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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 117 62
Rank change year-on-year -72 -55 +5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,109 1,301 3,035
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.06% 2.62% 3.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.43% 15.09% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 933 808 1,948
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,425 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
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 10,634 8,624 16,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 17.39% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,827 5,636 11,658
10th Percentile £41,150 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -54 1,016 £50,000 -9.09% 486
UK excluding London -39 830 £50,000 - 385
Work from Home -45 521 £55,000 - 225
North of England -29 221 £50,000 -2.91% 95
South East +5 220 £50,000 +11.11% 96
London -108 218 £60,000 -11.11% 180
East of England +10 129 £48,130 +6.96% 40
South West -16 113 £52,500 - 45
North West -49 109 £47,500 -9.52% 49
Midlands -61 108 £45,000 -5.26% 70
Yorkshire +1 60 £50,000 +14.29% 34
West Midlands -46 57 £45,000 -5.26% 33
North East -13 52 £52,000 +94.39% 14
East Midlands -47 51 £50,000 +0.50% 37
Wales -46 26 £45,000 -33.33% 12
Scotland -46 10 £31,500 -60.63% 23
Northern Ireland -71 3 £60,000 - 8

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 99 (8.93%) WordPress
2 56 (5.05%) SharePoint
3 47 (4.24%) CMS
4 30 (2.71%) IIS
5 24 (2.16%) Confluence
6 18 (1.62%) Apache
7 9 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.81%) Drupal
8 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.54%) nginx
10 5 (0.45%) JBoss
10 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.36%) Moodle
12 2 (0.18%) CICS
12 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.090%) ExpressionEngine
13 1 (0.090%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.090%) PegaRULES
13 1 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (1.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 16 (1.44%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.44%) Photoshop
3 11 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (0.90%) InDesign
5 9 (0.81%) Sketch
6 8 (0.72%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.27%) InVision
9 3 (0.27%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) Elementor
11 1 (0.090%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (2.16%) Shopify
2 7 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) Magento
3 5 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.36%) Line 50
5 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.090%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.090%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.090%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 443 (39.95%) Azure
2 311 (28.04%) AWS
3 225 (20.29%) GitHub
4 157 (14.16%) Azure DevOps
5 85 (7.66%) GitHub Copilot
6 77 (6.94%) Azure AI
6 77 (6.94%) Power Platform
7 71 (6.40%) Figma
8 59 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
9 53 (4.78%) Power Automate
10 50 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
11 48 (4.33%) GCP
11 48 (4.33%) PowerApps
11 48 (4.33%) SaaS
12 34 (3.07%) Serverless
13 30 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
13 30 (2.71%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 21 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 20 (1.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 105 (9.47%) Internet
2 10 (0.90%) Intranet
3 7 (0.63%) SSL
4 6 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.45%) HTTP
6 4 (0.36%) Network Security
6 4 (0.36%) VoIP
6 4 (0.36%) WAN
7 3 (0.27%) DNS
7 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 2 (0.18%) SMS
9 1 (0.090%) AMQP
9 1 (0.090%) Broadband
9 1 (0.090%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (16.68%) SQL Server
2 176 (15.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 149 (13.44%) MongoDB
3 149 (13.44%) MySQL
4 72 (6.49%) Relational Database
5 68 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
6 59 (5.32%) Power BI
7 32 (2.89%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (1.62%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.17%) Metadata
12 11 (0.99%) MariaDB
12 11 (0.99%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.90%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.81%) GIS
15 8 (0.72%) Tableau
16 7 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.63%) Redis
17 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 258 (23.26%) Git
2 55 (4.96%) JIRA
3 41 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.89%) Cypress.io
5 17 (1.53%) Selenium
6 15 (1.35%) GitLab
6 15 (1.35%) webpack
7 14 (1.26%) Storybook
8 11 (0.99%) Axure RP
9 10 (0.90%) Vite
10 9 (0.81%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.81%) PHPUnit
10 9 (0.81%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.72%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.72%) Claude Code
11 8 (0.72%) Maven
11 8 (0.72%) Postman
12 7 (0.63%) JUnit
12 7 (0.63%) MSI
12 7 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 314 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 118 (10.64%) Finance
3 117 (10.55%) Marketing
4 113 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 70 (6.31%) Multimedia
8 63 (5.68%) Advertising
9 52 (4.69%) Law
10 36 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (2.43%) Legal
