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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 114 63
Rank change year-on-year -76 -51 +4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,090 1,322 3,150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 2.68% 3.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.38% 15.16% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 919 825 2,118
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,350 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10,498 8,722 16,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.26% 17.68% 19.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,773 5,725 12,373
10th Percentile £40,800 £38,175 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,888 £105,000
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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -64 998 £50,000 -9.09% 382
UK excluding London -43 816 £50,000 - 346
Work from Home -48 513 £55,000 +4.76% 153
South East +4 217 £50,000 +11.11% 91
North of England -44 215 £50,000 -1.96% 92
London -103 214 £60,000 -11.11% 99
East of England +8 127 £48,130 +16.68% 35
South West -26 110 £50,000 -4.76% 41
North West -48 109 £47,500 -9.52% 45
Midlands -66 108 £47,500 - 62
Yorkshire -4 58 £50,000 +11.11% 34
West Midlands -45 56 £45,000 -5.26% 30
East Midlands -52 52 £50,000 +8.11% 32
North East -18 48 £55,000 +105.61% 17
Wales -51 26 £45,000 -33.33% 11
Scotland -59 10 £31,500 -60.63% 19
Northern Ireland -66 3 £60,000 - 1

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 96 (8.81%) WordPress
2 53 (4.86%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.59%) CMS
4 27 (2.48%) IIS
5 24 (2.20%) Confluence
6 19 (1.74%) Apache
7 10 (0.92%) Drupal
8 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.64%) nginx
10 6 (0.55%) JBoss
11 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.28%) Moodle
13 2 (0.18%) CICS
13 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.092%) ExpressionEngine
14 1 (0.092%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.092%) PegaRULES
14 1 (0.092%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.092%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (1.47%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.47%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.92%) InDesign
6 9 (0.83%) Sketch
7 8 (0.73%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.73%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.28%) InVision
10 3 (0.28%) Trello
11 2 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 21 (1.93%) Shopify
2 7 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.55%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Line 50
4 4 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.092%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 439 (40.28%) Azure
2 306 (28.07%) AWS
3 221 (20.28%) GitHub
4 154 (14.13%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (7.52%) GitHub Copilot
6 75 (6.88%) Azure AI
6 75 (6.88%) Power Platform
7 70 (6.42%) Figma
8 56 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
9 53 (4.86%) SaaS
10 49 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
10 49 (4.50%) Power Automate
11 46 (4.22%) GCP
12 45 (4.13%) PowerApps
13 34 (3.12%) Serverless
14 30 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
14 30 (2.75%) Google Analytics
15 22 (2.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 20 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 20 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 104 (9.54%) Internet
2 10 (0.92%) Intranet
3 8 (0.73%) SSL
4 6 (0.55%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.55%) Wireshark
5 4 (0.37%) HTTP
5 4 (0.37%) Network Security
5 4 (0.37%) VoIP
5 4 (0.37%) WAN
6 3 (0.28%) DNS
6 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 1 (0.092%) AMQP
8 1 (0.092%) Broadband
8 1 (0.092%) SMS
8 1 (0.092%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (16.06%) Azure SQL Database
1 175 (16.06%) SQL Server
2 148 (13.58%) MongoDB
3 142 (13.03%) MySQL
4 66 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
4 66 (6.06%) Relational Database
5 60 (5.50%) Power BI
6 31 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (1.74%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (1.19%) Metadata
11 11 (1.01%) NonStop SQL
12 10 (0.92%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.92%) MariaDB
13 8 (0.73%) GIS
13 8 (0.73%) Tableau
14 7 (0.64%) Redis
15 6 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 249 (22.84%) Git
2 57 (5.23%) JIRA
3 40 (3.67%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.74%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.56%) Selenium
6 16 (1.47%) Storybook
7 15 (1.38%) GitLab
7 15 (1.38%) webpack
8 11 (1.01%) Axure RP
9 10 (0.92%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.92%) Vite
10 9 (0.83%) Maven
10 9 (0.83%) Postman
10 9 (0.83%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.73%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.73%) PHPUnit
12 7 (0.64%) JUnit
12 7 (0.64%) Subversion
13 6 (0.55%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.55%) MSI
General
1 301 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 115 (10.55%) Finance
2 115 (10.55%) Marketing
3 105 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (6.33%) Multimedia
6 64 (5.87%) Advertising
6 64 (5.87%) Public Sector
7 44 (4.04%) Law
8 37 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (2.48%) Retail
10 24 (2.20%) Legal
11 19 (1.74%) Games
12 15 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.28%) Banking
14 8 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.73%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.73%) Publishing
15 6 (0.55%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 696 (63.85%) Developer
2 212 (19.45%) .NET Developer
3 167 (15.32%) Senior
4 131 (12.02%) Full-Stack Developer
5 125 (11.47%) Senior Developer
6 97 (8.90%) Software Developer
7 77 (7.06%) Software Engineer
8 72 (6.61%) PHP Developer
9 70 (6.42%) Web Developer
10 69 (6.33%) Designer
11 64 (5.87%) C# Developer
11 64 (5.87%) Trainee
12 58 (5.32%) C# Software Developer
13 53 (4.86%) Lead
14 51 (4.68%) Administrator
15 47 (4.31%) Web Administrator
16 46 (4.22%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 44 (4.04%) Analyst
18 43 (3.94%) Trainee Administrator
19 41 (3.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,003 (92.02%) HTML
2 379 (34.77%) .NET
3 252 (23.12%) React
4 221 (20.28%) .NET Core
5 207 (18.99%) ASP.NET
6 174 (15.96%) ASP.NET Core
7 141 (12.94%) Node.js
8 137 (12.57%) jQuery
9 135 (12.39%) HTML5
10 123 (11.28%) Vue
11 112 (10.28%) CSS3
12 108 (9.91%) Entity Framework
13 101 (9.27%) RESTful
14 95 (8.72%) AngularJS
15 89 (8.17%) REST
16 79 (7.25%) JSON
17 73 (6.70%) ML.NET
18 61 (5.60%) Laravel
19 60 (5.50%) .NET Framework
20 45 (4.13%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.86%) Greenfield Project
2 39 (3.58%) Cloud Native
2 39 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (2.75%) Mobile App
4 30 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 30 (2.75%) Social Media
5 27 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 20 (1.83%) Digital TV
8 19 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 18 (1.65%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
11 13 (1.19%) Graphic Design
12 11 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.92%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.83%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.14%) Windows
2 53 (4.86%) Linux
3 27 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.46%) Unix
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.28%) AIX
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) Debian
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (38.99%) Full-Stack Development
2 408 (37.43%) Agile
3 360 (33.03%) CI/CD
4 238 (21.83%) AI
5 236 (21.65%) DevOps
6 204 (18.72%) Problem-Solving
7 200 (18.35%) User Experience
8 192 (17.61%) Web Development
9 148 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (12.84%) Mentoring
11 131 (12.02%) Software Engineering
12 126 (11.56%) Computer Science
12 126 (11.56%) Machine Learning
13 112 (10.28%) Front End Development
14 96 (8.81%) Clean Code
15 94 (8.62%) Analytics
16 92 (8.44%) OO
17 90 (8.26%) MVC
18 89 (8.17%) Microservices
19 86 (7.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 657 (60.28%) JavaScript
2 466 (42.75%) SQL
3 386 (35.41%) C#
4 208 (19.08%) PHP
5 197 (18.07%) TypeScript
6 196 (17.98%) Python
7 98 (8.99%) Java
8 48 (4.40%) R
9 46 (4.22%) C++
10 32 (2.94%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.28%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.19%) VBA
13 11 (1.01%) Ruby
14 9 (0.83%) Bicep
14 9 (0.83%) Go
15 7 (0.64%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.64%) VBScript
16 5 (0.46%) Dart
16 5 (0.46%) Perl
17 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 183 (16.79%) Degree
2 101 (9.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 71 (6.51%) Security Cleared
4 62 (5.69%) AWS Certification
5 61 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 61 (5.60%) SC Cleared
6 59 (5.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 59 (5.41%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.64%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.46%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.18%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.092%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (14.22%) Accessibility
2 64 (5.87%) WCAG
3 56 (5.14%) QA
4 40 (3.67%) GDPR
5 14 (1.28%) SLA
6 10 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.73%) PERC
8 7 (0.64%) GRC
8 7 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.55%) NCSC
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.18%) WAI
11 2 (0.18%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.092%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.092%) NIST
12 1 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 177 (16.24%) Docker
2 13 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 119 (10.92%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.03%) Terraform
3 10 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (0.55%) Nagios
5 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 3 (0.28%) Puppet
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.092%) Ansible
7 1 (0.092%) Kibana
7 1 (0.092%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 364 (33.39%) Microsoft
2 77 (7.06%) Adobe
3 47 (4.31%) Google
4 41 (3.76%) Facebook
5 25 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.11%) Oracle
7 21 (1.93%) YouTube
8 10 (0.92%) OneLogin
8 10 (0.92%) Splunk
9 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.83%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 8 (0.73%) Sage
11 7 (0.64%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.64%) iManage
11 7 (0.64%) New Relic
11 7 (0.64%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.55%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.55%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.55%) TikTok
12 6 (0.55%) WooCommerce