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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 66 55
Rank change year-on-year -77 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 331 593 1,519
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.82% 4.39% 4.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.40% 14.97% 17.82%
Number of salaries quoted 273 477 1,366
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,900 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -3.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,253 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.92% +5.71% -8.70%

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 3,183 3,961 8,526
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.53% 29.33% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,283 3,206 7,475
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,253 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 28 April 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 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.93%) CMS
3 4 (1.21%) Confluence
3 4 (1.21%) Drupal
3 4 (1.21%) IIS
3 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.21%) nginx
4 3 (0.91%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.60%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (4.53%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.51%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.91%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.60%) Sketch
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.30%) InVision
6 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.02%) Shopify
2 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.60%) Magento
3 2 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.30%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (37.46%) Azure
2 101 (30.51%) AWS
3 52 (15.71%) GitHub
4 44 (13.29%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (10.57%) Power Platform
6 34 (10.27%) SaaS
7 29 (8.76%) PowerApps
8 28 (8.46%) Power Automate
9 23 (6.95%) Azure Logic Apps
9 23 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (6.34%) Google Analytics
11 20 (6.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (5.74%) Figma
13 18 (5.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 18 (5.44%) OneDrive
14 16 (4.83%) GCP
14 16 (4.83%) Serverless
15 10 (3.02%) Entra ID
15 10 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.72%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.51%) Intranet
2 2 (0.60%) HTTP
3 1 (0.30%) AMQP
3 1 (0.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (21.75%) SQL Server
2 55 (16.62%) MySQL
3 32 (9.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 32 (9.67%) Power BI
4 15 (4.53%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 10 (3.02%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (1.51%) Metadata
10 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.91%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.91%) Looker
11 3 (0.91%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.60%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.60%) Power Query
13 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 62 (18.73%) Git
2 15 (4.53%) JIRA
3 14 (4.23%) Axure RP
4 13 (3.93%) Balsamiq
5 10 (3.02%) Cypress.io
5 10 (3.02%) webpack
6 8 (2.42%) Vite
7 7 (2.11%) Storybook
8 5 (1.51%) Babel
8 5 (1.51%) Jenkins
9 4 (1.21%) GitLab
10 3 (0.91%) ESLint
11 2 (0.60%) Maven
11 2 (0.60%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.30%) Moq
12 1 (0.30%) MSTest
12 1 (0.30%) NUnit
12 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 101 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (13.60%) Finance
4 42 (12.69%) Law
5 26 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (6.65%) Public Sector
7 21 (6.34%) Marketing
8 17 (5.14%) Legal
9 6 (1.81%) Advertising
9 6 (1.81%) Games
9 6 (1.81%) Health Technology
9 6 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.21%) Retail
11 3 (0.91%) Banking
12 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Back Office
13 1 (0.30%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.30%) Military
13 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 227 (68.58%) Developer
2 53 (16.01%) Senior
3 47 (14.20%) C# Developer
3 47 (14.20%) PHP Developer
4 46 (13.90%) C# Software Developer
5 42 (12.69%) .NET Developer
5 42 (12.69%) Software Developer
6 41 (12.39%) Senior Developer
7 39 (11.78%) Full-Stack Developer
8 31 (9.37%) Graduate
9 30 (9.06%) Graduate Developer
10 29 (8.76%) Graduate C# Developer
10 29 (8.76%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 29 (8.76%) Graduate Software Developer
10 29 (8.76%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 29 (8.76%) SQL Developer
11 27 (8.16%) Azure Developer
12 26 (7.85%) Software Engineer
13 24 (7.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 22 (6.65%) Graduate PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (83.99%) HTML
2 110 (33.23%) .NET
3 109 (32.93%) React
4 53 (16.01%) jQuery
5 47 (14.20%) Vue
6 41 (12.39%) .NET Core
7 40 (12.08%) HTML5
8 39 (11.78%) JSON
9 31 (9.37%) CSS3
9 31 (9.37%) Laravel
10 30 (9.06%) AngularJS
11 28 (8.46%) RESTful
12 27 (8.16%) Node.js
13 26 (7.85%) ASP.NET
14 25 (7.55%) React Native
15 23 (6.95%) HTML5 Canvas
16 21 (6.34%) Microsoft Graph
16 21 (6.34%) SPFx
17 20 (6.04%) REST
18 18 (5.44%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.46%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.34%) Mobile App
3 18 (5.44%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (4.23%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.42%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.11%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.11%) Podcast
8 5 (1.51%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.51%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.21%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.91%) Digital TV
10 3 (0.91%) Social Media
11 2 (0.60%) CMDB
11 2 (0.60%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.02%) Linux
2 5 (1.51%) Windows
2 5 (1.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (44.71%) Agile
2 94 (28.40%) Full-Stack Development
3 78 (23.56%) User Experience
4 77 (23.26%) CI/CD
5 73 (22.05%) DevOps
6 68 (20.54%) Front End Development
7 57 (17.22%) Mentoring
8 52 (15.71%) Computer Science
8 52 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (15.11%) MVC
10 49 (14.80%) Software Engineering
11 46 (13.90%) AI
11 46 (13.90%) Clean Code
12 43 (12.99%) OOP
13 42 (12.69%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (12.08%) Analytics
15 39 (11.78%) OO
16 35 (10.57%) Microservices
16 35 (10.57%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 189 (57.10%) JavaScript
2 146 (44.11%) SQL
3 123 (37.16%) C#
4 81 (24.47%) TypeScript
5 72 (21.75%) PHP
6 43 (12.99%) Java
7 29 (8.76%) C++
8 28 (8.46%) Python
9 25 (7.55%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.51%) Bash
11 5 (1.51%) Dart
12 4 (1.21%) VBA
12 4 (1.21%) VBScript
13 3 (0.91%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.91%) VB
14 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.60%) SOQL
14 2 (0.60%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 71 (21.45%) Degree
2 46 (13.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (8.76%) Security Cleared
4 28 (8.46%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.90%) Accessibility
2 20 (6.04%) WCAG
3 12 (3.63%) QA
4 11 (3.32%) SLA
5 10 (3.02%) GDPR
6 7 (2.11%) GRC
6 7 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.21%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.91%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.30%) HL7
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (8.76%) Docker
2 7 (2.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (3.02%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.72%) Terraform
3 3 (0.91%) Plesk
4 2 (0.60%) Argo
4 2 (0.60%) cPanel
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
Vendors
1 88 (26.59%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.88%) Adobe
3 26 (7.85%) Google
4 10 (3.02%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.81%) iManage
7 4 (1.21%) Hotjar
8 3 (0.91%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.60%) Facebook
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle
9 2 (0.60%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.60%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.30%) Apple
10 1 (0.30%) DoubleClick
10 1 (0.30%) New Relic
10 1 (0.30%) Pardot
10 1 (0.30%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.30%) Splunk
10 1 (0.30%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.30%) Zend