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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 102 58
Rank change year-on-year -84 -44 -8
Permanent jobs citing CSS 989 1,386 3,971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.08% 3.13% 3.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.58% 15.80% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 830 878 2,899
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,718 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -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 9,349 8,772 21,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.17% 19.83% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,930 5,752 16,131
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,230 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +10.38% -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 June 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 9 June 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 -77 907 £50,000 -9.09% 373
UK excluding London -62 708 £47,500 -5.00% 314
Work from Home -67 391 £52,693 -4.19% 200
London -84 221 £59,773 -11.45% 106
North of England -52 211 £45,000 -10.00% 84
South East -31 171 £50,000 -9.09% 82
North West -44 112 £43,750 -16.67% 47
East of England +16 109 £45,000 +20.00% 45
Midlands -52 105 £45,000 +5.88% 45
South West -45 81 £47,500 -17.39% 37
Yorkshire -22 66 £50,000 +25.00% 27
West Midlands -46 60 £42,500 -10.53% 22
East Midlands -54 45 £55,000 +37.50% 23
North East -27 33 £52,000 +46.48% 10
Wales -36 15 £45,000 -33.33% 9
Scotland -77 13 £30,500 -53.08% 8
Northern Ireland -35 3 £60,000 - 11

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 97 (9.81%) WordPress
2 52 (5.26%) CMS
3 46 (4.65%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.72%) Confluence
5 16 (1.62%) IIS
6 11 (1.11%) Apache
6 11 (1.11%) Drupal
7 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.71%) nginx
9 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.51%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.30%) govService
10 3 (0.30%) JBoss
10 3 (0.30%) Liferay
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Moodle
11 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.72%) Photoshop
3 14 (1.42%) Adobe XD
4 13 (1.31%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.91%) InDesign
5 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.81%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.71%) Sketch
7 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.40%) InVision
9 3 (0.30%) Trello
10 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.10%) Elementor
11 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.10%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (2.33%) Shopify
2 9 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.61%) 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 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.10%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 405 (40.95%) Azure
2 333 (33.67%) AWS
3 241 (24.37%) GitHub
4 109 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (6.57%) Power Platform
6 64 (6.47%) Figma
7 46 (4.65%) GCP
7 46 (4.65%) SaaS
8 45 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
10 40 (4.04%) Serverless
11 38 (3.84%) Power Automate
12 35 (3.54%) GitHub Copilot
12 35 (3.54%) PowerApps
13 34 (3.44%) Azure AI
13 34 (3.44%) Azure Logic Apps
14 27 (2.73%) Google Analytics
15 22 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 20 (2.02%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 149 (15.07%) Internet
2 6 (0.61%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) Network Security
3 4 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.40%) VoIP
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
3 4 (0.40%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.30%) HTTP
4 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.30%) SSL
5 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.20%) DNS
5 2 (0.20%) Firewall
6 1 (0.10%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (15.57%) SQL Server
2 117 (11.83%) MySQL
3 90 (9.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 70 (7.08%) MongoDB
5 57 (5.76%) Power BI
6 48 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
7 47 (4.75%) Relational Database
8 22 (2.22%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.21%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.91%) MariaDB
12 9 (0.91%) Tableau
13 7 (0.71%) GIS
13 7 (0.71%) Metadata
13 7 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.61%) FileMaker
15 5 (0.51%) Db2
Development Applications
1 280 (28.31%) Git
2 52 (5.26%) JIRA
3 33 (3.34%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.62%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.42%) Selenium
6 13 (1.31%) GitLab
6 13 (1.31%) webpack
7 12 (1.21%) Axure RP
7 12 (1.21%) Storybook
8 10 (1.01%) Vite
9 8 (0.81%) Balsamiq
9 8 (0.81%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.51%) JUnit
10 5 (0.51%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.51%) Postman
11 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.40%) ESLint
11 4 (0.40%) gulp
11 4 (0.40%) MLflow
11 4 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 274 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 130 (13.14%) Multimedia
3 115 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (10.31%) Marketing
5 94 (9.50%) Finance
6 52 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (3.84%) Law
8 36 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 30 (3.03%) Advertising
10 28 (2.83%) Retail
11 26 (2.63%) Legal
12 13 (1.31%) Games
13 11 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.01%) Banking
15 8 (0.81%) Local Government
16 6 (0.61%) Automotive
16 6 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.61%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 597 (60.36%) Developer
2 142 (14.36%) Senior
3 128 (12.94%) Full-Stack Developer
3 128 (12.94%) Trainee
4 124 (12.54%) Software Developer
5 123 (12.44%) .NET Developer
6 110 (11.12%) Senior Developer
7 65 (6.57%) Designer
8 62 (6.27%) Software Engineer
9 61 (6.17%) C# Developer
10 57 (5.76%) C# Software Developer
11 52 (5.26%) Administrator
11 52 (5.26%) PHP Developer
12 51 (5.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 50 (5.06%) Web Developer
14 47 (4.75%) Web Administrator
15 46 (4.65%) Lead
16 44 (4.45%) Trainee Developer
17 43 (4.35%) Trainee Administrator
18 40 (4.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 894 (90.39%) HTML
2 270 (27.30%) .NET
3 250 (25.28%) React
4 128 (12.94%) jQuery
5 120 (12.13%) .NET Core
6 119 (12.03%) Vue
7 116 (11.73%) Node.js
8 114 (11.53%) HTML5
9 107 (10.82%) ASP.NET
10 97 (9.81%) AngularJS
10 97 (9.81%) RESTful
11 95 (9.61%) CSS3
12 81 (8.19%) ASP.NET Core
13 74 (7.48%) REST
14 66 (6.67%) JSON
15 57 (5.76%) Entity Framework
16 50 (5.06%) Laravel
17 43 (4.35%) .NET Framework
18 42 (4.25%) Tailwind CSS
19 36 (3.64%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (3.44%) Mobile App
3 31 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 28 (2.83%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 24 (2.43%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.33%) Social Media
9 22 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 22 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (2.02%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.31%) Algorithms
12 13 (1.31%) Graphic Design
13 10 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.91%) Digital TV
14 9 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
15 7 (0.71%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.71%) Podcast
15 7 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.74%) Linux
2 34 (3.44%) Windows
3 20 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.51%) Android
5 5 (0.51%) Unix
6 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.10%) AIX
9 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (32.15%) Agile
2 313 (31.65%) Full-Stack Development
3 240 (24.27%) CI/CD
4 201 (20.32%) Mentoring
5 195 (19.72%) User Experience
6 191 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
7 173 (17.49%) DevOps
8 169 (17.09%) AI
9 158 (15.98%) Web Development
10 131 (13.25%) Computer Science
11 124 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 121 (12.23%) Front End Development
13 104 (10.52%) Software Engineering
14 96 (9.71%) Cybersecurity
15 87 (8.80%) Clean Code
16 86 (8.70%) Machine Learning
17 83 (8.39%) Analytics
18 78 (7.89%) Responsive Web Design
18 78 (7.89%) Scrum
19 76 (7.68%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 652 (65.93%) JavaScript
2 371 (37.51%) SQL
3 267 (27.00%) C#
4 248 (25.08%) Python
5 184 (18.60%) PHP
6 170 (17.19%) TypeScript
7 93 (9.40%) Java
8 84 (8.49%) R
9 37 (3.74%) C++
10 34 (3.44%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.31%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.31%) VBA
12 7 (0.71%) VBScript
13 5 (0.51%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.51%) Bash
13 5 (0.51%) Bicep
13 5 (0.51%) Dart
13 5 (0.51%) Perl
13 5 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 180 (18.20%) Degree
2 129 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 125 (12.64%) AWS Certification
4 123 (12.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 123 (12.44%) Azure Certification
5 104 (10.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (4.15%) Security Cleared
7 32 (3.24%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.20%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.10%) OCA
12 1 (0.10%) OCP
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (12.13%) Accessibility
2 47 (4.75%) QA
3 40 (4.04%) WCAG
4 30 (3.03%) GDPR
5 13 (1.31%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.11%) SLA
7 9 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.71%) GRC
8 7 (0.71%) PERC
9 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.10%) NIST
11 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 105 (10.62%) Docker
2 14 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.72%) Terraform
3 3 (0.30%) Plesk
4 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.20%) Nagios
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
5 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 320 (32.36%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.68%) Adobe
3 39 (3.94%) Google
4 24 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.82%) Oracle
6 15 (1.52%) Facebook
7 10 (1.01%) OpenAI
8 9 (0.91%) iManage
8 9 (0.91%) YouTube
9 8 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 8 (0.81%) Sage
10 7 (0.71%) SAP
11 6 (0.61%) Apple
11 6 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 6 (0.61%) Splunk
11 6 (0.61%) TikTok
11 6 (0.61%) WooCommerce
12 5 (0.51%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.51%) Pinterest
13 4 (0.40%) Palo Alto