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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 90 58
Rank change year-on-year -63 -32 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,078 1,352 3,617
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 3.33% 4.08%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.17% 15.34% 18.46%
Number of salaries quoted 911 1,076 2,869
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,200
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £61,923 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +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 8,188 8,812 19,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.55% 21.71% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,001 6,569 15,409
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -55 962 £45,000 -18.18% 514
UK excluding London -54 757 £40,000 -23.81% 423
Work from Home -75 325 £52,500 -4.55% 223
North of England -13 276 £30,500 -32.22% 113
London -66 233 £60,000 -14.29% 154
South East -69 152 £50,000 -16.67% 102
North West -29 128 £31,250 -39.90% 57
Midlands -37 115 £42,039 -6.58% 59
Yorkshire -1 114 £30,500 -18.67% 34
South West -51 84 £40,000 -33.33% 51
East of England -15 82 £41,250 -13.16% 72
West Midlands -7 69 £31,500 -40.00% 29
East Midlands -58 46 £52,500 +40.00% 30
Scotland -75 35 £30,500 -44.55% 14
North East -13 34 £30,500 -39.00% 22
Wales -29 11 £41,740 -20.50% 17
Northern Ireland -33 3 £60,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 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
1 112 (10.39%) WordPress
2 55 (5.10%) CMS
3 23 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.21%) Confluence
5 10 (0.93%) nginx
6 7 (0.65%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) Drupal
8 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.28%) govService
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Liferay
9 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.28%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.19%) IIS
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.093%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (2.78%) Adobe XD
2 13 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.11%) Chatbot
3 12 (1.11%) Sketch
4 10 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 10 (0.93%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.74%) InVision
6 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.46%) InDesign
8 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.19%) Windchill
10 1 (0.093%) Elementor
10 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.39%) Shopify
2 12 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.093%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.093%) Magento
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 538 (49.91%) Azure
2 481 (44.62%) AWS
3 394 (36.55%) GitHub
4 81 (7.51%) Figma
5 70 (6.49%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (5.75%) Serverless
7 59 (5.47%) GCP
8 45 (4.17%) SaaS
9 40 (3.71%) Power Platform
10 30 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
11 29 (2.69%) Google Analytics
12 28 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (2.04%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.86%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (1.76%) PaaS
17 16 (1.48%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.48%) PowerApps
18 14 (1.30%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 309 (28.66%) Internet
2 8 (0.74%) HTTP
3 4 (0.37%) Intranet
3 4 (0.37%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (11.60%) SQL Server
2 96 (8.91%) MySQL
3 48 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 35 (3.25%) NoSQL
6 33 (3.06%) Power BI
7 24 (2.23%) MongoDB
8 20 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.21%) DB2
10 12 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.83%) Looker
13 8 (0.74%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.65%) Tableau
15 5 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.46%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.46%) MariaDB
16 3 (0.28%) FileMaker
16 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 455 (42.21%) Git
2 52 (4.82%) JIRA
3 48 (4.45%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.41%) Cypress.io
4 26 (2.41%) webpack
5 22 (2.04%) Axure RP
6 19 (1.76%) Selenium
7 14 (1.30%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.30%) Vite
8 13 (1.21%) TeamCity
9 12 (1.11%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.11%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.11%) Storybook
10 11 (1.02%) Babel
11 10 (0.93%) Visual Studio
12 8 (0.74%) GitLab
13 6 (0.56%) JUnit
13 6 (0.56%) Maven
13 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 298 (27.64%) Multimedia
2 227 (21.06%) Social Skills
3 120 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (9.09%) Finance
5 81 (7.51%) Marketing
6 52 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (4.73%) Law
8 47 (4.36%) Public Sector
9 30 (2.78%) Retail
10 25 (2.32%) Banking
11 23 (2.13%) Legal
12 20 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.02%) Advertising
14 9 (0.83%) Military
15 7 (0.65%) Aeronautics
15 7 (0.65%) Games
16 6 (0.56%) Back Office
16 6 (0.56%) Electronics
17 5 (0.46%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 611 (56.68%) Developer
2 298 (27.64%) Trainee
3 175 (16.23%) Software Developer
4 155 (14.38%) Senior
5 126 (11.69%) Full-Stack Developer
6 125 (11.60%) Trainee Developer
7 111 (10.30%) Trainee Software Developer
8 110 (10.20%) Senior Developer
9 77 (7.14%) Administrator
10 74 (6.86%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.68%) Trainee Administrator
12 71 (6.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 70 (6.49%) .NET Developer
14 67 (6.22%) Designer
15 51 (4.73%) C# Developer
16 44 (4.08%) Web Developer
17 43 (3.99%) Lead
18 42 (3.90%) PHP Developer
19 39 (3.62%) React Developer
19 39 (3.62%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 983 (91.19%) HTML
2 323 (29.96%) React
3 195 (18.09%) .NET
4 125 (11.60%) Node.js
5 112 (10.39%) AngularJS
6 106 (9.83%) RESTful
7 105 (9.74%) Vue
8 89 (8.26%) jQuery
9 87 (8.07%) HTML5
10 73 (6.77%) CSS3
11 64 (5.94%) ASP.NET
12 58 (5.38%) .NET Core
13 56 (5.19%) REST
14 52 (4.82%) Tailwind CSS
15 44 (4.08%) .NET Framework
16 39 (3.62%) Jest
16 39 (3.62%) Laravel
17 38 (3.53%) Sass
18 35 (3.25%) React Native
19 31 (2.88%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.01%) Product Ownership
2 43 (3.99%) Mobile App
3 40 (3.71%) Cloud Native
4 35 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.23%) Data Structures
7 23 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.48%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.30%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.11%) Social Media
13 11 (1.02%) Management Information System
14 10 (0.93%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.74%) Cybercrime
16 7 (0.65%) Virtual Team
17 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
17 6 (0.56%) Culture of Ownership
17 6 (0.56%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.67%) Linux
1 18 (1.67%) Windows
2 11 (1.02%) Android
2 11 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 1 (0.093%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (32.75%) Mentoring
2 352 (32.65%) Agile
3 243 (22.54%) Full-Stack Development
4 238 (22.08%) Cybersecurity
5 216 (20.04%) User Experience
6 210 (19.48%) CI/CD
7 193 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
8 157 (14.56%) Front End Development
9 155 (14.38%) DevOps
10 154 (14.29%) Web Development
11 124 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 121 (11.22%) Computer Science
13 107 (9.93%) AI
14 95 (8.81%) Software Engineering
15 93 (8.63%) Analytics
16 90 (8.35%) Scrum
16 90 (8.35%) UX Design
17 89 (8.26%) Clean Code
18 82 (7.61%) MVC
19 77 (7.14%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 850 (78.85%) JavaScript
2 404 (37.48%) Python
3 255 (23.65%) SQL
4 191 (17.72%) TypeScript
5 179 (16.60%) C#
6 178 (16.51%) R
7 129 (11.97%) PHP
8 93 (8.63%) Java
9 24 (2.23%) C++
10 14 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.83%) Ruby
12 8 (0.74%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.74%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.56%) Bash
15 5 (0.46%) Bicep
15 5 (0.46%) Dart
16 4 (0.37%) SOQL
16 4 (0.37%) SOSL
17 3 (0.28%) XAML
Qualifications
1 303 (28.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (27.64%) AWS Certification
2 298 (27.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (27.64%) Azure Certification
3 178 (16.51%) Degree
4 101 (9.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 66 (6.12%) Security Cleared
6 50 (4.64%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.02%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.37%) ISEB
13 2 (0.19%) CCA
14 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.093%) OCA
14 1 (0.093%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (11.69%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.45%) QA
3 47 (4.36%) WCAG
4 21 (1.95%) GDPR
5 9 (0.83%) PERC
6 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.56%) GRC
7 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.56%) SLA
8 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.19%) Section 508
10 1 (0.093%) HL7
10 1 (0.093%) NCSC
10 1 (0.093%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (7.70%) Docker
2 11 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.69%) Terraform
3 4 (0.37%) Argo
4 3 (0.28%) cPanel
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) Grafana
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.093%) Kibana
Vendors
1 420 (38.96%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.92%) Adobe
3 45 (4.17%) Google
4 25 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.02%) Oracle
6 10 (0.93%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.83%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.74%) Hotjar
9 7 (0.65%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.65%) SAP
10 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.56%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.46%) Databricks
11 5 (0.46%) Foundry
12 4 (0.37%) Concur
12 4 (0.37%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.37%) New Relic
12 4 (0.37%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.37%) Sage
12 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud