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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 94 58
Rank change year-on-year -92 -36 -14
Permanent jobs citing CSS 983 1,352 3,840
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.09% 3.15% 4.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.26% 16.06% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 827 1,014 2,885
10th Percentile - £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,938 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.19% +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 8,731 8,418 20,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.67% 19.60% 21.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,377 6,348 15,703
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,750 £51,250 £45,000
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 £79,500
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 4 May 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 4 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 -74 892 £47,500 -13.64% 360
UK excluding London -71 686 £44,000 -16.19% 275
Work from Home -87 325 £52,500 -5.83% 193
London -68 226 £60,000 -14.29% 127
North of England -39 225 £31,500 -30.00% 62
South East -67 146 £50,000 -16.67% 89
North West -44 115 £37,500 -25.00% 30
Midlands -59 113 £42,500 -5.56% 32
East of England +8 96 £45,000 +5.88% 52
Yorkshire -24 84 £31,000 -17.33% 21
South West -68 72 £45,000 -25.00% 26
West Midlands -22 69 £36,250 -27.50% 16
East Midlands -68 44 £53,750 +38.71% 16
North East -28 26 £30,500 -34.05% 11
Scotland -89 22 £30,500 -49.17% 14
Wales -38 10 £41,870 -25.89% 4
Northern Ireland -35 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 96 (9.77%) WordPress
2 44 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 43 (4.37%) CMS
4 15 (1.53%) Confluence
5 10 (1.02%) IIS
6 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.92%) nginx
7 7 (0.71%) Apache
8 6 (0.61%) Drupal
9 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.31%) govService
10 3 (0.31%) JBoss
10 3 (0.31%) Liferay
10 3 (0.31%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.10%) Moodle
12 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (2.14%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (1.12%) Photoshop
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (0.92%) Sketch
6 8 (0.81%) InVision
7 7 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.20%) InDesign
10 1 (0.10%) Elementor
10 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.53%) Shopify
2 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.51%) Magento
4 4 (0.41%) Line 50
5 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.10%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 450 (45.78%) Azure
2 398 (40.49%) AWS
3 295 (30.01%) GitHub
4 74 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
5 68 (6.92%) Figma
6 62 (6.31%) Power Platform
7 56 (5.70%) GCP
8 40 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (4.07%) SaaS
8 40 (4.07%) Serverless
9 35 (3.56%) Power Automate
9 35 (3.56%) PowerApps
10 34 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 32 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (2.95%) Google Analytics
13 22 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.93%) Entra ID
15 19 (1.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 232 (23.60%) Internet
2 7 (0.71%) HTTP
2 7 (0.71%) Intranet
3 4 (0.41%) Network Security
3 4 (0.41%) VoIP
3 4 (0.41%) WAN
4 2 (0.20%) AMQP
4 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.10%) Broadband
5 1 (0.10%) DNS
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 100 (10.17%) MySQL
3 54 (5.49%) Power BI
4 41 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (3.56%) Relational Database
7 28 (2.85%) NoSQL
8 25 (2.54%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.12%) DB2
11 10 (1.02%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.81%) Tableau
13 7 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.71%) FileMaker
14 6 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.61%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.51%) Looker
15 5 (0.51%) Metadata
15 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 350 (35.61%) Git
2 50 (5.09%) JIRA
3 46 (4.68%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.73%) Axure RP
4 17 (1.73%) Cypress.io
4 17 (1.73%) Selenium
4 17 (1.73%) webpack
5 14 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.22%) Balsamiq
6 12 (1.22%) Storybook
7 11 (1.12%) Vite
8 10 (1.02%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.02%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.92%) Babel
10 8 (0.81%) GitLab
11 7 (0.71%) JUnit
11 7 (0.71%) Maven
12 5 (0.51%) Gradle
12 5 (0.51%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 239 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 217 (22.08%) Multimedia
3 120 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (10.68%) Finance
5 76 (7.73%) Marketing
6 49 (4.98%) Law
7 44 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (3.46%) Public Sector
9 24 (2.44%) Legal
10 23 (2.34%) Retail
11 21 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.63%) Banking
13 12 (1.22%) Advertising
14 8 (0.81%) Games
