CSS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 44 23
Rank change year-on-year -9 -21 +4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 3 9 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.60% 2.10% 7.84%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.25% 9.09% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 20
10th Percentile - - £32,950
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +5.88% -19.05%
75th Percentile £33,250 £47,500 £50,438
90th Percentile - - £60,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +4.35%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 48 99 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 9.66% 23.13% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 29 32 68
10th Percentile £55,000 £42,921 £38,250
25th Percentile £68,813 £49,375 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.61% +6.52% +7.48%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,000 £89,750 £84,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

CSS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

CSS
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CSS

CSS
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 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
County Londonderry - 2 £31,500 -
County Antrim -1 1 - - 28
CSS
UK

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (66.67%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ESRI