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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 61 52
Rank change year-on-year -70 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing CSS 339 627 1,563
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 4.88% 5.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.95% 15.08% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 274 506 1,398
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,438 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,126 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% -6.09%

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 3,097 4,157 8,589
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.38% 32.36% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 3,272 7,455
10th Percentile £41,925 £40,770 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +10.35% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -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 2 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 18 (5.31%) CMS
2 15 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.18%) Drupal
3 4 (1.18%) nginx
4 3 (0.88%) Confluence
4 3 (0.88%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.88%) WordPress
5 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.59%) Mendix
5 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (5.01%) Adobe XD
2 8 (2.36%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.18%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.88%) Sketch
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.29%) InVision
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.24%) Shopify
2 7 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (37.76%) Azure
2 108 (31.86%) AWS
3 61 (17.99%) GitHub
4 44 (12.98%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (12.09%) SaaS
6 24 (7.08%) Serverless
7 22 (6.49%) Figma
8 21 (6.19%) GCP
9 20 (5.90%) Power Platform
10 19 (5.60%) Google Analytics
11 14 (4.13%) PowerApps
12 13 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (3.83%) Power Automate
13 10 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.95%) Entra ID
13 10 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (2.65%) Vercel
15 8 (2.36%) Amazon S3
15 8 (2.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.18%) Intranet
2 3 (0.88%) HTTP
3 1 (0.29%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (19.76%) SQL Server
2 61 (17.99%) MySQL
3 20 (5.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 20 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.90%) Relational Database
4 17 (5.01%) Power BI
5 13 (3.83%) MongoDB
5 13 (3.83%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.18%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.88%) FileMaker
8 3 (0.88%) Looker
8 3 (0.88%) Metadata
9 2 (0.59%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.59%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.29%) GIS
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (21.24%) Git
2 15 (4.42%) Axure RP
2 15 (4.42%) JIRA
3 14 (4.13%) Balsamiq
4 13 (3.83%) Cypress.io
4 13 (3.83%) webpack
5 10 (2.95%) Vite
6 7 (2.06%) Babel
6 7 (2.06%) Storybook
7 5 (1.47%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.18%) git-flow
8 4 (1.18%) GitLab
9 3 (0.88%) ESLint
10 2 (0.59%) Maven
10 2 (0.59%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.29%) Moq
11 1 (0.29%) MSTest
11 1 (0.29%) NUnit
11 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 96 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (11.80%) Law
4 38 (11.21%) Finance
5 29 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (7.96%) Public Sector
7 25 (7.37%) Marketing
8 14 (4.13%) Legal
9 8 (2.36%) Retail
10 7 (2.06%) Banking
11 6 (1.77%) Advertising
11 6 (1.77%) Games
12 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.59%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Automotive
14 1 (0.29%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.29%) Publishing
14 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 229 (67.55%) Developer
2 59 (17.40%) Senior
3 45 (13.27%) PHP Developer
3 45 (13.27%) Senior Developer
4 44 (12.98%) .NET Developer
5 43 (12.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 40 (11.80%) C# Developer
7 37 (10.91%) C# Software Developer
8 36 (10.62%) Software Developer
9 31 (9.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 28 (8.26%) Graduate
10 28 (8.26%) Graduate Developer
11 27 (7.96%) Graduate Software Developer
11 27 (7.96%) SQL Developer
12 26 (7.67%) Software Engineer
13 25 (7.37%) Azure Developer
13 25 (7.37%) Graduate C# Developer
13 25 (7.37%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 25 (7.37%) Graduate SQL Developer
13 25 (7.37%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (82.60%) HTML
2 125 (36.87%) React
3 109 (32.15%) .NET
4 51 (15.04%) jQuery
5 47 (13.86%) Vue
6 37 (10.91%) HTML5
7 36 (10.62%) .NET Core
8 34 (10.03%) Laravel
9 33 (9.73%) AngularJS
10 31 (9.14%) ASP.NET
10 31 (9.14%) CSS3
11 30 (8.85%) Node.js
12 28 (8.26%) React Native
13 27 (7.96%) RESTful
14 23 (6.78%) JSON
14 23 (6.78%) REST
15 19 (5.60%) ASP.NET Core
16 18 (5.31%) Sass
17 17 (5.01%) .NET Framework
17 17 (5.01%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.62%) Product Ownership
2 28 (8.26%) Mobile App
3 21 (6.19%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.42%) Data Structures
5 14 (4.13%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (3.24%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.65%) Low-Code
7 9 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.06%) Culture of Ownership
8 7 (2.06%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.06%) Podcast
9 4 (1.18%) Digital TV
9 4 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.88%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.88%) PKI
10 3 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.88%) Social Media
11 2 (0.59%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.36%) Linux
2 1 (0.29%) Windows
2 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (49.85%) Agile
2 100 (29.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 88 (25.96%) CI/CD
4 80 (23.60%) DevOps
5 78 (23.01%) User Experience
6 77 (22.71%) Front End Development
7 67 (19.76%) Mentoring
8 63 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (16.22%) Computer Science
9 55 (16.22%) MVC
10 52 (15.34%) Software Engineering
11 48 (14.16%) Clean Code
11 48 (14.16%) OOP
12 47 (13.86%) AI
13 46 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (12.39%) OO
15 40 (11.80%) Analytics
16 38 (11.21%) Wireframes
17 35 (10.32%) API Integration
18 34 (10.03%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 200 (59.00%) JavaScript
2 123 (36.28%) SQL
3 110 (32.45%) C#
4 79 (23.30%) TypeScript
5 71 (20.94%) PHP
6 41 (12.09%) Java
7 33 (9.73%) Python
8 27 (7.96%) C++
9 11 (3.24%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.47%) Bash
10 5 (1.47%) Dart
11 3 (0.88%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.88%) Ruby
12 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.59%) SOQL
12 2 (0.59%) SOSL
12 2 (0.59%) VB
13 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 81 (23.89%) Degree
2 49 (14.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (9.73%) Security Cleared
4 32 (9.44%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (16.22%) Accessibility
2 23 (6.78%) WCAG
3 16 (4.72%) QA
4 7 (2.06%) GDPR
4 7 (2.06%) GRC
4 7 (2.06%) SLA
5 4 (1.18%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) HL7
7 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 34 (10.03%) Docker
2 3 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (4.13%) Terraform
2 11 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.88%) cPanel
3 3 (0.88%) Plesk
4 2 (0.59%) Argo
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 77 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.96%) Adobe
3 25 (7.37%) Google
4 13 (3.83%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.47%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.88%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.59%) Ahrefs
8 2 (0.59%) Facebook
8 2 (0.59%) iManage
8 2 (0.59%) Oracle
8 2 (0.59%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.59%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.59%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.59%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.29%) Apple
9 1 (0.29%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.29%) New Relic
9 1 (0.29%) Splunk
9 1 (0.29%) Zend