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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 92 58
Rank change year-on-year -94 -34 -15
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,006 1,459 3,835
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.11% 3.35% 3.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.26% 17.00% 18.81%
Number of salaries quoted 850 991 2,896
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -7.98%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £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 8,937 8,584 20,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 19.73% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,550 6,277 15,757
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
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 9 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 9 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 -76 918 £50,000 -9.09% 477
UK excluding London -75 706 £45,000 -14.29% 403
Work from Home -80 351 £52,500 -8.70% 188
North of England -48 231 £37,500 -16.67% 99
London -78 229 £60,000 -14.29% 138
South East -49 155 £50,000 -16.67% 113
North West -57 116 £37,500 -25.00% 47
Midlands -70 115 £45,000 - 51
East of England +7 98 £45,000 +9.09% 69
Yorkshire -22 83 £35,250 -6.00% 33
South West -58 75 £45,000 -25.00% 42
West Midlands -51 69 £37,500 -25.00% 17
East Midlands -52 46 £55,000 +41.94% 34
North East -33 32 £39,000 -15.68% 19
Scotland -87 20 £30,500 -49.17% 23
Wales -37 10 £43,500 -27.50% 10
Northern Ireland -31 3 £60,000 - 6
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
1 101 (10.04%) WordPress
2 50 (4.97%) CMS
3 44 (4.37%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.59%) Confluence
5 11 (1.09%) IIS
6 10 (0.99%) Drupal
7 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.89%) nginx
8 8 (0.80%) Apache
9 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.30%) govService
10 3 (0.30%) JBoss
10 3 (0.30%) Liferay
10 3 (0.30%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.099%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.099%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 19 (1.89%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (1.09%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.89%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (0.89%) Sketch
6 7 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.70%) InVision
6 7 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.60%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.20%) InDesign
9 1 (0.099%) Elementor
9 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.099%) Trello
9 1 (0.099%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.79%) Shopify
2 10 (0.99%) 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 (0.099%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.099%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.099%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.099%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.099%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.099%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 456 (45.33%) Azure
2 391 (38.87%) AWS
3 289 (28.73%) GitHub
4 92 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
5 66 (6.56%) Figma
6 63 (6.26%) Power Platform
7 56 (5.57%) GCP
8 44 (4.37%) SaaS
9 40 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
9 40 (3.98%) Serverless
10 37 (3.68%) Power Automate
11 35 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
11 35 (3.48%) PowerApps
12 34 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 28 (2.78%) Google Analytics
14 22 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (2.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 20 (1.99%) Azure AI
16 20 (1.99%) GitHub Copilot
17 19 (1.89%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 214 (21.27%) 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%) AMQP
4 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.20%) SSL
5 1 (0.099%) Broadband
5 1 (0.099%) DNS
5 1 (0.099%) Firewall
5 1 (0.099%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.099%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.099%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (13.92%) SQL Server
2 104 (10.34%) MySQL
3 60 (5.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 55 (5.47%) Power BI
5 47 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (4.37%) MongoDB
7 42 (4.17%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.88%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.09%) DB2
11 10 (0.99%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.80%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.80%) Tableau
13 7 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.70%) FileMaker
14 5 (0.50%) GIS
14 5 (0.50%) Looker
14 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 337 (33.50%) Git
2 51 (5.07%) JIRA
3 46 (4.57%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.69%) Cypress.io
4 17 (1.69%) Selenium
4 17 (1.69%) webpack
5 16 (1.59%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.39%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.19%) Storybook
8 11 (1.09%) Balsamiq
8 11 (1.09%) Vite
9 10 (0.99%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.99%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.89%) GitLab
11 7 (0.70%) Babel
11 7 (0.70%) JUnit
12 6 (0.60%) Maven
13 5 (0.50%) PHPUnit
14 4 (0.40%) ESLint
14 4 (0.40%) Gradle
General
1 254 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 197 (19.58%) Multimedia
3 120 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (10.44%) Finance
