CSS Contracts in the UK excluding London

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 113 84
Rank change year-on-year -18 -29 -34
Contract jobs citing CSS 337 540 917
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.65% 2.30% 2.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.48% 12.58% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 399 641
10th Percentile £261 £313 £325
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £540
90th Percentile £600 £596 £625
UK median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 23
10th Percentile £30.25 £19.40 £26.50
25th Percentile £41.90 £21.00 £40.63
Median hourly rate £62.50 £49.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.55% -6.67% +31.25%
75th Percentile £67.50 £53.75 £61.18
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.00 £66.97
UK median hourly rate £50.50 £58.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -14.04% +6.82% +37.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 3,215 4,294 6,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.78% 18.27% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,098 3,209 4,365
10th Percentile £323 £356 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £586
90th Percentile £694 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 91 138
10th Percentile £21.49 £22.50 £20.18
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.65 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in the UK excluding London

CSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CSS in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CSS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East +7 90 £380 -10.59% 104
North of England -51 68 £423 -6.11% 163
Scotland +30 61 £475 - 35
North West -34 42 £438 -5.41% 103
South West +12 39 £500 +11.11% 83
Midlands -26 35 £425 - 144
East of England +8 31 £475 +5.56% 62
Yorkshire -10 23 £408 -7.39% 45
West Midlands -3 20 £500 +9.17% 83
East Midlands -13 15 £225 -45.78% 60
Northern Ireland +13 7 - - 12
Wales +12 6 £450 +7.46% 14
North East +2 3 £405 -19.00% 16
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UK

CSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (7.72%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.82%) Confluence
3 13 (3.86%) CMS
4 8 (2.37%) Drupal
5 7 (2.08%) SharePoint 2010
5 7 (2.08%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (2.08%) Umbraco
6 5 (1.48%) IIS
7 4 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.89%) Kentico
8 3 (0.89%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.59%) Apache
9 2 (0.59%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.59%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.59%) WordPress
10 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.30%) MetaMask
10 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (3.56%) Photoshop
2 11 (3.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (1.78%) Adobe After Effects
3 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (1.19%) InVision
6 2 (0.59%) Sketch
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.19%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.89%) Magento
2 3 (0.89%) Maximo
3 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.21%) AWS
2 43 (12.76%) Azure
3 21 (6.23%) Serverless
4 19 (5.64%) Power Automate
5 18 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (5.04%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.75%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (3.56%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (2.37%) Figma
13 7 (2.08%) GitHub
14 6 (1.78%) npm
15 5 (1.48%) GCP
15 5 (1.48%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.48%) SaaS
16 4 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 4 (1.19%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.45%) Software-Defined Radio
2 14 (4.15%) Firewall
2 14 (4.15%) SNMP
2 14 (4.15%) VPN
3 8 (2.37%) HTTP
4 5 (1.48%) DNS
4 5 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.89%) Skype
6 2 (0.59%) 5G
7 1 (0.30%) Intranet
7 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.01%) SQL Server
2 21 (6.23%) MySQL
2 21 (6.23%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (4.45%) Oracle Database
4 13 (3.86%) Amazon Aurora
4 13 (3.86%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.97%) Metadata
6 8 (2.37%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.08%) MariaDB
7 7 (2.08%) PowerPivot
7 7 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Power View
9 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.19%) Power BI
10 3 (0.89%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.89%) GIS
10 3 (0.89%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.59%) CouchDB
11 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 53 (15.73%) Git
2 30 (8.90%) JIRA
3 18 (5.34%) Bitbucket
4 15 (4.45%) Eclipse
5 14 (4.15%) GoogleTest
5 14 (4.15%) Jenkins
5 14 (4.15%) Robot Framework
6 9 (2.67%) Cypress.io
7 8 (2.37%) webpack
8 6 (1.78%) Dreamweaver
9 5 (1.48%) IntelliJ
9 5 (1.48%) Postman
10 4 (1.19%) Axure RP
10 4 (1.19%) Visual Studio
10 4 (1.19%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.89%) Selenium
12 2 (0.59%) git-flow
12 2 (0.59%) GitLab
12 2 (0.59%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.59%) VersionOne
General
1 55 (16.32%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.28%) Public Sector
3 27 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.42%) Finance
5 18 (5.34%) Marketing
6 12 (3.56%) Publishing
7 9 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.37%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.48%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.48%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.19%) Digital Healthcare
11 4 (1.19%) Electronics
11 4 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Retail
12 2 (0.59%) Automotive
12 2 (0.59%) Billing
12 2 (0.59%) Games
12 2 (0.59%) Law
12 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 209 (62.02%) Developer
2 34 (10.09%) Full Stack Developer
2 34 (10.09%) Senior
3 27 (8.01%) Software Engineer
4 26 (7.72%) Software Developer
5 23 (6.82%) Java Engineer
6 22 (6.53%) Designer
6 22 (6.53%) Full Stack Engineer
7 21 (6.23%) React Developer
8 20 (5.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 17 (5.04%) Senior Developer
10 16 (4.75%) Java Developer
11 15 (4.45%) .NET Developer
12 14 (4.15%) ServiceNow Developer
13 12 (3.56%) C++ Software Engineer
14 11 (3.26%) Angular Developer
15 10 (2.97%) Lead
16 9 (2.67%) Java Software Engineer
16 9 (2.67%) JavaScript Developer
17 8 (2.37%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (90.50%) HTML
2 108 (32.05%) React
3 76 (22.55%) AngularJS
3 76 (22.55%) Node.js
4 62 (18.40%) REST
5 49 (14.54%) .NET
6 35 (10.39%) HTML5
7 27 (8.01%) Spring
8 26 (7.72%) CSS3
9 25 (7.42%) Spring Boot
10 21 (6.23%) ASP.NET
11 18 (5.34%) Vue
12 17 (5.04%) XML
13 15 (4.45%) AWS CDK
13 15 (4.45%) GraphQL
13 15 (4.45%) RESTful
14 13 (3.86%) Jest
14 13 (3.86%) JSON
15 12 (3.56%) ASP.NET MVC
15 12 (3.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.75%) Legacy Systems
2 12 (3.56%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.08%) CMDB
5 6 (1.78%) Animation
6 5 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.48%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.19%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.19%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.89%) NHS
9 2 (0.59%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.59%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.59%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.59%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.59%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.59%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.59%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.30%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.30%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.23%) Linux
2 12 (3.56%) Windows
3 5 (1.48%) Unix
4 2 (0.59%) Android
4 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (40.06%) Agile
2 78 (23.15%) Full Stack Development
3 63 (18.69%) Software Engineering
4 57 (16.91%) CI/CD
5 56 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (15.13%) DevOps
7 41 (12.17%) Scrum
8 39 (11.57%) Front End Development
9 37 (10.98%) User Experience
10 35 (10.39%) Web Development
11 34 (10.09%) MVC
12 32 (9.50%) Microservices
12 32 (9.50%) TDD
13 31 (9.20%) Prototyping
14 29 (8.61%) Test Automation
15 21 (6.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 21 (6.23%) ITIL
15 21 (6.23%) Unit Testing
16 17 (5.04%) E-Commerce
17 16 (4.75%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 242 (71.81%) JavaScript
2 97 (28.78%) TypeScript
3 74 (21.96%) Java
4 57 (16.91%) SQL
5 46 (13.65%) C#
6 30 (8.90%) Python
7 25 (7.42%) PHP
8 17 (5.04%) C++
9 15 (4.45%) PowerShell
10 12 (3.56%) Bash
11 11 (3.26%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.19%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.89%) C
13 3 (0.89%) Perl
13 3 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.89%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.30%) Go
15 1 (0.30%) Ruby
15 1 (0.30%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 32 (9.50%) Security Cleared
2 28 (8.31%) Degree
3 24 (7.12%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.48%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.89%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.59%) MCSD
8 2 (0.59%) MCSE
8 2 (0.59%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.30%) CEH
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.42%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.15%) QA
3 8 (2.37%) GDPR
4 7 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.89%) WCAG
6 1 (0.30%) GRC
6 1 (0.30%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (4.75%) Firmware
2 15 (4.45%) Docker
3 9 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.08%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.59%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 6 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (1.48%) Kibana
2 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.19%) Grafana
4 3 (0.89%) Terraform
5 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (7.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.12%) ServiceNow
3 20 (5.93%) Google
4 18 (5.34%) Oracle
5 17 (5.04%) Adobe
6 15 (4.45%) Atlassian
7 9 (2.67%) VMware
8 7 (2.08%) SAP
9 6 (1.78%) dotdigital
9 6 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.19%) IBM
11 3 (0.89%) Nintex
11 3 (0.89%) Pega
11 3 (0.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.59%) Xamarin
13 1 (0.30%) Cisco
13 1 (0.30%) Citrix
13 1 (0.30%) Compaq
13 1 (0.30%) Dell