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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 55 52
Rank change year-on-year -76 -3 -12
Permanent jobs citing CSS 313 848 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 5.16% 5.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.74% 16.73% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 246 512 1,085
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 £64,688 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £58,400
% change year-on-year -18.18% -5.82% +1.57%

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 2,667 5,068 6,704
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 30.84% 30.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,055 3,235 5,751
10th Percentile £40,584 £41,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £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 12 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 (6.39%) CMS
2 8 (2.56%) Confluence
3 7 (2.24%) WordPress
4 5 (1.60%) nginx
4 5 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.28%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.96%) Drupal
7 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.64%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.64%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.64%) Mendix
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.32%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (4.79%) Adobe XD
2 10 (3.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (2.56%) Chatbot
4 7 (2.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (1.92%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.96%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.96%) Sketch
7 1 (0.32%) InVision
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.51%) Shopify
2 9 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.32%) Magento
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 118 (37.70%) Azure
2 64 (20.45%) AWS
3 51 (16.29%) GitHub
4 29 (9.27%) SaaS
4 29 (9.27%) Serverless
5 28 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (8.31%) Figma
7 18 (5.75%) GCP
8 15 (4.79%) Google Analytics
9 11 (3.51%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (2.88%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.56%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.56%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.60%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.60%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.96%) HTTP
2 2 (0.64%) Intranet
3 1 (0.32%) AMQP
3 1 (0.32%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (20.77%) MySQL
2 63 (20.13%) SQL Server
3 27 (8.63%) Relational Database
4 24 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (4.79%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (3.83%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.60%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.60%) Power BI
9 4 (1.28%) Metadata
9 4 (1.28%) Redis
10 3 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.96%) GIS
11 2 (0.64%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.32%) Looker
12 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 70 (22.36%) Git
2 14 (4.47%) Axure RP
2 14 (4.47%) JIRA
3 13 (4.15%) webpack
4 12 (3.83%) Balsamiq
5 10 (3.19%) Cypress.io
6 8 (2.56%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.56%) Vite
7 7 (2.24%) Babel
8 5 (1.60%) git-flow
8 5 (1.60%) Storybook
9 4 (1.28%) GitLab
9 4 (1.28%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.96%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.96%) ESLint
10 3 (0.96%) JMeter
10 3 (0.96%) Postman
10 3 (0.96%) Selenium
10 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.64%) Grunt
General
1 101 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (13.42%) Law
4 38 (12.14%) Finance
5 28 (8.95%) Marketing
6 27 (8.63%) Public Sector
7 24 (7.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.15%) Retail
9 8 (2.56%) Legal
10 7 (2.24%) Banking
11 6 (1.92%) Games
12 5 (1.60%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.64%) Advertising
14 2 (0.64%) Front Office
14 2 (0.64%) Local Government
14 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.64%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 207 (66.13%) Developer
2 52 (16.61%) Senior
3 39 (12.46%) Senior Developer
4 34 (10.86%) PHP Developer
5 29 (9.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 29 (9.27%) Full-Stack Developer
6 28 (8.95%) .NET Developer
6 28 (8.95%) Software Developer
7 27 (8.63%) Graduate
7 27 (8.63%) Graduate Developer
8 22 (7.03%) Designer
8 22 (7.03%) React Developer
9 21 (6.71%) C# Developer
10 19 (6.07%) Software Engineer
11 18 (5.75%) Azure Developer
11 18 (5.75%) Lead
12 17 (5.43%) SQL Developer
12 17 (5.43%) Support Engineer
13 16 (5.11%) Customer Engineer
13 16 (5.11%) Customer Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (80.51%) HTML
2 118 (37.70%) React
3 96 (30.67%) .NET
4 47 (15.02%) ASP.NET
5 43 (13.74%) jQuery
6 39 (12.46%) Node.js
7 38 (12.14%) HTML5
8 37 (11.82%) Vue
9 35 (11.18%) AngularJS
9 35 (11.18%) CSS3
10 34 (10.86%) .NET Core
11 30 (9.58%) REST
12 28 (8.95%) Laravel
13 26 (8.31%) RESTful
14 21 (6.71%) Sass
15 19 (6.07%) JSON
16 17 (5.43%) XML
17 15 (4.79%) Symfony
18 14 (4.47%) Bootstrap
18 14 (4.47%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.54%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.39%) Mobile App
3 18 (5.75%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.79%) Data Structures
5 10 (3.19%) Motion Graphics
6 9 (2.88%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.24%) Digital TV
8 5 (1.60%) Animation
8 5 (1.60%) CMDB
8 5 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.28%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.28%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.28%) PKI
10 3 (0.96%) Digital Signage
10 3 (0.96%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.60%) Linux
2 3 (0.96%) Windows
3 2 (0.64%) Solaris
3 2 (0.64%) Unix
3 2 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (54.31%) Agile
2 83 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (25.24%) Front End Development
4 77 (24.60%) Full-Stack Development
5 73 (23.32%) User Experience
6 69 (22.04%) MVC
7 63 (20.13%) DevOps
8 61 (19.49%) CI/CD
9 55 (17.57%) Mentoring
10 48 (15.34%) Computer Science
11 47 (15.02%) OOP
12 42 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (12.46%) OO
14 36 (11.50%) Software Engineering
15 35 (11.18%) Clean Code
16 31 (9.90%) Wireframes
17 30 (9.58%) Analytics
17 30 (9.58%) API Integration
18 29 (9.27%) Web Development
19 28 (8.95%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 207 (66.13%) JavaScript
2 91 (29.07%) C#
3 81 (25.88%) SQL
4 71 (22.68%) TypeScript
5 61 (19.49%) PHP
6 42 (13.42%) Java
7 26 (8.31%) C++
7 26 (8.31%) Python
8 7 (2.24%) Ruby
9 4 (1.28%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.96%) Bash
10 3 (0.96%) VB
11 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 79 (25.24%) Degree
2 46 (14.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (8.31%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.99%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (17.89%) Accessibility
2 29 (9.27%) QA
3 26 (8.31%) WCAG
4 4 (1.28%) 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 (9.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.15%) Terraform
2 8 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.96%) cPanel
3 3 (0.96%) Plesk
4 2 (0.64%) Argo
Vendors
1 49 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.31%) Adobe
3 22 (7.03%) Google
4 18 (5.75%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.28%) Ahrefs
7 3 (0.96%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.96%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.96%) Oracle
7 3 (0.96%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (0.96%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.64%) ESRI
8 2 (0.64%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.64%) iManage
8 2 (0.64%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.64%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Samsung
9 1 (0.32%) Instagram
9 1 (0.32%) TikTok