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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 56 54
Rank change year-on-year -62 -2 -24
Permanent jobs citing CSS 354 933 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 4.96% 5.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.85% 16.30% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 281 570 1,011
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £46,625 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.23% -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 2,754 5,725 6,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.01% 30.44% 30.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,213 3,767 5,420
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%

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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 December 2025.

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 28 (7.91%) CMS
2 14 (3.95%) WordPress
3 8 (2.26%) Confluence
3 8 (2.26%) Headless CMS
4 6 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.13%) Drupal
5 4 (1.13%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.85%) nginx
7 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.56%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.56%) Mendix
8 1 (0.28%) Apache
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.28%) IIS
8 1 (0.28%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.28%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (4.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 14 (3.95%) Adobe XD
3 8 (2.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (2.26%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.69%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.56%) InDesign
6 2 (0.56%) Sketch
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.80%) Shopify
2 9 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.28%) Magento
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.28%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 135 (38.14%) Azure
2 65 (18.36%) AWS
3 40 (11.30%) GitHub
4 32 (9.04%) Figma
4 32 (9.04%) Serverless
5 30 (8.47%) SaaS
6 29 (8.19%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (7.63%) Google Analytics
8 18 (5.08%) Azure Service Bus
9 17 (4.80%) GCP
10 14 (3.95%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.67%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (3.39%) Power Platform
13 10 (2.82%) Power Automate
14 9 (2.54%) PowerApps
14 9 (2.54%) Vercel
15 8 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.85%) HTTP
2 2 (0.56%) Intranet
3 1 (0.28%) AMQP
3 1 (0.28%) DNS
3 1 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (22.32%) SQL Server
2 74 (20.90%) MySQL
3 27 (7.63%) Relational Database
4 24 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (5.93%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (3.39%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.69%) Power BI
7 6 (1.69%) Redis
8 5 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.41%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.13%) Metadata
9 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.85%) GIS
11 2 (0.56%) Looker
12 1 (0.28%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (20.62%) Git
2 18 (5.08%) Cypress.io
3 16 (4.52%) webpack
4 13 (3.67%) JIRA
5 12 (3.39%) Axure RP
6 11 (3.11%) Balsamiq
7 10 (2.82%) Babel
8 9 (2.54%) Visual Studio
9 8 (2.26%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.98%) Jenkins
11 6 (1.69%) Vite
12 5 (1.41%) git-flow
12 5 (1.41%) SonarQube
13 4 (1.13%) MSBuild
13 4 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
14 3 (0.85%) GitLab
14 3 (0.85%) JMeter
14 3 (0.85%) Postman
14 3 (0.85%) Selenium
14 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 117 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.56%) Finance
2 48 (13.56%) Law
3 42 (11.86%) Marketing
4 41 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (5.08%) Retail
8 7 (1.98%) Banking
9 6 (1.69%) Games
9 6 (1.69%) Legal
10 5 (1.41%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.85%) Advertising
11 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.56%) Front Office
12 2 (0.56%) Local Government
12 2 (0.56%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.28%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 229 (64.69%) Developer
2 64 (18.08%) Senior
3 48 (13.56%) Senior Developer
4 37 (10.45%) Full-Stack Developer
5 35 (9.89%) Graduate
5 35 (9.89%) Graduate Developer
6 34 (9.60%) .NET Developer
7 33 (9.32%) PHP Developer
8 30 (8.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 30 (8.47%) Software Developer
9 26 (7.34%) Designer
10 24 (6.78%) C# Developer
11 23 (6.50%) IT Graduate
12 22 (6.21%) Software Engineer
13 20 (5.65%) React Developer
14 18 (5.08%) Azure Developer
15 17 (4.80%) SQL Developer
16 16 (4.52%) Lead
16 16 (4.52%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 15 (4.24%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (82.49%) HTML
2 123 (34.75%) React
3 115 (32.49%) .NET
4 61 (17.23%) ASP.NET
5 51 (14.41%) jQuery
6 46 (12.99%) Node.js
7 45 (12.71%) RESTful
8 43 (12.15%) HTML5
9 41 (11.58%) AngularJS
10 40 (11.30%) .NET Core
11 39 (11.02%) CSS3
12 36 (10.17%) REST
13 34 (9.60%) Vue
14 31 (8.76%) JSON
15 28 (7.91%) Laravel
16 27 (7.63%) GraphQL
17 25 (7.06%) XML
18 23 (6.50%) .NET Framework
19 22 (6.21%) Entity Framework
19 22 (6.21%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.19%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.52%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.24%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.95%) Motion Graphics
5 12 (3.39%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.54%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.98%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.98%) Digital TV
8 7 (1.98%) Social Media
9 6 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.41%) Animation
11 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.13%) CMDB
11 4 (1.13%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.13%) PKI
12 3 (0.85%) Digital Signage
12 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.13%) Windows
2 3 (0.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.56%) Linux
3 2 (0.56%) Solaris
3 2 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (53.67%) Agile
2 110 (31.07%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (27.12%) Full-Stack Development
4 87 (24.58%) MVC
5 86 (24.29%) User Experience
6 78 (22.03%) Front End Development
7 64 (18.08%) DevOps
8 60 (16.95%) CI/CD
9 58 (16.38%) Computer Science
10 52 (14.69%) Mentoring
11 51 (14.41%) OOP
12 48 (13.56%) OO
13 42 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (10.73%) Analytics
14 38 (10.73%) Clean Code
14 38 (10.73%) Software Engineering
14 38 (10.73%) UX Design
15 36 (10.17%) Microservices
16 35 (9.89%) Web Development
17 31 (8.76%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 246 (69.49%) JavaScript
2 115 (32.49%) C#
3 94 (26.55%) SQL
4 85 (24.01%) TypeScript
5 70 (19.77%) PHP
6 48 (13.56%) Java
7 33 (9.32%) C++
8 29 (8.19%) Python
9 7 (1.98%) Ruby
10 3 (0.85%) Go
10 3 (0.85%) VB
11 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.28%) Bash
12 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.28%) Perl
12 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 94 (26.55%) Degree
2 56 (15.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (6.78%) Security Cleared
4 23 (6.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.69%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (19.21%) Accessibility
2 36 (10.17%) QA
3 24 (6.78%) WCAG
4 10 (2.82%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.28%) HL7
5 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (9.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.11%) Terraform
2 6 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.85%) cPanel
3 3 (0.85%) Plesk
4 2 (0.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 52 (14.69%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.76%) Adobe
3 24 (6.78%) Google
4 21 (5.93%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.39%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.26%) Apple
7 7 (1.98%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.13%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.85%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.85%) Oracle
9 3 (0.85%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.56%) ESRI
10 2 (0.56%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.56%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.56%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.56%) Sage
10 2 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Samsung
11 1 (0.28%) Marketo
11 1 (0.28%) SendGrid