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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 104 58
Rank change year-on-year -85 -46 -15
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,020 1,300 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.10% 3.05% 3.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.09% 15.75% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 860 817 2,880
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,676 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +7.62% -5.73%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.46% +4.00% -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 9,194 8,255 20,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.91% 19.40% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,788 5,567 15,835
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -68 935 £50,000 -9.09% 436
UK excluding London -59 724 £45,000 -13.46% 362
Work from Home -62 372 £53,712 -4.93% 180
North of England -38 236 £40,000 -15.79% 88
London -60 230 £59,773 -14.61% 136
South East -22 167 £50,000 -14.89% 88
North West -45 119 £40,000 -23.81% 50
Midlands -67 107 £45,000 +8.43% 55
East of England +15 106 £47,500 +35.71% 59
Yorkshire -11 81 £42,750 +14.00% 26
South West -57 77 £47,500 -20.83% 37
West Midlands -56 62 £42,500 -8.11% 20
East Midlands -56 45 £55,000 +46.67% 35
North East -20 36 £48,750 - 12
Scotland -82 17 £30,500 -49.17% 19
Wales -32 11 £45,000 -30.77% 12
Northern Ireland -37 3 £60,000 - 8

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
1 106 (10.39%) WordPress
2 54 (5.29%) CMS
3 44 (4.31%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.67%) Confluence
5 16 (1.57%) IIS
6 11 (1.08%) Drupal
7 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.88%) Apache
9 7 (0.69%) nginx
10 5 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.39%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.29%) govService
12 3 (0.29%) JBoss
12 3 (0.29%) Liferay
13 2 (0.20%) CICS
13 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.098%) ColdFusion
14 1 (0.098%) Joomla!
14 1 (0.098%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 22 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (1.57%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.47%) Photoshop
4 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.08%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.88%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (0.78%) Sketch
8 7 (0.69%) InDesign
8 7 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.59%) InVision
10 5 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.20%) Trello
13 1 (0.098%) Elementor
13 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.098%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (2.16%) Shopify
2 10 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.49%) Magento
4 4 (0.39%) Line 50
5 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.098%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.098%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.098%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.098%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 441 (43.24%) Azure
2 372 (36.47%) AWS
3 277 (27.16%) GitHub
4 101 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (6.57%) Figma
6 64 (6.27%) Power Platform
7 49 (4.80%) GCP
8 47 (4.61%) SaaS
9 43 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
9 43 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
10 37 (3.63%) Power Automate
11 35 (3.43%) Serverless
12 34 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 33 (3.24%) PowerApps
14 29 (2.84%) GitHub Copilot
15 28 (2.75%) Azure AI
16 26 (2.55%) Google Analytics
17 22 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
18 20 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 19 (1.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 193 (18.92%) Internet
2 5 (0.49%) HTTP
2 5 (0.49%) Intranet
3 4 (0.39%) Network Security
3 4 (0.39%) VoIP
3 4 (0.39%) WAN
4 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.29%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.29%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.20%) Firewall
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.098%) Broadband
6 1 (0.098%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (14.41%) SQL Server
2 108 (10.59%) MySQL
3 74 (7.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (5.49%) MongoDB
5 55 (5.39%) Power BI
6 47 (4.61%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (4.12%) Relational Database
8 23 (2.25%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.18%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.88%) MariaDB
11 9 (0.88%) Tableau
12 8 (0.78%) DB2
12 8 (0.78%) GIS
13 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.59%) FileMaker
15 5 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 316 (30.98%) Git
2 52 (5.10%) JIRA
3 38 (3.73%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.57%) Cypress.io
5 15 (1.47%) webpack
6 14 (1.37%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.27%) Selenium
8 12 (1.18%) Storybook
9 11 (1.08%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.08%) GitLab
10 10 (0.98%) Vite
11 9 (0.88%) Balsamiq
12 7 (0.69%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.69%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.59%) JUnit
14 5 (0.49%) Maven
14 5 (0.49%) PHPUnit
15 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.39%) ESLint
15 4 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 270 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 176 (17.25%) Multimedia
3 120 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (9.80%) Marketing
5 96 (9.41%) Finance
6 47 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.02%) Law
