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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 62 61
Rank change year-on-year -78 -1 -22
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,014 2,162 2,668
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.63% 4.07% 4.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.98% 18.84% 17.22%
Number of salaries quoted 834 1,125 2,290
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £34,975
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

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 7,251 11,476 15,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.65% 21.59% 24.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5,345 6,748 12,666
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £63,222
Median % change year-on-year - +2.81% -6.34%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £58,000 £55,173
% change year-on-year +1.72% +5.12% -4.05%

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 23 January 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 23 January 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 -75 904 £46,000 -16.36% 985
UK excluding London -78 694 £35,000 -33.33% 961
Work from Home -73 312 £51,500 -7.62% 311
North of England -27 274 £30,500 -32.22% 201
London -69 234 £62,500 -7.41% 157
South East -89 132 £50,000 -16.67% 268
Yorkshire -6 120 £30,500 -23.75% 88
North West -41 115 £32,000 -39.05% 84
Midlands -67 98 £37,500 -25.00% 136
South West -71 71 £39,250 -31.74% 125
East of England -41 67 £43,750 -12.50% 146
West Midlands -46 53 £30,500 -44.55% 43
East Midlands -57 46 £46,250 +20.92% 92
North East -9 39 £30,500 -40.49% 31
Scotland -73 39 £30,500 -40.49% 40
Wales -14 12 £41,500 -12.63% 46
Northern Ireland -17 2 £31,500 - 18
Channel Islands +1 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 55 (5.42%) WordPress
2 52 (5.13%) CMS
3 25 (2.47%) Confluence
4 15 (1.48%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.08%) nginx
6 8 (0.79%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.69%) Apache
7 7 (0.69%) Drupal
8 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.20%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.20%) JBoss
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.099%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 31 (3.06%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 15 (1.48%) Sketch
6 11 (1.08%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.99%) InVision
7 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (0.99%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.79%) AutoCAD
8 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
9 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.30%) InDesign
11 2 (0.20%) Windchill
12 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.28%) Shopify
3 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.099%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.099%) Magento
6 1 (0.099%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 495 (48.82%) Azure
2 417 (41.12%) AWS
3 373 (36.79%) GitHub
4 67 (6.61%) Figma
5 64 (6.31%) Serverless
6 51 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (4.34%) GCP
8 36 (3.55%) Power Platform
9 33 (3.25%) SaaS
10 24 (2.37%) Power Automate
11 22 (2.17%) Google Analytics
12 19 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (1.87%) Entra ID
13 18 (1.78%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.78%) Azure Functions
13 18 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (1.68%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (1.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 282 (27.81%) Internet
2 9 (0.89%) HTTP
3 6 (0.59%) Intranet
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.099%) DNS
6 1 (0.099%) Firewall
6 1 (0.099%) SSH
6 1 (0.099%) SSL
6 1 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (12.13%) SQL Server
2 87 (8.58%) MySQL
3 44 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (4.14%) Relational Database
5 37 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.17%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.97%) Power BI
8 13 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (1.28%) DB2
9 10 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.89%) Looker
11 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.49%) GIS
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.39%) Metadata
12 4 (0.39%) Redis
13 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 423 (41.72%) Git
2 49 (4.83%) JIRA
3 44 (4.34%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.66%) webpack
5 23 (2.27%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.27%) Cypress.io
5 23 (2.27%) Selenium
6 16 (1.58%) Visual Studio
7 15 (1.48%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.38%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.28%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.18%) Balsamiq
10 12 (1.18%) Vite
11 10 (0.99%) GitLab
12 9 (0.89%) Babel
12 9 (0.89%) gulp
12 9 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (0.79%) JUnit
13 8 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
14 6 (0.59%) Maven
General
1 284 (28.01%) Multimedia
2 244 (24.06%) Social Skills
3 110 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (10.45%) Finance
5 72 (7.10%) Marketing
6 58 (5.72%) Law
7 49 (4.83%) Public Sector
