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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 124 103
Rank change year-on-year +3 -21 -21
Contract jobs citing CSS 288 367 542
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.13% 1.71% 2.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.46% 10.63% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 252 401
10th Percentile £311 £255 £313
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £496 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £588 £595
UK median daily rate £460 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -6.12% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 6
10th Percentile - £37.63 £17.00
25th Percentile £33.91 £46.18 £21.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £38.48
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +81.91% -31.89%
75th Percentile £58.69 - £70.44
90th Percentile £61.55 £74.00 £80.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% +19.05% -6.67%

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 2,514 3,453 4,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.60% 16.08% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,735 2,216 3,068
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 £557 £606 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 242 89
10th Percentile £33.91 £22.88 £22.45
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £57.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -12.12% +18.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.71 £74.40 £78.24
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +25.30%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -3 70 £400 -11.11% 484
South East +21 61 £475 +23.78% 693
Midlands +15 51 £372 -12.59% 281
North West +14 50 £400 -5.88% 259
South West +50 46 £375 -25.00% 238
Scotland -4 42 £486 +7.89% 120
East Midlands +8 26 £358 +50.74% 126
West Midlands +11 24 £425 -15.00% 149
East of England -7 12 £450 +4.11% 233
Yorkshire -20 12 £400 -22.33% 186
Wales +8 9 £390 -12.11% 65
North East +7 8 £430 +6.17% 39
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 (7.99%) Confluence
2 10 (3.47%) Apache
3 9 (3.13%) CMS
4 7 (2.43%) Tomcat
5 6 (2.08%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.74%) WordPress
7 4 (1.39%) Drupal
7 4 (1.39%) nginx
8 3 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (1.04%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.69%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.35%) Camunda
10 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.35%) IIS
10 1 (0.35%) JBoss
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (5.21%) Maya
2 11 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.47%) NUKE
4 6 (2.08%) Adobe XD
4 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.74%) Adobe Captivate
6 4 (1.39%) Sketch
7 2 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.69%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.69%) InVision
7 2 (0.69%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.69%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.35%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.35%) InDesign
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.35%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Magento
2 2 (0.69%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (23.26%) Azure
2 57 (19.79%) AWS
3 18 (6.25%) SaaS
4 17 (5.90%) GCP
5 16 (5.56%) Figma
6 13 (4.51%) npm
6 13 (4.51%) Serverless
7 12 (4.17%) GitHub
8 11 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.13%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.78%) AWS CodePipeline
10 8 (2.78%) BlazeMeter
10 8 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.43%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.08%) Amazon Cognito
12 6 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.08%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.74%) Adobe Analytics
14 4 (1.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.90%) HTTP
2 7 (2.43%) Internet
3 6 (2.08%) SNMP
3 6 (2.08%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.04%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.04%) SSL
5 2 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.69%) Intranet
6 1 (0.35%) Firewall
6 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.35%) VPN
6 1 (0.35%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.90%) MongoDB
2 17 (5.90%) NoSQL
3 15 (5.21%) Relational Database
4 14 (4.86%) MySQL
5 10 (3.47%) Amazon Aurora
6 9 (3.13%) Apache Cassandra
7 8 (2.78%) Oracle Database
7 8 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.04%) Power BI
9 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 81 (28.13%) Git
2 30 (10.42%) JIRA
3 26 (9.03%) Jenkins
4 18 (6.25%) JUnit
5 16 (5.56%) webpack
6 13 (4.51%) Cypress.io
7 12 (4.17%) GitLab
7 12 (4.17%) Subversion
8 11 (3.82%) Maven
8 11 (3.82%) Selenium
8 11 (3.82%) SonarQube
8 11 (3.82%) Storybook
9 10 (3.47%) Bitbucket
10 9 (3.13%) Grunt
10 9 (3.13%) gulp
11 8 (2.78%) Cucumber
11 8 (2.78%) Gradle
12 7 (2.43%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (2.08%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (2.08%) Vite
General
1 91 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 42 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (9.72%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.33%) Finance
5 17 (5.90%) Games
5 17 (5.90%) Marketing
6 16 (5.56%) Banking
7 15 (5.21%) Automotive
8 14 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.86%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.78%) Retail
10 7 (2.43%) Electronics
11 6 (2.08%) Legal
12 5 (1.74%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.74%) Local Government
13 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.04%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 172 (59.72%) Developer
2 36 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 30 (10.42%) Senior
4 25 (8.68%) Java Developer
4 25 (8.68%) React Developer
5 23 (7.99%) Full-Stack Developer
6 18 (6.25%) Lead
7 16 (5.56%) Software Engineer
8 14 (4.86%) Angular Developer
8 14 (4.86%) ServiceNow Developer
9 12 (4.17%) .NET Developer
9 12 (4.17%) Architect
10 11 (3.82%) C# Developer
11 10 (3.47%) UI Developer
12 9 (3.13%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.78%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.78%) Applications Support
13 8 (2.78%) JavaScript Developer
13 8 (2.78%) Support Engineer
13 8 (2.78%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (86.81%) HTML
2 92 (31.94%) React
3 81 (28.13%) AngularJS
4 49 (17.01%) Node.js
5 48 (16.67%) HTML5
6 47 (16.32%) RESTful
7 45 (15.63%) REST
8 42 (14.58%) .NET
9 34 (11.81%) jQuery
10 33 (11.46%) Web Services
11 31 (10.76%) Jest
12 29 (10.07%) Ajax
13 26 (9.03%) CSS3
14 23 (7.99%) Spring
15 22 (7.64%) Spring Boot
16 19 (6.60%) SOAP
17 18 (6.25%) Django
18 17 (5.90%) Redux
19 15 (5.21%) JSON
19 15 (5.21%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.21%) Animation
2 12 (4.17%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.43%) CMDB
5 7 (2.43%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.74%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.74%) Virtual Reality
8 4 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.39%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.39%) NHS
8 4 (1.39%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.04%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.04%) 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 (7.99%) Linux
2 9 (3.13%) Unix
3 8 (2.78%) Android
3 8 (2.78%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.04%) AIX
4 3 (1.04%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Windows
5 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (42.71%) Agile
2 81 (28.13%) CI/CD
3 73 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (24.65%) Front End Development
5 68 (23.61%) User Experience
6 54 (18.75%) Test Automation
7 52 (18.06%) Software Engineering
8 46 (15.97%) Microservices
8 46 (15.97%) Scrum
9 43 (14.93%) TDD
9 43 (14.93%) Web Development
10 42 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
11 37 (12.85%) DevOps
12 29 (10.07%) Computer Science
12 29 (10.07%) UX Design
13 28 (9.72%) Unit Testing
14 27 (9.38%) Design Patterns
15 25 (8.68%) Service Management
16 24 (8.33%) Responsive Web Design
17 22 (7.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 204 (70.83%) JavaScript
2 81 (28.13%) Java
3 68 (23.61%) SQL
4 61 (21.18%) TypeScript
5 43 (14.93%) C#
5 43 (14.93%) Python
6 23 (7.99%) C++
7 14 (4.86%) PHP
8 10 (3.47%) PL/SQL
8 10 (3.47%) Tcl
9 7 (2.43%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.08%) Ruby
11 5 (1.74%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.74%) VBA
12 4 (1.39%) Bash
12 4 (1.39%) C
12 4 (1.39%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.39%) Scala
12 4 (1.39%) Swift
13 3 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (11.46%) Degree
2 24 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (4.86%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.74%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.04%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.35%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
10 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.35%) MCP
10 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 13 (4.51%) WCAG
3 9 (3.13%) QA
4 5 (1.74%) GRC
5 3 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.04%) NCSC
6 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (5.90%) Docker
2 4 (1.39%) Firmware
3 3 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.13%) Grafana
3 7 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.04%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.04%) Puppet
5 2 (0.69%) Terraform
6 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.35%) ServiceCenter
6 1 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 42 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 22 (7.64%) Adobe
3 22 (7.64%) Oracle
4 18 (6.25%) Google
5 11 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.13%) SAP
7 8 (2.78%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.78%) Splunk
8 6 (2.08%) Virgin Media
9 5 (1.74%) Apple
9 5 (1.74%) Autodesk
9 5 (1.74%) CA Agile Central
9 5 (1.74%) Snow
9 5 (1.74%) Veracode
10 4 (1.39%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.39%) Perforce
10 4 (1.39%) Zend
11 3 (1.04%) Cisco
11 3 (1.04%) VMware
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