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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 93 62
Rank change year-on-year -49 -31 -10
Permanent jobs citing CSS 466 628 905
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.86% 3.80% 4.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.35% 16.76% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 407 304 541
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,818 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,784
Median % change year-on-year - +0.39% -8.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -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 4,503 3,748 6,537
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.96% 22.68% 31.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,276 2,435 4,397
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +3.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +7.31% -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 14 October 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 34 (7.30%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.29%) WordPress
3 12 (2.58%) IIS
4 8 (1.72%) CMS
5 7 (1.50%) Confluence
6 6 (1.29%) Moodle
7 4 (0.86%) Apache
7 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) ExpressionEngine
8 1 (0.21%) nginx
8 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (2.15%) Adobe After Effects
1 10 (2.15%) Adobe Illustrator
1 10 (2.15%) Photoshop
2 8 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (1.72%) InDesign
3 6 (1.29%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.64%) Elementor
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.21%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Shopify
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Magento
2 2 (0.43%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 218 (46.78%) Azure
2 100 (21.46%) GitHub
3 88 (18.88%) Azure DevOps
4 81 (17.38%) AWS
5 76 (16.31%) GitHub Copilot
6 71 (15.24%) Azure AI
7 40 (8.58%) Power Platform
8 38 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (7.51%) Power Automate
9 35 (7.51%) PowerApps
10 27 (5.79%) Figma
11 22 (4.72%) Google Analytics
12 21 (4.51%) SaaS
13 16 (3.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 16 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (3.43%) Microsoft Copilot
14 15 (3.22%) Serverless
15 14 (3.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 12 (2.58%) Google Ads
17 11 (2.36%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.29%) Internet
2 3 (0.64%) Intranet
2 3 (0.64%) SMS
2 3 (0.64%) SSL
3 2 (0.43%) DNS
3 2 (0.43%) HTTP
4 1 (0.21%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.21%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (33.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 135 (28.97%) MongoDB
3 58 (12.45%) SQL Server
4 49 (10.52%) MySQL
4 49 (10.52%) Relational Database
5 44 (9.44%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (6.65%) Elasticsearch
7 27 (5.79%) Power BI
8 12 (2.58%) Metadata
9 11 (2.36%) NonStop SQL
10 9 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.43%) GIS
12 2 (0.43%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.21%) Db2
13 1 (0.21%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.21%) Redis
13 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (14.59%) Git
2 14 (3.00%) JIRA
3 6 (1.29%) Axure RP
3 6 (1.29%) Balsamiq
3 6 (1.29%) Cypress.io
3 6 (1.29%) GitLab
3 6 (1.29%) Storybook
4 5 (1.07%) Vite
5 4 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.86%) Postman
6 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.64%) webpack
7 2 (0.43%) Babel
7 2 (0.43%) Bower
7 2 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.43%) ESLint
8 1 (0.21%) Ant
8 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 94 (20.17%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.38%) Marketing
3 54 (11.59%) Advertising
4 47 (10.09%) Finance
5 45 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (8.37%) Public Sector
7 37 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (5.79%) Law
9 22 (4.72%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.86%) Games
11 14 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.79%) Multimedia
13 10 (2.15%) Legal
14 9 (1.93%) Local Government
14 9 (1.93%) Publishing
15 6 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.64%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.64%) Tech for Good
17 1 (0.21%) Retail
Job Titles
1 326 (69.96%) Developer
2 170 (36.48%) .NET Developer
3 84 (18.03%) Senior
4 62 (13.30%) Senior Developer
5 40 (8.58%) Software Engineer
6 29 (6.22%) Full-Stack Developer
7 28 (6.01%) C# Developer
8 24 (5.15%) Software Developer
9 21 (4.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 20 (4.29%) C# Software Developer
10 20 (4.29%) Designer
10 20 (4.29%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 20 (4.29%) PHP Developer
11 19 (4.08%) Analyst
12 18 (3.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 17 (3.65%) Web Developer
14 15 (3.22%) .NET Software Developer
14 15 (3.22%) C# Software Engineer
14 15 (3.22%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 14 (3.00%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 424 (90.99%) HTML
2 221 (47.42%) .NET
3 180 (38.63%) .NET Core
4 162 (34.76%) ASP.NET
5 153 (32.83%) ASP.NET Core
6 93 (19.96%) Entity Framework
7 89 (19.10%) React
8 71 (15.24%) ML.NET
9 63 (13.52%) Node.js
10 40 (8.58%) Vue
11 37 (7.94%) jQuery
12 34 (7.30%) HTML5
12 34 (7.30%) RESTful
13 32 (6.87%) .NET Framework
13 32 (6.87%) LINQ
14 29 (6.22%) REST
15 27 (5.79%) CSS3
16 26 (5.58%) JSON
17 25 (5.36%) AngularJS
17 25 (5.36%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.87%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.08%) Digital TV
4 14 (3.00%) Algorithms
4 14 (3.00%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.79%) Graphic Design
6 12 (2.58%) Social Media
7 10 (2.15%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.93%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.93%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 7 (1.50%) Blog
11 6 (1.29%) e-Learning
11 6 (1.29%) Learning Management System
12 5 (1.07%) Animation
12 5 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.07%) NHS
12 5 (1.07%) SCORM
13 4 (0.86%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.15%) Windows
2 20 (4.29%) Linux
2 20 (4.29%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.07%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (47.21%) Full-Stack Development
2 210 (45.06%) CI/CD
3 194 (41.63%) Agile
4 141 (30.26%) AI
5 118 (25.32%) DevOps
6 89 (19.10%) Machine Learning
7 84 (18.03%) User Experience
8 73 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (14.16%) Software Engineering
11 62 (13.30%) OO
12 56 (12.02%) Mentoring
13 44 (9.44%) Analytics
14 41 (8.80%) Front End Development
14 41 (8.80%) Web Development
15 39 (8.37%) UX Design
16 33 (7.08%) Clean Code
16 33 (7.08%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 33 (7.08%) SDLC
17 31 (6.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 255 (54.72%) SQL
2 254 (54.51%) C#
3 200 (42.92%) JavaScript
4 72 (15.45%) TypeScript
5 45 (9.66%) PHP
6 25 (5.36%) Python
7 24 (5.15%) Java
8 18 (3.86%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.15%) C++
10 9 (1.93%) Ruby
10 9 (1.93%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.07%) Go
12 4 (0.86%) VBA
12 4 (0.86%) VBScript
13 3 (0.64%) Perl
14 2 (0.43%) Bash
14 2 (0.43%) C
14 2 (0.43%) Dart
14 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 53 (11.37%) Degree
2 33 (7.08%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.79%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.43%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (15.88%) Accessibility
2 45 (9.66%) WCAG
3 20 (4.29%) GDPR
3 20 (4.29%) QA
4 8 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.86%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.64%) SLA
8 1 (0.21%) PERC
8 1 (0.21%) WAI
8 1 (0.21%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 107 (22.96%) Docker
2 7 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (17.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.43%) Plesk
4 1 (0.21%) Argo
4 1 (0.21%) Consul
Vendors
1 223 (47.85%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.58%) Facebook
3 30 (6.44%) Adobe
4 28 (6.01%) Google
5 21 (4.51%) YouTube
6 9 (1.93%) Oracle
7 5 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.86%) iManage
8 4 (0.86%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.64%) OneLogin
9 3 (0.64%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) Foundry
10 2 (0.43%) Sage
10 2 (0.43%) Sony
11 1 (0.21%) Braze
11 1 (0.21%) HP
11 1 (0.21%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.21%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.21%) WooCommerce