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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 86 69
Rank change year-on-year -40 -17 -16
Permanent jobs citing CSS 507 642 929
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.07% 3.95% 3.97%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.26% 16.63% 13.68%
Number of salaries quoted 443 327 576
10th Percentile £31,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,642
Median % change year-on-year - +2.53% -6.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,149 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -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 4,502 3,861 6,792
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.40% 23.73% 29.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 2,562 4,814
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

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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 20 September 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 38 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.96%) WordPress
3 14 (2.76%) IIS
4 8 (1.58%) CMS
4 8 (1.58%) Confluence
5 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.18%) Moodle
6 4 (0.79%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.20%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (2.17%) Photoshop
2 10 (1.97%) Adobe After Effects
2 10 (1.97%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (1.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (1.58%) InDesign
5 6 (1.18%) Adobe XD
5 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.39%) Elementor
7 1 (0.20%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (0.99%) Shopify
2 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.39%) Magento
2 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 234 (46.15%) Azure
2 103 (20.32%) GitHub
3 102 (20.12%) AWS
4 89 (17.55%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (14.79%) GitHub Copilot
6 70 (13.81%) Azure AI
7 44 (8.68%) Power Platform
8 41 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (7.69%) Power Automate
9 39 (7.69%) PowerApps
10 30 (5.92%) SaaS
11 27 (5.33%) Figma
12 22 (4.34%) Google Analytics
13 20 (3.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 18 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 17 (3.35%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (3.16%) Serverless
17 15 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (2.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.75%) Internet
2 5 (0.99%) Intranet
3 3 (0.59%) SMS
4 2 (0.39%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) SSL
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.20%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (32.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 133 (26.23%) MongoDB
3 70 (13.81%) SQL Server
4 60 (11.83%) MySQL
5 49 (9.66%) Relational Database
6 43 (8.48%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (6.31%) Power BI
8 31 (6.11%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (2.37%) Metadata
10 11 (2.17%) NonStop SQL
10 11 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.59%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.39%) GIS
13 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.39%) Power Query
14 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
14 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (13.41%) Git
2 19 (3.75%) JIRA
3 9 (1.78%) Storybook
4 8 (1.58%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.18%) Axure RP
5 6 (1.18%) Balsamiq
5 6 (1.18%) GitLab
6 5 (0.99%) Vite
7 4 (0.79%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.79%) Postman
7 4 (0.79%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.59%) webpack
9 2 (0.39%) Babel
9 2 (0.39%) Bower
9 2 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.39%) ESLint
10 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.20%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 115 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.43%) Marketing
3 58 (11.44%) Finance
4 55 (10.85%) Advertising
5 46 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
7 38 (7.50%) Public Sector
8 33 (6.51%) Law
9 19 (3.75%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (3.55%) Games
11 14 (2.76%) Legal
12 13 (2.56%) Multimedia
13 9 (1.78%) Local Government
14 8 (1.58%) Health Technology
15 6 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.18%) Publishing
16 2 (0.39%) Legal Technology
16 2 (0.39%) Tech for Good
17 1 (0.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 365 (71.99%) Developer
2 180 (35.50%) .NET Developer
3 86 (16.96%) Senior
4 68 (13.41%) Senior Developer
5 51 (10.06%) Software Engineer
6 46 (9.07%) C# Developer
7 38 (7.50%) C# Software Developer
8 36 (7.10%) PHP Developer
9 35 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
10 34 (6.71%) Software Developer
11 25 (4.93%) .NET Software Developer
11 25 (4.93%) C# Software Engineer
12 24 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
13 21 (4.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 21 (4.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 21 (4.14%) Graduate
14 20 (3.94%) .NET Software Engineer
14 20 (3.94%) Designer
14 20 (3.94%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 19 (3.75%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 455 (89.74%) HTML
2 242 (47.73%) .NET
3 187 (36.88%) .NET Core
4 163 (32.15%) ASP.NET
5 153 (30.18%) ASP.NET Core
6 95 (18.74%) Entity Framework
6 95 (18.74%) React
7 70 (13.81%) ML.NET
8 65 (12.82%) Node.js
9 52 (10.26%) jQuery
9 52 (10.26%) Vue
10 44 (8.68%) HTML5
11 39 (7.69%) JSON
12 35 (6.90%) .NET Framework
13 34 (6.71%) CSS3
13 34 (6.71%) RESTful
14 33 (6.51%) HTML5 Canvas
15 32 (6.31%) LINQ
16 31 (6.11%) REST
17 30 (5.92%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.68%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (3.75%) Digital TV
4 14 (2.76%) Algorithms
4 14 (2.76%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.76%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.17%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.97%) Graphic Design
7 10 (1.97%) Social Media
8 8 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.38%) Blog
10 6 (1.18%) Animation
10 6 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.18%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.18%) Learning Management System
11 5 (0.99%) NHS
11 5 (0.99%) SCORM
11 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.13%) Windows
2 22 (4.34%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.94%) Linux
4 6 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.99%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (46.15%) Full-Stack Development
2 217 (42.80%) CI/CD
3 203 (40.04%) Agile
4 136 (26.82%) AI
5 118 (23.27%) DevOps
6 93 (18.34%) Machine Learning
7 91 (17.95%) User Experience
8 87 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (15.78%) OO
10 78 (15.38%) Software Engineering
11 73 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
12 62 (12.23%) Mentoring
13 44 (8.68%) Front End Development
14 43 (8.48%) Web Development
15 42 (8.28%) Analytics
16 41 (8.09%) SDLC
17 39 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
18 38 (7.50%) Clean Code
18 38 (7.50%) OOP
18 38 (7.50%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 287 (56.61%) SQL
2 280 (55.23%) C#
3 216 (42.60%) JavaScript
4 80 (15.78%) TypeScript
5 62 (12.23%) PHP
6 32 (6.31%) Java
7 30 (5.92%) Python
8 24 (4.73%) PowerShell
9 18 (3.55%) C++
10 11 (2.17%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.78%) Ruby
12 6 (1.18%) VBA
12 6 (1.18%) VBScript
13 5 (0.99%) Dart
13 5 (0.99%) Go
14 3 (0.59%) Perl
15 2 (0.39%) C
15 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 58 (11.44%) Degree
2 33 (6.51%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.58%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.39%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.79%) Accessibility
2 44 (8.68%) WCAG
3 20 (3.94%) GDPR
4 19 (3.75%) QA
5 10 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.58%) SLA
7 7 (1.38%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.79%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.39%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) PERC
System Software
1 104 (20.51%) Docker
2 9 (1.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 78 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.59%) Plesk
4 1 (0.20%) Argo
4 1 (0.20%) Consul
Vendors
1 237 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.89%) Facebook
3 38 (7.50%) Adobe
4 27 (5.33%) Google
5 21 (4.14%) YouTube
6 9 (1.78%) Oracle
7 6 (1.18%) iManage
8 5 (0.99%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.59%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.39%) Foundry
11 2 (0.39%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.39%) Sage
11 2 (0.39%) Sony
12 1 (0.20%) Braze
12 1 (0.20%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.20%) Optimizely