8 41 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.06%) Retail
10 29 (2.86%) Banking
11 25 (2.47%) Legal
12 15 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.08%) Advertising
14 9 (0.89%) Games
14 9 (0.89%) Military
14 9 (0.89%) Publishing
15 7 (0.69%) Aeronautics
15 7 (0.69%) Electronics
16 5 (0.49%) Local Government
16 5 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 581 (57.30%) Developer
2 278 (27.42%) Trainee
3 180 (17.75%) Software Developer
4 150 (14.79%) Senior
5 134 (13.21%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.33%) Trainee Software Developer
7 103 (10.16%) Full-Stack Developer
8 99 (9.76%) Senior Developer
9 71 (7.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 56 (5.52%) .NET Developer
11 50 (4.93%) Designer
12 41 (4.04%) C# Developer
12 41 (4.04%) PHP Developer
13 40 (3.94%) Lead
14 39 (3.85%) React Developer
14 39 (3.85%) Software Engineer
15 33 (3.25%) Administrator
16 31 (3.06%) Graduate
16 31 (3.06%) Web Administrator
17 29 (2.86%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 907 (89.45%) HTML
2 303 (29.88%) React
3 184 (18.15%) .NET
4 123 (12.13%) Node.js
5 101 (9.96%) AngularJS
5 101 (9.96%) HTML5
6 97 (9.57%) RESTful
7 85 (8.38%) CSS3
7 85 (8.38%) Vue
8 78 (7.69%) jQuery
9 76 (7.50%) ASP.NET
10 67 (6.61%) REST
11 56 (5.52%) .NET Core
12 44 (4.34%) .NET Framework
13 40 (3.94%) Tailwind CSS
14 36 (3.55%) Laravel
15 35 (3.45%) GraphQL
15 35 (3.45%) Jest
16 33 (3.25%) Sass
17 32 (3.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.42%) Product Ownership
2 40 (3.94%) Mobile App
3 33 (3.25%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 21 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.48%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (0.89%) Social Media
11 8 (0.79%) Cybercrime
11 8 (0.79%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.79%) Motion Graphics
12 7 (0.69%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.69%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.69%) W3C
13 6 (0.59%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.56%) Windows
2 25 (2.47%) Linux
3 13 (1.28%) Android
3 13 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.49%) Unix
6 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (36.00%) Mentoring
2 350 (34.52%) Agile
3 267 (26.33%) Cybersecurity
4 220 (21.70%) User Experience
5 208 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 196 (19.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 171 (16.86%) CI/CD
8 169 (16.67%) Front End Development
9 131 (12.92%) DevOps
10 118 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 117 (11.54%) Computer Science
12 101 (9.96%) MVC
13 97 (9.57%) Web Development
14 92 (9.07%) Software Engineering
15 90 (8.88%) UX Design
16 71 (7.00%) AI
16 71 (7.00%) Analytics
17 70 (6.90%) Clean Code
17 70 (6.90%) OOP
17 70 (6.90%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 822 (81.07%) JavaScript
2 388 (38.26%) Python
3 216 (21.30%) SQL
4 179 (17.65%) TypeScript
5 177 (17.46%) C#
6 148 (14.60%) R
7 105 (10.36%) Java
8 91 (8.97%) PHP
9 27 (2.66%) C++
10 13 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.18%) Ruby
12 11 (1.08%) Perl
13 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.79%) C
15 7 (0.69%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.69%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.39%) ActionScript 3.0
16 4 (0.39%) Bash
16 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 287 (28.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.51%) Azure Certification
3 278 (27.42%) AWS Certification
3 278 (27.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 179 (17.65%) Degree
5 98 (9.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 70 (6.90%) Security Cleared
7 44 (4.34%) SC Cleared
8 17 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.79%) HND
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
13 2 (0.20%) MCP
14 1 (0.099%) OCP
14 1 (0.099%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.52%) Accessibility
2 55 (5.42%) WCAG
3 48 (4.73%) QA
4 27 (2.66%) GDPR
5 8 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.49%) PERC
7 2 (0.20%) Section 508
7 2 (0.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.099%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.099%) HL7
8 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.099%) NCSC
8 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 83 (8.19%) Docker
2 15 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.76%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
3 4 (0.39%) Grafana
4 3 (0.30%) cPanel
4 3 (0.30%) Plesk
4 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.099%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.099%) Nagios
Vendors
1 396 (39.05%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.23%) Adobe
3 42 (4.14%) Google
4 25 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.87%) Oracle
5 19 (1.87%) ServiceNow
6 10 (0.99%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.89%) Siemens
8 8 (0.79%) Allen-Bradley
8 8 (0.79%) SAP
8 8 (0.79%) Toshiba
9 7 (0.69%) Hotjar
9 7 (0.69%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.59%) Cisco
10 6 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.49%) Databricks
11 5 (0.49%) Foundry
12 4 (0.39%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.39%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.39%) Meraki