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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 78 64
Rank change year-on-year -43 -14 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 513 724 989
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 4.38% 4.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.45% 17.57% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 448 399 686
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% -6.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -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 4,481 4,121 6,881
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.21% 24.95% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,326 2,803 5,244
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,367 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +2.10% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +3.85% -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 31 August 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 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.14%) IIS
2 11 (2.14%) WordPress
3 8 (1.56%) CMS
3 8 (1.56%) Confluence
4 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.78%) Apache
5 4 (0.78%) Moodle
6 1 (0.19%) ExpressionEngine
6 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 9 (1.75%) Photoshop
2 8 (1.56%) Adobe After Effects
2 8 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (1.56%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.56%) InDesign
3 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.39%) Elementor
5 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (1.36%) Shopify
2 2 (0.39%) Magento
2 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 255 (49.71%) Azure
2 117 (22.81%) AWS
3 111 (21.64%) GitHub
4 98 (19.10%) Azure DevOps
5 79 (15.40%) GitHub Copilot
6 74 (14.42%) Azure AI
7 44 (8.58%) Power Platform
8 40 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
9 39 (7.60%) Power Automate
9 39 (7.60%) PowerApps
10 31 (6.04%) SaaS
11 29 (5.65%) Figma
12 22 (4.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 22 (4.29%) Google Analytics
13 21 (4.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 20 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
14 20 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (3.70%) OneDrive
16 17 (3.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 16 (3.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.70%) Internet
2 5 (0.97%) Intranet
3 3 (0.58%) SMS
4 2 (0.39%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.19%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (34.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 139 (27.10%) MongoDB
3 79 (15.40%) SQL Server
4 65 (12.67%) MySQL
5 46 (8.97%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (6.24%) Elasticsearch
8 31 (6.04%) Power BI
9 11 (2.14%) Metadata
9 11 (2.14%) NonStop SQL
9 11 (2.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 8 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.78%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.39%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.39%) GIS
13 2 (0.39%) Power Query
14 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
14 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 67 (13.06%) Git
2 21 (4.09%) JIRA
3 10 (1.95%) Cypress.io
4 9 (1.75%) Storybook
5 8 (1.56%) Axure RP
5 8 (1.56%) Balsamiq
6 4 (0.78%) GitLab
6 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.78%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.58%) Postman
7 3 (0.58%) Vite
7 3 (0.58%) webpack
8 2 (0.39%) Bower
8 2 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.19%) Ant
9 1 (0.19%) Babel
9 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.19%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.19%) Selenium
9 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 119 (23.20%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.28%) Finance
3 60 (11.70%) Marketing
4 59 (11.50%) Advertising
5 50 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (7.80%) Public Sector
8 39 (7.60%) Law
9 20 (3.90%) Games
10 19 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (3.51%) Legal
12 15 (2.92%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.14%) Multimedia
14 9 (1.75%) Local Government
15 8 (1.56%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.36%) Legal Technology
17 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.58%) Publishing
19 2 (0.39%) Retail
19 2 (0.39%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 376 (73.29%) Developer
2 183 (35.67%) .NET Developer
3 88 (17.15%) Senior
4 71 (13.84%) Senior Developer
5 54 (10.53%) C# Developer
6 48 (9.36%) Software Engineer
7 46 (8.97%) C# Software Developer
8 41 (7.99%) Software Developer
9 40 (7.80%) PHP Developer
10 35 (6.82%) Full-Stack Developer
11 29 (5.65%) Graduate
12 25 (4.87%) .NET Software Developer
12 25 (4.87%) C# Software Engineer
13 24 (4.68%) C# .NET Developer
14 22 (4.29%) Designer
14 22 (4.29%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 22 (4.29%) Graduate Developer
14 22 (4.29%) Graduate Software Developer
14 22 (4.29%) Graduate SQL Developer
14 22 (4.29%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 452 (88.11%) HTML
2 250 (48.73%) .NET
3 194 (37.82%) .NET Core
4 170 (33.14%) ASP.NET
5 160 (31.19%) ASP.NET Core
6 103 (20.08%) React
7 94 (18.32%) Entity Framework
8 74 (14.42%) ML.NET
9 65 (12.67%) Node.js
10 57 (11.11%) jQuery
11 50 (9.75%) Vue
12 42 (8.19%) HTML5
13 40 (7.80%) JSON
14 36 (7.02%) HTML5 Canvas
15 34 (6.63%) Microsoft Graph
16 32 (6.24%) CSS3
16 32 (6.24%) LINQ
17 31 (6.04%) .NET Framework
17 31 (6.04%) SPFx
18 30 (5.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.99%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (3.90%) Digital TV
4 19 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 16 (3.12%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.53%) Algorithms
7 12 (2.34%) Cloud Native
8 11 (2.14%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.95%) Social Media
10 9 (1.75%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.56%) Graphic Design
12 7 (1.36%) Blog
12 7 (1.36%) Culture of Ownership
12 7 (1.36%) Podcast
13 5 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.78%) CMDB
14 4 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.48%) Windows
2 20 (3.90%) Linux
3 19 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (47.95%) Full-Stack Development
2 231 (45.03%) CI/CD
3 223 (43.47%) Agile
4 141 (27.49%) AI
5 124 (24.17%) DevOps
6 101 (19.69%) Machine Learning
7 92 (17.93%) User Experience
8 85 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (16.37%) OO
10 81 (15.79%) Software Engineering
11 71 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (11.11%) Mentoring
13 47 (9.16%) Front End Development
13 47 (9.16%) MVC
13 47 (9.16%) OOP
13 47 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
14 45 (8.77%) Analytics
14 45 (8.77%) Clean Code
15 43 (8.38%) Web Development
16 42 (8.19%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 305 (59.45%) SQL
2 291 (56.73%) C#
3 208 (40.55%) JavaScript
4 83 (16.18%) TypeScript
5 68 (13.26%) PHP
6 40 (7.80%) Java
7 34 (6.63%) Python
8 29 (5.65%) PowerShell
9 26 (5.07%) C++
10 11 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.75%) Ruby
12 7 (1.36%) Dart
13 6 (1.17%) VBA
13 6 (1.17%) VBScript
14 5 (0.97%) Go
15 3 (0.58%) Perl
16 2 (0.39%) C
16 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.39%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 70 (13.65%) Degree
2 36 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.63%) Security Cleared
4 28 (5.46%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.39%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (13.26%) Accessibility
2 36 (7.02%) WCAG
3 19 (3.70%) GDPR
4 16 (3.12%) QA
5 11 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.75%) SLA
7 7 (1.36%) GRC
8 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) PERC
System Software
1 107 (20.86%) Docker
2 9 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.58%) Plesk
4 1 (0.19%) Consul
Vendors
1 250 (48.73%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.19%) Facebook
3 41 (7.99%) Adobe
4 27 (5.26%) Google
5 21 (4.09%) YouTube
6 9 (1.75%) Oracle
7 6 (1.17%) iManage
8 5 (0.97%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.97%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.58%) OneLogin
9 3 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.39%) Foundry
10 2 (0.39%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.39%) Sage
10 2 (0.39%) Sony
11 1 (0.19%) Braze
11 1 (0.19%) DoubleClick
11 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft