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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 64 56
Rank change year-on-year -63 -8 -2
Permanent jobs citing CSS 364 790 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.95% 5.22% 4.61%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.90% 17.47% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 311 432 1,354
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,075 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,909 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -2.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £48,676 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.50% +4.76% -7.89%

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 3,340 4,523 8,598
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.89% 29.87% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,416 3,053 7,528
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +8.75% -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 18 May 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 29 (7.97%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.85%) CMS
3 5 (1.37%) Confluence
4 4 (1.10%) Drupal
4 4 (1.10%) IIS
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) nginx
6 2 (0.55%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (3.02%) Adobe XD
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.10%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) InVision
6 1 (0.27%) Sketch
6 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.75%) Shopify
2 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.27%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Magento
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 159 (43.68%) Azure
2 101 (27.75%) AWS
3 68 (18.68%) GitHub
4 65 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (9.62%) Power Platform
6 32 (8.79%) SaaS
7 30 (8.24%) PowerApps
8 29 (7.97%) Power Automate
9 24 (6.59%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (6.04%) Azure AI
10 22 (6.04%) GitHub Copilot
11 21 (5.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 19 (5.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (5.22%) OneDrive
13 18 (4.95%) Google Analytics
14 16 (4.40%) Figma
15 15 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (3.57%) GCP
16 13 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.37%) Internet
1 5 (1.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.55%) HTTP
3 1 (0.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (20.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 67 (18.41%) SQL Server
3 50 (13.74%) MySQL
4 46 (12.64%) MongoDB
5 32 (8.79%) Power BI
6 22 (6.04%) Relational Database
7 18 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (2.20%) NoSQL
10 5 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.37%) MariaDB
11 4 (1.10%) Metadata
11 4 (1.10%) NonStop SQL
11 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.82%) FileMaker
12 3 (0.82%) Looker
13 2 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.55%) GIS
13 2 (0.55%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 69 (18.96%) Git
2 16 (4.40%) JIRA
3 11 (3.02%) Axure RP
4 10 (2.75%) Balsamiq
4 10 (2.75%) Cypress.io
5 9 (2.47%) webpack
6 7 (1.92%) Storybook
6 7 (1.92%) Vite
7 4 (1.10%) Babel
8 3 (0.82%) ESLint
8 3 (0.82%) GitLab
8 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.55%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.27%) Maven
10 1 (0.27%) Moq
10 1 (0.27%) MSTest
10 1 (0.27%) NUnit
10 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 108 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (12.36%) Finance
4 34 (9.34%) Law
5 24 (6.59%) Marketing
6 22 (6.04%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (4.67%) Advertising
9 16 (4.40%) Legal
10 12 (3.30%) Games
11 8 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.65%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.37%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.82%) Local Government
15 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Retail
16 1 (0.27%) Back Office
16 1 (0.27%) Banking
16 1 (0.27%) Digital Healthcare
16 1 (0.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 265 (72.80%) Developer
2 87 (23.90%) .NET Developer
3 54 (14.84%) Senior
4 49 (13.46%) C# Developer
5 48 (13.19%) C# Software Developer
6 43 (11.81%) Full-Stack Developer
7 42 (11.54%) Senior Developer
8 40 (10.99%) PHP Developer
9 38 (10.44%) Software Developer
10 34 (9.34%) Software Engineer
11 30 (8.24%) Graduate
12 27 (7.42%) Graduate Developer
13 26 (7.14%) Graduate C# Developer
13 26 (7.14%) Graduate C# Software Developer
13 26 (7.14%) Graduate Software Developer
13 26 (7.14%) Graduate SQL Developer
13 26 (7.14%) SQL Developer
14 23 (6.32%) .NET Software Developer
15 22 (6.04%) C# .NET Developer
16 21 (5.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (85.99%) HTML
2 152 (41.76%) .NET
3 100 (27.47%) React
4 81 (22.25%) .NET Core
5 66 (18.13%) ASP.NET
6 60 (16.48%) ASP.NET Core
7 56 (15.38%) jQuery
8 52 (14.29%) Vue
9 46 (12.64%) HTML5
10 38 (10.44%) JSON
11 36 (9.89%) RESTful
12 35 (9.62%) Entity Framework
13 32 (8.79%) CSS3
13 32 (8.79%) Node.js
14 31 (8.52%) AngularJS
15 27 (7.42%) Laravel
16 24 (6.59%) HTML5 Canvas
16 24 (6.59%) REST
17 23 (6.32%) React Native
18 22 (6.04%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.77%) Greenfield Project
2 20 (5.49%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.22%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.22%) Virtual Team
4 14 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.47%) Digital TV
5 9 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.92%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.92%) Podcast
8 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.10%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.82%) Blog
11 3 (0.82%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.57%) Linux
2 6 (1.65%) Windows
2 6 (1.65%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (42.03%) Agile
2 142 (39.01%) Full-Stack Development
3 118 (32.42%) CI/CD
4 85 (23.35%) DevOps
5 78 (21.43%) User Experience
6 68 (18.68%) AI
7 66 (18.13%) Front End Development
8 58 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 57 (15.66%) Software Engineering
10 55 (15.11%) Mentoring
10 55 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (14.01%) Clean Code
11 51 (14.01%) OO
12 50 (13.74%) Computer Science
13 48 (13.19%) Machine Learning
14 43 (11.81%) MVC
15 41 (11.26%) Analytics
16 38 (10.44%) Technical Leadership
17 37 (10.16%) Microservices
17 37 (10.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 190 (52.20%) SQL
2 184 (50.55%) JavaScript
3 165 (45.33%) C#
4 79 (21.70%) TypeScript
5 69 (18.96%) PHP
6 39 (10.71%) Java
7 30 (8.24%) Python
8 26 (7.14%) C++
8 26 (7.14%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.65%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.37%) Dart
11 4 (1.10%) Bash
11 4 (1.10%) VBA
11 4 (1.10%) VBScript
12 3 (0.82%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.82%) VB
13 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.55%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) SOQL
13 2 (0.55%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 65 (17.86%) Degree
2 42 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (6.04%) Security Cleared
4 21 (5.77%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.36%) Accessibility
2 20 (5.49%) WCAG
3 11 (3.02%) SLA
4 10 (2.75%) GDPR
4 10 (2.75%) QA
5 7 (1.92%) GRC
5 7 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) HL7
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (12.36%) Docker
2 7 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.92%) Terraform
3 5 (1.37%) Plesk
4 2 (0.55%) cPanel
5 1 (0.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 128 (35.16%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.07%) Adobe
3 22 (6.04%) Google
4 10 (2.75%) Facebook
5 7 (1.92%) Oracle
5 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.65%) iManage
6 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.65%) YouTube
7 3 (0.82%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.55%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.27%) Apple
9 1 (0.27%) DoubleClick
9 1 (0.27%) New Relic
9 1 (0.27%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.27%) Pardot
9 1 (0.27%) Splunk
9 1 (0.27%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.27%) Zend