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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 132 59
Rank change year-on-year -74 -73 +2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,044 1,174 2,978
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 2.37% 3.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.83% 13.62% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 856 686 1,559
10th Percentile £30,875 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £84,375 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -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 11,823 8,620 16,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.43% 17.38% 21.39%
Number of salaries quoted 8,520 5,518 10,914
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 12 September 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 12 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 -56 964 £52,500 -4.55% 557
UK excluding London -55 786 £50,000 +5.26% 376
Work from Home -35 506 £55,000 - 1,142
South East +27 230 £48,000 +12.94% 83
North of England -51 203 £51,000 +7.37% 96
London -110 200 £60,000 -7.69% 253
East of England +9 121 £51,250 +2.50% 42
South West -26 102 £52,500 +31.25% 48
Midlands -69 97 £47,500 - 69
North West -67 90 £51,000 -7.27% 43
North East -12 63 £57,500 +114.95% 22
Yorkshire -50 50 £50,000 +19.05% 34
East Midlands -65 50 £50,000 +11.11% 41
West Midlands -58 47 £46,250 -7.50% 28
Wales -62 27 £45,000 -33.33% 11
Scotland -53 6 £32,500 -54.39% 23

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 61 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 50 (4.79%) WordPress
3 40 (3.83%) CMS
4 37 (3.54%) IIS
5 28 (2.68%) Confluence
6 17 (1.63%) Apache
7 9 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.67%) Drupal
8 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.57%) JBoss
9 6 (0.57%) Moodle
10 5 (0.48%) nginx
10 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.096%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.096%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.096%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.096%) Oracle 10gAS
12 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (2.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.72%) Photoshop
4 15 (1.44%) Adobe XD
5 13 (1.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.86%) InDesign
7 9 (0.86%) Sketch
8 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (0.48%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.38%) Elementor
10 4 (0.38%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.29%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.19%) InVision
12 2 (0.19%) Trello
13 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (2.20%) Shopify
2 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.67%) Magento
3 4 (0.38%) Line 50
4 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.096%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.096%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.096%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 368 (35.25%) Azure
2 237 (22.70%) AWS
3 170 (16.28%) GitHub
4 151 (14.46%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (7.95%) GitHub Copilot
6 80 (7.66%) Power Platform
7 76 (7.28%) Azure AI
8 62 (5.94%) Power Automate
9 60 (5.75%) Figma
10 59 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
11 55 (5.27%) PowerApps
12 54 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
13 42 (4.02%) GCP
14 41 (3.93%) SaaS
15 34 (3.26%) Serverless
16 32 (3.07%) Google Analytics
17 23 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
18 22 (2.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 19 (1.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 18 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.79%) Internet
2 9 (0.86%) Intranet
2 9 (0.86%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.77%) SSL
4 7 (0.67%) DNS
4 7 (0.67%) HTTP
5 6 (0.57%) Wireshark
6 4 (0.38%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) Profibus
6 4 (0.38%) VoIP
7 3 (0.29%) 4G
7 3 (0.29%) 5G
7 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.29%) SMS
7 3 (0.29%) SSH
8 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.19%) Firewall
9 1 (0.096%) AMQP
9 1 (0.096%) Broadband
9 1 (0.096%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (18.01%) SQL Server
2 172 (16.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 146 (13.98%) MongoDB
4 138 (13.22%) MySQL
5 89 (8.52%) Relational Database
6 75 (7.18%) PostgreSQL
7 59 (5.65%) Power BI
8 33 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.72%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.25%) Metadata
12 12 (1.15%) Redis
13 11 (1.05%) GIS
13 11 (1.05%) MariaDB
13 11 (1.05%) NonStop SQL
14 9 (0.86%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.77%) Tableau
16 7 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 200 (19.16%) Git
2 51 (4.89%) JIRA
3 42 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.11%) Cypress.io
5 21 (2.01%) GitLab
6 19 (1.82%) Selenium
7 17 (1.63%) Storybook
8 14 (1.34%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.25%) Claude Code
10 11 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
10 11 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.86%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.86%) Maven
12 8 (0.77%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.67%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.67%) MSI
13 7 (0.67%) PHPUnit
13 7 (0.67%) Postman
13 7 (0.67%) webpack
14 6 (0.57%) JUnit
General
1 329 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 120 (11.49%) Marketing
3 115 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (10.15%) Finance
5 92 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (8.81%) Public Sector
6 58 (5.56%) Advertising
7 50 (4.79%) Law
8 37 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (2.87%) Retail
10 25 (2.39%) Legal
11 22 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.72%) Games
13 15 (1.44%) Banking
13 15 (1.44%) Multimedia
14 10 (0.96%) Automotive
14 10 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (0.96%) Publishing
15 9 (0.86%) Local Government
15 9 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 700 (67.05%) Developer
2 219 (20.98%) .NET Developer
3 182 (17.43%) Senior
4 142 (13.60%) Senior Developer
5 130 (12.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 82 (7.85%) Software Developer
7 78 (7.47%) Software Engineer
8 72 (6.90%) Web Developer
9 71 (6.80%) C# Developer
10 68 (6.51%) PHP Developer
11 56 (5.36%) Designer
12 53 (5.08%) Lead
13 50 (4.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 48 (4.60%) C# Software Developer
15 45 (4.31%) Analyst
16 38 (3.64%) C# .NET Developer
17 35 (3.35%) .NET Software Developer
17 35 (3.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 30 (2.87%) UX Designer
19 28 (2.68%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 958 (91.76%) HTML
2 390 (37.36%) .NET
3 236 (22.61%) .NET Core
4 230 (22.03%) React
5 222 (21.26%) ASP.NET
6 178 (17.05%) ASP.NET Core
7 147 (14.08%) Node.js
8 144 (13.79%) jQuery
9 138 (13.22%) HTML5
10 123 (11.78%) Entity Framework
11 118 (11.30%) Vue
12 115 (11.02%) CSS3
13 107 (10.25%) REST
14 103 (9.87%) RESTful
15 82 (7.85%) JSON
16 80 (7.66%) AngularJS
17 78 (7.47%) .NET Framework
18 71 (6.80%) ML.NET
19 60 (5.75%) Laravel
20 43 (4.12%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.98%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (3.07%) Mobile App
6 30 (2.87%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.87%) Social Media
7 24 (2.30%) Virtual Team
8 22 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.92%) Algorithms
9 20 (1.92%) Digital TV
9 20 (1.92%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
12 14 (1.34%) Graphic Design
13 13 (1.25%) Robotics
14 12 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (1.05%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.84%) Windows
2 57 (5.46%) Linux
3 28 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.57%) Unix
4 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) AIX
7 3 (0.29%) Debian
8 2 (0.19%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.096%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (39.75%) Agile
2 411 (39.37%) Full-Stack Development
3 376 (36.02%) CI/CD
4 237 (22.70%) DevOps
5 236 (22.61%) AI
6 219 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
7 210 (20.11%) User Experience
8 178 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 155 (14.85%) Web Development
10 143 (13.70%) Mentoring
10 143 (13.70%) Software Engineering
11 117 (11.21%) Test Automation
12 114 (10.92%) Machine Learning
13 111 (10.63%) Computer Science
14 109 (10.44%) Front End Development
15 99 (9.48%) Clean Code
16 94 (9.00%) OO
17 91 (8.72%) UX Design
18 90 (8.62%) Microservices
18 90 (8.62%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 628 (60.15%) JavaScript
2 441 (42.24%) SQL
3 394 (37.74%) C#
4 209 (20.02%) TypeScript
5 184 (17.62%) PHP
6 141 (13.51%) Python
7 88 (8.43%) Java
8 39 (3.74%) C++
9 30 (2.87%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.82%) VBA
11 17 (1.63%) Ruby
12 16 (1.53%) Go
13 15 (1.44%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.25%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.77%) Bicep
16 7 (0.67%) Dart
16 7 (0.67%) VBScript
17 5 (0.48%) Perl
18 4 (0.38%) Bash
18 4 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 181 (17.34%) Degree
2 100 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 91 (8.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 86 (8.24%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.05%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.48%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.48%) HNC
8 4 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.38%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.38%) HND
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.096%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.096%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.096%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.096%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (17.62%) Accessibility
2 84 (8.05%) WCAG
3 72 (6.90%) QA
4 39 (3.74%) GDPR
5 13 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.05%) SLA
7 8 (0.77%) PERC
8 7 (0.67%) NCSC
9 5 (0.48%) GRC
10 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.29%) WAI
11 3 (0.29%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.096%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 185 (17.72%) Docker
2 14 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 120 (11.49%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.48%) Nagios
4 4 (0.38%) Puppet
5 3 (0.29%) Grafana
5 3 (0.29%) Plesk
5 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.096%) Ansible
7 1 (0.096%) Consul
7 1 (0.096%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 322 (30.84%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.57%) Adobe
3 46 (4.41%) Google
4 40 (3.83%) Facebook
5 26 (2.49%) Oracle
6 24 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.01%) YouTube
8 12 (1.15%) OneLogin
8 12 (1.15%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.96%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.86%) HubSpot
11 8 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 8 (0.77%) Splunk
12 6 (0.57%) iManage
12 6 (0.57%) Sage
12 6 (0.57%) TikTok
12 6 (0.57%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.48%) Hotjar
13 5 (0.48%) New Relic
13 5 (0.48%) Pinterest