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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 92 58
Rank change year-on-year -75 -34 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,077 1,333 3,730
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.29% 3.25% 4.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.58% 15.37% 18.54%
Number of salaries quoted 900 1,055 2,890
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,863
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £61,346 £75,000 £68,863
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 8,564 8,670 20,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.25% 21.14% 21.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,264 6,582 15,628
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 11 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 11 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 -65 970 £45,000 -18.18% 514
UK excluding London -65 759 £40,000 -23.81% 423
Work from Home -72 345 £52,500 -4.55% 223
North of England -22 265 £31,000 -31.11% 113
London -73 237 £60,000 -14.29% 154
South East -69 157 £50,000 -16.67% 102
North West -40 125 £31,500 -37.00% 57
Midlands -45 120 £42,039 -6.58% 59
Yorkshire -9 107 £30,750 -18.00% 34
East of England -11 94 £40,000 -15.79% 72
South West -64 82 £40,000 -33.33% 51
West Midlands -13 71 £32,000 -39.05% 29
East Midlands -53 49 £50,000 +33.33% 30
North East -13 33 £30,500 -35.79% 22
Scotland -74 29 £30,500 -49.17% 14
Wales -36 10 £36,370 -30.72% 17
Northern Ireland -37 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
1 111 (10.31%) WordPress
2 51 (4.74%) CMS
3 32 (2.97%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.39%) Confluence
5 10 (0.93%) nginx
6 6 (0.56%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) Drupal
7 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.37%) IIS
8 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
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
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.093%) Moodle
11 1 (0.093%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 29 (2.69%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.11%) Chatbot
3 12 (1.11%) Sketch
4 11 (1.02%) Photoshop
5 9 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (0.74%) InVision
6 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.74%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.37%) InDesign
8 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.19%) Windchill
10 1 (0.093%) Elementor
10 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.49%) Shopify
2 11 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.28%) Magento
4 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.19%) Line 50
4 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.093%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.093%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 512 (47.54%) Azure
2 464 (43.08%) AWS
3 360 (33.43%) GitHub
4 82 (7.61%) Figma
5 74 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (5.66%) GCP
7 54 (5.01%) Serverless
8 52 (4.83%) Power Platform
9 47 (4.36%) SaaS
10 32 (2.97%) Google Analytics
11 30 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (2.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 28 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
14 24 (2.23%) Power Automate
14 24 (2.23%) PowerApps
15 22 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (1.86%) Amazon S3
17 19 (1.76%) Entra ID
18 16 (1.49%) PaaS
19 13 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 284 (26.37%) Internet
2 8 (0.74%) HTTP
3 5 (0.46%) Intranet
4 4 (0.37%) WAN
5 3 (0.28%) AMQP
6 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.19%) Network Security
6 2 (0.19%) SSL
6 2 (0.19%) VoIP
7 1 (0.093%) Broadband
7 1 (0.093%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 105 (9.75%) MySQL
3 44 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (4.09%) Power BI
4 38 (3.53%) Relational Database
5 31 (2.88%) NoSQL
6 25 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (2.23%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.21%) DB2
9 12 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.02%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.84%) Tableau
12 8 (0.74%) Looker
13 6 (0.56%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.46%) FileMaker
15 4 (0.37%) Metadata
16 3 (0.28%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 416 (38.63%) Git
2 51 (4.74%) JIRA
3 48 (4.46%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.14%) Cypress.io
5 22 (2.04%) webpack
6 20 (1.86%) Axure RP
6 20 (1.86%) Selenium
7 14 (1.30%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.30%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.11%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.11%) Storybook
8 12 (1.11%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.11%) Vite
9 10 (0.93%) Babel
10 8 (0.74%) GitLab
10 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.65%) Maven
12 6 (0.56%) JUnit
13 5 (0.46%) Gradle
13 5 (0.46%) Subversion
General
1 271 (25.16%) Multimedia
2 240 (22.28%) Social Skills
3 129 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (10.21%) Finance
5 87 (8.08%) Marketing
6 50 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (4.55%) Law
8 41 (3.81%) Public Sector
9 27 (2.51%) Retail
10 24 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.14%) Banking
12 22 (2.04%) Legal
13 11 (1.02%) Advertising
14 7 (0.65%) Games
14 7 (0.65%) Military
15 6 (0.56%) Back Office
16 5 (0.46%) Aeronautics
16 5 (0.46%) Electronics
16 5 (0.46%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 607 (56.36%) Developer
2 274 (25.44%) Trainee
3 170 (15.78%) Software Developer
4 150 (13.93%) Senior
5 124 (11.51%) Full-Stack Developer
6 111 (10.31%) Trainee Developer
7 108 (10.03%) Senior Developer
8 97 (9.01%) Trainee Software Developer
9 77 (7.15%) Administrator
10 73 (6.78%) Web Administrator
11 71 (6.59%) Trainee Administrator
12 68 (6.31%) .NET Developer
13 66 (6.13%) Designer
14 65 (6.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 59 (5.48%) C# Developer
16 55 (5.11%) PHP Developer
17 48 (4.46%) C# Software Developer
17 48 (4.46%) Lead
17 48 (4.46%) Web Developer
18 45 (4.18%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 979 (90.90%) HTML
2 312 (28.97%) React
3 195 (18.11%) .NET
4 121 (11.23%) Node.js
5 106 (9.84%) Vue
6 105 (9.75%) jQuery
7 103 (9.56%) RESTful
8 102 (9.47%) AngularJS
9 89 (8.26%) HTML5
10 72 (6.69%) CSS3
11 62 (5.76%) ASP.NET
12 56 (5.20%) .NET Core
13 52 (4.83%) REST
14 50 (4.64%) Tailwind CSS
15 46 (4.27%) Laravel
16 42 (3.90%) JSON
17 40 (3.71%) .NET Framework
18 39 (3.62%) Sass
19 36 (3.34%) Jest
20 34 (3.16%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 42 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.53%) Mobile App
4 36 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.14%) Data Structures
8 21 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (1.67%) Social Media
10 17 (1.58%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.39%) Management Information System
11 15 (1.39%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.93%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.74%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.74%) Cybercrime
15 7 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.65%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.14%) Linux
2 20 (1.86%) Windows
3 9 (0.84%) Android
4 8 (0.74%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.37%) Unix
7 1 (0.093%) VMS
7 1 (0.093%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (31.20%) Agile
2 330 (30.64%) Mentoring
3 241 (22.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 212 (19.68%) Cybersecurity
5 208 (19.31%) User Experience
6 197 (18.29%) CI/CD
7 194 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
8 161 (14.95%) Web Development
9 153 (14.21%) DevOps
10 147 (13.65%) Front End Development
11 132 (12.26%) Computer Science
12 127 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (10.58%) AI
14 100 (9.29%) Software Engineering
15 98 (9.10%) Analytics
16 95 (8.82%) Clean Code
17 93 (8.64%) Scrum
18 87 (8.08%) MVC
18 87 (8.08%) UX Design
19 75 (6.96%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 825 (76.60%) JavaScript
2 386 (35.84%) Python
3 285 (26.46%) SQL
4 191 (17.73%) C#
5 190 (17.64%) TypeScript
6 165 (15.32%) R
7 152 (14.11%) PHP
8 100 (9.29%) Java
9 32 (2.97%) C++
10 19 (1.76%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.74%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.56%) Bash
12 6 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.56%) Ruby
13 5 (0.46%) Bicep
13 5 (0.46%) Dart
13 5 (0.46%) VBA
14 4 (0.37%) SOQL
14 4 (0.37%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 276 (25.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 271 (25.16%) AWS Certification
2 271 (25.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 271 (25.16%) Azure Certification
3 184 (17.08%) Degree
4 109 (10.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (5.20%) Security Cleared
6 46 (4.27%) 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
8 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.37%) ISEB
11 1 (0.093%) CCA
11 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.093%) OCA
11 1 (0.093%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (11.42%) Accessibility
2 44 (4.09%) QA
3 42 (3.90%) WCAG
4 26 (2.41%) GDPR
5 10 (0.93%) PERC
5 10 (0.93%) SLA
6 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.65%) GRC
7 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.093%) HL7
10 1 (0.093%) NCSC
10 1 (0.093%) NIST
10 1 (0.093%) Section 508
System Software
1 83 (7.71%) Docker
2 9 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 43 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.51%) 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%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.093%) Kibana
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 407 (37.79%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.85%) Adobe
3 48 (4.46%) Google
4 22 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 10 (0.93%) Oracle
6 9 (0.84%) Atlassian
6 9 (0.84%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.74%) Hotjar
8 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
8 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.56%) Sage
8 6 (0.56%) SAP
9 5 (0.46%) Databricks
9 5 (0.46%) Foundry
9 5 (0.46%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.37%) Concur
10 4 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.37%) New Relic
10 4 (0.37%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud