CSS Job Trends in Somerset

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 27 32
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 +15
Permanent jobs citing CSS 15 12 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.56% 4.60% 3.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.42% 36.36% 35.64%
Number of salaries quoted 15 12 30
10th Percentile - £26,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £82,125 £65,000
South West median annual salary £53,125 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% +15.00% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 104 33 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 10.84% 12.64% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 104 28 87
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,375 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £60,000
90th Percentile - £87,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

CSS job vacancy trend in Somerset

CSS
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing CSS

CSS
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in Somerset over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in Somerset

CSS
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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
Taunton -16 8 £28,500 +35.71% 3
Bath -16 6 £55,000 +4.76% 3
CSS
South West

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 3 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) GitHub
3 5 (33.33%) Azure AI
3 5 (33.33%) GitHub Copilot
4 3 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
5 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (6.67%) Power BI
3 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
2 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 3 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 5 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Software Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Software Support Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Lead Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (6.67%) Junior
4 1 (6.67%) Junior Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (100.00%) HTML
2 13 (86.67%) .NET
3 8 (53.33%) .NET Core
3 8 (53.33%) .NET Framework
4 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
4 5 (33.33%) ML.NET
4 5 (33.33%) Web Services
4 5 (33.33%) XML
5 3 (20.00%) ATL
5 3 (20.00%) COM
5 3 (20.00%) CSS3
5 3 (20.00%) GeoJSON
5 3 (20.00%) HTML5
5 3 (20.00%) MFC
5 3 (20.00%) REST
5 3 (20.00%) RESTful
5 3 (20.00%) WPF
6 1 (6.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (53.33%) AI
2 8 (53.33%) CI/CD
3 6 (40.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) API Design
5 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 3 (20.00%) Dependency Management
5 3 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 3 (20.00%) DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) DevSecOps
5 3 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 3 (20.00%) SOLID
5 3 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C#
2 11 (73.33%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 4 (26.67%) Python
5 3 (20.00%) Bicep
5 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (6.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (20.00%) NCSC
2 3 (20.00%) WCAG
3 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Microsoft