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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 93 59
Rank change year-on-year -79 -34 -15
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,072 1,343 3,767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.25% 3.24% 4.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.42% 15.54% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 897 1,060 2,898
10th Percentile £27,650 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £61,346 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,250
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 8,633 8,640 20,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.07% 20.83% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,292 6,529 15,739
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,454 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -60 968 £45,000 -18.18% 490
UK excluding London -65 753 £40,000 -23.81% 423
Work from Home -74 344 £51,250 -6.82% 204
North of England -18 266 £31,000 -31.11% 96
London -68 238 £60,000 -14.29% 140
South East -71 154 £50,000 -16.67% 111
North West -25 127 £31,500 -37.00% 45
Midlands -41 120 £42,039 -6.58% 65
Yorkshire -5 106 £30,500 -18.67% 33
East of England -8 94 £41,250 -13.16% 63
South West -73 79 £40,000 -33.33% 54
West Midlands -14 72 £32,000 -36.00% 28
East Midlands -56 48 £51,250 +36.67% 36
North East -19 33 £30,500 -35.79% 18
Scotland -82 27 £30,500 -49.17% 24
Wales -35 11 £41,740 -20.87% 17
Northern Ireland -37 3 £60,000 - 7
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
1 109 (10.17%) WordPress
2 47 (4.38%) CMS
3 36 (3.36%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.40%) Confluence
5 10 (0.93%) nginx
6 6 (0.56%) Apache
6 6 (0.56%) IIS
6 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.47%) Drupal
8 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
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
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.093%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.093%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 28 (2.61%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.12%) Sketch
4 11 (1.03%) Photoshop
5 10 (0.93%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.75%) InVision
7 8 (0.75%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (0.28%) InDesign
11 2 (0.19%) Windchill
12 1 (0.093%) Elementor
12 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.49%) Shopify
2 10 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.37%) Magento
4 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.19%) Line 50
5 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.093%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.093%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 506 (47.20%) Azure
2 460 (42.91%) AWS
3 358 (33.40%) GitHub
4 79 (7.37%) Figma
5 74 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (5.60%) GCP
7 53 (4.94%) Power Platform
7 53 (4.94%) Serverless
8 45 (4.20%) SaaS
9 32 (2.99%) Google Analytics
10 31 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (2.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 27 (2.52%) Power Automate
12 27 (2.52%) PowerApps
13 22 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.87%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.77%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (1.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 282 (26.31%) Internet
2 7 (0.65%) HTTP
2 7 (0.65%) Intranet
3 4 (0.37%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) Network Security
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
5 2 (0.19%) VoIP
6 1 (0.093%) Broadband
6 1 (0.093%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (12.69%) SQL Server
2 105 (9.79%) MySQL
3 44 (4.10%) Power BI
4 43 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
5 39 (3.64%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.89%) NoSQL
7 27 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (2.24%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.21%) DB2
10 12 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.03%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.84%) Tableau
13 8 (0.75%) Looker
14 6 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.56%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.47%) FileMaker
16 4 (0.37%) Metadata
17 3 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 416 (38.81%) Git
2 52 (4.85%) JIRA
3 48 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.05%) Cypress.io
4 22 (2.05%) webpack
5 20 (1.87%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.87%) Selenium
6 14 (1.31%) Balsamiq
6 14 (1.31%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.12%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.12%) Storybook
7 12 (1.12%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.12%) Vite
8 10 (0.93%) Babel
9 8 (0.75%) GitLab
10 7 (0.65%) Maven
11 6 (0.56%) JUnit
11 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.47%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 269 (25.09%) Multimedia
2 244 (22.76%) Social Skills
3 132 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.26%) Finance
5 86 (8.02%) Marketing
6 53 (4.94%) Law
7 49 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (3.82%) Public Sector
