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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 75 58
Rank change year-on-year -46 -17 -11
Permanent jobs citing CSS 492 758 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 4.60% 4.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.27% 17.74% 16.05%
Number of salaries quoted 444 426 1,061
10th Percentile £30,750 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -5.73%

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 4,009 4,273 7,986
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.72% 25.91% 25.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,028 2,914 6,683
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,209 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -7.79%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,037 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.04% +11.73% -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 17 July 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 34 (6.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.03%) CMS
3 8 (1.63%) IIS
4 7 (1.42%) Confluence
5 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.02%) WordPress
7 4 (0.81%) Apache
8 3 (0.61%) Drupal
9 2 (0.41%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.20%) ExpressionEngine
10 1 (0.20%) Moodle
10 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 9 (1.83%) Photoshop
2 8 (1.63%) Adobe After Effects
2 8 (1.63%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (1.63%) InDesign
3 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.02%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.41%) Elementor
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.63%) Shopify
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 262 (53.25%) Azure
2 124 (25.20%) AWS
3 107 (21.75%) GitHub
4 104 (21.14%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (15.04%) GitHub Copilot
6 73 (14.84%) Azure AI
7 42 (8.54%) Power Platform
8 36 (7.32%) SaaS
9 35 (7.11%) PowerApps
10 34 (6.91%) Power Automate
11 33 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (4.47%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (4.47%) Figma
13 21 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 20 (4.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 19 (3.86%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (3.86%) OneDrive
16 18 (3.66%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (3.46%) Google Analytics
18 14 (2.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.86%) Internet
2 5 (1.02%) Intranet
3 1 (0.20%) Broadband
3 1 (0.20%) SMS
3 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (35.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 139 (28.25%) MongoDB
3 77 (15.65%) SQL Server
4 60 (12.20%) MySQL
5 33 (6.71%) Power BI
6 32 (6.50%) Relational Database
7 31 (6.30%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (2.24%) NonStop SQL
9 11 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.83%) Metadata
11 8 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.02%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.41%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.41%) FileMaker
15 2 (0.41%) GIS
15 2 (0.41%) Looker
15 2 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 60 (12.20%) Git
2 20 (4.07%) JIRA
3 11 (2.24%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.42%) webpack
5 5 (1.02%) Axure RP
5 5 (1.02%) Balsamiq
5 5 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.02%) Storybook
6 4 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.81%) Vite
7 3 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.61%) Postman
8 2 (0.41%) Babel
8 2 (0.41%) Bower
8 2 (0.41%) GitLab
9 1 (0.20%) Ant
9 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.20%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 111 (22.56%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.01%) Finance
3 59 (11.99%) Advertising
4 55 (11.18%) Marketing
5 35 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (5.08%) Law
8 19 (3.86%) Games
9 17 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (3.25%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.05%) Legal
12 9 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.63%) Multimedia
14 7 (1.42%) Legal Technology
15 6 (1.22%) Health Technology
16 5 (1.02%) Local Government
17 2 (0.41%) Publishing
17 2 (0.41%) Retail
17 2 (0.41%) Tech for Good
18 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 366 (74.39%) Developer
2 190 (38.62%) .NET Developer
3 62 (12.60%) Senior
4 53 (10.77%) C# Developer
5 52 (10.57%) C# Software Developer
6 48 (9.76%) Senior Developer
7 44 (8.94%) Software Engineer
8 41 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 41 (8.33%) PHP Developer
9 40 (8.13%) Software Developer
10 34 (6.91%) Graduate
11 29 (5.89%) C# Software Engineer
12 27 (5.49%) Graduate Developer
13 26 (5.28%) .NET Software Developer
13 26 (5.28%) C# .NET Developer
13 26 (5.28%) Graduate C# Developer
13 26 (5.28%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 26 (5.28%) Graduate Software Developer
13 26 (5.28%) Graduate SQL Developer
13 26 (5.28%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 440 (89.43%) HTML
2 254 (51.63%) .NET
3 182 (36.99%) .NET Core
4 166 (33.74%) ASP.NET
5 159 (32.32%) ASP.NET Core
6 90 (18.29%) React
7 87 (17.68%) Entity Framework
8 73 (14.84%) ML.NET
9 66 (13.41%) jQuery
10 55 (11.18%) Vue
11 53 (10.77%) Node.js
12 43 (8.74%) HTML5
13 39 (7.93%) JSON
14 34 (6.91%) RESTful
15 32 (6.50%) HTML5 Canvas
15 32 (6.50%) LINQ
16 29 (5.89%) CSS3
16 29 (5.89%) Microsoft Graph
17 28 (5.69%) AngularJS
17 28 (5.69%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.13%) Greenfield Project
2 21 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.07%) Digital TV
4 18 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 14 (2.85%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.44%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.24%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.24%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.03%) Social Media
9 9 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.63%) Graphic Design
10 8 (1.63%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.42%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (1.42%) Podcast
12 6 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.81%) Blog
13 4 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.27%) Windows
2 19 (3.86%) Linux
3 17 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (51.02%) Full-Stack Development
2 221 (44.92%) CI/CD
3 202 (41.06%) Agile
4 143 (29.07%) AI
5 125 (25.41%) DevOps
6 104 (21.14%) Machine Learning
7 82 (16.67%) User Experience
8 74 (15.04%) OO
9 68 (13.82%) Software Engineering
10 66 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (11.18%) Computer Science
13 49 (9.96%) Front End Development
14 47 (9.55%) Analytics
14 47 (9.55%) MVC
15 45 (9.15%) Mentoring
16 43 (8.74%) OOP
17 42 (8.54%) Microservices
18 41 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
19 40 (8.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 312 (63.41%) SQL
2 289 (58.74%) C#
3 191 (38.82%) JavaScript
4 74 (15.04%) PHP
4 74 (15.04%) TypeScript
5 42 (8.54%) Java
6 30 (6.10%) C++
6 30 (6.10%) PowerShell
6 30 (6.10%) Python
7 11 (2.24%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.22%) VBA
8 6 (1.22%) VBScript
9 5 (1.02%) Dart
10 4 (0.81%) Ruby
11 3 (0.61%) Perl
12 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.20%) Bash
13 1 (0.20%) Go
13 1 (0.20%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 68 (13.82%) Degree
2 45 (9.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (2.85%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.64%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (9.15%) Accessibility
2 19 (3.86%) GDPR
3 18 (3.66%) WCAG
4 11 (2.24%) SLA
5 10 (2.03%) QA
6 9 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.42%) GRC
8 6 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) NIST
10 1 (0.20%) PERC
System Software
1 101 (20.53%) Docker
2 7 (1.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 80 (16.26%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.63%) Terraform
3 3 (0.61%) Plesk
4 1 (0.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 238 (48.37%) Microsoft
2 41 (8.33%) Facebook
3 34 (6.91%) Adobe
4 23 (4.67%) Google
5 21 (4.27%) YouTube
6 10 (2.03%) Oracle
7 7 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.22%) iManage
9 3 (0.61%) OneLogin
9 3 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.41%) Foundry
10 2 (0.41%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.41%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.41%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.20%) Apple
11 1 (0.20%) DoubleClick
11 1 (0.20%) New Relic
11 1 (0.20%) Pardot
11 1 (0.20%) Splunk
11 1 (0.20%) Xamarin