CSS Contracts in Scotland

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 60 91
Rank change year-on-year -16 +31 -13
Contract jobs citing CSS 43 71 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.66% 3.20% 2.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.35% 15.14% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 53 55
10th Percentile £343 £415 £406
25th Percentile £421 £438 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £519 £525 £502
90th Percentile £575 £588 £542
UK median daily rate £475 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.25% -4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 379 469 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 23.48% 21.13% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 303 527
10th Percentile £340 £330 £406
25th Percentile £408 £410 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £549
90th Percentile £600 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £33.58 £49.99
25th Percentile - £44.94 £53.38
Median hourly rate - £53.75 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - -8.94% +24.93%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £64.52
90th Percentile - - £67.81
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for CSS in Scotland

CSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for CSS in Scotland

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in Scotland

CSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for CSS in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow -4 25 £500 +2.88% 13
Edinburgh -4 14 £475 +3.83% 9
Dundee - 1 £200 -
Stirling - 1 £513 -
Perthshire - 1 - -
CSS
UK

CSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (9.30%) CMS
2 2 (4.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (4.65%) Headless CMS
3 1 (2.33%) Apache
3 1 (2.33%) IIS
3 1 (2.33%) nginx
3 1 (2.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Acrobat
1 1 (2.33%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) iTrent
2 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Azure
2 7 (16.28%) AWS
3 6 (13.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 6 (13.95%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (13.95%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.98%) BlazeMeter
4 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.65%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (4.65%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.65%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (2.33%) Figma
6 1 (2.33%) GCP
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (2.33%) VPN
2 1 (2.33%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.30%) NoSQL
3 3 (6.98%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (6.98%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.65%) Oracle Database
4 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.65%) RDBMS
4 2 (4.65%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (2.33%) MariaDB
5 1 (2.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Git
2 6 (13.95%) Jenkins
3 4 (9.30%) webpack
4 3 (6.98%) JUnit
5 2 (4.65%) Oracle APEX
General
1 19 (44.19%) Public Sector
2 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Back Office
4 3 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 37 (86.05%) Developer
2 15 (34.88%) ServiceNow Developer
3 7 (16.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (9.30%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Angular Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Applications Developer
5 3 (6.98%) Java Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Lead
6 2 (4.65%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (4.65%) Technical Leader
7 1 (2.33%) Core Java Developer
7 1 (2.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) React Developer
7 1 (2.33%) Senior
7 1 (2.33%) Senior Service Designer
7 1 (2.33%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (2.33%) Service Designer
7 1 (2.33%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (86.05%) HTML
2 18 (41.86%) AngularJS
3 12 (27.91%) HTML5
3 12 (27.91%) Node.js
3 12 (27.91%) React
4 11 (25.58%) REST
5 9 (20.93%) JSON
5 9 (20.93%) XML
6 7 (16.28%) RESTful
7 6 (13.95%) CSS3
7 6 (13.95%) SOAP
8 5 (11.63%) jQuery
8 5 (11.63%) Spring
9 4 (9.30%) .NET
9 4 (9.30%) Express.js
9 4 (9.30%) Middleware
9 4 (9.30%) Redux
10 2 (4.65%) .NET Core
10 2 (4.65%) Next.js
10 2 (4.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) CMDB
2 3 (6.98%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.33%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.33%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.33%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) AIX
1 2 (4.65%) Linux
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (53.49%) Agile
2 14 (32.56%) CI/CD
3 11 (25.58%) Front End Development
4 10 (23.26%) Web Development
5 9 (20.93%) Microservices
5 9 (20.93%) Service Delivery
6 8 (18.60%) Coaching
6 8 (18.60%) DevOps
7 7 (16.28%) Continuous Delivery
7 7 (16.28%) ITSM
8 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (13.95%) Design Patterns
8 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.95%) Unit Testing
9 5 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
9 5 (11.63%) User Stories
10 4 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (9.30%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (9.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 39 (90.70%) JavaScript
2 15 (34.88%) TypeScript
3 8 (18.60%) SQL
4 7 (16.28%) Java
5 4 (9.30%) PL/SQL
5 4 (9.30%) Python
6 2 (4.65%) C#
7 1 (2.33%) Bash
7 1 (2.33%) CoffeeScript
7 1 (2.33%) Ruby
7 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.33%) VB
7 1 (2.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.33%) MCP
2 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) GRC
2 7 (16.28%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (13.95%) Accessibility
4 2 (4.65%) NCSC
5 1 (2.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Terraform
2 3 (6.98%) Grafana
3 2 (4.65%) Ansible
4 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.33%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (2.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (37.21%) ServiceNow
2 8 (18.60%) Oracle
3 4 (9.30%) Adobe
3 4 (9.30%) Snow
4 3 (6.98%) Dynatrace
4 3 (6.98%) Splunk
5 2 (4.65%) Google
5 2 (4.65%) VMware
6 1 (2.33%) Bomgar
6 1 (2.33%) Cisco
6 1 (2.33%) HP
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.33%) Peregrine
6 1 (2.33%) Remedy