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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 119 59
Rank change year-on-year -80 -60 +5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,104 1,269 3,076
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 2.54% 3.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.29% 14.17% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 917 773 1,752
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £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 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -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 11,887 8,957 17,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.82% 17.92% 21.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,624 5,825 11,655
10th Percentile £42,476 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,000 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%

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 1 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 1 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 -63 1,017 £51,000 -7.27% 741
UK excluding London -41 838 £50,000 +1.01% 480
Work from Home -36 510 £55,000 - 305
South East +14 232 £49,125 +15.59% 110
North of England -41 224 £50,000 +2.56% 119
London -105 208 £59,886 -11.28% 374
East of England +14 129 £48,760 -2.48% 48
South West -22 109 £52,500 +10.53% 51
North West -63 107 £47,500 -9.52% 65
Midlands -75 105 £47,500 - 81
North East -16 60 £57,500 +94.92% 21
Yorkshire -31 57 £50,000 +19.05% 35
East Midlands -52 54 £50,000 +0.50% 46
West Midlands -50 51 £45,000 -2.70% 35
Wales -59 28 £41,750 -38.15% 14
Scotland -67 10 £31,500 -51.54% 41
Northern Ireland -80 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 93 (8.42%) WordPress
2 60 (5.43%) SharePoint
3 42 (3.80%) CMS
4 34 (3.08%) IIS
5 26 (2.36%) 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 2 (0.18%) CICS
13 1 (0.091%) ExpressionEngine
13 1 (0.091%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.091%) Oracle 10gAS
13 1 (0.091%) PegaRULES
13 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.45%) Adobe XD
3 16 (1.45%) Photoshop
4 11 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.91%) InDesign
6 9 (0.82%) Sketch
7 8 (0.72%) Adobe After Effects
8 7 (0.63%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
10 4 (0.36%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.27%) Elementor
11 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.27%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.18%) InVision
12 2 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.17%) 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%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 440 (39.86%) Azure
2 304 (27.54%) AWS
3 229 (20.74%) GitHub
4 159 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (7.79%) GitHub Copilot
6 79 (7.16%) Azure AI
7 76 (6.88%) Power Platform
8 62 (5.62%) Figma
9 59 (5.34%) Power Automate
10 58 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
11 54 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (4.62%) PowerApps
13 48 (4.35%) GCP
14 44 (3.99%) SaaS
15 34 (3.08%) Serverless
16 33 (2.99%) Google Analytics
17 25 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
18 22 (1.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 20 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 20 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 108 (9.78%) Internet
2 9 (0.82%) Intranet
3 8 (0.72%) 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%) AMQP
10 1 (0.091%) Broadband
10 1 (0.091%) SSH
10 1 (0.091%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.091%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (16.76%) SQL Server
2 178 (16.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 150 (13.59%) MongoDB
4 145 (13.13%) MySQL
5 86 (7.79%) Relational Database
6 76 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
7 56 (5.07%) Power BI
8 32 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (1.54%) NoSQL
12 13 (1.18%) Metadata
13 11 (1.00%) MariaDB
13 11 (1.00%) NonStop SQL
14 9 (0.82%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.82%) GIS
15 8 (0.72%) Redis
15 8 (0.72%) Tableau
16 7 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 256 (23.19%) Git
2 51 (4.62%) JIRA
3 44 (3.99%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.90%) Cypress.io
5 18 (1.63%) GitLab
6 17 (1.54%) Selenium
6 17 (1.54%) Storybook
7 12 (1.09%) Claude Code
7 12 (1.09%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.91%) Axure RP
8 10 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.82%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.82%) Maven
10 8 (0.72%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.72%) PHPUnit
11 7 (0.63%) MSI
11 7 (0.63%) Postman
11 7 (0.63%) webpack
12 6 (0.54%) JUnit
General
1 323 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 121 (10.96%) Marketing
3 116 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (9.78%) Finance
5 92 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (8.06%) Public Sector
