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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 64 61
Rank change year-on-year -73 -3 -24
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,014 2,187 2,353
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 4.09% 4.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.55% 19.01% 16.97%
Number of salaries quoted 831 1,138 2,015
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £58,400
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -5.82% +1.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% -4.55% +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 6,968 11,502 13,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.75% 21.51% 24.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,180 6,761 11,335
10th Percentile £35,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 12 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 12 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 -69 906 £47,000 -14.55% 739
UK excluding London -76 689 £35,000 -33.33% 697
Work from Home -76 313 £50,000 -9.09% 381
North of England -21 274 £30,500 -35.79% 149
London -54 241 £62,500 -7.41% 132
South East -101 126 £50,000 -16.67% 206
Yorkshire -2 121 £30,500 -26.06% 57
North West -23 115 £34,000 -35.24% 69
Midlands -65 95 £37,500 -25.00% 93
East of England -43 73 £50,000 - 103
South West -64 69 £33,750 -41.30% 88
West Midlands -41 52 £30,500 -44.55% 35
East Midlands -55 44 £45,000 +15.38% 58
North East -5 38 £30,500 -39.00% 23
Scotland -68 37 £30,500 -39.00% 24
Wales -20 13 £41,750 -12.11% 37
Northern Ireland -18 3 £31,500 -30.00% 11
Channel Islands +3 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 58 (5.72%) WordPress
2 54 (5.33%) CMS
3 25 (2.47%) Confluence
4 14 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.99%) nginx
6 9 (0.89%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.69%) Apache
8 6 (0.59%) Drupal
9 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.30%) govService
10 3 (0.30%) IIS
10 3 (0.30%) Liferay
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.20%) JBoss
11 2 (0.20%) Mendix
11 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.099%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 32 (3.16%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 22 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 22 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.58%) Sketch
5 12 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.99%) InVision
6 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.99%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.79%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (0.30%) InDesign
8 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (0.20%) Windchill
10 1 (0.099%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.099%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.18%) Shopify
3 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.099%) Magento
6 1 (0.099%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 489 (48.22%) Azure
2 408 (40.24%) AWS
3 361 (35.60%) GitHub
4 72 (7.10%) Figma
5 62 (6.11%) Serverless
6 46 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (4.34%) GCP
8 36 (3.55%) SaaS
9 33 (3.25%) Power Platform
10 24 (2.37%) Google Analytics
10 24 (2.37%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.68%) Entra ID
11 17 (1.68%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (1.58%) Azure Functions
13 15 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 15 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.28%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 274 (27.02%) Internet
2 9 (0.89%) HTTP
3 6 (0.59%) Intranet
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) DNS
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.099%) Firewall
6 1 (0.099%) SSH
6 1 (0.099%) SSL
6 1 (0.099%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (11.93%) SQL Server
2 91 (8.97%) MySQL
3 47 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (4.44%) Relational Database
5 39 (3.85%) NoSQL
6 24 (2.37%) MongoDB
7 17 (1.68%) Power BI
8 13 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (1.28%) DB2
9 10 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.79%) GIS
10 8 (0.79%) Looker
11 6 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.49%) Metadata
12 5 (0.49%) Redis
13 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 423 (41.72%) Git
2 51 (5.03%) JIRA
3 44 (4.34%) Jenkins
4 31 (3.06%) webpack
5 23 (2.27%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.27%) Selenium
6 22 (2.17%) Cypress.io
7 16 (1.58%) TeamCity
7 16 (1.58%) Visual Studio
8 14 (1.38%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.38%) Cucumber
9 12 (1.18%) Balsamiq
10 11 (1.08%) Babel
11 10 (0.99%) gulp
11 10 (0.99%) Vite
12 9 (0.89%) GitLab
13 8 (0.79%) JUnit
13 8 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
13 8 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.59%) Storybook
General
1 278 (27.42%) Multimedia
2 254 (25.05%) Social Skills
3 110 (10.85%) Finance
4 101 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (7.69%) Marketing
6 69 (6.80%) Law
7 50 (4.93%) Public Sector
8 42 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 32 (3.16%) Banking
10 31 (3.06%) Retail
11 26 (2.56%) Legal
12 15 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.18%) Advertising
14 11 (1.08%) Publishing
15 10 (0.99%) Games