8 35 (3.43%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.84%) Retail
11 26 (2.55%) Legal
12 22 (2.16%) Advertising
13 13 (1.27%) Banking
14 12 (1.18%) Games
15 10 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.78%) Local Government
17 6 (0.59%) Health Technology
18 5 (0.49%) Automotive
18 5 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.29%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 612 (60.00%) Developer
2 176 (17.25%) Trainee
3 150 (14.71%) Senior
4 132 (12.94%) Full-Stack Developer
5 131 (12.84%) Software Developer
6 113 (11.08%) Senior Developer
7 108 (10.59%) .NET Developer
8 68 (6.67%) Trainee Developer
9 66 (6.47%) Designer
10 63 (6.18%) Administrator
11 61 (5.98%) C# Developer
12 58 (5.69%) Software Engineer
12 58 (5.69%) Web Administrator
13 55 (5.39%) C# Software Developer
13 55 (5.39%) Trainee Software Developer
14 54 (5.29%) Web Developer
15 53 (5.20%) Trainee Administrator
16 51 (5.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 51 (5.00%) PHP Developer
17 44 (4.31%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 928 (90.98%) HTML
2 269 (26.37%) React
3 254 (24.90%) .NET
4 124 (12.16%) jQuery
5 117 (11.47%) Node.js
6 116 (11.37%) Vue
7 115 (11.27%) HTML5
8 108 (10.59%) .NET Core
9 105 (10.29%) AngularJS
10 102 (10.00%) RESTful
11 97 (9.51%) ASP.NET
12 96 (9.41%) CSS3
13 72 (7.06%) REST
14 66 (6.47%) ASP.NET Core
15 65 (6.37%) JSON
16 49 (4.80%) Entity Framework
17 47 (4.61%) Laravel
18 46 (4.51%) Tailwind CSS
19 40 (3.92%) .NET Framework
19 40 (3.92%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.53%) Mobile App
2 35 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
3 30 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 29 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
5 28 (2.75%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.16%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.16%) Social Media
10 21 (2.06%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.08%) Graphic Design
14 10 (0.98%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.88%) Digital TV
15 9 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (0.78%) Low-Code
17 7 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
17 7 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.14%) Linux
2 31 (3.04%) Windows
3 17 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.59%) Android
4 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.39%) Unix
6 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.098%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.098%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (30.39%) Agile
2 303 (29.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 240 (23.53%) Mentoring
4 227 (22.25%) CI/CD
5 201 (19.71%) User Experience
6 188 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
7 166 (16.27%) Web Development
8 165 (16.18%) DevOps
9 157 (15.39%) AI
10 133 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
11 127 (12.45%) Computer Science
12 125 (12.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 122 (11.96%) Front End Development
14 104 (10.20%) Software Engineering
15 93 (9.12%) Clean Code
16 83 (8.14%) Analytics
16 83 (8.14%) UX Design
17 81 (7.94%) Responsive Web Design
18 79 (7.75%) Scrum
19 78 (7.65%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 711 (69.71%) JavaScript
2 342 (33.53%) SQL
3 293 (28.73%) Python
4 244 (23.92%) C#
5 180 (17.65%) TypeScript
6 170 (16.67%) PHP
7 108 (10.59%) R
8 87 (8.53%) Java
9 34 (3.33%) PowerShell
10 32 (3.14%) C++
11 13 (1.27%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.27%) VBA
12 7 (0.69%) VBScript
13 5 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.49%) Bash
13 5 (0.49%) Bicep
13 5 (0.49%) Dart
13 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.39%) SOQL
14 4 (0.39%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 177 (17.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 174 (17.06%) Degree
3 173 (16.96%) AWS Certification
4 171 (16.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 171 (16.76%) Azure Certification
5 101 (9.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (4.31%) Security Cleared
7 34 (3.33%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.29%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.098%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.098%) OCA
13 1 (0.098%) OCP
13 1 (0.098%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 42 (4.12%) QA
2 42 (4.12%) WCAG
3 29 (2.84%) GDPR
4 13 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.08%) SLA
6 9 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.69%) GRC
7 7 (0.69%) PERC
8 6 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.098%) NCSC
10 1 (0.098%) NIST
System Software
1 99 (9.71%) Docker
2 14 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (4.90%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.57%) Terraform
3 3 (0.29%) Plesk
4 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.20%) Nagios
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.098%) Grafana
5 1 (0.098%) Kibana
5 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 352 (34.51%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.45%) Adobe
3 40 (3.92%) Google
4 23 (2.25%) Salesforce
5 17 (1.67%) Oracle
6 10 (0.98%) Facebook
6 10 (0.98%) OpenAI
7 9 (0.88%) HubSpot
7 9 (0.88%) iManage
8 8 (0.78%) Sage
9 7 (0.69%) SAP
9 7 (0.69%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.69%) YouTube
10 6 (0.59%) Apple
10 6 (0.59%) Splunk
11 5 (0.49%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.49%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.49%) Pinterest
11 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.49%) WooCommerce