7 72 (6.52%) Multimedia
8 61 (5.53%) Advertising
9 51 (4.62%) Law
10 40 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
11 29 (2.63%) Retail
12 25 (2.26%) Legal
13 20 (1.81%) Games
13 20 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.18%) Banking
15 11 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.82%) Local Government
17 8 (0.72%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 717 (64.95%) Developer
2 219 (19.84%) .NET Developer
3 180 (16.30%) Senior
4 141 (12.77%) Senior Developer
5 130 (11.78%) Full-Stack Developer
6 94 (8.51%) Software Developer
7 78 (7.07%) Software Engineer
8 75 (6.79%) Web Developer
9 73 (6.61%) PHP Developer
10 70 (6.34%) C# Developer
11 65 (5.89%) Trainee
12 59 (5.34%) Designer
13 54 (4.89%) Lead
14 51 (4.62%) Administrator
14 51 (4.62%) C# Software Developer
15 47 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 47 (4.26%) Web Administrator
16 43 (3.89%) Analyst
16 43 (3.89%) Trainee Administrator
17 35 (3.17%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,018 (92.21%) HTML
2 389 (35.24%) .NET
3 247 (22.37%) React
4 239 (21.65%) .NET Core
5 222 (20.11%) ASP.NET
6 181 (16.39%) ASP.NET Core
7 148 (13.41%) Node.js
8 141 (12.77%) jQuery
9 138 (12.50%) HTML5
10 118 (10.69%) Entity Framework
11 117 (10.60%) Vue
12 116 (10.51%) CSS3
13 104 (9.42%) REST
14 101 (9.15%) RESTful
15 83 (7.52%) AngularJS
16 81 (7.34%) JSON
17 74 (6.70%) ML.NET
18 72 (6.52%) .NET Framework
19 60 (5.43%) Laravel
20 45 (4.08%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.53%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
3 38 (3.44%) Cloud Native
4 37 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.99%) Mobile App
6 33 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (2.72%) Social Media
8 25 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
9 24 (2.17%) Virtual Team
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
14 13 (1.18%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
15 12 (1.09%) Robotics
16 10 (0.91%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.34%) Windows
2 55 (4.98%) Linux
3 26 (2.36%) 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
1 425 (38.50%) Agile
2 422 (38.22%) Full-Stack Development
3 377 (34.15%) CI/CD
4 244 (22.10%) DevOps
5 238 (21.56%) AI
6 215 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
7 209 (18.93%) User Experience
8 206 (18.66%) Web Development
9 176 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 152 (13.77%) Mentoring
11 144 (13.04%) Software Engineering
12 120 (10.87%) Machine Learning
13 114 (10.33%) Computer Science
14 110 (9.96%) Front End Development
15 106 (9.60%) Test Automation
16 104 (9.42%) Clean Code
17 97 (8.79%) OO
18 95 (8.61%) Scrum
19 91 (8.24%) Microservices
19 91 (8.24%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 684 (61.96%) JavaScript
2 452 (40.94%) SQL
3 393 (35.60%) C#
4 202 (18.30%) TypeScript
5 196 (17.75%) Python
6 192 (17.39%) PHP
7 93 (8.42%) Java
8 48 (4.35%) R
9 42 (3.80%) C++
10 31 (2.81%) PowerShell
11 17 (1.54%) VBA
12 16 (1.45%) Go
12 16 (1.45%) Ruby
13 14 (1.27%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.18%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.82%) Bicep
16 7 (0.63%) Dart
16 7 (0.63%) VBScript
17 5 (0.45%) Perl
18 4 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 183 (16.58%) Degree
2 94 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
2 94 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 80 (7.25%) SC Cleared
4 64 (5.80%) AWS Certification
5 62 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 60 (5.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 60 (5.43%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.00%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.45%) HNC
10 4 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.36%) HND
11 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.091%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.091%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.091%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (16.03%) Accessibility
2 79 (7.16%) WCAG
3 68 (6.16%) QA
4 39 (3.53%) GDPR
5 11 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.00%) SLA
6 10 (0.91%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.72%) PERC
8 7 (0.63%) GRC
8 7 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.27%) WAI
10 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
11 1 (0.091%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 186 (16.85%) Docker
2 15 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.23%) 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
1 383 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.25%) Adobe
3 47 (4.26%) Google
4 42 (3.80%) Facebook
5 27 (2.45%) Oracle
6 24 (2.17%) 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 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 8 (0.72%) 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%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.45%) Pinterest
13 5 (0.45%) Red Hat