CSS Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 51 61
Rank change year-on-year -71 +10 -30
Permanent jobs citing CSS 700 1,718 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.67% 4.61% 4.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.23% 23.91% 19.87%
Number of salaries quoted 592 896 1,219
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £34,900
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £56,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £80,000
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
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 permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,839 7,185 7,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.15% 19.28% 23.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,936 4,046 5,721
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CSS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CSS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CSS

CSS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK excluding London

CSS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
North of England -20 273 £30,500 -39.00% 158
South East -93 136 £50,000 -16.67% 146
Yorkshire +3 123 £30,500 -28.24% 62
North West -29 114 £36,250 -30.95% 78
Midlands -72 93 £37,500 -25.00% 88
East of England -43 76 £55,000 +10.00% 66
South West -71 70 £36,000 -37.39% 52
West Midlands -51 51 £30,500 -44.55% 47
East Midlands -59 43 £45,000 +13.92% 40
North East 0 36 £30,500 -41.90% 21
Scotland -65 35 £30,500 -40.20% 28
Wales -16 15 £46,000 -0.54% 14
Northern Ireland -13 3 £31,500 -30.00% 4
Channel Islands +3 1 £90,000 -
CSS
UK

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 47 (6.71%) WordPress
2 33 (4.71%) CMS
3 8 (1.14%) Umbraco
4 6 (0.86%) nginx
4 6 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.71%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) IIS
7 3 (0.43%) Confluence
7 3 (0.43%) Drupal
8 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.29%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.29%) govService
8 2 (0.29%) Mendix
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) Camunda
9 1 (0.14%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 16 (2.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 14 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (2.00%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.43%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (1.43%) Adobe XD
4 8 (1.14%) AutoCAD
4 8 (1.14%) Photoshop
4 8 (1.14%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.43%) InDesign
5 3 (0.43%) Sketch
6 2 (0.29%) Windchill
7 1 (0.14%) InVision
7 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.57%) Shopify
3 3 (0.43%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.29%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 368 (52.57%) Azure
2 323 (46.14%) AWS
3 272 (38.86%) GitHub
4 38 (5.43%) Serverless
5 34 (4.86%) GCP
6 29 (4.14%) SaaS
7 25 (3.57%) Figma
8 23 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.14%) Entra ID
9 15 (2.14%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.29%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (1.14%) Google Analytics
14 7 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (1.00%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.00%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.00%) PaaS
14 7 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 229 (32.71%) Internet
2 7 (1.00%) HTTP
3 5 (0.71%) Intranet
4 1 (0.14%) DNS
4 1 (0.14%) SSH
4 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.57%) MySQL
2 71 (10.14%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.00%) Relational Database
4 20 (2.86%) NoSQL
5 16 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (1.43%) GIS
7 8 (1.14%) Power BI
8 7 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.71%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.57%) Metadata
10 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.43%) Redis
12 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.14%) FileMaker
13 1 (0.14%) Looker
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 323 (46.14%) Git
2 14 (2.00%) JIRA
3 10 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.29%) Axure RP
5 8 (1.14%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.00%) Babel
6 7 (1.00%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.00%) JUnit
6 7 (1.00%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (1.00%) webpack
7 5 (0.71%) git-flow
8 4 (0.57%) GitLab
8 4 (0.57%) rollup.js
9 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.43%) gulp
9 3 (0.43%) Maven
9 3 (0.43%) Vite
10 2 (0.29%) Grunt
10 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.29%) Storybook
General
1 230 (32.86%) Multimedia
2 160 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 62 (8.86%) Finance
4 54 (7.71%) Marketing
5 53 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (7.43%) Law
7 20 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 13 (1.86%) Retail
9 11 (1.57%) Legal
10 10 (1.43%) Games