5 83 (8.25%) Marketing
6 46 (4.57%) Law
7 43 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.49%) Legal
9 25 (2.49%) Retail
10 24 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 19 (1.89%) Advertising
12 17 (1.69%) Banking
13 11 (1.09%) Games
14 7 (0.70%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.60%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.50%) Local Government
16 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.40%) Back Office
17 4 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 595 (59.15%) Developer
2 202 (20.08%) Trainee
3 151 (15.01%) Senior
4 141 (14.02%) Software Developer
5 129 (12.82%) Full-Stack Developer
6 110 (10.93%) Senior Developer
7 85 (8.45%) .NET Developer
8 82 (8.15%) Trainee Developer
9 69 (6.86%) Trainee Software Developer
10 61 (6.06%) Administrator
11 60 (5.96%) Designer
12 57 (5.67%) C# Developer
13 56 (5.57%) Web Administrator
14 53 (5.27%) Trainee Administrator
15 51 (5.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 51 (5.07%) PHP Developer
15 51 (5.07%) Web Developer
16 50 (4.97%) C# Software Developer
17 49 (4.87%) Software Engineer
18 42 (4.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 917 (91.15%) HTML
2 282 (28.03%) React
3 225 (22.37%) .NET
4 120 (11.93%) Node.js
5 119 (11.83%) jQuery
6 113 (11.23%) HTML5
7 109 (10.83%) Vue
8 104 (10.34%) AngularJS
8 104 (10.34%) RESTful
9 96 (9.54%) CSS3
10 89 (8.85%) .NET Core
11 78 (7.75%) ASP.NET
12 60 (5.96%) REST
13 58 (5.77%) JSON
14 47 (4.67%) ASP.NET Core
15 46 (4.57%) Laravel
16 44 (4.37%) Tailwind CSS
17 40 (3.98%) Entity Framework
18 39 (3.88%) Sass
19 38 (3.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
2 37 (3.68%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.58%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.48%) Mobile App
5 28 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 20 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 17 (1.69%) Social Media
10 15 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.19%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.99%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.89%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
14 7 (0.70%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.70%) Digital TV
14 7 (0.70%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.68%) Linux
2 24 (2.39%) Windows
3 13 (1.29%) 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 (0.099%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (31.31%) Agile
2 280 (27.83%) Full-Stack Development
3 265 (26.34%) Mentoring
4 204 (20.28%) CI/CD
5 197 (19.58%) User Experience
6 184 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
7 157 (15.61%) DevOps
8 156 (15.51%) Cybersecurity
9 153 (15.21%) Web Development
10 133 (13.22%) AI
11 128 (12.72%) Computer Science
12 124 (12.33%) Front End Development
13 117 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 100 (9.94%) Software Engineering
15 92 (9.15%) Clean Code
16 88 (8.75%) Scrum
17 87 (8.65%) Analytics
18 81 (8.05%) UX Design
19 78 (7.75%) Microservices
20 77 (7.65%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 732 (72.76%) JavaScript
2 323 (32.11%) SQL
3 315 (31.31%) Python
4 219 (21.77%) C#
5 189 (18.79%) TypeScript
6 162 (16.10%) PHP
7 120 (11.93%) R
8 95 (9.44%) Java
9 32 (3.18%) PowerShell
10 29 (2.88%) C++
11 12 (1.19%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.09%) VBA
13 6 (0.60%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.60%) Bash
14 5 (0.50%) Bicep
14 5 (0.50%) Dart
14 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.50%) VBScript
15 4 (0.40%) SOQL
15 4 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 203 (20.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 198 (19.68%) AWS Certification
3 197 (19.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 197 (19.58%) Azure Certification
4 175 (17.40%) Degree
5 105 (10.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (5.07%) Security Cleared
7 40 (3.98%) 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
10 4 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.30%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) ISEB
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.099%) OCA
13 1 (0.099%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 42 (4.17%) WCAG
3 40 (3.98%) QA
4 28 (2.78%) GDPR
5 11 (1.09%) SLA
6 10 (0.99%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.80%) PERC
8 7 (0.70%) GRC
8 7 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.099%) HL7
11 1 (0.099%) NCSC
11 1 (0.099%) NIST
System Software
1 90 (8.95%) Docker
2 13 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (4.97%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.79%) Terraform
3 5 (0.50%) Plesk
4 3 (0.30%) Argo
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) cPanel
5 2 (0.20%) Grafana
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.20%) Nagios
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.099%) Kibana
Vendors
1 364 (36.18%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.06%) Adobe
3 41 (4.08%) Google
4 19 (1.89%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.29%) Oracle
6 9 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.80%) Atlassian
7 8 (0.80%) Facebook
7 8 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 8 (0.80%) Sage
8 7 (0.70%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.70%) iManage
9 6 (0.60%) Apple
9 6 (0.60%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.60%) SAP
9 6 (0.60%) YouTube
10 5 (0.50%) Databricks
10 5 (0.50%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.50%) Pinterest
10 5 (0.50%) TikTok