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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 102 58
Rank change year-on-year -85 -44 -14
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,017 1,380 3,904
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.09% 3.15% 3.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.91% 16.05% 18.78%
Number of salaries quoted 857 879 2,892
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,676 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +7.62% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.21% +3.50% -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 9,324 8,600 20,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.01% 19.66% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 6,916 5,765 15,943
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 31 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the UK

CSS
Top 17 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 31 May 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 -77 936 £50,000 -9.09% 324
UK excluding London -68 725 £47,500 -8.21% 315
Work from Home -57 391 £53,712 -2.34% 127
London -81 228 £59,773 -11.45% 78
North of England -50 227 £44,000 -12.00% 79
South East -33 169 £50,000 -13.04% 75
North West -46 118 £42,500 -19.05% 42
East of England +10 111 £46,250 +23.33% 47
Midlands -64 108 £45,000 +5.88% 54
South West -52 81 £47,500 -19.15% 32
Yorkshire -12 75 £44,500 +14.84% 25
West Midlands -51 61 £42,500 -8.11% 19
East Midlands -53 47 £52,500 +31.25% 35
North East -28 34 £48,750 +8.33% 12
Scotland -77 15 £30,500 -49.17% 16
Wales -39 11 £45,000 -32.08% 14
Northern Ireland -36 3 £60,000 - 3

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
1 102 (10.03%) WordPress
2 54 (5.31%) CMS
3 46 (4.52%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.67%) Confluence
5 16 (1.57%) IIS
6 11 (1.08%) Apache
6 11 (1.08%) Drupal
7 10 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.69%) nginx
9 5 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.49%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.29%) govService
10 3 (0.29%) JBoss
10 3 (0.29%) Liferay
11 2 (0.20%) CICS
11 2 (0.20%) Moodle
11 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.20%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.098%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.098%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 24 (2.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.67%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.47%) Adobe XD
4 13 (1.28%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.88%) InDesign
5 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.79%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
7 7 (0.69%) Sketch
7 7 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.49%) InVision
9 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.20%) Trello
11 1 (0.098%) Elementor
11 1 (0.098%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.098%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (2.16%) Shopify
2 10 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.59%) Magento
4 4 (0.39%) Line 50
5 2 (0.20%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.098%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.098%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.098%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.098%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.098%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 433 (42.58%) Azure
2 354 (34.81%) AWS
3 264 (25.96%) GitHub
4 112 (11.01%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (6.59%) Figma
6 66 (6.49%) Power Platform
7 48 (4.72%) SaaS
8 47 (4.62%) GCP
9 45 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
10 43 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (3.83%) Power Automate
12 37 (3.64%) Serverless
13 35 (3.44%) Azure Logic Apps
13 35 (3.44%) PowerApps
14 33 (3.24%) GitHub Copilot
15 32 (3.15%) Azure AI
16 26 (2.56%) Google Analytics
17 22 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
18 20 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 20 (1.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 175 (17.21%) Internet
2 5 (0.49%) Intranet
3 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 4 (0.39%) Network Security
3 4 (0.39%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.39%) VoIP
3 4 (0.39%) WAN
3 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.29%) SSL
5 2 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.20%) DNS
5 2 (0.20%) Firewall
6 1 (0.098%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (15.04%) SQL Server
2 109 (10.72%) MySQL
3 86 (8.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 64 (6.29%) MongoDB
5 57 (5.60%) Power BI
6 47 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (4.33%) Relational Database
8 21 (2.06%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.18%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.88%) MariaDB
12 9 (0.88%) Tableau
13 7 (0.69%) DB2
13 7 (0.69%) GIS
13 7 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.59%) FileMaker
15 5 (0.49%) Looker
Development Applications
1 301 (29.60%) Git
2 52 (5.11%) JIRA
3 35 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.57%) Cypress.io
5 15 (1.47%) webpack
6 13 (1.28%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.28%) Selenium
7 12 (1.18%) Storybook
8 11 (1.08%) GitLab
9 10 (0.98%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.98%) Vite
10 9 (0.88%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.49%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.49%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.49%) Postman
13 4 (0.39%) ESLint
13 4 (0.39%) gulp
13 4 (0.39%) JUnit
13 4 (0.39%) MLflow
General
1 276 (27.14%) Social Skills
2 157 (15.44%) Multimedia
3 121 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (10.03%) Marketing
