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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 64 64
Rank change year-on-year -82 0 -22
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,023 1,989 3,083
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.53% 4.01% 4.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.47% 18.07% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,097 2,650
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,438 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +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 7,594 11,005 17,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.32% 22.16% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,592 6,624 14,367
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +7.64% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -73 914 £47,186 -14.21% 594
UK excluding London -78 701 £37,500 -28.57% 535
Work from Home -76 305 £50,000 -9.09% 240
North of England -23 282 £30,500 -32.22% 134
London -73 231 £62,500 -7.41% 136
South East -84 138 £50,000 -16.67% 138
North West -30 123 £31,500 -40.00% 59
Yorkshire -12 121 £30,500 -21.29% 54
Midlands -69 97 £37,500 -25.00% 73
South West -80 72 £40,000 -30.43% 70
East of England -40 63 £41,250 -13.16% 74
West Midlands -42 51 £30,500 -44.55% 25
East Midlands -59 47 £48,750 +25.00% 48
Scotland -80 39 £30,500 -44.55% 29
North East -12 38 £30,500 -40.49% 22
Wales -18 9 £36,120 -23.96% 19
Northern Ireland -24 2 £60,000 - 6
Channel Islands 0 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 58 (5.67%) WordPress
2 57 (5.57%) CMS
3 22 (2.15%) Confluence
4 17 (1.66%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.08%) nginx
6 8 (0.78%) Apache
6 8 (0.78%) Drupal
7 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
9 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.29%) govService
9 3 (0.29%) JBoss
9 3 (0.29%) Liferay
9 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.098%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 29 (2.83%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 15 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (1.27%) Sketch
6 10 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.88%) InVision
8 8 (0.78%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.78%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.78%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
9 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
10 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.29%) InDesign
12 2 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.20%) Windchill
13 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.47%) Shopify
3 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.098%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.098%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.098%) Magento
6 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 495 (48.39%) Azure
2 422 (41.25%) AWS
3 370 (36.17%) GitHub
4 68 (6.65%) Figma
5 63 (6.16%) Serverless
6 53 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (4.40%) GCP
8 40 (3.91%) Power Platform
9 38 (3.71%) SaaS
10 28 (2.74%) Google Analytics
11 23 (2.25%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (2.05%) Amazon S3
13 21 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (1.96%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.76%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.66%) Azure Functions
17 15 (1.47%) PaaS
18 13 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 284 (27.76%) Internet
2 9 (0.88%) HTTP
3 6 (0.59%) Intranet
4 3 (0.29%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.098%) Firewall
6 1 (0.098%) SSH
6 1 (0.098%) WAN
6 1 (0.098%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 77 (7.53%) MySQL
3 44 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.11%) Relational Database
5 33 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 27 (2.64%) Power BI
7 20 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.27%) DB2
9 11 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.08%) Looker
10 10 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.29%) FileMaker
13 3 (0.29%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Redis
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 432 (42.23%) Git
2 49 (4.79%) JIRA
3 44 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.54%) webpack
5 23 (2.25%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.15%) Axure RP
7 21 (2.05%) Selenium
8 15 (1.47%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.37%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.37%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.27%) Visual Studio
10 13 (1.27%) Vite
11 12 (1.17%) Balsamiq
12 10 (0.98%) Babel
13 7 (0.68%) JUnit
13 7 (0.68%) Maven
13 7 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.59%) GitLab
14 6 (0.59%) gulp
14 6 (0.59%) Oracle APEX
General
1 283 (27.66%) Multimedia
2 237 (23.17%) Social Skills
3 119 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.90%) Finance
5 79 (7.72%) Marketing
6 53 (5.18%) Law
7 45 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.83%) Retail
10 27 (2.64%) Banking
11 23 (2.25%) Legal
12 17 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.08%) Advertising
14 9 (0.88%) Military
15 7 (0.68%) Aeronautics
15 7 (0.68%) Electronics
15 7 (0.68%) Games
15 7 (0.68%) Publishing
16 6 (0.59%) Back Office
17 5 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 584 (57.09%) Developer
2 278 (27.17%) Trainee
3 179 (17.50%) Software Developer
4 159 (15.54%) Senior
5 134 (13.10%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.22%) Trainee Software Developer
7 111 (10.85%) Full-Stack Developer
8 107 (10.46%) Senior Developer
9 71 (6.94%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 57 (5.57%) .NET Developer
11 51 (4.99%) Designer
12 40 (3.91%) React Developer
13 39 (3.81%) Software Engineer
14 37 (3.62%) PHP Developer
15 36 (3.52%) C# Developer
15 36 (3.52%) Lead
16 35 (3.42%) Administrator
17 34 (3.32%) Web Developer
18 31 (3.03%) Web Administrator
19 29 (2.83%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 923 (90.22%) HTML
2 309 (30.21%) React
3 183 (17.89%) .NET
4 124 (12.12%) Node.js
5 103 (10.07%) AngularJS
5 103 (10.07%) RESTful
6 96 (9.38%) HTML5
7 88 (8.60%) Vue
8 80 (7.82%) CSS3
9 75 (7.33%) jQuery
10 66 (6.45%) ASP.NET
11 64 (6.26%) REST
12 53 (5.18%) .NET Core
13 42 (4.11%) .NET Framework
14 41 (4.01%) Tailwind CSS
15 37 (3.62%) Laravel
15 37 (3.62%) Sass
16 35 (3.42%) Jest
17 32 (3.13%) GraphQL
18 30 (2.93%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.57%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.62%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 16 (1.56%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (0.98%) Management Information System
10 10 (0.98%) Social Media
11 9 (0.88%) Cybercrime
11 9 (0.88%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.78%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.59%) W3C
14 5 (0.49%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.44%) Linux
2 21 (2.05%) Windows
3 14 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.27%) Android
5 6 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.39%) Unix
7 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (35.97%) Mentoring
2 340 (33.24%) Agile
3 268 (26.20%) Cybersecurity
4 231 (22.58%) User Experience
5 210 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
6 204 (19.94%) Full-Stack Development
7 174 (17.01%) CI/CD
8 163 (15.93%) Front End Development
9 137 (13.39%) DevOps
10 118 (11.53%) Computer Science
10 118 (11.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 100 (9.78%) Web Development
12 97 (9.48%) UX Design
13 95 (9.29%) Software Engineering
14 86 (8.41%) MVC
15 85 (8.31%) Analytics
16 80 (7.82%) AI
17 72 (7.04%) API Integration
17 72 (7.04%) Scrum
18 71 (6.94%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 826 (80.74%) JavaScript
2 387 (37.83%) Python
3 224 (21.90%) SQL
4 182 (17.79%) TypeScript
5 169 (16.52%) C#
6 148 (14.47%) R
7 97 (9.48%) Java
8 91 (8.90%) PHP
9 20 (1.96%) C++
10 12 (1.17%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.08%) Ruby
12 10 (0.98%) Perl
12 10 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.88%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.78%) C
14 8 (0.78%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.39%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.39%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 287 (28.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.27%) Azure Certification
3 278 (27.17%) AWS Certification
3 278 (27.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 178 (17.40%) Degree
5 97 (9.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 71 (6.94%) Security Cleared
7 49 (4.79%) SC Cleared
8 17 (1.66%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.37%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.78%) HND
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
14 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.098%) OCP
14 1 (0.098%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.41%) Accessibility
2 52 (5.08%) QA
2 52 (5.08%) WCAG
3 27 (2.64%) GDPR
4 8 (0.78%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.78%) IEC 61131
5 5 (0.49%) PERC
6 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.20%) Section 508
7 2 (0.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.098%) HL7
8 1 (0.098%) NCSC
System Software
1 80 (7.82%) Docker
2 15 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.64%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
4 3 (0.29%) cPanel
4 3 (0.29%) Grafana
4 3 (0.29%) Plesk
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) Nagios
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 397 (38.81%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.69%) Adobe
2 48 (4.69%) Google
3 27 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 17 (1.66%) Oracle
5 12 (1.17%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.08%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.98%) Hotjar
8 9 (0.88%) Siemens
9 8 (0.78%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.78%) SAP
9 8 (0.78%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.68%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.68%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.49%) Databricks
11 5 (0.49%) Foundry
11 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.39%) iManage
12 4 (0.39%) Palo Alto