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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 77 66
Rank change year-on-year -86 -11 -23
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,004 1,705 3,211
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 3.72% 4.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.67% 16.84% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 840 1,068 2,710
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,625 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +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 7,923 10,124 18,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.97% 22.09% 22.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,816 6,558 14,581
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,967 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -71 898 £47,500 -13.64% 677
UK excluding London -78 691 £40,000 -23.81% 622
Work from Home -80 312 £50,000 -9.09% 274
North of England -27 262 £30,500 -32.22% 159
London -70 227 £67,500 -3.57% 165
South East -84 145 £50,000 -16.67% 145
North West -36 122 £37,500 -28.57% 74
Yorkshire -12 105 £30,500 -18.67% 61
Midlands -62 100 £41,020 -17.96% 93
South West -71 73 £40,000 -33.33% 86
East of England -39 66 £40,000 -15.79% 88
West Midlands -37 58 £30,500 -46.96% 37
East Midlands -64 42 £52,500 +37.25% 54
North East -6 35 £30,500 -34.05% 28
Scotland -77 35 £30,500 -44.55% 32
Wales -27 8 £36,120 -23.96% 29
Northern Ireland -31 3 £60,000 - 7
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 63 (6.27%) WordPress
2 57 (5.68%) CMS
3 16 (1.59%) Confluence
4 14 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.00%) nginx
6 7 (0.70%) Apache
7 6 (0.60%) Drupal
8 4 (0.40%) IIS
8 4 (0.40%) 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%) CICS
10 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (2.89%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.20%) Sketch
4 10 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (0.90%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.80%) InVision
6 8 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (0.30%) InDesign
11 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 2 (0.20%) Windchill
12 1 (0.100%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.100%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.100%) Elementor
12 1 (0.100%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.69%) Shopify
2 15 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.100%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.100%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.100%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.100%) Magento
6 1 (0.100%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.100%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 484 (48.21%) Azure
2 420 (41.83%) AWS
3 353 (35.16%) GitHub
4 76 (7.57%) Figma
5 63 (6.27%) Serverless
6 59 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (5.18%) GCP
8 41 (4.08%) Power Platform
8 41 (4.08%) SaaS
9 28 (2.79%) Google Analytics
10 24 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
10 24 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (2.29%) Amazon S3
12 21 (2.09%) Entra ID
13 18 (1.79%) PaaS
14 17 (1.69%) Power Automate
15 15 (1.49%) Azure Functions
15 15 (1.49%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 265 (26.39%) Internet
2 10 (1.00%) HTTP
3 4 (0.40%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.100%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (12.25%) SQL Server
2 82 (8.17%) MySQL
3 46 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.18%) Relational Database
5 32 (3.19%) NoSQL
6 31 (3.09%) Power BI
7 19 (1.89%) MongoDB
8 14 (1.39%) DB2
9 12 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.10%) Looker
11 10 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.50%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.40%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.30%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.30%) Redis
15 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 417 (41.53%) Git
2 50 (4.98%) JIRA
3 48 (4.78%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.69%) webpack
5 24 (2.39%) Axure RP
6 23 (2.29%) Cypress.io
7 20 (1.99%) Selenium
8 15 (1.49%) Vite
9 14 (1.39%) TeamCity
10 13 (1.29%) Balsamiq
10 13 (1.29%) Cucumber
11 12 (1.20%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.10%) Babel
12 11 (1.10%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.70%) JUnit
14 6 (0.60%) GitLab
14 6 (0.60%) Maven
14 6 (0.60%) Storybook
14 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
15 5 (0.50%) gulp
General
1 259 (25.80%) Multimedia
2 221 (22.01%) Social Skills
3 117 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (9.76%) Finance
5 74 (7.37%) Marketing
6 50 (4.98%) Law
7 46 (4.58%) Public Sector
8 43 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.89%) Retail
10 27 (2.69%) Banking
11 21 (2.09%) Legal
12 16 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.90%) Advertising
13 9 (0.90%) Military
14 7 (0.70%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.70%) Electronics
14 7 (0.70%) Games
15 6 (0.60%) Back Office
15 6 (0.60%) Publishing
16 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 583 (58.07%) Developer
2 256 (25.50%) Trainee
3 174 (17.33%) Software Developer
4 158 (15.74%) Senior
5 122 (12.15%) Trainee Developer
6 120 (11.95%) Full-Stack Developer
7 113 (11.25%) Trainee Software Developer
8 109 (10.86%) Senior Developer
9 68 (6.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 60 (5.98%) .NET Developer
11 59 (5.88%) Designer
12 44 (4.38%) C# Developer
13 41 (4.08%) React Developer
13 41 (4.08%) Software Engineer
14 40 (3.98%) PHP Developer
15 39 (3.88%) Web Developer
16 38 (3.78%) Lead
17 34 (3.39%) Administrator
18 31 (3.09%) UX Designer
18 31 (3.09%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 915 (91.14%) HTML
2 318 (31.67%) React
3 187 (18.63%) .NET
4 123 (12.25%) Node.js
5 114 (11.35%) AngularJS
6 101 (10.06%) RESTful
7 96 (9.56%) HTML5
8 93 (9.26%) Vue
9 80 (7.97%) CSS3
10 77 (7.67%) jQuery
11 63 (6.27%) REST
12 61 (6.08%) ASP.NET
13 52 (5.18%) .NET Core
14 46 (4.58%) .NET Framework
15 42 (4.18%) Tailwind CSS
16 38 (3.78%) Sass
17 36 (3.59%) Jest
18 35 (3.49%) Laravel
19 31 (3.09%) Bootstrap
20 30 (2.99%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.68%) Product Ownership
2 39 (3.88%) Mobile App
3 35 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.19%) Data Structures
7 20 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.49%) Low-Code
10 13 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.10%) Social Media
12 10 (1.00%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.90%) Cybercrime
13 9 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.80%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.80%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.60%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 4 (0.40%) CMDB
16 4 (0.40%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.99%) Linux
2 18 (1.79%) Windows
3 13 (1.29%) Android
3 13 (1.29%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (34.66%) Mentoring
2 344 (34.26%) Agile
3 241 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
4 229 (22.81%) User Experience
5 215 (21.41%) Full-Stack Development
6 193 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
7 188 (18.73%) CI/CD
8 158 (15.74%) Front End Development
9 148 (14.74%) DevOps
10 112 (11.16%) Computer Science
11 110 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 105 (10.46%) Web Development
13 97 (9.66%) UX Design
14 92 (9.16%) Software Engineering
15 89 (8.86%) Analytics
16 85 (8.47%) AI
17 83 (8.27%) MVC
18 81 (8.07%) Scrum
19 79 (7.87%) Clean Code
20 73 (7.27%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 801 (79.78%) JavaScript
2 356 (35.46%) Python
3 231 (23.01%) SQL
4 194 (19.32%) TypeScript
5 177 (17.63%) C#
6 139 (13.84%) R
7 103 (10.26%) PHP
8 88 (8.76%) Java
9 20 (1.99%) C++
10 12 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.10%) Ruby
12 10 (1.00%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.80%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.80%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.60%) Bash
15 4 (0.40%) Bicep
15 4 (0.40%) SOQL
15 4 (0.40%) SOSL
15 4 (0.40%) XAML
16 3 (0.30%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 265 (26.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 257 (25.60%) Azure Certification
3 256 (25.50%) AWS Certification
3 256 (25.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 168 (16.73%) Degree
5 95 (9.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 69 (6.87%) Security Cleared
7 51 (5.08%) SC Cleared
8 11 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 9 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.80%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.40%) ISEB
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
14 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.100%) OCP
14 1 (0.100%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.35%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.28%) WCAG
3 50 (4.98%) QA
4 18 (1.79%) GDPR
5 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.60%) SLA
7 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.50%) PERC
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.20%) Section 508
9 1 (0.100%) HL7
9 1 (0.100%) NCSC
9 1 (0.100%) NIST
System Software
1 80 (7.97%) Docker
2 16 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.69%) Terraform
3 4 (0.40%) 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 (0.100%) Kibana
Vendors
1 361 (35.96%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.68%) Adobe
3 46 (4.58%) Google
4 23 (2.29%) Salesforce
5 15 (1.49%) Oracle
6 10 (1.00%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.00%) Hotjar
6 10 (1.00%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.70%) Red Hat
7 7 (0.70%) SAP
8 6 (0.60%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.50%) Concur
9 5 (0.50%) Databricks
9 5 (0.50%) Foundry
9 5 (0.50%) iManage
9 5 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.40%) New Relic
10 4 (0.40%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.40%) Sage