CSS Contracts in the UK excluding London

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CSS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSS over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 129 102
Rank change year-on-year +11 -27 -19
Contract jobs citing CSS 291 367 547
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.15% 1.73% 2.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.54% 10.67% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 252 406
10th Percentile £311 £255 £313
25th Percentile £358 £363 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £495 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £588 £595
UK median daily rate £460 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -6.22% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 23 6
10th Percentile £33.91 £37.63 £17.00
25th Percentile £41.96 £46.18 £21.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £38.48
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +81.91% -30.67%
75th Percentile £58.09 - £70.44
90th Percentile £61.08 £74.00 £80.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% -5.41%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,522 3,438 4,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.61% 16.19% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 2,206 3,061
10th Percentile £320 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £561 £606 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 242 90
10th Percentile £33.91 £22.88 £22.47
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.13 £64.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -11.43% +17.27%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.51 £74.40 £78.12
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +28.40%

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

CSS
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 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the UK excluding London

CSS
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

CSS
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 24 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CSS in the UK excluding London

CSS
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 24 June 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
North of England +8 69 £400 -11.11% 223
South East +20 63 £475 +23.78% 199
Midlands +16 53 £372 -12.59% 138
North West +12 49 £392 -7.76% 118
South West +45 46 £375 -25.00% 107
Scotland -8 42 £486 +7.89% 41
West Midlands +8 26 £425 -15.00% 72
East Midlands +8 26 £358 +50.74% 63
East of England -4 12 £450 +4.11% 113
Yorkshire -23 12 £400 -22.33% 90
Wales +7 9 £390 -12.11% 37
North East +6 8 £430 +6.17% 15
CSS
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 23 (7.90%) Confluence
2 10 (3.44%) Apache
3 9 (3.09%) CMS
4 7 (2.41%) Tomcat
5 6 (2.06%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.72%) WordPress
7 4 (1.37%) Drupal
7 4 (1.37%) nginx
8 3 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.69%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.34%) Camunda
10 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.34%) IIS
10 1 (0.34%) JBoss
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (5.84%) Maya
2 12 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.78%) NUKE
4 6 (2.06%) Adobe Captivate
4 6 (2.06%) Adobe XD
4 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (1.37%) Sketch
6 2 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.69%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.69%) InVision
6 2 (0.69%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.69%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.34%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.34%) InDesign
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.34%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Magento
2 2 (0.69%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (23.02%) Azure
2 58 (19.93%) AWS
3 18 (6.19%) GCP
3 18 (6.19%) SaaS
4 16 (5.50%) Figma
5 13 (4.47%) npm
5 13 (4.47%) Serverless
6 12 (4.12%) GitHub
7 11 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.09%) Amazon S3
9 8 (2.75%) AWS CodePipeline
9 8 (2.75%) BlazeMeter
9 8 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (2.41%) Power Platform
11 6 (2.06%) Amazon Cognito
11 6 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.06%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.72%) Adobe Analytics
13 4 (1.37%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.84%) HTTP
2 7 (2.41%) Internet
3 6 (2.06%) SNMP
3 6 (2.06%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.03%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.03%) SSL
5 2 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.69%) Firewall
5 2 (0.69%) Intranet
6 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) VPN
6 1 (0.34%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.90%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.84%) MongoDB
2 17 (5.84%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.15%) Relational Database
4 14 (4.81%) MySQL
5 10 (3.44%) Amazon Aurora
6 9 (3.09%) Apache Cassandra
7 8 (2.75%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.03%) Power BI
9 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.34%) DB2
10 1 (0.34%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 81 (27.84%) Git
2 30 (10.31%) JIRA
3 26 (8.93%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.19%) JUnit
5 15 (5.15%) webpack
6 13 (4.47%) Cypress.io
7 12 (4.12%) GitLab
7 12 (4.12%) Subversion
8 11 (3.78%) Maven
8 11 (3.78%) Selenium
8 11 (3.78%) SonarQube
8 11 (3.78%) Storybook
9 10 (3.44%) Bitbucket
10 9 (3.09%) Grunt
10 9 (3.09%) gulp
