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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 56 51
Rank change year-on-year -80 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing CSS 310 853 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.98% 5.21% 5.37%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.14% 16.80% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 243 514 1,232
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,750 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,136
% change year-on-year -18.18% -0.25% -4.11%

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 2,783 5,078 7,653
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.79% 31.04% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,115 3,232 6,630
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,375
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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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 25 January 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 (6.77%) CMS
2 7 (2.26%) Confluence
3 6 (1.94%) nginx
3 6 (1.94%) WordPress
4 5 (1.61%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.29%) Drupal
5 4 (1.29%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.65%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.65%) Mendix
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.32%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.32%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 14 (4.52%) Adobe XD
2 8 (2.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (2.58%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (2.58%) Chatbot
3 7 (2.26%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (0.97%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.97%) Sketch
5 1 (0.32%) InVision
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.87%) Shopify
2 9 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.32%) Magento
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (37.74%) Azure
2 69 (22.26%) AWS
3 56 (18.06%) GitHub
4 32 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (9.35%) SaaS
6 28 (9.03%) Serverless
7 24 (7.74%) Figma
8 19 (6.13%) GCP
9 15 (4.84%) Google Analytics
10 11 (3.55%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.58%) Amazon S3
11 8 (2.58%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.58%) Power Automate
12 7 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (2.26%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.94%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.97%) HTTP
2 2 (0.65%) Intranet
3 1 (0.32%) AMQP
3 1 (0.32%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (21.29%) MySQL
2 62 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 26 (8.39%) Relational Database
4 22 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (4.52%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (3.23%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.94%) Power BI
9 5 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.61%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.29%) Metadata
11 3 (0.97%) GIS
11 3 (0.97%) Redis
12 2 (0.65%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.65%) Looker
13 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.32%) FileMaker
13 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (23.55%) Git
2 13 (4.19%) Axure RP
2 13 (4.19%) JIRA
3 12 (3.87%) webpack
4 11 (3.55%) Balsamiq
5 10 (3.23%) Cypress.io
5 10 (3.23%) Vite
6 8 (2.58%) Jenkins
7 5 (1.61%) Babel
7 5 (1.61%) git-flow
7 5 (1.61%) GitLab
7 5 (1.61%) Storybook
8 3 (0.97%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.97%) ESLint
8 3 (0.97%) Maven
8 3 (0.97%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.65%) gulp
9 2 (0.65%) JMeter
9 2 (0.65%) Selenium
9 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 101 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (12.58%) Law
4 36 (11.61%) Finance
5 27 (8.71%) Marketing
6 26 (8.39%) Public Sector
7 22 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.55%) Retail
9 8 (2.58%) Legal
10 7 (2.26%) Banking
11 5 (1.61%) Games
11 5 (1.61%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Advertising
13 2 (0.65%) Front Office
13 2 (0.65%) Local Government
13 2 (0.65%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.32%) Automotive
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 207 (66.77%) Developer
2 56 (18.06%) Senior
3 42 (13.55%) Senior Developer
4 36 (11.61%) PHP Developer
5 30 (9.68%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 29 (9.35%) Full-Stack Developer
7 27 (8.71%) .NET Developer
7 27 (8.71%) Graduate
7 27 (8.71%) Graduate Developer
8 26 (8.39%) Software Developer
9 20 (6.45%) C# Developer
9 20 (6.45%) Software Engineer
10 19 (6.13%) Azure Developer
10 19 (6.13%) Designer
11 18 (5.81%) Lead
12 17 (5.48%) SQL Developer
12 17 (5.48%) Support Engineer
13 16 (5.16%) Customer Engineer
13 16 (5.16%) Customer Support Engineer
13 16 (5.16%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (80.97%) HTML
2 116 (37.42%) React
3 94 (30.32%) .NET
4 45 (14.52%) ASP.NET
5 44 (14.19%) jQuery
6 37 (11.94%) HTML5
6 37 (11.94%) Vue
7 36 (11.61%) Node.js
8 34 (10.97%) CSS3
9 32 (10.32%) Laravel
10 31 (10.00%) REST
11 30 (9.68%) AngularJS
12 29 (9.35%) .NET Core
13 26 (8.39%) RESTful
14 24 (7.74%) Sass
15 17 (5.48%) Bootstrap
15 17 (5.48%) React Native
16 16 (5.16%) ASP.NET Core
16 16 (5.16%) JSON
16 16 (5.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.97%) Product Ownership
2 22 (7.10%) Mobile App
3 16 (5.16%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.84%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.90%) Low-Code
6 8 (2.58%) Motion Graphics
7 6 (1.94%) Digital TV
7 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.61%) Animation
8 5 (1.61%) CMDB
8 5 (1.61%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.61%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.61%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.29%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.29%) PKI
10 3 (0.97%) Digital Signage
10 3 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.94%) Linux
2 3 (0.97%) Windows
3 2 (0.65%) Solaris
3 2 (0.65%) Unix
3 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (55.81%) Agile
2 83 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (25.48%) Front End Development
4 73 (23.55%) Full-Stack Development
5 70 (22.58%) User Experience
6 69 (22.26%) DevOps
7 68 (21.94%) MVC
8 66 (21.29%) CI/CD
9 55 (17.74%) Mentoring
10 49 (15.81%) Computer Science
11 47 (15.16%) OOP
12 41 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (12.90%) OO
14 38 (12.26%) Software Engineering
15 35 (11.29%) Clean Code
16 34 (10.97%) API Integration
17 32 (10.32%) Wireframes
18 31 (10.00%) Web Development
19 29 (9.35%) Analytics
20 26 (8.39%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 202 (65.16%) JavaScript
2 86 (27.74%) C#
3 83 (26.77%) SQL
4 68 (21.94%) TypeScript
5 65 (20.97%) PHP
6 41 (13.23%) Java
7 26 (8.39%) C++
7 26 (8.39%) Python
8 7 (2.26%) Ruby
9 4 (1.29%) Bash
9 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.29%) VB
10 3 (0.97%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.65%) SOQL
11 2 (0.65%) SOSL
12 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 78 (25.16%) Degree
2 48 (15.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (8.71%) Security Cleared
4 26 (8.39%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.94%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (16.77%) Accessibility
2 26 (8.39%) QA
3 24 (7.74%) WCAG
4 4 (1.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.32%) HL7
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (10.32%) Docker
2 3 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.19%) Terraform
2 10 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.97%) cPanel
3 3 (0.97%) Plesk
4 2 (0.65%) Argo
Vendors
1 47 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.42%) Adobe
3 22 (7.10%) Google
4 16 (5.16%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.19%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.29%) Ahrefs
7 3 (0.97%) Guidewire
7 3 (0.97%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.97%) Oracle
7 3 (0.97%) Screaming Frog
7 3 (0.97%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.65%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.65%) ESRI
8 2 (0.65%) iManage
8 2 (0.65%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.32%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.32%) Instagram
9 1 (0.32%) TikTok
9 1 (0.32%) Zend