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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 135 58
Rank change year-on-year -88 -77 +5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,026 1,158 2,708
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 2.35% 3.81%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.54% 13.94% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 815 677 1,368
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £82,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -1.87%

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 12,010 8,307 15,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.12% 16.89% 21.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,428 5,298 9,585
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £49,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +7.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.83% +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 14 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 14 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 -64 953 £52,500 -4.55% 609
UK excluding London -62 782 £50,000 +11.11% 332
Work from Home -49 466 £55,000 - 278
South East +20 225 £47,500 +11.76% 78
North of England -54 218 £52,000 +18.86% 82
London -111 194 £60,000 -11.11% 323
East of England +2 113 £47,500 -12.04% 24
South West -26 98 £53,750 +38.71% 36
North West -72 94 £51,000 -2.86% 48
Midlands -88 93 £50,000 +2.56% 45
North East -16 78 £57,500 +88.52% 12
East Midlands -63 50 £50,000 -3.85% 15
Yorkshire -53 46 £50,000 +33.33% 24
West Midlands -59 43 £52,500 +16.67% 30
Wales -61 27 £43,013 -36.28% 11
Scotland -53 8 £37,500 +22.95% 40

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 56 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 51 (4.97%) WordPress
3 42 (4.09%) CMS
4 37 (3.61%) IIS
5 27 (2.63%) Confluence
6 18 (1.75%) Apache
7 10 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 10 (0.97%) Drupal
8 7 (0.68%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.58%) JBoss
9 6 (0.58%) Moodle
9 6 (0.58%) nginx
10 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.097%) govService
13 1 (0.097%) Hedera
13 1 (0.097%) Oracle 10gAS
13 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Fuse
13 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (2.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (1.85%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (1.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 13 (1.27%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.78%) InDesign
7 8 (0.78%) Sketch
8 6 (0.58%) Elementor
8 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.39%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.29%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.19%) InVision
11 2 (0.19%) Trello
12 1 (0.097%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 23 (2.24%) Shopify
2 5 (0.49%) Magento
3 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Line 50
5 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.097%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 348 (33.92%) Azure
2 219 (21.35%) AWS
3 167 (16.28%) GitHub
4 141 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (7.89%) GitHub Copilot
6 76 (7.41%) Azure AI
7 73 (7.12%) Power Platform
8 58 (5.65%) Power Automate
9 56 (5.46%) Figma
10 52 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
11 51 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
11 51 (4.97%) PowerApps
12 31 (3.02%) Google Analytics
12 31 (3.02%) SaaS
12 31 (3.02%) Serverless
13 30 (2.92%) GCP
14 21 (2.05%) iPaaS
15 20 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (1.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.26%) Internet
2 10 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.88%) SSL
4 8 (0.78%) DNS
4 8 (0.78%) Intranet
5 7 (0.68%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.58%) HTTP
7 4 (0.39%) Profibus
7 4 (0.39%) SMS
8 3 (0.29%) 4G
8 3 (0.29%) 5G
8 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.29%) SSH
9 2 (0.19%) Firewall
9 2 (0.19%) Network Security
9 2 (0.19%) VoIP
10 1 (0.097%) AMQP
10 1 (0.097%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.097%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (17.45%) SQL Server
2 161 (15.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 147 (14.33%) MongoDB
4 126 (12.28%) MySQL
5 93 (9.06%) Relational Database
6 76 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
7 52 (5.07%) Power BI
8 34 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.56%) Redis
11 14 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.36%) Metadata
11 14 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 11 (1.07%) GIS
12 11 (1.07%) NonStop SQL
13 8 (0.78%) MariaDB
14 7 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
15 4 (0.39%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.29%) BigQuery
16 3 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 211 (20.57%) Git
2 42 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.00%) JIRA
4 23 (2.24%) GitLab
5 18 (1.75%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.66%) Claude Code
6 17 (1.66%) Cypress.io
7 15 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
7 15 (1.46%) Selenium
7 15 (1.46%) Storybook
7 15 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (1.27%) Vite
9 9 (0.88%) Maven
9 9 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.78%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.78%) NUnit
11 7 (0.68%) MSI
11 7 (0.68%) Postman
12 6 (0.58%) JUnit
12 6 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 321 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 143 (13.94%) Marketing
3 111 (10.82%) Finance
4 108 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (10.23%) Public Sector
6 103 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (5.36%) Advertising
8 46 (4.48%) Law
9 31 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.44%) Retail
12 21 (2.05%) Legal
13 20 (1.95%) Games
13 20 (1.95%) Multimedia
14 18 (1.75%) Banking
15 14 (1.36%) Automotive
15 14 (1.36%) Publishing
16 10 (0.97%) Aviation
16 10 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 664 (64.72%) Developer
2 215 (20.96%) .NET Developer
3 197 (19.20%) Senior
4 143 (13.94%) Senior Developer
5 117 (11.40%) Full-Stack Developer
6 73 (7.12%) Web Developer
7 70 (6.82%) Software Developer
8 69 (6.73%) Software Engineer
9 57 (5.56%) PHP Developer
10 52 (5.07%) Designer
11 51 (4.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 50 (4.87%) C# Developer
13 44 (4.29%) Lead
14 39 (3.80%) Consultant
15 36 (3.51%) Analyst
16 31 (3.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 30 (2.92%) C# .NET Developer
18 29 (2.83%) UX Designer
19 28 (2.73%) Junior
20 27 (2.63%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 930 (90.64%) HTML
2 369 (35.96%) .NET
3 228 (22.22%) .NET Core
4 223 (21.73%) React
5 221 (21.54%) ASP.NET
6 181 (17.64%) ASP.NET Core
7 156 (15.20%) Node.js
8 145 (14.13%) REST
9 131 (12.77%) HTML5
10 125 (12.18%) Entity Framework
11 124 (12.09%) jQuery
12 108 (10.53%) CSS3
13 97 (9.45%) RESTful
14 90 (8.77%) Vue
15 84 (8.19%) AngularJS
16 80 (7.80%) .NET Framework
17 71 (6.92%) ML.NET
18 69 (6.73%) JSON
19 54 (5.26%) Laravel
20 46 (4.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.78%) Greenfield Project
2 47 (4.58%) Onboarding
3 39 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.61%) Marketing Technology
6 36 (3.51%) Product Ownership
7 29 (2.83%) Cloud Native
8 26 (2.53%) Mobile App
9 25 (2.44%) Algorithms
10 24 (2.34%) Social Media
11 19 (1.85%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.85%) Robotics
12 18 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (1.27%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.17%) Blog
15 12 (1.17%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.07%) Animation
16 11 (1.07%) CMDB
16 11 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 60 (5.85%) Windows
2 57 (5.56%) Linux
3 25 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.39%) Unix
5 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.29%) AIX
6 3 (0.29%) Debian
7 2 (0.19%) Android
7 2 (0.19%) macOS
8 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (39.86%) Agile
2 385 (37.52%) Full-Stack Development
3 384 (37.43%) CI/CD
4 259 (25.24%) AI
5 236 (23.00%) DevOps
6 211 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (18.62%) User Experience
8 168 (16.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (14.62%) Web Development
10 141 (13.74%) Mentoring
11 134 (13.06%) Test Automation
12 133 (12.96%) Software Engineering
13 113 (11.01%) Front End Development
14 106 (10.33%) Machine Learning
15 94 (9.16%) Computer Science
16 88 (8.58%) SEO
17 86 (8.38%) Microservices
18 85 (8.28%) Analytics
18 85 (8.28%) Clean Code
18 85 (8.28%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 638 (62.18%) JavaScript
2 387 (37.72%) SQL
3 367 (35.77%) C#
4 220 (21.44%) TypeScript
5 152 (14.81%) Python
6 149 (14.52%) PHP
7 79 (7.70%) Java
8 28 (2.73%) C++
9 21 (2.05%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.66%) Ruby
10 17 (1.66%) VB.NET
11 15 (1.46%) VBA
12 14 (1.36%) Go
13 12 (1.17%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.78%) Bicep
15 6 (0.58%) Bash
16 5 (0.49%) Perl
16 5 (0.49%) VBScript
17 4 (0.39%) C
17 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (15.89%) Degree
2 115 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 101 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 80 (7.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.07%) AWS Certification
6 10 (0.97%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (0.88%) DBS Check
7 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (0.49%) HNC
11 4 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.39%) HND
12 2 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.097%) City & Guilds
13 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.097%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (18.32%) Accessibility
2 93 (9.06%) WCAG
3 85 (8.28%) QA
4 30 (2.92%) GDPR
5 15 (1.46%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.68%) NCSC
8 6 (0.58%) SLA
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 (0.29%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.097%) PERC
12 1 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 188 (18.32%) Docker
2 12 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 122 (11.89%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (0.49%) Nagios
4 4 (0.39%) Puppet
5 3 (0.29%) Grafana
5 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.19%) Plesk
7 1 (0.097%) Ansible
7 1 (0.097%) Argo
7 1 (0.097%) Consul
7 1 (0.097%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 306 (29.82%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.24%) Adobe
3 45 (4.39%) Google
4 40 (3.90%) Facebook
5 30 (2.92%) Oracle
6 22 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.05%) YouTube
8 13 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.17%) OneLogin
10 11 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 9 (0.88%) WooCommerce
13 8 (0.78%) Splunk
14 6 (0.58%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.49%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.49%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.49%) New Relic
15 5 (0.49%) Red Hat
16 4 (0.39%) iManage
16 4 (0.39%) TikTok