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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 109 58
Rank change year-on-year -82 -51 +5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 1,048 1,365 3,906
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 2.84% 3.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.40% 15.31% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 899 859 2,811
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10,078 8,913 20,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.33% 18.55% 20.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,547 5,896 15,865
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.43%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,865 £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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -67 959 £50,000 -9.09% 493
UK excluding London -56 777 £50,000 - 484
Work from Home -46 489 £55,000 - 575
London -96 210 £60,000 -14.29% 116
South East -2 207 £50,000 - 118
North of England -53 201 £50,000 +2.56% 115
East of England +12 121 £48,130 +28.35% 67
Midlands -54 114 £48,750 +8.33% 66
North West -52 109 £45,000 -14.29% 58
South West -38 98 £52,500 -8.70% 51
West Midlands -40 59 £45,000 -5.26% 24
East Midlands -51 55 £52,500 +16.67% 42
Yorkshire -16 54 £50,000 +33.33% 35
North East -26 38 £57,500 +61.97% 23
Wales -40 23 £45,000 -33.33% 21
Scotland -77 10 £31,000 -60.00% 38
Northern Ireland -48 3 £60,000 - 15

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 99 (9.45%) WordPress
2 51 (4.87%) CMS
3 47 (4.48%) SharePoint
4 21 (2.00%) Confluence
5 20 (1.91%) IIS
6 11 (1.05%) Apache
6 11 (1.05%) Drupal
7 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.29%) nginx
9 3 (0.29%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) Moodle
11 1 (0.095%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.095%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.095%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.095%) PegaRULES
11 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 24 (2.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.62%) Photoshop
3 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 12 (1.15%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.95%) InDesign
6 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.76%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.76%) Sketch
8 7 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.29%) Elementor
9 3 (0.29%) InVision
9 3 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (2.10%) Shopify
2 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.57%) Magento
4 4 (0.38%) Line 50
4 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.095%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.095%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.095%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 437 (41.70%) Azure
2 288 (27.48%) AWS
3 226 (21.56%) GitHub
4 154 (14.69%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (7.82%) GitHub Copilot
6 76 (7.25%) Azure AI
7 69 (6.58%) Power Platform
8 65 (6.20%) Figma
9 51 (4.87%) SaaS
10 50 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
11 48 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
12 46 (4.39%) GCP
13 42 (4.01%) Power Automate
14 39 (3.72%) PowerApps
14 39 (3.72%) Serverless
15 34 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 27 (2.58%) Google Analytics
17 24 (2.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 22 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
19 20 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 108 (10.31%) Internet
2 10 (0.95%) Intranet
3 4 (0.38%) Network Security
3 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.38%) VoIP
3 4 (0.38%) WAN
3 4 (0.38%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.29%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.29%) SSL
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.19%) DNS
5 2 (0.19%) Firewall
5 2 (0.19%) HTTP
6 1 (0.095%) AMQP
6 1 (0.095%) Broadband
6 1 (0.095%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (16.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 158 (15.08%) SQL Server
3 149 (14.22%) MongoDB
4 123 (11.74%) MySQL
5 58 (5.53%) Power BI
6 57 (5.44%) Relational Database
7 54 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
9 17 (1.62%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (1.05%) MariaDB
11 11 (1.05%) NonStop SQL
12 10 (0.95%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.95%) Metadata
13 9 (0.86%) Tableau
14 8 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.67%) GIS
16 6 (0.57%) FileMaker
17 5 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 223 (21.28%) Git
2 54 (5.15%) JIRA
3 33 (3.15%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.43%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.34%) Selenium
6 12 (1.15%) GitLab
6 12 (1.15%) webpack
7 11 (1.05%) Storybook
8 8 (0.76%) Axure RP
8 8 (0.76%) Postman
8 8 (0.76%) Vite
9 7 (0.67%) JUnit
9 7 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.57%) PHPUnit
11 5 (0.48%) Balsamiq
11 5 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.48%) Maven
12 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.38%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.38%) MSI
General
1 276 (26.34%) Social Skills
2 119 (11.35%) Marketing
3 106 (10.11%) Finance
4 105 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (7.06%) Multimedia
6 64 (6.11%) Advertising
7 55 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.24%) Law
9 34 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.58%) Retail
11 24 (2.29%) Legal
12 19 (1.81%) Games
13 11 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 10 (0.95%) Banking
15 8 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.76%) Legal Technology
16 6 (0.57%) Automotive
16 6 (0.57%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 667 (63.65%) Developer
2 213 (20.32%) .NET Developer
3 153 (14.60%) Senior
4 126 (12.02%) Full-Stack Developer
5 117 (11.16%) Senior Developer
6 97 (9.26%) Software Developer
7 72 (6.87%) Software Engineer
8 70 (6.68%) Trainee
9 64 (6.11%) Designer
10 63 (6.01%) Web Developer
11 62 (5.92%) C# Developer
12 59 (5.63%) PHP Developer
13 57 (5.44%) C# Software Developer
14 52 (4.96%) Administrator
15 48 (4.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 48 (4.58%) Lead
16 47 (4.48%) Web Administrator
17 43 (4.10%) Trainee Administrator
18 41 (3.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 39 (3.72%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 965 (92.08%) HTML
2 369 (35.21%) .NET
3 240 (22.90%) React
4 214 (20.42%) .NET Core
5 200 (19.08%) ASP.NET
6 173 (16.51%) ASP.NET Core
7 134 (12.79%) jQuery
7 134 (12.79%) Node.js
8 122 (11.64%) Vue
9 121 (11.55%) HTML5
10 102 (9.73%) CSS3
10 102 (9.73%) Entity Framework
11 97 (9.26%) RESTful
12 90 (8.59%) AngularJS
13 81 (7.73%) REST
14 78 (7.44%) JSON
15 74 (7.06%) ML.NET
16 53 (5.06%) Laravel
17 49 (4.68%) .NET Framework
18 44 (4.20%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.77%) Greenfield Project
2 40 (3.82%) Cloud Native
3 38 (3.63%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.96%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (2.58%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.29%) Social Media
9 23 (2.19%) Virtual Team
10 22 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (2.00%) Digital TV
12 19 (1.81%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.81%) Management Information System
13 17 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (1.34%) Graphic Design
15 13 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
16 12 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
17 9 (0.86%) Robotics
18 8 (0.76%) Data Centre
18 8 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.58%) Windows
2 44 (4.20%) Linux
3 22 (2.10%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.48%) Android
5 5 (0.48%) Unix
6 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.29%) AIX
7 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.19%) Debian
8 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.095%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (39.69%) Full-Stack Development
2 375 (35.78%) Agile
3 340 (32.44%) CI/CD
4 229 (21.85%) AI
5 227 (21.66%) DevOps
6 193 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
7 189 (18.03%) User Experience
8 174 (16.60%) Web Development
9 137 (13.07%) Mentoring
10 133 (12.69%) Computer Science
11 132 (12.60%) Machine Learning
12 126 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 121 (11.55%) Software Engineering
14 117 (11.16%) Front End Development
15 93 (8.87%) Analytics
16 90 (8.59%) OO
17 88 (8.40%) Clean Code
18 84 (8.02%) Microservices
19 81 (7.73%) MVC
20 80 (7.63%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 620 (59.16%) JavaScript
2 464 (44.27%) SQL
3 370 (35.31%) C#
4 198 (18.89%) PHP
5 196 (18.70%) Python
6 176 (16.79%) TypeScript
7 91 (8.68%) Java
8 49 (4.68%) R
9 42 (4.01%) C++
10 32 (3.05%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.53%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.24%) VBA
13 8 (0.76%) Bicep
13 8 (0.76%) Go
14 7 (0.67%) VBScript
15 6 (0.57%) Ruby
16 5 (0.48%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.48%) Dart
16 5 (0.48%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.38%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 186 (17.75%) Degree
2 108 (10.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 67 (6.39%) AWS Certification
4 66 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 65 (6.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 65 (6.20%) Azure Certification
6 52 (4.96%) Security Cleared
7 44 (4.20%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.38%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.095%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.095%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.12%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.58%) QA
3 41 (3.91%) WCAG
4 38 (3.63%) GDPR
5 13 (1.24%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.15%) SLA
7 9 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.76%) PERC
9 7 (0.67%) GRC
9 7 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.38%) NCSC
11 1 (0.095%) NIST
11 1 (0.095%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 155 (14.79%) Docker
2 15 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 109 (10.40%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.58%) Terraform
3 3 (0.29%) Plesk
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.19%) Puppet
4 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.095%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.095%) Grafana
5 1 (0.095%) Kibana
5 1 (0.095%) Nagios
5 1 (0.095%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 352 (33.59%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.77%) Adobe
3 41 (3.91%) Facebook
3 41 (3.91%) Google
4 31 (2.96%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.00%) YouTube
6 19 (1.81%) Oracle
7 11 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 9 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 8 (0.76%) Sage
10 7 (0.67%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.67%) iManage
10 7 (0.67%) OneLogin
11 6 (0.57%) Apple
11 6 (0.57%) TikTok
11 6 (0.57%) WooCommerce
12 5 (0.48%) Hotjar
12 5 (0.48%) Pinterest
12 5 (0.48%) SAP
12 5 (0.48%) Splunk