16 9 (0.89%) Military
17 7 (0.69%) Aeronautics
17 7 (0.69%) Electronics
18 6 (0.59%) Manufacturing
19 5 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 578 (57.00%) Developer
2 272 (26.82%) Trainee
3 177 (17.46%) Software Developer
4 149 (14.69%) Senior
5 129 (12.72%) Trainee Developer
6 120 (11.83%) Trainee Software Developer
7 107 (10.55%) Full-Stack Developer
8 97 (9.57%) Senior Developer
9 70 (6.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 56 (5.52%) .NET Developer
11 54 (5.33%) Designer
12 42 (4.14%) C# Developer
12 42 (4.14%) PHP Developer
12 42 (4.14%) React Developer
13 40 (3.94%) Lead
14 35 (3.45%) Software Engineer
15 32 (3.16%) Administrator
16 31 (3.06%) Web Administrator
16 31 (3.06%) Web Developer
17 29 (2.86%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 908 (89.55%) HTML
2 309 (30.47%) React
3 181 (17.85%) .NET
4 125 (12.33%) Node.js
5 106 (10.45%) AngularJS
6 102 (10.06%) HTML5
7 101 (9.96%) RESTful
8 83 (8.19%) CSS3
9 82 (8.09%) Vue
10 78 (7.69%) ASP.NET
11 73 (7.20%) jQuery
12 68 (6.71%) REST
13 60 (5.92%) .NET Core
14 45 (4.44%) .NET Framework
15 37 (3.65%) GraphQL
15 37 (3.65%) XML
16 36 (3.55%) Tailwind CSS
17 35 (3.45%) JSON
18 34 (3.35%) Jest
18 34 (3.35%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.23%) Product Ownership
2 36 (3.55%) Mobile App
3 34 (3.35%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.07%) Data Structures
5 21 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (1.78%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.48%) Low-Code
8 12 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (0.99%) Motion Graphics
10 10 (0.99%) Social Media
11 8 (0.79%) Cybercrime
11 8 (0.79%) W3C
12 7 (0.69%) Digital TV
13 6 (0.59%) CMDB
13 6 (0.59%) Management Information System
14 5 (0.49%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.66%) Linux
2 26 (2.56%) Windows
3 11 (1.08%) Android
3 11 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.49%) Unix
6 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (35.50%) Agile
2 359 (35.40%) Mentoring
3 259 (25.54%) Cybersecurity
4 234 (23.08%) User Experience
5 204 (20.12%) Problem-Solving
6 200 (19.72%) Full-Stack Development
7 168 (16.57%) CI/CD
7 168 (16.57%) Front End Development
8 136 (13.41%) DevOps
9 118 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 106 (10.45%) Computer Science
11 102 (10.06%) MVC
11 102 (10.06%) Web Development
12 98 (9.66%) UX Design
13 84 (8.28%) Software Engineering
14 73 (7.20%) Scrum
15 71 (7.00%) Analytics
15 71 (7.00%) OOP
16 68 (6.71%) Wireframes
17 67 (6.61%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 820 (80.87%) JavaScript
2 373 (36.79%) Python
3 204 (20.12%) SQL
4 179 (17.65%) C#
4 179 (17.65%) TypeScript
5 147 (14.50%) R
6 107 (10.55%) Java
7 88 (8.68%) PHP
8 27 (2.66%) C++
9 13 (1.28%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.18%) Ruby
11 11 (1.08%) Perl
12 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) C
14 7 (0.69%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.39%) ActionScript 3.0
15 4 (0.39%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.39%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 281 (27.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 273 (26.92%) Azure Certification
3 272 (26.82%) AWS Certification
3 272 (26.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 169 (16.67%) Degree
5 88 (8.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 68 (6.71%) Security Cleared
7 42 (4.14%) SC Cleared
8 19 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 17 (1.68%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.79%) HND
11 7 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.69%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.39%) ISEB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
13 2 (0.20%) MCP
14 1 (0.099%) OCP
14 1 (0.099%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (12.92%) Accessibility
2 56 (5.52%) QA
3 55 (5.42%) WCAG
4 29 (2.86%) GDPR
5 8 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.49%) PERC
7 3 (0.30%) Section 508
7 3 (0.30%) SLA
8 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.099%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.099%) HL7
9 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.099%) NCSC
9 1 (0.099%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 88 (8.68%) Docker
2 14 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.099%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.76%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
3 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.30%) cPanel
4 3 (0.30%) Grafana
4 3 (0.30%) Plesk
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.099%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.099%) Nagios
Vendors
1 386 (38.07%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.82%) Adobe
3 43 (4.24%) Google
4 27 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.87%) Oracle
7 10 (0.99%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.99%) Cisco
8 9 (0.89%) Siemens
9 8 (0.79%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.79%) SAP
9 8 (0.79%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.69%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.59%) Hotjar
11 6 (0.59%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.49%) Databricks
12 5 (0.49%) Foundry
12 5 (0.49%) Meraki
12 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud