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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 83 59
Rank change year-on-year -72 -24 -16
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,070 1,470 3,517
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.48% 4.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.16% 15.87% 18.37%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,088 2,852
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,875
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +0.23% -4.57%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
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 8,132 9,263 19,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.71% 21.92% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,949 6,609 15,161
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £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 March 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 March 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 -64 956 £47,372 -13.87% 519
UK excluding London -65 749 £40,000 -23.81% 434
Work from Home -79 327 £50,000 -9.09% 238
North of England -16 277 £30,500 -32.22% 111
London -75 230 £60,000 -14.29% 153
South East -66 151 £50,000 -16.67% 108
North West -23 129 £31,250 -40.19% 59
Yorkshire 0 112 £30,500 -18.67% 30
Midlands -34 111 £42,270 -6.07% 69
South West -56 83 £40,000 -33.33% 53
East of England -17 80 £40,000 -15.79% 67
West Midlands -14 67 £31,000 -40.95% 36
East Midlands -63 44 £53,750 +48.28% 33
North East -8 36 £30,500 -39.00% 22
Scotland -72 35 £30,500 -44.55% 12
Wales -34 10 £36,370 -27.26% 19
Northern Ireland -31 3 £60,000 - 5
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 (10.37%) WordPress
2 54 (5.05%) CMS
3 21 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 15 (1.40%) Confluence
5 10 (0.93%) nginx
6 7 (0.65%) Apache
7 5 (0.47%) Drupal
8 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
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
9 3 (0.28%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.19%) IIS
10 2 (0.19%) Mendix
10 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.093%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 30 (2.80%) Adobe XD
2 13 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 12 (1.12%) Sketch
4 11 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (1.03%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.75%) InVision
5 8 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.47%) InDesign
8 3 (0.28%) 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 (1.50%) Shopify
2 13 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
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%) Magento
5 1 (0.093%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 544 (50.84%) Azure
2 476 (44.49%) AWS
3 394 (36.82%) GitHub
4 79 (7.38%) Figma
5 70 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (5.70%) Serverless
7 58 (5.42%) GCP
8 44 (4.11%) SaaS
9 40 (3.74%) Power Platform
10 30 (2.80%) Google Analytics
11 28 (2.62%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 24 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (2.06%) Amazon S3
15 21 (1.96%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.78%) PaaS
17 18 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
18 16 (1.50%) Power Automate
18 16 (1.50%) PowerApps
19 14 (1.31%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 309 (28.88%) Internet
2 8 (0.75%) HTTP
3 4 (0.37%) Intranet
3 4 (0.37%) WAN
4 3 (0.28%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (11.78%) SQL Server
2 89 (8.32%) MySQL
3 48 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (4.11%) Relational Database
5 32 (2.99%) Power BI
6 31 (2.90%) NoSQL
7 24 (2.24%) MongoDB
8 17 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (1.31%) DB2
10 12 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.93%) Looker
12 7 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.56%) Tableau
14 5 (0.47%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
16 3 (0.28%) FileMaker
16 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
17 2 (0.19%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 458 (42.80%) Git
2 50 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 50 (4.67%) JIRA
3 26 (2.43%) webpack
4 24 (2.24%) Axure RP
4 24 (2.24%) Cypress.io
5 20 (1.87%) Selenium
6 14 (1.31%) Balsamiq
6 14 (1.31%) TeamCity
6 14 (1.31%) Vite
7 13 (1.21%) Bitbucket
7 13 (1.21%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.03%) Babel
8 11 (1.03%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.84%) Storybook
10 8 (0.75%) GitLab
11 6 (0.56%) JUnit
11 6 (0.56%) Maven
11 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 300 (28.04%) Multimedia
2 227 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 120 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (9.53%) Finance
5 79 (7.38%) Marketing
6 52 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (4.77%) Law
8 47 (4.39%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.90%) Retail
10 25 (2.34%) Banking
11 24 (2.24%) Legal
12 20 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.93%) Advertising
14 9 (0.84%) Military
15 8 (0.75%) Games
