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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 92 58
Rank change year-on-year -77 -34 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,069 1,330 3,794
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.22% 3.18% 4.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.26% 15.37% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 898 1,052 2,882
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £61,219 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,250
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 8,720 8,656 20,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.94% 20.69% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,373 6,538 15,641
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
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 £87,500 £80,000
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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -66 969 £45,000 -18.18% 412
UK excluding London -62 755 £40,000 -23.81% 337
Work from Home -71 347 £50,000 -9.09% 194
North of England -23 267 £31,000 -31.11% 70
London -83 238 £60,000 -14.29% 129
South East -75 152 £50,000 -16.67% 95
North West -26 129 £32,000 -36.00% 36
Midlands -33 121 £42,270 -6.07% 54
Yorkshire -11 106 £30,500 -18.67% 24
East of England -12 98 £40,000 -15.79% 54
South West -72 77 £40,000 -33.33% 40
West Midlands -21 74 £32,500 -35.00% 32
East Midlands -63 47 £52,500 +40.00% 21
North East -24 32 £30,500 -34.05% 10
Scotland -79 26 £30,500 -49.17% 14
Wales -35 12 £40,120 -28.99% 12
Northern Ireland -39 3 £60,000 - 9
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
1 110 (10.29%) WordPress
2 45 (4.21%) CMS
3 39 (3.65%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.40%) Confluence
5 10 (0.94%) nginx
6 8 (0.75%) IIS
7 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.56%) Apache
9 5 (0.47%) Drupal
10 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.28%) govService
11 3 (0.28%) JBoss
11 3 (0.28%) Liferay
11 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.19%) CICS
13 1 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.094%) Camunda
13 1 (0.094%) Mendix
13 1 (0.094%) Moodle
Applications
1 28 (2.62%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.12%) Photoshop
3 12 (1.12%) Sketch
4 10 (0.94%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (0.75%) InVision
5 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.28%) InDesign
8 2 (0.19%) Windchill
9 1 (0.094%) Elementor
9 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.59%) Shopify
2 10 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) Magento
4 3 (0.28%) Line 50
4 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.094%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.094%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 504 (47.15%) Azure
2 457 (42.75%) AWS
3 355 (33.21%) GitHub
4 79 (7.39%) Figma
5 76 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (5.43%) GCP
6 58 (5.43%) Power Platform
7 51 (4.77%) Serverless
8 44 (4.12%) SaaS
9 36 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
10 33 (3.09%) Google Analytics
11 31 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
12 30 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 30 (2.81%) Power Automate
12 30 (2.81%) PowerApps
13 21 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (1.78%) Amazon S3
14 19 (1.78%) Entra ID
15 17 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
16 16 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 282 (26.38%) Internet
2 7 (0.65%) HTTP
2 7 (0.65%) Intranet
3 4 (0.37%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) AMQP
4 3 (0.28%) Network Security
4 3 (0.28%) VoIP
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.094%) Broadband
6 1 (0.094%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (12.91%) SQL Server
2 102 (9.54%) MySQL
3 50 (4.68%) Power BI
4 39 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
5 37 (3.46%) Relational Database
6 30 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (2.81%) NoSQL
7 24 (2.25%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.12%) DB2
9 10 (0.94%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.75%) Tableau
11 7 (0.65%) Looker
12 6 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.56%) FileMaker
12 6 (0.56%) Metadata
13 5 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 410 (38.35%) Git
2 52 (4.86%) JIRA
3 47 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.06%) Cypress.io
5 21 (1.96%) webpack
6 19 (1.78%) Axure RP
6 19 (1.78%) Selenium
7 14 (1.31%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.31%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.12%) Storybook
8 12 (1.12%) Vite
9 11 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 11 (1.03%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.84%) Babel
11 8 (0.75%) GitLab
12 7 (0.65%) Maven
13 6 (0.56%) JUnit
13 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.47%) PHPUnit
14 5 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 269 (25.16%) Multimedia
2 244 (22.83%) Social Skills
3 132 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (10.38%) Finance
5 88 (8.23%) Marketing
6 52 (4.86%) Law
7 48 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 26 (2.43%) Retail
10 24 (2.25%) Legal
