CSS Contract Job Trends in the South East

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 70 123
Rank change year-on-year -55 +53 -24
Contract jobs citing CSS 65 114 90
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.53% 2.88% 1.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.67% 17.81% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 69 60
10th Percentile £163 - £220
25th Percentile £204 £203 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £409 £422
Median % change year-on-year -49.27% -3.08% -16.85%
75th Percentile £401 £573 £518
90th Percentile £563 £600 £588
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 13
10th Percentile - £59.68 £35.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £62.19 £55.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £32.50 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 672 640 870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.84% 16.16% 16.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 416 499
10th Percentile £286 £306 £323
25th Percentile £400 £408 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £632 £625
90th Percentile £639 £675 £680
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 39
10th Percentile £36.25 £55.44 £48.92
25th Percentile £46.25 £60.38 £54.78
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £73.27
90th Percentile £81.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £56.90 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -12.46% +21.50% -17.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CSS job vacancy trend in the South East

CSS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSS

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in the South East over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSS

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Surrey +3 32 £208 +1.22% 14
Thames Valley -28 22 £450 -14.29% 53
Buckinghamshire +12 13 £450 -11.11% 22
Berkshire -34 9 £366 -35.18% 19
Kent +7 5 £484 +20.94% 21
East Sussex -3 3 £300 -11.76% 12
Hampshire -23 3 £350 -19.40% 22
CSS
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.08%) CMS
2 2 (3.08%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.54%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.77%) SaaS
2 19 (29.23%) Sauce Labs
3 6 (9.23%) AWS
3 6 (9.23%) Azure
4 5 (7.69%) GCP
5 3 (4.62%) GitHub
5 3 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.08%) Google Play
6 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.54%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.54%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.54%) Figma
7 1 (1.54%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.54%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.69%) Wireless
2 3 (4.62%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (49.23%) MySQL
2 27 (41.54%) Relational Database
3 7 (10.77%) MariaDB
4 3 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.54%) DB2
5 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (46.15%) Browser DevTools
2 20 (30.77%) Eclipse
3 19 (29.23%) Android Studio
3 19 (29.23%) Xcode
4 10 (15.38%) Firebug
5 4 (6.15%) Git
6 3 (4.62%) Jenkins
6 3 (4.62%) JUnit
6 3 (4.62%) Storybook
7 2 (3.08%) Gradle
7 2 (3.08%) Maven
8 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.54%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.54%) GitLab
General
1 35 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.69%) Finance
3 4 (6.15%) Marketing
3 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.62%) Electronics
4 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 30 (46.15%) Support Engineer
1 30 (46.15%) Technical Engineer
1 30 (46.15%) Technical Support
1 30 (46.15%) Technical Support Engineer
2 20 (30.77%) Developer
2 20 (30.77%) UX Engineer
3 18 (27.69%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 7 (10.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 7 (10.77%) JavaScript Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (4.62%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (4.62%) Web Developer
6 2 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (3.08%) Java Developer
6 2 (3.08%) Java Web Developer
6 2 (3.08%) Lead
6 2 (3.08%) React Developer
6 2 (3.08%) Senior
6 2 (3.08%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.54%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (64.62%) HTML
2 35 (53.85%) React
3 25 (38.46%) AngularJS
4 21 (32.31%) Ajax
5 20 (30.77%) GraphQL
6 10 (15.38%) XML
7 7 (10.77%) RESTful
8 6 (9.23%) CSS3
8 6 (9.23%) HTML5
9 5 (7.69%) Jest
10 4 (6.15%) .NET
10 4 (6.15%) Spring
11 3 (4.62%) Node.js
11 3 (4.62%) REST
11 3 (4.62%) Sass
11 3 (4.62%) Spring Boot
11 3 (4.62%) Vitest
12 2 (3.08%) React Native
12 2 (3.08%) SPFx
12 2 (3.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.77%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.54%) AS400
3 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (35.38%) Unix
2 21 (32.31%) Android
3 20 (30.77%) Linux
3 20 (30.77%) Windows
4 2 (3.08%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.15%) User Experience
2 29 (44.62%) OO
3 20 (30.77%) Mobile Application Development
4 13 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
5 11 (16.92%) Front End Development
6 10 (15.38%) Agile
6 10 (15.38%) DevOps
7 6 (9.23%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 5 (7.69%) Web Development
9 4 (6.15%) AI
9 4 (6.15%) Computer Science
9 4 (6.15%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.15%) Unit Testing
10 3 (4.62%) Code Quality
10 3 (4.62%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
10 3 (4.62%) End-to-End Testing
10 3 (4.62%) Microservices
10 3 (4.62%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 60 (92.31%) JavaScript
2 34 (52.31%) Java
3 28 (43.08%) Python
4 20 (30.77%) Perl
5 7 (10.77%) TypeScript
6 6 (9.23%) C#
6 6 (9.23%) SQL
7 3 (4.62%) Kotlin
8 2 (3.08%) C++
8 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.54%) PHP
9 1 (1.54%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.54%) RPG
9 1 (1.54%) RPG IV
9 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (9.23%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.15%) Degree
4 3 (4.62%) CCNA
4 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.62%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Grafana
2 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (46.15%) Oracle
2 20 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (30.77%) ServiceNow
3 19 (29.23%) Splunk
4 3 (4.62%) Google
4 3 (4.62%) SAP
5 2 (3.08%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.54%) Adobe
6 1 (1.54%) IBM
6 1 (1.54%) Nintex