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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 62 54
Rank change year-on-year -74 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 344 619 1,572
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 4.69% 4.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.92% 15.26% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 278 497 1,396
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,688 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,250 £75,000 £68,788
90th Percentile £82,875 £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 3,149 4,057 8,665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.94% 30.75% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,261 3,247 7,528
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,690 £39,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,720 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +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 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -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 16 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 21 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.07%) 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 (4.94%) 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 (3.20%) 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 (36.63%) Azure
2 109 (31.69%) AWS
3 60 (17.44%) GitHub
4 45 (13.08%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (11.05%) SaaS
6 27 (7.85%) Power Platform
7 22 (6.40%) Figma
7 22 (6.40%) Serverless
8 21 (6.10%) PowerApps
9 20 (5.81%) Google Analytics
9 20 (5.81%) Power Automate
10 19 (5.52%) GCP
11 17 (4.94%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (3.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 12 (3.49%) OneDrive
15 10 (2.91%) Entra ID
15 10 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.62%) 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 72 (20.93%) SQL Server
2 61 (17.73%) MySQL
3 25 (7.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 24 (6.98%) Power BI
5 19 (5.52%) Relational Database
6 17 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 12 (3.49%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.16%) Metadata
11 3 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.87%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.87%) Looker
11 3 (0.87%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.29%) GIS
13 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 73 (21.22%) Git
2 15 (4.36%) Axure RP
2 15 (4.36%) JIRA
3 14 (4.07%) Balsamiq
4 12 (3.49%) webpack
5 11 (3.20%) Cypress.io
6 9 (2.62%) Vite
7 7 (2.03%) Storybook
8 6 (1.74%) Babel
9 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
10 4 (1.16%) 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%) Moq
13 1 (0.29%) NUnit
13 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (12.79%) Finance
4 43 (12.50%) Law
5 27 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (7.27%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.40%) Marketing
8 16 (4.65%) Legal
9 6 (1.74%) Advertising
9 6 (1.74%) Games
10 5 (1.45%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.45%) Retail
11 4 (1.16%) Banking
12 3 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.29%) Back Office
13 1 (0.29%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.29%) Military
13 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 235 (68.31%) Developer
2 57 (16.57%) Senior
3 48 (13.95%) PHP Developer
4 46 (13.37%) C# Developer
5 45 (13.08%) Senior Developer
6 44 (12.79%) C# Software Developer
7 42 (12.21%) .NET Developer
7 42 (12.21%) Full-Stack Developer
8 41 (11.92%) Software Developer
9 31 (9.01%) Graduate
9 31 (9.01%) Graduate Developer
9 31 (9.01%) SQL Developer
10 30 (8.72%) Graduate Software Developer
11 29 (8.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 29 (8.43%) Graduate C# Developer
11 29 (8.43%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 29 (8.43%) Graduate SQL Developer
12 28 (8.14%) Software Engineer
13 27 (7.85%) Azure Developer
14 25 (7.27%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (82.56%) HTML
2 121 (35.17%) React
3 109 (31.69%) .NET
4 54 (15.70%) jQuery
5 50 (14.53%) Vue
6 39 (11.34%) HTML5
7 38 (11.05%) .NET Core
8 34 (9.88%) Laravel
9 33 (9.59%) AngularJS
10 31 (9.01%) CSS3
10 31 (9.01%) JSON
11 30 (8.72%) Node.js
12 29 (8.43%) ASP.NET
13 28 (8.14%) RESTful
14 27 (7.85%) React Native
15 22 (6.40%) REST
16 19 (5.52%) ASP.NET Core
17 17 (4.94%) .NET Framework
17 17 (4.94%) Bootstrap
17 17 (4.94%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.88%) Product Ownership
2 24 (6.98%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.81%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (3.78%) Data Structures
5 13 (3.78%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.03%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.03%) Podcast
8 5 (1.45%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.16%) Social Media
10 3 (0.87%) Animation
10 3 (0.87%) Digital TV
10 3 (0.87%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.91%) Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (47.38%) Agile
2 99 (28.78%) Full-Stack Development
3 82 (23.84%) CI/CD
4 80 (23.26%) User Experience
5 78 (22.67%) DevOps
6 74 (21.51%) Front End Development
7 69 (20.06%) Mentoring
8 61 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
9 57 (16.57%) Computer Science
10 56 (16.28%) MVC
11 52 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (15.12%) Software Engineering
12 50 (14.53%) Clean Code
12 50 (14.53%) OOP
13 43 (12.50%) OO
14 42 (12.21%) AI
15 40 (11.63%) Analytics
16 37 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
16 37 (10.76%) Wireframes
17 35 (10.17%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 200 (58.14%) JavaScript
2 136 (39.53%) SQL
3 118 (34.30%) C#
4 81 (23.55%) TypeScript
5 77 (22.38%) PHP
6 43 (12.50%) Java
7 33 (9.59%) Python
8 30 (8.72%) C++
9 17 (4.94%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.45%) Bash
10 5 (1.45%) 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 78 (22.67%) Degree
2 51 (14.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (9.30%) Security Cleared
4 31 (9.01%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.45%) 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 (15.70%) Accessibility
2 22 (6.40%) WCAG
3 15 (4.36%) QA
4 10 (2.91%) SLA
5 8 (2.33%) GDPR
6 7 (2.03%) 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 (9.59%) Docker
2 5 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (3.78%) Terraform
2 10 (2.91%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.16%) Plesk
4 3 (0.87%) cPanel
5 2 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 82 (23.84%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.01%) Adobe
3 26 (7.56%) Google
4 10 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.62%) 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%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.29%) Zend