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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 372 375
Rank change year-on-year -222 +3 +120
Permanent jobs citing CSS3 76 331 530
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.71% 0.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.99% 3.24% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65 145 498
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -11.50% +2.73%

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 7,713 10,202 18,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.98% 22.02% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,655 6,504 14,591
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 2 March 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS3 in the UK

CSS3
Top 14 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 2 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 -198 67 £65,000 +18.18% 140
UK excluding London -199 37 £47,500 -5.00% 137
Work from Home -48 31 £65,000 +30.00% 39
London -5 28 £80,000 +45.45% 29
North of England -52 16 £47,500 +46.15% 30
South East -67 12 £43,750 -27.08% 28
North West -8 11 £56,250 +32.35% 16
South West -27 5 £65,000 +1.96% 20
Yorkshire -54 3 £40,000 +31.15% 7
Wales -13 2 £51,250 - 9
North East -15 2 £70,500 - 7
Midlands -39 2 £37,500 -34.78% 20
West Midlands -15 1 - - 6
East Midlands -42 1 £37,500 -34.78% 14

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 (5.26%) Confluence
2 2 (2.63%) Apache
2 2 (2.63%) ColdFusion
2 2 (2.63%) JBoss
2 2 (2.63%) nginx
2 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.32%) CMS
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (5.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.21%) Azure
2 15 (19.74%) GitHub
3 12 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (10.53%) Serverless
5 6 (7.89%) AWS
5 6 (7.89%) GCP
5 6 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (6.58%) npm
6 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.26%) Azure Functions
7 4 (5.26%) Figma
8 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.95%) Yarn
9 2 (2.63%) Algolia
9 2 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.63%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (2.63%) Datadog
9 2 (2.63%) Firebase
9 2 (2.63%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.37%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.53%) NoSQL
3 5 (6.58%) MySQL
4 4 (5.26%) MongoDB
4 4 (5.26%) Power BI
5 3 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.63%) BigQuery
6 2 (2.63%) DB2
6 2 (2.63%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (39.47%) Git
2 16 (21.05%) webpack
3 8 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 8 (10.53%) Vite
4 7 (9.21%) Babel
4 7 (9.21%) Cypress.io
5 4 (5.26%) Bitbucket
5 4 (5.26%) JIRA
6 3 (3.95%) CircleCI
6 3 (3.95%) TeamCity
7 2 (2.63%) Cucumber
7 2 (2.63%) Selenium
7 2 (2.63%) Storybook
7 2 (2.63%) Subversion
7 2 (2.63%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.32%) Browser DevTools
General
1 31 (40.79%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.89%) Finance
3 6 (7.89%) Law
4 5 (6.58%) Legal
4 5 (6.58%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.26%) Banking
5 4 (5.26%) Retail
6 2 (2.63%) Advertising
7 1 (1.32%) Back Office
7 1 (1.32%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.32%) Electronics
7 1 (1.32%) Front Office
7 1 (1.32%) Games
7 1 (1.32%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.32%) Marketing
7 1 (1.32%) Military
7 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (80.26%) Developer
2 26 (34.21%) Full-Stack Developer
3 19 (25.00%) Senior
4 16 (21.05%) Senior Developer
5 13 (17.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 13 (17.11%) Software Developer
6 8 (10.53%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 7 (9.21%) .NET Developer
8 6 (7.89%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 5 (6.58%) Lead
9 5 (6.58%) Software Engineer
10 4 (5.26%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
10 4 (5.26%) JavaScript Developer
10 4 (5.26%) Lead Developer
10 4 (5.26%) PHP Developer
10 4 (5.26%) React Developer
10 4 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 3 (3.95%) .NET Software Engineer
11 3 (3.95%) PHP Laravel Developer
11 3 (3.95%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (100.00%) CSS
2 75 (98.68%) HTML
2 75 (98.68%) HTML5
3 52 (68.42%) React
4 33 (43.42%) RESTful
5 26 (34.21%) AngularJS
6 25 (32.89%) .NET
7 20 (26.32%) Sass
7 20 (26.32%) Vue
8 19 (25.00%) Node.js
9 17 (22.37%) ASP.NET
10 12 (15.79%) .NET Core
10 12 (15.79%) Jest
11 9 (11.84%) Entity Framework
12 8 (10.53%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (10.53%) REST
13 7 (9.21%) GraphQL
13 7 (9.21%) jQuery
14 6 (7.89%) .NET Framework
14 6 (7.89%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.58%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 5 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.95%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.95%) Digital TV
4 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.32%) Animation
5 1 (1.32%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.63%) Windows
2 1 (1.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (53.95%) Agile
2 39 (51.32%) User Experience
3 38 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 31 (40.79%) Front End Development
5 29 (38.16%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (32.89%) CI/CD
7 21 (27.63%) DevOps
8 20 (26.32%) Responsive Web Design
9 15 (19.74%) SDLC
9 15 (19.74%) UX Design
10 14 (18.42%) Code Quality
11 11 (14.47%) AI
11 11 (14.47%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
11 11 (14.47%) TDD
12 10 (13.16%) API Integration
12 10 (13.16%) Computer Science
12 10 (13.16%) MVC
12 10 (13.16%) Software Engineering
13 9 (11.84%) BDD
13 9 (11.84%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 71 (93.42%) JavaScript
2 48 (63.16%) TypeScript
3 24 (31.58%) C#
3 24 (31.58%) SQL
4 11 (14.47%) Python
5 10 (13.16%) Java
6 4 (5.26%) PHP
7 3 (3.95%) Ruby
8 2 (2.63%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.63%) RPG
8 2 (2.63%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.63%) VB
9 1 (1.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.79%) Degree
3 10 (13.16%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.58%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (30.26%) Accessibility
2 9 (11.84%) WCAG
3 4 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Docker
2 3 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (2.63%) Grafana
2 2 (2.63%) Nagios
2 2 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.63%) Terraform
3 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 11 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.26%) Google
3 2 (2.63%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.63%) IBM
3 2 (2.63%) New Relic
3 2 (2.63%) Oracle
3 2 (2.63%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.63%) SendGrid
3 2 (2.63%) Splunk
4 1 (1.32%) Aderant
4 1 (1.32%) Adobe
4 1 (1.32%) Databricks
4 1 (1.32%) iManage
4 1 (1.32%) Intapp
4 1 (1.32%) Marketo
4 1 (1.32%) SAP
4 1 (1.32%) Zend