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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 69 52
Rank change year-on-year -18 -17 -23
Permanent jobs citing CSS 647 918 1,413
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.00% 3.94% 5.63%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 18.08% 14.81% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 333 579 1,289
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,900 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £85,650
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +2.68%

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 3,579 6,198 8,051
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.10% 26.63% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,345 4,447 7,003
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,244 £66,056
% change year-on-year +5.07% -2.74% +1.62%

CSS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CSS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CSS

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CSS over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

CSS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 168 (25.97%) Confluence
2 29 (4.48%) CMS
3 22 (3.40%) WordPress
4 11 (1.70%) IIS
5 9 (1.39%) Headless CMS
6 8 (1.24%) Drupal
7 7 (1.08%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.08%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.77%) nginx
9 3 (0.46%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.15%) Apache
11 1 (0.15%) Appian
11 1 (0.15%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.15%) Mendix
11 1 (0.15%) MetaMask
Applications
1 20 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (2.63%) Adobe XD
3 15 (2.32%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (2.16%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.77%) InDesign
6 4 (0.62%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.46%) Sketch
8 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.31%) Elementor
9 1 (0.15%) InVision
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.63%) Shopify
2 7 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.93%) Magento
4 4 (0.62%) JDE OneWorld
4 4 (0.62%) Sage 1000
5 3 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.31%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 389 (60.12%) Azure
2 304 (46.99%) AWS
3 169 (26.12%) GCP
4 33 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (4.64%) Google Analytics
6 28 (4.33%) Figma
7 27 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
8 25 (3.86%) SaaS
9 24 (3.71%) Serverless
10 21 (3.25%) GitHub
11 18 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 17 (2.63%) Cloudflare
12 17 (2.63%) Power Platform
13 15 (2.32%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.16%) Power Automate
14 14 (2.16%) SonarCloud
15 12 (1.85%) Vercel
16 11 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
18 9 (1.39%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.15%) Broadband
1 1 (0.15%) DNS
1 1 (0.15%) FTP
1 1 (0.15%) HTTP
1 1 (0.15%) SSL
1 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 342 (52.86%) SQL Server
2 88 (13.60%) MySQL
3 30 (4.64%) Elasticsearch
4 21 (3.25%) NoSQL
4 21 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.09%) MongoDB
6 19 (2.94%) Redis
7 15 (2.32%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.93%) Power BI
11 5 (0.77%) Metadata
12 4 (0.62%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.46%) GIS
13 3 (0.46%) Hazelcast
14 2 (0.31%) MariaDB
15 1 (0.15%) Apache Cassandra
15 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
15 1 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 270 (41.73%) JIRA
2 257 (39.72%) Selenium
3 253 (39.10%) SonarQube
4 251 (38.79%) GitLab
5 250 (38.64%) Bitbucket
6 249 (38.49%) Maven
7 248 (38.33%) Sonatype Nexus
8 247 (38.18%) Cucumber
9 106 (16.38%) Git
10 23 (3.55%) webpack
11 22 (3.40%) Visual Studio
12 21 (3.25%) Cypress.io
13 19 (2.94%) Team Foundation Server
14 14 (2.16%) MSBuild
14 14 (2.16%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (1.70%) Babel
15 11 (1.70%) Balsamiq
15 11 (1.70%) Jasmine
16 10 (1.55%) Axure RP
17 9 (1.39%) TeamCity
General
1 330 (51.00%) Finance
2 264 (40.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 251 (38.79%) Banking
4 134 (20.71%) Social Skills
5 116 (17.93%) Retail
6 90 (13.91%) Corporate Banking
6 90 (13.91%) Investment Banking
7 44 (6.80%) Marketing
8 42 (6.49%) Law
9 26 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (2.47%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.32%) Games
12 6 (0.93%) Legal
13 5 (0.77%) Front Office
13 5 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.62%) iGaming
14 4 (0.62%) Multimedia
14 4 (0.62%) Social Housing
14 4 (0.62%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 273 (42.19%) Developer