11 27 (2.43%) Retail
12 19 (1.71%) Games
13 16 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.17%) Banking
15 9 (0.81%) Publishing
16 8 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.72%) Legal Technology
17 7 (0.63%) Local Government
17 7 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 715 (64.47%) Developer
2 217 (19.57%) .NET Developer
3 178 (16.05%) Senior
4 134 (12.08%) Senior Developer
5 129 (11.63%) Full-Stack Developer
6 102 (9.20%) Software Developer
7 76 (6.85%) PHP Developer
8 74 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 74 (6.67%) Web Developer
9 69 (6.22%) Designer
10 66 (5.95%) C# Developer
11 64 (5.77%) Trainee
12 57 (5.14%) C# Software Developer
13 54 (4.87%) Lead
14 51 (4.60%) Administrator
15 50 (4.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 47 (4.24%) Web Administrator
17 44 (3.97%) Analyst
18 43 (3.88%) Trainee Administrator
19 38 (3.43%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,024 (92.34%) HTML
2 388 (34.99%) .NET
3 254 (22.90%) React
4 233 (21.01%) .NET Core
5 214 (19.30%) ASP.NET
6 176 (15.87%) ASP.NET Core
7 144 (12.98%) Node.js
8 143 (12.89%) jQuery
9 139 (12.53%) HTML5
10 125 (11.27%) Vue
11 117 (10.55%) CSS3
12 112 (10.10%) Entity Framework
13 99 (8.93%) RESTful
14 94 (8.48%) REST
15 93 (8.39%) AngularJS
16 79 (7.12%) JSON
17 74 (6.67%) ML.NET
18 64 (5.77%) .NET Framework
18 64 (5.77%) Laravel
19 45 (4.06%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.78%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 36 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
4 34 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
4 34 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 32 (2.89%) Mobile App
6 29 (2.61%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.61%) Social Media
7 28 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (2.25%) Virtual Team
9 20 (1.80%) Digital TV
10 19 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 19 (1.71%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.17%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (0.90%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.14%) Windows
2 55 (4.96%) Linux
3 27 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.45%) Unix
6 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.27%) AIX
7 3 (0.27%) Debian
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.090%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (38.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 421 (37.96%) Agile
3 370 (33.36%) CI/CD
4 245 (22.09%) DevOps
5 239 (21.55%) AI
6 215 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
7 206 (18.58%) Web Development
8 205 (18.49%) User Experience
9 160 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 144 (12.98%) Mentoring
11 133 (11.99%) Software Engineering
12 128 (11.54%) Computer Science
13 126 (11.36%) Machine Learning
14 113 (10.19%) Front End Development
15 103 (9.29%) Clean Code
16 96 (8.66%) OO
17 94 (8.48%) Analytics
17 94 (8.48%) MVC
18 91 (8.21%) Scrum
19 90 (8.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 679 (61.23%) JavaScript
2 464 (41.84%) SQL
3 393 (35.44%) C#
4 215 (19.39%) PHP
5 199 (17.94%) Python
6 198 (17.85%) TypeScript
7 96 (8.66%) Java
8 48 (4.33%) R
9 46 (4.15%) C++
10 32 (2.89%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 14 (1.26%) VBA
12 13 (1.17%) Go
13 12 (1.08%) Ruby
14 10 (0.90%) Bicep
14 10 (0.90%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.63%) VBScript
16 6 (0.54%) Dart
17 5 (0.45%) Perl
18 3 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 191 (17.22%) Degree
2 103 (9.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 80 (7.21%) Security Cleared
4 70 (6.31%) SC Cleared
5 63 (5.68%) AWS Certification
6 61 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (5.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 59 (5.32%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.81%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.090%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (14.70%) Accessibility
2 70 (6.31%) WCAG
3 60 (5.41%) QA
4 42 (3.79%) GDPR
5 13 (1.17%) SLA
6 10 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.72%) PERC
8 7 (0.63%) GRC
8 7 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.27%) WAI
10 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
11 2 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.090%) NIST
12 1 (0.090%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 181 (16.32%) Docker
2 13 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 123 (11.09%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.25%) Terraform
3 9 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.45%) Nagios
5 4 (0.36%) Puppet
6 3 (0.27%) Plesk
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.090%) Ansible
8 1 (0.090%) Kibana
8 1 (0.090%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 373 (33.63%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.03%) Adobe
3 46 (4.15%) Google
4 42 (3.79%) Facebook
5 24 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 23 (2.07%) Oracle
7 21 (1.89%) YouTube
8 10 (0.90%) OneLogin
8 10 (0.90%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.81%) Sage
9 9 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.81%) Splunk
10 8 (0.72%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.63%) iManage
12 6 (0.54%) Hotjar
12 6 (0.54%) New Relic
12 6 (0.54%) TikTok
12 6 (0.54%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.45%) Atlassian