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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 53 52
Rank change year-on-year -80 -1 -5
Permanent jobs citing CSS 309 850 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 5.27% 5.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.02% 16.85% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 244 511 1,310
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,625 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -4.35%

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 2,803 5,045 8,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.76% 31.26% 30.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,115 3,226 7,059
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £66,350 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% +7.89% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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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 1 February 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 21 (6.80%) CMS
2 7 (2.27%) Confluence
3 6 (1.94%) nginx
3 6 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.94%) WordPress
4 4 (1.29%) Drupal
5 3 (0.97%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.65%) Mendix
6 2 (0.65%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.32%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.32%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 14 (4.53%) Adobe XD
2 8 (2.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (2.59%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (2.59%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.94%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (0.97%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.97%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) InVision
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (4.21%) Shopify
2 9 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.32%) Magento
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 118 (38.19%) Azure
2 67 (21.68%) AWS
3 58 (18.77%) GitHub
4 34 (11.00%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (9.71%) SaaS
6 27 (8.74%) Serverless
7 23 (7.44%) Figma
8 19 (6.15%) GCP
9 16 (5.18%) Google Analytics
10 13 (4.21%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.91%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.59%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.59%) PowerApps
13 7 (2.27%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.97%) HTTP
2 2 (0.65%) Intranet
3 1 (0.32%) AMQP
3 1 (0.32%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (21.04%) MySQL
2 62 (20.06%) SQL Server
3 26 (8.41%) Relational Database
4 23 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.53%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.24%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.27%) Power BI
9 5 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.62%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.97%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.97%) GIS
11 3 (0.97%) Looker
11 3 (0.97%) Metadata
12 2 (0.65%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.65%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.65%) Redis
13 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 73 (23.62%) Git
2 13 (4.21%) Axure RP
2 13 (4.21%) JIRA
3 11 (3.56%) Balsamiq
3 11 (3.56%) webpack
4 10 (3.24%) Cypress.io
4 10 (3.24%) Vite
5 8 (2.59%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.62%) Babel
6 5 (1.62%) git-flow
6 5 (1.62%) GitLab
7 4 (1.29%) Storybook
8 3 (0.97%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.97%) ESLint
8 3 (0.97%) Maven
8 3 (0.97%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.65%) JMeter
9 2 (0.65%) Postman
9 2 (0.65%) Selenium
9 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 100 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 46 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (11.97%) Law
4 35 (11.33%) Finance
5 27 (8.74%) Marketing
6 26 (8.41%) Public Sector
7 22 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.24%) Retail
9 8 (2.59%) Legal
10 6 (1.94%) Banking
11 5 (1.62%) Games
11 5 (1.62%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Advertising
13 2 (0.65%) Front Office
13 2 (0.65%) Local Government
13 2 (0.65%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.32%) Automotive
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 205 (66.34%) Developer
2 56 (18.12%) Senior
3 42 (13.59%) Senior Developer
4 35 (11.33%) PHP Developer
5 29 (9.39%) Full-Stack Developer
6 28 (9.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 27 (8.74%) .NET Developer
7 27 (8.74%) Graduate
7 27 (8.74%) Graduate Developer
8 25 (8.09%) Software Developer
9 20 (6.47%) C# Developer
10 19 (6.15%) Azure Developer
10 19 (6.15%) Designer
10 19 (6.15%) Software Engineer
11 18 (5.83%) Lead
12 17 (5.50%) SQL Developer
12 17 (5.50%) Support Engineer
13 16 (5.18%) Customer Engineer
13 16 (5.18%) Customer Support Engineer
13 16 (5.18%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (80.91%) HTML
2 116 (37.54%) React
3 95 (30.74%) .NET
4 45 (14.56%) ASP.NET
5 44 (14.24%) jQuery
6 37 (11.97%) Vue
7 35 (11.33%) Node.js
8 34 (11.00%) HTML5
9 32 (10.36%) CSS3
10 31 (10.03%) Laravel
10 31 (10.03%) REST
11 30 (9.71%) .NET Core
12 29 (9.39%) AngularJS
13 26 (8.41%) RESTful
14 22 (7.12%) Sass
15 18 (5.83%) React Native
16 17 (5.50%) Bootstrap
17 16 (5.18%) JSON
18 15 (4.85%) ASP.NET Core
18 15 (4.85%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.00%) Product Ownership
2 23 (7.44%) Mobile App
3 15 (4.85%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.85%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.91%) Low-Code
5 8 (2.59%) Motion Graphics
6 6 (1.94%) Digital TV
6 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.62%) Animation
7 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.62%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.62%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.29%) CMDB
8 4 (1.29%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.29%) PKI
8 4 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.97%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.94%) Linux
2 3 (0.97%) Windows
3 2 (0.65%) Solaris
3 2 (0.65%) Unix
3 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (55.34%) Agile
2 84 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (25.24%) Front End Development
4 71 (22.98%) Full-Stack Development
4 71 (22.98%) User Experience
5 69 (22.33%) DevOps
6 66 (21.36%) MVC
7 65 (21.04%) CI/CD
8 56 (18.12%) Mentoring
9 50 (16.18%) Computer Science
10 47 (15.21%) OOP
11 39 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (12.62%) OO
12 38 (12.30%) Software Engineering
13 36 (11.65%) Clean Code
14 35 (11.33%) API Integration
15 33 (10.68%) Web Development
15 33 (10.68%) Wireframes
16 31 (10.03%) Analytics
17 27 (8.74%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 200 (64.72%) JavaScript
2 87 (28.16%) C#
3 86 (27.83%) SQL
4 66 (21.36%) TypeScript
5 65 (21.04%) PHP
6 40 (12.94%) Java
7 26 (8.41%) C++
7 26 (8.41%) Python
8 7 (2.27%) Ruby
9 4 (1.29%) Bash
9 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.97%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.97%) VB
11 2 (0.65%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.65%) SOQL
11 2 (0.65%) SOSL
12 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (25.57%) Degree
2 49 (15.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 27 (8.74%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.94%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (16.50%) Accessibility
2 25 (8.09%) QA
3 24 (7.77%) WCAG
4 5 (1.62%) GDPR
5 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) HL7
6 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (10.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.21%) Terraform
2 10 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.97%) cPanel
3 3 (0.97%) Plesk
4 2 (0.65%) Argo
Vendors
1 48 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.44%) Google
3 22 (7.12%) Adobe
4 14 (4.53%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.21%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.29%) Ahrefs
6 4 (1.29%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.97%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.97%) Oracle
7 3 (0.97%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (0.97%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.65%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.65%) ESRI
8 2 (0.65%) iManage
8 2 (0.65%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.32%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.32%) Instagram
9 1 (0.32%) TikTok
9 1 (0.32%) Zend