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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 56 53
Rank change year-on-year -71 -3 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 324 854 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.14% 5.13% 5.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.97% 16.75% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 255 521 1,023
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £37,100
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 £78,750 £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 2,707 5,097 6,421
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.85% 30.63% 30.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,111 3,263 5,473
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £101,237
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 7 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 21 (6.48%) CMS
2 8 (2.47%) Confluence
2 8 (2.47%) WordPress
3 5 (1.54%) nginx
3 5 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.23%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.93%) Drupal
6 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.62%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.62%) Mendix
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.31%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.31%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (4.63%) Adobe XD
2 10 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (2.47%) Chatbot
4 7 (2.16%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (1.85%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.93%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.93%) Sketch
7 1 (0.31%) InVision
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.70%) Shopify
2 9 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.31%) Magento
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 125 (38.58%) Azure
2 65 (20.06%) AWS
3 50 (15.43%) GitHub
4 30 (9.26%) Serverless
5 29 (8.95%) SaaS
6 28 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (8.33%) Figma
8 18 (5.56%) GCP
9 16 (4.94%) Google Analytics
10 11 (3.40%) Power Platform
11 10 (3.09%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (2.78%) Amazon S3
12 9 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.78%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.47%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (1.54%) Azure Functions
15 5 (1.54%) Kontent
15 5 (1.54%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.93%) HTTP
2 2 (0.62%) Intranet
3 1 (0.31%) AMQP
3 1 (0.31%) DNS
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (21.30%) MySQL
2 68 (20.99%) SQL Server
3 27 (8.33%) Relational Database
4 25 (7.72%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (5.25%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.09%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.54%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.54%) Power BI
9 4 (1.23%) Metadata
9 4 (1.23%) Redis
10 3 (0.93%) GIS
10 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.31%) Looker
12 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 74 (22.84%) Git
2 14 (4.32%) Axure RP
2 14 (4.32%) JIRA
2 14 (4.32%) webpack
3 12 (3.70%) Balsamiq
4 11 (3.40%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.47%) Babel
5 8 (2.47%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.47%) Vite
6 5 (1.54%) git-flow
6 5 (1.54%) Storybook
7 4 (1.23%) GitLab
7 4 (1.23%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.93%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.93%) ESLint
8 3 (0.93%) JMeter
8 3 (0.93%) Postman
8 3 (0.93%) Selenium
8 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.62%) SonarQube
General
1 106 (32.72%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (12.96%) Law
4 41 (12.65%) Finance
5 29 (8.95%) Marketing
6 27 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.32%) Retail
9 8 (2.47%) Legal
10 7 (2.16%) Banking
10 7 (2.16%) Games
11 5 (1.54%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Advertising
13 2 (0.62%) Front Office
13 2 (0.62%) Local Government
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 217 (66.98%) Developer
2 56 (17.28%) Senior
3 42 (12.96%) Senior Developer
4 34 (10.49%) PHP Developer
5 32 (9.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 30 (9.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 30 (9.26%) Graduate
6 30 (9.26%) Graduate Developer
6 30 (9.26%) Software Developer
7 28 (8.64%) .NET Developer
8 22 (6.79%) C# Developer
8 22 (6.79%) Designer
8 22 (6.79%) React Developer
9 19 (5.86%) IT Graduate
9 19 (5.86%) Software Engineer
10 18 (5.56%) Azure Developer
10 18 (5.56%) Lead
11 17 (5.25%) SQL Developer
11 17 (5.25%) Support Engineer
12 16 (4.94%) Customer Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (80.25%) HTML
2 122 (37.65%) React
3 102 (31.48%) .NET
4 49 (15.12%) ASP.NET
5 47 (14.51%) jQuery
6 40 (12.35%) HTML5
6 40 (12.35%) Node.js
7 39 (12.04%) AngularJS
8 37 (11.42%) CSS3
8 37 (11.42%) Vue
9 35 (10.80%) .NET Core
10 32 (9.88%) REST
11 31 (9.57%) RESTful
12 28 (8.64%) Laravel
13 23 (7.10%) Sass
14 20 (6.17%) JSON
15 17 (5.25%) .NET Framework
15 17 (5.25%) XML
16 16 (4.94%) Entity Framework
17 15 (4.63%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.19%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.17%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.86%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.63%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.09%) Motion Graphics
6 9 (2.78%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.85%) Digital TV
7 6 (1.85%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.54%) Animation
8 5 (1.54%) CMDB
8 5 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.23%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.23%) PKI
10 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.93%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.54%) Linux
2 3 (0.93%) Windows
3 2 (0.62%) Solaris
3 2 (0.62%) Unix
3 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (54.32%) Agile
2 89 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 80 (24.69%) Full-Stack Development
5 76 (23.46%) User Experience
6 73 (22.53%) MVC
7 65 (20.06%) DevOps
8 62 (19.14%) CI/CD
9 56 (17.28%) Mentoring
10 53 (16.36%) Computer Science
11 50 (15.43%) OOP
12 45 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (12.65%) OO
14 37 (11.42%) Clean Code
14 37 (11.42%) Software Engineering
15 32 (9.88%) Analytics
16 31 (9.57%) API Integration
16 31 (9.57%) Wireframes
17 30 (9.26%) Microservices
17 30 (9.26%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 215 (66.36%) JavaScript
2 98 (30.25%) C#
3 83 (25.62%) SQL
4 74 (22.84%) TypeScript
5 65 (20.06%) PHP
6 45 (13.89%) Java
7 29 (8.95%) C++
8 27 (8.33%) Python
9 7 (2.16%) Ruby
10 4 (1.23%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.93%) Bash
11 3 (0.93%) VB
12 1 (0.31%) Go
12 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 84 (25.93%) Degree
2 51 (15.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 26 (8.02%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.54%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.31%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (17.90%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.57%) QA
3 26 (8.02%) WCAG
4 4 (1.23%) GDPR
5 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.31%) HL7
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (8.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.01%) Terraform
2 7 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.93%) cPanel
3 3 (0.93%) Plesk
4 2 (0.62%) Argo
Vendors
1 48 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.02%) Adobe
3 22 (6.79%) Google
4 18 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.40%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.23%) Ahrefs
7 3 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.93%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle
7 3 (0.93%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (0.93%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.62%) ESRI
8 2 (0.62%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.62%) iManage
8 2 (0.62%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.62%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.62%) Samsung
9 1 (0.31%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.31%) Instagram