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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 91 57
Rank change year-on-year -94 -34 -14
Permanent jobs citing CSS 995 1,448 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.09% 3.33% 3.96%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.05% 16.65% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 840 956 2,873
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,676 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +4.76% -7.90%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 9,005 8,699 20,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.90% 19.99% 21.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,614 6,119 15,728
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,063 £50,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -76 907 £50,000 -9.09% 492
UK excluding London -72 704 £45,000 -14.29% 419
Work from Home -66 361 £52,500 -4.55% 339
North of England -41 227 £40,000 -11.11% 104
London -88 218 £60,000 -11.11% 147
South East -44 158 £50,000 -16.67% 106
North West -51 116 £40,000 -20.00% 57
Midlands -66 111 £45,000 - 59
East of England +8 103 £47,500 +18.75% 69
Yorkshire -21 80 £40,000 +6.67% 31
South West -57 76 £47,500 -20.83% 44
West Midlands -48 65 £39,770 -18.42% 21
East Midlands -57 46 £55,000 +41.94% 38
North East -25 31 £47,500 - 16
Scotland -83 17 £30,500 -49.17% 25
Wales -36 10 £43,500 -27.50% 12
Northern Ireland -32 3 £60,000 - 7
Channel Islands - 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
1 102 (10.25%) WordPress
2 51 (5.13%) CMS
3 44 (4.42%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.41%) Confluence
5 12 (1.21%) IIS
6 11 (1.11%) Drupal
7 8 (0.80%) Apache
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.80%) nginx
8 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) CICS
10 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.10%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.10%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 17 (1.71%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.01%) Photoshop
4 9 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.80%) Sketch
6 7 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.60%) InVision
8 4 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.20%) InDesign
10 1 (0.10%) Elementor
10 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.81%) Shopify
2 9 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.50%) Magento
4 4 (0.40%) Line 50
5 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.10%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 445 (44.72%) Azure
2 370 (37.19%) AWS
3 272 (27.34%) GitHub
4 99 (9.95%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (6.23%) Figma
6 61 (6.13%) Power Platform
7 51 (5.13%) GCP
8 43 (4.32%) SaaS
9 39 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (3.62%) Power Automate
10 36 (3.62%) Serverless
11 35 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
11 35 (3.52%) PowerApps
12 34 (3.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 28 (2.81%) Azure AI
13 28 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
14 27 (2.71%) Google Analytics
15 22 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (2.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 19 (1.91%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 198 (19.90%) Internet
2 7 (0.70%) HTTP
2 7 (0.70%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) Network Security
3 4 (0.40%) VoIP
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
4 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.10%) AMQP
5 1 (0.10%) Broadband
5 1 (0.10%) DNS
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (13.97%) SQL Server
2 105 (10.55%) MySQL
3 75 (7.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 56 (5.63%) MongoDB
5 53 (5.33%) Power BI
6 42 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (4.12%) Relational Database
8 25 (2.51%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (1.01%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.90%) DB2
12 9 (0.90%) MariaDB
13 8 (0.80%) Tableau
14 7 (0.70%) FileMaker
15 6 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.50%) GIS
16 5 (0.50%) Looker
16 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 317 (31.86%) Git
2 48 (4.82%) JIRA
3 40 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.71%) webpack
5 16 (1.61%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.41%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.41%) Selenium
7 12 (1.21%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.21%) Storybook
8 10 (1.01%) Balsamiq
8 10 (1.01%) Vite
9 9 (0.90%) GitLab
10 8 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.80%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.70%) JUnit
12 6 (0.60%) Babel
13 5 (0.50%) Maven
13 5 (0.50%) PHPUnit
14 4 (0.40%) MLflow
14 4 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 252 (25.33%) Social Skills
2 177 (17.79%) Multimedia
3 116 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (10.15%) Finance
5 85 (8.54%) Marketing
6 44 (4.42%) Law
7 42 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (3.52%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.51%) Legal
9 25 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (2.51%) Retail
10 22 (2.21%) Advertising
11 14 (1.41%) Banking
12 13 (1.31%) Games
13 8 (0.80%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.60%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.60%) Local Government
15 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.40%) Automotive
16 4 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 601 (60.40%) Developer
2 182 (18.29%) Trainee
3 150 (15.08%) Senior
4 134 (13.47%) Software Developer
5 130 (13.07%) Full-Stack Developer
6 111 (11.16%) Senior Developer
7 102 (10.25%) .NET Developer
8 71 (7.14%) Trainee Developer
9 62 (6.23%) Administrator
10 60 (6.03%) C# Developer
11 59 (5.93%) Designer
12 58 (5.83%) Trainee Software Developer
13 57 (5.73%) Web Administrator
14 53 (5.33%) C# Software Developer
14 53 (5.33%) PHP Developer
14 53 (5.33%) Trainee Administrator
15 52 (5.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 52 (5.23%) Software Engineer
15 52 (5.23%) Web Developer
16 40 (4.02%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 905 (90.95%) HTML
2 272 (27.34%) React
3 244 (24.52%) .NET
4 120 (12.06%) jQuery
5 117 (11.76%) Node.js
6 111 (11.16%) HTML5
7 109 (10.95%) Vue
8 106 (10.65%) .NET Core
9 105 (10.55%) RESTful
10 100 (10.05%) AngularJS
11 94 (9.45%) ASP.NET
11 94 (9.45%) CSS3
12 64 (6.43%) ASP.NET Core
13 60 (6.03%) JSON
13 60 (6.03%) REST
14 48 (4.82%) Entity Framework
15 47 (4.72%) Laravel
16 43 (4.32%) Tailwind CSS
17 40 (4.02%) Sass
18 39 (3.92%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.82%) Greenfield Project
2 36 (3.62%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.22%) Cloud Native
4 31 (3.12%) Product Ownership
5 30 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.01%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.71%) Social Media
11 15 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.90%) Digital TV
13 9 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.80%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.70%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.71%) Linux
2 25 (2.51%) Windows
3 14 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.60%) Android
5 4 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.40%) Unix
5 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (31.36%) Agile
2 291 (29.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 244 (24.52%) Mentoring
4 218 (21.91%) CI/CD
5 192 (19.30%) User Experience
6 185 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
7 163 (16.38%) DevOps
8 159 (15.98%) Web Development
9 143 (14.37%) AI
10 135 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
11 127 (12.76%) Computer Science
12 122 (12.26%) Front End Development
13 119 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 103 (10.35%) Software Engineering
15 94 (9.45%) Clean Code
16 85 (8.54%) Scrum
17 84 (8.44%) Analytics
18 78 (7.84%) UX Design
19 76 (7.64%) Machine Learning
19 76 (7.64%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 706 (70.95%) JavaScript
2 331 (33.27%) SQL
3 291 (29.25%) Python
4 238 (23.92%) C#
5 184 (18.49%) TypeScript
6 167 (16.78%) PHP
7 111 (11.16%) R
8 88 (8.84%) Java
9 31 (3.12%) PowerShell
10 30 (3.02%) C++
11 12 (1.21%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.11%) VBA
13 5 (0.50%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.50%) Bash
13 5 (0.50%) Bicep
13 5 (0.50%) Dart
13 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.50%) VBScript
14 4 (0.40%) SOQL
14 4 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 183 (18.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 178 (17.89%) AWS Certification
3 177 (17.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 177 (17.79%) Azure Certification
4 171 (17.19%) Degree
5 103 (10.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (4.72%) Security Cleared
7 36 (3.62%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.70%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.30%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.10%) ISEB
13 1 (0.10%) OCA
13 1 (0.10%) OCP
13 1 (0.10%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (11.66%) Accessibility
2 41 (4.12%) WCAG
3 40 (4.02%) QA
4 27 (2.71%) GDPR
5 11 (1.11%) SLA
6 10 (1.01%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.70%) GRC
7 7 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.70%) PERC
8 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.10%) HL7
10 1 (0.10%) NCSC
10 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 91 (9.15%) Docker
2 12 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.61%) Terraform
3 5 (0.50%) Plesk
4 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.20%) Ansible
4 2 (0.20%) cPanel
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.20%) Nagios
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Argo
5 1 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
5 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 356 (35.78%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.83%) Adobe
3 39 (3.92%) Google
4 17 (1.71%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.31%) Oracle
6 10 (1.01%) Facebook
7 8 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.80%) Sage
7 8 (0.80%) SAP
7 8 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.70%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.70%) iManage
8 7 (0.70%) YouTube
9 6 (0.60%) Apple
9 6 (0.60%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.50%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.50%) Pinterest
10 5 (0.50%) Splunk
10 5 (0.50%) TikTok
11 4 (0.40%) Databricks