Hybrid/Remote CSS Contract Job Trends

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring CSS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 65 88
Rank change year-on-year -77 +23 -26
Contract jobs citing CSS 190 391 446
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.87% 3.22% 2.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.11% 13.11% 10.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 279 361
10th Percentile £300 £224 £300
25th Percentile £360 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £470
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -10.64% -10.48%
75th Percentile £594 £538 £563
90th Percentile £638 £644 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £473 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile £41.63 - -
25th Percentile £57.94 £61.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - £76.75
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 2,671 2,983 4,341
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.23% 24.59% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 1,962 3,140
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £418 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 28 48
10th Percentile £31.00 £21.78 £40.22
25th Percentile £40.56 £32.88 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -7.55% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £77.50
90th Percentile - £89.38 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CSS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS

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Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

CSS daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CSS over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

CSS hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 12 (6.32%) CMS
2 7 (3.68%) SugarCRM
3 6 (3.16%) Confluence
3 6 (3.16%) WordPress
4 3 (1.58%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.05%) Apache
5 2 (1.05%) SilverStripe
5 2 (1.05%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.53%) CICS
6 1 (0.53%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.53%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.53%) Drupal
6 1 (0.53%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.53%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (4.21%) Sketch
2 7 (3.68%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.53%) Blender
4 1 (0.53%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.53%) InVision
4 1 (0.53%) Moqups
4 1 (0.53%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.05%) Shopify
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.53%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (23.68%) Azure
2 42 (22.11%) AWS
3 24 (12.63%) GitHub
4 14 (7.37%) Figma
5 12 (6.32%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (6.32%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (5.79%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.26%) Serverless
8 8 (4.21%) npm
9 7 (3.68%) Google Analytics
10 6 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.63%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.63%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.11%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.11%) GCP
13 3 (1.58%) Amazon Cognito
13 3 (1.58%) Google Play
13 3 (1.58%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.63%) DNS
2 3 (1.58%) HTTP
2 3 (1.58%) Internet
3 2 (1.05%) DKIM
4 1 (0.53%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.53%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.05%) MySQL
2 19 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (8.95%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.26%) Relational Database
5 8 (4.21%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.21%) Oracle Database
6 7 (3.68%) Redis
7 6 (3.16%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.63%) Power BI
9 4 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.11%) Tableau
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (1.05%) DB2
10 2 (1.05%) GIS
10 2 (1.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (1.05%) SQLite
11 1 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.53%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 64 (33.68%) Git
2 29 (15.26%) JIRA
3 13 (6.84%) Cypress.io
3 13 (6.84%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.74%) Postman
5 8 (4.21%) GitLab
5 8 (4.21%) JUnit
5 8 (4.21%) Mockito
5 8 (4.21%) SonarQube
5 8 (4.21%) webpack
6 7 (3.68%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.68%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (3.68%) Maven
7 6 (3.16%) Xcode
8 5 (2.63%) Jasmine
8 5 (2.63%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (2.63%) REST Assured
8 5 (2.63%) Selenium
8 5 (2.63%) Visual Studio
9 4 (2.11%) Storybook
General
1 63 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.32%) Public Sector
3 26 (13.68%) Finance
4 19 (10.00%) Banking
5 17 (8.95%) Marketing
6 9 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.63%) Retail
8 4 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.11%) Military
9 3 (1.58%) Front Office
9 3 (1.58%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.05%) Automotive
10 2 (1.05%) Back Office
10 2 (1.05%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.05%) French Language
10 2 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (60.53%) Developer
2 23 (12.11%) Senior
3 21 (11.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 21 (11.05%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (9.47%) Designer
5 15 (7.89%) Lead
5 15 (7.89%) Senior Developer
6 10 (5.26%) Java Developer
7 9 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (4.21%) PHP Developer
8 8 (4.21%) React Developer
8 8 (4.21%) Salesforce Developer
8 8 (4.21%) SAPUI5 Developer
9 7 (3.68%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 6 (3.16%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) UI Developer
10 6 (3.16%) UX Designer
11 5 (2.63%) Interaction Designer
11 5 (2.63%) Oracle Developer
11 5 (2.63%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (90.53%) HTML
2 67 (35.26%) React
3 47 (24.74%) HTML5
4 43 (22.63%) AngularJS
4 43 (22.63%) REST
5 36 (18.95%) RESTful
6 35 (18.42%) Node.js
7 34 (17.89%) CSS3
8 31 (16.32%) .NET
9 26 (13.68%) Vue
10 22 (11.58%) Jest
11 17 (8.95%) JSON
11 17 (8.95%) Redux
12 16 (8.42%) SOAP
13 15 (7.89%) Sass
14 14 (7.37%) Tailwind CSS
15 13 (6.84%) .NET Framework
15 13 (6.84%) Next.js
15 13 (6.84%) Spring
16 12 (6.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.05%) Mobile App
2 12 (6.32%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.63%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.11%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.05%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.05%) CMDB
8 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.05%) Derivative
8 2 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.05%) FMCG
8 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.74%) Android
1 9 (4.74%) Linux
2 8 (4.21%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.63%) Unix
4 2 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (54.21%) Agile
2 68 (35.79%) CI/CD
3 47 (24.74%) Front End Development
3 47 (24.74%) User Experience
4 41 (21.58%) DevOps
5 39 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (19.47%) Full-Stack Development
7 29 (15.26%) Microservices
8 28 (14.74%) Scrum
9 26 (13.68%) TDD
10 25 (13.16%) MVC
11 22 (11.58%) UX Design
12 19 (10.00%) API Integration
13 18 (9.47%) Containerisation
13 18 (9.47%) SDLC
13 18 (9.47%) Test Automation
14 17 (8.95%) Responsive Web Design
14 17 (8.95%) Unit Testing
14 17 (8.95%) Wireframes
15 16 (8.42%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 145 (76.32%) JavaScript
2 47 (24.74%) TypeScript
3 44 (23.16%) SQL
4 37 (19.47%) Java
5 24 (12.63%) C#
6 19 (10.00%) PHP
7 17 (8.95%) Python
8 10 (5.26%) ABAP
9 6 (3.16%) Apex Code
10 5 (2.63%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.11%) C++
11 4 (2.11%) Groovy
11 4 (2.11%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.58%) Bash
12 3 (1.58%) JSX
12 3 (1.58%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.58%) Ruby
13 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.53%) Perl
14 1 (0.53%) RPG
Qualifications
1 41 (21.58%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.37%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.42%) Degree
4 8 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.53%) ISEB
7 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (22.63%) Accessibility
2 20 (10.53%) WCAG
3 15 (7.89%) QA
4 6 (3.16%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.58%) SLA
6 2 (1.05%) GDPR
7 1 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 29 (15.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (8.95%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.11%) Terraform
3 3 (1.58%) Argo
3 3 (1.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.53%) Ansible
4 1 (0.53%) Control-M
4 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (11.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.00%) Oracle
3 14 (7.37%) Google
3 14 (7.37%) Salesforce
3 14 (7.37%) SAP
4 10 (5.26%) Adobe
5 5 (2.63%) Red Hat
5 5 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.63%) Splunk
6 4 (2.11%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (2.11%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.58%) Amplitude
7 3 (1.58%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.58%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.05%) GoldenSource
8 2 (1.05%) Hotjar
8 2 (1.05%) Mercator
8 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (1.05%) Veracode
9 1 (0.53%) Tealium