CSS Contracts in Wales

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 40 47
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 +3
Contract jobs citing CSS 10 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 3.39% 1.75% 2.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.83% 7.87% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 13
10th Percentile £310 £344 -
25th Percentile £322 £378 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £406 £463 £500
90th Percentile £485 £475 £572
UK median daily rate £475 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.25% -4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 48 89 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 16.27% 22.19% 27.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 73 135
10th Percentile £234 £293 £313
25th Percentile £327 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £547 £531 £586
90th Percentile £596 £589 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £20.68 £15.38 -
25th Percentile £21.53 £15.66 -
Median hourly rate £25.63 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.26% - -
75th Percentile £36.31 £21.29 -
90th Percentile £49.03 £22.77 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in Wales

CSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in Wales.

Daily rate trend for CSS in Wales

CSS
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in Wales

CSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
South Wales +11 10 £370 -10.30% 24
CSS
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Selenium
1 3 (30.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Test Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Lead
4 2 (20.00%) Lead Test Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Node.js
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
2 5 (50.00%) React
3 3 (30.00%) Jest
3 3 (30.00%) Puppeteer
4 2 (20.00%) Blazor
4 2 (20.00%) GWT
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) Angular 2
5 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
5 1 (10.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (70.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (50.00%) Coaching
3 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 5 (50.00%) TDD
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (30.00%) Open Source
4 3 (30.00%) Product Management
4 3 (30.00%) Product Requirements
4 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) User Experience
6 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (10.00%) RBAC
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google