CSS Contracts in the Thames Valley

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSS over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 90 88
Rank change year-on-year -21 -2 -42
Contract jobs citing CSS 30 55 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.14% 1.93% 2.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.31% 11.53% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 40 61
10th Percentile £300 £348 £300
25th Percentile £317 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £415 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% -7.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £534 £478 £538
90th Percentile £624 £565 £600
South East median daily rate £375 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £29.00
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - £13.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -62.86% +37.25%
75th Percentile - - £51.18
90th Percentile - - £60.89
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £38.48 £35.00
% change year-on-year +81.91% +9.94% +37.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

CSS is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 361 477 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.71% 16.74% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 345 440
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £698 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +15.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 6
10th Percentile £56.61 £52.90 £31.25
25th Percentile £56.65 £75.06 £41.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £78.75 £64.43
Median % change year-on-year -21.78% +22.23% +71.81%
75th Percentile - £80.25 £68.03
90th Percentile £61.72 £80.48 £74.32
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £67.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +50.00% -10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for CSS in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 May 2024. 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
Berkshire -15 20 £388 -9.61% 11
Buckinghamshire +18 6 £315 -21.25% 13
Oxfordshire +8 4 £500 - 11
CSS
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (6.67%) CMS
1 2 (6.67%) Headless CMS
1 2 (6.67%) Kentico
2 1 (3.33%) Apache
2 1 (3.33%) Drupal
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Sketch
2 1 (3.33%) InVision
2 1 (3.33%) OmniGraffle
2 1 (3.33%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) AWS
3 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (13.33%) Figma
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) GCP
4 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.33%) MailChimp
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.33%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.33%) ShareGate
4 1 (3.33%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) MariaDB
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (3.33%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Git
2 3 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (10.00%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (3.33%) Axure RP
3 1 (3.33%) Balsamiq
General
1 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Digital Healthcare
4 3 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Developer
2 4 (13.33%) Designer
2 4 (13.33%) Full Stack Developer
2 4 (13.33%) React Developer
3 3 (10.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (10.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 3 (10.00%) UX Developer
4 2 (6.67%) .NET Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Lead Designer
4 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.33%) ITSM Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Magento Developer
5 1 (3.33%) Product Designer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Product Designer
5 1 (3.33%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (96.67%) HTML
2 12 (40.00%) React
3 9 (30.00%) AngularJS
4 7 (23.33%) Node.js
5 5 (16.67%) Vue
6 4 (13.33%) .NET
6 4 (13.33%) ASP.NET
6 4 (13.33%) Ionic Framework
6 4 (13.33%) Laravel
6 4 (13.33%) Next.js
6 4 (13.33%) React Native
6 4 (13.33%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (10.00%) CSS3
7 3 (10.00%) DOM
7 3 (10.00%) GatsbyJS
7 3 (10.00%) HTML5
7 3 (10.00%) PySpark
7 3 (10.00%) XML
8 2 (6.67%) GraphQL
8 2 (6.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 3 (10.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (3.33%) Graphic Design
2 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
1 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Agile
1 9 (30.00%) Web Development
2 7 (23.33%) DevOps
3 6 (20.00%) User Experience
4 5 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
4 5 (16.67%) UX Design
5 4 (13.33%) Analytics
5 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Data Modelling
5 4 (13.33%) Integration Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Mobile Development
5 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.33%) Unit Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Wireframes
6 3 (10.00%) Business Analytics
6 3 (10.00%) Data Governance
6 3 (10.00%) Data Validation
6 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Use Case
6 3 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (73.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (23.33%) Python
3 5 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 3 (10.00%) C#
4 3 (10.00%) PHP
5 2 (6.67%) Java
6 1 (3.33%) C
6 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) Degree
1 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) CEH
2 1 (3.33%) CISSP
2 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.33%) Cisco
2 1 (3.33%) Citrix
2 1 (3.33%) Google
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce