CSS Job Trends

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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 67 61
Rank change year-on-year -81 -6 -18
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,013 1,865 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.47% 3.88% 4.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.30% 17.43% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 831 1,092 2,666
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,125 £73,813 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £84,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +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 7,619 10,698 17,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.06% 22.23% 23.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,596 6,600 14,334
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,425 £110,000 £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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -80 902 £47,372 -13.87% 596
UK excluding London -78 701 £37,500 -28.57% 550
Work from Home -78 299 £52,000 -5.45% 226
North of England -21 277 £30,500 -32.22% 143
London -79 223 £67,500 - 151
South East -88 138 £50,000 -16.67% 129
North West -33 120 £31,000 -40.95% 68
Yorkshire -4 119 £30,500 -18.67% 52
Midlands -56 103 £40,000 -20.00% 79
South West -76 72 £40,000 -30.43% 78
East of England -41 61 £41,250 -13.16% 72
West Midlands -37 57 £30,500 -46.96% 28
East Midlands -56 47 £50,000 +30.72% 51
Scotland -75 39 £30,500 -44.04% 34
North East -13 38 £30,500 -34.05% 24
Wales -14 9 £36,120 -23.96% 19
Northern Ireland -31 3 £60,000 - 6
Channel Islands 0 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 62 (6.12%) WordPress
2 58 (5.73%) CMS
3 18 (1.78%) Confluence
4 13 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.18%) nginx
6 8 (0.79%) Apache
6 8 (0.79%) Drupal
7 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
9 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.099%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 27 (2.67%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.18%) Sketch
4 10 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.89%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.79%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.79%) InVision
6 8 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
7 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.30%) InDesign
10 2 (0.20%) Trello
10 2 (0.20%) Windchill
11 1 (0.099%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.099%) Elementor
11 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.68%) Shopify
2 15 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.099%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.099%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.099%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.099%) Magento
6 1 (0.099%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 491 (48.47%) Azure
2 429 (42.35%) AWS
3 371 (36.62%) GitHub
4 71 (7.01%) Figma
5 64 (6.32%) Serverless
6 52 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (4.64%) GCP
8 39 (3.85%) SaaS
9 38 (3.75%) Power Platform
10 27 (2.67%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.27%) Amazon S3
13 22 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (1.88%) Entra ID
16 18 (1.78%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.58%) Azure Functions
18 15 (1.48%) PaaS
18 15 (1.48%) PowerApps
19 13 (1.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 285 (28.13%) Internet
2 10 (0.99%) HTTP
3 6 (0.59%) Intranet
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 2 (0.20%) WAN
6 1 (0.099%) Firewall
6 1 (0.099%) SSH
6 1 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (11.15%) SQL Server
2 74 (7.31%) MySQL
3 44 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (4.05%) Relational Database
5 33 (3.26%) NoSQL
6 28 (2.76%) Power BI
7 19 (1.88%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.28%) DB2
9 12 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.09%) Looker
11 10 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.30%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.30%) Redis
15 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.30%) Tableau
16 2 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 433 (42.74%) Git
2 49 (4.84%) JIRA
3 45 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.57%) webpack
5 23 (2.27%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.17%) Selenium
7 21 (2.07%) Axure RP
8 15 (1.48%) TeamCity
8 15 (1.48%) Vite
9 14 (1.38%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.28%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.18%) Visual Studio
12 11 (1.09%) Balsamiq
13 10 (0.99%) Babel
14 7 (0.69%) GitLab
14 7 (0.69%) JUnit
14 7 (0.69%) Maven
14 7 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.59%) Storybook
16 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
General
1 281 (27.74%) Multimedia
2 220 (21.72%) Social Skills
3 117 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.98%) Finance
5 76 (7.50%) Marketing
6 49 (4.84%) Law
7 42 (4.15%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.86%) Retail
10 26 (2.57%) Banking
11 22 (2.17%) Legal
12 16 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.89%) Advertising
13 9 (0.89%) Military
14 7 (0.69%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.69%) Electronics
14 7 (0.69%) Games
14 7 (0.69%) Publishing
15 6 (0.59%) Back Office
16 5 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 579 (57.16%) Developer
2 278 (27.44%) Trainee
3 182 (17.97%) Software Developer
4 163 (16.09%) Senior
5 134 (13.23%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.34%) Trainee Software Developer
7 114 (11.25%) Full-Stack Developer
8 109 (10.76%) Senior Developer
9 70 (6.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 57 (5.63%) .NET Developer
11 53 (5.23%) Designer
12 40 (3.95%) PHP Developer
12 40 (3.95%) React Developer
13 39 (3.85%) C# Developer
13 39 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 36 (3.55%) Lead
15 35 (3.46%) Web Developer
16 34 (3.36%) Administrator
17 31 (3.06%) Web Administrator
18 29 (2.86%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 914 (90.23%) HTML
2 310 (30.60%) React
3 175 (17.28%) .NET
4 121 (11.94%) Node.js
5 105 (10.37%) AngularJS
6 100 (9.87%) RESTful
7 94 (9.28%) HTML5
8 91 (8.98%) Vue
9 78 (7.70%) CSS3
10 73 (7.21%) jQuery
11 62 (6.12%) REST
12 60 (5.92%) ASP.NET
13 51 (5.03%) .NET Core
14 43 (4.24%) .NET Framework
15 42 (4.15%) Tailwind CSS
16 39 (3.85%) Laravel
17 38 (3.75%) Sass
18 36 (3.55%) Jest
19 32 (3.16%) GraphQL
20 31 (3.06%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.53%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.75%) Mobile App
3 33 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 27 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.37%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.17%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.48%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.99%) Social Media
11 9 (0.89%) Cybercrime
11 9 (0.89%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.79%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 5 (0.49%) Legacy Code
15 4 (0.39%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.47%) Linux
2 19 (1.88%) Windows
3 14 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.28%) Android
5 4 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (36.03%) Mentoring
2 334 (32.97%) Agile
3 265 (26.16%) Cybersecurity
4 229 (22.61%) User Experience
5 205 (20.24%) Full-Stack Development
6 200 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
7 178 (17.57%) CI/CD
8 161 (15.89%) Front End Development
9 137 (13.52%) DevOps
10 116 (11.45%) Computer Science
11 113 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (9.67%) Web Development
13 96 (9.48%) UX Design
14 91 (8.98%) Software Engineering
15 85 (8.39%) Analytics
16 81 (8.00%) MVC
17 80 (7.90%) AI
18 75 (7.40%) Scrum
19 74 (7.31%) Clean Code
20 71 (7.01%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 812 (80.16%) JavaScript
2 385 (38.01%) Python
3 218 (21.52%) SQL
4 186 (18.36%) TypeScript
5 163 (16.09%) C#
6 148 (14.61%) R
7 96 (9.48%) PHP
8 91 (8.98%) Java
9 18 (1.78%) C++
10 11 (1.09%) Ruby
11 10 (0.99%) Perl
11 10 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.79%) C
14 6 (0.59%) Bash
14 6 (0.59%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.39%) SOQL
15 4 (0.39%) SOSL
15 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 287 (28.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.54%) Azure Certification
3 278 (27.44%) AWS Certification
3 278 (27.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 171 (16.88%) Degree
5 95 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 66 (6.52%) Security Cleared
7 47 (4.64%) SC Cleared
8 16 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.79%) HND
12 5 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.39%) ISEB
14 2 (0.20%) CCA
15 1 (0.099%) OCA
15 1 (0.099%) OCP
15 1 (0.099%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.24%) Accessibility
2 52 (5.13%) WCAG
3 50 (4.94%) QA
4 21 (2.07%) GDPR
5 8 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.49%) PERC
8 2 (0.20%) Section 508
8 2 (0.20%) SLA
9 1 (0.099%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.099%) HL7
9 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.099%) NCSC
System Software
1 81 (8.00%) Docker
2 15 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.57%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
4 3 (0.30%) cPanel
4 3 (0.30%) Grafana
4 3 (0.30%) Plesk
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) Nagios
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.099%) Kibana
6 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 387 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.64%) Google
3 44 (4.34%) Adobe
4 24 (2.37%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.38%) Oracle
6 11 (1.09%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.99%) Hotjar
8 9 (0.89%) Siemens
9 8 (0.79%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.79%) SAP
9 8 (0.79%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.69%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.69%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.49%) Databricks
11 5 (0.49%) Foundry
11 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.39%) iManage
12 4 (0.39%) Palo Alto