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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 55 51
Rank change year-on-year -74 -4 -11
Permanent jobs citing CSS 316 848 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.10% 5.15% 5.53%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.76% 16.75% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 249 513 1,080
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +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 2,688 5,064 6,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.85% 30.74% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,089 3,231 5,689
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,201
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,766 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 10 January 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 20 (6.33%) CMS
2 8 (2.53%) Confluence
3 7 (2.22%) WordPress
4 5 (1.58%) nginx
4 5 (1.58%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.27%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.95%) Drupal
7 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.63%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.63%) Mendix
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.32%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (4.75%) Adobe XD
2 10 (3.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (2.53%) Chatbot
4 7 (2.22%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (1.90%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.95%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.95%) Sketch
7 1 (0.32%) InVision
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.48%) Shopify
2 9 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.32%) Magento
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 121 (38.29%) Azure
2 64 (20.25%) AWS
3 51 (16.14%) GitHub
4 29 (9.18%) SaaS
4 29 (9.18%) Serverless
5 28 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (8.23%) Figma
7 18 (5.70%) GCP
8 15 (4.75%) Google Analytics
9 11 (3.48%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (2.85%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.53%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.53%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.53%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.58%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.58%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) HTTP
2 2 (0.63%) Intranet
3 1 (0.32%) AMQP
3 1 (0.32%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (20.57%) MySQL
2 63 (19.94%) SQL Server
3 27 (8.54%) Relational Database
4 24 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.75%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (3.80%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.58%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.58%) Power BI
9 4 (1.27%) Metadata
9 4 (1.27%) Redis
10 3 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.95%) GIS
11 2 (0.63%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.32%) Looker
12 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 70 (22.15%) Git
2 14 (4.43%) Axure RP
2 14 (4.43%) JIRA
3 13 (4.11%) webpack
4 12 (3.80%) Balsamiq
5 10 (3.16%) Cypress.io
6 8 (2.53%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.53%) Vite
7 7 (2.22%) Babel
8 5 (1.58%) git-flow
8 5 (1.58%) Storybook
9 4 (1.27%) GitLab
9 4 (1.27%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.95%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.95%) ESLint
10 3 (0.95%) JMeter
10 3 (0.95%) Postman
10 3 (0.95%) Selenium
10 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.63%) gulp
General
1 101 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (13.29%) Law
4 38 (12.03%) Finance
5 28 (8.86%) Marketing
6 27 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.43%) Retail
9 8 (2.53%) Legal
10 7 (2.22%) Banking
10 7 (2.22%) Games
11 5 (1.58%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Advertising
13 2 (0.63%) Front Office
13 2 (0.63%) Local Government
13 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.63%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.32%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 210 (66.46%) Developer
2 53 (16.77%) Senior
3 40 (12.66%) Senior Developer
4 34 (10.76%) PHP Developer
5 29 (9.18%) .NET Developer
5 29 (9.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 29 (9.18%) Full-Stack Developer
5 29 (9.18%) Software Developer
6 27 (8.54%) Graduate
6 27 (8.54%) Graduate Developer
7 22 (6.96%) Designer
7 22 (6.96%) React Developer
8 21 (6.65%) C# Developer
9 19 (6.01%) Software Engineer
10 18 (5.70%) Azure Developer
10 18 (5.70%) Lead
11 17 (5.38%) SQL Developer
11 17 (5.38%) Support Engineer
12 16 (5.06%) Customer Engineer
12 16 (5.06%) Customer Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (80.70%) HTML
2 119 (37.66%) React
3 98 (31.01%) .NET
4 47 (14.87%) ASP.NET
5 43 (13.61%) jQuery
6 39 (12.34%) Node.js
7 38 (12.03%) HTML5
8 37 (11.71%) Vue
9 36 (11.39%) AngularJS
10 35 (11.08%) CSS3
11 34 (10.76%) .NET Core
12 31 (9.81%) REST
13 28 (8.86%) Laravel
13 28 (8.86%) RESTful
14 21 (6.65%) Sass
15 19 (6.01%) JSON
16 17 (5.38%) XML
17 15 (4.75%) .NET Framework
17 15 (4.75%) Entity Framework
17 15 (4.75%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.33%) Mobile App
3 19 (6.01%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.75%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.16%) Motion Graphics
6 9 (2.85%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.22%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.58%) Animation
8 5 (1.58%) CMDB
8 5 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.58%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.27%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.27%) PKI
10 3 (0.95%) Digital Signage
10 3 (0.95%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.58%) Linux
2 3 (0.95%) Windows
3 2 (0.63%) Solaris
3 2 (0.63%) Unix
3 2 (0.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (54.43%) Agile
2 84 (26.58%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (25.32%) Front End Development
4 77 (24.37%) Full-Stack Development
5 73 (23.10%) User Experience
6 69 (21.84%) MVC
7 65 (20.57%) DevOps
8 63 (19.94%) CI/CD
9 56 (17.72%) Mentoring
10 49 (15.51%) Computer Science
11 47 (14.87%) OOP
12 42 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (12.34%) OO
14 37 (11.71%) Software Engineering
15 36 (11.39%) Clean Code
16 31 (9.81%) API Integration
16 31 (9.81%) Wireframes
17 30 (9.49%) Analytics
18 29 (9.18%) Web Development
19 28 (8.86%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 209 (66.14%) JavaScript
2 94 (29.75%) C#
3 82 (25.95%) SQL
4 72 (22.78%) TypeScript
5 61 (19.30%) PHP
6 42 (13.29%) Java
7 26 (8.23%) C++
7 26 (8.23%) Python
8 7 (2.22%) Ruby
9 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.95%) Bash
10 3 (0.95%) VB
11 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 80 (25.32%) Degree
2 47 (14.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (8.23%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.90%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (17.72%) Accessibility
2 29 (9.18%) QA
3 26 (8.23%) WCAG
4 4 (1.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.32%) HL7
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (9.18%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.11%) Terraform
2 8 (2.53%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.95%) cPanel
3 3 (0.95%) Plesk
4 2 (0.63%) Argo
Vendors
1 49 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.23%) Adobe
3 22 (6.96%) Google
4 18 (5.70%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.48%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.27%) Ahrefs
7 3 (0.95%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.95%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle
7 3 (0.95%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (0.95%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.63%) ESRI
8 2 (0.63%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.63%) iManage
8 2 (0.63%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.63%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.63%) Samsung
9 1 (0.32%) Instagram
9 1 (0.32%) TikTok