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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 64 62
Rank change year-on-year -82 -2 -22
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,008 2,145 2,799
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.61% 4.07% 4.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.93% 18.84% 17.20%
Number of salaries quoted 828 1,108 2,410
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,386
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -0.70% -3.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

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 7,235 11,387 16,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.54% 21.63% 24.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,319 6,664 13,346
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £100,064
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,514 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.14% +8.05% -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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -77 900 £45,000 -18.18% 737
UK excluding London -78 690 £35,000 -33.33% 686
Work from Home -79 307 £51,500 -10.43% 297
North of England -20 273 £30,500 -32.22% 148
London -76 233 £61,250 -9.26% 157
South East -93 131 £50,000 -16.67% 211
Yorkshire -9 119 £30,500 -23.75% 60
North West -32 115 £31,750 -39.52% 67
Midlands -72 97 £37,500 -25.00% 88
South West -71 71 £39,250 -31.74% 83
East of England -50 68 £45,000 -5.26% 97
West Midlands -38 53 £30,500 -44.55% 31
East Midlands -61 45 £47,500 +24.18% 57
North East -7 39 £30,500 -35.79% 23
Scotland -72 39 £30,500 -40.78% 31
Wales -14 10 £41,500 -12.63% 28
Northern Ireland -20 2 £31,500 - 10
Channel Islands +1 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 54 (5.36%) WordPress
2 51 (5.06%) CMS
3 24 (2.38%) Confluence
4 15 (1.49%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.09%) nginx
6 7 (0.69%) Apache
6 7 (0.69%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.60%) Drupal
8 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.20%) JBoss
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.099%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (2.98%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.28%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 15 (1.49%) Sketch
6 11 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.99%) InVision
7 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.89%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.79%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.30%) InDesign
12 2 (0.20%) Windchill
13 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (1.29%) Shopify
3 5 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.099%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.099%) Magento
6 1 (0.099%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 491 (48.71%) Azure
2 416 (41.27%) AWS
3 372 (36.90%) GitHub
4 66 (6.55%) Figma
5 62 (6.15%) Serverless
6 50 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (4.37%) GCP
8 35 (3.47%) Power Platform
9 33 (3.27%) SaaS
10 23 (2.28%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.08%) Google Analytics
12 19 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (1.88%) Entra ID
13 18 (1.79%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (1.69%) Azure Functions
14 17 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (1.59%) PowerApps
16 15 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (1.29%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 282 (27.98%) Internet
2 9 (0.89%) HTTP
3 6 (0.60%) Intranet
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.099%) DNS
6 1 (0.099%) Firewall
6 1 (0.099%) SSH
6 1 (0.099%) SSL
6 1 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (12.10%) SQL Server
2 86 (8.53%) MySQL
3 44 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (4.07%) Relational Database
5 35 (3.47%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.18%) MongoDB
7 20 (1.98%) Power BI
8 13 (1.29%) DB2
9 12 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.89%) Looker
12 5 (0.50%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.50%) GIS
13 4 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.40%) Redis
14 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.30%) Metadata
14 3 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 423 (41.96%) Git
2 48 (4.76%) JIRA
3 43 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.58%) webpack
5 23 (2.28%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.18%) Axure RP
6 22 (2.18%) Selenium
7 15 (1.49%) TeamCity
8 14 (1.39%) Cucumber
8 14 (1.39%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.29%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.19%) Vite
11 11 (1.09%) Balsamiq
12 10 (0.99%) GitLab
13 9 (0.89%) Babel
14 8 (0.79%) gulp
14 8 (0.79%) JUnit
14 8 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
14 8 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.60%) Maven
General
1 284 (28.17%) Multimedia
2 246 (24.40%) Social Skills
3 109 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (10.32%) Finance
5 72 (7.14%) Marketing
6 56 (5.56%) Law
7 48 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.88%) Banking
10 28 (2.78%) Retail
11 24 (2.38%) Legal
12 15 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.09%) Advertising
14 9 (0.89%) Military
14 9 (0.89%) Publishing
15 7 (0.69%) Aeronautics
15 7 (0.69%) Electronics
15 7 (0.69%) Games
16 5 (0.50%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 578 (57.34%) Developer
2 278 (27.58%) Trainee
3 178 (17.66%) Software Developer
4 149 (14.78%) Senior
5 134 (13.29%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.40%) Trainee Software Developer
7 104 (10.32%) Full-Stack Developer
8 98 (9.72%) Senior Developer
9 71 (7.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 53 (5.26%) .NET Developer
11 49 (4.86%) Designer
12 41 (4.07%) PHP Developer
13 40 (3.97%) C# Developer
14 39 (3.87%) Lead
15 38 (3.77%) React Developer
15 38 (3.77%) Software Engineer
16 33 (3.27%) Administrator
17 32 (3.17%) Graduate
18 31 (3.08%) Web Administrator
19 29 (2.88%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 901 (89.38%) HTML
2 303 (30.06%) React
3 180 (17.86%) .NET
4 124 (12.30%) Node.js
5 101 (10.02%) AngularJS
6 97 (9.62%) HTML5
7 96 (9.52%) RESTful
8 85 (8.43%) Vue
9 83 (8.23%) CSS3
10 78 (7.74%) jQuery
11 75 (7.44%) ASP.NET
12 64 (6.35%) REST
13 54 (5.36%) .NET Core
14 42 (4.17%) .NET Framework
15 40 (3.97%) Tailwind CSS
16 36 (3.57%) Laravel
17 35 (3.47%) Jest
18 34 (3.37%) Sass
19 33 (3.27%) GraphQL
20 32 (3.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (5.36%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.77%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.18%) Data Structures
6 22 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.49%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (0.89%) Social Media
11 8 (0.79%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.79%) Cybercrime
11 8 (0.79%) Data Centre
11 8 (0.79%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.79%) Motion Graphics
12 7 (0.69%) W3C
13 6 (0.60%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.48%) Linux
1 25 (2.48%) Windows
2 14 (1.39%) Android
2 14 (1.39%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.50%) Unix
5 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (36.11%) Mentoring
2 344 (34.13%) Agile
3 268 (26.59%) Cybersecurity
4 219 (21.73%) User Experience
5 208 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
6 195 (19.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 171 (16.96%) CI/CD
8 168 (16.67%) Front End Development
9 129 (12.80%) DevOps
10 117 (11.61%) Computer Science
11 116 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (9.82%) MVC
12 99 (9.82%) Web Development
13 92 (9.13%) Software Engineering
14 90 (8.93%) UX Design
15 72 (7.14%) AI
16 71 (7.04%) Analytics
17 70 (6.94%) OOP
18 68 (6.75%) Clean Code
18 68 (6.75%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 818 (81.15%) JavaScript
2 388 (38.49%) Python
3 214 (21.23%) SQL
4 178 (17.66%) TypeScript
5 172 (17.06%) C#
6 148 (14.68%) R
7 105 (10.42%) Java
8 90 (8.93%) PHP
9 27 (2.68%) C++
10 12 (1.19%) Ruby
10 12 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.09%) Perl
12 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) C
14 7 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.69%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.40%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.40%) ActionScript 3.0
15 4 (0.40%) Bash
15 4 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 287 (28.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.68%) Azure Certification
3 278 (27.58%) AWS Certification
3 278 (27.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 178 (17.66%) Degree
5 98 (9.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 69 (6.85%) Security Cleared
7 43 (4.27%) SC Cleared
8 17 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.99%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.79%) HND
13 4 (0.40%) ISEB
13 4 (0.40%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.20%) CCA
14 2 (0.20%) MCP
15 1 (0.099%) OCP
15 1 (0.099%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (12.40%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.26%) WCAG
3 47 (4.66%) QA
4 26 (2.58%) GDPR
5 8 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.50%) PERC
7 2 (0.20%) Section 508
7 2 (0.20%) SLA
8 1 (0.099%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.099%) HL7
8 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.099%) NCSC
8 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 82 (8.13%) Docker
2 15 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.78%) Terraform
3 4 (0.40%) Argo
3 4 (0.40%) Grafana
4 3 (0.30%) cPanel
4 3 (0.30%) Plesk
4 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.099%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.099%) Nagios
Vendors
1 394 (39.09%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.16%) Adobe
3 41 (4.07%) Google
4 25 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.88%) Oracle
5 19 (1.88%) ServiceNow
6 10 (0.99%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.89%) Siemens
8 8 (0.79%) Allen-Bradley
8 8 (0.79%) SAP
8 8 (0.79%) Toshiba
9 7 (0.69%) Hotjar
9 7 (0.69%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.60%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.50%) Cisco
11 5 (0.50%) Databricks
11 5 (0.50%) Foundry
12 4 (0.40%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.40%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud