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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 70 59
Rank change year-on-year -77 -11 -16
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,013 1,831 3,100
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 3.85% 4.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.09% 17.30% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 842 1,082 2,632
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 £63,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +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 7,740 10,586 17,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.11% 22.24% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,684 6,605 14,195
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +8.57% -9.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 26 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 26 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 -79 902 £47,500 -13.64% 581
UK excluding London -76 697 £38,500 -26.67% 531
Work from Home -81 304 £52,000 -5.45% 211
North of England -29 270 £30,500 -32.22% 135
London -68 227 £67,500 - 150
South East -89 141 £50,000 -16.67% 129
North West -39 120 £31,500 -40.00% 64
Yorkshire -17 112 £30,500 -18.67% 52
Midlands -55 104 £40,000 -20.00% 81
South West -73 73 £40,000 -30.43% 78
West Midlands -26 59 £30,500 -46.96% 33
East of England -45 59 £35,750 -24.74% 68
East Midlands -55 46 £51,250 +33.99% 48
Scotland -79 39 £30,500 -44.04% 26
North East -4 38 £30,500 -34.05% 20
Wales -21 9 £36,120 -23.96% 20
Northern Ireland -28 3 £60,000 - 3
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 57 (5.63%) CMS
3 17 (1.68%) Confluence
4 12 (1.18%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.09%) nginx
6 8 (0.79%) Apache
7 7 (0.69%) Drupal
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
8 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
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%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 29 (2.86%) Adobe XD
2 19 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.28%) Sketch
4 12 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 10 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.89%) InVision
6 9 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.89%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.39%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.30%) InDesign
11 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 2 (0.20%) Windchill
12 1 (0.099%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.099%) Elementor
12 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.68%) Shopify
2 15 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.59%) 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
1 493 (48.67%) Azure
2 432 (42.65%) AWS
3 371 (36.62%) GitHub
4 74 (7.31%) Figma
5 62 (6.12%) Serverless
6 52 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (4.74%) GCP
8 39 (3.85%) Power Platform
8 39 (3.85%) SaaS
9 28 (2.76%) Google Analytics
10 24 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (2.27%) Amazon S3
11 23 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.78%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.58%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.48%) PaaS
16 14 (1.38%) Azure Functions
16 14 (1.38%) PowerApps
17 13 (1.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 285 (28.13%) Internet
2 10 (0.99%) HTTP
3 5 (0.49%) Intranet
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
4 3 (0.30%) WAN
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.099%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (11.65%) SQL Server
2 74 (7.31%) MySQL
3 45 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (3.95%) Relational Database
5 33 (3.26%) NoSQL
6 29 (2.86%) 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 8 (0.79%) 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 48 (4.74%) JIRA
3 46 (4.54%) Jenkins
4 28 (2.76%) webpack
5 24 (2.37%) Cypress.io
6 23 (2.27%) Axure RP
7 21 (2.07%) Selenium
8 16 (1.58%) Vite
9 15 (1.48%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.38%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.28%) Bitbucket
12 12 (1.18%) Balsamiq
13 11 (1.09%) Babel
13 11 (1.09%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.69%) GitLab
14 7 (0.69%) JUnit
14 7 (0.69%) Maven
15 6 (0.59%) Storybook
15 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
16 5 (0.49%) gulp
General
1 280 (27.64%) Multimedia
2 221 (21.82%) Social Skills
3 115 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (9.08%) Finance
5 74 (7.31%) Marketing
6 49 (4.84%) Law
7 46 (4.54%) Public Sector
8 41 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (2.67%) Retail
10 26 (2.57%) Banking
11 23 (2.27%) 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
1 583 (57.55%) Developer
2 277 (27.34%) Trainee
3 182 (17.97%) Software Developer
4 160 (15.79%) Senior
5 133 (13.13%) Trainee Developer
6 124 (12.24%) Trainee Software Developer
7 117 (11.55%) Full-Stack Developer
8 109 (10.76%) Senior Developer
9 71 (7.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 58 (5.73%) .NET Developer
11 56 (5.53%) Designer
12 40 (3.95%) React Developer
13 39 (3.85%) C# Developer
13 39 (3.85%) PHP Developer
13 39 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 37 (3.65%) Lead
15 36 (3.55%) Web Developer
16 34 (3.36%) Administrator
17 31 (3.06%) Web Administrator
18 30 (2.96%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 921 (90.92%) HTML
2 315 (31.10%) React
3 179 (17.67%) .NET
4 122 (12.04%) Node.js
5 109 (10.76%) AngularJS
6 101 (9.97%) RESTful
7 97 (9.58%) HTML5
8 91 (8.98%) Vue
9 81 (8.00%) CSS3
10 77 (7.60%) jQuery
11 61 (6.02%) ASP.NET
12 60 (5.92%) REST
13 53 (5.23%) .NET Core
14 45 (4.44%) .NET Framework
15 42 (4.15%) Tailwind CSS
16 39 (3.85%) Sass
17 38 (3.75%) Laravel
18 37 (3.65%) Jest
19 31 (3.06%) Bootstrap
19 31 (3.06%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.53%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.65%) Mobile App
3 34 (3.36%) Cloud Native
4 27 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.17%) Data Structures
6 16 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.48%) Low-Code
7 15 (1.48%) Onboarding
8 14 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (0.99%) Data Centre
9 10 (0.99%) Social Media
10 9 (0.89%) Cybercrime
11 8 (0.79%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.79%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.49%) Legacy Code
14 4 (0.39%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.07%) Linux
2 18 (1.78%) Windows
3 13 (1.28%) Android
3 13 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (36.03%) Mentoring
2 338 (33.37%) Agile
3 263 (25.96%) Cybersecurity
4 232 (22.90%) User Experience
5 208 (20.53%) Full-Stack Development
6 197 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
7 183 (18.07%) CI/CD
8 161 (15.89%) Front End Development
9 139 (13.72%) DevOps
10 112 (11.06%) Computer Science
11 111 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (9.67%) UX Design
13 97 (9.58%) Web Development
14 91 (8.98%) Software Engineering
15 87 (8.59%) Analytics
16 82 (8.09%) AI
16 82 (8.09%) MVC
17 75 (7.40%) Scrum
18 74 (7.31%) Clean Code
19 73 (7.21%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 817 (80.65%) JavaScript
2 379 (37.41%) Python
3 219 (21.62%) SQL
4 192 (18.95%) TypeScript
5 167 (16.49%) C#
6 148 (14.61%) R
7 97 (9.58%) PHP
8 87 (8.59%) Java
9 18 (1.78%) C++
10 11 (1.09%) Ruby
11 10 (0.99%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.59%) Bash
14 6 (0.59%) Perl
14 6 (0.59%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.39%) C
15 4 (0.39%) SOQL
15 4 (0.39%) SOSL
15 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 286 (28.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 278 (27.44%) Azure Certification
3 277 (27.34%) AWS Certification
3 277 (27.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 168 (16.58%) Degree
5 93 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 70 (6.91%) Security Cleared
7 51 (5.03%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.49%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.39%) HND
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
13 3 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.20%) CCA
15 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.099%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (12.64%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.23%) WCAG
3 49 (4.84%) QA
4 21 (2.07%) GDPR
5 7 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.49%) PERC
7 4 (0.39%) IEC 61131
7 4 (0.39%) SLA
8 2 (0.20%) Section 508
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 14 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.67%) 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
Vendors
1 381 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.64%) Google
3 46 (4.54%) Adobe
4 24 (2.37%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.38%) Oracle
6 11 (1.09%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.99%) Hotjar
8 9 (0.89%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.79%) SAP
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%) iManage
11 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.49%) Siemens
12 4 (0.39%) Allen-Bradley
12 4 (0.39%) Concur
12 4 (0.39%) New Relic
12 4 (0.39%) Palo Alto