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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 111 64
Rank change year-on-year -74 -47 +2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,088 1,343 3,215
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 2.72% 3.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.46% 15.24% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 922 840 2,175
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,475 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -6.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10,402 8,812 17,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.27% 17.83% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 7,708 5,809 12,650
10th Percentile £40,175 £38,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,796 £105,000
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 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 17 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 27 July 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 -68 997 £50,000 -9.09% 323
UK excluding London -36 816 £50,000 - 287
Work from Home -45 515 £53,712 +2.31% 143
North of England -36 217 £50,000 -0.99% 78
South East +10 215 £50,000 +11.11% 77
London -100 211 £60,000 -11.11% 85
East of England +15 128 £47,500 +18.75% 30
North West -50 113 £47,500 -9.52% 40
South West -25 109 £51,250 -6.82% 35
Midlands -68 108 £47,500 - 49
Yorkshire -11 58 £50,000 +17.65% 26
West Midlands -49 56 £45,000 -5.26% 25
East Midlands -57 52 £50,000 +8.11% 24
North East -20 46 £53,500 +87.72% 15
Wales -47 26 £45,000 -33.33% 7
Scotland -62 10 £31,500 -59.35% 16
Northern Ireland -65 3 £60,000 -

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 98 (9.01%) WordPress
2 54 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.78%) CMS
4 26 (2.39%) IIS
5 24 (2.21%) Confluence
6 18 (1.65%) Apache
7 10 (0.92%) Drupal
8 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.55%) nginx
11 5 (0.46%) JBoss
11 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.28%) Moodle
12 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.18%) CICS
14 1 (0.092%) ExpressionEngine
14 1 (0.092%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.092%) PegaRULES
14 1 (0.092%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.092%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (1.47%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.29%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.92%) InDesign
7 9 (0.83%) Sketch
8 8 (0.74%) Adobe After Effects
8 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (0.28%) InVision
11 3 (0.28%) Trello
12 2 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (2.02%) Shopify
2 7 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.55%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Line 50
4 4 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.092%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 440 (40.44%) Azure
2 301 (27.67%) AWS
3 220 (20.22%) GitHub
4 155 (14.25%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (7.54%) GitHub Copilot
6 76 (6.99%) Power Platform
7 75 (6.89%) Azure AI
8 68 (6.25%) Figma
9 56 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
10 54 (4.96%) SaaS
11 50 (4.60%) Power Automate
12 48 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
13 46 (4.23%) GCP
13 46 (4.23%) PowerApps
14 34 (3.13%) Serverless
15 31 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
16 30 (2.76%) Google Analytics
17 23 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 21 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
19 20 (1.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 103 (9.47%) Internet
2 10 (0.92%) Intranet
3 7 (0.64%) SSL
4 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.55%) Wireshark
5 4 (0.37%) Network Security
5 4 (0.37%) VoIP
5 4 (0.37%) WAN
6 3 (0.28%) HTTP
6 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.18%) DNS
7 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 1 (0.092%) AMQP
8 1 (0.092%) Broadband
8 1 (0.092%) SMS
8 1 (0.092%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (16.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 174 (15.99%) SQL Server
3 148 (13.60%) MongoDB
4 140 (12.87%) MySQL
5 67 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
6 66 (6.07%) Relational Database
7 60 (5.51%) Power BI
8 31 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.75%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.19%) Metadata
13 11 (1.01%) MariaDB
13 11 (1.01%) NonStop SQL
14 10 (0.92%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.74%) GIS
15 8 (0.74%) Tableau
16 7 (0.64%) Redis
17 6 (0.55%) FileMaker
17 6 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 246 (22.61%) Git
2 57 (5.24%) JIRA
3 39 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.75%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.56%) Selenium
6 16 (1.47%) Storybook
7 15 (1.38%) GitLab
8 14 (1.29%) webpack
9 9 (0.83%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.83%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.83%) Maven
9 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.83%) Vite
10 8 (0.74%) PHPUnit
10 8 (0.74%) Postman
11 7 (0.64%) JUnit
12 6 (0.55%) Balsamiq
12 6 (0.55%) MSI
12 6 (0.55%) Subversion
13 5 (0.46%) Claude Code
General
1 297 (27.30%) Social Skills
2 120 (11.03%) Marketing
3 114 (10.48%) Finance
4 101 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (6.34%) Multimedia
7 64 (5.88%) Advertising
8 62 (5.70%) Public Sector
9 41 (3.77%) Law
10 38 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (2.48%) Retail
12 24 (2.21%) Legal
13 19 (1.75%) Games
14 14 (1.29%) Banking
14 14 (1.29%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.74%) Legal Technology
15 8 (0.74%) Publishing
16 6 (0.55%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 694 (63.79%) Developer
2 211 (19.39%) .NET Developer
3 168 (15.44%) Senior
4 128 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
5 126 (11.58%) Senior Developer
6 97 (8.92%) Software Developer
7 75 (6.89%) Software Engineer
8 71 (6.53%) PHP Developer
9 69 (6.34%) Web Developer
10 67 (6.16%) Designer
11 64 (5.88%) Trainee
12 63 (5.79%) C# Developer
13 58 (5.33%) C# Software Developer
14 52 (4.78%) Administrator
14 52 (4.78%) Lead
15 47 (4.32%) Web Administrator
16 46 (4.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 44 (4.04%) Analyst
18 43 (3.95%) Trainee Administrator
19 41 (3.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,002 (92.10%) HTML
2 378 (34.74%) .NET
3 249 (22.89%) React
4 222 (20.40%) .NET Core
5 207 (19.03%) ASP.NET
6 174 (15.99%) ASP.NET Core
7 140 (12.87%) Node.js
8 136 (12.50%) jQuery
9 133 (12.22%) HTML5
10 122 (11.21%) Vue
11 111 (10.20%) CSS3
12 108 (9.93%) Entity Framework
13 102 (9.38%) RESTful
14 96 (8.82%) AngularJS
15 90 (8.27%) REST
16 80 (7.35%) JSON
17 73 (6.71%) ML.NET
18 60 (5.51%) .NET Framework
18 60 (5.51%) Laravel
19 44 (4.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.87%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.68%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 29 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 29 (2.67%) Social Media
7 28 (2.57%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (2.21%) Virtual Team
10 20 (1.84%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.75%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.65%) Management Information System
13 15 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
15 13 (1.19%) Graphic Design
16 11 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
17 9 (0.83%) Data Centre
17 9 (0.83%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.15%) Windows
2 53 (4.87%) Linux
3 27 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.46%) Unix
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.28%) AIX
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) Debian
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (38.88%) Full-Stack Development
2 407 (37.41%) Agile
3 359 (33.00%) CI/CD
4 238 (21.88%) AI
4 238 (21.88%) DevOps
5 202 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
6 199 (18.29%) User Experience
7 190 (17.46%) Web Development
8 149 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 138 (12.68%) Mentoring
10 128 (11.76%) Software Engineering
11 126 (11.58%) Machine Learning
12 124 (11.40%) Computer Science
13 113 (10.39%) Front End Development
14 96 (8.82%) Analytics
14 96 (8.82%) Clean Code
15 92 (8.46%) OO
16 91 (8.36%) Microservices
17 88 (8.09%) MVC
18 87 (8.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 652 (59.93%) JavaScript
2 466 (42.83%) SQL
3 388 (35.66%) C#
4 207 (19.03%) PHP
5 195 (17.92%) Python
6 193 (17.74%) TypeScript
7 98 (9.01%) Java
8 48 (4.41%) R
9 46 (4.23%) C++
10 33 (3.03%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.38%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.19%) VBA
13 11 (1.01%) Ruby
14 9 (0.83%) Bicep
14 9 (0.83%) Go
15 7 (0.64%) VBScript
16 6 (0.55%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.46%) Dart
18 4 (0.37%) Perl
18 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 182 (16.73%) Degree
2 100 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 71 (6.53%) Security Cleared
4 62 (5.70%) AWS Certification
5 61 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 61 (5.61%) SC Cleared
6 59 (5.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 59 (5.42%) Azure Certification
7 8 (0.74%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.46%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.18%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.18%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.092%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (13.88%) Accessibility
2 61 (5.61%) WCAG
3 57 (5.24%) QA
4 41 (3.77%) GDPR
5 14 (1.29%) SLA
6 11 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.92%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.74%) PERC
9 7 (0.64%) GRC
9 7 (0.64%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.55%) NCSC
11 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.18%) WAI
12 2 (0.18%) WAI-ARIA
13 1 (0.092%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.092%) NIST
13 1 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 175 (16.08%) Docker
2 13 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 118 (10.85%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.94%) Terraform
3 9 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.46%) Nagios
5 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 3 (0.28%) Puppet
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.092%) Ansible
7 1 (0.092%) Kibana
7 1 (0.092%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 362 (33.27%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.89%) Adobe
3 47 (4.32%) Google
4 41 (3.77%) Facebook
5 28 (2.57%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.02%) Oracle
7 21 (1.93%) YouTube
8 10 (0.92%) OneLogin
8 10 (0.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.83%) Splunk
10 8 (0.74%) Sage
11 7 (0.64%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.64%) iManage
11 7 (0.64%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.55%) New Relic
12 6 (0.55%) TikTok
12 6 (0.55%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.46%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.46%) Red Hat