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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 67 54
Rank change year-on-year -58 -13 -2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 374 734 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 5.03% 4.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.07% 17.26% 17.38%
Number of salaries quoted 320 385 1,351
10th Percentile £30,575 £25,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,954 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,203 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +7.62% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,850 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £48,676 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.85% +7.62% -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 3,379 4,252 8,630
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.86% 29.13% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 2,825 7,554
10th Percentile £41,925 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,247 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,258 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +8.33% -8.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,235 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.86% +10.39% -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 24 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 28 (7.49%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.48%) CMS
3 7 (1.87%) Confluence
4 6 (1.60%) IIS
4 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.07%) Drupal
6 3 (0.80%) nginx
7 2 (0.53%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.27%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.67%) Adobe XD
2 9 (2.41%) Photoshop
3 8 (2.14%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (1.34%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (1.34%) InDesign
7 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) InVision
7 1 (0.27%) Sketch
7 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.94%) Shopify
2 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.27%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.27%) Magento
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 158 (42.25%) Azure
2 103 (27.54%) AWS
3 71 (18.98%) GitHub
4 65 (17.38%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (9.63%) Power Platform
6 35 (9.36%) SaaS
7 28 (7.49%) Power Automate
7 28 (7.49%) PowerApps
8 27 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (6.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 22 (5.88%) Azure AI
10 22 (5.88%) GitHub Copilot
11 21 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
12 20 (5.35%) Figma
13 19 (5.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 19 (5.08%) OneDrive
14 17 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (4.55%) Google Analytics
15 13 (3.48%) Serverless
16 12 (3.21%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.34%) Internet
2 3 (0.80%) Intranet
3 2 (0.53%) HTTP
4 1 (0.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (19.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 70 (18.72%) SQL Server
3 52 (13.90%) MySQL
4 47 (12.57%) MongoDB
5 32 (8.56%) Power BI
6 24 (6.42%) Relational Database
7 20 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.74%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.41%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.34%) MariaDB
12 4 (1.07%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.07%) Metadata
12 4 (1.07%) NonStop SQL
13 3 (0.80%) FileMaker
13 3 (0.80%) GIS
13 3 (0.80%) Looker
14 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 69 (18.45%) Git
2 19 (5.08%) JIRA
3 11 (2.94%) Cypress.io
4 10 (2.67%) Axure RP
5 9 (2.41%) Balsamiq
6 8 (2.14%) webpack
7 7 (1.87%) Storybook
7 7 (1.87%) Vite
8 3 (0.80%) Babel
8 3 (0.80%) ESLint
8 3 (0.80%) GitLab
8 3 (0.80%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.53%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.53%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.53%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.27%) Ant
10 1 (0.27%) Maven
10 1 (0.27%) NUnit
10 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 114 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (12.83%) Finance
4 33 (8.82%) Law
5 32 (8.56%) Marketing
6 26 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.35%) Public Sector
8 17 (4.55%) Advertising
9 16 (4.28%) Legal
10 14 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.21%) Games
12 6 (1.60%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.34%) Local Government
13 5 (1.34%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.80%) Retail
15 2 (0.53%) Tech for Good
16 1 (0.27%) Back Office
16 1 (0.27%) Banking
16 1 (0.27%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 269 (71.93%) Developer
2 90 (24.06%) .NET Developer
3 53 (14.17%) Senior
4 52 (13.90%) C# Developer
5 51 (13.64%) C# Software Developer
6 44 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 41 (10.96%) Senior Developer
8 38 (10.16%) PHP Developer
9 37 (9.89%) Software Developer
9 37 (9.89%) Software Engineer
10 30 (8.02%) Graduate
11 27 (7.22%) Graduate Developer
12 26 (6.95%) .NET Software Developer
12 26 (6.95%) Graduate C# Developer
12 26 (6.95%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 26 (6.95%) Graduate Software Developer
12 26 (6.95%) Graduate SQL Developer
12 26 (6.95%) SQL Developer
13 25 (6.68%) C# .NET Developer
13 25 (6.68%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 322 (86.10%) HTML
2 153 (40.91%) .NET
3 96 (25.67%) React
4 81 (21.66%) .NET Core
5 67 (17.91%) ASP.NET
6 60 (16.04%) ASP.NET Core
7 58 (15.51%) jQuery
8 57 (15.24%) Vue
9 46 (12.30%) HTML5
10 37 (9.89%) JSON
11 36 (9.63%) RESTful
12 35 (9.36%) Entity Framework
13 32 (8.56%) AngularJS
14 31 (8.29%) CSS3
14 31 (8.29%) Node.js
15 26 (6.95%) Laravel
15 26 (6.95%) REST
16 24 (6.42%) HTML5 Canvas
17 23 (6.15%) React Native
18 22 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.35%) Greenfield Project
1 20 (5.35%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.08%) Mobile App
2 19 (5.08%) Virtual Team
3 14 (3.74%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.41%) Digital TV
5 9 (2.41%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.87%) Culture of Ownership
6 7 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.87%) Podcast
6 7 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.87%) Social Media
7 5 (1.34%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.34%) Graphic Design
8 4 (1.07%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.07%) Blog
8 4 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.80%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.01%) Linux
2 9 (2.41%) Windows
2 9 (2.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (40.91%) Agile
2 144 (38.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 120 (32.09%) CI/CD
4 85 (22.73%) DevOps
4 85 (22.73%) User Experience
5 72 (19.25%) AI
6 64 (17.11%) Front End Development
7 62 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (15.78%) Software Engineering
9 55 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (13.37%) OO
11 49 (13.10%) Clean Code
11 49 (13.10%) Computer Science
12 48 (12.83%) Machine Learning
12 48 (12.83%) Mentoring
13 42 (11.23%) Analytics
14 41 (10.96%) SDLC
15 40 (10.70%) Microservices
15 40 (10.70%) MVC
16 38 (10.16%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 198 (52.94%) SQL
2 183 (48.93%) JavaScript
3 168 (44.92%) C#
4 76 (20.32%) TypeScript
5 68 (18.18%) PHP
6 40 (10.70%) Java
7 30 (8.02%) Python
8 28 (7.49%) PowerShell
9 26 (6.95%) C++
10 8 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.60%) VBA
11 6 (1.60%) VBScript
12 5 (1.34%) Dart
13 4 (1.07%) Bash
14 3 (0.80%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.80%) Perl
14 3 (0.80%) VB
15 2 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.53%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 63 (16.84%) Degree
2 41 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (5.35%) Security Cleared
4 19 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 19 (5.08%) WCAG
3 11 (2.94%) SLA
4 10 (2.67%) GDPR
5 9 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.41%) QA
6 7 (1.87%) GRC
7 6 (1.60%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.07%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 48 (12.83%) Docker
2 9 (2.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.87%) Terraform
3 3 (0.80%) Plesk
4 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 128 (34.22%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.89%) Adobe
3 22 (5.88%) Google
4 10 (2.67%) Facebook
4 10 (2.67%) Oracle
5 8 (2.14%) iManage
6 7 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.60%) YouTube
8 3 (0.80%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.53%) OneLogin
9 2 (0.53%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.27%) Apple
10 1 (0.27%) DoubleClick
10 1 (0.27%) New Relic
10 1 (0.27%) Pardot
10 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.27%) Splunk
10 1 (0.27%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.27%) Zend