16 7 (0.65%) Aeronautics
16 7 (0.65%) Electronics
17 6 (0.56%) Back Office
18 5 (0.47%) Publishing
18 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 604 (56.45%) Developer
2 298 (27.85%) Trainee
3 177 (16.54%) Software Developer
4 158 (14.77%) Senior
5 125 (11.68%) Trainee Developer
6 122 (11.40%) Full-Stack Developer
7 111 (10.37%) Trainee Software Developer
8 110 (10.28%) Senior Developer
9 77 (7.20%) Administrator
10 74 (6.92%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.73%) Trainee Administrator
12 71 (6.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 67 (6.26%) .NET Developer
14 64 (5.98%) Designer
15 49 (4.58%) C# Developer
16 43 (4.02%) Web Developer
17 42 (3.93%) Lead
17 42 (3.93%) React Developer
18 40 (3.74%) Software Engineer
19 37 (3.46%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 976 (91.21%) HTML
2 325 (30.37%) React
3 196 (18.32%) .NET
4 125 (11.68%) Node.js
5 111 (10.37%) AngularJS
6 104 (9.72%) RESTful
7 94 (8.79%) Vue
8 86 (8.04%) HTML5
9 83 (7.76%) jQuery
10 72 (6.73%) CSS3
11 66 (6.17%) ASP.NET
12 62 (5.79%) REST
13 58 (5.42%) .NET Core
14 48 (4.49%) Tailwind CSS
15 45 (4.21%) .NET Framework
16 39 (3.64%) Sass
17 36 (3.36%) Jest
18 33 (3.08%) Laravel
19 32 (2.99%) React Native
20 31 (2.90%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.14%) Product Ownership
2 39 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.55%) Mobile App
4 32 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
5 29 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.15%) Data Structures
6 23 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.31%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.12%) Social Media
12 10 (0.93%) Data Centre
12 10 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 9 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.75%) Cybercrime
15 7 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.56%) Algorithms
17 5 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 5 (0.47%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.78%) Linux
2 18 (1.68%) Windows
3 13 (1.21%) Android
3 13 (1.21%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (33.08%) Agile
2 353 (32.99%) Mentoring
3 239 (22.34%) Cybersecurity
4 231 (21.59%) Full-Stack Development
5 229 (21.40%) User Experience
6 205 (19.16%) CI/CD
7 193 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
8 159 (14.86%) DevOps
9 158 (14.77%) Front End Development
10 154 (14.39%) Web Development
11 122 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 120 (11.21%) Computer Science
13 103 (9.63%) AI
14 98 (9.16%) Software Engineering
15 95 (8.88%) Analytics
16 94 (8.79%) UX Design
17 89 (8.32%) Scrum
18 87 (8.13%) Clean Code
19 84 (7.85%) MVC
20 77 (7.20%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 846 (79.07%) JavaScript
2 400 (37.38%) Python
3 244 (22.80%) SQL
4 191 (17.85%) TypeScript
5 184 (17.20%) C#
6 178 (16.64%) R
7 117 (10.93%) PHP
8 93 (8.69%) Java
9 25 (2.34%) C++
10 13 (1.21%) PowerShell
11 10 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.93%) Ruby
12 8 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.56%) Bash
15 4 (0.37%) Bicep
15 4 (0.37%) SOQL
15 4 (0.37%) SOSL
15 4 (0.37%) XAML
16 3 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 304 (28.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (27.85%) AWS Certification
2 298 (27.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (27.85%) Azure Certification
3 177 (16.54%) Degree
4 101 (9.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (6.07%) Security Cleared
6 48 (4.49%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.03%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.84%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.75%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.37%) ISEB
13 2 (0.19%) CCA
14 1 (0.093%) OCA
14 1 (0.093%) OCP
14 1 (0.093%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (11.87%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.67%) QA
3 49 (4.58%) WCAG
4 20 (1.87%) GDPR
5 8 (0.75%) PERC
6 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.56%) SLA
8 5 (0.47%) GRC
9 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.19%) Section 508
11 1 (0.093%) HL7
11 1 (0.093%) NCSC
11 1 (0.093%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (7.76%) Docker
2 13 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.62%) Terraform
3 4 (0.37%) Argo
4 3 (0.28%) cPanel
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
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
Vendors
1 422 (39.44%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.77%) Adobe
3 47 (4.39%) Google
4 26 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.21%) Oracle
6 10 (0.93%) Atlassian
6 10 (0.93%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.75%) Hotjar
8 7 (0.65%) Red Hat
8 7 (0.65%) SAP
9 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.56%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.47%) Databricks
10 5 (0.47%) Foundry
11 4 (0.37%) Concur
11 4 (0.37%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.37%) iManage
11 4 (0.37%) New Relic
11 4 (0.37%) Sage
11 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud