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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 70 66
Rank change year-on-year -90 -4 -23
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,002 1,784 3,301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.38% 3.85% 4.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.63% 17.18% 17.85%
Number of salaries quoted 838 1,139 2,781
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +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 7,931 10,385 18,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.96% 22.43% 22.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,811 6,820 14,909
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 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 7 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 -72 895 £47,500 -13.64% 661
UK excluding London -76 688 £40,000 -23.81% 603
Work from Home -85 311 £50,000 -9.09% 241
North of England -21 261 £30,500 -32.22% 150
London -58 227 £67,500 -3.57% 166
South East -78 144 £50,000 -16.67% 148
North West -37 122 £37,500 -28.57% 67
Yorkshire -17 104 £30,500 -18.67% 58
Midlands -62 99 £41,020 -17.96% 95
South West -67 73 £40,000 -33.33% 81
East of England -34 66 £40,000 -15.79% 85
West Midlands -35 57 £30,500 -45.54% 38
East Midlands -58 42 £52,500 +34.62% 55
North East -11 35 £30,500 -41.90% 29
Scotland -81 35 £30,500 -44.55% 31
Wales -27 8 £36,120 -23.96% 28
Northern Ireland -31 3 £60,000 - 4
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 63 (6.29%) WordPress
2 56 (5.59%) CMS
3 16 (1.60%) Confluence
4 14 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.00%) nginx
6 7 (0.70%) Apache
7 6 (0.60%) Drupal
8 4 (0.40%) IIS
8 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
9 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) CICS
10 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (2.89%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.20%) Sketch
4 11 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 9 (0.90%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.80%) InVision
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.40%) InDesign
10 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
11 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 2 (0.20%) Windchill
12 1 (0.100%) Elementor
12 1 (0.100%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.70%) Shopify
2 13 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.100%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.100%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.100%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.100%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.100%) Magento
6 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.100%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 484 (48.30%) Azure
2 420 (41.92%) AWS
3 353 (35.23%) GitHub
4 76 (7.58%) Figma
5 62 (6.19%) Serverless
6 60 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (5.29%) GCP
8 41 (4.09%) SaaS
9 39 (3.89%) Power Platform
10 28 (2.79%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (2.30%) Amazon S3
12 23 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 20 (2.00%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.80%) PaaS
15 15 (1.50%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.40%) Azure Functions
16 14 (1.40%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 265 (26.45%) Internet
2 10 (1.00%) HTTP
3 4 (0.40%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.100%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 83 (8.28%) MySQL
3 46 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.19%) Relational Database
5 32 (3.19%) NoSQL
6 30 (2.99%) Power BI
7 19 (1.90%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.40%) DB2
9 12 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.10%) Looker
11 10 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.50%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.40%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.30%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.30%) Redis
15 3 (0.30%) Tableau
16 2 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 418 (41.72%) Git
2 50 (4.99%) JIRA
3 48 (4.79%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.69%) webpack
5 24 (2.40%) Axure RP
6 23 (2.30%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.00%) Selenium
8 15 (1.50%) Vite
9 14 (1.40%) TeamCity
10 13 (1.30%) Balsamiq
10 13 (1.30%) Cucumber
11 12 (1.20%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.10%) Babel
12 11 (1.10%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.70%) JUnit
14 6 (0.60%) GitLab
14 6 (0.60%) Maven
14 6 (0.60%) Storybook
14 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.50%) gulp
General
1 258 (25.75%) Multimedia
2 219 (21.86%) Social Skills
3 116 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (9.68%) Finance
5 74 (7.39%) Marketing
6 51 (5.09%) Law
7 46 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 44 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.89%) Retail
10 27 (2.69%) Banking
11 22 (2.20%) Legal
12 17 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.90%) Advertising
13 9 (0.90%) Military
14 7 (0.70%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.70%) Electronics
14 7 (0.70%) Games
15 6 (0.60%) Back Office
15 6 (0.60%) Publishing
16 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 582 (58.08%) Developer
2 256 (25.55%) Trainee
3 174 (17.37%) Software Developer
4 157 (15.67%) Senior
5 122 (12.18%) Trainee Developer
6 120 (11.98%) Full-Stack Developer
7 113 (11.28%) Trainee Software Developer
8 108 (10.78%) Senior Developer
9 68 (6.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 60 (5.99%) .NET Developer
11 59 (5.89%) Designer
12 44 (4.39%) C# Developer
13 41 (4.09%) React Developer
13 41 (4.09%) Software Engineer
14 40 (3.99%) PHP Developer
15 39 (3.89%) Web Developer
16 38 (3.79%) Lead
17 34 (3.39%) Administrator
18 31 (3.09%) UX Designer
18 31 (3.09%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 913 (91.12%) HTML
2 318 (31.74%) React
3 185 (18.46%) .NET
4 123 (12.28%) Node.js
5 113 (11.28%) AngularJS
6 101 (10.08%) RESTful
7 96 (9.58%) HTML5
8 93 (9.28%) Vue
9 80 (7.98%) CSS3
10 76 (7.58%) jQuery
11 63 (6.29%) REST
12 61 (6.09%) ASP.NET
13 52 (5.19%) .NET Core
14 45 (4.49%) .NET Framework
15 42 (4.19%) Tailwind CSS
16 38 (3.79%) Sass
17 36 (3.59%) Jest
17 36 (3.59%) Laravel
18 31 (3.09%) Bootstrap
19 29 (2.89%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 39 (3.89%) Mobile App
3 36 (3.59%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 20 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.50%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.10%) Social Media
12 10 (1.00%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.90%) Cybercrime
13 9 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 8 (0.80%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.60%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 4 (0.40%) CMDB
16 4 (0.40%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.00%) Linux
2 18 (1.80%) Windows
3 13 (1.30%) Android
3 13 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (34.53%) Mentoring
2 345 (34.43%) Agile
3 241 (24.05%) Cybersecurity
4 229 (22.85%) User Experience
5 216 (21.56%) Full-Stack Development
6 191 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
7 189 (18.86%) CI/CD
8 158 (15.77%) Front End Development
9 149 (14.87%) DevOps
10 112 (11.18%) Computer Science
10 112 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 104 (10.38%) Web Development
12 97 (9.68%) UX Design
13 93 (9.28%) Software Engineering
14 89 (8.88%) Analytics
15 86 (8.58%) AI
16 82 (8.18%) MVC
16 82 (8.18%) Scrum
17 79 (7.88%) Clean Code
18 73 (7.29%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 800 (79.84%) JavaScript
2 355 (35.43%) Python
3 229 (22.85%) SQL
4 194 (19.36%) TypeScript
5 174 (17.37%) C#
6 139 (13.87%) R
7 103 (10.28%) PHP
8 87 (8.68%) Java
9 20 (2.00%) C++
10 12 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.10%) Ruby
12 9 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.80%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.80%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.60%) Bash
15 4 (0.40%) Bicep
15 4 (0.40%) SOQL
15 4 (0.40%) SOSL
15 4 (0.40%) XAML
16 3 (0.30%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 264 (26.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 256 (25.55%) AWS Certification
2 256 (25.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 256 (25.55%) Azure Certification
3 168 (16.77%) Degree
4 95 (9.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 69 (6.89%) Security Cleared
6 51 (5.09%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 8 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.50%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.40%) ISEB
12 2 (0.20%) CCA
13 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.100%) OCP
13 1 (0.100%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (12.48%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.29%) WCAG
3 51 (5.09%) QA
4 18 (1.80%) GDPR
5 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.60%) SLA
7 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.50%) PERC
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.20%) Section 508
9 1 (0.100%) GRC
9 1 (0.100%) HL7
9 1 (0.100%) NCSC
9 1 (0.100%) NIST
System Software
1 80 (7.98%) Docker
2 15 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.69%) Terraform
3 4 (0.40%) Argo
4 3 (0.30%) cPanel
4 3 (0.30%) Grafana
4 3 (0.30%) 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 (0.100%) Kibana
Vendors
1 360 (35.93%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.59%) Adobe
2 46 (4.59%) Google
3 23 (2.30%) Salesforce
4 15 (1.50%) Oracle
5 10 (1.00%) Atlassian
5 10 (1.00%) Hotjar
5 10 (1.00%) ServiceNow
6 7 (0.70%) Red Hat
6 7 (0.70%) SAP
7 6 (0.60%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.50%) Concur
8 5 (0.50%) Databricks
8 5 (0.50%) Foundry
8 5 (0.50%) iManage
8 5 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.40%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.40%) New Relic
9 4 (0.40%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.40%) Sage