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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 81 73
Rank change year-on-year -51 -8 -32
Permanent jobs citing CSS 46 168 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.08% 3.30% 3.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.44% 20.61% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 44 61 99
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £41,173
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,813 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +4.35%

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 402 815 584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 9.40% 16.00% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 335 443 496
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,774 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 -14 29 £30,500 -44.55% 14
Warwickshire +14 8 £60,000 +64.38% 7
Solihull -6 2 £90,000 +80.00%
Shropshire -15 2 £34,500 -8.00% 15
Staffordshire -9 1 £45,000 +12.50% 12
Bilston - 1 £66,500 -
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 7 (15.22%) CMS
2 5 (10.87%) Umbraco
3 4 (8.70%) WordPress
4 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.17%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (58.70%) Azure
2 24 (52.17%) AWS
3 19 (41.30%) GitHub
4 9 (19.57%) SaaS
5 5 (10.87%) Figma
6 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (6.52%) Firebase
6 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.35%) Google Analytics
7 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (39.13%) Internet
2 2 (4.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) MySQL
2 5 (10.87%) Relational Database
3 4 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 3 (6.52%) Power BI
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (6.52%) JIRA
3 2 (4.35%) Vite
3 2 (4.35%) webpack
4 1 (2.17%) Babel
4 1 (2.17%) Cypress.io
General
1 18 (39.13%) Multimedia
2 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Finance
4 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.17%) iGaming
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Developer
2 18 (39.13%) Trainee
3 10 (21.74%) Software Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Trainee Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Trainee Software Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Lead
6 4 (8.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (8.70%) Senior
6 4 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Web Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Graduate
7 3 (6.52%) Graduate Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Junior
7 3 (6.52%) Junior Software Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) React Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Website Developer
9 1 (2.17%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (93.48%) HTML
2 13 (28.26%) React
3 9 (19.57%) Node.js
4 6 (13.04%) .NET
4 6 (13.04%) Next.js
5 4 (8.70%) .NET Framework
5 4 (8.70%) Laravel
5 4 (8.70%) Vue
6 3 (6.52%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.52%) HTML5
6 3 (6.52%) jQuery
6 3 (6.52%) Razor View Engine
6 3 (6.52%) React Native
6 3 (6.52%) SVG
6 3 (6.52%) Tailwind CSS
7 2 (4.35%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (4.35%) Entity Framework
7 2 (4.35%) RESTful
8 1 (2.17%) CSS3
8 1 (2.17%) KnockoutJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.52%) W3C
3 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.17%) CMDB
3 1 (2.17%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.17%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.17%) Sports Betting
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (52.17%) Mentoring
2 18 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (26.09%) Agile
4 10 (21.74%) Front End Development
5 8 (17.39%) Web Development
6 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
6 7 (15.22%) MVC
6 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.04%) Computer Science
7 6 (13.04%) DevOps
7 6 (13.04%) Scrum
7 6 (13.04%) User Experience
8 5 (10.87%) Content Management
8 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
8 5 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.70%) Mobile First
9 4 (8.70%) SEO
9 4 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 40 (86.96%) JavaScript
2 19 (41.30%) Python
3 9 (19.57%) R
4 8 (17.39%) C#
4 8 (17.39%) PHP
5 5 (10.87%) SQL
6 3 (6.52%) Java
6 3 (6.52%) TypeScript
7 2 (4.35%) C++
8 1 (2.17%) Bash
8 1 (2.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (41.30%) Azure Certification
2 18 (39.13%) AWS Certification
2 18 (39.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 18 (39.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (15.22%) Degree
4 5 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) Accessibility
2 4 (8.70%) GDPR
3 3 (6.52%) WCAG
4 2 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (45.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Guidewire
3 2 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) Ahrefs
4 1 (2.17%) HubSpot