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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 106 56
Rank change year-on-year -88 -50 -3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,035 1,345 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 2.89% 3.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.46% 15.26% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 883 842 2,864
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,813 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,375 £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 9,893 8,815 21,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.26% 18.92% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,422 5,809 16,108
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.49%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,600
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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -69 944 £50,000 -9.09% 452
UK excluding London -60 757 £50,000 - 397
Work from Home -48 468 £55,000 - 233
London -91 216 £60,000 -13.67% 135
South East -7 199 £50,000 - 101
North of England -48 199 £50,000 +5.26% 97
East of England +20 118 £48,760 +30.03% 54
Midlands -58 112 £46,250 +2.78% 55
North West -51 108 £45,000 -14.29% 53
South West -41 92 £53,125 -7.61% 42
West Midlands -47 60 £45,000 -5.26% 22
Yorkshire -23 54 £50,000 +33.33% 29
East Midlands -55 52 £50,000 +11.11% 33
North East -32 37 £57,500 +61.97% 16
Wales -39 22 £45,000 -33.33% 14
Scotland -65 12 £31,000 -57.97% 31
Northern Ireland -28 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 99 (9.57%) WordPress
2 50 (4.83%) CMS
3 47 (4.54%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.84%) Confluence
4 19 (1.84%) IIS
5 11 (1.06%) Drupal
6 10 (0.97%) Apache
7 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.39%) nginx
10 3 (0.29%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 2 (0.19%) Moodle
12 1 (0.097%) govService
12 1 (0.097%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.097%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.097%) Liferay
12 1 (0.097%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (2.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 18 (1.74%) Photoshop
3 14 (1.35%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.26%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.97%) InDesign
6 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (0.87%) Sketch
7 8 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.77%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.39%) InVision
10 3 (0.29%) Elementor
10 3 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (2.22%) Shopify
2 7 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.58%) Magento
4 4 (0.39%) Line 50
5 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.097%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.097%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.097%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.097%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.097%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 432 (41.74%) Azure
2 296 (28.60%) AWS
3 229 (22.13%) GitHub
4 146 (14.11%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (6.96%) GitHub Copilot
6 68 (6.57%) Azure AI
7 67 (6.47%) Figma
7 67 (6.47%) Power Platform
8 50 (4.83%) SaaS
9 49 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
9 49 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
10 47 (4.54%) GCP
11 41 (3.96%) Power Automate
12 38 (3.67%) PowerApps
13 37 (3.57%) Serverless
14 34 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
15 27 (2.61%) Google Analytics
16 23 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 22 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
18 20 (1.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 115 (11.11%) Internet
2 10 (0.97%) Intranet
3 4 (0.39%) Network Security
3 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.39%) VoIP
3 4 (0.39%) WAN
3 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.19%) DNS
5 2 (0.19%) Firewall
5 2 (0.19%) HTTP
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.097%) AMQP
6 1 (0.097%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (15.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 157 (15.17%) SQL Server
3 135 (13.04%) MongoDB
4 121 (11.69%) MySQL
5 57 (5.51%) Relational Database
6 56 (5.41%) Power BI
7 54 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.74%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.97%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.97%) MariaDB
13 9 (0.87%) Metadata
13 9 (0.87%) NonStop SQL
13 9 (0.87%) Tableau
14 8 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.68%) GIS
16 6 (0.58%) FileMaker
17 5 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 234 (22.61%) Git
2 53 (5.12%) JIRA
3 36 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.45%) Cypress.io
5 13 (1.26%) GitLab
5 13 (1.26%) Selenium
6 12 (1.16%) webpack
7 11 (1.06%) Storybook
8 10 (0.97%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.87%) Vite
10 8 (0.77%) Postman
11 6 (0.58%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.58%) JUnit
12 5 (0.48%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.48%) Maven
12 5 (0.48%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.39%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.39%) MSI
General
1 277 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 114 (11.01%) Marketing
3 104 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (10.05%) Finance
4 84 (8.12%) Multimedia
5 57 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.41%) Advertising
7 44 (4.25%) Public Sector
8 36 (3.48%) Law
9 35 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.61%) Retail
11 25 (2.42%) Legal
12 17 (1.64%) Games
13 11 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 10 (0.97%) Banking
15 8 (0.77%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.58%) Automotive
17 6 (0.58%) Health Technology
17 6 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 649 (62.71%) Developer
2 196 (18.94%) .NET Developer
3 150 (14.49%) Senior
4 126 (12.17%) Full-Stack Developer
5 113 (10.92%) Senior Developer
6 101 (9.76%) Software Developer
7 80 (7.73%) Trainee
8 71 (6.86%) Software Engineer
9 66 (6.38%) Designer
10 62 (5.99%) C# Developer
11 59 (5.70%) Web Developer
12 57 (5.51%) C# Software Developer
13 56 (5.41%) PHP Developer
14 51 (4.93%) Administrator
15 48 (4.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 48 (4.64%) Lead
16 46 (4.44%) Web Administrator
17 43 (4.15%) Trainee Administrator
18 42 (4.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 38 (3.67%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 952 (91.98%) HTML
2 349 (33.72%) .NET
3 241 (23.29%) React
4 197 (19.03%) .NET Core
5 181 (17.49%) ASP.NET
6 155 (14.98%) ASP.NET Core
7 135 (13.04%) jQuery
8 130 (12.56%) Node.js
9 120 (11.59%) HTML5
9 120 (11.59%) Vue
10 101 (9.76%) CSS3
11 97 (9.37%) RESTful
12 94 (9.08%) Entity Framework
13 89 (8.60%) AngularJS
14 79 (7.63%) REST
15 75 (7.25%) JSON
16 65 (6.28%) ML.NET
17 51 (4.93%) Laravel
18 48 (4.64%) .NET Framework
19 45 (4.35%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
2 39 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 37 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (3.09%) Mobile App
5 31 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.61%) Product Ownership
7 24 (2.32%) Social Media
8 22 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 20 (1.93%) Digital TV
9 20 (1.93%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 17 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.35%) Graphic Design
13 12 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.77%) Robotics
16 7 (0.68%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.35%) Windows
2 42 (4.06%) Linux
3 21 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.48%) Android
5 5 (0.48%) Unix
6 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.19%) AIX
8 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.097%) Debian
9 1 (0.097%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (38.36%) Full-Stack Development
2 369 (35.65%) Agile
3 323 (31.21%) CI/CD
4 219 (21.16%) DevOps
5 218 (21.06%) AI
6 194 (18.74%) Problem-Solving
7 192 (18.55%) User Experience
8 168 (16.23%) Web Development
9 148 (14.30%) Mentoring
10 134 (12.95%) Computer Science
11 127 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (11.98%) Machine Learning
13 117 (11.30%) Software Engineering
14 114 (11.01%) Front End Development
15 91 (8.79%) Analytics
16 86 (8.31%) Clean Code
17 85 (8.21%) OO
18 84 (8.12%) Microservices
19 80 (7.73%) Responsive Web Design
20 78 (7.54%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 627 (60.58%) JavaScript
2 444 (42.90%) SQL
3 350 (33.82%) C#
4 205 (19.81%) Python
5 196 (18.94%) PHP
6 178 (17.20%) TypeScript
7 93 (8.99%) Java
8 56 (5.41%) R
9 41 (3.96%) C++
10 33 (3.19%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.55%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.26%) VBA
13 8 (0.77%) Bicep
13 8 (0.77%) Go
14 7 (0.68%) VBScript
15 5 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.48%) Dart
15 5 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.48%) Ruby
16 4 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 187 (18.07%) Degree
2 108 (10.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (7.44%) AWS Certification
3 77 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 75 (7.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 75 (7.25%) Azure Certification
5 54 (5.22%) Security Cleared
6 46 (4.44%) SC Cleared
7 6 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.48%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.097%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.097%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (12.56%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.64%) QA
3 41 (3.96%) WCAG
4 36 (3.48%) GDPR
5 13 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.06%) SLA
7 9 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.68%) GRC
8 7 (0.68%) PERC
9 6 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.39%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.39%) NCSC
11 1 (0.097%) NIST
11 1 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 147 (14.20%) Docker
2 15 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (9.66%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.51%) Terraform
3 3 (0.29%) Plesk
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.097%) Grafana
5 1 (0.097%) Kibana
5 1 (0.097%) Nagios
5 1 (0.097%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.097%) Puppet
5 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 346 (33.43%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.15%) Adobe
3 38 (3.67%) Google
4 36 (3.48%) Facebook
5 29 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.84%) YouTube
7 18 (1.74%) Oracle
8 10 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 9 (0.87%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.77%) iManage
10 8 (0.77%) Sage
11 7 (0.68%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.58%) Apple
12 6 (0.58%) OneLogin
12 6 (0.58%) SAP
12 6 (0.58%) TikTok
12 6 (0.58%) WooCommerce
13 5 (0.48%) Hotjar
13 5 (0.48%) Pinterest
13 5 (0.48%) Splunk