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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 120 58
Rank change year-on-year -75 -62 +7
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,105 1,263 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 2.53% 3.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.30% 14.15% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 916 770 1,752
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -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 11,888 8,927 17,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 17.91% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,623 5,808 11,655
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,875 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 -55 1,018 £51,000 -7.27% 766
UK excluding London -34 839 £50,000 +2.56% 479
Work from Home -41 511 £55,000 - 314
South East +23 233 £48,500 +14.12% 111
North of England -41 227 £50,000 +2.56% 119
London -108 208 £60,000 -11.11% 398
East of England +11 126 £50,000 - 47
South West -22 109 £52,500 +10.53% 54
North West -57 107 £47,500 -9.52% 66
Midlands -75 105 £47,500 - 80
North East -12 63 £56,250 +90.68% 19
Yorkshire -38 57 £50,000 +19.05% 36
East Midlands -57 54 £50,000 +0.50% 47
West Midlands -51 51 £45,000 -2.70% 33
Wales -61 28 £41,750 -38.15% 14
Scotland -63 10 £31,500 -49.60% 39
Northern Ireland -85 1 £31,000 -1.59% 19

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 92 (8.33%) WordPress
2 62 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.71%) CMS
4 35 (3.17%) IIS
5 27 (2.44%) Confluence
6 17 (1.54%) Apache
7 9 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.63%) Drupal
8 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.54%) JBoss
10 5 (0.45%) nginx
10 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.36%) Moodle
12 2 (0.18%) CICS
13 1 (0.090%) ExpressionEngine
13 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.090%) Oracle 10gAS
13 1 (0.090%) PegaRULES
13 1 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.45%) Photoshop
4 15 (1.36%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.90%) InDesign
7 9 (0.81%) Sketch
8 8 (0.72%) Adobe After Effects
9 7 (0.63%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
10 4 (0.36%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.27%) Elementor
11 3 (0.27%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.18%) InVision
12 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.17%) Shopify
2 7 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) Magento
3 4 (0.36%) Line 50
4 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 438 (39.64%) Azure
2 302 (27.33%) AWS
3 229 (20.72%) GitHub
4 158 (14.30%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.78%) GitHub Copilot
6 79 (7.15%) Azure AI
6 79 (7.15%) Power Platform
7 62 (5.61%) Power Automate
8 61 (5.52%) Figma
8 61 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
9 54 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (4.89%) PowerApps
10 48 (4.34%) GCP
11 44 (3.98%) SaaS
12 34 (3.08%) Serverless
13 31 (2.81%) Google Analytics
14 24 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (1.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 20 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (1.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 108 (9.77%) Internet
2 9 (0.81%) Intranet
3 8 (0.72%) SSL
4 7 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.45%) DNS
6 5 (0.45%) HTTP
7 4 (0.36%) Network Security
7 4 (0.36%) Profibus
7 4 (0.36%) VoIP
8 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.27%) SMS
9 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.18%) Firewall
10 1 (0.090%) 5G
10 1 (0.090%) AMQP
10 1 (0.090%) Broadband
10 1 (0.090%) SSH
10 1 (0.090%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.090%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 178 (16.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 150 (13.57%) MongoDB
4 140 (12.67%) MySQL
5 87 (7.87%) Relational Database
6 76 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
7 59 (5.34%) Power BI
8 33 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.54%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.18%) Metadata
13 11 (1.00%) MariaDB
13 11 (1.00%) NonStop SQL
14 10 (0.90%) GIS
15 9 (0.81%) BigQuery
16 8 (0.72%) Redis
16 8 (0.72%) Tableau
17 7 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 254 (22.99%) Git
2 50 (4.52%) JIRA
3 44 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.90%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.63%) GitLab
6 17 (1.54%) Selenium
6 17 (1.54%) Storybook
7 12 (1.09%) Claude Code
7 12 (1.09%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.81%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.81%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.81%) Maven
10 8 (0.72%) PHPUnit
11 7 (0.63%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.63%) MSI
11 7 (0.63%) Postman
11 7 (0.63%) webpack
12 6 (0.54%) JUnit
General
1 323 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 119 (10.77%) Marketing
3 115 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (9.59%) Finance
5 92 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 90 (8.14%) Public Sector
7 72 (6.52%) Multimedia
8 61 (5.52%) Advertising
9 51 (4.62%) Law
10 39 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (2.62%) Retail
12 26 (2.35%) Legal
13 22 (1.99%) Manufacturing
14 20 (1.81%) Games
15 14 (1.27%) Banking
16 10 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.81%) Local Government
18 8 (0.72%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 717 (64.89%) Developer
2 220 (19.91%) .NET Developer
3 181 (16.38%) Senior
4 141 (12.76%) Senior Developer
5 130 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
6 89 (8.05%) Software Developer
7 78 (7.06%) Software Engineer
8 76 (6.88%) Web Developer
9 70 (6.33%) PHP Developer
10 67 (6.06%) C# Developer
11 65 (5.88%) Trainee
12 58 (5.25%) Designer
13 53 (4.80%) Lead
14 51 (4.62%) Administrator
15 49 (4.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 48 (4.34%) C# Software Developer
17 47 (4.25%) Web Administrator
18 46 (4.16%) Analyst
19 43 (3.89%) Trainee Administrator
20 35 (3.17%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,022 (92.49%) HTML
2 389 (35.20%) .NET
3 247 (22.35%) React
4 240 (21.72%) .NET Core
5 222 (20.09%) ASP.NET
6 181 (16.38%) ASP.NET Core
7 148 (13.39%) Node.js
8 140 (12.67%) HTML5
9 139 (12.58%) jQuery
10 119 (10.77%) Entity Framework
11 118 (10.68%) CSS3
12 117 (10.59%) Vue
13 104 (9.41%) REST
14 103 (9.32%) RESTful
15 83 (7.51%) AngularJS
16 82 (7.42%) JSON
17 74 (6.70%) ML.NET
18 72 (6.52%) .NET Framework
19 60 (5.43%) Laravel
20 45 (4.07%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.71%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
3 38 (3.44%) Cloud Native
4 36 (3.26%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 33 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 33 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.62%) Social Media
7 24 (2.17%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.81%) Digital TV
10 19 (1.72%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.63%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
13 13 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.18%) Graphic Design
14 12 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (1.09%) Robotics
15 10 (0.90%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 60 (5.43%) Windows
2 55 (4.98%) Linux
3 27 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.54%) Unix
4 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.27%) AIX
7 3 (0.27%) Debian
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.090%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (38.19%) Agile
2 421 (38.10%) Full-Stack Development
3 378 (34.21%) CI/CD
4 242 (21.90%) DevOps
5 237 (21.45%) AI
6 216 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
7 207 (18.73%) User Experience
8 205 (18.55%) Web Development
9 179 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 151 (13.67%) Mentoring
11 144 (13.03%) Software Engineering
12 119 (10.77%) Machine Learning
13 112 (10.14%) Front End Development
14 109 (9.86%) Computer Science
15 107 (9.68%) Test Automation
16 102 (9.23%) Clean Code
17 98 (8.87%) OO
18 94 (8.51%) Scrum
19 91 (8.24%) Microservices
20 89 (8.05%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 689 (62.35%) JavaScript
2 451 (40.81%) SQL
3 392 (35.48%) C#
4 203 (18.37%) TypeScript
5 197 (17.83%) Python
6 188 (17.01%) PHP
7 90 (8.14%) Java
8 48 (4.34%) R
9 39 (3.53%) C++
10 31 (2.81%) PowerShell
11 18 (1.63%) VBA
12 16 (1.45%) Go
12 16 (1.45%) Ruby
13 14 (1.27%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.18%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.72%) Bicep
16 7 (0.63%) Dart
16 7 (0.63%) VBScript
17 5 (0.45%) Perl
18 4 (0.36%) C
Qualifications
1 178 (16.11%) Degree
2 97 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 89 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 83 (7.51%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.79%) AWS Certification
6 62 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (5.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 60 (5.43%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.00%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.45%) HNC
11 4 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.36%) HND
12 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.090%) City & Guilds
14 1 (0.090%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.090%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (15.93%) Accessibility
2 78 (7.06%) WCAG
3 69 (6.24%) QA
4 39 (3.53%) GDPR
5 12 (1.09%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.00%) SLA
7 8 (0.72%) PERC
8 7 (0.63%) GRC
8 7 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.27%) WAI
10 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
11 1 (0.090%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 186 (16.83%) Docker
2 14 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.22%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.45%) Nagios
4 4 (0.36%) Puppet
5 3 (0.27%) Plesk
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.090%) Ansible
7 1 (0.090%) Consul
7 1 (0.090%) Grafana
7 1 (0.090%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 386 (34.93%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.15%) Adobe
3 45 (4.07%) Google
4 42 (3.80%) Facebook
5 27 (2.44%) Oracle
6 24 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.90%) YouTube
8 12 (1.09%) OneLogin
8 12 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.90%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.81%) HubSpot
11 8 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 8 (0.72%) Splunk
12 6 (0.54%) iManage
12 6 (0.54%) Sage
12 6 (0.54%) TikTok
12 6 (0.54%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.45%) Hotjar
13 5 (0.45%) New Relic
13 5 (0.45%) Pinterest