Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 19 October 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 19 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
19 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 21 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 2,698 743 927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.79% 12.00% 12.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 21.53% 23.23% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,191 675 862
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,250 £72,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +2.15%

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 12,531 3,199 3,448
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 45.49% 51.66% 45.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9,798 2,888 3,128
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +7.84%

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 19 October 2021.

CSS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 19 October 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 2,510 (93.03%) HTML
2 2,228 (82.58%) JavaScript
3 1,295 (48.00%) React
4 1,079 (39.99%) Agile Software Development
5 774 (28.69%) Front End Development
6 739 (27.39%) Git (software)
7 687 (25.46%) .NET
8 674 (24.98%) AngularJS
9 671 (24.87%) Full Stack Development
10 666 (24.68%) C#
11 634 (23.50%) HTML5
12 591 (21.91%) PHP
13 559 (20.72%) Node.js
14 539 (19.98%) jQuery
15 535 (19.83%) User Experience
16 533 (19.76%) MVC
17 521 (19.31%) TypeScript
18 520 (19.27%) Azure
19 515 (19.09%) Social Skills
20 501 (18.57%) SQL
21 497 (18.42%) Web Development
22 465 (17.23%) RESTful
23 462 (17.12%) Software Engineering
24 451 (16.72%) AWS
25 444 (16.46%) CSS3
26 429 (15.90%) Finance
27 428 (15.86%) REST
28 410 (15.20%) MySQL
29 401 (14.86%) E-Commerce
30 399 (14.79%) ASP.NET

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
1 269 (9.97%) CMS
2 159 (5.89%) WordPress
3 89 (3.30%) Umbraco
4 78 (2.89%) nginx
5 77 (2.85%) IIS
6 73 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
7 71 (2.63%) Headless CMS
8 66 (2.45%) Kentico
9 62 (2.30%) Apache Solr
10 61 (2.26%) EPiServer
11 58 (2.15%) Sitecore CMS
12 52 (1.93%) Drupal
13 51 (1.89%) SharePoint
14 44 (1.63%) Apache
15 42 (1.56%) Confluence
16 17 (0.63%) MODX
17 16 (0.59%) SharePoint 2010
18 14 (0.52%) Tomcat
19 8 (0.30%) Apache Spark
19 8 (0.30%) Moodle
Applications
1 66 (2.45%) Figma
2 62 (2.30%) Sketch
3 31 (1.15%) InVision
4 26 (0.96%) Photoshop
5 20 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 15 (0.56%) Adobe XD
7 13 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (0.26%) InDesign
10 6 (0.22%) MadCap Flare
11 4 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.15%) InfoPath
11 4 (0.15%) Zeplin
12 3 (0.11%) Marvel
13 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Excel
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe After Effects
14 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.037%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 57 (2.11%) Magento
2 36 (1.33%) Shopify
3 35 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 21 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 16 (0.59%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 15 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
7 9 (0.33%) Summit
8 7 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.22%) WebTrends
10 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.19%) Elite 3E
10 5 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
10 5 (0.19%) SDL Web 8
11 4 (0.15%) Salesforce.com CRM
11 4 (0.15%) SAP Hybris
12 3 (0.11%) Maximo
12 3 (0.11%) nopCommerce
13 2 (0.074%) JDE OneWorld
14 1 (0.037%) Sage CRM
14 1 (0.037%) StreamServe
Cloud Services
1 520 (19.27%) Azure
2 451 (16.72%) AWS
3 340 (12.60%) SaaS
4 130 (4.82%) GitHub
5 103 (3.82%) npm
6 95 (3.52%) GCP
7 45 (1.67%) Serverless
8 30 (1.11%) Google Analytics
8 30 (1.11%) PaaS
9 29 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (1.04%) Power Platform
10 28 (1.04%) Yarn
11 27 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.00%) Heroku
