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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 62 54
Rank change year-on-year -76 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing CSS 346 614 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.95% 4.65% 4.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.90% 15.26% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 280 492 1,392
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,253 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.70%

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 3,173 4,023 8,615
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.91% 30.44% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,278 3,239 7,518
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,720 £38,925
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% +10.17% -8.40%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 18 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 22 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.05%) CMS
3 4 (1.16%) Drupal
3 4 (1.16%) nginx
4 3 (0.87%) Confluence
4 3 (0.87%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.87%) WordPress
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.58%) IIS
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.58%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) Mendix
Applications
1 17 (4.91%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.45%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (1.16%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.87%) Sketch
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.29%) InVision
5 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.18%) Shopify
2 4 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.58%) Magento
3 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 126 (36.42%) Azure
2 108 (31.21%) AWS
3 59 (17.05%) GitHub
4 46 (13.29%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (10.69%) SaaS
6 29 (8.38%) Power Platform
7 23 (6.65%) PowerApps
8 22 (6.36%) Figma
8 22 (6.36%) Google Analytics
8 22 (6.36%) Power Automate
9 21 (6.07%) Serverless
10 18 (5.20%) GCP
11 17 (4.91%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (3.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 12 (3.47%) OneDrive
15 10 (2.89%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.60%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.45%) Intranet
2 2 (0.58%) HTTP
3 1 (0.29%) AMQP
3 1 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (21.10%) SQL Server
2 58 (16.76%) MySQL
3 26 (7.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (7.51%) Power BI
4 17 (4.91%) Relational Database
5 15 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.47%) MongoDB
7 11 (3.18%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.73%) Metadata
9 5 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.87%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.87%) Looker
11 3 (0.87%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.58%) Power Query
12 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 70 (20.23%) Git
2 15 (4.34%) Axure RP
2 15 (4.34%) JIRA
3 14 (4.05%) Balsamiq
4 11 (3.18%) Cypress.io
4 11 (3.18%) webpack
5 9 (2.60%) Vite
6 7 (2.02%) Storybook
7 5 (1.45%) Babel
7 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.16%) GitLab
9 3 (0.87%) ESLint
10 2 (0.58%) git-flow
10 2 (0.58%) Maven
10 2 (0.58%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.29%) Moq
11 1 (0.29%) NUnit
11 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 102 (29.48%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.72%) Finance
4 42 (12.14%) Law
5 26 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (6.94%) Marketing
6 24 (6.94%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.62%) Legal
8 6 (1.73%) Advertising
8 6 (1.73%) Games
8 6 (1.73%) Health Technology
8 6 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.45%) Retail
10 4 (1.16%) Banking
11 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.29%) iGaming
12 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.29%) Military
12 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 234 (67.63%) Developer
2 55 (15.90%) Senior
3 48 (13.87%) PHP Developer
4 46 (13.29%) C# Developer
5 45 (13.01%) C# Software Developer
6 43 (12.43%) Senior Developer
7 42 (12.14%) .NET Developer
8 41 (11.85%) Software Developer
9 40 (11.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 32 (9.25%) Graduate
11 31 (8.96%) Graduate Developer
11 31 (8.96%) SQL Developer
12 30 (8.67%) Graduate Software Developer
13 29 (8.38%) Graduate C# Developer
13 29 (8.38%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 29 (8.38%) Graduate SQL Developer
13 29 (8.38%) Software Engineer
14 28 (8.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 27 (7.80%) Azure Developer
16 24 (6.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (82.95%) HTML
2 116 (33.53%) React
3 108 (31.21%) .NET
4 54 (15.61%) jQuery
5 50 (14.45%) Vue
6 40 (11.56%) HTML5
7 36 (10.40%) .NET Core
8 33 (9.54%) JSON
8 33 (9.54%) Laravel
9 32 (9.25%) AngularJS
10 31 (8.96%) CSS3
11 29 (8.38%) Node.js
12 28 (8.09%) ASP.NET
12 28 (8.09%) RESTful
13 26 (7.51%) React Native
14 21 (6.07%) REST
15 18 (5.20%) ASP.NET Core
16 17 (4.91%) Bootstrap
16 17 (4.91%) HTML5 Canvas
17 16 (4.62%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.54%) Product Ownership
2 23 (6.65%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.49%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.76%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.76%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.02%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.02%) Podcast
8 6 (1.73%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.45%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.16%) Social Media
11 3 (0.87%) Animation
11 3 (0.87%) Digital TV
11 3 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.89%) Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (46.82%) Agile
2 97 (28.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 81 (23.41%) CI/CD
4 79 (22.83%) User Experience
5 78 (22.54%) DevOps
6 73 (21.10%) Front End Development
7 68 (19.65%) Mentoring
8 59 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (15.90%) Computer Science
9 55 (15.90%) MVC
10 54 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (15.03%) Software Engineering
12 49 (14.16%) Clean Code
12 49 (14.16%) OOP
13 45 (13.01%) AI
14 42 (12.14%) Analytics
14 42 (12.14%) OO
15 37 (10.69%) Technical Leadership
15 37 (10.69%) Wireframes
16 35 (10.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 199 (57.51%) JavaScript
2 140 (40.46%) SQL
3 119 (34.39%) C#
4 79 (22.83%) TypeScript
5 76 (21.97%) PHP
6 44 (12.72%) Java
7 33 (9.54%) Python
8 30 (8.67%) C++
9 17 (4.91%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.45%) Bash
10 5 (1.45%) Dart
11 4 (1.16%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.87%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.87%) VB
13 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.58%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.58%) SOQL
13 2 (0.58%) SOSL
13 2 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (21.68%) Degree
2 48 (13.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (8.67%) Security Cleared
4 29 (8.38%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.61%) Accessibility
2 22 (6.36%) WCAG
3 14 (4.05%) QA
4 11 (3.18%) SLA
5 10 (2.89%) GDPR
6 7 (2.02%) GRC
7 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
10 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (9.54%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (3.76%) Terraform
2 10 (2.89%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.16%) Plesk
4 3 (0.87%) cPanel
5 2 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 83 (23.99%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.96%) Adobe
3 28 (8.09%) Google
4 10 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.45%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.16%) iManage
8 3 (0.87%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.58%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.58%) Facebook
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle
9 2 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.58%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.58%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.29%) Apple
10 1 (0.29%) DoubleClick
10 1 (0.29%) New Relic
10 1 (0.29%) OutSystems
10 1 (0.29%) Splunk
10 1 (0.29%) Zend