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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 80 61
Rank change year-on-year -68 -19 -18
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,066 1,592 3,408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 3.64% 4.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.33% 16.41% 18.11%
Number of salaries quoted 901 1,109 2,846
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 £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +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 7,999 9,703 18,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.88% 22.21% 22.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,856 6,683 15,119
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 12 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 12 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 -61 951 £45,000 -18.18% 717
UK excluding London -66 746 £38,500 -26.67% 643
Work from Home -84 315 £50,750 -7.73% 297
North of England -13 279 £30,500 -32.22% 154
London -59 232 £62,500 -10.71% 172
South East -73 152 £50,000 -16.67% 157
North West -21 131 £31,000 -40.95% 69
Yorkshire -6 111 £30,500 -18.67% 59
Midlands -50 110 £40,000 -15.79% 103
South West -59 81 £40,000 -33.33% 81
East of England -22 73 £37,500 -21.05% 100
West Midlands -20 66 £30,500 -44.55% 48
East Midlands -63 44 £53,750 +37.82% 53
Scotland -70 39 £30,500 -44.55% 29
North East -8 37 £30,500 -39.00% 28
Wales -26 9 £31,000 -38.00% 27
Northern Ireland -24 4 £60,000 - 5
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
1 108 (10.13%) WordPress
2 55 (5.16%) CMS
3 16 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.41%) Confluence
5 10 (0.94%) nginx
6 7 (0.66%) Apache
7 6 (0.56%) 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
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.094%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 28 (2.63%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.31%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (1.03%) Chatbot
3 11 (1.03%) Sketch
4 10 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (0.94%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.75%) InVision
5 8 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.38%) InDesign
8 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.19%) Windchill
10 1 (0.094%) Elementor
10 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.50%) Shopify
2 12 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.094%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.094%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.094%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.094%) Magento
5 1 (0.094%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 551 (51.69%) Azure
2 482 (45.22%) AWS
3 409 (38.37%) GitHub
4 75 (7.04%) Figma
5 64 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (5.91%) Serverless
7 55 (5.16%) GCP
8 43 (4.03%) SaaS
9 39 (3.66%) Power Platform
10 29 (2.72%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 24 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (2.16%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.78%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.69%) PaaS
15 14 (1.31%) Azure Functions
15 14 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (1.31%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 324 (30.39%) Internet
2 9 (0.84%) 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
1 122 (11.44%) SQL Server
2 84 (7.88%) MySQL
3 48 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (3.85%) Relational Database
5 31 (2.91%) Power BI
6 30 (2.81%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.16%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 14 (1.31%) DB2
9 12 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.03%) Looker
11 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.47%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.38%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.28%) FileMaker
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.28%) Redis
14 3 (0.28%) Tableau
15 2 (0.19%) GIS
Development Applications
1 469 (44.00%) Git
2 49 (4.60%) Jenkins
3 47 (4.41%) JIRA
4 26 (2.44%) webpack
5 24 (2.25%) Axure RP
6 22 (2.06%) Cypress.io
7 19 (1.78%) Selenium
8 14 (1.31%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.31%) Vite
9 13 (1.22%) Balsamiq
9 13 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.22%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.03%) Babel
10 11 (1.03%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.66%) GitLab
11 7 (0.66%) Storybook
12 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.47%) git-flow
13 5 (0.47%) gulp
13 5 (0.47%) JUnit
General
1 316 (29.64%) Multimedia
2 220 (20.64%) Social Skills
3 115 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (9.10%) Finance
5 75 (7.04%) Marketing
6 50 (4.69%) Law
7 46 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (4.32%) Public Sector
8 29 (2.72%) Retail
9 27 (2.53%) Banking
10 22 (2.06%) Legal
11 18 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (0.94%) Advertising
13 9 (0.84%) Games
13 9 (0.84%) Military
14 7 (0.66%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.66%) Electronics
15 6 (0.56%) Back Office
16 5 (0.47%) Publishing
16 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 602 (56.47%) Developer
2 314 (29.46%) Trainee
3 179 (16.79%) Software Developer
4 158 (14.82%) Senior
5 134 (12.57%) Trainee Developer
6 123 (11.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 120 (11.26%) Trainee Software Developer
8 108 (10.13%) Senior Developer
9 77 (7.22%) Administrator
10 74 (6.94%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.75%) Trainee Administrator
12 69 (6.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 64 (6.00%) .NET Developer
14 59 (5.53%) Designer
15 44 (4.13%) React Developer
15 44 (4.13%) Web Developer
16 42 (3.94%) C# Developer
17 41 (3.85%) Software Engineer
18 38 (3.56%) PHP Developer
19 37 (3.47%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 978 (91.74%) HTML
2 328 (30.77%) React
3 187 (17.54%) .NET
4 125 (11.73%) Node.js
5 113 (10.60%) AngularJS
6 101 (9.47%) RESTful
7 92 (8.63%) Vue
8 90 (8.44%) HTML5
9 75 (7.04%) CSS3
10 74 (6.94%) jQuery
11 63 (5.91%) ASP.NET
12 62 (5.82%) REST
13 54 (5.07%) .NET Core
14 46 (4.32%) Tailwind CSS
15 44 (4.13%) .NET Framework
16 38 (3.56%) Sass
17 36 (3.38%) Jest
18 33 (3.10%) Laravel
19 32 (3.00%) Bootstrap
20 30 (2.81%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.07%) Product Ownership
2 40 (3.75%) Mobile App
3 38 (3.56%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.16%) Data Structures
6 21 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.41%) Low-Code
9 13 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.13%) Social Media
11 11 (1.03%) Onboarding
12 10 (0.94%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.84%) Cybercrime
14 8 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.75%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 4 (0.38%) Legacy Code
16 4 (0.38%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.78%) Linux
2 18 (1.69%) Windows
3 13 (1.22%) Android
3 13 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (33.77%) Mentoring
2 347 (32.55%) Agile
3 255 (23.92%) Cybersecurity
4 228 (21.39%) User Experience
5 225 (21.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 194 (18.20%) CI/CD
7 187 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (15.01%) Front End Development
9 154 (14.45%) Web Development
10 153 (14.35%) DevOps
11 111 (10.41%) Computer Science
11 111 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 96 (9.01%) Software Engineering
13 93 (8.72%) AI
14 92 (8.63%) UX Design
15 90 (8.44%) Analytics
16 84 (7.88%) Scrum
17 80 (7.50%) MVC
18 79 (7.41%) Clean Code
19 75 (7.04%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 856 (80.30%) JavaScript
2 413 (38.74%) Python
3 232 (21.76%) SQL
4 195 (18.29%) TypeScript
5 185 (17.35%) R
6 174 (16.32%) C#
7 104 (9.76%) PHP
8 86 (8.07%) Java
9 20 (1.88%) C++
10 11 (1.03%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.94%) Ruby
12 9 (0.84%) PowerShell
13 8 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.75%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.56%) 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%) RPG
Qualifications
1 321 (30.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 314 (29.46%) AWS Certification
2 314 (29.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 314 (29.46%) Azure Certification
3 166 (15.57%) Degree
4 94 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (6.47%) Security Cleared
6 51 (4.78%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.03%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 8 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.47%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.38%) ISEB
12 2 (0.19%) CCA
13 1 (0.094%) OCA
13 1 (0.094%) OCP
13 1 (0.094%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.69%) QA
3 49 (4.60%) WCAG
4 15 (1.41%) GDPR
5 7 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.56%) SLA
7 5 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.47%) PERC
8 2 (0.19%) GRC
8 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.19%) Section 508
9 1 (0.094%) HL7
9 1 (0.094%) NCSC
9 1 (0.094%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (7.88%) Docker
2 14 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.63%) Terraform
3 4 (0.38%) Argo
4 3 (0.28%) cPanel
4 3 (0.28%) Grafana
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.094%) Kibana
Vendors
1 424 (39.77%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.41%) Google
3 45 (4.22%) Adobe
4 22 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.31%) Oracle
6 10 (0.94%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.94%) Hotjar
6 10 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.66%) Red Hat
7 7 (0.66%) SAP
8 6 (0.56%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.47%) Concur
9 5 (0.47%) Databricks
9 5 (0.47%) Foundry
9 5 (0.47%) iManage
10 4 (0.38%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.38%) New Relic
10 4 (0.38%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.38%) Sage
10 4 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud