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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 114 63
Rank change year-on-year -75 -51 +4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,087 1,322 3,150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 2.68% 3.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.43% 15.16% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 918 825 2,118
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,350 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £68,750
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 10,419 8,722 16,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.24% 17.68% 19.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,720 5,725 12,373
10th Percentile £41,225 £38,175 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £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 £113,888 £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 29 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 29 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 -61 995 £50,000 -9.09% 388
UK excluding London -38 814 £50,000 - 348
Work from Home -48 513 £55,000 +4.76% 153
South East +2 216 £50,000 +11.11% 91
North of England -43 214 £50,000 -1.96% 99
London -96 213 £60,000 -11.11% 103
East of England +10 127 £48,130 +16.68% 35
South West -19 110 £50,000 -4.76% 38
North West -56 109 £47,500 -9.52% 49
Midlands -68 108 £47,500 - 59
Yorkshire -5 57 £50,000 +11.11% 35
West Midlands -50 56 £45,000 -5.26% 29
East Midlands -57 52 £50,000 +8.11% 30
North East -18 48 £55,000 +105.61% 19
Wales -48 26 £45,000 -33.33% 11
Scotland -60 10 £31,500 -60.63% 19
Northern Ireland -68 3 £60,000 - 1

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 96 (8.83%) WordPress
2 53 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.60%) CMS
4 26 (2.39%) IIS
5 24 (2.21%) Confluence
6 19 (1.75%) Apache
7 10 (0.92%) Drupal
8 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.64%) nginx
10 6 (0.55%) JBoss
11 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.28%) Moodle
13 2 (0.18%) CICS
13 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
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%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.47%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.92%) InDesign
6 9 (0.83%) Sketch
7 8 (0.74%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.28%) InVision
10 3 (0.28%) Trello
11 2 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 21 (1.93%) 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
1 439 (40.39%) Azure
2 304 (27.97%) AWS
3 220 (20.24%) GitHub
4 154 (14.17%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (7.54%) GitHub Copilot
6 75 (6.90%) Azure AI
6 75 (6.90%) Power Platform
7 70 (6.44%) Figma
8 56 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
9 53 (4.88%) SaaS
10 49 (4.51%) Power Automate
11 48 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
12 46 (4.23%) GCP
13 45 (4.14%) PowerApps
14 33 (3.04%) Serverless
15 30 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (2.76%) Google Analytics
16 22 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 20 (1.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 20 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 104 (9.57%) Internet
2 10 (0.92%) Intranet
3 8 (0.74%) 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 (16.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 174 (16.01%) SQL Server
3 148 (13.62%) MongoDB
4 140 (12.88%) MySQL
5 66 (6.07%) PostgreSQL
6 65 (5.98%) Relational Database
7 60 (5.52%) Power BI
8 31 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.75%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.20%) Metadata
13 11 (1.01%) NonStop SQL
14 10 (0.92%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.92%) MariaDB
15 8 (0.74%) GIS
15 8 (0.74%) Tableau
16 7 (0.64%) Redis
17 6 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 248 (22.82%) Git
2 57 (5.24%) JIRA
3 39 (3.59%) 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 11 (1.01%) Axure RP
10 10 (0.92%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.83%) Maven
11 9 (0.83%) Postman
11 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.83%) Vite
12 8 (0.74%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.74%) PHPUnit
13 7 (0.64%) JUnit
13 7 (0.64%) Subversion
14 6 (0.55%) MSI
15 5 (0.46%) Claude Code
General
1 299 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 115 (10.58%) Marketing
3 114 (10.49%) Finance
4 103 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (6.35%) Multimedia
7 64 (5.89%) Advertising
7 64 (5.89%) Public Sector
8 43 (3.96%) Law
9 37 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.48%) Retail
11 24 (2.21%) Legal
12 19 (1.75%) Games
13 15 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.29%) Banking
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 (63.85%) Developer
2 211 (19.41%) .NET Developer
3 166 (15.27%) Senior
4 131 (12.05%) Full-Stack Developer
5 124 (11.41%) Senior Developer
6 96 (8.83%) Software Developer
7 76 (6.99%) Software Engineer
8 72 (6.62%) PHP Developer
9 69 (6.35%) Designer
9 69 (6.35%) Web Developer
10 64 (5.89%) C# Developer
10 64 (5.89%) Trainee
11 58 (5.34%) C# Software Developer
12 53 (4.88%) Lead
13 51 (4.69%) Administrator
14 47 (4.32%) Web Administrator
15 46 (4.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 44 (4.05%) Analyst
17 43 (3.96%) Trainee Administrator
18 41 (3.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,000 (92.00%) HTML
2 378 (34.77%) .NET
3 251 (23.09%) React
4 221 (20.33%) .NET Core
5 206 (18.95%) ASP.NET
6 174 (16.01%) ASP.NET Core
7 140 (12.88%) Node.js
8 136 (12.51%) jQuery
9 134 (12.33%) HTML5
10 122 (11.22%) Vue
11 112 (10.30%) CSS3
12 108 (9.94%) Entity Framework
13 101 (9.29%) RESTful
14 94 (8.65%) AngularJS
15 89 (8.19%) REST
16 79 (7.27%) JSON
17 73 (6.72%) ML.NET
18 61 (5.61%) Laravel
19 60 (5.52%) .NET Framework
20 45 (4.14%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
2 39 (3.59%) Cloud Native
2 39 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (2.76%) Mobile App
4 30 (2.76%) Product Ownership
4 30 (2.76%) Social Media
5 27 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.30%) Virtual Team
7 24 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.84%) Digital TV
9 19 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 17 (1.56%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
12 13 (1.20%) Graphic Design
13 11 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.92%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.83%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.15%) Windows
2 53 (4.88%) 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
1 425 (39.10%) Full-Stack Development
2 407 (37.44%) Agile
3 359 (33.03%) CI/CD
4 237 (21.80%) AI
5 236 (21.71%) DevOps
6 202 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
7 199 (18.31%) User Experience
8 191 (17.57%) Web Development
9 148 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (12.88%) Mentoring
11 130 (11.96%) Software Engineering
12 126 (11.59%) Machine Learning
13 125 (11.50%) Computer Science
14 112 (10.30%) Front End Development
15 96 (8.83%) Clean Code
16 94 (8.65%) Analytics
17 92 (8.46%) OO
18 89 (8.19%) Microservices
18 89 (8.19%) MVC
19 85 (7.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 654 (60.17%) JavaScript
2 465 (42.78%) SQL
3 386 (35.51%) C#
4 208 (19.14%) PHP
5 196 (18.03%) Python
6 195 (17.94%) TypeScript
7 98 (9.02%) Java
8 48 (4.42%) R
9 46 (4.23%) C++
10 32 (2.94%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.29%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.20%) 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 (16.74%) Degree
2 100 (9.20%) 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 (5.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 59 (5.43%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.64%) 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
1 154 (14.17%) Accessibility
2 63 (5.80%) WCAG
3 56 (5.15%) QA
4 40 (3.68%) GDPR
5 14 (1.29%) SLA
6 10 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.74%) PERC
8 7 (0.64%) GRC
8 7 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.55%) NCSC
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.18%) WAI
11 2 (0.18%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.092%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.092%) NIST
12 1 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 175 (16.10%) Docker
2 13 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 118 (10.86%) Kubernetes
2 32 (2.94%) Terraform
3 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (0.55%) 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
1 363 (33.39%) Microsoft
2 77 (7.08%) Adobe
3 47 (4.32%) Google
4 41 (3.77%) Facebook
5 25 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.02%) Oracle
7 21 (1.93%) YouTube
8 10 (0.92%) OneLogin
8 10 (0.92%) Splunk
9 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 8 (0.74%) Sage
11 7 (0.64%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.64%) iManage
11 7 (0.64%) New Relic
11 7 (0.64%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.55%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.55%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.55%) TikTok
12 6 (0.55%) WooCommerce