2 267 (41.27%) Software Engineer
3 64 (9.89%) Senior
4 54 (8.35%) Senior Developer
5 51 (7.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (7.42%) Graduate
6 48 (7.42%) Graduate Developer
7 46 (7.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 42 (6.49%) IT Graduate
9 40 (6.18%) .NET Developer
10 37 (5.72%) PHP Developer
11 32 (4.95%) C# Developer
12 31 (4.79%) Designer
13 23 (3.55%) Software Developer
14 21 (3.25%) React Developer
14 21 (3.25%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (2.94%) SQL Developer
16 17 (2.63%) Graduate C# Developer
17 16 (2.47%) Graduate PHP Developer
17 16 (2.47%) Graduate SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 585 (90.42%) HTML
2 387 (59.81%) React
3 258 (39.88%) Spring
4 257 (39.72%) Redux
5 256 (39.57%) Spring Boot
6 253 (39.10%) Kafka
7 248 (38.33%) JPA
8 165 (25.50%) HTML5
9 164 (25.35%) RESTful
10 163 (25.19%) Hibernate
11 160 (24.73%) CSS3
12 144 (22.26%) .NET
13 143 (22.10%) REST
14 129 (19.94%) Jest
15 116 (17.93%) Sass
16 102 (15.77%) ASP.NET
17 74 (11.44%) jQuery
18 55 (8.50%) AngularJS
19 54 (8.35%) JSON
20 51 (7.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 265 (40.96%) Product Ownership
2 248 (38.33%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (2.94%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.01%) Motion Graphics
5 12 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.24%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.08%) Digital TV
10 6 (0.93%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.93%) Social Media
11 5 (0.77%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.77%) Digital Media
11 5 (0.77%) Online Games
12 4 (0.62%) Animation
12 4 (0.62%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.62%) Graphic Design
12 4 (0.62%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.62%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.55%) Linux
2 9 (1.39%) Windows
3 6 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.46%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.46%) Unix
5 2 (0.31%) Solaris
6 1 (0.15%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) CentOS
6 1 (0.15%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (68.93%) Agile
2 353 (54.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 339 (52.40%) Front End Development
4 315 (48.69%) DevOps
5 301 (46.52%) Microservices
6 296 (45.75%) Software Engineering
7 294 (45.44%) CI/CD
8 290 (44.82%) Test Automation
9 281 (43.43%) Performance Optimisation
10 268 (41.42%) SDLC
11 267 (41.27%) Containerisation
12 211 (32.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 193 (29.83%) User Experience
14 191 (29.52%) Clean Code
15 186 (28.75%) TDD
16 134 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
17 133 (20.56%) Mentoring
18 118 (18.24%) Responsive Web Design
19 106 (16.38%) MVC
20 99 (15.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 542 (83.77%) JavaScript
2 369 (57.03%) SQL
3 315 (48.69%) Java
4 192 (29.68%) TypeScript
5 157 (24.27%) C#
6 90 (13.91%) PHP
7 44 (6.80%) C++
8 31 (4.79%) Python
9 19 (2.94%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.93%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.93%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.77%) Ruby
12 4 (0.62%) VBA
13 3 (0.46%) Bash
13 3 (0.46%) Go
13 3 (0.46%) R
13 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.46%) VB
14 2 (0.31%) C
14 2 (0.31%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 98 (15.15%) Degree
2 71 (10.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (2.16%) SC Cleared
3 14 (2.16%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.31%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.31%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.15%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (44.36%) QA
2 149 (23.03%) Accessibility
3 23 (3.55%) GDPR
4 20 (3.09%) WCAG
5 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.15%) MiFID
6 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 293 (45.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 259 (40.03%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.39%) Terraform
3 3 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 247 (38.18%) Solace
2 64 (9.89%) Microsoft
3 40 (6.18%) Adobe
4 27 (4.17%) Google
5 14 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.55%) Rollbar
8 8 (1.24%) Apple
9 6 (0.93%) Ahrefs
9 6 (0.93%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.77%) Sage
11 4 (0.62%) Dell
11 4 (0.62%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.62%) WooCommerce
12 3 (0.46%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.46%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.46%) Netlify
12 3 (0.46%) Oracle
13 2 (0.31%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.31%) Sybase