CSS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 99 93
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing CSS 29 32 45
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.71% 1.47% 1.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.73% 8.16% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 28
10th Percentile £204 £335 £120
25th Percentile £363 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £403
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +30.43% -30.00%
75th Percentile £496 £588 £488
90th Percentile £538 £661 £631
South East median daily rate £363 £375 £425
% change year-on-year -3.33% -11.76% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.84
Median hourly rate - - £17.34
75th Percentile - - £17.84
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% +16.67% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 332 392 385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.55% 17.97% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 259 280
10th Percentile £313 £373 £312
25th Percentile £395 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £625
90th Percentile £625 £651 £689
South East median daily rate £465 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -11.43% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 7
10th Percentile - £50.87 £36.74
25th Percentile £13.25 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £61.60 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.08% +23.20% -22.40%
75th Percentile £23.03 - £52.28
90th Percentile £28.60 £64.25 £55.16
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -5.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

CSS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CSS

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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 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CSS

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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 1 October 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
Berkshire +1 18 £409 -24.95% 32
Buckinghamshire +14 11 £438 -16.67% 17
CSS
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (3.45%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.45%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Figma
3 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.90%) SaaS
5 1 (3.45%) dbt
5 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.45%) GCP
5 1 (3.45%) npm
5 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) MySQL
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Git
2 5 (17.24%) Browser DevTools
3 3 (10.34%) Firebug
3 3 (10.34%) Vite
4 2 (6.90%) Cucumber
4 2 (6.90%) Gradle
4 2 (6.90%) Maven
4 2 (6.90%) SpecFlow
4 2 (6.90%) UI Automator
5 1 (3.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (3.45%) Eclipse
5 1 (3.45%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.90%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) React Developer
3 6 (20.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (13.79%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Support
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Web Developer
5 3 (10.34%) UI Developer
5 3 (10.34%) UI/UX Developer
5 3 (10.34%) UX Developer
6 2 (6.90%) .NET Developer
6 2 (6.90%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.90%) C# Web Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Java Web Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Salesforce Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.90%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (93.10%) HTML
2 12 (41.38%) React
3 6 (20.69%) .NET
4 5 (17.24%) XML
5 3 (10.34%) Ajax
5 3 (10.34%) AngularJS
5 3 (10.34%) Blazor
5 3 (10.34%) Framer.js
5 3 (10.34%) JSON
5 3 (10.34%) RESTful
6 2 (6.90%) CSS3
6 2 (6.90%) Jest
6 2 (6.90%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (6.90%) Material-UI
6 2 (6.90%) Next.js
6 2 (6.90%) Playwright
6 2 (6.90%) Sass
6 2 (6.90%) Semantic HTML
6 2 (6.90%) SPFx
6 2 (6.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.45%) Legacy Code
1 1 (3.45%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
1 9 (31.03%) Front End Development
2 7 (24.14%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) DevOps
4 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.24%) User Experience
5 4 (13.79%) Customer Service
5 4 (13.79%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (13.79%) OO
5 4 (13.79%) Performance Engineering
5 4 (13.79%) Scrum
5 4 (13.79%) Web Development
6 3 (10.34%) Analytics
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.34%) UX Design
7 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.90%) Load Testing
7 2 (6.90%) Test Scripting
7 2 (6.90%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (72.41%) JavaScript
2 10 (34.48%) C#
3 7 (24.14%) TypeScript
4 5 (17.24%) Java
5 4 (13.79%) SQL
6 3 (10.34%) Python
7 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
8 1 (3.45%) PHP
8 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
8 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (10.34%) DBS Check
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.90%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.90%) Virgin Media
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle