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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 122 61
Rank change year-on-year -70 -61 +2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,121 1,261 3,026
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 2.51% 3.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.50% 14.90% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 936 774 1,892
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.38% -5.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,125
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 10,680 8,463 15,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.97% 16.87% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,801 5,490 11,353
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -54 1,029 £50,000 -9.09% 670
UK excluding London -30 847 £50,000 - 460
Work from Home -43 526 £55,000 - 276
South East +16 231 £49,750 +10.56% 109
North of England -35 226 £50,000 -4.76% 123
London -107 215 £60,000 -11.11% 304
East of England +8 130 £47,500 -5.00% 47
South West -26 113 £52,500 +6.06% 50
North West -58 109 £47,500 -11.63% 70
Midlands -59 107 £47,500 - 80
Yorkshire -5 60 £50,000 +11.11% 38
North East -20 57 £53,500 +114.00% 19
East Midlands -51 54 £50,000 +8.11% 44
West Midlands -38 53 £45,000 -10.00% 36
Wales -56 28 £41,750 -38.15% 13
Scotland -59 10 £31,500 -60.63% 31
Northern Ireland -74 2 £45,500 +44.44% 13

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 (8.65%) WordPress
2 57 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 44 (3.93%) CMS
4 31 (2.77%) IIS
5 26 (2.32%) Confluence
6 17 (1.52%) Apache
7 9 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.62%) Drupal
8 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.54%) JBoss
10 5 (0.45%) Moodle
10 5 (0.45%) nginx
10 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.18%) CICS
11 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.089%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.089%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.089%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.089%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.52%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.34%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (0.89%) InDesign
4 10 (0.89%) Sketch
5 8 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
5 8 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (0.27%) Elementor
7 3 (0.27%) InVision
7 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.27%) Trello
8 2 (0.18%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.089%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 26 (2.32%) Shopify
2 7 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.62%) Magento
3 4 (0.36%) Line 50
3 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.089%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 444 (39.61%) Azure
2 317 (28.28%) AWS
3 228 (20.34%) GitHub
4 159 (14.18%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.67%) GitHub Copilot
6 78 (6.96%) Azure AI
7 75 (6.69%) Power Platform
8 69 (6.16%) Figma
9 59 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
10 55 (4.91%) Power Automate
11 53 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
12 48 (4.28%) GCP
12 48 (4.28%) PowerApps
13 47 (4.19%) SaaS
14 36 (3.21%) Serverless
15 32 (2.85%) Google Analytics
16 28 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 22 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 20 (1.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 106 (9.46%) Internet
2 9 (0.80%) Intranet
3 8 (0.71%) SSL
4 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.45%) HTTP
6 4 (0.36%) DNS
6 4 (0.36%) Network Security
6 4 (0.36%) VoIP
7 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.27%) SMS
8 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 2 (0.18%) WAN
9 1 (0.089%) AMQP
9 1 (0.089%) Broadband
9 1 (0.089%) Profibus
9 1 (0.089%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 176 (15.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 153 (13.65%) MySQL
4 149 (13.29%) MongoDB
5 80 (7.14%) Relational Database
6 76 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
7 55 (4.91%) Power BI
8 32 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
10 17 (1.52%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 13 (1.16%) Metadata
13 11 (0.98%) MariaDB
13 11 (0.98%) NonStop SQL
14 9 (0.80%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.80%) GIS
15 8 (0.71%) Tableau
16 7 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.62%) Redis
17 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 261 (23.28%) Git
2 55 (4.91%) JIRA
3 43 (3.84%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.96%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.52%) GitLab
5 17 (1.52%) Selenium
5 17 (1.52%) Storybook
6 12 (1.07%) webpack
7 11 (0.98%) Axure RP
7 11 (0.98%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.89%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.80%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.80%) Maven
9 9 (0.80%) PHPUnit
9 9 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
10 8 (0.71%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (0.71%) Postman
11 7 (0.62%) MSI
11 7 (0.62%) Vite
General
1 324 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 120 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
2 120 (10.70%) Finance
3 119 (10.62%) Marketing
4 94 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (7.49%) Public Sector
6 71 (6.33%) Multimedia
7 62 (5.53%) Advertising
8 54 (4.82%) Law
9 39 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.59%) Retail
11 27 (2.41%) Legal
12 20 (1.78%) Games
13 19 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.25%) Banking
15 10 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.80%) Local Government
16 9 (0.80%) Publishing
17 8 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.71%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 723 (64.50%) Developer
2 220 (19.63%) .NET Developer
3 177 (15.79%) Senior
4 135 (12.04%) Full-Stack Developer
5 134 (11.95%) Senior Developer
6 101 (9.01%) Software Developer
7 78 (6.96%) Software Engineer
8 75 (6.69%) PHP Developer
8 75 (6.69%) Web Developer
9 72 (6.42%) C# Developer
10 65 (5.80%) Designer
11 64 (5.71%) Trainee
12 57 (5.08%) C# Software Developer
12 57 (5.08%) Lead
13 50 (4.46%) Administrator
14 47 (4.19%) Web Administrator
15 46 (4.10%) Analyst
16 45 (4.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 43 (3.84%) Trainee Administrator
18 37 (3.30%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,032 (92.06%) HTML
2 395 (35.24%) .NET
3 259 (23.10%) React
4 239 (21.32%) .NET Core
5 218 (19.45%) ASP.NET
6 178 (15.88%) ASP.NET Core
7 146 (13.02%) jQuery
8 145 (12.93%) Node.js
9 138 (12.31%) HTML5
10 120 (10.70%) Vue
11 119 (10.62%) CSS3
11 119 (10.62%) Entity Framework
12 101 (9.01%) REST
13 96 (8.56%) RESTful
14 93 (8.30%) AngularJS
15 80 (7.14%) JSON
16 74 (6.60%) ML.NET
17 71 (6.33%) .NET Framework
18 60 (5.35%) Laravel
19 44 (3.93%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
4 36 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 33 (2.94%) Mobile App
6 31 (2.77%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.59%) Social Media
9 25 (2.23%) Virtual Team
10 20 (1.78%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.61%) Management Information System
13 15 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
14 13 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.16%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (0.89%) Blog
16 10 (0.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.08%) Windows
2 55 (4.91%) Linux
3 26 (2.32%) 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 (0.089%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.089%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (38.27%) Agile
1 429 (38.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 379 (33.81%) CI/CD
3 246 (21.94%) DevOps
4 239 (21.32%) AI
5 221 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
6 211 (18.82%) Web Development
7 208 (18.55%) User Experience
8 170 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (13.02%) Mentoring
10 144 (12.85%) Software Engineering
11 124 (11.06%) Machine Learning
12 123 (10.97%) Computer Science
13 111 (9.90%) Front End Development
14 107 (9.55%) Clean Code
15 100 (8.92%) OO
16 98 (8.74%) Test Automation
17 95 (8.47%) Scrum
18 94 (8.39%) Microservices
18 94 (8.39%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 687 (61.28%) JavaScript
2 466 (41.57%) SQL
3 403 (35.95%) C#
4 205 (18.29%) PHP
4 205 (18.29%) TypeScript
5 202 (18.02%) Python
6 101 (9.01%) Java
7 48 (4.28%) R
8 46 (4.10%) C++
9 32 (2.85%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.43%) Ruby
11 15 (1.34%) Go
12 14 (1.25%) VBA
13 13 (1.16%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.07%) VB.NET
15 10 (0.89%) Bicep
16 7 (0.62%) Dart
16 7 (0.62%) VBScript
17 5 (0.45%) Perl
18 4 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 191 (17.04%) Degree
2 99 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 91 (8.12%) Security Cleared
4 80 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 63 (5.62%) AWS Certification
6 61 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 59 (5.26%) Azure Certification
8 11 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.18%) HNC
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.089%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.089%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (15.17%) Accessibility
2 73 (6.51%) WCAG
3 65 (5.80%) QA
4 40 (3.57%) GDPR
5 15 (1.34%) SLA
6 12 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.71%) PERC
8 7 (0.62%) GRC
8 7 (0.62%) NCSC
9 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.27%) WAI
11 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.089%) NIST
12 1 (0.089%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 184 (16.41%) Docker
2 14 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.06%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.39%) Terraform
3 10 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.45%) Nagios
5 4 (0.36%) Puppet
6 3 (0.27%) Plesk
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.089%) Ansible
8 1 (0.089%) Kibana
8 1 (0.089%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 377 (33.63%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.14%) Adobe
3 47 (4.19%) Google
4 42 (3.75%) Facebook
5 26 (2.32%) Oracle
6 23 (2.05%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.87%) YouTube
8 12 (1.07%) OneLogin
9 11 (0.98%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.89%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.80%) HubSpot
11 9 (0.80%) Splunk
12 8 (0.71%) Sage
12 8 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.62%) iManage
14 6 (0.54%) New Relic
14 6 (0.54%) TikTok
14 6 (0.54%) WooCommerce
15 5 (0.45%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.45%) Red Hat