CSS3 Contract Job Trends in the South West

CSS 3
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring CSS3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 110 146
Rank change year-on-year -25 +36 +27
Contract jobs citing CSS3 3 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.11% 0.48% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.75% 2.47% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - £352 £325
25th Percentile - £354 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £355 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.21% -27.18% -11.36%
75th Percentile - £395 £600
90th Percentile - £398 £630
England median daily rate £447 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% -12.28%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 400 365 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.15% 19.43% 15.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 214 345
10th Percentile £350 £375 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £665 £650
90th Percentile £700 £734 £717
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 22 41
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £48.32
25th Percentile - £63.13 £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year - +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile - £66.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.10 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

CSS3
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CSS3 job vacancy trend in the South West

CSS3
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

CSS3
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

CSS3
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Dorset +2 1 £409 +3.94% 3
Bristol -15 1 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
CSS3
England

CSS3
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Maven
2 1 (33.33%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Power Apps Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) HTML5
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Blazor
3 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (33.33%) JAX-RS
3 1 (33.33%) Jest
3 1 (33.33%) LESS
3 1 (33.33%) Redux
3 1 (33.33%) REST
3 1 (33.33%) Sass
3 1 (33.33%) Spring MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Universal Windows Platform
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) Progressive Enhancement
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft