110
10th Percentile £350 £385 £350
25th Percentile £409 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £600 £645 £650
90th Percentile £650 £670 £689
Berkshire median daily rate £493 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -15.09% +10.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.84
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year - +255.25% -77.11%
75th Percentile - - £17.84
90th Percentile - £69.56 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £54.56
% change year-on-year -47.55% +12.90% -20.50%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

CSS job vacancy trend in Reading

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CSS

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in Reading over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in Reading

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CSS

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) Figma
3 1 (8.33%) dbt
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) npm
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) MySQL
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
2 3 (25.00%) Vite
3 2 (16.67%) Cucumber
3 2 (16.67%) SpecFlow
4 1 (8.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) React Developer
3 6 (50.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 2 (16.67%) .NET Developer
5 1 (8.33%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Developer
5 1 (8.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (8.33%) C# Developer
5 1 (8.33%) C# Web Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) UI Developer
5 1 (8.33%) UI/UX Developer
5 1 (8.33%) UX Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (83.33%) HTML
2 8 (66.67%) React
3 3 (25.00%) .NET
3 3 (25.00%) Framer.js
4 2 (16.67%) Jest
4 2 (16.67%) Material-UI
4 2 (16.67%) Next.js
4 2 (16.67%) Node.js
4 2 (16.67%) Playwright
4 2 (16.67%) Sass
5 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
5 1 (8.33%) ADO
5 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET
5 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (8.33%) Blazor
5 1 (8.33%) OAuth
5 1 (8.33%) OpenAPI
5 1 (8.33%) Swagger
5 1 (8.33%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Code
1 1 (8.33%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) CI/CD
2 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 5 (41.67%) DevOps
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (25.00%) Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) User Experience
5 3 (25.00%) UX Design
6 2 (16.67%) API Testing
6 2 (16.67%) BDD
6 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
6 2 (16.67%) Load Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Microservices
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
6 2 (16.67%) Web Development
7 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (8.33%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) TypeScript
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Virgin Media