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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 133 58
Rank change year-on-year -85 -75 +5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,031 1,156 2,700
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 2.35% 3.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.57% 13.90% 17.35%
Number of salaries quoted 818 676 1,375
10th Percentile £32,350 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -1.87%

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 12,034 8,317 15,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.13% 16.91% 21.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,445 5,308 9,648
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,050 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.08% +4.35% -4.17%

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 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 16 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 15 October 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 -69 957 £52,500 - 127
UK excluding London -66 783 £50,000 +11.11% 104
Work from Home -57 466 £55,000 - 65
South East +8 225 £47,500 +11.76% 32
North of England -57 221 £52,000 +15.56% 32
London -119 196 £60,000 -11.11% 47
East of England -5 112 £46,250 -14.35% 5
South West -33 98 £53,750 +34.38% 11
North West -67 96 £51,000 -1.45% 21
Midlands -83 93 £50,000 +5.26% 14
North East -9 79 £57,500 +88.52% 3
East Midlands -59 50 £50,000 -3.85% 2
Yorkshire -54 46 £50,000 +33.33% 10
West Midlands -68 43 £52,500 +16.67% 12
Wales -57 26 £40,756 -39.62% 2
Scotland -50 8 £37,500 +22.95% 7

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 56 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 53 (5.14%) WordPress
3 43 (4.17%) CMS
4 37 (3.59%) IIS
5 27 (2.62%) Confluence
6 18 (1.75%) Apache
7 10 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 10 (0.97%) Drupal
8 7 (0.68%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.58%) JBoss
9 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.58%) Moodle
9 6 (0.58%) nginx
10 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.097%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.097%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.097%) govService
12 1 (0.097%) Hedera
12 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 21 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (1.84%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.65%) Adobe Illustrator
5 13 (1.26%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.78%) InDesign
7 8 (0.78%) Sketch
8 7 (0.68%) Elementor
8 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.39%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.29%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.19%) InVision
11 2 (0.19%) Trello
12 1 (0.097%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.097%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 1 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.33%) Shopify
2 5 (0.48%) Magento
3 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Line 50
5 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.097%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 347 (33.66%) Azure
2 220 (21.34%) AWS
3 168 (16.29%) GitHub
4 141 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (7.86%) GitHub Copilot
6 76 (7.37%) Azure AI
7 72 (6.98%) Power Platform
8 57 (5.53%) Figma
8 57 (5.53%) Power Automate
9 52 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
9 52 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
10 50 (4.85%) PowerApps
11 32 (3.10%) Google Analytics
11 32 (3.10%) SaaS
12 31 (3.01%) Serverless
13 30 (2.91%) GCP
14 21 (2.04%) iPaaS
15 20 (1.94%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (1.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 53 (5.14%) Internet
2 10 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.87%) Intranet
3 9 (0.87%) SSL
4 8 (0.78%) DNS
5 7 (0.68%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.58%) HTTP
7 4 (0.39%) Profibus
7 4 (0.39%) SMS
8 3 (0.29%) 4G
8 3 (0.29%) 5G
8 3 (0.29%) Firewall
8 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.29%) SSH
9 2 (0.19%) Network Security
9 2 (0.19%) VoIP
10 1 (0.097%) AMQP
10 1 (0.097%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.097%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (17.17%) SQL Server
2 160 (15.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 148 (14.35%) MongoDB
4 127 (12.32%) MySQL
5 92 (8.92%) Relational Database
6 78 (7.57%) PostgreSQL
7 51 (4.95%) Power BI
8 34 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.55%) Redis
11 15 (1.45%) NoSQL
12 14 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.36%) Metadata
13 11 (1.07%) GIS
13 11 (1.07%) NonStop SQL
14 8 (0.78%) MariaDB
15 7 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.39%) DynamoDB
17 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
17 3 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 213 (20.66%) Git
2 43 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.98%) JIRA
4 24 (2.33%) GitLab
5 18 (1.75%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.65%) Claude Code
6 17 (1.65%) Cypress.io
7 15 (1.45%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (1.45%) Selenium
7 15 (1.45%) Storybook
7 15 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (1.26%) Vite
9 9 (0.87%) Maven
9 9 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.78%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.78%) NUnit
11 7 (0.68%) MSI
11 7 (0.68%) Postman
12 6 (0.58%) PHPUnit
12 6 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 324 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 146 (14.16%) Marketing
3 111 (10.77%) Finance
4 108 (10.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (10.18%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.33%) Advertising
7 46 (4.46%) Law
8 31 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 26 (2.52%) Retail
10 21 (2.04%) Legal
11 20 (1.94%) Games
11 20 (1.94%) Multimedia
12 18 (1.75%) Banking
13 14 (1.36%) Automotive
13 14 (1.36%) Publishing
14 10 (0.97%) Aviation
14 10 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 662 (64.21%) Developer
2 215 (20.85%) .NET Developer
3 197 (19.11%) Senior
4 142 (13.77%) Senior Developer
5 118 (11.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 73 (7.08%) Web Developer
7 70 (6.79%) Software Engineer
8 69 (6.69%) Software Developer
9 57 (5.53%) PHP Developer
10 53 (5.14%) Designer
11 51 (4.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 50 (4.85%) C# Developer
13 43 (4.17%) Lead
14 39 (3.78%) Consultant
15 36 (3.49%) Analyst
16 32 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 30 (2.91%) C# .NET Developer
18 29 (2.81%) UX Designer
19 28 (2.72%) Junior
20 27 (2.62%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 935 (90.69%) HTML
2 366 (35.50%) .NET
3 227 (22.02%) .NET Core
4 224 (21.73%) React
5 220 (21.34%) ASP.NET
6 181 (17.56%) ASP.NET Core
7 159 (15.42%) Node.js
8 146 (14.16%) REST
9 131 (12.71%) HTML5
10 126 (12.22%) Entity Framework
11 123 (11.93%) jQuery
12 109 (10.57%) CSS3
13 98 (9.51%) RESTful
14 89 (8.63%) Vue
15 83 (8.05%) AngularJS
16 81 (7.86%) .NET Framework
17 71 (6.89%) ML.NET
18 68 (6.60%) JSON
19 54 (5.24%) Laravel
20 46 (4.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.75%) Greenfield Project
2 48 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
5 37 (3.59%) Marketing Technology
6 36 (3.49%) Product Ownership
7 30 (2.91%) Cloud Native
8 27 (2.62%) Mobile App
9 25 (2.42%) Algorithms
10 24 (2.33%) Social Media
11 19 (1.84%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.84%) Robotics
12 18 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (1.26%) Blog
14 13 (1.26%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.16%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.07%) Animation
16 11 (1.07%) CMDB
16 11 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.01%) Windows
2 58 (5.63%) Linux
3 26 (2.52%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.48%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.39%) Unix
5 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.29%) AIX
6 3 (0.29%) Debian
6 3 (0.29%) macOS
7 2 (0.19%) Android
8 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (39.77%) Agile
2 386 (37.44%) Full-Stack Development
3 385 (37.34%) CI/CD
4 260 (25.22%) AI
5 237 (22.99%) DevOps
6 213 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
7 192 (18.62%) User Experience
8 170 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (14.55%) Web Development
10 142 (13.77%) Mentoring
11 136 (13.19%) Test Automation
12 135 (13.09%) Software Engineering
13 115 (11.15%) Front End Development
14 105 (10.18%) Machine Learning
15 93 (9.02%) Computer Science
16 88 (8.54%) SEO
17 87 (8.44%) Analytics
17 87 (8.44%) Microservices
18 85 (8.24%) UX Design
19 84 (8.15%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 640 (62.08%) JavaScript
2 388 (37.63%) SQL
3 365 (35.40%) C#
4 221 (21.44%) TypeScript
5 152 (14.74%) Python
6 149 (14.45%) PHP
7 80 (7.76%) Java
8 28 (2.72%) C++
9 20 (1.94%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.65%) Ruby
10 17 (1.65%) VB.NET
11 15 (1.45%) VBA
12 14 (1.36%) Go
13 13 (1.26%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.78%) Bicep
15 6 (0.58%) Bash
16 5 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.48%) Perl
16 5 (0.48%) VBScript
17 4 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 163 (15.81%) Degree
2 117 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 103 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 79 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.07%) AWS Certification
6 10 (0.97%) DBS Check
6 10 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.48%) HNC
11 4 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.39%) HND
12 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.097%) City & Guilds
13 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.097%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (18.14%) Accessibility
2 93 (9.02%) WCAG
3 87 (8.44%) QA
4 30 (2.91%) GDPR
5 15 (1.45%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.68%) NCSC
8 6 (0.58%) SLA
9 4 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.39%) WAI
9 4 (0.39%) WAI-ARIA
10 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.097%) PERC
12 1 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 189 (18.33%) Docker
2 13 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 123 (11.93%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.48%) Nagios
4 4 (0.39%) Puppet
5 3 (0.29%) Grafana
5 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.19%) Plesk
7 1 (0.097%) Ansible
7 1 (0.097%) Argo
7 1 (0.097%) Consul
7 1 (0.097%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 306 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.11%) Adobe
3 46 (4.46%) Google
4 40 (3.88%) Facebook
5 30 (2.91%) Oracle
6 22 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.04%) YouTube
8 13 (1.26%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.16%) OneLogin
10 11 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 10 (0.97%) WooCommerce
12 8 (0.78%) Splunk
13 6 (0.58%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.48%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.48%) Hotjar
14 5 (0.48%) New Relic
14 5 (0.48%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.39%) Sage
15 4 (0.39%) Siemens