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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 93 64
Rank change year-on-year -51 -29 -11
Permanent jobs citing CSS 459 625 921
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.85% 3.72% 4.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.39% 16.56% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 405 302 554
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 £54,892
Median % change year-on-year - +0.20% -8.51%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,563 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 4,418 3,774 6,624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.83% 22.48% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 2,450 4,499
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,513 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +2.26% +2.52%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -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 9 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 32 (6.97%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.49%) WordPress
3 13 (2.83%) IIS
4 8 (1.74%) CMS
5 7 (1.53%) Confluence
6 6 (1.31%) Moodle
7 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.87%) Apache
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.22%) ExpressionEngine
9 1 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (2.18%) Adobe After Effects
1 10 (2.18%) Adobe Illustrator
1 10 (2.18%) Photoshop
2 8 (1.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (1.74%) InDesign
3 6 (1.31%) Adobe XD
4 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.44%) Elementor
6 1 (0.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Shopify
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) Magento
2 2 (0.44%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 217 (47.28%) Azure
2 99 (21.57%) GitHub
3 88 (19.17%) Azure DevOps
4 81 (17.65%) AWS
5 75 (16.34%) GitHub Copilot
6 70 (15.25%) Azure AI
7 38 (8.28%) Power Platform
8 37 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
9 33 (7.19%) Power Automate
9 33 (7.19%) PowerApps
10 26 (5.66%) Figma
11 21 (4.58%) Google Analytics
11 21 (4.58%) SaaS
12 16 (3.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 16 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.27%) Serverless
14 14 (3.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 14 (3.05%) Microsoft Copilot
15 12 (2.61%) Google Ads
16 11 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.14%) Internet
2 3 (0.65%) Intranet
2 3 (0.65%) SMS
3 2 (0.44%) HTTP
3 2 (0.44%) SSL
4 1 (0.22%) DNS
4 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.22%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (33.99%) Azure SQL Database
2 134 (29.19%) MongoDB
3 59 (12.85%) SQL Server
4 49 (10.68%) Relational Database
5 47 (10.24%) MySQL
6 43 (9.37%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (6.75%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (5.45%) Power BI
9 12 (2.61%) Metadata
10 11 (2.40%) NonStop SQL
11 10 (2.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.44%) GIS
13 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.22%) Db2
14 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
14 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
14 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 67 (14.60%) Git
2 14 (3.05%) JIRA
3 6 (1.31%) Axure RP
3 6 (1.31%) Balsamiq
3 6 (1.31%) Cypress.io
3 6 (1.31%) GitLab
3 6 (1.31%) Storybook
4 5 (1.09%) Vite
5 4 (0.87%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.87%) Postman
6 3 (0.65%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.65%) webpack
7 2 (0.44%) Babel
7 2 (0.44%) Bower
7 2 (0.44%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.44%) ESLint
8 1 (0.22%) Ant
8 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.22%) Selenium
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 95 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 62 (13.51%) Marketing
3 54 (11.76%) Advertising
4 48 (10.46%) Finance
5 44 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (8.50%) Public Sector
7 38 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (6.10%) Law
9 20 (4.36%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.92%) Games
11 15 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.83%) Multimedia
13 11 (2.40%) Legal
14 9 (1.96%) Local Government
15 6 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.31%) Publishing
16 4 (0.87%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.65%) Tech for Good
18 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 323 (70.37%) Developer
2 170 (37.04%) .NET Developer
3 82 (17.86%) Senior
4 61 (13.29%) Senior Developer
5 41 (8.93%) Software Engineer
6 30 (6.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 29 (6.32%) C# Developer
8 25 (5.45%) Software Developer
9 21 (4.58%) C# Software Developer
10 20 (4.36%) Designer
10 20 (4.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 19 (4.14%) Analyst
11 19 (4.14%) PHP Developer
12 18 (3.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (3.92%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 17 (3.70%) Web Developer
14 16 (3.49%) .NET Software Developer
14 16 (3.49%) C# Software Engineer
15 15 (3.27%) C# .NET Developer
16 14 (3.05%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 417 (90.85%) HTML
2 222 (48.37%) .NET
3 180 (39.22%) .NET Core
4 161 (35.08%) ASP.NET
5 152 (33.12%) ASP.NET Core
6 94 (20.48%) Entity Framework
7 89 (19.39%) React
8 70 (15.25%) ML.NET
9 63 (13.73%) Node.js
10 41 (8.93%) Vue
11 36 (7.84%) jQuery
12 33 (7.19%) .NET Framework
12 33 (7.19%) HTML5
12 33 (7.19%) RESTful
13 32 (6.97%) LINQ
14 29 (6.32%) REST
15 27 (5.88%) JSON
16 25 (5.45%) AngularJS
16 25 (5.45%) Blazor
16 25 (5.45%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.59%) Greenfield Project
2 26 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.14%) Digital TV
4 14 (3.05%) Algorithms
4 14 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.18%) Graphic Design
7 9 (1.96%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.96%) Social Media
8 8 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.74%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.53%) Blog
10 6 (1.31%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.31%) Learning Management System
11 5 (1.09%) Animation
11 5 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.09%) NHS
11 5 (1.09%) SCORM
12 4 (0.87%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.45%) Windows
2 21 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.14%) Linux
4 5 (1.09%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (48.15%) Full-Stack Development
2 209 (45.53%) CI/CD
3 192 (41.83%) Agile
4 136 (29.63%) AI
5 118 (25.71%) DevOps
6 88 (19.17%) Machine Learning
7 82 (17.86%) User Experience
8 72 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (14.60%) Software Engineering
10 62 (13.51%) OO
11 54 (11.76%) Mentoring
12 42 (9.15%) Analytics
13 40 (8.71%) Front End Development
13 40 (8.71%) Web Development
14 38 (8.28%) UX Design
15 33 (7.19%) Clean Code
15 33 (7.19%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
16 32 (6.97%) SDLC
17 31 (6.75%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 255 (55.56%) SQL
2 252 (54.90%) C#
3 196 (42.70%) JavaScript
4 71 (15.47%) TypeScript
5 44 (9.59%) PHP
6 25 (5.45%) Python
7 24 (5.23%) Java
8 19 (4.14%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.18%) C++
10 9 (1.96%) Ruby
10 9 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.09%) Go
11 5 (1.09%) VBA
11 5 (1.09%) VBScript
12 3 (0.65%) Perl
13 2 (0.44%) Bash
13 2 (0.44%) C
13 2 (0.44%) Dart
13 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 49 (10.68%) Degree
2 33 (7.19%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.74%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.44%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (15.90%) Accessibility
2 45 (9.80%) WCAG
3 20 (4.36%) GDPR
4 18 (3.92%) QA
5 9 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.53%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.87%) SLA
7 4 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.22%) PERC
8 1 (0.22%) WAI
8 1 (0.22%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 105 (22.88%) Docker
2 8 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 80 (17.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.44%) Plesk
4 1 (0.22%) Argo
4 1 (0.22%) Consul
Vendors
1 221 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.71%) Facebook
3 30 (6.54%) Adobe
4 27 (5.88%) Google
5 21 (4.58%) YouTube
6 9 (1.96%) Oracle
7 5 (1.09%) iManage
7 5 (1.09%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.87%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.65%) OneLogin
9 3 (0.65%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.44%) Foundry
10 2 (0.44%) Sage
10 2 (0.44%) Sony
11 1 (0.22%) Braze
11 1 (0.22%) HP
11 1 (0.22%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.22%) Optimizely