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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 101 57
Rank change year-on-year -87 -44 -8
Permanent jobs citing CSS 998 1,374 4,073
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 3.09% 3.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.50% 15.73% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 844 862 2,917
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,406 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -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 9,501 8,735 21,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.20% 19.61% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,085 5,716 16,353
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -79 916 £50,000 -9.09% 378
UK excluding London -60 719 £47,500 -5.00% 348
Work from Home -53 414 £55,000 - 155
London -83 220 £59,773 -11.45% 102
North of England -54 208 £45,000 -10.00% 95
South East -19 174 £50,000 -9.09% 86
East of England +15 113 £47,500 +26.67% 50
North West -48 113 £45,000 -14.29% 48
Midlands -55 109 £45,000 - 47
South West -55 83 £50,000 -13.04% 41
Yorkshire -11 62 £50,000 +25.00% 33
West Midlands -43 60 £45,000 -5.26% 19
East Midlands -44 49 £55,000 +37.50% 28
North East -31 33 £52,000 +46.48% 14
Wales -43 16 £45,000 -33.33% 12
Scotland -69 13 £30,500 -53.08% 18
Northern Ireland -30 3 £60,000 - 7

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 97 (9.72%) WordPress
2 49 (4.91%) CMS
3 48 (4.81%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.70%) Confluence
5 16 (1.60%) IIS
6 11 (1.10%) Apache
6 11 (1.10%) Drupal
7 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.60%) nginx
9 5 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.50%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.30%) govService
10 3 (0.30%) JBoss
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Liferay
11 2 (0.20%) Moodle
11 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.10%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (2.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.70%) Photoshop
3 14 (1.40%) Adobe XD
4 13 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.90%) InDesign
5 9 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.80%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.70%) Sketch
7 7 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.40%) InVision
9 3 (0.30%) Trello
10 1 (0.10%) Elementor
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (2.30%) Shopify
2 8 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.60%) Magento
4 4 (0.40%) Line 50
5 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.10%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 418 (41.88%) Azure
2 323 (32.36%) AWS
3 241 (24.15%) GitHub
4 120 (12.02%) Azure DevOps
5 66 (6.61%) Power Platform
6 65 (6.51%) Figma
7 49 (4.91%) GitHub Copilot
8 47 (4.71%) Azure AI
8 47 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
8 47 (4.71%) SaaS
9 44 (4.41%) GCP
10 43 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (3.91%) Power Automate
11 39 (3.91%) Serverless
12 36 (3.61%) PowerApps
13 35 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
14 27 (2.71%) Google Analytics
15 22 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (2.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 143 (14.33%) Internet
2 7 (0.70%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) Network Security
3 4 (0.40%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.40%) VoIP
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
3 4 (0.40%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.30%) HTTP
4 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.30%) SSL
5 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.20%) DNS
5 2 (0.20%) Firewall
6 1 (0.10%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (15.23%) SQL Server
2 115 (11.52%) Azure SQL Database
2 115 (11.52%) MySQL
3 92 (9.22%) MongoDB
4 57 (5.71%) Power BI
5 49 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
5 49 (4.91%) Relational Database
6 23 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (2.10%) NoSQL
8 15 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.10%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.90%) MariaDB
11 9 (0.90%) Tableau
12 8 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.70%) GIS
13 7 (0.70%) Metadata
14 6 (0.60%) FileMaker
15 5 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.50%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 267 (26.75%) Git
2 54 (5.41%) JIRA
3 34 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.60%) Cypress.io
5 13 (1.30%) GitLab
5 13 (1.30%) Selenium
5 13 (1.30%) webpack
6 12 (1.20%) Axure RP
7 11 (1.10%) Storybook
8 10 (1.00%) Vite
9 8 (0.80%) Balsamiq
10 7 (0.70%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.50%) JUnit
11 5 (0.50%) Maven
11 5 (0.50%) Postman
11 5 (0.50%) Subversion
12 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.40%) ESLint
12 4 (0.40%) gulp
12 4 (0.40%) IntelliJ
General
1 269 (26.95%) Social Skills
2 119 (11.92%) Multimedia
3 111 (11.12%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (10.42%) Marketing
5 95 (9.52%) Finance
6 54 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (3.91%) Advertising
8 38 (3.81%) Law
9 36 (3.61%) Public Sector
10 35 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.61%) Legal
11 26 (2.61%) Retail
12 14 (1.40%) Games
13 11 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.00%) Banking
