Hybrid/Remote CSS Job Trends

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 64 56
Rank change year-on-year -70 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 361 785 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.92% 5.20% 4.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.82% 17.48% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 308 429 1,354
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,818 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -2.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,050 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £48,676 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.50% +4.76% -6.25%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 3,335 4,490 8,598
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.75% 29.74% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,402 3,026 7,526
10th Percentile £41,925 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,236 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +8.75% -11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CSS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CSS over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

CSS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 27 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.32%) CMS
3 5 (1.39%) Confluence
4 4 (1.11%) Drupal
4 4 (1.11%) IIS
4 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.83%) nginx
6 2 (0.55%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.05%) Adobe XD
2 7 (1.94%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.66%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.83%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.83%) InDesign
7 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.28%) InVision
8 1 (0.28%) Sketch
8 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.77%) Shopify
2 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.28%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Magento
3 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 155 (42.94%) Azure
2 101 (27.98%) AWS
3 68 (18.84%) GitHub
4 63 (17.45%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (9.70%) SaaS
6 33 (9.14%) Power Platform
7 28 (7.76%) PowerApps
8 27 (7.48%) Power Automate
9 24 (6.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (6.09%) Azure AI
10 22 (6.09%) GitHub Copilot
11 21 (5.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (5.26%) Figma
12 19 (5.26%) OneDrive
13 18 (4.99%) Google Analytics
14 15 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (3.60%) Serverless
16 11 (3.05%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.39%) Internet
2 3 (0.83%) Intranet
3 2 (0.55%) HTTP
4 1 (0.28%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (19.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 67 (18.56%) SQL Server
3 49 (13.57%) MySQL
4 46 (12.74%) MongoDB
5 30 (8.31%) Power BI
6 22 (6.09%) Relational Database
7 18 (4.99%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (2.22%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.39%) MariaDB
11 4 (1.11%) Metadata
11 4 (1.11%) NonStop SQL
11 4 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.83%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.83%) FileMaker
12 3 (0.83%) Looker
13 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.55%) GIS
13 2 (0.55%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (18.01%) Git
2 16 (4.43%) JIRA
3 11 (3.05%) Axure RP
4 10 (2.77%) Balsamiq
4 10 (2.77%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.22%) webpack
6 7 (1.94%) Storybook
6 7 (1.94%) Vite
7 3 (0.83%) Babel
7 3 (0.83%) ESLint
7 3 (0.83%) GitLab
7 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.55%) PHPUnit
8 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.28%) Maven
9 1 (0.28%) MSTest
9 1 (0.28%) NUnit
9 1 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 103 (28.53%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (12.74%) Finance
4 33 (9.14%) Law
5 25 (6.93%) Marketing
6 24 (6.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.54%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.71%) Advertising
9 14 (3.88%) Legal
10 12 (3.32%) Games
11 11 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.66%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.39%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.83%) Local Government
14 3 (0.83%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.55%) Retail
16 1 (0.28%) Back Office
16 1 (0.28%) Banking
16 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 259 (71.75%) Developer
2 89 (24.65%) .NET Developer
3 52 (14.40%) C# Developer
4 51 (14.13%) C# Software Developer
5 49 (13.57%) Senior
6 43 (11.91%) Full-Stack Developer
7 37 (10.25%) PHP Developer
7 37 (10.25%) Senior Developer
7 37 (10.25%) Software Developer
7 37 (10.25%) Software Engineer
8 30 (8.31%) Graduate
9 27 (7.48%) Graduate Developer
10 26 (7.20%) .NET Software Developer
10 26 (7.20%) Graduate C# Developer
10 26 (7.20%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 26 (7.20%) Graduate Software Developer
10 26 (7.20%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 26 (7.20%) SQL Developer
11 25 (6.93%) C# .NET Developer
11 25 (6.93%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 310 (85.87%) HTML
2 152 (42.11%) .NET
3 94 (26.04%) React
4 81 (22.44%) .NET Core
5 65 (18.01%) ASP.NET
6 59 (16.34%) ASP.NET Core
7 56 (15.51%) jQuery
8 54 (14.96%) Vue
9 45 (12.47%) HTML5
10 38 (10.53%) JSON
11 35 (9.70%) Entity Framework
11 35 (9.70%) RESTful
12 31 (8.59%) AngularJS
12 31 (8.59%) CSS3
12 31 (8.59%) Node.js
13 25 (6.93%) Laravel
14 24 (6.65%) HTML5 Canvas
14 24 (6.65%) REST
15 23 (6.37%) React Native
16 22 (6.09%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.54%) Greenfield Project
1 20 (5.54%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 19 (5.26%) Virtual Team
3 14 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.49%) Digital TV
4 9 (2.49%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.94%) Culture of Ownership
6 7 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.94%) Podcast
7 6 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.39%) Social Media
9 4 (1.11%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.83%) Blog
10 3 (0.83%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.60%) Linux
2 7 (1.94%) Windows
2 7 (1.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (41.55%) Agile
2 141 (39.06%) Full-Stack Development
3 116 (32.13%) CI/CD
4 82 (22.71%) DevOps
5 78 (21.61%) User Experience
6 69 (19.11%) AI
7 62 (17.17%) Front End Development
8 59 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (16.34%) Software Engineering
9 50 (13.85%) OO
9 50 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (13.57%) Computer Science
10 49 (13.57%) Mentoring
11 48 (13.30%) Machine Learning
12 47 (13.02%) Clean Code
13 41 (11.36%) Analytics
14 40 (11.08%) Microservices
14 40 (11.08%) SDLC
15 39 (10.80%) MVC
16 38 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 191 (52.91%) SQL
2 175 (48.48%) JavaScript
3 166 (45.98%) C#
4 75 (20.78%) TypeScript
5 66 (18.28%) PHP
6 39 (10.80%) Java
7 30 (8.31%) Python
8 26 (7.20%) C++
8 26 (7.20%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.66%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.39%) Dart
11 4 (1.11%) Bash
11 4 (1.11%) VBA
11 4 (1.11%) VBScript
12 3 (0.83%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.83%) VB
13 2 (0.55%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.55%) SOQL
13 2 (0.55%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 64 (17.73%) Degree
2 41 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (5.82%) Security Cleared
4 20 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.99%) WCAG
3 11 (3.05%) SLA
4 10 (2.77%) GDPR
5 9 (2.49%) QA
6 7 (1.94%) GRC
6 7 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.39%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (12.47%) Docker
2 7 (1.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (6.93%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.94%) Terraform
3 3 (0.83%) Plesk
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 126 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.97%) Adobe
3 22 (6.09%) Google
4 10 (2.77%) Facebook
5 8 (2.22%) Oracle
6 7 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.66%) iManage
7 6 (1.66%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.66%) YouTube
8 3 (0.83%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.55%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.28%) Apple
10 1 (0.28%) DoubleClick
10 1 (0.28%) New Relic
10 1 (0.28%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.28%) Pardot
10 1 (0.28%) Splunk
10 1 (0.28%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.28%) Zend