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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 56 55
Rank change year-on-year -58 -1 -24
Permanent jobs citing CSS 349 898 1,042
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.27% 5.10% 5.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.65% 16.58% 17.22%
Number of salaries quoted 274 564 935
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,875 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +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 2,759 5,416 6,051
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.97% 30.77% 30.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,207 3,578 5,136
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,750 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,500 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year +3.85% -0.10% +0.10%

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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 17 December 2025.

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 26 (7.45%) CMS
2 12 (3.44%) WordPress
3 8 (2.29%) Headless CMS
4 7 (2.01%) Confluence
5 5 (1.43%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.15%) Drupal
6 4 (1.15%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.86%) nginx
8 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.57%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.57%) Mendix
9 1 (0.29%) Apache
9 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.29%) IIS
9 1 (0.29%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.29%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 13 (3.72%) Adobe XD
2 12 (3.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (2.29%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (1.15%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.86%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.86%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.86%) Sketch
7 1 (0.29%) InVision
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.87%) Shopify
2 9 (2.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 130 (37.25%) Azure
2 67 (19.20%) AWS
3 44 (12.61%) GitHub
4 34 (9.74%) Serverless
5 32 (9.17%) Figma
6 29 (8.31%) SaaS
7 28 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (7.16%) Google Analytics
9 18 (5.16%) GCP
10 15 (4.30%) Amazon S3
11 14 (4.01%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (4.01%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (3.15%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.58%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.58%) Vercel
14 8 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.29%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) HTTP
2 2 (0.57%) Intranet
3 1 (0.29%) AMQP
3 1 (0.29%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (21.78%) MySQL
2 75 (21.49%) SQL Server
3 27 (7.74%) Relational Database
4 24 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (6.30%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.58%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.43%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.43%) Power BI
8 5 (1.43%) Redis
9 4 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.15%) Metadata
10 3 (0.86%) GIS
10 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.57%) Looker
12 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 76 (21.78%) Git
2 18 (5.16%) Cypress.io
3 17 (4.87%) webpack
4 12 (3.44%) Axure RP
4 12 (3.44%) JIRA
5 11 (3.15%) Babel
6 10 (2.87%) Balsamiq
7 7 (2.01%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.72%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.72%) Vite
9 5 (1.43%) git-flow
9 5 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (1.15%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.15%) Storybook
11 3 (0.86%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.86%) GitLab
11 3 (0.86%) JMeter
11 3 (0.86%) Postman
11 3 (0.86%) Selenium
11 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 119 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.47%) Law
3 45 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (12.89%) Finance
4 38 (10.89%) Marketing
5 26 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.58%) Retail
8 7 (2.01%) Banking
8 7 (2.01%) Games
9 6 (1.72%) Legal
10 5 (1.43%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.86%) Advertising
11 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Front Office
12 2 (0.57%) Local Government
12 2 (0.57%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.57%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 232 (66.48%) Developer
2 64 (18.34%) Senior
3 49 (14.04%) Senior Developer
4 38 (10.89%) Full-Stack Developer
5 35 (10.03%) Graduate
5 35 (10.03%) Graduate Developer
5 35 (10.03%) PHP Developer
6 31 (8.88%) .NET Developer
6 31 (8.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 30 (8.60%) Software Developer
8 23 (6.59%) C# Developer
8 23 (6.59%) IT Graduate
9 22 (6.30%) Designer
10 21 (6.02%) React Developer
10 21 (6.02%) Software Engineer
11 18 (5.16%) Azure Developer
12 17 (4.87%) SQL Developer
13 16 (4.58%) Lead
14 15 (4.30%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 15 (4.30%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (81.66%) HTML
2 127 (36.39%) React
3 110 (31.52%) .NET
4 56 (16.05%) ASP.NET
5 51 (14.61%) jQuery
6 45 (12.89%) Node.js
7 44 (12.61%) RESTful
8 43 (12.32%) HTML5
9 39 (11.17%) AngularJS
9 39 (11.17%) CSS3
10 37 (10.60%) .NET Core
11 36 (10.32%) Vue
12 32 (9.17%) REST
13 30 (8.60%) Laravel
14 28 (8.02%) JSON
15 25 (7.16%) GraphQL
15 25 (7.16%) Sass
16 23 (6.59%) XML
17 20 (5.73%) .NET Framework
17 20 (5.73%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.02%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.16%) Mobile App
3 17 (4.87%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.01%) Data Structures
5 12 (3.44%) Motion Graphics
6 10 (2.87%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.58%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.01%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.01%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.72%) Digital TV
9 6 (1.72%) Social Media
10 5 (1.43%) Animation
11 4 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.15%) CMDB
11 4 (1.15%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.15%) PKI
12 3 (0.86%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.15%) Linux
2 3 (0.86%) Windows
3 2 (0.57%) Solaris
3 2 (0.57%) Unix
3 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (53.87%) Agile
2 109 (31.23%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (27.22%) Full-Stack Development
4 85 (24.36%) MVC
5 84 (24.07%) User Experience
6 81 (23.21%) Front End Development
7 63 (18.05%) DevOps
8 60 (17.19%) CI/CD
9 59 (16.91%) Computer Science
10 54 (15.47%) OOP
11 52 (14.90%) Mentoring
12 49 (14.04%) OO
13 42 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (11.46%) Clean Code
15 38 (10.89%) Analytics
15 38 (10.89%) Software Engineering
16 37 (10.60%) UX Design
17 34 (9.74%) Microservices
17 34 (9.74%) Web Development
18 29 (8.31%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 240 (68.77%) JavaScript
2 107 (30.66%) C#
3 92 (26.36%) SQL
4 84 (24.07%) TypeScript
5 71 (20.34%) PHP
6 48 (13.75%) Java
7 33 (9.46%) C++
8 29 (8.31%) Python
9 7 (2.01%) Ruby
10 3 (0.86%) Go
10 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.86%) VB
11 1 (0.29%) Bash
11 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.29%) Perl
11 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 92 (26.36%) Degree
2 57 (16.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (7.16%) Security Cleared
4 24 (6.88%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.43%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (19.77%) Accessibility
2 34 (9.74%) QA
3 24 (6.88%) WCAG
4 7 (2.01%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.29%) HL7
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (8.88%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (3.44%) Terraform
2 6 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.86%) cPanel
3 3 (0.86%) Plesk
4 2 (0.57%) Argo
Vendors
1 47 (13.47%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.74%) Adobe
3 23 (6.59%) Google
4 21 (6.02%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.29%) Apple
7 7 (2.01%) Ahrefs
8 3 (0.86%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.86%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.86%) Oracle
8 3 (0.86%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.57%) ESRI
9 2 (0.57%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.57%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.57%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.57%) Samsung
9 2 (0.57%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.29%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.29%) WooCommerce