9 27 (2.52%) Retail
10 23 (2.15%) Legal
10 23 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.05%) Banking
12 11 (1.03%) Advertising
13 7 (0.65%) Games
14 6 (0.56%) Back Office
14 6 (0.56%) Military
15 5 (0.47%) Electronics
15 5 (0.47%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.47%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 608 (56.72%) Developer
2 272 (25.37%) Trainee
3 168 (15.67%) Software Developer
4 149 (13.90%) Senior
5 124 (11.57%) Full-Stack Developer
6 110 (10.26%) Senior Developer
6 110 (10.26%) Trainee Developer
7 96 (8.96%) Trainee Software Developer
8 77 (7.18%) Administrator
9 72 (6.72%) Web Administrator
10 70 (6.53%) Trainee Administrator
11 65 (6.06%) .NET Developer
11 65 (6.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 63 (5.88%) Designer
13 57 (5.32%) C# Developer
14 55 (5.13%) PHP Developer
15 49 (4.57%) Web Developer
16 48 (4.48%) Lead
17 47 (4.38%) C# Software Developer
18 44 (4.10%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 975 (90.95%) HTML
2 310 (28.92%) React
3 196 (18.28%) .NET
4 123 (11.47%) Node.js
5 106 (9.89%) Vue
6 104 (9.70%) jQuery
6 104 (9.70%) RESTful
7 102 (9.51%) AngularJS
8 89 (8.30%) HTML5
9 74 (6.90%) CSS3
10 60 (5.60%) ASP.NET
11 59 (5.50%) .NET Core
12 53 (4.94%) REST
13 49 (4.57%) Tailwind CSS
14 46 (4.29%) Laravel
15 44 (4.10%) JSON
16 42 (3.92%) .NET Framework
17 39 (3.64%) Sass
18 35 (3.26%) Jest
19 34 (3.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 48 (4.48%) Product Ownership
2 42 (3.92%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
3 36 (3.36%) Mobile App
4 28 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 20 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.68%) Social Media
10 17 (1.59%) Onboarding
11 16 (1.49%) Management Information System
12 15 (1.40%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.93%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (0.93%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.75%) Cybercrime
15 7 (0.65%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.65%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.24%) Linux
2 20 (1.87%) Windows
3 7 (0.65%) Android
3 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.37%) Unix
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.093%) VMS
7 1 (0.093%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (31.06%) Mentoring
2 330 (30.78%) Agile
3 240 (22.39%) Full-Stack Development
4 211 (19.68%) Cybersecurity
5 204 (19.03%) User Experience
6 193 (18.00%) CI/CD
6 193 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (14.93%) Web Development
8 151 (14.09%) DevOps
9 143 (13.34%) Front End Development
10 130 (12.13%) Computer Science
11 124 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (10.45%) AI
13 99 (9.24%) Software Engineering
14 97 (9.05%) Analytics
15 94 (8.77%) Clean Code
15 94 (8.77%) Scrum
16 84 (7.84%) UX Design
17 83 (7.74%) MVC
18 73 (6.81%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 824 (76.87%) JavaScript
2 381 (35.54%) Python
3 288 (26.87%) SQL
4 195 (18.19%) TypeScript
5 190 (17.72%) C#
6 164 (15.30%) R
7 155 (14.46%) PHP
8 97 (9.05%) Java
9 30 (2.80%) C++
10 22 (2.05%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.75%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 7 (0.65%) VBA
13 6 (0.56%) Bash
13 6 (0.56%) Ruby
14 5 (0.47%) Bicep
14 5 (0.47%) Dart
14 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.37%) SOQL
15 4 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 275 (25.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 269 (25.09%) AWS Certification
2 269 (25.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 269 (25.09%) Azure Certification
3 181 (16.88%) Degree
4 109 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (5.22%) Security Cleared
6 47 (4.38%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.65%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.56%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.37%) ISEB
11 1 (0.093%) CCA
11 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.093%) OCA
11 1 (0.093%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (11.38%) Accessibility
2 44 (4.10%) QA
3 41 (3.82%) WCAG
4 27 (2.52%) GDPR
5 10 (0.93%) PERC
5 10 (0.93%) SLA
6 8 (0.75%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.65%) GRC
8 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.093%) HL7
11 1 (0.093%) NCSC
11 1 (0.093%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (7.74%) Docker
2 10 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.43%) Terraform
3 4 (0.37%) Plesk
4 3 (0.28%) Argo
4 3 (0.28%) cPanel
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
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 408 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.06%) Adobe
3 48 (4.48%) Google
4 22 (2.05%) Salesforce
5 10 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 9 (0.84%) Atlassian
6 9 (0.84%) Oracle
7 8 (0.75%) Hotjar
8 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
8 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.56%) Sage
8 6 (0.56%) SAP
9 5 (0.47%) Databricks
9 5 (0.47%) Foundry
9 5 (0.47%) iManage
9 5 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.37%) Concur
10 4 (0.37%) New Relic
10 4 (0.37%) Palo Alto