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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 65 68
Rank change year-on-year -69 +3 -32
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,038 2,217 2,242
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 4.08% 4.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.72% 19.05% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1,170 1,914
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62,813 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -4.55% +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 7,052 11,638 13,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.80% 21.44% 24.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,256 6,862 10,885
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £41,039
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -65 926 £45,000 -18.18% 622
UK excluding London -77 702 £35,000 -33.33% 556
Work from Home -71 324 £50,000 -9.09% 311
North of England -23 275 £30,500 -39.00% 139
London -51 248 £62,500 -7.41% 134
South East -90 135 £50,000 -16.67% 159
Yorkshire +1 122 £30,500 -28.24% 53
North West -28 116 £34,500 -34.29% 67
Midlands -71 96 £37,500 -25.00% 82
East of England -39 73 £45,000 -10.00% 78
South West -66 70 £36,000 -37.39% 63
West Midlands -44 53 £30,500 -44.55% 33
East Midlands -52 44 £45,000 +15.38% 48
North East -4 37 £30,500 -41.90% 19
Scotland -67 37 £30,500 -39.60% 17
Wales -13 14 £42,000 -11.58% 22
Northern Ireland -11 3 £31,500 -30.00% 6
Channel Islands +3 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 60 (5.78%) WordPress
2 56 (5.39%) CMS
3 25 (2.41%) Confluence
4 16 (1.54%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.96%) nginx
6 9 (0.87%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.67%) Apache
8 6 (0.58%) Drupal
9 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.29%) govService
11 3 (0.29%) IIS
11 3 (0.29%) Liferay
12 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.19%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.19%) JBoss
12 2 (0.19%) Mendix
12 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (3.08%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.22%) MS Visio
3 22 (2.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 22 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.64%) Sketch
5 12 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.96%) InVision
6 10 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.96%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.77%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.77%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.77%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.29%) InDesign
8 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (0.19%) Windchill
10 1 (0.096%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.25%) Shopify
3 5 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.096%) Magento
6 1 (0.096%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 507 (48.84%) Azure
2 416 (40.08%) AWS
3 359 (34.59%) GitHub
4 73 (7.03%) Figma
5 65 (6.26%) Serverless
6 51 (4.91%) GCP
7 46 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.47%) SaaS
9 33 (3.18%) Power Platform
10 26 (2.50%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.31%) Power Automate
12 18 (1.73%) Azure Functions
12 18 (1.73%) Entra ID
13 17 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
13 17 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.54%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
16 14 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 14 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 274 (26.40%) Internet
2 10 (0.96%) HTTP
3 6 (0.58%) Intranet
4 3 (0.29%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) DNS
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.096%) Firewall
6 1 (0.096%) SSH
6 1 (0.096%) SSL
6 1 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 97 (9.34%) MySQL
3 48 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (4.34%) Relational Database
5 41 (3.95%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.12%) MongoDB
7 17 (1.64%) Power BI
8 13 (1.25%) DB2
9 11 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.77%) GIS
11 8 (0.77%) Looker
12 6 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.58%) Metadata
13 5 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.48%) Redis
13 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 437 (42.10%) Git
2 52 (5.01%) JIRA
3 43 (4.14%) Jenkins
4 32 (3.08%) webpack
5 23 (2.22%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.22%) Cypress.io
5 23 (2.22%) Selenium
6 16 (1.54%) TeamCity
6 16 (1.54%) Visual Studio
7 14 (1.35%) Bitbucket
7 14 (1.35%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.16%) Babel
8 12 (1.16%) Balsamiq
9 10 (0.96%) gulp
9 10 (0.96%) Vite
10 9 (0.87%) GitLab
11 8 (0.77%) JUnit
11 8 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
11 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.48%) Postman
General
1 278 (26.78%) Multimedia
2 268 (25.82%) Social Skills
3 117 (11.27%) Finance
4 104 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
5 88 (8.48%) Marketing
6 77 (7.42%) Law
7 50 (4.82%) Public Sector
8 42 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (3.08%) Banking
10 31 (2.99%) Retail
11 26 (2.50%) Legal
12 15 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.25%) Publishing
14 12 (1.16%) Advertising
15 11 (1.06%) Games
16 9 (0.87%) Military
17 7 (0.67%) Aeronautics
17 7 (0.67%) Electronics
18 6 (0.58%) Manufacturing
19 5 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 597 (57.51%) Developer
2 272 (26.20%) Trainee
3 179 (17.24%) Software Developer
4 161 (15.51%) Senior
5 129 (12.43%) Trainee Developer
6 121 (11.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 120 (11.56%) Trainee Software Developer
8 108 (10.40%) Senior Developer
9 69 (6.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 57 (5.49%) .NET Developer
11 54 (5.20%) Designer
12 43 (4.14%) C# Developer
12 43 (4.14%) PHP Developer
13 41 (3.95%) Lead
13 41 (3.95%) React Developer
14 39 (3.76%) Web Developer
15 36 (3.47%) Software Engineer
16 32 (3.08%) Administrator
16 32 (3.08%) Graduate Developer
16 32 (3.08%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 929 (89.50%) HTML
2 321 (30.92%) React
3 190 (18.30%) .NET
4 134 (12.91%) Node.js
5 113 (10.89%) RESTful
6 110 (10.60%) AngularJS
7 106 (10.21%) HTML5
8 86 (8.29%) CSS3
9 82 (7.90%) Vue
10 80 (7.71%) ASP.NET
11 75 (7.23%) jQuery
12 71 (6.84%) REST
13 62 (5.97%) .NET Core
14 52 (5.01%) .NET Framework
15 40 (3.85%) GraphQL
16 38 (3.66%) Tailwind CSS
17 37 (3.56%) JSON
17 37 (3.56%) XML
18 34 (3.28%) Jest
18 34 (3.28%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.11%) Product Ownership
2 35 (3.37%) Mobile App
3 34 (3.28%) Cloud Native
4 22 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.02%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.45%) Low-Code
8 12 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (0.96%) Motion Graphics
10 10 (0.96%) Social Media
11 8 (0.77%) Cybercrime
11 8 (0.77%) W3C
12 6 (0.58%) CMDB
12 6 (0.58%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.58%) Digital TV
12 6 (0.58%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.70%) Linux
2 26 (2.50%) Windows
3 11 (1.06%) Android
3 11 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.48%) Unix
6 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (36.32%) Agile
2 364 (35.07%) Mentoring
3 260 (25.05%) Cybersecurity
4 248 (23.89%) User Experience
5 222 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
6 215 (20.71%) Full-Stack Development
7 176 (16.96%) CI/CD
8 171 (16.47%) Front End Development
9 150 (14.45%) DevOps
10 122 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (10.98%) Web Development
12 111 (10.69%) Computer Science
13 109 (10.50%) UX Design
14 106 (10.21%) MVC
15 86 (8.29%) Software Engineering
16 75 (7.23%) OOP
17 74 (7.13%) Analytics
17 74 (7.13%) Scrum
18 71 (6.84%) Test Automation
19 70 (6.74%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 839 (80.83%) JavaScript
2 374 (36.03%) Python
3 207 (19.94%) SQL
4 189 (18.21%) C#
5 180 (17.34%) TypeScript
6 147 (14.16%) R
7 110 (10.60%) Java
8 94 (9.06%) PHP
9 30 (2.89%) C++
10 13 (1.25%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.16%) Ruby
12 11 (1.06%) Perl
13 10 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.77%) C
15 7 (0.67%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.39%) ActionScript 3.0
16 4 (0.39%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.39%) Bash
16 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 281 (27.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 273 (26.30%) Azure Certification
3 272 (26.20%) AWS Certification
3 272 (26.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 175 (16.86%) Degree
5 93 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 69 (6.65%) Security Cleared
7 43 (4.14%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.93%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.77%) HND
11 7 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.67%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.19%) CCA
13 2 (0.19%) MCP
14 1 (0.096%) OCP
14 1 (0.096%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (12.91%) Accessibility
2 67 (6.45%) QA
3 54 (5.20%) WCAG
4 30 (2.89%) GDPR
5 8 (0.77%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.48%) PERC
7 4 (0.39%) Section 508
8 3 (0.29%) SLA
9 2 (0.19%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.096%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.096%) HL7
10 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.096%) NCSC
10 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (9.25%) Docker
2 15 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 60 (5.78%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.70%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
3 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.29%) cPanel
4 3 (0.29%) Grafana
4 3 (0.29%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.096%) Nagios
Vendors
1 385 (37.09%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.78%) Adobe
3 44 (4.24%) Google
4 28 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.83%) Oracle
7 10 (0.96%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.96%) Cisco
8 9 (0.87%) Siemens
9 8 (0.77%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.77%) HubSpot
9 8 (0.77%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.67%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.67%) SAP
11 6 (0.58%) Hotjar
11 6 (0.58%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.48%) Databricks
12 5 (0.48%) Foundry
12 5 (0.48%) Meraki