11 8 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.14%) Military
12 7 (1.00%) Aeronautics
13 6 (0.86%) Electronics
13 6 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.71%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.57%) Local Government
16 3 (0.43%) Advertising
16 3 (0.43%) Banking
16 3 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 410 (58.57%) Developer
2 227 (32.43%) Trainee
3 145 (20.71%) Software Developer
4 108 (15.43%) Trainee Developer
5 101 (14.43%) Trainee Software Developer
6 93 (13.29%) Senior
7 73 (10.43%) Full-Stack Developer
8 70 (10.00%) Senior Developer
9 41 (5.86%) .NET Developer
10 40 (5.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 39 (5.57%) PHP Developer
12 35 (5.00%) Web Developer
13 32 (4.57%) C# Developer
14 30 (4.29%) React Developer
15 29 (4.14%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 29 (4.14%) Software Engineer
16 28 (4.00%) Administrator
17 27 (3.86%) Web Administrator
18 26 (3.71%) Lead
19 25 (3.57%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 621 (88.71%) HTML
2 195 (27.86%) React
3 125 (17.86%) .NET
4 62 (8.86%) ASP.NET
4 62 (8.86%) Node.js
5 60 (8.57%) RESTful
6 59 (8.43%) AngularJS
7 54 (7.71%) HTML5
8 50 (7.14%) jQuery
9 45 (6.43%) Vue
10 41 (5.86%) CSS3
11 37 (5.29%) REST
12 33 (4.71%) .NET Framework
13 32 (4.57%) Laravel
14 31 (4.43%) .NET Core
15 30 (4.29%) JSON
16 29 (4.14%) XML
17 24 (3.43%) Bootstrap
18 22 (3.14%) ASP.NET Core
19 21 (3.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.14%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 18 (2.57%) Cloud Native
4 17 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 15 (2.14%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.57%) Motion Graphics
7 8 (1.14%) Cybercrime
7 8 (1.14%) Low-Code
7 8 (1.14%) Social Media
8 7 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.86%) Algorithms
9 6 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.71%) Animation
10 5 (0.71%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.71%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.57%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.57%) Windows
2 15 (2.14%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Android
4 5 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (39.71%) Mentoring
2 205 (29.29%) Agile
2 205 (29.29%) Cybersecurity
3 140 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (18.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 114 (16.29%) User Experience
6 99 (14.14%) CI/CD
7 92 (13.14%) Front End Development
8 90 (12.86%) Web Development
9 85 (12.14%) DevOps
10 83 (11.86%) MVC
11 64 (9.14%) Computer Science
12 59 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (7.71%) Software Engineering
14 50 (7.14%) OOP
15 45 (6.43%) Design Patterns
16 42 (6.00%) Clean Code
16 42 (6.00%) OO
17 40 (5.71%) Scrum
18 38 (5.43%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 582 (83.14%) JavaScript
2 288 (41.14%) Python
3 132 (18.86%) C#
4 119 (17.00%) R
5 118 (16.86%) SQL
6 100 (14.29%) TypeScript
7 75 (10.71%) PHP
8 51 (7.29%) Java
9 20 (2.86%) C++
10 12 (1.71%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.57%) Perl
12 9 (1.29%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.14%) C
14 4 (0.57%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.57%) XAML
15 3 (0.43%) Go
15 3 (0.43%) VB
16 2 (0.29%) Bash
16 2 (0.29%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.14%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 231 (33.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 228 (32.57%) Azure Certification
3 227 (32.43%) AWS Certification
3 227 (32.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 97 (13.86%) Degree
5 51 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.43%) Security Cleared
7 11 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.29%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.14%) HND
10 5 (0.71%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.29%) CCA
13 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.14%) OCA
13 1 (0.14%) OCP
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 30 (4.29%) QA
3 12 (1.71%) GDPR
3 12 (1.71%) WCAG
4 8 (1.14%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.14%) HL7
5 1 (0.14%) NCSC
5 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (8.29%) Docker
2 10 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.43%) Terraform
3 3 (0.43%) cPanel
3 3 (0.43%) Plesk
4 2 (0.29%) Grafana
4 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 285 (40.71%) Microsoft
2 26 (3.71%) Adobe
3 23 (3.29%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.29%) Google
5 14 (2.00%) Oracle
6 12 (1.71%) Cisco
7 9 (1.29%) Siemens
8 8 (1.14%) Allen-Bradley
8 8 (1.14%) Toshiba
9 6 (0.86%) Ahrefs
9 6 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.71%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.71%) Meraki
10 5 (0.71%) SAP
11 4 (0.57%) Screaming Frog
12 3 (0.43%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.43%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.43%) Zoho
13 2 (0.29%) New Relic
13 2 (0.29%) Splunk