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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 135 57
Rank change year-on-year -70 -78 +4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,059 1,173 2,981
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.92% 2.37% 3.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.88% 13.65% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 857 691 1,528
10th Percentile £30,900 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -

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 11,928 8,596 16,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.35% 17.39% 21.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,530 5,521 10,739
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +6.74% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 18 September 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 16 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 18 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 -52 982 £52,500 -4.55% 725
UK excluding London -52 796 £50,000 +11.11% 463
Work from Home -35 513 £55,000 - 307
South East +27 232 £47,500 +11.76% 104
North of England -59 214 £51,000 +7.37% 121
London -106 208 £60,000 -7.69% 353
East of England +7 120 £48,130 -3.74% 41
South West -36 103 £53,125 +41.67% 43
North West -63 96 £51,000 -2.86% 66
Midlands -78 95 £50,000 +8.11% 86
North East -21 66 £57,500 +88.52% 21
Yorkshire -48 52 £50,000 +25.00% 37
East Midlands -70 52 £50,000 +5.26% 48
West Midlands -66 43 £47,500 +5.56% 38
Wales -62 26 £41,750 -38.15% 15
Scotland -57 6 £32,500 -35.00% 41

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 61 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.53%) WordPress
3 42 (3.97%) CMS
4 39 (3.68%) IIS
5 29 (2.74%) Confluence
6 17 (1.61%) Apache
7 10 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 7 (0.66%) Drupal
8 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.57%) JBoss
9 6 (0.57%) Moodle
9 6 (0.57%) nginx
9 6 (0.57%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.094%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.094%) Kentico
12 1 (0.094%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.094%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.70%) Photoshop
4 13 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.23%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.76%) InDesign
6 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.76%) Sketch
7 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.38%) Elementor
7 4 (0.38%) EPLAN
8 3 (0.28%) UserZoom
9 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.19%) InVision
9 2 (0.19%) Trello
10 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (2.17%) Shopify
2 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) Magento
3 4 (0.38%) Line 50
4 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.094%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 366 (34.56%) Azure
2 237 (22.38%) AWS
3 169 (15.96%) GitHub
4 146 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
5 83 (7.84%) GitHub Copilot
6 81 (7.65%) Power Platform
7 75 (7.08%) Azure AI
8 62 (5.85%) Power Automate
9 59 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
10 57 (5.38%) Figma
11 55 (5.19%) PowerApps
12 51 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
13 42 (3.97%) SaaS
14 37 (3.49%) GCP
15 34 (3.21%) Serverless
16 32 (3.02%) Google Analytics
17 21 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
18 20 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 19 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 17 (1.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.91%) Internet
2 10 (0.94%) Intranet
3 9 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.76%) SSL
5 7 (0.66%) DNS
6 6 (0.57%) HTTP
6 6 (0.57%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.38%) Network Security
7 4 (0.38%) Profibus
7 4 (0.38%) SMS
7 4 (0.38%) VoIP
8 3 (0.28%) 4G
8 3 (0.28%) 5G
8 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.28%) SSH
9 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.19%) Firewall
10 1 (0.094%) AMQP
10 1 (0.094%) Broadband
10 1 (0.094%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (18.32%) SQL Server
2 169 (15.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 144 (13.60%) MongoDB
4 138 (13.03%) MySQL
5 90 (8.50%) Relational Database
6 74 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
7 61 (5.76%) Power BI
8 34 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.70%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.32%) Metadata
13 13 (1.23%) Redis
14 11 (1.04%) GIS
14 11 (1.04%) NonStop SQL
15 8 (0.76%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.76%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.66%) Tableau
17 4 (0.38%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 206 (19.45%) Git
2 50 (4.72%) JIRA
3 39 (3.68%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.98%) GitLab
5 19 (1.79%) Cypress.io
6 17 (1.61%) Selenium
6 17 (1.61%) Storybook
7 15 (1.42%) Claude Code
8 14 (1.32%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
9 12 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (0.85%) Vite
11 8 (0.76%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.76%) Bitbucket
11 8 (0.76%) Maven
12 7 (0.66%) MSI
12 7 (0.66%) Postman
12 7 (0.66%) webpack
13 6 (0.57%) Balsamiq
13 6 (0.57%) TeamCity
General
1 340 (32.11%) Social Skills
2 126 (11.90%) Marketing
3 116 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (10.20%) Finance
5 93 (8.78%) Public Sector
6 91 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (5.48%) Advertising
8 49 (4.63%) Law
9 36 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (2.83%) Retail
11 24 (2.27%) Legal
11 24 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.79%) Games
13 17 (1.61%) Multimedia
14 16 (1.51%) Banking
15 11 (1.04%) Publishing
16 10 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.85%) Automotive
17 9 (0.85%) Local Government
17 9 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 705 (66.57%) Developer
2 222 (20.96%) .NET Developer
3 187 (17.66%) Senior
4 144 (13.60%) Senior Developer
5 131 (12.37%) Full-Stack Developer
6 84 (7.93%) Software Developer
7 81 (7.65%) Software Engineer
8 73 (6.89%) Web Developer
9 72 (6.80%) C# Developer
10 69 (6.52%) PHP Developer
11 53 (5.00%) Designer
12 52 (4.91%) Lead
13 49 (4.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 48 (4.53%) C# Software Developer
15 46 (4.34%) Analyst
16 39 (3.68%) C# .NET Developer
17 36 (3.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 35 (3.31%) .NET Software Developer
19 29 (2.74%) UX Designer
20 28 (2.64%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 974 (91.97%) HTML
2 391 (36.92%) .NET
3 235 (22.19%) .NET Core
4 233 (22.00%) React
5 220 (20.77%) ASP.NET
6 177 (16.71%) ASP.NET Core
7 148 (13.98%) Node.js
8 145 (13.69%) jQuery
9 140 (13.22%) HTML5
10 125 (11.80%) Entity Framework
11 121 (11.43%) Vue
12 115 (10.86%) REST
13 114 (10.76%) CSS3
14 105 (9.92%) RESTful
15 81 (7.65%) .NET Framework
15 81 (7.65%) AngularJS
16 79 (7.46%) JSON
17 70 (6.61%) ML.NET
18 63 (5.95%) Laravel
19 43 (4.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.82%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (3.40%) Product Ownership
4 35 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (3.12%) Cloud Native
6 31 (2.93%) Social Media
7 30 (2.83%) Mobile App
8 29 (2.74%) Onboarding
9 24 (2.27%) Virtual Team
10 23 (2.17%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (1.79%) Digital TV
12 19 (1.79%) Management Information System
13 17 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
14 14 (1.32%) Robotics
15 13 (1.23%) Graphic Design
16 12 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
17 11 (1.04%) CMDB
17 11 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 63 (5.95%) Windows
2 59 (5.57%) Linux
3 29 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.57%) Unix
4 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.28%) AIX
7 3 (0.28%) Debian
8 2 (0.19%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (39.00%) Agile
2 410 (38.72%) Full-Stack Development
3 374 (35.32%) CI/CD
4 239 (22.57%) AI
5 235 (22.19%) DevOps
6 224 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
7 209 (19.74%) User Experience
8 179 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 155 (14.64%) Web Development
10 150 (14.16%) Mentoring
11 145 (13.69%) Software Engineering
12 128 (12.09%) Test Automation
13 113 (10.67%) Computer Science
14 112 (10.58%) Front End Development
14 112 (10.58%) Machine Learning
15 97 (9.16%) Clean Code
16 95 (8.97%) OO
17 92 (8.69%) Microservices
18 90 (8.50%) UX Design
19 89 (8.40%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 642 (60.62%) JavaScript
2 442 (41.74%) SQL
3 398 (37.58%) C#
4 215 (20.30%) TypeScript
5 182 (17.19%) PHP
6 149 (14.07%) Python
7 90 (8.50%) Java
8 39 (3.68%) C++
9 27 (2.55%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.79%) VBA
11 17 (1.61%) Ruby
12 16 (1.51%) Go
12 16 (1.51%) VB.NET
13 13 (1.23%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.85%) Bicep
15 7 (0.66%) VBScript
16 5 (0.47%) Bash
16 5 (0.47%) C
16 5 (0.47%) Dart
16 5 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 179 (16.90%) Degree
2 102 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 92 (8.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 88 (8.31%) SC Cleared
5 10 (0.94%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.66%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (0.66%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.47%) HNC
9 4 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.38%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.38%) HND
10 3 (0.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.094%) City & Guilds
12 1 (0.094%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (17.66%) Accessibility
2 88 (8.31%) WCAG
3 76 (7.18%) QA
4 38 (3.59%) GDPR
5 15 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.04%) SLA
7 10 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.66%) NCSC
8 7 (0.66%) PERC
9 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.28%) GRC
10 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) WAI
10 3 (0.28%) WAI-ARIA
11 1 (0.094%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 186 (17.56%) Docker
2 14 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 118 (11.14%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.47%) Nagios
4 4 (0.38%) Puppet
5 3 (0.28%) Grafana
5 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.094%) Ansible
7 1 (0.094%) Argo
7 1 (0.094%) Consul
7 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 324 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.18%) Adobe
3 45 (4.25%) Google
4 40 (3.78%) Facebook
5 28 (2.64%) Oracle
6 24 (2.27%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.98%) YouTube
8 13 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.13%) OneLogin
10 10 (0.94%) OpenAI
10 10 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 8 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 8 (0.76%) Splunk
12 7 (0.66%) TikTok
13 6 (0.57%) iManage
13 6 (0.57%) Pinterest
13 6 (0.57%) Sage
13 6 (0.57%) WooCommerce
14 5 (0.47%) Hotjar
14 5 (0.47%) New Relic