CSS Job Trends

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 66 64
Rank change year-on-year -83 -2 -23
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,031 1,908 3,062
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.51% 3.90% 4.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.44% 17.59% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 848 1,095 2,619
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,671 10,850 17,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.23% 22.19% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,649 6,643 14,191
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CSS job vacancy trend in the UK

CSS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CSS

CSS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the UK over the 6 months to 19 February 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
England -72 918 £47,000 -14.55% 622
UK excluding London -77 703 £37,500 -28.57% 546
Work from Home -74 312 £50,000 -9.09% 222
North of England -23 278 £30,500 -32.22% 139
London -70 235 £65,000 -3.70% 175
South East -88 141 £50,000 -16.67% 133
Yorkshire -1 120 £30,500 -21.29% 50
North West -39 120 £31,000 -40.95% 66
Midlands -70 102 £40,000 -20.00% 78
South West -81 69 £40,000 -30.43% 74
East of England -47 63 £35,750 -24.74% 75
West Midlands -34 56 £30,500 -45.05% 28
East Midlands -59 47 £48,750 +27.45% 50
Scotland -79 39 £30,500 -44.55% 31
North East -8 38 £30,500 -35.79% 24
Wales -24 9 £36,120 -23.96% 20
Northern Ireland -27 3 £60,000 - 6
Channel Islands 0 1 £90,000 -

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 62 (6.01%) WordPress
2 58 (5.63%) CMS
3 20 (1.94%) Confluence
4 16 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.16%) nginx
6 8 (0.78%) Apache
6 8 (0.78%) Drupal
7 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
9 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.29%) govService
9 3 (0.29%) JBoss
9 3 (0.29%) Liferay
10 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.19%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.097%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 29 (2.81%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.23%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 13 (1.26%) Sketch
5 11 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.87%) InVision
7 9 (0.87%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.78%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.78%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
9 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
10 5 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.29%) InDesign
12 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.19%) Windchill
13 1 (0.097%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 16 (1.55%) Shopify
2 5 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.29%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.097%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.097%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.097%) Magento
5 1 (0.097%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 501 (48.59%) Azure
2 430 (41.71%) AWS
3 373 (36.18%) GitHub
4 71 (6.89%) Figma
5 64 (6.21%) Serverless
6 54 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (4.56%) GCP
8 40 (3.88%) Power Platform
9 38 (3.69%) SaaS
10 28 (2.72%) Google Analytics
11 23 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 22 (2.13%) Power Automate
13 21 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (2.04%) Entra ID
14 17 (1.65%) Azure Functions
14 17 (1.65%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.55%) PaaS
16 13 (1.26%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 285 (27.64%) Internet
2 9 (0.87%) HTTP
3 6 (0.58%) Intranet
4 3 (0.29%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
5 2 (0.19%) WAN
6 1 (0.097%) Firewall
6 1 (0.097%) SSH
6 1 (0.097%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 82 (7.95%) MySQL
3 44 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (3.98%) Relational Database
5 33 (3.20%) NoSQL
6 28 (2.72%) Power BI
7 20 (1.94%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.26%) DB2
9 11 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.07%) Looker
10 10 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.48%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.29%) FileMaker
13 3 (0.29%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Redis
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 433 (42.00%) Git
2 49 (4.75%) JIRA
3 44 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.62%) webpack
5 24 (2.33%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.13%) Axure RP
7 21 (2.04%) Selenium
8 16 (1.55%) Vite
9 15 (1.45%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.36%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.26%) Bitbucket
12 12 (1.16%) Balsamiq
12 12 (1.16%) Visual Studio
13 10 (0.97%) Babel
14 7 (0.68%) JUnit
14 7 (0.68%) Maven
14 7 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.58%) GitLab
15 6 (0.58%) Storybook
16 5 (0.48%) CircleCI
General
1 283 (27.45%) Multimedia
2 234 (22.70%) Social Skills
3 119 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (9.21%) Finance
5 77 (7.47%) Marketing
6 53 (5.14%) Law
7 43 (4.17%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.81%) Retail
10 26 (2.52%) Banking
11 25 (2.42%) Legal
12 17 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.97%) Advertising
14 9 (0.87%) Military
15 8 (0.78%) Publishing
16 7 (0.68%) Aeronautics
16 7 (0.68%) Electronics
16 7 (0.68%) Games
17 6 (0.58%) Back Office
18 5 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 588 (57.03%) Developer
2 278 (26.96%) Trainee
3 183 (17.75%) Software Developer
4 163 (15.81%) Senior
5 134 (13.00%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.12%) Trainee Software Developer
7 113 (10.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 109 (10.57%) Senior Developer
9 70 (6.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 58 (5.63%) .NET Developer
11 54 (5.24%) Designer
12 41 (3.98%) PHP Developer
13 40 (3.88%) C# Developer
13 40 (3.88%) React Developer
14 39 (3.78%) Software Engineer
15 36 (3.49%) Lead
16 35 (3.39%) Web Developer
17 34 (3.30%) Administrator
18 31 (3.01%) Web Administrator
19 30 (2.91%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 927 (89.91%) HTML
2 310 (30.07%) React
3 185 (17.94%) .NET
4 122 (11.83%) Node.js
5 104 (10.09%) AngularJS
6 103 (9.99%) RESTful
7 96 (9.31%) HTML5
8 89 (8.63%) Vue
9 81 (7.86%) CSS3
9 81 (7.86%) jQuery
10 65 (6.30%) ASP.NET
11 62 (6.01%) REST
12 55 (5.33%) .NET Core
13 44 (4.27%) .NET Framework
14 41 (3.98%) Tailwind CSS
15 38 (3.69%) Laravel
16 37 (3.59%) Sass
17 36 (3.49%) Jest
18 32 (3.10%) GraphQL
19 31 (3.01%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.63%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.59%) Mobile App
3 33 (3.20%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 10 (0.97%) Social Media
10 9 (0.87%) Cybercrime
10 9 (0.87%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.78%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.48%) Digital TV
13 5 (0.48%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.42%) Linux
2 21 (2.04%) Windows
3 14 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.26%) Android
5 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.39%) Unix
7 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (35.69%) Mentoring
2 348 (33.75%) Agile
3 268 (25.99%) Cybersecurity
4 232 (22.50%) User Experience
5 212 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
6 206 (19.98%) Full-Stack Development
7 178 (17.26%) CI/CD
8 162 (15.71%) Front End Development
9 138 (13.39%) DevOps
10 122 (11.83%) Computer Science
11 120 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (9.60%) Web Development
13 98 (9.51%) UX Design
14 93 (9.02%) Software Engineering
15 89 (8.63%) MVC
16 88 (8.54%) Analytics
17 81 (7.86%) AI
18 73 (7.08%) API Integration
18 73 (7.08%) Clean Code
18 73 (7.08%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 822 (79.73%) JavaScript
2 388 (37.63%) Python
3 228 (22.11%) SQL
4 187 (18.14%) TypeScript
5 174 (16.88%) C#
6 148 (14.35%) R
7 101 (9.80%) PHP
8 100 (9.70%) Java
9 24 (2.33%) C++
10 11 (1.07%) Ruby
11 10 (0.97%) Perl
11 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.78%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.78%) C
13 8 (0.78%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.58%) Bash
15 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.39%) SOQL
15 4 (0.39%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 287 (27.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.06%) Azure Certification
3 278 (26.96%) AWS Certification
3 278 (26.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 180 (17.46%) Degree
5 101 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 68 (6.60%) Security Cleared
7 49 (4.75%) SC Cleared
8 17 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.78%) HND
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.19%) CCA
14 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.097%) OCP
14 1 (0.097%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.32%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.14%) QA
2 53 (5.14%) WCAG
3 24 (2.33%) GDPR
4 8 (0.78%) IEC 61131
5 7 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.48%) PERC
7 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.19%) Section 508
8 2 (0.19%) SLA
9 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.097%) HL7
9 1 (0.097%) NCSC
System Software
1 81 (7.86%) Docker
2 15 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (3.88%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.62%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
4 3 (0.29%) cPanel
4 3 (0.29%) Grafana
4 3 (0.29%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.097%) Kibana
6 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 396 (38.41%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.75%) Google
3 47 (4.56%) Adobe
4 26 (2.52%) Salesforce
5 16 (1.55%) Oracle
6 11 (1.07%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.07%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.97%) Hotjar
8 9 (0.87%) Siemens
9 8 (0.78%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.78%) SAP
9 8 (0.78%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.68%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.68%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.48%) Databricks
11 5 (0.48%) Foundry
11 5 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.39%) iManage
12 4 (0.39%) Palo Alto