15 8 (0.80%) Legal Technology
15 8 (0.80%) Local Government
16 6 (0.60%) Automotive
16 6 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.60%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 612 (61.32%) Developer
2 148 (14.83%) .NET Developer
3 142 (14.23%) Senior
4 125 (12.53%) Full-Stack Developer
5 117 (11.72%) Software Developer
5 117 (11.72%) Trainee
6 108 (10.82%) Senior Developer
7 65 (6.51%) Designer
8 64 (6.41%) Software Engineer
9 61 (6.11%) C# Developer
10 57 (5.71%) C# Software Developer
11 52 (5.21%) Web Developer
12 51 (5.11%) Administrator
13 49 (4.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 49 (4.91%) PHP Developer
14 48 (4.81%) Lead
15 46 (4.61%) Web Administrator
16 43 (4.31%) Trainee Administrator
17 41 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 41 (4.11%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 906 (90.78%) HTML
2 294 (29.46%) .NET
3 245 (24.55%) React
4 146 (14.63%) .NET Core
5 131 (13.13%) ASP.NET
6 127 (12.73%) jQuery
7 120 (12.02%) Node.js
8 118 (11.82%) Vue
9 113 (11.32%) HTML5
10 106 (10.62%) ASP.NET Core
11 97 (9.72%) RESTful
12 95 (9.52%) CSS3
13 93 (9.32%) AngularJS
14 76 (7.62%) REST
15 68 (6.81%) Entity Framework
15 68 (6.81%) JSON
16 48 (4.81%) Laravel
17 44 (4.41%) .NET Framework
18 43 (4.31%) Tailwind CSS
19 42 (4.21%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 40 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
2 34 (3.41%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
4 31 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 30 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 26 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.51%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.30%) Social Media
9 22 (2.20%) Management Information System
10 21 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (2.00%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.40%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.30%) Digital TV
14 13 (1.30%) Graphic Design
15 11 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (0.80%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
17 7 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
17 7 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.71%) Linux
2 35 (3.51%) Windows
3 20 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.50%) Android
5 5 (0.50%) Unix
6 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.10%) AIX
9 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (33.97%) Full-Stack Development
2 330 (33.07%) Agile
3 265 (26.55%) CI/CD
4 195 (19.54%) User Experience
5 188 (18.84%) Mentoring
5 188 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
6 186 (18.64%) AI
7 183 (18.34%) DevOps
8 159 (15.93%) Web Development
9 131 (13.13%) Computer Science
10 124 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (11.52%) Front End Development
12 105 (10.52%) Software Engineering
13 100 (10.02%) Machine Learning
14 86 (8.62%) Clean Code
15 84 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
16 83 (8.32%) Analytics
17 77 (7.72%) Responsive Web Design
17 77 (7.72%) Scrum
18 75 (7.52%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 636 (63.73%) JavaScript
2 396 (39.68%) SQL
3 293 (29.36%) C#
4 237 (23.75%) Python
5 182 (18.24%) PHP
6 171 (17.13%) TypeScript
7 91 (9.12%) Java
8 75 (7.52%) R
9 38 (3.81%) C++
10 33 (3.31%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.30%) VBA
12 7 (0.70%) VBScript
13 6 (0.60%) Bicep
14 5 (0.50%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.50%) Bash
14 5 (0.50%) Dart
14 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.40%) Perl
15 4 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 181 (18.14%) Degree
2 116 (11.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 114 (11.42%) AWS Certification
4 112 (11.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 112 (11.22%) Azure Certification
5 104 (10.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (4.21%) Security Cleared
7 34 (3.41%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.20%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.12%) Accessibility
2 46 (4.61%) QA
3 39 (3.91%) WCAG
4 31 (3.11%) GDPR
5 13 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.10%) SLA
7 9 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.70%) GRC
8 7 (0.70%) PERC
9 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.10%) NCSC
11 1 (0.10%) NIST
11 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 118 (11.82%) Docker
2 14 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 70 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.80%) Terraform
3 3 (0.30%) Plesk
4 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.20%) Nagios
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Grafana
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
5 1 (0.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 335 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.41%) Adobe
3 37 (3.71%) Google
4 26 (2.61%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.20%) Facebook
6 17 (1.70%) Oracle
7 12 (1.20%) YouTube
8 10 (1.00%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.90%) iManage
10 8 (0.80%) Sage
10 8 (0.80%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 7 (0.70%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.70%) SAP
12 6 (0.60%) Apple
12 6 (0.60%) Splunk
12 6 (0.60%) TikTok
12 6 (0.60%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.50%) Hotjar
13 5 (0.50%) Pinterest
14 4 (0.40%) ServiceNow