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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 87 57
Rank change year-on-year -69 -30 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,068 1,426 3,598
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.39% 3.45% 4.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.12% 15.89% 18.51%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,089 2,882
10th Percentile £27,575 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,625
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +0.69% -5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £82,500
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 8,143 8,975 19,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.61% 21.69% 22.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,955 6,589 15,344
10th Percentile £36,100 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,750 £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 24 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 24 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 -59 954 £45,000 -18.18% 483
UK excluding London -71 750 £40,000 -23.81% 392
Work from Home -87 320 £52,500 -4.55% 229
North of England -11 277 £30,500 -32.22% 103
London -74 229 £60,000 -14.29% 148
South East -73 152 £50,000 -16.67% 100
North West -25 129 £31,250 -39.90% 55
Yorkshire +1 112 £30,500 -18.67% 29
Midlands -43 111 £42,270 -6.07% 59
South West -48 83 £40,000 -33.33% 46
East of England -20 80 £40,000 -15.79% 63
West Midlands -14 68 £31,500 -40.00% 34
East Midlands -59 43 £52,500 +44.83% 25
North East -7 36 £30,500 -39.00% 19
Scotland -75 35 £30,500 -44.55% 10
Wales -23 10 £36,370 -27.26% 15
Northern Ireland -33 3 £60,000 - 4
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
1 112 (10.49%) WordPress
2 54 (5.06%) CMS
3 21 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.31%) Confluence
5 10 (0.94%) nginx
6 7 (0.66%) Apache
7 5 (0.47%) Drupal
8 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.28%) govService
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Liferay
9 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.28%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.19%) IIS
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.094%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (2.81%) Adobe XD
2 12 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 12 (1.12%) Chatbot
2 12 (1.12%) Sketch
3 11 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
3 11 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.03%) Photoshop
4 8 (0.75%) InVision
5 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.47%) InDesign
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (0.19%) Windchill
9 1 (0.094%) Elementor
9 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.40%) Shopify
2 12 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.094%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.094%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.094%) Magento
5 1 (0.094%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 542 (50.75%) Azure
2 477 (44.66%) AWS
3 392 (36.70%) GitHub
4 79 (7.40%) Figma
5 71 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
6 62 (5.81%) Serverless
7 60 (5.62%) GCP
8 44 (4.12%) SaaS
9 39 (3.65%) Power Platform
10 29 (2.72%) Google Analytics
11 27 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
11 27 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (2.06%) Amazon S3
14 21 (1.97%) Entra ID
15 19 (1.78%) PaaS
16 18 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (1.40%) Power Automate
17 15 (1.40%) PowerApps
18 14 (1.31%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 309 (28.93%) Internet
2 8 (0.75%) HTTP
3 4 (0.37%) Intranet
3 4 (0.37%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 88 (8.24%) MySQL
3 46 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (3.93%) Relational Database
5 32 (3.00%) Power BI
6 31 (2.90%) NoSQL
7 24 (2.25%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (1.22%) DB2
10 12 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.84%) Looker
13 8 (0.75%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.66%) Tableau
15 5 (0.47%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
16 3 (0.28%) FileMaker
16 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
17 2 (0.19%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 454 (42.51%) Git
2 49 (4.59%) JIRA
3 48 (4.49%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.43%) webpack
5 23 (2.15%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.15%) Cypress.io
6 19 (1.78%) Selenium
7 14 (1.31%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.31%) Vite
8 13 (1.22%) TeamCity
9 12 (1.12%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.12%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.03%) Babel
10 11 (1.03%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.84%) Storybook
12 8 (0.75%) GitLab
13 6 (0.56%) JUnit
13 6 (0.56%) Maven
13 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 300 (28.09%) Multimedia
2 222 (20.79%) Social Skills
3 120 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (9.27%) Finance
5 79 (7.40%) Marketing
6 54 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 52 (4.87%) Law
8 47 (4.40%) Public Sector
9 32 (3.00%) Retail
10 25 (2.34%) Legal
11 24 (2.25%) Banking
12 20 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.84%) Advertising
