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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 90 58
Rank change year-on-year -106 -32 -14
Permanent jobs citing CSS 982 1,480 3,830
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.08% 3.40% 4.00%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.14% 17.21% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 824 1,013 2,887
10th Percentile - £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 8,817 8,602 20,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.66% 19.79% 21.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,442 6,340 15,712
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £45,000
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 £87,500 £79,500
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 6 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 6 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 -85 894 £47,500 -13.64% 474
UK excluding London -85 687 £45,000 -14.29% 398
Work from Home -99 321 £52,500 -7.08% 198
North of England -49 228 £31,500 -30.00% 88
London -86 225 £60,000 -11.11% 148
South East -62 148 £50,000 -16.67% 115
North West -62 115 £37,500 -25.00% 41
Midlands -71 112 £42,500 -5.56% 50
East of England -2 94 £45,000 +5.88% 72
Yorkshire -16 84 £31,000 -17.33% 31
South West -68 72 £45,000 -25.00% 41
West Midlands -41 68 £35,000 -30.00% 18
East Midlands -75 44 £55,000 +41.94% 32
North East -20 29 £30,500 -34.05% 16
Scotland -99 22 £30,500 -49.17% 24
Wales -37 9 £42,000 -25.66% 11
Northern Ireland -34 3 £60,000 - 7
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 97 (9.88%) WordPress
2 44 (4.48%) CMS
2 44 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.53%) Confluence
4 10 (1.02%) IIS
5 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.92%) nginx
6 8 (0.81%) Apache
7 6 (0.61%) Drupal
8 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.31%) govService
9 3 (0.31%) JBoss
9 3 (0.31%) Liferay
9 3 (0.31%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) CICS
10 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.10%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 20 (2.04%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (1.12%) Photoshop
4 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.81%) Sketch
7 7 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.71%) InVision
7 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.20%) InDesign
10 1 (0.10%) Elementor
10 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (1.63%) Shopify
2 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.51%) Magento
4 4 (0.41%) 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
1 445 (45.32%) Azure
2 396 (40.33%) AWS
3 293 (29.84%) GitHub
4 75 (7.64%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (6.82%) Figma
6 62 (6.31%) Power Platform
7 56 (5.70%) GCP
8 40 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (4.07%) SaaS
8 40 (4.07%) Serverless
9 35 (3.56%) Power Automate
9 35 (3.56%) PowerApps
10 34 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 33 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (2.95%) Google Analytics
13 22 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.93%) Entra ID
15 19 (1.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 229 (23.32%) Internet
2 7 (0.71%) HTTP
2 7 (0.71%) Intranet
3 4 (0.41%) Network Security
3 4 (0.41%) VoIP
3 4 (0.41%) WAN
4 2 (0.20%) AMQP
4 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.10%) Broadband
5 1 (0.10%) DNS
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (13.65%) SQL Server
2 97 (9.88%) MySQL
3 54 (5.50%) Power BI
4 42 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
6 36 (3.67%) Relational Database
7 29 (2.95%) NoSQL
8 26 (2.65%) MongoDB
9 12 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.12%) DB2
11 10 (1.02%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.81%) Tableau
13 7 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.71%) FileMaker
14 6 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.61%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.51%) Looker
15 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 351 (35.74%) Git
2 50 (5.09%) JIRA
3 46 (4.68%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.73%) Axure RP
4 17 (1.73%) Cypress.io
4 17 (1.73%) Selenium
4 17 (1.73%) webpack
5 14 (1.43%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.22%) Balsamiq
6 12 (1.22%) Storybook
7 11 (1.12%) Vite
8 10 (1.02%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.02%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.81%) Babel
9 8 (0.81%) GitLab
10 7 (0.71%) JUnit
11 6 (0.61%) Maven
12 5 (0.51%) PHPUnit
13 4 (0.41%) Gradle
13 4 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 243 (24.75%) Social Skills
2 214 (21.79%) Multimedia
3 118 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (10.29%) Finance
5 76 (7.74%) Marketing
6 49 (4.99%) Law
7 43 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (3.56%) Public Sector
9 23 (2.34%) Legal
9 23 (2.34%) Retail
10 22 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (1.63%) Banking
12 13 (1.32%) Advertising
13 8 (0.81%) Games
14 6 (0.61%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.61%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.51%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.41%) Back Office
17 3 (0.31%) Electronics
17 3 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 569 (57.94%) Developer
2 219 (22.30%) Trainee
3 146 (14.87%) Software Developer
4 144 (14.66%) Senior
5 125 (12.73%) Full-Stack Developer
6 104 (10.59%) Senior Developer
7 89 (9.06%) Trainee Developer
8 76 (7.74%) Trainee Software Developer
9 62 (6.31%) Administrator
10 61 (6.21%) .NET Developer
11 60 (6.11%) Designer
12 57 (5.80%) Web Administrator
13 55 (5.60%) Trainee Administrator
14 54 (5.50%) C# Developer
15 51 (5.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 50 (5.09%) PHP Developer
16 50 (5.09%) Web Developer
17 47 (4.79%) C# Software Developer
18 45 (4.58%) Software Engineer
19 40 (4.07%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 895 (91.14%) HTML
2 281 (28.62%) React
3 193 (19.65%) .NET
4 116 (11.81%) Node.js
5 111 (11.30%) jQuery
6 104 (10.59%) Vue
7 102 (10.39%) AngularJS
7 102 (10.39%) RESTful
8 100 (10.18%) HTML5
9 85 (8.66%) CSS3
10 65 (6.62%) .NET Core
11 55 (5.60%) JSON
11 55 (5.60%) REST
12 54 (5.50%) ASP.NET
13 44 (4.48%) Laravel
14 43 (4.38%) Tailwind CSS
15 37 (3.77%) .NET Framework
16 36 (3.67%) Sass
17 33 (3.36%) Bootstrap
18 32 (3.26%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.87%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
3 34 (3.46%) Mobile App
4 25 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 19 (1.93%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.73%) Social Media
10 15 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.22%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.81%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.71%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.71%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.71%) Podcast
16 6 (0.61%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.55%) Linux
1 25 (2.55%) Windows
2 13 (1.32%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.61%) Android
4 4 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.41%) Unix
4 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (30.04%) Agile
2 276 (28.11%) Mentoring
3 245 (24.95%) Full-Stack Development
4 193 (19.65%) User Experience
5 179 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (18.13%) CI/CD
7 171 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
8 148 (15.07%) Web Development
9 140 (14.26%) DevOps
10 124 (12.63%) Computer Science
11 122 (12.42%) Front End Development
12 118 (12.02%) AI
13 116 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 96 (9.78%) Software Engineering
15 89 (9.06%) Clean Code
16 88 (8.96%) Scrum
17 84 (8.55%) Analytics
18 81 (8.25%) UX Design
19 73 (7.43%) Responsive Web Design
20 71 (7.23%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 737 (75.05%) JavaScript
2 325 (33.10%) Python
3 294 (29.94%) SQL
4 189 (19.25%) C#
5 188 (19.14%) TypeScript
6 156 (15.89%) PHP
7 130 (13.24%) R
8 92 (9.37%) Java
9 32 (3.26%) PowerShell
10 29 (2.95%) C++
11 12 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.12%) VBA
13 6 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.61%) Bash
14 5 (0.51%) Bicep
14 5 (0.51%) Dart
14 5 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.51%) VBScript
15 4 (0.41%) SOQL
15 4 (0.41%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 220 (22.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 215 (21.89%) AWS Certification
3 214 (21.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 214 (21.79%) Azure Certification
4 173 (17.62%) Degree
5 102 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (5.40%) Security Cleared
7 42 (4.28%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) ISEB
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.10%) OCA
13 1 (0.10%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (11.30%) Accessibility
2 39 (3.97%) QA
2 39 (3.97%) WCAG
3 26 (2.65%) GDPR
4 11 (1.12%) SLA
5 8 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.81%) PERC
6 7 (0.71%) GRC
6 7 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.10%) HL7
9 1 (0.10%) NCSC
9 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 76 (7.74%) Docker
2 13 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.83%) Terraform
3 4 (0.41%) Plesk
4 3 (0.31%) Argo
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) cPanel
5 2 (0.20%) Grafana
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.20%) Nagios
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 361 (36.76%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.13%) Adobe
3 42 (4.28%) Google
4 18 (1.83%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.12%) Oracle
5 11 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 8 (0.81%) Atlassian
6 8 (0.81%) Sage
7 7 (0.71%) iManage
8 6 (0.61%) Apple
8 6 (0.61%) HubSpot
8 6 (0.61%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.61%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.61%) SAP
9 5 (0.51%) Databricks
9 5 (0.51%) Hotjar
9 5 (0.51%) Pinterest
9 5 (0.51%) TikTok
10 4 (0.41%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.41%) New Relic