CSS Job Trends in the Midlands

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 100 55
Rank change year-on-year -91 -45 +18
Permanent jobs citing CSS 90 157 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.58% 2.83% 3.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.82% 20.47% 23.80%
Number of salaries quoted 66 79 131
10th Percentile £27,375 £27,850 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £64,688 £69,649 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% -4.35%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

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 requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,151 767 1,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.36% 13.83% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 808 531 837
10th Percentile £38,481 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,650 £82,500 £75,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

CSS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

CSS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CSS

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -60 50 £50,000 -3.85% 18
West Midlands -67 40 £55,000 +22.22% 32
CSS
England

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (3.33%) CMS
1 3 (3.33%) Umbraco
2 2 (2.22%) IIS
2 2 (2.22%) WordPress
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
3 1 (1.11%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) EPLAN
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.22%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.11%) Elementor
3 1 (1.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.67%) Shopify
2 2 (2.22%) Line 50
2 2 (2.22%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 36 (40.00%) Azure
2 20 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (17.78%) AWS
4 9 (10.00%) GitHub
4 9 (10.00%) iPaaS
5 7 (7.78%) Azure AI
5 7 (7.78%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (7.78%) SaaS
6 4 (4.44%) Supabase
7 3 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (3.33%) Figma
8 2 (2.22%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.22%) Serverless
8 2 (2.22%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.11%) AWS IoT
9 1 (1.11%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.11%) Miro
9 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.44%) Profibus
2 2 (2.22%) Internet
2 2 (2.22%) Network Security
2 2 (2.22%) SMS
2 2 (2.22%) VoIP
3 1 (1.11%) DNS
3 1 (1.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (26.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 21 (23.33%) MongoDB
3 9 (10.00%) SQL Server
4 8 (8.89%) MySQL
5 7 (7.78%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (7.78%) Relational Database
6 5 (5.56%) NonStop SQL
6 5 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.22%) FileMaker
8 1 (1.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (21.11%) Git
2 6 (6.67%) GitLab
3 4 (4.44%) Storybook
4 2 (2.22%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.11%) gulp
5 1 (1.11%) JIRA
5 1 (1.11%) Postman
5 1 (1.11%) webpack
General
1 20 (22.22%) Marketing
2 18 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (18.89%) Finance
4 9 (10.00%) Advertising
4 9 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.33%) Automotive
5 3 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Law
6 1 (1.11%) Legal
6 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (62.22%) Developer
2 28 (31.11%) .NET Developer
3 9 (10.00%) Consultant
3 9 (10.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 9 (10.00%) Senior
3 9 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
4 6 (6.67%) Junior
4 6 (6.67%) Senior Developer
4 6 (6.67%) Software Developer
5 5 (5.56%) React Developer
6 4 (4.44%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (4.44%) IT Support
6 4 (4.44%) Junior Developer
6 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (3.33%) Administrator
7 3 (3.33%) Junior Web Developer
7 3 (3.33%) Marketing Administrator
7 3 (3.33%) PHP Developer
7 3 (3.33%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.33%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (80.00%) HTML
2 38 (42.22%) .NET
3 29 (32.22%) .NET Core
4 27 (30.00%) ASP.NET
4 27 (30.00%) REST
5 26 (28.89%) ASP.NET Core
6 20 (22.22%) Entity Framework
7 19 (21.11%) React
8 14 (15.56%) RESTful
9 11 (12.22%) Node.js
10 10 (11.11%) HTML5
10 10 (11.11%) LINQ
10 10 (11.11%) Middleware
11 9 (10.00%) CSS3
11 9 (10.00%) JWT
11 9 (10.00%) OAuth
12 8 (8.89%) AngularJS
13 7 (7.78%) ML.NET
14 6 (6.67%) .NET Framework
14 6 (6.67%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 15 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 9 (10.00%) Marketing Technology
3 5 (5.56%) Social Media
4 4 (4.44%) CMDB
4 4 (4.44%) SCADA
5 3 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.33%) Digital TV
5 3 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.33%) IoT
5 3 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.33%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.22%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.11%) NHS
7 1 (1.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.44%) Linux
1 4 (4.44%) Windows
2 2 (2.22%) macOS
2 2 (2.22%) Unix
2 2 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (48.89%) Full-Stack Development
2 39 (43.33%) Agile
2 39 (43.33%) CI/CD
3 27 (30.00%) DevOps
4 20 (22.22%) AI
5 16 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (15.56%) Digital Marketing
6 14 (15.56%) Test Automation
7 13 (14.44%) SEO
8 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (11.11%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
9 10 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
10 9 (10.00%) Content Marketing
10 9 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (10.00%) Use Case
10 9 (10.00%) Web Development
10 9 (10.00%) Webhook
11 8 (8.89%) E-Commerce
11 8 (8.89%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (52.22%) JavaScript
2 38 (42.22%) C#
2 38 (42.22%) SQL
3 17 (18.89%) Python
4 15 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 8 (8.89%) PHP
6 4 (4.44%) Ladder Logic
7 3 (3.33%) Java
8 2 (2.22%) VBA
9 1 (1.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (5.56%) Degree
2 4 (4.44%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (4.44%) HNC
2 4 (4.44%) HND
3 3 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.56%) WCAG
3 4 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.44%) QA
3 4 (4.44%) SOC 2
4 3 (3.33%) GDPR
5 2 (2.22%) ISO 14001
5 2 (2.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (15.56%) Docker
2 3 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (41.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.00%) Facebook
3 5 (5.56%) Adobe
3 5 (5.56%) YouTube
4 4 (4.44%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.44%) Siemens
5 2 (2.22%) Apple
5 2 (2.22%) Google
5 2 (2.22%) Pega
5 2 (2.22%) Sage
6 1 (1.11%) WooCommerce