11 8 (2.75%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.75%) Gradle
12 7 (2.41%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (2.06%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (2.06%) Vite
General
1 92 (31.62%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (9.62%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.25%) Finance
5 19 (6.53%) Games
6 17 (5.84%) Automotive
6 17 (5.84%) Marketing
7 16 (5.50%) Banking
8 14 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.81%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.81%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.75%) Retail
10 7 (2.41%) Electronics
11 6 (2.06%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.06%) Legal
12 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.72%) Local Government
13 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.03%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 172 (59.11%) Developer
2 35 (12.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 31 (10.65%) Senior
4 25 (8.59%) Java Developer
5 24 (8.25%) React Developer
6 23 (7.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 19 (6.53%) Lead
8 16 (5.50%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.81%) Angular Developer
9 14 (4.81%) ServiceNow Developer
10 12 (4.12%) .NET Developer
10 12 (4.12%) Architect
11 11 (3.78%) C# Developer
12 10 (3.44%) UI Developer
13 9 (3.09%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.75%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.75%) Applications Support
14 8 (2.75%) Principal Engineer
14 8 (2.75%) Support Engineer
14 8 (2.75%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (86.94%) HTML
2 91 (31.27%) React
3 81 (27.84%) AngularJS
4 49 (16.84%) Node.js
5 47 (16.15%) HTML5
6 46 (15.81%) RESTful
7 44 (15.12%) REST
8 41 (14.09%) .NET
9 34 (11.68%) jQuery
9 34 (11.68%) Web Services
10 31 (10.65%) Jest
11 29 (9.97%) Ajax
12 26 (8.93%) CSS3
13 23 (7.90%) Spring
14 22 (7.56%) Spring Boot
15 20 (6.87%) Django
16 19 (6.53%) SOAP
17 17 (5.84%) Redux
18 15 (5.15%) Tailwind CSS
18 15 (5.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.84%) Animation
2 12 (4.12%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.78%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.41%) CMDB
5 7 (2.41%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.06%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (1.72%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.37%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.37%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.37%) NHS
8 4 (1.37%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.03%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.03%) State Machine
10 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.69%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.90%) Linux
2 9 (3.09%) Unix
3 8 (2.75%) Android
3 8 (2.75%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.03%) AIX
4 3 (1.03%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.34%) Windows
5 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.34%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (42.27%) Agile
2 82 (28.18%) CI/CD
3 74 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
4 70 (24.05%) Front End Development
5 68 (23.37%) User Experience
6 54 (18.56%) Test Automation
7 52 (17.87%) Software Engineering
8 46 (15.81%) Microservices
8 46 (15.81%) Scrum
9 44 (15.12%) Web Development
10 43 (14.78%) TDD
11 42 (14.43%) Full-Stack Development
12 38 (13.06%) DevOps
13 29 (9.97%) Computer Science
13 29 (9.97%) UX Design
14 28 (9.62%) Unit Testing
15 27 (9.28%) Design Patterns
16 25 (8.59%) Service Management
17 24 (8.25%) Responsive Web Design
18 22 (7.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 205 (70.45%) JavaScript
2 84 (28.87%) Java
3 71 (24.40%) SQL
4 61 (20.96%) TypeScript
5 45 (15.46%) Python
6 43 (14.78%) C#
7 25 (8.59%) C++
8 14 (4.81%) PHP
9 11 (3.78%) Tcl
10 10 (3.44%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.75%) Kotlin
12 6 (2.06%) Ruby
13 5 (1.72%) Apex Code
13 5 (1.72%) VBA
14 4 (1.37%) Bash
14 4 (1.37%) C
14 4 (1.37%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.37%) Scala
14 4 (1.37%) Swift
15 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (11.68%) Degree
2 24 (8.25%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (4.81%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) CCNA
9 2 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.34%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.34%) MCP
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.37%) Accessibility
2 13 (4.47%) WCAG
3 9 (3.09%) QA
4 5 (1.72%) GRC
5 3 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.03%) NCSC
6 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (5.84%) Docker
2 4 (1.37%) Firmware
3 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.44%) Grafana
3 7 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.03%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.03%) Puppet
5 2 (0.69%) Terraform
6 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.34%) ServiceCenter
6 1 (0.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.28%) ServiceNow
3 23 (7.90%) Adobe
3 23 (7.90%) Oracle
4 18 (6.19%) Google
5 11 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.09%) SAP
7 8 (2.75%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.75%) Splunk
8 6 (2.06%) Autodesk
8 6 (2.06%) Virgin Media
9 5 (1.72%) Apple
9 5 (1.72%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.72%) Snow
9 5 (1.72%) Veracode
10 4 (1.37%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.37%) Perforce
10 4 (1.37%) Zend
11 3 (1.03%) Cisco
11 3 (1.03%) VMware