13 9 (0.84%) Military
14 8 (0.75%) Games
15 7 (0.66%) Aeronautics
15 7 (0.66%) Electronics
16 6 (0.56%) Back Office
17 5 (0.47%) Publishing
17 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 603 (56.46%) Developer
2 298 (27.90%) Trainee
3 175 (16.39%) Software Developer
4 156 (14.61%) Senior
5 125 (11.70%) Full-Stack Developer
5 125 (11.70%) Trainee Developer
6 111 (10.39%) Trainee Software Developer
7 109 (10.21%) Senior Developer
8 77 (7.21%) Administrator
9 74 (6.93%) Web Administrator
10 72 (6.74%) Trainee Administrator
11 70 (6.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 68 (6.37%) .NET Developer
13 65 (6.09%) Designer
14 49 (4.59%) C# Developer
15 44 (4.12%) Web Developer
16 41 (3.84%) Lead
16 41 (3.84%) React Developer
17 38 (3.56%) Software Engineer
18 37 (3.46%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 976 (91.39%) HTML
2 322 (30.15%) React
3 194 (18.16%) .NET
4 124 (11.61%) Node.js
5 111 (10.39%) AngularJS
6 102 (9.55%) RESTful
7 96 (8.99%) Vue
8 83 (7.77%) HTML5
8 83 (7.77%) jQuery
9 69 (6.46%) CSS3
10 65 (6.09%) ASP.NET
11 59 (5.52%) REST
12 58 (5.43%) .NET Core
13 48 (4.49%) Tailwind CSS
14 44 (4.12%) .NET Framework
15 38 (3.56%) Sass
16 35 (3.28%) Jest
17 33 (3.09%) Laravel
18 32 (3.00%) ASP.NET Core
18 32 (3.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.06%) Product Ownership
2 40 (3.75%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.65%) Mobile App
4 32 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
5 29 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.25%) Data Structures
7 23 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.50%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.31%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.12%) Social Media
13 11 (1.03%) Management Information System
14 10 (0.94%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
16 8 (0.75%) Cybercrime
17 7 (0.66%) Virtual Team
18 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
18 6 (0.56%) Culture of Ownership
18 6 (0.56%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.78%) Linux
2 18 (1.69%) Windows
3 13 (1.22%) Android
3 13 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (32.96%) Agile
1 352 (32.96%) Mentoring
2 238 (22.28%) Cybersecurity
3 236 (22.10%) Full-Stack Development
4 223 (20.88%) User Experience
5 206 (19.29%) CI/CD
6 193 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
7 160 (14.98%) DevOps
8 155 (14.51%) Front End Development
8 155 (14.51%) Web Development
9 125 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 121 (11.33%) Computer Science
11 105 (9.83%) AI
12 95 (8.90%) Analytics
12 95 (8.90%) Software Engineering
13 92 (8.61%) UX Design
14 90 (8.43%) Scrum
15 87 (8.15%) Clean Code
16 83 (7.77%) MVC
17 76 (7.12%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 846 (79.21%) JavaScript
2 402 (37.64%) Python
3 245 (22.94%) SQL
4 189 (17.70%) TypeScript
5 180 (16.85%) C#
6 178 (16.67%) R
7 119 (11.14%) PHP
8 91 (8.52%) Java
9 24 (2.25%) C++
10 13 (1.22%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.94%) PL/SQL
12 9 (0.84%) Ruby
13 8 (0.75%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.56%) Bash
16 4 (0.37%) Bicep
16 4 (0.37%) SOQL
16 4 (0.37%) SOSL
16 4 (0.37%) XAML
17 3 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 303 (28.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (27.90%) AWS Certification
2 298 (27.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (27.90%) Azure Certification
3 178 (16.67%) Degree
4 101 (9.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (6.09%) Security Cleared
6 48 (4.49%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.03%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.84%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.66%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.56%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.37%) ISEB
14 2 (0.19%) CCA
15 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.094%) OCA
15 1 (0.094%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (11.80%) Accessibility
2 49 (4.59%) QA
3 47 (4.40%) WCAG
4 21 (1.97%) GDPR
5 9 (0.84%) PERC
6 7 (0.66%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.56%) GRC
7 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.56%) SLA
8 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.19%) Section 508
10 1 (0.094%) HL7
10 1 (0.094%) NCSC
10 1 (0.094%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (7.77%) Docker
2 12 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.72%) Terraform
3 4 (0.37%) Argo
4 3 (0.28%) cPanel
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) Grafana
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.094%) Kibana
Vendors
1 421 (39.42%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.78%) Adobe
3 46 (4.31%) Google
4 26 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.22%) Oracle
6 10 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.84%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.75%) Hotjar
9 7 (0.66%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.66%) SAP
10 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.56%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.47%) Databricks
11 5 (0.47%) Foundry
12 4 (0.37%) Concur
12 4 (0.37%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.37%) iManage
12 4 (0.37%) New Relic
12 4 (0.37%) Sage
12 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud