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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 60 50
Rank change year-on-year -78 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 302 776 1,483
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.84% 5.06% 5.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.38% 15.75% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 235 511 1,340
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,582 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -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 2,909 4,927 8,159
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.76% 32.13% 29.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,138 3,276 7,112
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.49% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,209 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.83% +7.66% -8.89%

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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 22 February 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 (6.95%) CMS
2 7 (2.32%) WordPress
3 6 (1.99%) Confluence
3 6 (1.99%) nginx
4 5 (1.66%) Drupal
5 4 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.99%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.66%) Mendix
7 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.33%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (4.97%) Adobe XD
2 8 (2.65%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.99%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.66%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.99%) Sketch
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.33%) InVision
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (4.64%) Shopify
2 8 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.66%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.33%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.33%) Magento
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 107 (35.43%) Azure
2 76 (25.17%) AWS
3 57 (18.87%) GitHub
4 35 (11.59%) SaaS
5 33 (10.93%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (8.61%) Serverless
7 24 (7.95%) Figma
8 18 (5.96%) GCP
8 18 (5.96%) Google Analytics
9 13 (4.30%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.98%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.65%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.32%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (1.99%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.66%) Azure Functions
14 5 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.66%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.99%) HTTP
2 2 (0.66%) Intranet
3 1 (0.33%) AMQP
3 1 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (17.88%) MySQL
1 54 (17.88%) SQL Server
2 27 (8.94%) Relational Database
3 20 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.97%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.31%) Power BI
6 8 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.32%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.66%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.32%) Looker
10 3 (0.99%) FileMaker
11 2 (0.66%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.66%) GIS
11 2 (0.66%) Metadata
11 2 (0.66%) Redis
12 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 78 (25.83%) Git
2 14 (4.64%) Axure RP
2 14 (4.64%) JIRA
3 13 (4.30%) webpack
4 12 (3.97%) Balsamiq
5 11 (3.64%) Vite
6 10 (3.31%) Cypress.io
7 8 (2.65%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.99%) Babel
9 5 (1.66%) git-flow
10 4 (1.32%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.32%) GitLab
11 3 (0.99%) ESLint
11 3 (0.99%) Maven
12 2 (0.66%) PHPUnit
12 2 (0.66%) Storybook
12 2 (0.66%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.33%) Moq
13 1 (0.33%) MSTest
General
1 85 (28.15%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (11.26%) Law
4 27 (8.94%) Public Sector
5 26 (8.61%) Finance
6 25 (8.28%) Marketing
7 23 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.98%) Legal
8 9 (2.98%) Retail
9 6 (1.99%) Banking
10 5 (1.66%) Games
11 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.66%) Advertising
12 2 (0.66%) Front Office
12 2 (0.66%) Publishing
12 2 (0.66%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.33%) Automotive
13 1 (0.33%) Back Office
13 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 197 (65.23%) Developer
2 58 (19.21%) Senior
3 42 (13.91%) Senior Developer
4 35 (11.59%) Full-Stack Developer
5 33 (10.93%) PHP Developer
6 31 (10.26%) .NET Developer
6 31 (10.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 29 (9.60%) Software Developer
8 23 (7.62%) C# Developer
9 21 (6.95%) Support Engineer
10 20 (6.62%) Lead
10 20 (6.62%) Software Engineer
11 19 (6.29%) Graduate
11 19 (6.29%) Graduate Developer
12 18 (5.96%) Azure Developer
12 18 (5.96%) C# Software Developer
12 18 (5.96%) Designer
13 17 (5.63%) Graduate Software Developer
13 17 (5.63%) SQL Developer
14 16 (5.30%) Customer Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (83.77%) HTML
2 120 (39.74%) React
3 87 (28.81%) .NET
4 39 (12.91%) Vue
5 38 (12.58%) jQuery
6 37 (12.25%) HTML5
7 35 (11.59%) AngularJS
8 32 (10.60%) Node.js
9 31 (10.26%) CSS3
10 30 (9.93%) Laravel
10 30 (9.93%) REST
11 29 (9.60%) ASP.NET
12 28 (9.27%) .NET Core
13 25 (8.28%) RESTful
14 22 (7.28%) Sass
15 19 (6.29%) React Native
16 18 (5.96%) Bootstrap
17 15 (4.97%) .NET Framework
18 13 (4.30%) JSON
18 13 (4.30%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.92%) Product Ownership
2 22 (7.28%) Mobile App
3 15 (4.97%) Data Structures
4 14 (4.64%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.98%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.32%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.32%) CMDB
8 4 (1.32%) Digital TV
8 4 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.32%) PKI
8 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.32%) Social Media
9 3 (0.99%) Animation
9 3 (0.99%) Motion Graphics
10 2 (0.66%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.66%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.32%) Linux
2 2 (0.66%) Solaris
2 2 (0.66%) Unix
2 2 (0.66%) Windows
2 2 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (53.64%) Agile
2 79 (26.16%) User Experience
3 77 (25.50%) Front End Development
4 74 (24.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 71 (23.51%) DevOps
5 71 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (22.52%) CI/CD
7 56 (18.54%) Mentoring
8 51 (16.89%) MVC
9 41 (13.58%) Computer Science
10 39 (12.91%) OOP
10 39 (12.91%) Software Engineering
11 38 (12.58%) Clean Code
12 37 (12.25%) API Integration
13 36 (11.92%) Analytics
13 36 (11.92%) Wireframes
14 35 (11.59%) Web Development
15 32 (10.60%) UX Design
16 31 (10.26%) AI
16 31 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 197 (65.23%) JavaScript
2 85 (28.15%) SQL
3 80 (26.49%) C#
4 70 (23.18%) TypeScript
5 57 (18.87%) PHP
6 29 (9.60%) Java
7 28 (9.27%) Python
8 17 (5.63%) C++
9 6 (1.99%) Ruby
10 5 (1.66%) Bash
11 4 (1.32%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.99%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.66%) SOQL
13 2 (0.66%) SOSL
13 2 (0.66%) VB
14 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 68 (22.52%) Degree
2 38 (12.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (9.93%) Security Cleared
4 29 (9.60%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.66%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (17.22%) Accessibility
2 26 (8.61%) QA
3 25 (8.28%) WCAG
4 6 (1.99%) GDPR
5 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.99%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (10.60%) Docker
2 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.30%) Terraform
2 8 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.99%) cPanel
3 3 (0.99%) Plesk
4 2 (0.66%) Argo
5 1 (0.33%) Kibana
Vendors
1 46 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.61%) Google
3 18 (5.96%) Adobe
4 13 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.66%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.32%) Ahrefs
8 3 (0.99%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.99%) Screaming Frog
9 2 (0.66%) iManage
9 2 (0.66%) Oracle
9 2 (0.66%) OutSystems
9 2 (0.66%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.66%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.33%) Apple
10 1 (0.33%) ESRI
10 1 (0.33%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.33%) Instagram
10 1 (0.33%) TikTok
10 1 (0.33%) Zend