CSS Job Trends in Essex

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 27 18
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 26 22 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 3.49% 4.77% 8.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 49.06% 28.21% 40.96%
Number of salaries quoted 26 8 34
10th Percentile - £34,800 £38,825
25th Percentile £25,000 £51,938 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% -7.14% +55.56%
75th Percentile £47,500 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,875 £79,625
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

CSS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 53 78 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 7.10% 16.92% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 49 21 65
10th Percentile £25,000 £39,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £27,500 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -17.86% +27.27%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £72,500 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

CSS job vacancy trend in Essex

CSS
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing CSS

CSS
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in Essex over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CSS in Essex

CSS
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Essex region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southend-on-Sea +5 5 £30,000 - 2
Colchester -8 2 £52,500 -32.26% 23
CSS
East of England

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (7.69%) Mendix
1 2 (7.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) GitHub
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.85%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) MySQL
1 9 (34.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) gulp
2 1 (3.85%) webpack
General
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Graduate
2 9 (34.62%) Graduate Developer
3 6 (23.08%) IT Graduate
3 6 (23.08%) PHP Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Software Developer
5 4 (15.38%) .NET Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Azure Developer
5 4 (15.38%) C# Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Graduate C# Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Graduate SQL Developer
5 4 (15.38%) React Developer
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Developer
5 4 (15.38%) Trainee
6 3 (11.54%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 3 (11.54%) IT Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Low-Code Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (50.00%) HTML
2 12 (46.15%) jQuery
3 10 (38.46%) .NET
3 10 (38.46%) ASP.NET
4 7 (26.92%) React
4 7 (26.92%) REST
5 4 (15.38%) .NET Core
5 4 (15.38%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (11.54%) SOAP
6 3 (11.54%) Vue
6 3 (11.54%) Web Services
7 2 (7.69%) Laravel
7 2 (7.69%) Symfony
8 1 (3.85%) GraphQL
8 1 (3.85%) Sass
8 1 (3.85%) Three.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Structures
1 3 (11.54%) Low-Code
1 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 13 (50.00%) MVC
2 12 (46.15%) Agile
3 9 (34.62%) OOP
4 6 (23.08%) OO
4 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (19.23%) Code Quality
5 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (15.38%) API Integration
6 4 (15.38%) OWASP
6 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 4 (15.38%) User Experience
7 3 (11.54%) AI
7 3 (11.54%) Conversational UI
7 3 (11.54%) Data Collection
7 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
7 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
7 3 (11.54%) Use Case
8 2 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) C#
2 12 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 11 (42.31%) PHP
4 10 (38.46%) Python
5 9 (34.62%) C++
5 9 (34.62%) Java
5 9 (34.62%) SQL
6 3 (11.54%) Apex Code
7 2 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 13 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) AWS Certification
2 4 (15.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 4 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.69%) OutSystems