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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 77 63
Rank change year-on-year -82 -14 -20
Permanent jobs citing CSS 996 1,690 3,205
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 3.71% 4.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.80% 16.86% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 828 1,052 2,715
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 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,253 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +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 7,781 10,026 18,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.02% 22.00% 22.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,714 6,456 14,612
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +10.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -75 891 £47,500 -13.64% 700
UK excluding London -79 684 £40,000 -23.81% 657
Work from Home -82 304 £50,000 -9.09% 266
North of England -33 261 £30,500 -32.22% 163
London -76 227 £68,750 -1.79% 158
South East -80 144 £50,000 -16.67% 156
North West -29 115 £34,500 -34.29% 74
Yorkshire -7 111 £30,500 -18.67% 63
Midlands -63 101 £41,020 -17.96% 100
South West -71 72 £40,000 -33.33% 88
East of England -40 61 £38,750 -18.42% 95
West Midlands -19 57 £30,500 -46.96% 38
East Midlands -58 44 £52,500 +40.00% 59
North East -13 35 £30,500 -34.05% 30
Scotland -78 35 £30,500 -44.55% 31
Wales -23 8 £36,120 -23.96% 37
Northern Ireland -28 3 £60,000 - 7
Channel Islands - 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 (6.12%) WordPress
2 57 (5.72%) CMS
3 17 (1.71%) Confluence
4 12 (1.20%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.10%) nginx
6 7 (0.70%) Apache
7 6 (0.60%) Drupal
8 4 (0.40%) IIS
8 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.30%) govService
9 3 (0.30%) JBoss
9 3 (0.30%) Liferay
9 3 (0.30%) 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 (0.10%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 28 (2.81%) Adobe XD
2 19 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.20%) Sketch
4 10 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
5 9 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.80%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.80%) InVision
6 8 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
8 4 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.30%) InDesign
10 2 (0.20%) Trello
10 2 (0.20%) Windchill
11 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.10%) Elementor
11 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (1.61%) Shopify
2 15 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.20%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.10%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Magento
6 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 475 (47.69%) Azure
2 413 (41.47%) AWS
3 352 (35.34%) GitHub
4 74 (7.43%) Figma
5 62 (6.22%) Serverless
6 54 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (4.82%) GCP
8 41 (4.12%) SaaS
9 40 (4.02%) Power Platform
10 26 (2.61%) Google Analytics
11 24 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (2.31%) Amazon S3
13 22 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (2.01%) Entra ID
15 17 (1.71%) PaaS
16 16 (1.61%) Power Automate
17 14 (1.41%) Azure Functions
17 14 (1.41%) PowerApps
18 13 (1.31%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 266 (26.71%) Internet
2 10 (1.00%) HTTP
3 4 (0.40%) Intranet
3 4 (0.40%) WAN
4 3 (0.30%) AMQP
5 2 (0.20%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.20%) SSL
6 1 (0.10%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (11.85%) SQL Server
2 75 (7.53%) MySQL
3 46 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (4.02%) Relational Database
5 31 (3.11%) NoSQL
6 30 (3.01%) Power BI
7 19 (1.91%) MongoDB
8 13 (1.31%) DB2
9 12 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.10%) Looker
11 10 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.50%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.40%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.30%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.30%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.30%) Redis
15 3 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 411 (41.27%) Git
2 48 (4.82%) JIRA
3 46 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.71%) webpack
5 23 (2.31%) Axure RP
5 23 (2.31%) Cypress.io
6 21 (2.11%) Selenium
7 15 (1.51%) TeamCity
7 15 (1.51%) Vite
8 14 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.31%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.20%) Balsamiq
11 11 (1.10%) Babel
11 11 (1.10%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.70%) JUnit
13 6 (0.60%) GitLab
13 6 (0.60%) Maven
13 6 (0.60%) Storybook
13 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
14 5 (0.50%) gulp
General
1 260 (26.10%) Multimedia
2 220 (22.09%) Social Skills
3 117 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (9.34%) Finance
5 71 (7.13%) Marketing
6 49 (4.92%) Law
7 45 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 41 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.81%) Banking
10 27 (2.71%) Retail
11 22 (2.21%) Legal
12 15 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (0.90%) Military
14 8 (0.80%) Advertising
15 7 (0.70%) Aeronautics
15 7 (0.70%) Electronics
15 7 (0.70%) Games
16 6 (0.60%) Back Office
16 6 (0.60%) Publishing
17 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 574 (57.63%) Developer
2 257 (25.80%) Trainee
3 171 (17.17%) Software Developer
4 162 (16.27%) Senior
5 123 (12.35%) Trainee Developer
6 117 (11.75%) Full-Stack Developer
7 114 (11.45%) Trainee Software Developer
8 109 (10.94%) Senior Developer
9 68 (6.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 61 (6.12%) .NET Developer
11 57 (5.72%) Designer
12 41 (4.12%) C# Developer
12 41 (4.12%) React Developer
12 41 (4.12%) Software Engineer
13 38 (3.82%) Lead
13 38 (3.82%) PHP Developer
13 38 (3.82%) Web Developer
14 34 (3.41%) Administrator
15 31 (3.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 31 (3.11%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 903 (90.66%) HTML
2 314 (31.53%) React
3 184 (18.47%) .NET
4 121 (12.15%) Node.js
5 110 (11.04%) AngularJS
6 98 (9.84%) RESTful
7 92 (9.24%) HTML5
7 92 (9.24%) Vue
8 76 (7.63%) CSS3
8 76 (7.63%) jQuery
9 62 (6.22%) REST
10 61 (6.12%) ASP.NET
11 52 (5.22%) .NET Core
12 45 (4.52%) .NET Framework
13 42 (4.22%) Tailwind CSS
14 38 (3.82%) Sass
15 37 (3.71%) Laravel
16 36 (3.61%) Jest
17 30 (3.01%) Bootstrap
17 30 (3.01%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.62%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.82%) Mobile App
3 35 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 28 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.21%) Data Structures
7 17 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.51%) Low-Code
8 15 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.00%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.00%) Social Media
11 9 (0.90%) Cybercrime
12 8 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.80%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.60%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 4 (0.40%) Digital TV
14 4 (0.40%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.41%) Linux
2 18 (1.81%) Windows
3 13 (1.31%) Android
3 13 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.30%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (34.74%) Mentoring
2 335 (33.63%) Agile
3 243 (24.40%) Cybersecurity
4 226 (22.69%) User Experience
5 210 (21.08%) Full-Stack Development
6 195 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
7 184 (18.47%) CI/CD
8 158 (15.86%) Front End Development
9 141 (14.16%) DevOps
10 114 (11.45%) Computer Science
11 113 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 101 (10.14%) Web Development
13 96 (9.64%) UX Design
14 92 (9.24%) Software Engineering
15 86 (8.63%) Analytics
16 82 (8.23%) AI
17 80 (8.03%) MVC
18 77 (7.73%) Scrum
19 75 (7.53%) Clean Code
20 72 (7.23%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 794 (79.72%) JavaScript
2 359 (36.04%) Python
3 221 (22.19%) SQL
4 192 (19.28%) TypeScript
5 171 (17.17%) C#
6 139 (13.96%) R
7 99 (9.94%) PHP
8 85 (8.53%) Java
9 17 (1.71%) C++
10 11 (1.10%) Ruby
11 10 (1.00%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.90%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.80%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.70%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.60%) Bash
15 6 (0.60%) Perl
16 4 (0.40%) C
16 4 (0.40%) SOQL
16 4 (0.40%) SOSL
16 4 (0.40%) XAML
Qualifications
1 266 (26.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 258 (25.90%) Azure Certification
3 257 (25.80%) AWS Certification
3 257 (25.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 168 (16.87%) Degree
5 94 (9.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 68 (6.83%) Security Cleared
7 50 (5.02%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.10%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.80%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.50%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.40%) HND
13 4 (0.40%) ISEB
13 4 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.20%) CCA
15 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.10%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (12.45%) Accessibility
2 52 (5.22%) WCAG
3 48 (4.82%) QA
4 19 (1.91%) GDPR
5 7 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.50%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.50%) PERC
6 5 (0.50%) SLA
7 4 (0.40%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.20%) Section 508
9 1 (0.10%) HL7
9 1 (0.10%) NCSC
9 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 82 (8.23%) Docker
2 15 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.71%) Terraform
3 4 (0.40%) Argo
4 3 (0.30%) cPanel
4 3 (0.30%) Grafana
4 3 (0.30%) 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 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 361 (36.24%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.52%) Adobe
3 43 (4.32%) Google
4 23 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.41%) Oracle
6 11 (1.10%) Atlassian
7 10 (1.00%) Hotjar
7 10 (1.00%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.70%) Red Hat
8 7 (0.70%) SAP
9 6 (0.60%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.50%) Concur
10 5 (0.50%) Databricks
10 5 (0.50%) Foundry
10 5 (0.50%) iManage
10 5 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.50%) Siemens
11 4 (0.40%) Allen-Bradley
11 4 (0.40%) New Relic
11 4 (0.40%) Palo Alto