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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 95 59
Rank change year-on-year -101 -36 -16
Permanent jobs citing CSS 994 1,427 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.08% 3.24% 3.94%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.94% 16.36% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 839 939 2,871
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% -6.25%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,625 £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 9,088 8,725 20,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.85% 19.78% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6,685 6,094 15,739
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +8.75% -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 20 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 20 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 -82 910 £50,000 -9.09% 446
UK excluding London -76 708 £45,000 -13.46% 391
Work from Home -70 361 £52,500 -4.55% 181
North of England -45 227 £40,000 -11.11% 97
London -75 220 £59,886 -11.28% 121
South East -33 163 £50,000 -16.67% 98
North West -47 115 £40,000 -20.00% 50
East of England +8 106 £47,500 +18.75% 63
Midlands -63 106 £45,000 +2.86% 61
Yorkshire -13 81 £42,750 +14.00% 33
South West -66 76 £47,500 -20.83% 39
West Midlands -48 62 £42,500 -10.53% 21
East Midlands -62 44 £55,000 +46.67% 40
North East -26 31 £47,500 +5.56% 14
Scotland -81 17 £30,500 -49.17% 17
Wales -32 9 £45,000 -25.00% 13
Northern Ireland -34 3 £60,000 - 9
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
1 103 (10.36%) WordPress
2 51 (5.13%) CMS
3 43 (4.33%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.51%) Confluence
5 13 (1.31%) IIS
6 11 (1.11%) Drupal
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.80%) nginx
8 7 (0.70%) Apache
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
9 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.20%) CICS
10 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) Camunda
11 1 (0.10%) Moodle
11 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (1.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (1.61%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.31%) Photoshop
4 10 (1.01%) Chatbot
4 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (0.70%) Sketch
6 7 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.50%) InDesign
7 5 (0.50%) InVision
8 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.10%) Elementor
10 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (2.01%) Shopify
2 9 (0.91%) 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
1 437 (43.96%) Azure
2 368 (37.02%) AWS
3 271 (27.26%) GitHub
4 97 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (6.54%) Figma
6 61 (6.14%) Power Platform
7 49 (4.93%) GCP
8 48 (4.83%) SaaS
9 40 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
11 36 (3.62%) Serverless
12 35 (3.52%) Power Automate
13 34 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 33 (3.32%) PowerApps
15 28 (2.82%) Azure AI
15 28 (2.82%) GitHub Copilot
16 27 (2.72%) Google Analytics
17 22 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (2.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 19 (1.91%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 195 (19.62%) Internet
2 7 (0.70%) HTTP
3 5 (0.50%) Intranet
4 4 (0.40%) Network Security
4 4 (0.40%) VoIP
4 4 (0.40%) WAN
5 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.20%) SSL
7 1 (0.10%) AMQP
7 1 (0.10%) Broadband
7 1 (0.10%) DNS
7 1 (0.10%) Firewall
7 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (14.19%) SQL Server
2 104 (10.46%) MySQL
3 74 (7.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 57 (5.73%) MongoDB
5 53 (5.33%) Power BI
6 44 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (4.02%) Relational Database
8 24 (2.41%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.11%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.91%) DB2
12 9 (0.91%) MariaDB
13 8 (0.80%) Tableau
14 7 (0.70%) FileMaker
15 6 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.60%) GIS
16 5 (0.50%) Looker
16 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 311 (31.29%) Git
2 47 (4.73%) JIRA
3 38 (3.82%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.61%) webpack
5 15 (1.51%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.41%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.31%) Selenium
8 12 (1.21%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.21%) Storybook
9 10 (1.01%) Balsamiq
9 10 (1.01%) GitLab
9 10 (1.01%) Vite
10 8 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.80%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.70%) JUnit
12 5 (0.50%) Babel
12 5 (0.50%) Maven
12 5 (0.50%) PHPUnit
13 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 252 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 176 (17.71%) Multimedia
3 116 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (9.76%) Finance
5 88 (8.85%) Marketing
6 43 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.12%) Law
8 33 (3.32%) Public Sector
9 28 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.62%) Retail
11 24 (2.41%) Legal
12 22 (2.21%) Advertising
13 14 (1.41%) Banking
14 13 (1.31%) Games
15 8 (0.80%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.60%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.60%) Local Government
17 5 (0.50%) Automotive
18 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
18 3 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 597 (60.06%) Developer
2 178 (17.91%) Trainee
3 144 (14.49%) Senior
4 132 (13.28%) Software Developer
5 130 (13.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 107 (10.76%) Senior Developer
7 105 (10.56%) .NET Developer
8 70 (7.04%) Trainee Developer
9 63 (6.34%) Designer
10 62 (6.24%) Administrator
11 61 (6.14%) C# Developer
12 57 (5.73%) Trainee Software Developer
12 57 (5.73%) Web Administrator
13 55 (5.53%) C# Software Developer
14 54 (5.43%) Software Engineer
15 53 (5.33%) Trainee Administrator
16 51 (5.13%) Web Developer
17 50 (5.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 49 (4.93%) PHP Developer
19 43 (4.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 904 (90.95%) HTML
2 263 (26.46%) React
3 247 (24.85%) .NET
4 121 (12.17%) jQuery
5 113 (11.37%) Node.js
6 112 (11.27%) HTML5
7 111 (11.17%) Vue
8 105 (10.56%) .NET Core
9 103 (10.36%) RESTful
10 99 (9.96%) AngularJS
11 94 (9.46%) ASP.NET
11 94 (9.46%) CSS3
12 65 (6.54%) REST
13 64 (6.44%) ASP.NET Core
14 61 (6.14%) JSON
15 48 (4.83%) Entity Framework
16 46 (4.63%) Laravel
17 44 (4.43%) Tailwind CSS
18 40 (4.02%) Sass
19 39 (3.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
2 36 (3.62%) Mobile App
3 31 (3.12%) Cloud Native
3 31 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 30 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.01%) Social Media
10 16 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.11%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.91%) Digital TV
13 9 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.91%) Graphic Design
14 8 (0.80%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.62%) Linux
2 25 (2.52%) Windows
3 15 (1.51%) 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
1 307 (30.89%) Agile
2 293 (29.48%) Full-Stack Development
3 236 (23.74%) Mentoring
4 218 (21.93%) CI/CD
5 193 (19.42%) User Experience
6 179 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
7 162 (16.30%) DevOps
8 161 (16.20%) Web Development
9 151 (15.19%) AI
10 131 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
11 124 (12.47%) Computer Science
12 121 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 120 (12.07%) Front End Development
14 104 (10.46%) Software Engineering
15 91 (9.15%) Clean Code
16 82 (8.25%) Analytics
17 80 (8.05%) Scrum
18 78 (7.85%) Machine Learning
18 78 (7.85%) Microservices
18 78 (7.85%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 694 (69.82%) JavaScript
2 334 (33.60%) SQL
3 289 (29.07%) Python
4 238 (23.94%) C#
5 179 (18.01%) TypeScript
6 166 (16.70%) PHP
7 108 (10.87%) R
8 85 (8.55%) Java
9 32 (3.22%) PowerShell
10 28 (2.82%) C++
11 12 (1.21%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.11%) 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%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 179 (18.01%) Microsoft Certification
2 174 (17.51%) AWS Certification
3 173 (17.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 173 (17.40%) Azure Certification
4 168 (16.90%) Degree
5 100 (10.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (4.43%) Security Cleared
7 34 (3.42%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.10%) OCA
13 1 (0.10%) OCP
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (11.47%) Accessibility
2 40 (4.02%) WCAG
3 39 (3.92%) QA
4 28 (2.82%) GDPR
5 11 (1.11%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.11%) 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%) NCSC
9 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 94 (9.46%) Docker
2 12 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.61%) Terraform
3 3 (0.30%) 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 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
5 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 351 (35.31%) Microsoft
2 72 (7.24%) Adobe
3 40 (4.02%) Google
4 18 (1.81%) Salesforce
5 15 (1.51%) Oracle
6 10 (1.01%) Facebook
7 9 (0.91%) OpenAI
8 8 (0.80%) HubSpot
8 8 (0.80%) Sage
8 8 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.70%) iManage
9 7 (0.70%) SAP
9 7 (0.70%) YouTube
10 6 (0.60%) Apple
10 6 (0.60%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.60%) Splunk
11 5 (0.50%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.50%) Pinterest
11 5 (0.50%) TikTok
12 4 (0.40%) Databricks