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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 85 60
Rank change year-on-year -70 -25 -18
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,056 1,487 3,473
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.48% 4.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.09% 15.85% 18.26%
Number of salaries quoted 893 1,086 2,857
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £61,346 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,875 £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 8,067 9,381 19,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.78% 21.93% 22.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,900 6,642 15,146
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 18 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 18 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 -63 943 £47,372 -13.87% 555
UK excluding London -67 736 £40,000 -23.81% 479
Work from Home -82 320 £52,500 -4.55% 239
North of England -23 268 £30,500 -32.22% 125
London -74 229 £62,500 -10.71% 157
South East -62 152 £50,000 -16.67% 124
North West -26 124 £31,000 -40.95% 66
Midlands -39 111 £42,500 -5.56% 78
Yorkshire -1 109 £30,500 -18.67% 36
South West -52 82 £40,000 -33.33% 57
East of England -26 76 £38,750 -18.42% 68
West Midlands -15 67 £31,500 -40.00% 36
East Midlands -53 44 £53,750 +53.57% 42
North East -8 35 £30,500 -39.00% 25
Scotland -76 35 £30,500 -44.55% 19
Wales -28 10 £36,370 -27.26% 16
Northern Ireland -30 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
1 109 (10.32%) WordPress
2 53 (5.02%) CMS
3 19 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.42%) Confluence
5 10 (0.95%) nginx
6 7 (0.66%) Apache
7 5 (0.47%) Drupal
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.28%) govService
9 3 (0.28%) IIS
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%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.095%) Camunda
Applications
1 30 (2.84%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.14%) Sketch
4 11 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (1.04%) Chatbot
4 11 (1.04%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.76%) InVision
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.47%) InDesign
8 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.19%) Windchill
10 1 (0.095%) Elementor
10 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.52%) Shopify
2 11 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) 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 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.095%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.095%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.095%) Magento
5 1 (0.095%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.095%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 539 (51.04%) Azure
2 468 (44.32%) AWS
3 394 (37.31%) GitHub
4 78 (7.39%) Figma
5 68 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (5.78%) Serverless
7 55 (5.21%) GCP
8 41 (3.88%) SaaS
9 39 (3.69%) Power Platform
10 29 (2.75%) Google Analytics
11 28 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (2.18%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.89%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.80%) PaaS
17 16 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (1.42%) Power Automate
18 15 (1.42%) PowerApps
19 14 (1.33%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 309 (29.26%) Internet
2 8 (0.76%) HTTP
3 4 (0.38%) Intranet
3 4 (0.38%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.74%) SQL Server
2 89 (8.43%) MySQL
3 49 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (4.17%) Relational Database
5 31 (2.94%) Power BI
6 30 (2.84%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.37%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.33%) DB2
10 12 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.85%) Looker
13 5 (0.47%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.47%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.38%) Tableau
15 3 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 458 (43.37%) Git
2 50 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 49 (4.64%) JIRA
4 26 (2.46%) webpack
5 25 (2.37%) Axure RP
6 24 (2.27%) Cypress.io
7 20 (1.89%) Selenium
8 14 (1.33%) Balsamiq
8 14 (1.33%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.33%) Vite
9 13 (1.23%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.23%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.04%) Babel
10 11 (1.04%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.85%) Storybook
12 8 (0.76%) GitLab
13 6 (0.57%) JUnit
13 6 (0.57%) Maven
13 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 300 (28.41%) Multimedia
2 220 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 118 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (9.19%) Finance
5 75 (7.10%) Marketing
6 52 (4.92%) Law
7 50 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (4.36%) Public Sector
9 30 (2.84%) Retail
10 26 (2.46%) Banking
11 24 (2.27%) Legal
12 19 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.85%) Advertising
13 9 (0.85%) Games
13 9 (0.85%) Military
14 7 (0.66%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.66%) Electronics
15 6 (0.57%) Back Office
16 5 (0.47%) Publishing
16 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 599 (56.72%) Developer
2 298 (28.22%) Trainee
3 171 (16.19%) Software Developer
4 158 (14.96%) Senior
5 125 (11.84%) Trainee Developer
6 120 (11.36%) Full-Stack Developer
7 111 (10.51%) Trainee Software Developer
8 110 (10.42%) Senior Developer
9 77 (7.29%) Administrator
10 74 (7.01%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 72 (6.82%) Trainee Administrator
12 65 (6.16%) .NET Developer
13 63 (5.97%) Designer
14 44 (4.17%) React Developer
14 44 (4.17%) Web Developer
15 41 (3.88%) C# Developer
16 39 (3.69%) Lead
17 38 (3.60%) PHP Developer
18 37 (3.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 966 (91.48%) HTML
2 325 (30.78%) React
3 192 (18.18%) .NET
4 124 (11.74%) Node.js
5 110 (10.42%) AngularJS
6 103 (9.75%) RESTful
7 90 (8.52%) Vue
8 86 (8.14%) HTML5
9 77 (7.29%) jQuery
10 72 (6.82%) CSS3
11 66 (6.25%) ASP.NET
12 62 (5.87%) REST
13 57 (5.40%) .NET Core
14 49 (4.64%) Tailwind CSS
15 45 (4.26%) .NET Framework
16 39 (3.69%) Sass
17 37 (3.50%) Jest
18 33 (3.13%) Laravel
19 32 (3.03%) React Native
20 31 (2.94%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.21%) Product Ownership
2 39 (3.69%) Mobile App
3 38 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 32 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
5 29 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.18%) Data Structures
6 23 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.33%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.04%) Social Media
12 10 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.85%) Cybercrime
13 9 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.76%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.57%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 4 (0.38%) CMDB
16 4 (0.38%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.80%) Linux
2 18 (1.70%) Windows
3 13 (1.23%) Android
3 13 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (33.05%) Agile
2 344 (32.58%) Mentoring
3 239 (22.63%) Cybersecurity
4 229 (21.69%) User Experience
5 228 (21.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 204 (19.32%) CI/CD
7 188 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (15.15%) Front End Development
9 156 (14.77%) DevOps
10 155 (14.68%) Web Development
11 118 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 113 (10.70%) Computer Science
13 97 (9.19%) AI
14 93 (8.81%) UX Design
15 92 (8.71%) Analytics
15 92 (8.71%) Software Engineering
16 89 (8.43%) Scrum
17 83 (7.86%) Clean Code
18 81 (7.67%) MVC
19 76 (7.20%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 843 (79.83%) JavaScript
2 396 (37.50%) Python
3 234 (22.16%) SQL
4 193 (18.28%) TypeScript
5 178 (16.86%) R
6 176 (16.67%) C#
7 110 (10.42%) PHP
8 87 (8.24%) Java
9 20 (1.89%) C++
10 12 (1.14%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.95%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.95%) Ruby
12 8 (0.76%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.57%) Bash
15 4 (0.38%) Bicep
15 4 (0.38%) SOQL
15 4 (0.38%) SOSL
15 4 (0.38%) XAML
16 3 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 304 (28.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (28.22%) AWS Certification
2 298 (28.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (28.22%) Azure Certification
3 170 (16.10%) Degree
4 96 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (6.16%) Security Cleared
6 48 (4.55%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.76%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.38%) ISEB
13 2 (0.19%) CCA
14 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.095%) OCA
14 1 (0.095%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.03%) Accessibility
2 51 (4.83%) QA
3 49 (4.64%) WCAG
4 18 (1.70%) GDPR
5 7 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.57%) PERC
6 6 (0.57%) SLA
7 4 (0.38%) GRC
8 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.19%) Section 508
10 1 (0.095%) HL7
10 1 (0.095%) NCSC
10 1 (0.095%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (7.86%) Docker
2 13 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.65%) Terraform
3 4 (0.38%) 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 (0.095%) Kibana
Vendors
1 415 (39.30%) Microsoft
2 50 (4.73%) Adobe
3 45 (4.26%) Google
4 24 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.23%) Oracle
6 10 (0.95%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.76%) Hotjar
8 7 (0.66%) Red Hat
8 7 (0.66%) SAP
9 6 (0.57%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.47%) Databricks
10 5 (0.47%) Foundry
10 5 (0.47%) iManage
11 4 (0.38%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.38%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.38%) New Relic
11 4 (0.38%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.38%) Sage
11 4 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud