CSS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 105 84 75
Rank change year-on-year -21 -9 -20
Contract jobs citing CSS 242 398 796
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.44% 2.59% 3.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.46% 10.82% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 279 602
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £366 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +4.74% -5.00%
75th Percentile £559 £575 £575
90th Percentile £669 £690 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £499 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 14
10th Percentile £36.15 £37.63 £26.10
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.81 £45.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £50.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.89% +11.90%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £85.00
90th Percentile £69.00 £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate £42.91 £50.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year -14.19% -14.89% +6.82%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,558 3,680 6,518
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.81% 23.93% 25.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,867 2,563 4,854
10th Percentile £365 £331 £394
25th Percentile £425 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -0.46%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £663
90th Percentile £825 £775 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 91 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £26.25 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -32.02% +29.08%
75th Percentile £70.25 £61.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CSS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CSS.

CSS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CSS over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

CSS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CSS.

CSS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CSS over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

CSS hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (6.20%) CMS
2 14 (5.79%) Confluence
3 11 (4.55%) SharePoint
4 8 (3.31%) WordPress
5 6 (2.48%) Apache
6 4 (1.65%) Drupal
7 3 (1.24%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.83%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.41%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.41%) Magnolia
9 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.41%) nginx
9 1 (0.41%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Trello
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.24%) Sketch
3 2 (0.83%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.83%) InVision
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.41%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.41%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.41%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 7 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.83%) iTrent
2 2 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (25.21%) AWS
2 52 (21.49%) Azure
3 27 (11.16%) Power Platform
4 19 (7.85%) Figma
4 19 (7.85%) GitHub
4 19 (7.85%) SaaS
5 16 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (5.79%) GCP
6 14 (5.79%) Power Automate
6 14 (5.79%) PowerApps
7 13 (5.37%) Serverless
8 12 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (4.13%) npm
10 9 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.31%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.31%) PaaS
12 6 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (2.48%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.07%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.68%) HTTP
2 4 (1.65%) DNS
2 4 (1.65%) Internet
3 3 (1.24%) POP3
3 3 (1.24%) SMTP
3 3 (1.24%) SNMP
3 3 (1.24%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (1.24%) SSL
4 2 (0.83%) Firewall
4 2 (0.83%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.40%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (9.50%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.20%) MongoDB
4 14 (5.79%) MySQL
5 12 (4.96%) Relational Database
6 10 (4.13%) DynamoDB
7 8 (3.31%) Redis
8 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.65%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.24%) Power BI
11 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.83%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.41%) ClickHouse
12 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.41%) Power Query
12 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (31.82%) Git
2 27 (11.16%) JIRA
3 13 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.37%) webpack
4 12 (4.96%) Bitbucket
5 11 (4.55%) Maven
6 10 (4.13%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (3.31%) GitLab
8 6 (2.48%) git-flow
8 6 (2.48%) Postman
8 6 (2.48%) Subversion
9 5 (2.07%) Axure RP
9 5 (2.07%) Bitbucket Server
9 5 (2.07%) Gradle
9 5 (2.07%) JUnit
9 5 (2.07%) Mocha
9 5 (2.07%) Selenium
9 5 (2.07%) SonarQube
9 5 (2.07%) Visual Studio
9 5 (2.07%) Vite
General
1 62 (25.62%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.22%) Public Sector
3 29 (11.98%) Finance
4 25 (10.33%) Banking
5 13 (5.37%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.55%) Marketing
7 7 (2.89%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.89%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) French Language
9 3 (1.24%) Retail
10 2 (0.83%) Back Office
10 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Electronics
10 2 (0.83%) Front Office
10 2 (0.83%) German Language
10 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.83%) Legal
10 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 156 (64.46%) Developer
2 29 (11.98%) Full-Stack Developer
3 26 (10.74%) Senior
4 25 (10.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 20 (8.26%) Software Engineer
6 19 (7.85%) Senior Developer
7 15 (6.20%) Angular Developer
7 15 (6.20%) Python Developer
8 14 (5.79%) Lead
8 14 (5.79%) React Developer
9 13 (5.37%) Architect
10 12 (4.96%) UI Developer
11 11 (4.55%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.13%) .NET Developer
12 10 (4.13%) JavaScript Developer
12 10 (4.13%) ServiceNow Developer
13 9 (3.72%) C# Developer
13 9 (3.72%) Designer
13 9 (3.72%) Java Developer
13 9 (3.72%) JavaScript Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (85.95%) HTML
2 92 (38.02%) React
3 62 (25.62%) AngularJS
4 45 (18.60%) Node.js
5 36 (14.88%) REST
6 34 (14.05%) RESTful
7 33 (13.64%) .NET
8 32 (13.22%) HTML5
9 31 (12.81%) Web Services
10 24 (9.92%) Ajax
10 24 (9.92%) Tailwind CSS
11 21 (8.68%) Redux
12 20 (8.26%) Sass
13 19 (7.85%) CSS3
13 19 (7.85%) Vue
14 18 (7.44%) SOAP
15 17 (7.02%) Django
15 17 (7.02%) Jest
15 17 (7.02%) JSON
16 16 (6.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.13%) Low-Code
2 9 (3.72%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.31%) CMDB
3 8 (3.31%) Data Structures
3 8 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.89%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.48%) Derivative
5 6 (2.48%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.65%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.24%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.24%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.24%) NHS
8 3 (1.24%) Vector Graphics
9 2 (0.83%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.83%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.55%) Linux
2 7 (2.89%) Unix
3 3 (1.24%) Android
3 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (47.93%) Agile
2 59 (24.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 52 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (20.25%) CI/CD
4 49 (20.25%) Front End Development
5 47 (19.42%) User Experience
6 38 (15.70%) Scrum
7 35 (14.46%) Web Development
8 34 (14.05%) Software Engineering
9 32 (13.22%) DevOps
10 29 (11.98%) UX Design
11 26 (10.74%) Microservices
12 24 (9.92%) Test Automation
13 19 (7.85%) MVC
13 19 (7.85%) OO
13 19 (7.85%) TDD
14 17 (7.02%) Artificial Intelligence
14 17 (7.02%) Clean Code
14 17 (7.02%) Kanban
15 16 (6.61%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 184 (76.03%) JavaScript
2 68 (28.10%) TypeScript
3 39 (16.12%) SQL
4 38 (15.70%) Java
5 35 (14.46%) Python
6 34 (14.05%) C#
7 18 (7.44%) PHP
8 11 (4.55%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.89%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.65%) Bash
11 3 (1.24%) C++
11 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.24%) RPG
11 3 (1.24%) Ruby
11 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.83%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.83%) COBOL
12 2 (0.83%) Groovy
13 1 (0.41%) CoffeeScript
13 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 34 (14.05%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.74%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.26%) Degree
4 9 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.46%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.96%) QA
3 11 (4.55%) WCAG
4 2 (0.83%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) GDPR
5 1 (0.41%) GRC
5 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (7.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (4.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.24%) Terraform
4 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.83%) Puppet
5 1 (0.41%) MIIS
Vendors
1 37 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.50%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.55%) Oracle
4 10 (4.13%) Google
5 8 (3.31%) Atlassian
5 8 (3.31%) OutSystems
6 7 (2.89%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.48%) Adobe
8 5 (2.07%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.65%) Splunk
9 4 (1.65%) Zend
10 3 (1.24%) Sage
10 3 (1.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (1.24%) SAP
11 2 (0.83%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.83%) IBM
11 2 (0.83%) New Relic
12 1 (0.41%) Pega
12 1 (0.41%) Veracode
12 1 (0.41%) VMware