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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 326 381
Rank change year-on-year -264 +55 +103
Permanent jobs citing CSS3 80 429 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.85% 0.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.08% 3.87% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 69 138 476
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,000 £38,188
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -12.82%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,250 £88,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.65% -13.33% +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 7,433 11,086 17,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.36% 22.01% 23.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,476 6,570 14,368
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +5.60% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
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%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -240 72 £65,000 +18.18% 64
UK excluding London -228 39 £47,500 -8.65% 52
Work from Home -19 31 £55,000 +10.00% 18
London -4 29 £80,000 +45.45% 21
North of England -58 17 £56,250 +97.37% 13
South East -67 12 £43,750 -27.08% 13
North West +3 11 £56,250 +21.62% 6
South West -21 5 £65,000 - 6
North East -13 3 £67,500 - 1
Midlands -42 3 £40,250 -23.33% 5
Yorkshire -55 3 £40,000 +40.35% 7
Wales -4 2 £51,250 - 2
East Midlands -38 2 £40,250 -30.00% 2
West Midlands -7 1 - - 3

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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.50%) Apache
2 2 (2.50%) ColdFusion
2 2 (2.50%) JBoss
2 2 (2.50%) nginx
3 1 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.25%) CMS
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (5.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (36.25%) Azure
2 16 (20.00%) GitHub
3 11 (13.75%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (10.00%) AWS
4 8 (10.00%) Serverless
5 7 (8.75%) GCP
6 6 (7.50%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (5.00%) Azure Functions
7 4 (5.00%) Figma
7 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.75%) Entra ID
8 3 (3.75%) npm
9 2 (2.50%) Azure API Management
9 2 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.50%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (2.50%) Datadog
9 2 (2.50%) Firebase
9 2 (2.50%) Sentry
9 2 (2.50%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.75%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.00%) NoSQL
3 6 (7.50%) MongoDB
3 6 (7.50%) MySQL
4 5 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (5.00%) Power BI
6 3 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (3.75%) Relational Database
7 2 (2.50%) BigQuery
7 2 (2.50%) DB2
7 2 (2.50%) Oracle Database
8 1 (1.25%) MariaDB
8 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (36.25%) Git
2 11 (13.75%) webpack
3 9 (11.25%) Jenkins
4 5 (6.25%) Babel
4 5 (6.25%) Cypress.io
4 5 (6.25%) JIRA
4 5 (6.25%) Vite
5 4 (5.00%) Bitbucket
6 3 (3.75%) CircleCI
6 3 (3.75%) TeamCity
7 2 (2.50%) Cucumber
7 2 (2.50%) GitLab
7 2 (2.50%) Selenium
7 2 (2.50%) Storybook
7 2 (2.50%) Subversion
7 2 (2.50%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.25%) Artifactory
8 1 (1.25%) Maven
8 1 (1.25%) SonarQube
8 1 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (41.25%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.50%) Finance
4 6 (7.50%) Law
5 5 (6.25%) Legal
6 4 (5.00%) Banking
6 4 (5.00%) Retail
7 2 (2.50%) Advertising
8 1 (1.25%) Back Office
8 1 (1.25%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.25%) Electronics
8 1 (1.25%) Front Office
8 1 (1.25%) Games
8 1 (1.25%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.25%) Marketing
8 1 (1.25%) Military
8 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (81.25%) Developer
2 32 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 16 (20.00%) Senior
4 15 (18.75%) Software Developer
5 13 (16.25%) Senior Developer
6 9 (11.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 8 (10.00%) .NET Developer
8 6 (7.50%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 5 (6.25%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 5 (6.25%) Software Engineer
10 4 (5.00%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
10 4 (5.00%) JavaScript Developer
10 4 (5.00%) PHP Developer
10 4 (5.00%) React Developer
10 4 (5.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 3 (3.75%) .NET Software Engineer
11 3 (3.75%) PHP Laravel Developer
12 2 (2.50%) Azure Developer
12 2 (2.50%) Lead
12 2 (2.50%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (100.00%) CSS
2 79 (98.75%) HTML
2 79 (98.75%) HTML5
3 53 (66.25%) React
4 35 (43.75%) RESTful
5 27 (33.75%) .NET
6 26 (32.50%) AngularJS
7 23 (28.75%) Node.js
8 19 (23.75%) ASP.NET
9 18 (22.50%) Sass
9 18 (22.50%) Vue
10 15 (18.75%) .NET Core
11 13 (16.25%) REST
12 12 (15.00%) Entity Framework
13 10 (12.50%) Jest
14 8 (10.00%) ASP.NET Core
14 8 (10.00%) GraphQL
15 7 (8.75%) ASP.NET MVC
15 7 (8.75%) Express.js
15 7 (8.75%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Digital TV
1 5 (6.25%) Mobile App
1 5 (6.25%) Product Ownership
1 5 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.75%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Animation
5 1 (1.25%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Windows
2 1 (1.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (58.75%) Agile
2 44 (55.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 39 (48.75%) User Experience
4 29 (36.25%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (33.75%) Front End Development
6 26 (32.50%) CI/CD
7 21 (26.25%) DevOps
8 18 (22.50%) SDLC
9 17 (21.25%) Responsive Web Design
10 15 (18.75%) Code Quality
11 14 (17.50%) TDD
11 14 (17.50%) UX Design
12 13 (16.25%) MVC
13 12 (15.00%) AI
13 12 (15.00%) BDD
14 11 (13.75%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
14 11 (13.75%) Software Engineering
15 9 (11.25%) Computer Science
16 8 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 75 (93.75%) JavaScript
2 46 (57.50%) TypeScript
3 31 (38.75%) SQL
4 26 (32.50%) C#
5 14 (17.50%) Java
5 14 (17.50%) Python
6 4 (5.00%) PHP
7 3 (3.75%) Ruby
8 2 (2.50%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.50%) RPG
8 2 (2.50%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.50%) VB
9 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.50%) Degree
3 8 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 10 (12.50%) WCAG
3 5 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.25%) Docker
2 3 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (2.50%) Grafana
2 2 (2.50%) Nagios
2 2 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.50%) Terraform
3 1 (1.25%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.00%) Google
3 3 (3.75%) Oracle
4 2 (2.50%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.50%) IBM
4 2 (2.50%) New Relic
4 2 (2.50%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.50%) SendGrid
4 2 (2.50%) Splunk
5 1 (1.25%) Adobe
5 1 (1.25%) Databricks
5 1 (1.25%) Marketo
5 1 (1.25%) SAP
5 1 (1.25%) Zend