CSS Contracts in the North West

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 63 68
Rank change year-on-year -27 +5 -36
Contract jobs citing CSS 45 103 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.61% 3.42% 3.43%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.98% 18.69% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 70 111
10th Percentile £351 £313 £290
25th Percentile £372 £401 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £499 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +5.00% +26.67%
75th Percentile £547 £588 £550
90th Percentile £575 £638 £595
England median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +15.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £52.50
25th Percentile £37.63 - £58.44
Median hourly rate £46.18 - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £76.88
90th Percentile - - £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.25 £57.25
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.99% +32.37%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 501 551 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.94% 18.29% 24.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 435 720
10th Percentile £350 £338 £362
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £750 £650 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 31
10th Percentile £37.63 £37.76 £14.25
25th Percentile £45.88 £37.77 £29.63
Median hourly rate £48.43 £40.59 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -42.01% +118.75%
75th Percentile £72.03 £44.78 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £45.62 £81.00
England median hourly rate £49.75 £65.00 £53.25
% change year-on-year -23.46% +22.07% +17.03%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CSS in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for CSS in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSS in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSS in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CSS in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for CSS in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Manchester -22 26 £438 -7.89% 73
Cheshire -16 10 £463 -21.08% 25
Lancashire +4 7 - - 14
Merseyside +13 1 £550 +46.67% 17
Cumbria - 1 £575 -
CSS
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (17.78%) SharePoint
2 7 (15.56%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (15.56%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (6.67%) CMS
3 3 (6.67%) IIS
4 2 (4.44%) Apache
5 1 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (2.22%) GeoServer
5 1 (2.22%) Umbraco
5 1 (2.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Maximo
2 1 (2.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (11.11%) AWS
2 5 (11.11%) GitHub
3 4 (8.89%) Power Automate
4 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.22%) Figma
6 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.22%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) Serverless
6 1 (2.22%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (24.44%) SQL Server
2 7 (15.56%) Metadata
2 7 (15.56%) PowerPivot
2 7 (15.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Power View
4 4 (8.89%) MySQL
5 3 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (4.44%) MongoDB
6 2 (4.44%) Neo4j
6 2 (4.44%) Power BI
7 1 (2.22%) GIS
7 1 (2.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.22%) CircleCI
2 1 (2.22%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.22%) ESLint
2 1 (2.22%) Storybook
General
1 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Publishing
3 2 (4.44%) Banking
3 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Automotive
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (64.44%) Developer
2 6 (13.33%) SharePoint Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) .NET Developer
3 4 (8.89%) Designer
3 4 (8.89%) Full Stack Developer
3 4 (8.89%) Interaction Designer
4 3 (6.67%) Pega Developer
4 3 (6.67%) Senior
4 3 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 3 (6.67%) Software Developer
5 2 (4.44%) C# Developer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (2.22%) Analyst
6 1 (2.22%) Applications Developer
6 1 (2.22%) Case Management Developer
6 1 (2.22%) Consultant
6 1 (2.22%) GIS Developer
6 1 (2.22%) SharePoint Consultant
6 1 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.22%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (95.56%) HTML
2 14 (31.11%) .NET
3 11 (24.44%) React
4 9 (20.00%) Node.js
5 7 (15.56%) .NET Framework
6 6 (13.33%) REST
7 5 (11.11%) AngularJS
7 5 (11.11%) XML
8 4 (8.89%) Entity Framework
8 4 (8.89%) jQuery
8 4 (8.89%) JSON
8 4 (8.89%) Web Services
9 3 (6.67%) HTML5
9 3 (6.67%) Jest
9 3 (6.67%) NancyFx
9 3 (6.67%) XHTML
10 2 (4.44%) .NET Core
10 2 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web API
10 2 (4.44%) CSS3
10 2 (4.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Low-Code
2 3 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.22%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.22%) CMDB
4 1 (2.22%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.67%) Android
1 3 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.67%) Agile
2 8 (17.78%) DevOps
3 7 (15.56%) ITIL
3 7 (15.56%) Metadata Management
3 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (15.56%) Prototyping
3 7 (15.56%) Statistics
4 6 (13.33%) Information Architecture
4 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (11.11%) API Development
5 5 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
6 4 (8.89%) Business Analysis
6 4 (8.89%) Design Patterns
6 4 (8.89%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 4 (8.89%) Interaction Design
6 4 (8.89%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 4 (8.89%) MVC
6 4 (8.89%) User Experience
6 4 (8.89%) User Research
6 4 (8.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 34 (75.56%) JavaScript
2 15 (33.33%) C#
3 12 (26.67%) SQL
4 8 (17.78%) Java
5 7 (15.56%) PowerShell
6 6 (13.33%) Python
7 5 (11.11%) TypeScript
8 4 (8.89%) PHP
9 2 (4.44%) Perl
10 1 (2.22%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) Degree
3 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.44%) QA
1 2 (4.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
1 7 (15.56%) VMware
2 3 (6.67%) IBM
2 3 (6.67%) Nintex
2 3 (6.67%) Pega
2 3 (6.67%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) MuleSoft
3 2 (4.44%) Verint
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) WooCommerce