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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 65 64
Rank change year-on-year -80 -1 -23
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,019 2,064 3,075
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.57% 4.07% 4.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.70% 18.57% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 840 1,097 2,650
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +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 7,440 11,112 17,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.43% 21.92% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,477 6,597 14,395
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £61,551
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +7.23% -8.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £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 7 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 7 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 -78 913 £47,000 -14.55% 616
UK excluding London -77 698 £36,750 -30.00% 541
Work from Home -83 305 £50,000 -9.09% 241
North of England -23 279 £30,500 -32.22% 134
London -75 233 £62,500 -7.41% 176
South East -88 140 £50,000 -16.67% 144
North West -33 121 £30,500 -41.90% 66
Yorkshire -12 119 £30,500 -23.75% 53
Midlands -70 95 £37,500 -25.00% 72
South West -73 71 £40,000 -30.43% 72
East of England -36 65 £41,250 -13.16% 75
West Midlands -41 50 £30,500 -44.55% 27
East Midlands -56 46 £47,500 +24.18% 45
North East -10 39 £30,500 -40.49% 17
Scotland -80 39 £30,500 -43.52% 27
Wales -14 9 £36,000 -24.21% 19
Channel Islands 0 1 £90,000 -
Northern Ireland -27 1 - - 6

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 56 (5.50%) CMS
1 56 (5.50%) WordPress
2 23 (2.26%) Confluence
3 17 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.08%) nginx
5 7 (0.69%) Apache
6 6 (0.59%) Drupal
7 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.29%) govService
8 3 (0.29%) IIS
8 3 (0.29%) JBoss
8 3 (0.29%) Liferay
8 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
9 2 (0.20%) Mendix
9 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (2.94%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.26%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 16 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.37%) Sketch
5 11 (1.08%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.88%) InVision
8 8 (0.79%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.79%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
9 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
10 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.29%) InDesign
12 2 (0.20%) Windchill
13 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 16 (1.57%) Shopify
2 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.098%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.098%) Magento
5 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 495 (48.58%) Azure
2 418 (41.02%) AWS
3 371 (36.41%) GitHub
4 65 (6.38%) Figma
5 61 (5.99%) Serverless
6 53 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (4.32%) GCP
8 36 (3.53%) Power Platform
8 36 (3.53%) SaaS
9 27 (2.65%) Google Analytics
10 23 (2.26%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (1.86%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 19 (1.86%) Entra ID
13 17 (1.67%) Azure Functions
14 16 (1.57%) PowerApps
15 14 (1.37%) PaaS
16 13 (1.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 284 (27.87%) Internet
2 9 (0.88%) HTTP
3 5 (0.49%) Intranet
4 3 (0.29%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.098%) DNS
6 1 (0.098%) Firewall
6 1 (0.098%) SSH
6 1 (0.098%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (11.68%) SQL Server
2 82 (8.05%) MySQL
3 45 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 34 (3.34%) NoSQL
6 23 (2.26%) Power BI
7 21 (2.06%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.28%) DB2
9 11 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.98%) Looker
11 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.29%) FileMaker
13 3 (0.29%) Redis
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 424 (41.61%) Git
2 49 (4.81%) JIRA
3 43 (4.22%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.45%) webpack
5 22 (2.16%) Axure RP
6 21 (2.06%) Cypress.io
6 21 (2.06%) Selenium
7 15 (1.47%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.37%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.28%) Visual Studio
10 12 (1.18%) Balsamiq
11 11 (1.08%) Vite
12 9 (0.88%) Babel
13 7 (0.69%) GitLab
13 7 (0.69%) gulp
13 7 (0.69%) JUnit
13 7 (0.69%) Maven
13 7 (0.69%) Storybook
13 7 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 284 (27.87%) Multimedia
2 242 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 117 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (9.42%) Finance
5 80 (7.85%) Marketing
6 53 (5.20%) Law
7 48 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.85%) Retail
10 28 (2.75%) Banking
11 22 (2.16%) Legal
12 18 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.28%) Advertising
14 9 (0.88%) Military
15 8 (0.79%) Publishing
16 7 (0.69%) Aeronautics
16 7 (0.69%) Electronics
16 7 (0.69%) Games
17 6 (0.59%) Back Office
18 5 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 580 (56.92%) Developer
2 278 (27.28%) Trainee
3 176 (17.27%) Software Developer
4 154 (15.11%) Senior
5 134 (13.15%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.27%) Trainee Software Developer
7 110 (10.79%) Full-Stack Developer
8 103 (10.11%) Senior Developer
9 68 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 56 (5.50%) .NET Developer
11 49 (4.81%) Designer
12 41 (4.02%) PHP Developer
12 41 (4.02%) Software Engineer
13 40 (3.93%) C# Developer
14 39 (3.83%) React Developer
15 35 (3.43%) Administrator
15 35 (3.43%) Lead
16 33 (3.24%) Web Developer
17 31 (3.04%) Web Administrator
18 29 (2.85%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 913 (89.60%) HTML
2 307 (30.13%) React
3 183 (17.96%) .NET
4 125 (12.27%) Node.js
5 101 (9.91%) AngularJS
6 99 (9.72%) RESTful
7 93 (9.13%) HTML5
8 86 (8.44%) Vue
9 80 (7.85%) CSS3
10 75 (7.36%) jQuery
11 71 (6.97%) ASP.NET
12 66 (6.48%) REST
13 53 (5.20%) .NET Core
14 42 (4.12%) .NET Framework
15 40 (3.93%) Tailwind CSS
16 35 (3.43%) Laravel
16 35 (3.43%) Sass
17 34 (3.34%) Jest
18 33 (3.24%) GraphQL
19 31 (3.04%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.50%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.73%) Mobile App
3 31 (3.04%) Cloud Native
4 25 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 16 (1.57%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.98%) Social Media
11 9 (0.88%) Cybercrime
11 9 (0.88%) Management Information System
12 8 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.79%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.69%) Motion Graphics
14 6 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.59%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.45%) Linux
2 21 (2.06%) Windows
3 14 (1.37%) Android
3 14 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.49%) Unix
4 5 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (35.72%) Mentoring
2 343 (33.66%) Agile
3 268 (26.30%) Cybersecurity
4 224 (21.98%) User Experience
5 211 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (19.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 172 (16.88%) CI/CD
8 163 (16.00%) Front End Development
9 131 (12.86%) DevOps
10 120 (11.78%) Computer Science
11 116 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 100 (9.81%) Web Development
13 96 (9.42%) Software Engineering
14 92 (9.03%) MVC
14 92 (9.03%) UX Design
15 80 (7.85%) Analytics
16 77 (7.56%) AI
17 70 (6.87%) API Integration
17 70 (6.87%) Clean Code
17 70 (6.87%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 822 (80.67%) JavaScript
2 388 (38.08%) Python
3 227 (22.28%) SQL
4 179 (17.57%) TypeScript
5 173 (16.98%) C#
6 148 (14.52%) R
7 104 (10.21%) Java
8 89 (8.73%) PHP
9 24 (2.36%) C++
10 12 (1.18%) Ruby
10 12 (1.18%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.08%) Perl
12 10 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.79%) C
13 8 (0.79%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.39%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.39%) ActionScript 3.0
14 4 (0.39%) Bash
14 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 287 (28.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.38%) Azure Certification
3 278 (27.28%) AWS Certification
3 278 (27.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 182 (17.86%) Degree
5 100 (9.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 71 (6.97%) Security Cleared
7 47 (4.61%) SC Cleared
8 18 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 16 (1.57%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.98%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.79%) HND
13 4 (0.39%) ISEB
13 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.20%) CCA
15 1 (0.098%) OCA
15 1 (0.098%) OCP
15 1 (0.098%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.46%) Accessibility
2 52 (5.10%) WCAG
3 50 (4.91%) QA
4 24 (2.36%) GDPR
5 8 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.49%) PERC
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
8 1 (0.098%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 80 (7.85%) Docker
2 15 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.65%) 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
1 396 (38.86%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.00%) Adobe
3 48 (4.71%) Google
4 27 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.86%) Oracle
6 14 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 9 (0.88%) Siemens
9 8 (0.79%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.79%) Hotjar
9 8 (0.79%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.69%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.69%) SAP
11 6 (0.59%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.49%) Databricks
12 5 (0.49%) Foundry
12 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.39%) Fortinet
13 4 (0.39%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.39%) iManage