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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 133 60
Rank change year-on-year -64 -73 +4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,103 1,176 2,970
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 2.40% 3.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.32% 13.75% 17.70%
Number of salaries quoted 918 691 1,667
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £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 11,839 8,555 16,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.73% 17.44% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,600 5,488 11,304
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £47,500
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,517
% change year-on-year - +6.16% -5.81%

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 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 17 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 4 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 -43 1,017 £51,000 -7.27% 764
UK excluding London -36 835 £50,000 +5.26% 471
Work from Home -36 508 £55,000 - 314
South East +26 233 £48,500 +14.12% 100
North of England -41 224 £50,000 +5.26% 121
London -100 211 £59,886 -7.87% 402
East of England +16 125 £49,380 -1.24% 46
South West -16 109 £52,500 +31.25% 60
Midlands -65 105 £47,500 +2.70% 80
North West -58 103 £47,500 -11.63% 65
North East -13 64 £57,500 +130.00% 21
Yorkshire -34 57 £50,000 +21.95% 39
East Midlands -57 54 £50,000 +8.11% 47
West Midlands -44 51 £45,000 - 33
Wales -63 28 £41,750 -38.15% 13
Scotland -51 10 £31,500 -59.35% 36
Northern Ireland -85 1 £31,000 -1.59% 19

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 91 (8.25%) WordPress
2 62 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 41 (3.72%) CMS
4 36 (3.26%) IIS
5 27 (2.45%) Confluence
6 17 (1.54%) Apache
7 9 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.63%) Drupal
8 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.54%) JBoss
10 5 (0.45%) nginx
10 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.36%) Moodle
12 1 (0.091%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.091%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.091%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.091%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.091%) Oracle 10gAS
12 1 (0.091%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 22 (1.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.36%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.36%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (0.82%) InDesign
5 9 (0.82%) Sketch
6 8 (0.73%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.63%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (0.36%) EPLAN
9 3 (0.27%) Elementor
9 3 (0.27%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.18%) InVision
10 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.18%) Shopify
2 7 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) Magento
3 4 (0.36%) Line 50
4 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.091%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.091%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 434 (39.35%) Azure
2 299 (27.11%) AWS
3 228 (20.67%) GitHub
4 154 (13.96%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.80%) GitHub Copilot
6 80 (7.25%) Azure AI
7 79 (7.16%) Power Platform
8 62 (5.62%) Power Automate
9 60 (5.44%) Figma
9 60 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
10 54 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
10 54 (4.90%) PowerApps
11 44 (3.99%) GCP
11 44 (3.99%) SaaS
12 35 (3.17%) Serverless
13 31 (2.81%) Google Analytics
14 23 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
15 21 (1.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 109 (9.88%) Internet
2 9 (0.82%) Intranet
3 8 (0.73%) SSL
4 7 (0.63%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.45%) DNS
6 5 (0.45%) HTTP
7 4 (0.36%) Network Security
7 4 (0.36%) Profibus
7 4 (0.36%) VoIP
8 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.27%) SMS
9 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.18%) Firewall
10 1 (0.091%) 4G
10 1 (0.091%) 5G
10 1 (0.091%) AMQP
10 1 (0.091%) SSH
10 1 (0.091%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.091%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (16.95%) SQL Server
2 178 (16.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 150 (13.60%) MongoDB
4 140 (12.69%) MySQL
5 88 (7.98%) Relational Database
6 76 (6.89%) PostgreSQL
7 59 (5.35%) Power BI
8 33 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.54%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.18%) Metadata
12 11 (1.00%) MariaDB
12 11 (1.00%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.91%) GIS
14 9 (0.82%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.82%) Redis
15 8 (0.73%) Tableau
16 7 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 252 (22.85%) Git
2 50 (4.53%) JIRA
3 41 (3.72%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.90%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.63%) GitLab
6 17 (1.54%) Selenium
6 17 (1.54%) Storybook
7 13 (1.18%) Claude Code
7 13 (1.18%) Visual Studio
8 11 (1.00%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.82%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.82%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.82%) Maven
10 7 (0.63%) Balsamiq
10 7 (0.63%) MSI
10 7 (0.63%) PHPUnit
10 7 (0.63%) Postman
10 7 (0.63%) webpack
11 6 (0.54%) JUnit
General
1 327 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 118 (10.70%) Marketing
3 116 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (9.70%) Finance
5 91 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 72 (6.53%) Multimedia
7 61 (5.53%) Advertising
8 51 (4.62%) Law
9 38 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.63%) Retail
11 26 (2.36%) Legal
12 22 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.81%) Games
14 14 (1.27%) Banking
15 10 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.82%) Local Government
17 8 (0.73%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 719 (65.19%) Developer
2 223 (20.22%) .NET Developer
3 180 (16.32%) Senior
4 140 (12.69%) Senior Developer
5 130 (11.79%) Full-Stack Developer
6 89 (8.07%) Software Developer
7 78 (7.07%) Software Engineer
8 76 (6.89%) Web Developer
9 70 (6.35%) PHP Developer
10 69 (6.26%) C# Developer
11 65 (5.89%) Trainee
12 56 (5.08%) Designer
13 53 (4.81%) Lead
14 51 (4.62%) Administrator
15 50 (4.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 48 (4.35%) C# Software Developer
17 47 (4.26%) Web Administrator
18 46 (4.17%) Analyst
19 43 (3.90%) Trainee Administrator
20 36 (3.26%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,020 (92.48%) HTML
2 392 (35.54%) .NET
3 243 (22.03%) React
4 241 (21.85%) .NET Core
5 224 (20.31%) ASP.NET
6 181 (16.41%) ASP.NET Core
7 149 (13.51%) Node.js
8 142 (12.87%) jQuery
9 138 (12.51%) HTML5
10 120 (10.88%) Entity Framework
11 117 (10.61%) Vue
12 115 (10.43%) CSS3
13 104 (9.43%) REST
14 101 (9.16%) RESTful
15 82 (7.43%) JSON
16 81 (7.34%) AngularJS
17 74 (6.71%) .NET Framework
17 74 (6.71%) ML.NET
18 59 (5.35%) Laravel
19 45 (4.08%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.81%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
3 37 (3.35%) Cloud Native
4 36 (3.26%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.90%) Mobile App
6 32 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.63%) Social Media
8 24 (2.18%) Virtual Team
9 23 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.81%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.72%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
12 18 (1.63%) Management Information System
13 16 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
14 13 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.09%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
15 12 (1.09%) Robotics
16 10 (0.91%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 60 (5.44%) Windows
2 55 (4.99%) Linux
3 27 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.54%) Unix
4 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.27%) AIX
7 3 (0.27%) Debian
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (37.99%) Full-Stack Development
2 418 (37.90%) Agile
3 377 (34.18%) CI/CD
4 238 (21.58%) DevOps
5 237 (21.49%) AI
6 219 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
7 208 (18.86%) User Experience
8 206 (18.68%) Web Development
9 177 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 152 (13.78%) Mentoring
11 144 (13.06%) Software Engineering
12 118 (10.70%) Machine Learning
13 111 (10.06%) Front End Development
14 110 (9.97%) Computer Science
15 106 (9.61%) Test Automation
16 101 (9.16%) Clean Code
17 96 (8.70%) OO
18 91 (8.25%) Microservices
19 90 (8.16%) Scrum
20 89 (8.07%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 687 (62.28%) JavaScript
2 450 (40.80%) SQL
3 395 (35.81%) C#
4 207 (18.77%) TypeScript
5 198 (17.95%) Python
6 187 (16.95%) PHP
7 88 (7.98%) Java
8 48 (4.35%) R
9 39 (3.54%) C++
10 30 (2.72%) PowerShell
11 19 (1.72%) VBA
12 16 (1.45%) Go
12 16 (1.45%) Ruby
13 15 (1.36%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.18%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.73%) Bicep
16 7 (0.63%) Dart
16 7 (0.63%) VBScript
17 5 (0.45%) Perl
18 4 (0.36%) C
Qualifications
1 179 (16.23%) Degree
2 98 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 90 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 84 (7.62%) SC Cleared
5 64 (5.80%) AWS Certification
6 62 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (5.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 60 (5.44%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.00%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.45%) HNC
11 4 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.36%) HND
12 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.091%) City & Guilds
14 1 (0.091%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.091%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (16.05%) Accessibility
2 78 (7.07%) WCAG
3 68 (6.17%) QA
4 39 (3.54%) GDPR
5 12 (1.09%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.00%) SLA
7 8 (0.73%) PERC
8 7 (0.63%) NCSC
9 6 (0.54%) GRC
10 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.27%) WAI
11 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.091%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 187 (16.95%) Docker
2 14 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.24%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.45%) Nagios
4 4 (0.36%) Puppet
5 3 (0.27%) Plesk
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.091%) Ansible
7 1 (0.091%) Consul
7 1 (0.091%) Grafana
7 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.091%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 387 (35.09%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.98%) Adobe
3 45 (4.08%) Google
4 42 (3.81%) Facebook
5 26 (2.36%) Oracle
6 24 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.90%) YouTube
8 12 (1.09%) OneLogin
8 12 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.91%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.82%) HubSpot
11 8 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 8 (0.73%) Splunk
12 6 (0.54%) iManage
12 6 (0.54%) Sage
12 6 (0.54%) TikTok
12 6 (0.54%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.45%) Hotjar
13 5 (0.45%) New Relic
13 5 (0.45%) Pinterest