12 24 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 22 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (0.82%) PowerApps
15 20 (0.74%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.08%) HTTP
2 42 (1.56%) Internet
3 35 (1.30%) Broadband
4 34 (1.26%) MQTT
5 29 (1.07%) Wireless
6 28 (1.04%) DNS
7 27 (1.00%) TCP/IP
8 25 (0.93%) Bluetooth
8 25 (0.93%) Ethernet
8 25 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (0.82%) SSL
10 9 (0.33%) SSH
11 8 (0.30%) Intranet
11 8 (0.30%) VPN
12 5 (0.19%) DHCP
13 4 (0.15%) DAB
13 4 (0.15%) Firewall
14 3 (0.11%) AMQP
15 2 (0.074%) Network Security
15 2 (0.074%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 410 (15.20%) MySQL
2 359 (13.31%) SQL Server
3 148 (5.49%) NoSQL
4 132 (4.89%) Relational Database
5 129 (4.78%) MongoDB
6 119 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
7 101 (3.74%) Redis
8 45 (1.67%) Couchbase
9 42 (1.56%) Big Data
10 33 (1.22%) MariaDB
11 20 (0.74%) Amazon DynamoDB
11 20 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.56%) RDBMS
14 14 (0.52%) Power BI
15 13 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.48%) Hadoop
15 13 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 12 (0.44%) Blockchain
Development Applications
1 739 (27.39%) Git (software)
2 200 (7.41%) webpack
3 130 (4.82%) JIRA
4 109 (4.04%) Visual Studio
5 92 (3.41%) gulp
6 89 (3.30%) Jenkins
7 70 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 58 (2.15%) Babel
9 49 (1.82%) Mocha
10 46 (1.70%) ReSharper
11 43 (1.59%) Bitbucket
12 42 (1.56%) GitLab
13 41 (1.52%) PHPUnit
14 39 (1.45%) Jasmine
14 39 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
15 36 (1.33%) Grunt
16 34 (1.26%) Selenium
17 26 (0.96%) Storybook
18 25 (0.93%) TeamCity
19 21 (0.78%) git-flow
General
1 515 (19.09%) Social Skills
2 429 (15.90%) Finance
3 167 (6.19%) Marketing
4 125 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (4.08%) Retail
6 69 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 65 (2.41%) Publishing
8 62 (2.30%) Games
9 50 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 42 (1.56%) Public Sector
11 39 (1.45%) Banking
12 34 (1.26%) Financial Institution
12 34 (1.26%) Legal
13 32 (1.19%) Law
14 28 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (0.78%) Billing
16 18 (0.67%) Police
17 17 (0.63%) Local Government
17 17 (0.63%) Manufacturing
18 16 (0.59%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2,080 (77.09%) Developer
2 519 (19.24%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 403 (14.94%) Senior Developer
4 331 (12.27%) PHP Developer
5 312 (11.56%) .NET Developer
6 302 (11.19%) Full Stack Developer
7 269 (9.97%) React Developer
8 197 (7.30%) Software Developer
9 177 (6.56%) Software Engineer
10 165 (6.12%) JavaScript Developer
11 163 (6.04%) Web Developer
12 158 (5.86%) C# Developer
13 98 (3.63%) Lead Developer
14 96 (3.56%) Senior .NET Developer
15 87 (3.22%) Angular Developer
16 84 (3.11%) C# .NET Developer
17 77 (2.85%) Java Developer
18 74 (2.74%) Digital Developer
18 74 (2.74%) Senior Front-End Developer
19 71 (2.63%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,510 (93.03%) HTML
2 1,295 (48.00%) React
3 687 (25.46%) .NET
4 674 (24.98%) AngularJS
5 634 (23.50%) HTML5
6 559 (20.72%) Node.js
7 539 (19.98%) jQuery
8 465 (17.23%) RESTful
9 444 (16.46%) CSS3
10 428 (15.86%) REST
11 399 (14.79%) ASP.NET
12 371 (13.75%) Vue.js
13 342 (12.68%) Sass
14 295 (10.93%) Web Services
15 258 (9.56%) Redux
16 226 (8.38%) .NET Core
17 222 (8.23%) Laravel
18 205 (7.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 204 (7.56%) .NET Framework
20 198 (7.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 535 (19.83%) User Experience
2 208 (7.71%) Greenfield Project
3 146 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 144 (5.34%) Mobile App
5 84 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 77 (2.85%) e-Learning
7 67 (2.48%) Legacy Code
8 62 (2.30%) Virtual Team
9 44 (1.63%) Algorithms
9 44 (1.63%) Tandem
10 39 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.00%) Blog
11 27 (1.00%) Data Structures
12 26 (0.96%) Device Driver
13 25 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