15 6 (0.61%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.51%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.51%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.41%) Back Office
18 3 (0.31%) Electronics
18 3 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 567 (57.68%) Developer
2 222 (22.58%) Trainee
3 150 (15.26%) Software Developer
4 145 (14.75%) Senior
5 124 (12.61%) Full-Stack Developer
6 105 (10.68%) Senior Developer
7 90 (9.16%) Trainee Developer
8 77 (7.83%) Trainee Software Developer
9 63 (6.41%) Administrator
10 61 (6.21%) Designer
11 59 (6.00%) .NET Developer
12 58 (5.90%) Web Administrator
13 57 (5.80%) C# Developer
14 56 (5.70%) Trainee Administrator
15 53 (5.39%) PHP Developer
16 51 (5.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 50 (5.09%) C# Software Developer
18 49 (4.98%) Web Developer
19 42 (4.27%) Software Engineer
20 39 (3.97%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 892 (90.74%) HTML
2 279 (28.38%) React
3 191 (19.43%) .NET
4 114 (11.60%) jQuery
4 114 (11.60%) Node.js
5 101 (10.27%) RESTful
5 101 (10.27%) Vue
6 99 (10.07%) AngularJS
6 99 (10.07%) HTML5
7 85 (8.65%) CSS3
8 64 (6.51%) .NET Core
9 54 (5.49%) JSON
10 53 (5.39%) ASP.NET
10 53 (5.39%) REST
11 43 (4.37%) Laravel
12 42 (4.27%) Tailwind CSS
13 37 (3.76%) .NET Framework
13 37 (3.76%) Sass
14 32 (3.26%) Bootstrap
15 31 (3.15%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.87%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.76%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
4 33 (3.36%) Mobile App
5 25 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (2.03%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 18 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.83%) Social Media
9 16 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.22%) Data Structures
11 9 (0.92%) Algorithms
11 9 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (0.92%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.71%) Culture of Ownership
13 7 (0.71%) Podcast
14 6 (0.61%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.44%) Linux
1 24 (2.44%) Windows
2 13 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.61%) Android
4 4 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.41%) Unix
4 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (30.21%) Agile
2 279 (28.38%) Mentoring
3 239 (24.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 192 (19.53%) User Experience
5 180 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 175 (17.80%) CI/CD
7 172 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
8 145 (14.75%) Web Development
9 140 (14.24%) DevOps
10 130 (13.22%) Computer Science
11 122 (12.41%) Front End Development
12 117 (11.90%) AI
13 114 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 93 (9.46%) Software Engineering
15 89 (9.05%) Scrum
16 88 (8.95%) Clean Code
17 84 (8.55%) Analytics
18 78 (7.93%) UX Design
19 75 (7.63%) MVC
20 72 (7.32%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 736 (74.87%) JavaScript
2 324 (32.96%) Python
3 294 (29.91%) SQL
4 191 (19.43%) C#
5 187 (19.02%) TypeScript
6 157 (15.97%) PHP
7 132 (13.43%) R
8 95 (9.66%) Java
9 32 (3.26%) C++
9 32 (3.26%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.22%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.12%) VBA
12 6 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.61%) Bash
13 5 (0.51%) Bicep
13 5 (0.51%) Dart
13 5 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.51%) VBScript
14 4 (0.41%) SOQL
14 4 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 223 (22.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 218 (22.18%) AWS Certification
3 217 (22.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 217 (22.08%) Azure Certification
4 178 (18.11%) Degree
5 108 (10.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (5.49%) Security Cleared
7 45 (4.58%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.71%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.41%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.20%) ISEB
13 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.10%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (11.19%) Accessibility
2 39 (3.97%) WCAG
3 38 (3.87%) QA
4 26 (2.64%) GDPR
5 11 (1.12%) SLA
6 8 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.81%) PERC
7 7 (0.71%) GRC
7 7 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.10%) HL7
10 1 (0.10%) NCSC
10 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 73 (7.43%) Docker
2 13 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.83%) Terraform
3 4 (0.41%) Plesk
4 3 (0.31%) Argo
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) cPanel
5 2 (0.20%) Grafana
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.20%) Nagios
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 363 (36.93%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.12%) Adobe
3 43 (4.37%) Google
4 18 (1.83%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.02%) Oracle
7 8 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 8 (0.81%) Sage
8 7 (0.71%) iManage
9 6 (0.61%) Apple
9 6 (0.61%) Hotjar
9 6 (0.61%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.61%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.61%) SAP
10 5 (0.51%) Databricks
10 5 (0.51%) Pinterest
10 5 (0.51%) TikTok
11 4 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.41%) New Relic