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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 73 65
Rank change year-on-year -55 -8 -30
Permanent jobs citing CSS 104 210 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.13% 3.69% 3.64%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.23% 22.36% 19.84%
Number of salaries quoted 97 112 255
10th Percentile £27,000 - £29,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £68,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -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 683 939 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.42% 16.48% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 563 566 1,371
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,623 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

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

CSS
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

CSS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the Midlands

CSS
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 26 February 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
West Midlands -26 59 £30,500 -46.96% 20
East Midlands -55 46 £51,250 +33.99% 25
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 14 (13.46%) CMS
2 12 (11.54%) WordPress
3 5 (4.81%) nginx
4 3 (2.88%) Apache
4 3 (2.88%) IIS
5 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.92%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.96%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (4.81%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.96%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.96%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.96%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Shopify
2 3 (2.88%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 57 (54.81%) AWS
2 44 (42.31%) Azure
3 35 (33.65%) GitHub
4 13 (12.50%) Serverless
5 12 (11.54%) Amazon S3
5 12 (11.54%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (9.62%) SaaS
7 9 (8.65%) Figma
8 3 (2.88%) ChatGPT
8 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.88%) Firebase
8 3 (2.88%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.92%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.92%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.92%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.96%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 30 (28.85%) Internet
2 5 (4.81%) Intranet
3 2 (1.92%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (16.35%) MySQL
2 13 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 12 (11.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.85%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.88%) Power BI
6 1 (0.96%) Redis
6 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (44.23%) Git
2 6 (5.77%) Vite
3 3 (2.88%) JIRA
4 2 (1.92%) Storybook
4 2 (1.92%) webpack
5 1 (0.96%) Babel
5 1 (0.96%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (28.85%) Multimedia
2 21 (20.19%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.46%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.69%) Finance
5 6 (5.77%) Marketing
6 5 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.85%) Law
8 3 (2.88%) Legal
8 3 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.92%) Games
10 1 (0.96%) iGaming
10 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (59.62%) Developer
2 30 (28.85%) Trainee
3 21 (20.19%) Full-Stack Developer
4 17 (16.35%) Software Developer
5 14 (13.46%) Senior
5 14 (13.46%) Trainee Developer
5 14 (13.46%) Trainee Software Developer
6 12 (11.54%) Senior Developer
7 11 (10.58%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (9.62%) PHP Developer
8 10 (9.62%) Web Developer
9 8 (7.69%) C# Developer
9 8 (7.69%) Lead
10 7 (6.73%) .NET Developer
11 6 (5.77%) .NET Web Developer
11 6 (5.77%) ASP.NET Developer
11 6 (5.77%) C# .NET Developer
11 6 (5.77%) C# Web Developer
11 6 (5.77%) Junior
11 6 (5.77%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (96.15%) HTML
2 26 (25.00%) React
3 23 (22.12%) Node.js
4 20 (19.23%) Laravel
5 12 (11.54%) .NET
5 12 (11.54%) Vue
6 9 (8.65%) ASP.NET
6 9 (8.65%) RESTful
7 8 (7.69%) jQuery
7 8 (7.69%) Tailwind CSS
8 7 (6.73%) .NET Framework
8 7 (6.73%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (4.81%) Entity Framework
9 5 (4.81%) HTML5
9 5 (4.81%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (4.81%) YAML
10 4 (3.85%) .NET Core
10 4 (3.85%) CakePHP
10 4 (3.85%) CodeIgniter
10 4 (3.85%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.88%) Legacy Code
2 3 (2.88%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.96%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.96%) CMDB
4 1 (0.96%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.96%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.96%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Linux
2 3 (2.88%) Windows
2 3 (2.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (34.62%) Mentoring
2 28 (26.92%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (26.92%) Full-Stack Development
3 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (21.15%) Agile
5 20 (19.23%) API Development
5 20 (19.23%) Computer Science
5 20 (19.23%) MVC
6 16 (15.38%) User Experience
7 13 (12.50%) Web Development
8 10 (9.62%) Software Engineering
9 8 (7.69%) OO
10 7 (6.73%) AI
10 7 (6.73%) Front End Development
10 7 (6.73%) Roadmaps
11 6 (5.77%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 6 (5.77%) Decision-Making
12 5 (4.81%) Backlog Management
12 5 (4.81%) Product Backlog
12 5 (4.81%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 92 (88.46%) JavaScript
2 44 (42.31%) Python
3 33 (31.73%) SQL
4 31 (29.81%) PHP
5 16 (15.38%) R
6 15 (14.42%) C#
7 10 (9.62%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.81%) Bash
9 4 (3.85%) Java
10 2 (1.92%) C++
11 1 (0.96%) C
11 1 (0.96%) Perl
11 1 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (29.81%) Azure Certification
2 30 (28.85%) AWS Certification
2 30 (28.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 30 (28.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (21.15%) Degree
4 18 (17.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.96%) HND
6 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.77%) QA
3 3 (2.88%) WCAG
4 1 (0.96%) GDPR
4 1 (0.96%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 5 (4.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (33.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.88%) Guidewire
2 3 (2.88%) OpenAI
2 3 (2.88%) SAP
2 3 (2.88%) Zoho
3 2 (1.92%) Google
4 1 (0.96%) Adobe
4 1 (0.96%) Ahrefs
4 1 (0.96%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.96%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.96%) Siemens
4 1 (0.96%) Toshiba