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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 137 57
Rank change year-on-year -82 -80 +4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,014 1,162 2,833
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 2.34% 3.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.56% 13.88% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 809 684 1,429
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -1.13%

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 11,841 8,373 16,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.03% 16.86% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,380 5,332 9,999
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 16 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 5 October 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 -60 942 £52,500 -4.55% 1,016
UK excluding London -56 767 £50,000 +11.11% 771
Work from Home -58 472 £55,000 - 593
South East +14 225 £47,500 +11.76% 164
North of England -55 207 £52,000 +15.56% 187
London -117 198 £60,000 -7.69% 389
East of England +3 116 £47,500 -12.04% 87
South West -28 98 £53,750 +34.38% 79
North West -78 91 £51,000 -2.86% 90
Midlands -96 87 £50,000 +8.11% 120
North East -9 73 £57,500 +88.52% 32
East Midlands -68 49 £50,000 +0.50% 58
Yorkshire -58 43 £50,000 +33.33% 69
West Midlands -67 38 £50,000 +11.11% 62
Wales -58 26 £40,756 -39.62% 35
Scotland -60 8 £37,500 +22.95% 81

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 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 46 (4.54%) WordPress
3 40 (3.94%) CMS
3 40 (3.94%) IIS
4 27 (2.66%) Confluence
5 18 (1.78%) Apache
6 10 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.89%) Drupal
8 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.69%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.59%) JBoss
9 6 (0.59%) Moodle
9 6 (0.59%) nginx
10 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.099%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.099%) Kentico
12 1 (0.099%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.099%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.97%) Photoshop
4 16 (1.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 13 (1.28%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.99%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.79%) InDesign
7 8 (0.79%) Sketch
8 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.39%) Elementor
9 4 (0.39%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.30%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.30%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.20%) InVision
11 2 (0.20%) Trello
12 1 (0.099%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 24 (2.37%) Shopify
2 6 (0.59%) Magento
3 5 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Line 50
4 3 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.20%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.099%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 352 (34.71%) Azure
2 216 (21.30%) AWS
3 166 (16.37%) GitHub
4 142 (14.00%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (8.09%) GitHub Copilot
6 75 (7.40%) Azure AI
6 75 (7.40%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.82%) Power Automate
8 54 (5.33%) Figma
8 54 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
9 52 (5.13%) PowerApps
10 51 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
11 34 (3.35%) SaaS
12 31 (3.06%) GCP
13 30 (2.96%) Google Analytics
13 30 (2.96%) Serverless
14 17 (1.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 17 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 16 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (5.23%) Internet
2 10 (0.99%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.79%) Intranet
3 8 (0.79%) SSL
4 7 (0.69%) DNS
4 7 (0.69%) Wireshark
5 6 (0.59%) HTTP
6 4 (0.39%) Profibus
6 4 (0.39%) SMS
7 3 (0.30%) 4G
7 3 (0.30%) 5G
7 3 (0.30%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.30%) Network Security
7 3 (0.30%) SSH
7 3 (0.30%) VoIP
8 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.20%) Firewall
9 1 (0.099%) AMQP
9 1 (0.099%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.099%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (18.44%) SQL Server
2 164 (16.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 144 (14.20%) MongoDB
4 127 (12.52%) MySQL
5 91 (8.97%) Relational Database
6 74 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
7 54 (5.33%) Power BI
8 33 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (1.48%) Metadata
10 15 (1.48%) Redis
11 14 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.18%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.08%) GIS
13 11 (1.08%) NonStop SQL
14 8 (0.79%) MariaDB
15 7 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.39%) DynamoDB
17 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
17 3 (0.30%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 203 (20.02%) Git
2 43 (4.24%) JIRA
3 39 (3.85%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.07%) GitLab
5 17 (1.68%) Claude Code
5 17 (1.68%) Cypress.io
6 16 (1.58%) Selenium
6 16 (1.58%) Visual Studio
7 14 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (1.38%) Storybook
7 14 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (1.08%) Vite
9 8 (0.79%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.79%) Maven
10 7 (0.69%) MSI
10 7 (0.69%) PHPUnit
10 7 (0.69%) Postman
10 7 (0.69%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.69%) webpack
11 6 (0.59%) NUnit
General
1 323 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 131 (12.92%) Marketing
3 110 (10.85%) Finance
4 106 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 55 (5.42%) Advertising
7 46 (4.54%) Law
8 32 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (2.56%) Retail
10 23 (2.27%) Manufacturing
11 22 (2.17%) Legal
12 19 (1.87%) Games
12 19 (1.87%) Multimedia
13 17 (1.68%) Banking
14 13 (1.28%) Automotive
15 11 (1.08%) Publishing
16 10 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.89%) Aviation
17 9 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 663 (65.38%) Developer
2 214 (21.10%) .NET Developer
3 192 (18.93%) Senior
4 142 (14.00%) Senior Developer
5 119 (11.74%) Full-Stack Developer
6 75 (7.40%) Software Developer
7 74 (7.30%) Software Engineer
8 71 (7.00%) Web Developer
9 56 (5.52%) PHP Developer
10 55 (5.42%) C# Developer
11 49 (4.83%) Designer
12 47 (4.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 43 (4.24%) Lead
14 37 (3.65%) Analyst
15 32 (3.16%) Consultant
16 31 (3.06%) C# .NET Developer
17 30 (2.96%) C# Software Developer
18 29 (2.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 29 (2.86%) Junior
18 29 (2.86%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 923 (91.03%) HTML
2 374 (36.88%) .NET
3 231 (22.78%) .NET Core
4 223 (21.99%) React
5 220 (21.70%) ASP.NET
6 178 (17.55%) ASP.NET Core
7 152 (14.99%) Node.js
8 131 (12.92%) REST
9 130 (12.82%) HTML5
10 126 (12.43%) Entity Framework
10 126 (12.43%) jQuery
11 105 (10.36%) CSS3
12 98 (9.66%) Vue
13 92 (9.07%) RESTful
14 81 (7.99%) .NET Framework
15 80 (7.89%) AngularJS
16 73 (7.20%) JSON
17 70 (6.90%) ML.NET
18 52 (5.13%) Laravel
19 45 (4.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.54%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
2 40 (3.94%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 36 (3.55%) Product Ownership
5 30 (2.96%) Marketing Technology
6 28 (2.76%) Cloud Native
7 26 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 26 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 26 (2.56%) Social Media
8 19 (1.87%) Digital TV
9 18 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.78%) Robotics
10 16 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.38%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.28%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.08%) Animation
13 11 (1.08%) CMDB
13 11 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.08%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.21%) Windows
2 59 (5.82%) Linux
3 28 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.49%) Unix
6 3 (0.30%) AIX
6 3 (0.30%) Debian
6 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.20%) Android
7 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (39.74%) Agile
2 385 (37.97%) Full-Stack Development
3 371 (36.59%) CI/CD
4 246 (24.26%) AI
5 232 (22.88%) DevOps
6 210 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
7 195 (19.23%) User Experience
8 168 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (14.79%) Web Development
10 136 (13.41%) Mentoring
10 136 (13.41%) Software Engineering
11 126 (12.43%) Test Automation
12 107 (10.55%) Front End Development
13 106 (10.45%) Machine Learning
14 101 (9.96%) Computer Science
15 89 (8.78%) Clean Code
15 89 (8.78%) UX Design
16 83 (8.19%) Analytics
16 83 (8.19%) Microservices
17 82 (8.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 625 (61.64%) JavaScript
2 398 (39.25%) SQL
3 372 (36.69%) C#
4 215 (21.20%) TypeScript
5 151 (14.89%) PHP
6 149 (14.69%) Python
7 80 (7.89%) Java
8 32 (3.16%) C++
9 25 (2.47%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.78%) VB.NET
10 18 (1.78%) VBA
11 17 (1.68%) Ruby
12 15 (1.48%) Go
13 12 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.79%) Bicep
15 7 (0.69%) VBScript
16 6 (0.59%) Bash
17 5 (0.49%) C
17 5 (0.49%) Perl
18 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 166 (16.37%) Degree
2 111 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 96 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 86 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.99%) DBS Check
5 10 (0.99%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.89%) AWS Certification
7 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (0.49%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.49%) HNC
10 4 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.39%) HND
11 2 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.099%) City & Guilds
12 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.099%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (18.34%) Accessibility
2 92 (9.07%) WCAG
3 80 (7.89%) QA
4 32 (3.16%) GDPR
5 15 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.79%) SLA
8 7 (0.69%) NCSC
9 4 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.39%) WAI
9 4 (0.39%) WAI-ARIA
10 3 (0.30%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.099%) PERC
11 1 (0.099%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 184 (18.15%) Docker
2 14 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 118 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.49%) Nagios
4 4 (0.39%) Puppet
5 3 (0.30%) Grafana
5 3 (0.30%) Plesk
5 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.099%) Ansible
7 1 (0.099%) Argo
7 1 (0.099%) Consul
7 1 (0.099%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 308 (30.37%) Microsoft
2 70 (6.90%) Adobe
3 44 (4.34%) Google
4 40 (3.94%) Facebook
5 29 (2.86%) Oracle
6 22 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.07%) YouTube
8 13 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.18%) OneLogin
10 11 (1.08%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 8 (0.79%) Splunk
13 7 (0.69%) WooCommerce
14 6 (0.59%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.59%) iManage
14 6 (0.59%) TikTok
15 5 (0.49%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.49%) New Relic
15 5 (0.49%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.49%) Sage