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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 97 57
Rank change year-on-year -85 -40 -14
Permanent jobs citing CSS 999 1,441 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.09% 3.29% 3.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.04% 16.44% 18.78%
Number of salaries quoted 843 949 2,878
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,676 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +4.76% -7.90%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £67,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 9,053 8,763 20,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.91% 20.03% 21.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,655 6,120 15,739
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,474 £50,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
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 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 16 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 -77 911 £50,000 -9.09% 480
UK excluding London -75 706 £45,000 -14.29% 410
Work from Home -72 364 £52,500 -4.55% 514
North of England -47 228 £40,000 -11.11% 101
London -77 220 £60,000 -11.11% 141
South East -30 159 £50,000 -16.67% 105
North West -45 117 £40,000 -20.00% 53
Midlands -58 110 £45,000 - 59
East of England +6 104 £47,500 +18.75% 68
Yorkshire -23 80 £40,000 +6.67% 31
South West -57 76 £47,500 -20.83% 41
West Midlands -52 64 £42,039 -11.50% 21
East Midlands -60 46 £55,000 +41.94% 38
North East -27 31 £47,500 -2.56% 17
Scotland -85 17 £30,500 -49.17% 20
Wales -33 10 £43,500 -27.50% 12
Northern Ireland -36 3 £60,000 - 11
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
1 102 (10.21%) WordPress
2 51 (5.11%) CMS
3 44 (4.40%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.50%) Confluence
5 12 (1.20%) IIS
6 11 (1.10%) Drupal
7 8 (0.80%) Apache
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.80%) nginx
8 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
10 2 (0.20%) CICS
10 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.10%) Camunda
Applications
1 17 (1.70%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.00%) Photoshop
4 9 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.80%) Sketch
6 7 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.60%) InVision
8 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.40%) 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 18 (1.80%) Shopify
2 9 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.50%) Magento
4 4 (0.40%) 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
1 444 (44.44%) Azure
2 370 (37.04%) AWS
3 273 (27.33%) GitHub
4 99 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (6.31%) Figma
5 63 (6.31%) Power Platform
6 52 (5.21%) GCP
7 43 (4.30%) SaaS
8 39 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
9 36 (3.60%) Power Automate
9 36 (3.60%) Serverless
10 35 (3.50%) PowerApps
11 34 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 28 (2.80%) Azure AI
12 28 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
13 27 (2.70%) Google Analytics
14 22 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (2.10%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (1.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 197 (19.72%) Internet
2 7 (0.70%) HTTP
2 7 (0.70%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) Network Security
3 4 (0.40%) VoIP
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
4 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.10%) AMQP
5 1 (0.10%) Broadband
5 1 (0.10%) DNS
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (14.01%) SQL Server
2 106 (10.61%) MySQL
3 75 (7.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (5.71%) MongoDB
5 55 (5.51%) Power BI
6 42 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (4.10%) Relational Database
8 25 (2.50%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.90%) DB2
12 9 (0.90%) MariaDB
13 8 (0.80%) Tableau
14 7 (0.70%) FileMaker
15 6 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.50%) GIS
16 5 (0.50%) Looker
16 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 315 (31.53%) Git
2 48 (4.80%) JIRA
3 39 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.70%) webpack
5 16 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.40%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.40%) Selenium
7 12 (1.20%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.20%) Storybook
8 10 (1.00%) Balsamiq
8 10 (1.00%) Vite
9 9 (0.90%) GitLab
10 8 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.80%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.70%) JUnit
12 6 (0.60%) Babel
13 5 (0.50%) Maven
13 5 (0.50%) PHPUnit
14 4 (0.40%) MLflow
14 4 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 257 (25.73%) Social Skills
2 176 (17.62%) Multimedia
3 117 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (10.11%) Finance
5 86 (8.61%) Marketing
6 43 (4.30%) Law
7 41 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (3.50%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.50%) Legal
9 25 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.50%) Retail
10 22 (2.20%) Advertising
11 14 (1.40%) Banking
12 13 (1.30%) Games
13 8 (0.80%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.60%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.60%) Local Government
15 5 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.40%) Automotive
16 4 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 604 (60.46%) Developer
2 181 (18.12%) Trainee
3 150 (15.02%) Senior
4 133 (13.31%) Software Developer
5 131 (13.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 112 (11.21%) Senior Developer
7 103 (10.31%) .NET Developer
8 70 (7.01%) Trainee Developer
9 62 (6.21%) Administrator
10 60 (6.01%) C# Developer
10 60 (6.01%) Designer
11 57 (5.71%) Trainee Software Developer
11 57 (5.71%) Web Administrator
12 53 (5.31%) C# Software Developer
12 53 (5.31%) PHP Developer
12 53 (5.31%) Trainee Administrator
12 53 (5.31%) Web Developer
13 52 (5.21%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 51 (5.11%) Software Engineer
15 41 (4.10%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 908 (90.89%) HTML
2 272 (27.23%) React
3 245 (24.52%) .NET
4 122 (12.21%) jQuery
5 118 (11.81%) Node.js
6 113 (11.31%) HTML5
7 109 (10.91%) Vue
8 105 (10.51%) .NET Core
8 105 (10.51%) RESTful
9 101 (10.11%) AngularJS
10 95 (9.51%) ASP.NET
10 95 (9.51%) CSS3
11 64 (6.41%) ASP.NET Core
12 61 (6.11%) REST
13 60 (6.01%) JSON
14 48 (4.80%) Entity Framework
15 47 (4.70%) Laravel
16 43 (4.30%) Tailwind CSS
17 41 (4.10%) Sass
18 39 (3.90%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
2 36 (3.60%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.20%) Cloud Native
4 31 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (2.20%) Onboarding
9 21 (2.10%) Virtual Team
10 20 (2.00%) Management Information System
11 17 (1.70%) Social Media
12 15 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.00%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.90%) Digital TV
14 9 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.80%) Low-Code
16 7 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
16 7 (0.70%) Data Centre
16 7 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.70%) Linux
2 25 (2.50%) Windows
3 14 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.60%) Android
5 4 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.40%) Unix
5 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (31.33%) Agile
2 292 (29.23%) Full-Stack Development
3 243 (24.32%) Mentoring
4 218 (21.82%) CI/CD
5 194 (19.42%) User Experience
6 186 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 163 (16.32%) DevOps
8 160 (16.02%) Web Development
9 145 (14.51%) AI
10 134 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
11 126 (12.61%) Computer Science
12 123 (12.31%) Front End Development
13 120 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 102 (10.21%) Software Engineering
15 94 (9.41%) Clean Code
16 84 (8.41%) Scrum
17 83 (8.31%) Analytics
18 79 (7.91%) UX Design
19 78 (7.81%) Responsive Web Design
20 77 (7.71%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 709 (70.97%) JavaScript
2 334 (33.43%) SQL
3 292 (29.23%) Python
4 239 (23.92%) C#
5 184 (18.42%) TypeScript
6 167 (16.72%) PHP
7 111 (11.11%) R
8 89 (8.91%) Java
9 31 (3.10%) PowerShell
10 30 (3.00%) C++
11 12 (1.20%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.10%) VBA
13 5 (0.50%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.50%) Bash
13 5 (0.50%) Bicep
13 5 (0.50%) Dart
13 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.50%) VBScript
14 4 (0.40%) SOQL
14 4 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 182 (18.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 177 (17.72%) AWS Certification
3 176 (17.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 176 (17.62%) Azure Certification
4 170 (17.02%) Degree
5 102 (10.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (4.70%) Security Cleared
7 36 (3.60%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.70%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.30%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.10%) ISEB
13 1 (0.10%) OCA
13 1 (0.10%) OCP
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (11.71%) Accessibility
2 42 (4.20%) WCAG
3 40 (4.00%) QA
4 27 (2.70%) GDPR
5 11 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.10%) SLA
6 7 (0.70%) GRC
6 7 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.70%) PERC
7 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.10%) HL7
9 1 (0.10%) NCSC
9 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 91 (9.11%) Docker
2 12 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.50%) Terraform
3 5 (0.50%) Plesk
4 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.20%) cPanel
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.20%) Nagios
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Ansible
5 1 (0.10%) Argo
5 1 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
5 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 354 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.91%) Adobe
3 40 (4.00%) Google
4 17 (1.70%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.40%) Oracle
6 10 (1.00%) Facebook
7 8 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.80%) Sage
7 8 (0.80%) SAP
7 8 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.70%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.70%) iManage
8 7 (0.70%) YouTube
9 6 (0.60%) Apple
9 6 (0.60%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.50%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.50%) Pinterest
10 5 (0.50%) Splunk
10 5 (0.50%) TikTok
11 4 (0.40%) Databricks