CSS Job Trends in the West Midlands

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 75 61
Rank change year-on-year -41 -14 -10
Permanent jobs citing CSS 50 179 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.39% 3.30% 3.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.60% 21.54% 21.36%
Number of salaries quoted 47 64 114
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,400 £33,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,125 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £59,092
% change year-on-year -9.09% -6.92% +2.77%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 431 831 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.95% 15.30% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 356 448 523
10th Percentile £32,125 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,895 £42,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -4.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +2.27%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

CSS job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CSS

CSS
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for CSS in the West Midlands

CSS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 November 2025. 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
Birmingham -19 26 £30,500 -44.55% 16
Warwickshire +23 12 £55,000 +50.68% 8
Solihull -10 3 £90,000 +80.00% 1
Shropshire -13 2 £34,500 -8.00% 12
Walsall +4 1 £33,000 - 7
Wolverhampton -2 1 £34,000 -9.33% 10
Staffordshire -2 1 £45,000 -2.70% 12
Bilston - 1 £66,500 - 1
CSS
England

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (10.00%) CMS
1 5 (10.00%) WordPress
2 3 (6.00%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.00%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (52.00%) Azure
2 21 (42.00%) AWS
3 16 (32.00%) GitHub
4 9 (18.00%) SaaS
5 5 (10.00%) Figma
6 3 (6.00%) Firebase
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Functions
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (4.00%) Google Analytics
7 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.00%) MySQL
2 6 (12.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (10.00%) Relational Database
4 4 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (4.00%) Power BI
5 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (44.00%) Git
2 3 (6.00%) JIRA
3 2 (4.00%) Vite
3 2 (4.00%) webpack
4 1 (2.00%) Babel
4 1 (2.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 15 (30.00%) Multimedia
2 13 (26.00%) Finance
2 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) iGaming
4 2 (4.00%) Marketing
4 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Games
5 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (56.00%) Developer
2 15 (30.00%) Trainee
3 9 (18.00%) Software Developer
4 8 (16.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 8 (16.00%) Trainee Developer
4 8 (16.00%) Trainee Software Developer
5 7 (14.00%) Senior
6 5 (10.00%) Lead
6 5 (10.00%) React Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Digital Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Graduate
7 4 (8.00%) Graduate Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Junior
7 4 (8.00%) Senior Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Software Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Junior Software Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior React Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Web Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Senior Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (92.00%) HTML
2 18 (36.00%) React
3 11 (22.00%) Node.js
4 6 (12.00%) .NET
4 6 (12.00%) Next.js
5 5 (10.00%) HTML5
5 5 (10.00%) jQuery
6 4 (8.00%) Laravel
6 4 (8.00%) Vue
7 3 (6.00%) AngularJS
7 3 (6.00%) Entity Framework
7 3 (6.00%) React Native
7 3 (6.00%) RESTful
7 3 (6.00%) SVG
7 3 (6.00%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (4.00%) ASP.NET
8 2 (4.00%) KnockoutJS
8 2 (4.00%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (4.00%) WCF
8 2 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.00%) W3C
3 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.00%) CMDB
4 1 (2.00%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.00%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.00%) Mobile Games
4 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Mentoring
2 19 (38.00%) Agile
3 16 (32.00%) Front End Development
4 15 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (20.00%) DevOps
7 9 (18.00%) Computer Science
7 9 (18.00%) User Experience
8 8 (16.00%) Web Development
9 7 (14.00%) CI/CD
9 7 (14.00%) MVC
10 6 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (12.00%) Scrum
10 6 (12.00%) Software Engineering
11 5 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (10.00%) UX Design
12 4 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
12 4 (8.00%) Mobile First
12 4 (8.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 43 (86.00%) JavaScript
2 16 (32.00%) Python
3 10 (20.00%) PHP
4 8 (16.00%) C#
5 7 (14.00%) R
6 5 (10.00%) SQL
7 4 (8.00%) Java
8 3 (6.00%) C++
8 3 (6.00%) TypeScript
9 2 (4.00%) T-SQL
10 1 (2.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) Azure Certification
2 15 (30.00%) AWS Certification
2 15 (30.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (20.00%) Degree
4 8 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (8.00%) GDPR
3 2 (4.00%) QA
4 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) Guidewire
3 2 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) Ahrefs
4 1 (2.00%) HubSpot