Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 25 July 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for CSS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CSS over the 6 months to 25 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
25 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 20 17 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 2,383 689 972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.52% 12.65% 12.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.61% 25.36% 27.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 629 919
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

CSS is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,541 2,717 3,592
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 46.52% 49.90% 44.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8,252 2,417 3,284
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

CSS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CSS trend for jobs with a WFH option

CSS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CSS.

CSS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CSS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CSS over the 6 months to 25 July 2021.

CSS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 25 July 2021, CSS job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for CSS.

1 2,186 (91.73%) HTML
2 1,973 (82.79%) JavaScript
3 1,115 (46.79%) React
4 942 (39.53%) Agile Software Development
5 669 (28.07%) Git (software)
6 664 (27.86%) Front End Development
7 649 (27.23%) .NET
8 630 (26.44%) AngularJS
9 628 (26.35%) C#
10 586 (24.59%) HTML5
11 578 (24.26%) PHP
12 535 (22.45%) User Experience
13 525 (22.03%) SQL
14 493 (20.69%) TypeScript
15 487 (20.44%) Node.js
16 471 (19.77%) Azure
17 462 (19.39%) MVC
18 460 (19.30%) jQuery
19 440 (18.46%) Vue.js
20 432 (18.13%) Web Development
21 429 (18.00%) CSS3
22 421 (17.67%) Social Skills
23 409 (17.16%) MySQL
24 403 (16.91%) AWS
25 393 (16.49%) SQL Server
26 387 (16.24%) Software Engineering
27 385 (16.16%) REST
28 378 (15.86%) Finance
29 362 (15.19%) ASP.NET
30 348 (14.60%) Sass

CSS
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 245 (10.28%) CMS
2 152 (6.38%) WordPress
3 82 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
4 71 (2.98%) Umbraco
5 67 (2.81%) IIS
6 58 (2.43%) nginx
7 46 (1.93%) Apache Solr
8 45 (1.89%) Headless CMS
8 45 (1.89%) Kentico
9 42 (1.76%) Apache
9 42 (1.76%) EPiServer
9 42 (1.76%) Sitecore CMS
10 40 (1.68%) Drupal
11 37 (1.55%) Confluence
12 35 (1.47%) SharePoint
13 13 (0.55%) Tomcat
14 11 (0.46%) MODX
15 9 (0.38%) Moodle
16 8 (0.34%) Apache Spark
17 6 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 59 (2.48%) Sketch
2 29 (1.22%) Figma
2 29 (1.22%) InVision
3 25 (1.05%) Photoshop
4 14 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (0.55%) Adobe XD
6 8 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.25%) InDesign
7 6 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
8 5 (0.21%) Zeplin
9 4 (0.17%) Marvel
10 3 (0.13%) GIMP
10 3 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.042%) Gephi
11 1 (0.042%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.042%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 67 (2.81%) Magento
2 58 (2.43%) Shopify
3 21 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
5 8 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.25%) WebTrends
7 5 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
8 4 (0.17%) SDL Web 8
9 3 (0.13%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.084%) JDE OneWorld
11 1 (0.042%) Relativity
11 1 (0.042%) Sage 300 ERP
11 1 (0.042%) Sage CRM
11 1 (0.042%) SAP CRM
11 1 (0.042%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.042%) SessionCam
11 1 (0.042%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
11 1 (0.042%) StreamServe
Cloud Services
1 471 (19.77%) Azure
2 403 (16.91%) AWS
3 230 (9.65%) SaaS
4 121 (5.08%) GitHub
5 106 (4.45%) npm
6 100 (4.20%) GCP
7 60 (2.52%) Serverless
8 39 (1.64%) Amazon S3
9 37 (1.55%) Google Analytics
10 33 (1.38%) PaaS
11 31 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 23 (0.97%) Yarn
15 21 (0.88%) Heroku
16 19 (0.80%) CloudFront
17 16 (0.67%) Amazon SQS
17 16 (0.67%) Power Platform
18 15 (0.63%) Amazon Cognito
18 15 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.22%) HTTP
2 48 (2.01%) Internet
3 26 (1.09%) DNS
4 20 (0.84%) Broadband
4 20 (0.84%) SSL
5 18 (0.76%) MQTT
5 18 (0.76%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.71%) Wireless
7 16 (0.67%) Ethernet
8 13 (0.55%) Bluetooth
8 13 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.46%) VPN
10 6 (0.25%) Intranet
11 4 (0.17%) DAB
11 4 (0.17%) Firewall
11 4 (0.17%) SSH
12 3 (0.13%) AMQP
13 2 (0.084%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.084%) Network Security
13 2 (0.084%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 409 (17.16%) MySQL
2 393 (16.49%) SQL Server
3 160 (6.71%) NoSQL
4 137 (5.75%) MongoDB
5 130 (5.46%) PostgreSQL
6 92 (3.86%) Redis
7 88 (3.69%) Relational Database
8 48 (2.01%) Big Data
9 29 (1.22%) MariaDB
10 27 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 26 (1.09%) Couchbase
12 24 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
12 24 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (0.59%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 12 (0.50%) Amazon DynamoDB
16 12 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
16 12 (0.50%) Power BI
17 11 (0.46%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 669 (28.07%) Git (software)
2 179 (7.51%) webpack
3 133 (5.58%) JIRA
4 94 (3.94%) Jenkins
5 92 (3.86%) Visual Studio
6 78 (3.27%) gulp
7 49 (2.06%) Cypress.io
8 41 (1.72%) Babel
9 40 (1.68%) Selenium
10 39 (1.64%) Mocha
11 38 (1.59%) Bitbucket
12 34 (1.43%) GitLab
13 32 (1.34%) Jasmine
14 31 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
15 27 (1.13%) PHPUnit
15 27 (1.13%) Storybook
16 26 (1.09%) Subversion
17 24 (1.01%) ReSharper
18 22 (0.92%) Grunt
18 22 (0.92%) Maven
General
1 421 (17.67%) Social Skills
2 378 (15.86%) Finance
3 159 (6.67%) Marketing
4 136 (5.71%) Retail
5 109 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (2.48%) Games
7 48 (2.01%) Banking
8 47 (1.97%) Telecoms
9 46 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (1.72%) Publishing
11 40 (1.68%) Public Sector
12 34 (1.43%) Law
13 27 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.09%) Legal
15 21 (0.88%) Financial Institution
16 18 (0.76%) Police
17 16 (0.67%) Automotive
18 15 (0.63%) Front Office
18 15 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 14 (0.59%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,805 (75.74%) Developer
2 401 (16.83%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 333 (13.97%) Senior Developer
4 310 (13.01%) PHP Developer
5 301 (12.63%) Full Stack Developer
6 266 (11.16%) React Developer
7 264 (11.08%) .NET Developer
8 174 (7.30%) C# Developer
9 157 (6.59%) Software Developer
10 146 (6.13%) Web Developer
11 137 (5.75%) Software Engineer
12 128 (5.37%) JavaScript Developer
13 117 (4.91%) C# .NET Developer
14 84 (3.52%) Angular Developer
15 78 (3.27%) PHP Laravel Developer
16 68 (2.85%) Junior
17 66 (2.77%) Designer
17 66 (2.77%) Senior PHP Developer
18 65 (2.73%) E-Commerce Developer
18 65 (2.73%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,186 (91.73%) HTML
2 1,115 (46.79%) React
3 649 (27.23%) .NET
4 630 (26.44%) AngularJS
5 586 (24.59%) HTML5
6 487 (20.44%) Node.js
7 460 (19.30%) jQuery
8 440 (18.46%) Vue.js
9 429 (18.00%) CSS3
10 385 (16.16%) REST
11 362 (15.19%) ASP.NET
12 348 (14.60%) Sass
13 343 (14.39%) RESTful
14 279 (11.71%) Laravel
15 248 (10.41%) Redux
16 230 (9.65%) .NET Core
17 217 (9.11%) Web Services
18 211 (8.85%) .NET Framework
19 181 (7.60%) JSON
19 181 (7.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 535 (22.45%) User Experience
2 174 (7.30%) Mobile App
3 124 (5.20%) Greenfield Project
4 113 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 65 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 63 (2.64%) Virtual Team
7 35 (1.47%) Legacy Code
8 34 (1.43%) Algorithms
8 34 (1.43%) Hedge funds
9 30 (1.26%) Blog
10 28 (1.17%) Management Information System
11 19 (0.80%) iPad
12 18 (0.76%) Data Structures
13 17 (0.71%) NHS
14 15 (0.63%) e-Learning
14 15 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.55%) Cloud Native
15 13 (0.55%) Device Driver
15 13 (0.55%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 179 (7.51%) Linux
2 96 (4.03%) Windows
3 63 (2.64%) Android
4 52 (2.18%) Apple iOS
5 43 (1.80%) Windows Server
6 19 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 17 (0.71%) Unix
8 9 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.34%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.25%) Windows 8
11 5 (0.21%) CentOS
12 3 (0.13%) Fedora
12 3 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.084%) Debian
14 1 (0.042%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 942 (39.53%) Agile Software Development
2 664 (27.86%) Front End Development
3 462 (19.39%) MVC
4 432 (18.13%) Web Development
5 387 (16.24%) Software Engineering
6 343 (14.39%) E-Commerce
7 330 (13.85%) DevOps
8 322 (13.51%) Scrum
9 301 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
10 285 (11.96%) Microservices
11 268 (11.25%) TDD
12 238 (9.99%) OO
13 219 (9.19%) Unit Testing
14 184 (7.72%) Test Automation
15 171 (7.18%) SDLC
16 159 (6.67%) Clean Code
17 154 (6.46%) OOP
18 147 (6.17%) Computer Science
19 142 (5.96%) Continuous Integration
20 126 (5.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1,973 (82.79%) JavaScript
2 628 (26.35%) C#
3 578 (24.26%) PHP
4 525 (22.03%) SQL
5 493 (20.69%) TypeScript
6 278 (11.67%) Java
7 209 (8.77%) Python
8 146 (6.13%) ES6
9 84 (3.52%) T-SQL
10 67 (2.81%) Ruby
11 63 (2.64%) PHP 7
12 52 (2.18%) C
13 40 (1.68%) C++
13 40 (1.68%) VB.NET
14 35 (1.47%) Shell Script
15 31 (1.30%) Bash Shell
16 24 (1.01%) PowerShell
17 22 (0.92%) Kotlin
18 20 (0.84%) ES7
18 20 (0.84%) Go
Qualifications
1 181 (7.60%) Degree
2 73 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (1.22%) Security Cleared
4 20 (0.84%) SC Cleared
5 19 (0.80%) PhD
6 17 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (0.50%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.13%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.042%) CCNP
12 1 (0.042%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.042%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (6.84%) Accessibility
2 100 (4.20%) QA
3 28 (1.17%) WCAG
4 12 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
4 12 (0.50%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.084%) SLA
6 1 (0.042%) GDPR
6 1 (0.042%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.042%) PMO
System Software
1 300 (12.59%) Docker
2 13 (0.55%) Firmware
3 3 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.084%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.084%) Varnish
5 1 (0.042%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 126 (5.29%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.10%) Ansible
3 47 (1.97%) Terraform
4 15 (0.63%) Packer
5 14 (0.59%) Puppet
6 9 (0.38%) HP UCMDB
6 9 (0.38%) Opscode Chef
7 8 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.21%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.17%) Istio
10 3 (0.13%) Grafana
11 2 (0.084%) BMC PATROL
11 2 (0.084%) OpenNebula
11 2 (0.084%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.042%) Consul
12 1 (0.042%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 290 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 119 (4.99%) Google
3 75 (3.15%) Adobe
4 51 (2.14%) Zend
5 44 (1.85%) Oracle
5 44 (1.85%) Sitecore
6 43 (1.80%) WooCommerce
7 39 (1.64%) Salesforce.com
8 25 (1.05%) Yahoo!
9 22 (0.92%) SAP
10 18 (0.76%) Sage
10 18 (0.76%) ServiceNow
11 16 (0.67%) Remedy
12 15 (0.63%) Atlassian
12 15 (0.63%) Xamarin
13 14 (0.59%) HP
13 14 (0.59%) Sencha
14 11 (0.46%) Apple
14 11 (0.46%) Databricks
14 11 (0.46%) Elastic Path