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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 68 60
Rank change year-on-year -82 -8 -18
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,022 1,832 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.48% 3.87% 4.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.30% 17.40% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 841 1,079 2,663
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £74,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £84,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.62% +5.00% -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 7,683 10,529 17,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.10% 22.25% 23.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,644 6,551 14,334
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -72 912 £47,500 -13.64% 585
UK excluding London -77 706 £38,000 -27.62% 537
Work from Home -78 303 £52,500 -4.55% 213
North of England -20 277 £30,500 -32.22% 134
London -69 228 £67,500 - 152
South East -90 142 £50,000 -16.67% 127
North West -34 120 £31,000 -40.95% 65
Yorkshire -6 119 £30,500 -18.67% 47
Midlands -58 104 £40,000 -20.00% 84
South West -80 72 £40,000 -30.43% 82
East of England -44 61 £41,250 -13.16% 67
West Midlands -39 58 £30,500 -46.96% 32
East Midlands -59 47 £50,000 +30.72% 52
Scotland -80 39 £30,500 -43.52% 31
North East -8 38 £30,500 -34.05% 23
Wales -21 9 £36,120 -23.96% 17
Northern Ireland -32 3 £60,000 - 4
Channel Islands 0 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 61 (5.97%) WordPress
2 57 (5.58%) CMS
3 18 (1.76%) Confluence
4 13 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.17%) nginx
6 8 (0.78%) Apache
7 7 (0.68%) Drupal
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
8 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.29%) govService
9 3 (0.29%) JBoss
9 3 (0.29%) Liferay
9 3 (0.29%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.20%) Mendix
10 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (2.74%) Adobe XD
2 23 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.27%) Sketch
4 12 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.88%) InVision
6 9 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.88%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.78%) AutoCAD
7 8 (0.78%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.78%) SOLIDWORKS
8 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.29%) InDesign
11 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 2 (0.20%) Windchill
12 1 (0.098%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.098%) Elementor
12 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.66%) Shopify
2 15 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.098%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.098%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.098%) Magento
6 1 (0.098%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 495 (48.43%) Azure
2 432 (42.27%) AWS
3 373 (36.50%) GitHub
4 72 (7.05%) Figma
5 64 (6.26%) Serverless
6 53 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (4.70%) GCP
8 40 (3.91%) Power Platform
9 39 (3.82%) SaaS
10 27 (2.64%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.25%) Amazon S3
12 23 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.86%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.76%) Power Automate
16 16 (1.57%) Azure Functions
16 16 (1.57%) PaaS
17 15 (1.47%) PowerApps
18 13 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 286 (27.98%) Internet
2 10 (0.98%) HTTP
3 5 (0.49%) Intranet
4 3 (0.29%) AMQP
4 3 (0.29%) WAN
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.098%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (11.35%) SQL Server
2 76 (7.44%) MySQL
3 45 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (4.01%) Relational Database
5 34 (3.33%) NoSQL
6 29 (2.84%) Power BI
7 20 (1.96%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.27%) DB2
9 12 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.08%) Looker
11 10 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.39%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.29%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.29%) Redis
15 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.29%) Tableau
16 2 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 435 (42.56%) Git
2 49 (4.79%) JIRA
3 47 (4.60%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.64%) webpack
5 23 (2.25%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.15%) Axure RP
6 22 (2.15%) Selenium
7 15 (1.47%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.47%) Vite
8 14 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.27%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.17%) Visual Studio
11 11 (1.08%) Babel
11 11 (1.08%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.78%) GitLab
13 7 (0.68%) JUnit
13 7 (0.68%) Maven
13 7 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.59%) Storybook
15 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
General
1 281 (27.50%) Multimedia
2 226 (22.11%) Social Skills
3 119 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.90%) Finance
5 74 (7.24%) Marketing
6 50 (4.89%) Law
7 44 (4.31%) Public Sector
8 39 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.74%) Retail
10 26 (2.54%) Banking
11 23 (2.25%) Legal
12 16 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.88%) Advertising
13 9 (0.88%) Military
14 7 (0.68%) Aeronautics
14 7 (0.68%) Electronics
14 7 (0.68%) Games
14 7 (0.68%) Publishing
15 6 (0.59%) Back Office
16 5 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 585 (57.24%) Developer
2 278 (27.20%) Trainee
3 183 (17.91%) Software Developer
4 166 (16.24%) Senior
5 134 (13.11%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (12.23%) Trainee Software Developer
7 115 (11.25%) Full-Stack Developer
8 111 (10.86%) Senior Developer
9 71 (6.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 57 (5.58%) .NET Developer
11 54 (5.28%) Designer
12 41 (4.01%) React Developer
13 40 (3.91%) PHP Developer
14 39 (3.82%) C# Developer
14 39 (3.82%) Software Engineer
15 36 (3.52%) Lead
15 36 (3.52%) Web Developer
16 34 (3.33%) Administrator
17 31 (3.03%) Web Administrator
18 30 (2.94%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 922 (90.22%) HTML
2 316 (30.92%) React
3 179 (17.51%) .NET
4 124 (12.13%) Node.js
5 106 (10.37%) AngularJS
6 101 (9.88%) RESTful
7 96 (9.39%) HTML5
8 91 (8.90%) Vue
9 80 (7.83%) CSS3
10 75 (7.34%) jQuery
11 62 (6.07%) REST
12 61 (5.97%) ASP.NET
13 51 (4.99%) .NET Core
14 43 (4.21%) .NET Framework
15 42 (4.11%) Tailwind CSS
16 39 (3.82%) Laravel
16 39 (3.82%) Sass
17 36 (3.52%) Jest
18 32 (3.13%) GraphQL
19 31 (3.03%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.48%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.72%) Mobile App
3 35 (3.42%) Cloud Native
4 27 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 22 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.47%) Low-Code
8 14 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 10 (0.98%) Social Media
10 9 (0.88%) Cybercrime
10 9 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.78%) Algorithms
11 8 (0.78%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (0.49%) Legacy Code
14 4 (0.39%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.45%) Linux
2 18 (1.76%) Windows
3 13 (1.27%) Android
3 13 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (35.81%) Mentoring
2 338 (33.07%) Agile
3 264 (25.83%) Cybersecurity
4 230 (22.50%) User Experience
5 208 (20.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 205 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
7 182 (17.81%) CI/CD
8 163 (15.95%) Front End Development
9 140 (13.70%) DevOps
10 121 (11.84%) Computer Science
11 116 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (9.69%) Web Development
13 97 (9.49%) UX Design
14 92 (9.00%) Software Engineering
15 86 (8.41%) Analytics
16 83 (8.12%) AI
17 81 (7.93%) MVC
18 76 (7.44%) Scrum
19 75 (7.34%) Clean Code
20 72 (7.05%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 821 (80.33%) JavaScript
2 385 (37.67%) Python
3 223 (21.82%) SQL
4 191 (18.69%) TypeScript
5 167 (16.34%) C#
6 148 (14.48%) R
7 97 (9.49%) PHP
8 92 (9.00%) Java
9 18 (1.76%) C++
10 11 (1.08%) Ruby
11 10 (0.98%) Perl
11 10 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.78%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.78%) C
14 6 (0.59%) Bash
14 6 (0.59%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.39%) SOQL
15 4 (0.39%) SOSL
15 4 (0.39%) XAML
Qualifications
1 287 (28.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (27.30%) Azure Certification
3 278 (27.20%) AWS Certification
3 278 (27.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 175 (17.12%) Degree
5 98 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 69 (6.75%) Security Cleared
7 50 (4.89%) SC Cleared
8 16 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.17%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.78%) HND
12 5 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.39%) ISEB
14 3 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.20%) CCA
16 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 1 (0.098%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.43%) Accessibility
2 53 (5.19%) WCAG
3 50 (4.89%) QA
4 21 (2.05%) GDPR
5 8 (0.78%) IEC 61131
6 7 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.49%) PERC
8 4 (0.39%) SLA
9 2 (0.20%) Section 508
10 1 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.098%) HL7
10 1 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.098%) NCSC
System Software
1 82 (8.02%) Docker
2 14 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (3.82%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.64%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Argo
4 3 (0.29%) cPanel
4 3 (0.29%) Grafana
4 3 (0.29%) Plesk
5 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 2 (0.20%) Nagios
5 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.098%) Kibana
Vendors
1 387 (37.87%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.50%) Google
3 45 (4.40%) Adobe
4 24 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.37%) Oracle
6 11 (1.08%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.08%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.98%) Hotjar
8 9 (0.88%) Siemens
9 8 (0.78%) Allen-Bradley
9 8 (0.78%) SAP
9 8 (0.78%) Toshiba
10 7 (0.68%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.68%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.49%) Databricks
11 5 (0.49%) Foundry
11 5 (0.49%) iManage
11 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.39%) Concur
12 4 (0.39%) Palo Alto