CSS Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 19 8
Rank change year-on-year -37 -11 +75
Contract jobs citing CSS 7 8 2
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.94% 7.14% 4.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.14% 38.10% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £384 £556 £355
25th Percentile £390 £561 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £567 £375
Median % change year-on-year -29.45% +51.20% -28.57%
75th Percentile - £570 £388
90th Percentile - £573 £395
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £444
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.68% -11.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 98 21 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 27.22% 18.75% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 14 3
10th Percentile £400 £434 £360
25th Percentile £430 £453 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £553 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% +38.31% -22.33%
75th Percentile £506 £567 £425
90th Percentile £562 £571 £440
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £550 £456
% change year-on-year -4.55% +20.55% -8.75%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

CSS job vacancy trend in Shropshire

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing CSS

CSS
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing CSS

CSS
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Telford -40 7 £400 -29.45% 5
CSS
West Midlands

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe XD
1 5 (71.43%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead UX Designer
2 2 (28.57%) UI Designer
2 2 (28.57%) UI/UX Designer
2 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) HTML
1 6 (85.71%) React
1 6 (85.71%) RESTful
2 5 (71.43%) AngularJS
2 5 (71.43%) CSS3
2 5 (71.43%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (14.29%) Entity Framework
3 1 (14.29%) GraphQL
3 1 (14.29%) Jest
3 1 (14.29%) LINQ
3 1 (14.29%) OAuth
3 1 (14.29%) OAuth2
3 1 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (14.29%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) Responsive Web Design
2 6 (85.71%) User Experience
2 6 (85.71%) UX Design
3 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing
4 2 (28.57%) User Research
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
5 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
5 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Kanban
5 1 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (14.29%) Progressive Enhancement
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (57.14%) WCAG
3 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe
1 5 (71.43%) MuleSoft