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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 104 78
Rank change year-on-year -14 -26 -36
Permanent jobs citing CSS 72 73 206
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.93% 2.20% 2.93%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.48% 15.11% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 66 51 167
10th Percentile £27,625 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £45,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,250 £71,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%

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 437 483 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.62% 14.54% 16.74%
Number of salaries quoted 379 371 1,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,998 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £67,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,268 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.91% +10.45% -11.11%

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 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the West Midlands

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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 16 April 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
Birmingham -11 37 £30,500 -43.26% 8
Herefordshire - 8 £45,000 - 2
Warwickshire -3 6 £71,250 +44.67% 2
Shropshire -27 6 £31,500 -45.22% 1
Bilston - 5 £66,500 -
Worcestershire -27 3 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Dudley - 2 £30,250 - 2
Halesowen - 2 £47,500 - 1
Wolverhampton -20 1 £32,500 -31.58% 3
Coventry -26 1 - - 2
CSS
England

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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 19 (26.39%) WordPress
2 7 (9.72%) CMS
3 5 (6.94%) nginx
4 2 (2.78%) IIS
4 2 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.78%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Photoshop
2 5 (6.94%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Shopify
2 2 (2.78%) Line 50
2 2 (2.78%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 40 (55.56%) AWS
2 35 (48.61%) GitHub
3 34 (47.22%) Azure
4 13 (18.06%) Figma
5 5 (6.94%) SaaS
6 4 (5.56%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (2.78%) Firebase
7 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.78%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.39%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.39%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (38.89%) Internet
2 2 (2.78%) Intranet
2 2 (2.78%) Network Security
2 2 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.83%) MySQL
2 4 (5.56%) Power BI
2 4 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.78%) FileMaker
4 2 (2.78%) MariaDB
4 2 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.39%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (51.39%) Git
2 5 (6.94%) Vite
3 2 (2.78%) JIRA
4 1 (1.39%) webpack
General
1 28 (38.89%) Multimedia
2 15 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.28%) Finance
4 6 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Legal
6 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Advertising
7 1 (1.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (38.89%) Developer
1 28 (38.89%) Trainee
2 17 (23.61%) Software Developer
3 13 (18.06%) Trainee Developer
3 13 (18.06%) Trainee Software Developer
4 12 (16.67%) Designer
4 12 (16.67%) HTML CSS Designer
4 12 (16.67%) Web Designer
5 5 (6.94%) Product Owner
6 4 (5.56%) Administrator
6 4 (5.56%) C# Developer
6 4 (5.56%) C# Software Developer
6 4 (5.56%) IT Support
6 4 (5.56%) Junior
6 4 (5.56%) PHP Developer
6 4 (5.56%) Trainee Administrator
6 4 (5.56%) Web Administrator
7 3 (4.17%) Graduate C# Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Graduate Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (95.83%) HTML
2 7 (9.72%) Laravel
2 7 (9.72%) React
2 7 (9.72%) Vue
3 5 (6.94%) LEMP Stack
3 5 (6.94%) Node.js
3 5 (6.94%) Tailwind CSS
3 5 (6.94%) YAML
4 4 (5.56%) .NET
4 4 (5.56%) React Native
5 3 (4.17%) ASP.NET
5 3 (4.17%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (4.17%) jQuery
5 3 (4.17%) Next.js
5 3 (4.17%) RESTful
5 3 (4.17%) XML
6 2 (2.78%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.78%) JSON
6 2 (2.78%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (2.78%) TanStack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.94%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.78%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.78%) Social Media
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.50%) Linux
2 4 (5.56%) Windows
3 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.78%) Unix
3 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (40.28%) Mentoring
2 24 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (18.06%) Agile
4 11 (15.28%) User Experience
5 9 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 9 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (9.72%) Web Development
7 6 (8.33%) E-Commerce
8 5 (6.94%) AI
8 5 (6.94%) Backlog Management
8 5 (6.94%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 5 (6.94%) Business Strategy
8 5 (6.94%) Computer Science
8 5 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 5 (6.94%) MVC
8 5 (6.94%) Product Backlog
8 5 (6.94%) Product Vision
8 5 (6.94%) Roadmaps
8 5 (6.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (68.06%) JavaScript
2 33 (45.83%) Python
3 32 (44.44%) PHP
4 16 (22.22%) SQL
5 15 (20.83%) R
6 7 (9.72%) C#
7 5 (6.94%) Bash
7 5 (6.94%) Java
8 3 (4.17%) C++
9 2 (2.78%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (38.89%) AWS Certification
1 28 (38.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 28 (38.89%) Azure Certification
1 28 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (6.94%) Degree
3 2 (2.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.94%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.78%) GDPR
2 2 (2.78%) ISO 14001
2 2 (2.78%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.56%) Adobe
3 3 (4.17%) Guidewire
4 2 (2.78%) Apple
4 2 (2.78%) Sage
5 1 (1.39%) Facebook