5 94 (9.24%) Finance
6 51 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (4.03%) Law
8 36 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
8 36 (3.54%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.85%) Retail
10 27 (2.65%) Advertising
10 27 (2.65%) Legal
11 13 (1.28%) Games
12 12 (1.18%) Banking
13 11 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.79%) Local Government
15 6 (0.59%) Automotive
15 6 (0.59%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 613 (60.28%) Developer
2 155 (15.24%) Trainee
3 144 (14.16%) Senior
4 130 (12.78%) Full-Stack Developer
5 127 (12.49%) Software Developer
6 120 (11.80%) .NET Developer
7 112 (11.01%) Senior Developer
8 65 (6.39%) Designer
9 62 (6.10%) C# Developer
10 59 (5.80%) Administrator
11 58 (5.70%) Software Engineer
12 56 (5.51%) C# Software Developer
13 55 (5.41%) Trainee Developer
14 54 (5.31%) Web Administrator
15 53 (5.21%) Web Developer
16 52 (5.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 52 (5.11%) PHP Developer
17 49 (4.82%) Trainee Administrator
18 47 (4.62%) Lead
19 46 (4.52%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 922 (90.66%) HTML
2 270 (26.55%) .NET
3 262 (25.76%) React
4 125 (12.29%) jQuery
5 120 (11.80%) Vue
6 119 (11.70%) .NET Core
7 117 (11.50%) Node.js
8 112 (11.01%) HTML5
9 108 (10.62%) ASP.NET
10 101 (9.93%) AngularJS
11 100 (9.83%) RESTful
12 96 (9.44%) CSS3
13 79 (7.77%) ASP.NET Core
14 73 (7.18%) REST
15 65 (6.39%) JSON
16 57 (5.60%) Entity Framework
17 50 (4.92%) Laravel
18 46 (4.52%) Tailwind CSS
19 43 (4.23%) .NET Framework
20 39 (3.83%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
2 35 (3.44%) Mobile App
3 31 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
4 30 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 28 (2.75%) Cloud Native
6 24 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.26%) Social Media
8 22 (2.16%) Management Information System
9 21 (2.06%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.28%) Graphic Design
12 12 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 10 (0.98%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.88%) Digital TV
14 9 (0.88%) Marketing Technology
15 7 (0.69%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.69%) Podcast
15 7 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.64%) Linux
2 34 (3.34%) Windows
3 19 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.49%) Android
5 5 (0.49%) Unix
6 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.098%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.098%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (31.27%) Agile
2 312 (30.68%) Full-Stack Development
3 237 (23.30%) CI/CD
4 226 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 202 (19.86%) User Experience
6 191 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
7 174 (17.11%) DevOps
8 166 (16.32%) AI
9 164 (16.13%) Web Development
10 127 (12.49%) Computer Science
11 125 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 124 (12.19%) Front End Development
13 117 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
14 104 (10.23%) Software Engineering
15 92 (9.05%) Clean Code
16 83 (8.16%) Machine Learning
17 82 (8.06%) Analytics
18 79 (7.77%) Scrum
18 79 (7.77%) UX Design
19 78 (7.67%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 693 (68.14%) JavaScript
2 363 (35.69%) SQL
3 274 (26.94%) Python
4 263 (25.86%) C#
5 178 (17.50%) TypeScript
6 177 (17.40%) PHP
7 100 (9.83%) R
8 87 (8.55%) Java
9 34 (3.34%) PowerShell
10 33 (3.24%) C++
11 13 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 13 (1.28%) VBA
12 7 (0.69%) VBScript
13 5 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 5 (0.49%) Bash
13 5 (0.49%) Bicep
13 5 (0.49%) Dart
13 5 (0.49%) Perl
13 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.39%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 174 (17.11%) Degree
2 156 (15.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 152 (14.95%) AWS Certification
4 150 (14.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 150 (14.75%) Azure Certification
5 101 (9.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (4.23%) Security Cleared
7 33 (3.24%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.49%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.29%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.098%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.098%) OCA
13 1 (0.098%) OCP
13 1 (0.098%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (11.60%) Accessibility
2 47 (4.62%) QA
3 40 (3.93%) WCAG
4 29 (2.85%) GDPR
5 13 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.08%) SLA
7 9 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.69%) GRC
8 7 (0.69%) PERC
9 5 (0.49%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.39%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.39%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.098%) NIST
11 1 (0.098%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 104 (10.23%) Docker
2 14 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.67%) Terraform
3 3 (0.29%) Plesk
4 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.20%) Nagios
4 2 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.098%) Grafana
5 1 (0.098%) Kibana
5 1 (0.098%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 346 (34.02%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.37%) Adobe
3 39 (3.83%) Google
4 23 (2.26%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.77%) Oracle
6 13 (1.28%) Facebook
7 10 (0.98%) OpenAI
8 9 (0.88%) HubSpot
8 9 (0.88%) iManage
9 8 (0.79%) Sage
9 8 (0.79%) YouTube
10 7 (0.69%) SAP
11 6 (0.59%) Apple
11 6 (0.59%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.59%) Splunk
12 5 (0.49%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.49%) Pinterest
12 5 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 5 (0.49%) TikTok
12 5 (0.49%) WooCommerce