CSS3 Job Trends

CSS 3
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring CSS3 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 408 398
Rank change year-on-year -211 -10 +116
Permanent jobs citing CSS3 77 256 542
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.58% 0.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.95% 2.64% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 63 149 512
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -8.40%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £81,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% -16.67% +9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

CSS3 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 8,117 9,692 18,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.91% 22.10% 22.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,947 6,717 15,107
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,280
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

CSS3
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSS3 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CSS3 job vacancy trend in the UK

CSS3
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CSS3.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CSS3

CSS3
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS3 over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS3 in the UK

CSS3
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS3 within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -186 66 £65,000 +30.00% 54
UK excluding London -152 40 £48,750 -2.50% 48
Work from Home -26 26 £70,000 +40.00% 15
London -31 25 £80,000 +45.45% 14
North of England -51 20 £52,593 +40.25% 9
North West -3 14 £61,343 +75.27% 2
South East -47 11 £45,000 -28.00% 10
South West -33 5 £65,000 +4.00% 8
Wales -11 3 £50,000 - 3
North East -14 3 £65,000 - 5
Yorkshire -50 3 £40,000 +6.67% 2
West Midlands -8 1 - - 4
Midlands -38 1 - - 11

CSS3
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 4 (5.19%) Confluence
2 2 (2.60%) Apache
2 2 (2.60%) CICS
2 2 (2.60%) CMS
2 2 (2.60%) ColdFusion
2 2 (2.60%) JBoss
2 2 (2.60%) nginx
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) PegaRULES
3 1 (1.30%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (3.90%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (40.26%) Azure
2 15 (19.48%) Azure DevOps
2 15 (19.48%) GitHub
3 11 (14.29%) AWS
3 11 (14.29%) GCP
4 8 (10.39%) Serverless
5 5 (6.49%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (6.49%) npm
5 5 (6.49%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.19%) Azure Functions
7 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.90%) Figma
7 3 (3.90%) Yarn
8 2 (2.60%) Algolia
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.60%) Cloud Functions
8 2 (2.60%) Datadog
8 2 (2.60%) Firebase
8 2 (2.60%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.08%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.99%) NoSQL
3 5 (6.49%) MongoDB
3 5 (6.49%) MySQL
3 5 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (6.49%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.19%) DB2
4 4 (5.19%) Power BI
5 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.60%) BigQuery
5 2 (2.60%) Hazelcast
5 2 (2.60%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.30%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (42.86%) Git
2 16 (20.78%) webpack
3 12 (15.58%) Jenkins
4 8 (10.39%) Vite
5 7 (9.09%) Babel
5 7 (9.09%) Cypress.io
6 5 (6.49%) Bitbucket
7 4 (5.19%) JIRA
8 3 (3.90%) Eclipse
8 3 (3.90%) IntelliJ
8 3 (3.90%) TeamCity
9 2 (2.60%) CircleCI
9 2 (2.60%) Cucumber
9 2 (2.60%) Selenium
9 2 (2.60%) Storybook
9 2 (2.60%) Subversion
9 2 (2.60%) Visual Studio
10 1 (1.30%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (1.30%) Gradle
10 1 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (40.26%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Finance
4 5 (6.49%) Law
4 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.49%) Retail
5 4 (5.19%) Banking
5 4 (5.19%) Legal
6 2 (2.60%) Advertising
7 1 (1.30%) Back Office
7 1 (1.30%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.30%) Electronics
7 1 (1.30%) Front Office
7 1 (1.30%) Games
7 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Marketing
7 1 (1.30%) Military
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (79.22%) Developer
2 27 (35.06%) Full-Stack Developer
3 20 (25.97%) Senior
4 16 (20.78%) Senior Developer
5 13 (16.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 13 (16.88%) Software Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 6 (7.79%) .NET Developer
7 6 (7.79%) Software Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 5 (6.49%) Java Developer
8 5 (6.49%) Lead
9 4 (5.19%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
9 4 (5.19%) JavaScript Developer
9 4 (5.19%) Lead Developer
9 4 (5.19%) React Developer
9 4 (5.19%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (3.90%) .NET Software Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 3 (3.90%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (100.00%) CSS
2 76 (98.70%) HTML
2 76 (98.70%) HTML5
3 55 (71.43%) React
4 38 (49.35%) RESTful
5 30 (38.96%) AngularJS
6 24 (31.17%) .NET
7 21 (27.27%) Vue
8 20 (25.97%) Sass
9 18 (23.38%) Node.js
10 17 (22.08%) ASP.NET
11 12 (15.58%) Jest
12 10 (12.99%) .NET Core
13 9 (11.69%) REST
14 8 (10.39%) ASP.NET Core
15 7 (9.09%) Entity Framework
16 6 (7.79%) .NET Framework
16 6 (7.79%) Express.js
16 6 (7.79%) GraphQL
17 5 (6.49%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.49%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.19%) Cloud Native
3 4 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.60%) Digital TV
5 2 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.60%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.30%) Animation
6 1 (1.30%) Online Banking
6 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (58.44%) Agile
2 41 (53.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 37 (48.05%) User Experience
4 32 (41.56%) Front End Development
5 30 (38.96%) CI/CD
6 28 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (33.77%) DevOps
8 20 (25.97%) Responsive Web Design
9 15 (19.48%) SDLC
10 14 (18.18%) Code Quality
11 13 (16.88%) Scrum
11 13 (16.88%) UX Design
12 11 (14.29%) AI
12 11 (14.29%) API Integration
12 11 (14.29%) MVC
12 11 (14.29%) Software Engineering
13 10 (12.99%) Computer Science
13 10 (12.99%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
13 10 (12.99%) Sprint Planning
14 9 (11.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 72 (93.51%) JavaScript
2 46 (59.74%) TypeScript
3 26 (33.77%) SQL
4 25 (32.47%) C#
5 16 (20.78%) Java
6 12 (15.58%) Python
7 5 (6.49%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.60%) RPG
8 2 (2.60%) Ruby
8 2 (2.60%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.60%) VB
9 1 (1.30%) PHP
9 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (22.08%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.88%) Degree
3 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.49%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (29.87%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.39%) WCAG
3 5 (6.49%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.09%) Docker
2 3 (3.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (2.60%) Grafana
2 2 (2.60%) Nagios
2 2 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) Google
3 4 (5.19%) Oracle
4 3 (3.90%) Pega
5 2 (2.60%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.60%) IBM
5 2 (2.60%) New Relic
5 2 (2.60%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.60%) SendGrid
5 2 (2.60%) Splunk
6 1 (1.30%) Aderant
6 1 (1.30%) Adobe
6 1 (1.30%) Databricks
6 1 (1.30%) iManage
6 1 (1.30%) Intapp
6 1 (1.30%) Marketo
6 1 (1.30%) SAP
6 1 (1.30%) Zend