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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 89 65
Rank change year-on-year -55 -24 -15
Permanent jobs citing CSS 474 643 939
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.90% 3.81% 4.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.54% 16.89% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 416 320 566
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,784
Median % change year-on-year - +0.39% -4.72%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £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 4,498 3,807 6,756
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.04% 22.57% 30.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,310 2,478 4,624
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -0.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -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 2 October 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 33 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.38%) WordPress
3 14 (2.95%) IIS
4 8 (1.69%) CMS
5 7 (1.48%) Confluence
6 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.27%) Moodle
7 4 (0.84%) Apache
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) ExpressionEngine
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (2.32%) Photoshop
2 10 (2.11%) Adobe After Effects
2 10 (2.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (1.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (1.69%) InDesign
5 6 (1.27%) Adobe XD
5 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.42%) Elementor
7 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Shopify
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Magento
2 2 (0.42%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 226 (47.68%) Azure
2 100 (21.10%) GitHub
3 89 (18.78%) Azure DevOps
4 87 (18.35%) AWS
5 75 (15.82%) GitHub Copilot
6 70 (14.77%) Azure AI
7 41 (8.65%) Power Platform
8 38 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (7.59%) Power Automate
9 36 (7.59%) PowerApps
10 27 (5.70%) Figma
11 23 (4.85%) SaaS
12 22 (4.64%) Google Analytics
13 16 (3.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 16 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 16 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (3.16%) Serverless
15 13 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (2.74%) Google Ads
16 12 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.01%) Internet
2 3 (0.63%) Intranet
2 3 (0.63%) SMS
3 2 (0.42%) HTTP
3 2 (0.42%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) Broadband
4 1 (0.21%) DNS
4 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.21%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (33.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 134 (28.27%) MongoDB
3 66 (13.92%) SQL Server
4 49 (10.34%) MySQL
4 49 (10.34%) Relational Database
5 44 (9.28%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (6.33%) Elasticsearch
7 28 (5.91%) Power BI
8 13 (2.74%) Metadata
9 11 (2.32%) NonStop SQL
9 11 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.63%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.42%) GIS
11 2 (0.42%) Power Query
12 1 (0.21%) Db2
12 1 (0.21%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 66 (13.92%) Git
2 15 (3.16%) JIRA
3 6 (1.27%) Axure RP
3 6 (1.27%) Balsamiq
3 6 (1.27%) Cypress.io
3 6 (1.27%) GitLab
3 6 (1.27%) Storybook
4 5 (1.05%) Vite
5 4 (0.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.84%) Postman
5 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.63%) webpack
7 2 (0.42%) Babel
7 2 (0.42%) Bower
7 2 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.42%) ESLint
8 1 (0.21%) Ant
8 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 104 (21.94%) Social Skills
2 63 (13.29%) Marketing
3 54 (11.39%) Advertising
4 53 (11.18%) Finance
5 45 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (8.23%) Public Sector
8 30 (6.33%) Law
9 18 (3.80%) Games
9 18 (3.80%) Manufacturing
9 18 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.74%) Legal
10 13 (2.74%) Multimedia
11 9 (1.90%) Local Government
12 7 (1.48%) Health Technology
13 6 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.27%) Publishing
14 3 (0.63%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.21%) Legal Technology
15 1 (0.21%) Retail
Job Titles
1 333 (70.25%) Developer
2 172 (36.29%) .NET Developer
3 84 (17.72%) Senior
4 63 (13.29%) Senior Developer
5 44 (9.28%) Software Engineer
6 35 (7.38%) C# Developer
7 30 (6.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 30 (6.33%) Software Developer
8 27 (5.70%) C# Software Developer
9 22 (4.64%) PHP Developer
10 20 (4.22%) Designer
11 19 (4.01%) Analyst
11 19 (4.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 18 (3.80%) .NET Software Developer
12 18 (3.80%) C# Software Engineer
12 18 (3.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 17 (3.59%) C# .NET Developer
13 17 (3.59%) Graduate
13 17 (3.59%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 17 (3.59%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 428 (90.30%) HTML
2 227 (47.89%) .NET
3 182 (38.40%) .NET Core
4 161 (33.97%) ASP.NET
5 152 (32.07%) ASP.NET Core
6 94 (19.83%) Entity Framework
7 89 (18.78%) React
8 70 (14.77%) ML.NET
9 63 (13.29%) Node.js
10 44 (9.28%) Vue
11 41 (8.65%) jQuery
12 35 (7.38%) HTML5
13 33 (6.96%) .NET Framework
13 33 (6.96%) JSON
13 33 (6.96%) RESTful
14 32 (6.75%) LINQ
15 29 (6.12%) HTML5 Canvas
15 29 (6.12%) REST
16 26 (5.49%) AngularJS
17 25 (5.27%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.86%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (5.49%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.01%) Digital TV
4 15 (3.16%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.11%) Graphic Design
7 10 (2.11%) Social Media
7 10 (2.11%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.48%) Blog
11 6 (1.27%) Animation
11 6 (1.27%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.27%) Learning Management System
12 5 (1.05%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.05%) NHS
12 5 (1.05%) SCORM
12 5 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.49%) Windows
2 22 (4.64%) Windows Server
3 20 (4.22%) Linux
4 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.05%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (47.26%) Full-Stack Development
2 210 (44.30%) CI/CD
3 197 (41.56%) Agile
4 136 (28.69%) AI
5 119 (25.11%) DevOps
6 90 (18.99%) Machine Learning
7 86 (18.14%) User Experience
8 78 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (14.98%) Software Engineering
10 70 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (13.50%) OO
12 54 (11.39%) Mentoring
13 43 (9.07%) Analytics
14 41 (8.65%) Web Development
15 40 (8.44%) Front End Development
16 38 (8.02%) UX Design
17 34 (7.17%) Clean Code
17 34 (7.17%) SDLC
18 33 (6.96%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
18 33 (6.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 266 (56.12%) SQL
2 261 (55.06%) C#
3 200 (42.19%) JavaScript
4 72 (15.19%) TypeScript
5 49 (10.34%) PHP
6 28 (5.91%) Java
7 26 (5.49%) Python
8 21 (4.43%) PowerShell
9 14 (2.95%) C++
10 11 (2.32%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.90%) Ruby
12 6 (1.27%) VBA
12 6 (1.27%) VBScript
13 5 (1.05%) Go
14 3 (0.63%) Perl
15 2 (0.42%) Bash
15 2 (0.42%) C
15 2 (0.42%) Dart
15 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 53 (11.18%) Degree
2 32 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 26 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.42%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (15.82%) Accessibility
2 44 (9.28%) WCAG
3 21 (4.43%) GDPR
4 19 (4.01%) QA
5 10 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.48%) SLA
7 4 (0.84%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) PERC
System Software
1 105 (22.15%) Docker
2 9 (1.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 80 (16.88%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.63%) Plesk
4 1 (0.21%) Argo
4 1 (0.21%) Consul
Vendors
1 225 (47.47%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.44%) Facebook
3 33 (6.96%) Adobe
4 28 (5.91%) Google
5 21 (4.43%) YouTube
6 9 (1.90%) Oracle
7 6 (1.27%) iManage
8 5 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.63%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.63%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.42%) Foundry
11 2 (0.42%) Sage
11 2 (0.42%) Sony
12 1 (0.21%) Braze
12 1 (0.21%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.21%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.21%) Optimizely