14 20 (0.74%) NHS
15 18 (0.67%) Hedge funds
16 14 (0.52%) Renewable Energy
17 12 (0.44%) iPad
17 12 (0.44%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 242 (8.97%) Linux
2 121 (4.48%) Windows
3 60 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 46 (1.70%) Android
5 40 (1.48%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.59%) Unix
7 10 (0.37%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.26%) Windows 7
9 6 (0.22%) CentOS
9 6 (0.22%) Windows 8
10 5 (0.19%) Fedora
10 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.037%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.037%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,079 (39.99%) Agile Software Development
2 774 (28.69%) Front End Development
3 671 (24.87%) Full Stack Development
4 533 (19.76%) MVC
5 497 (18.42%) Web Development
6 462 (17.12%) Software Engineering
7 401 (14.86%) E-Commerce
8 381 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
9 346 (12.82%) DevOps
10 342 (12.68%) Scrum
11 330 (12.23%) TDD
12 290 (10.75%) Microservices
13 285 (10.56%) OO
14 284 (10.53%) Unit Testing
15 207 (7.67%) Mentoring
16 198 (7.34%) Computer Science
16 198 (7.34%) Test Automation
17 185 (6.86%) OOP
18 174 (6.45%) SDLC
19 166 (6.15%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 2,228 (82.58%) JavaScript
2 666 (24.68%) C#
3 591 (21.91%) PHP
4 521 (19.31%) TypeScript
5 501 (18.57%) SQL
6 302 (11.19%) Java
7 263 (9.75%) Python
8 161 (5.97%) ES6
9 92 (3.41%) Ruby
10 86 (3.19%) PHP 7
11 67 (2.48%) C
12 58 (2.15%) T-SQL
13 50 (1.85%) C++
14 48 (1.78%) PowerShell
15 31 (1.15%) VB.NET
16 28 (1.04%) Go
16 28 (1.04%) Java 8
17 26 (0.96%) ES7
18 25 (0.93%) Kotlin
18 25 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 245 (9.08%) Degree
2 119 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (1.63%) Security Cleared
4 27 (1.00%) SC Cleared
5 21 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (0.41%) PhD
7 8 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.22%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.19%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.15%) MCSE
11 3 (0.11%) ISEB
12 2 (0.074%) MCPD
13 1 (0.037%) CCNP
13 1 (0.037%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.037%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.037%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.037%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 218 (8.08%) Accessibility
2 154 (5.71%) QA
3 34 (1.26%) WCAG
4 6 (0.22%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (0.19%) SLA
6 1 (0.037%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.037%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.037%) GDPR
6 1 (0.037%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.037%) NCSC
System Software
1 291 (10.79%) Docker
2 26 (0.96%) Firmware
3 7 (0.26%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.074%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.037%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 96 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 36 (1.33%) Terraform
3 29 (1.07%) Ansible
4 10 (0.37%) Grafana
5 8 (0.30%) Opscode Chef
5 8 (0.30%) Puppet
6 6 (0.22%) Kibana
6 6 (0.22%) logstash
7 5 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.19%) HP UCMDB
7 5 (0.19%) Packer
8 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.11%) Istio
9 3 (0.11%) OpenNebula
10 2 (0.074%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.074%) Consul
10 2 (0.074%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.037%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.037%) Nagios
Vendors
1 331 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 107 (3.97%) Google
3 92 (3.41%) Adobe
4 63 (2.34%) Sitecore
5 56 (2.08%) Oracle
6 47 (1.74%) WooCommerce
7 41 (1.52%) Zend
8 39 (1.45%) SAP
9 33 (1.22%) Salesforce.com
10 31 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 21 (0.78%) Xamarin
12 16 (0.59%) Atlassian
13 15 (0.56%) Yahoo!
14 13 (0.48%) Telerik
15 12 (0.44%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.41%) Elastic Path
17 10 (0.37%) Bloomberg
17 10 (0.37%) HP
18 9 (0.33%) Apple
18 9 (0.33%) Remedy