11 23 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.96%) Banking
13 11 (1.03%) Advertising
14 7 (0.65%) Games
15 6 (0.56%) Back Office
15 6 (0.56%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.47%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.47%) Military
16 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.37%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 599 (56.03%) Developer
2 273 (25.54%) Trainee
3 168 (15.72%) Software Developer
4 146 (13.66%) Senior
5 120 (11.23%) Full-Stack Developer
6 110 (10.29%) Trainee Developer
7 106 (9.92%) Senior Developer
8 96 (8.98%) Trainee Software Developer
9 77 (7.20%) Administrator
10 72 (6.74%) Web Administrator
11 70 (6.55%) Trainee Administrator
12 63 (5.89%) Designer
13 62 (5.80%) .NET Developer
14 61 (5.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 55 (5.14%) C# Developer
16 54 (5.05%) PHP Developer
17 49 (4.58%) Web Developer
18 47 (4.40%) C# Software Developer
18 47 (4.40%) Lead
19 46 (4.30%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 974 (91.11%) HTML
2 302 (28.25%) React
3 194 (18.15%) .NET
4 119 (11.13%) Node.js
5 106 (9.92%) Vue
6 104 (9.73%) jQuery
7 103 (9.64%) RESTful
8 101 (9.45%) AngularJS
9 91 (8.51%) HTML5
10 76 (7.11%) CSS3
11 59 (5.52%) .NET Core
11 59 (5.52%) ASP.NET
12 51 (4.77%) REST
13 47 (4.40%) JSON
14 46 (4.30%) Tailwind CSS
15 43 (4.02%) Laravel
16 39 (3.65%) .NET Framework
16 39 (3.65%) Sass
17 35 (3.27%) Jest
18 33 (3.09%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.40%) Product Ownership
2 41 (3.84%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
4 34 (3.18%) Mobile App
5 27 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (1.87%) Data Structures
9 20 (1.87%) Social Media
10 17 (1.59%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.59%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.40%) Virtual Team
12 10 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (0.94%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.84%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.75%) Cybercrime
14 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.65%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.34%) Linux
2 23 (2.15%) Windows
3 10 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.65%) Android
5 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.37%) Unix
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (30.87%) Mentoring
2 322 (30.12%) Agile
3 235 (21.98%) Full-Stack Development
4 211 (19.74%) Cybersecurity
5 197 (18.43%) User Experience
6 192 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
7 189 (17.68%) CI/CD
8 161 (15.06%) Web Development
9 150 (14.03%) DevOps
10 137 (12.82%) Front End Development
11 128 (11.97%) Computer Science
12 124 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (10.66%) AI
14 100 (9.35%) Software Engineering
15 96 (8.98%) Analytics
16 94 (8.79%) Scrum
17 92 (8.61%) Clean Code
18 82 (7.67%) UX Design
19 80 (7.48%) MVC
20 74 (6.92%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 815 (76.24%) JavaScript
2 383 (35.83%) Python
3 294 (27.50%) SQL
4 194 (18.15%) TypeScript
5 190 (17.77%) C#
6 164 (15.34%) R
7 155 (14.50%) PHP
8 97 (9.07%) Java
9 30 (2.81%) C++
10 25 (2.34%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.94%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.84%) VBA
13 8 (0.75%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.56%) Bash
15 5 (0.47%) Bicep
15 5 (0.47%) Dart
15 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.47%) Ruby
16 4 (0.37%) SOQL
16 4 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 275 (25.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 269 (25.16%) AWS Certification
2 269 (25.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 269 (25.16%) Azure Certification
3 179 (16.74%) Degree
4 106 (9.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (5.05%) Security Cleared
6 45 (4.21%) SC Cleared
7 7 (0.65%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.56%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.37%) ISEB
10 4 (0.37%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.094%) OCA
11 1 (0.094%) OCP
11 1 (0.094%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (11.23%) Accessibility
2 43 (4.02%) QA
3 40 (3.74%) WCAG
4 30 (2.81%) GDPR
5 11 (1.03%) SLA
6 10 (0.94%) PERC
7 8 (0.75%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.65%) GRC
9 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.094%) HL7
11 1 (0.094%) NCSC
11 1 (0.094%) NIST
System Software
1 82 (7.67%) Docker
2 11 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.43%) Terraform
3 4 (0.37%) Plesk
4 3 (0.28%) Argo
4 3 (0.28%) cPanel
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) Grafana
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.094%) Kibana
Vendors
1 411 (38.45%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.36%) Adobe
3 48 (4.49%) Google
4 22 (2.06%) Salesforce
5 10 (0.94%) ServiceNow
6 9 (0.84%) Atlassian
6 9 (0.84%) Oracle
7 8 (0.75%) Hotjar
8 7 (0.65%) Sage
9 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.56%) iManage
9 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.56%) SAP
10 5 (0.47%) Apple
10 5 (0.47%) Databricks
10 5 (0.47%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.37%) Concur
11 4 (0.37%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.37%) TikTok