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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 125 61
Rank change year-on-year -67 -64 +5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,120 1,268 3,061
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 2.54% 3.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.37% 13.99% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 933 780 1,879
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 11,955 9,066 17,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.12% 18.17% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 5,930 12,241
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year - +7.51% -6.99%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,050 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

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 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 17 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 20 August 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 -50 1,032 £50,000 -9.09% 520
UK excluding London -39 848 £50,000 - 387
Work from Home -38 521 £55,000 +4.27% 207
South East +19 232 £49,750 +17.06% 101
North of England -26 228 £50,000 -1.96% 96
London -108 215 £60,000 -11.11% 210
East of England +8 129 £48,130 -3.74% 42
South West -19 112 £52,500 +8.81% 43
North West -56 110 £47,500 -9.52% 54
Midlands -55 108 £47,500 - 71
Yorkshire -12 59 £50,000 +17.65% 31
North East -13 59 £56,250 +110.28% 15
West Midlands -49 54 £45,000 -7.69% 27
East Midlands -55 54 £50,000 +11.11% 44
Wales -55 28 £41,750 -38.15% 10
Scotland -60 10 £31,500 -60.63% 25
Northern Ireland -81 1 £31,000 -1.59% 4

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 95 (8.48%) WordPress
2 59 (5.27%) SharePoint
3 43 (3.84%) CMS
4 31 (2.77%) IIS
5 26 (2.32%) Confluence
6 17 (1.52%) Apache
7 9 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.63%) Drupal
8 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.54%) JBoss
10 5 (0.45%) Moodle
10 5 (0.45%) nginx
10 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.089%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.089%) Oracle 10gAS
12 1 (0.089%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.52%) Adobe XD
4 16 (1.43%) Photoshop
5 11 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.89%) InDesign
6 10 (0.89%) Sketch
7 8 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.71%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (0.27%) Elementor
9 3 (0.27%) InVision
9 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.18%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 25 (2.23%) Shopify
2 7 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) Magento
3 4 (0.36%) Line 50
3 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.089%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 443 (39.55%) Azure
2 310 (27.68%) AWS
3 229 (20.45%) GitHub
4 160 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.68%) GitHub Copilot
6 78 (6.96%) Azure AI
7 77 (6.88%) Power Platform
8 68 (6.07%) Figma
9 60 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
10 57 (5.09%) Power Automate
11 54 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
12 49 (4.38%) GCP
12 49 (4.38%) PowerApps
13 47 (4.20%) SaaS
14 34 (3.04%) Serverless
15 32 (2.86%) Google Analytics
16 28 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 22 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 20 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 108 (9.64%) Internet
2 9 (0.80%) Intranet
3 8 (0.71%) SSL
4 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.45%) HTTP
6 4 (0.36%) DNS
6 4 (0.36%) Network Security
6 4 (0.36%) VoIP
7 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.27%) SMS
8 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 2 (0.18%) Profibus
8 2 (0.18%) WAN
9 1 (0.089%) AMQP
9 1 (0.089%) Broadband
9 1 (0.089%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.089%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (16.96%) SQL Server
2 176 (15.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 149 (13.30%) MongoDB
4 148 (13.21%) MySQL
5 83 (7.41%) Relational Database
6 77 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
7 56 (5.00%) Power BI
8 32 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.52%) NoSQL
11 16 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.16%) Metadata
13 11 (0.98%) MariaDB
13 11 (0.98%) NonStop SQL
14 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.80%) GIS
15 8 (0.71%) Tableau
16 7 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.63%) Redis
17 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 259 (23.13%) Git
2 53 (4.73%) JIRA
3 44 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.88%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.52%) GitLab
5 17 (1.52%) Selenium
5 17 (1.52%) Storybook
6 12 (1.07%) Visual Studio
7 11 (0.98%) Axure RP
8 10 (0.89%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.80%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.80%) Maven
9 9 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.80%) webpack
10 8 (0.71%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.71%) PHPUnit
10 8 (0.71%) Postman
11 7 (0.63%) JUnit
11 7 (0.63%) MSI
General
1 333 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 121 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
3 120 (10.71%) Marketing
4 116 (10.36%) Finance
5 94 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 86 (7.68%) Public Sector
7 71 (6.34%) Multimedia
8 62 (5.54%) Advertising
9 53 (4.73%) Law
10 40 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (2.68%) Retail
12 26 (2.32%) Legal
13 20 (1.79%) Games
13 20 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.34%) Banking
15 10 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.80%) Local Government
17 8 (0.71%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 721 (64.38%) Developer
2 218 (19.46%) .NET Developer
3 177 (15.80%) Senior
4 135 (12.05%) Senior Developer
5 133 (11.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 98 (8.75%) Software Developer
7 80 (7.14%) Software Engineer
8 76 (6.79%) Web Developer
9 71 (6.34%) PHP Developer
10 68 (6.07%) C# Developer
11 64 (5.71%) Designer
11 64 (5.71%) Trainee
12 56 (5.00%) Lead
13 53 (4.73%) C# Software Developer
14 50 (4.46%) Administrator
15 47 (4.20%) Web Administrator
16 46 (4.11%) Analyst
17 44 (3.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 43 (3.84%) Trainee Administrator
19 37 (3.30%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,032 (92.14%) HTML
2 396 (35.36%) .NET
3 256 (22.86%) React
4 238 (21.25%) .NET Core
5 219 (19.55%) ASP.NET
6 178 (15.89%) ASP.NET Core
7 147 (13.13%) Node.js
8 142 (12.68%) jQuery
9 136 (12.14%) HTML5
10 118 (10.54%) CSS3
10 118 (10.54%) Vue
11 117 (10.45%) Entity Framework
12 105 (9.38%) REST
13 97 (8.66%) RESTful
14 92 (8.21%) AngularJS
15 79 (7.05%) JSON
16 74 (6.61%) ML.NET
17 70 (6.25%) .NET Framework
18 59 (5.27%) Laravel
19 45 (4.02%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (3.66%) Cloud Native
2 41 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 32 (2.86%) Mobile App
4 32 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 31 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 29 (2.59%) Social Media
7 24 (2.14%) Virtual Team
8 20 (1.79%) Digital TV
9 19 (1.70%) Algorithms
9 19 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 15 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
12 13 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.16%) Graphic Design
13 12 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (0.98%) Robotics
15 10 (0.89%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.18%) Windows
2 55 (4.91%) Linux
3 26 (2.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.54%) Unix
4 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.27%) AIX
7 3 (0.27%) Debian
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.089%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (38.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 424 (37.86%) Agile
3 379 (33.84%) CI/CD
4 247 (22.05%) DevOps
5 241 (21.52%) AI
6 222 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
7 210 (18.75%) Web Development
8 206 (18.39%) User Experience
9 173 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 150 (13.39%) Mentoring
11 146 (13.04%) Software Engineering
12 124 (11.07%) Machine Learning
13 120 (10.71%) Computer Science
14 109 (9.73%) Front End Development
15 105 (9.38%) Clean Code
16 100 (8.93%) Test Automation
17 98 (8.75%) OO
18 96 (8.57%) Scrum
19 94 (8.39%) Microservices
20 92 (8.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 691 (61.70%) JavaScript
2 460 (41.07%) SQL
3 400 (35.71%) C#
4 203 (18.13%) TypeScript
5 197 (17.59%) PHP
5 197 (17.59%) Python
6 96 (8.57%) Java
7 48 (4.29%) R
8 42 (3.75%) C++
9 32 (2.86%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.43%) Go
10 16 (1.43%) Ruby
11 15 (1.34%) VBA
12 13 (1.16%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.07%) VB.NET
14 10 (0.89%) Bicep
15 7 (0.63%) Dart
15 7 (0.63%) VBScript
16 5 (0.45%) Perl
17 4 (0.36%) C
Qualifications
1 189 (16.88%) Degree
2 96 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 95 (8.48%) Security Cleared
4 81 (7.23%) SC Cleared
5 63 (5.63%) AWS Certification
6 61 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (5.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 59 (5.27%) Azure Certification
8 11 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.27%) HNC
12 2 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.18%) HND
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (15.36%) Accessibility
2 74 (6.61%) WCAG
3 66 (5.89%) QA
4 40 (3.57%) GDPR
5 15 (1.34%) SLA
6 12 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.71%) PERC
8 7 (0.63%) GRC
8 7 (0.63%) NCSC
9 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.27%) WAI
11 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.089%) NIST
12 1 (0.089%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 185 (16.52%) Docker
2 16 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.07%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.45%) Nagios
4 4 (0.36%) Puppet
5 3 (0.27%) Plesk
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.089%) Ansible
7 1 (0.089%) Consul
7 1 (0.089%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 381 (34.02%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.23%) Adobe
3 47 (4.20%) Google
4 42 (3.75%) Facebook
5 26 (2.32%) Oracle
6 24 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.88%) YouTube
8 13 (1.16%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.07%) OneLogin
10 10 (0.89%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.80%) HubSpot
11 9 (0.80%) Splunk
12 8 (0.71%) Sage
12 8 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.63%) iManage
14 6 (0.54%) TikTok
14 6 (0.54%) WooCommerce
15 5 (0.45%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.45%) Pinterest
15 5 (0.45%) Red Hat