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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 59 53
Rank change year-on-year -72 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 343 623 1,558
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.97% 4.74% 4.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.94% 15.26% 18.11%
Number of salaries quoted 277 501 1,385
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 £75,000 £68,901
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 3,136 4,082 8,604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.98% 31.07% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,262 3,269 7,476
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,720 £39,500
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,375 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% +10.35% -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 14 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 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.37%) CMS
3 4 (1.17%) Drupal
3 4 (1.17%) 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%) Mendix
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.58%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (4.96%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.46%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.46%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.17%) Adobe Illustrator
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 (3.21%) Shopify
2 5 (1.46%) 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 (36.73%) Azure
2 110 (32.07%) AWS
3 60 (17.49%) GitHub
4 45 (13.12%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (11.37%) SaaS
6 25 (7.29%) Power Platform
7 23 (6.71%) Figma
8 22 (6.41%) Serverless
9 20 (5.83%) GCP
9 20 (5.83%) Google Analytics
10 19 (5.54%) PowerApps
11 18 (5.25%) Power Automate
12 15 (4.37%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
15 10 (2.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 10 (2.92%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (2.92%) OneDrive
16 9 (2.62%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.17%) Intranet
2 2 (0.58%) HTTP
3 1 (0.29%) AMQP
3 1 (0.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 62 (18.08%) MySQL
3 23 (6.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (6.41%) Power BI
5 18 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (5.25%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.50%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.50%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.17%) Metadata
9 3 (0.87%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.87%) FileMaker
9 3 (0.87%) Looker
9 3 (0.87%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.29%) GIS
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 71 (20.70%) Git
2 15 (4.37%) Axure RP
2 15 (4.37%) JIRA
3 14 (4.08%) Balsamiq
4 12 (3.50%) webpack
5 11 (3.21%) Cypress.io
6 9 (2.62%) Vite
7 7 (2.04%) Storybook
8 6 (1.75%) Babel
9 5 (1.46%) Jenkins
10 4 (1.17%) GitLab
11 3 (0.87%) ESLint
11 3 (0.87%) git-flow
12 2 (0.58%) Maven
12 2 (0.58%) PHPUnit
12 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.29%) MSTest
13 1 (0.29%) NUnit
13 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 102 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.83%) Finance
4 41 (11.95%) Law
5 27 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (7.29%) Public Sector
7 23 (6.71%) Marketing
8 16 (4.66%) Legal
9 6 (1.75%) Advertising
9 6 (1.75%) Games
9 6 (1.75%) Retail
10 5 (1.46%) Banking
10 5 (1.46%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.29%) Military
12 1 (0.29%) Publishing
12 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 232 (67.64%) Developer
2 56 (16.33%) Senior
3 48 (13.99%) PHP Developer
4 46 (13.41%) C# Developer
5 44 (12.83%) C# Software Developer
6 43 (12.54%) Senior Developer
7 42 (12.24%) .NET Developer
7 42 (12.24%) Full-Stack Developer
7 42 (12.24%) Software Developer
8 32 (9.33%) Graduate
8 32 (9.33%) Graduate Developer
9 31 (9.04%) Graduate Software Developer
9 31 (9.04%) SQL Developer
10 29 (8.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 29 (8.45%) Graduate C# Developer
10 29 (8.45%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 29 (8.45%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 29 (8.45%) Software Engineer
11 27 (7.87%) Azure Developer
12 25 (7.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (82.22%) HTML
2 119 (34.69%) React
3 107 (31.20%) .NET
4 56 (16.33%) jQuery
5 49 (14.29%) Vue
6 38 (11.08%) HTML5
7 36 (10.50%) .NET Core
8 34 (9.91%) Laravel
9 32 (9.33%) AngularJS
10 30 (8.75%) CSS3
11 29 (8.45%) ASP.NET
11 29 (8.45%) JSON
11 29 (8.45%) Node.js
12 27 (7.87%) React Native
13 26 (7.58%) RESTful
14 22 (6.41%) REST
15 18 (5.25%) ASP.NET Core
16 17 (4.96%) Bootstrap
16 17 (4.96%) Sass
17 16 (4.66%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 24 (7.00%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.83%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.08%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.79%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.04%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.04%) Podcast
8 6 (1.75%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.17%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.17%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.17%) Social Media
10 3 (0.87%) Animation
10 3 (0.87%) Digital TV
10 3 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.62%) Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (48.10%) Agile
2 98 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 81 (23.62%) CI/CD
4 79 (23.03%) DevOps
4 79 (23.03%) User Experience
5 74 (21.57%) Front End Development
6 67 (19.53%) Mentoring
7 61 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (16.91%) Computer Science
9 57 (16.62%) MVC
10 53 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (15.45%) Software Engineering
11 51 (14.87%) OOP
12 49 (14.29%) Clean Code
13 44 (12.83%) OO
14 43 (12.54%) AI
15 41 (11.95%) Analytics
16 38 (11.08%) Wireframes
17 36 (10.50%) Microservices
18 35 (10.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 196 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 135 (39.36%) SQL
3 115 (33.53%) C#
4 78 (22.74%) TypeScript
5 77 (22.45%) PHP
6 45 (13.12%) Java
7 34 (9.91%) Python
8 31 (9.04%) C++
9 15 (4.37%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.46%) Bash
10 5 (1.46%) Dart
11 3 (0.87%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.87%) VB
12 2 (0.58%) Ruby
12 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.58%) SOQL
12 2 (0.58%) SOSL
12 2 (0.58%) VBA
12 2 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (23.32%) Degree
2 52 (15.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (9.33%) Security Cleared
4 31 (9.04%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.87%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (15.74%) Accessibility
2 22 (6.41%) WCAG
3 15 (4.37%) QA
4 10 (2.92%) SLA
5 8 (2.33%) GDPR
6 7 (2.04%) GRC
7 5 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
10 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (9.62%) Docker
2 5 (1.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (3.79%) Terraform
2 11 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.17%) Plesk
4 3 (0.87%) cPanel
5 2 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 80 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.45%) Adobe
3 26 (7.58%) Google
4 10 (2.92%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.62%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.46%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.17%) 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%) OutSystems
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%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.29%) Zend