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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 101 52
Rank change year-on-year -87 -49 +22
Permanent jobs citing CSS 93 158 390
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.59% 2.82% 3.88%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.03% 20.08% 24.18%
Number of salaries quoted 77 79 148
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,850 £30,425
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -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 1,158 787 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.41% 14.03% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 822 553 948
10th Percentile £37,550 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,813 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -65 50 £50,000 +5.26% 48
West Midlands -71 43 £47,500 +5.56% 40
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 5 (5.38%) WordPress
2 3 (3.23%) IIS
3 2 (2.15%) CMS
3 2 (2.15%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.08%) Confluence
4 1 (1.08%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.30%) EPLAN
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.23%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.08%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Shopify
2 4 (4.30%) Line 50
2 4 (4.30%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 37 (39.78%) Azure
2 19 (20.43%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (18.28%) AWS
4 10 (10.75%) GitHub
5 7 (7.53%) Azure AI
5 7 (7.53%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (7.53%) SaaS
6 5 (5.38%) Figma
7 4 (4.30%) Supabase
8 3 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.15%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.15%) Serverless
9 2 (2.15%) WhatsApp
10 1 (1.08%) AWS IoT
10 1 (1.08%) GCP
10 1 (1.08%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.30%) Network Security
1 4 (4.30%) Profibus
1 4 (4.30%) VoIP
2 2 (2.15%) Internet
2 2 (2.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (25.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 21 (22.58%) MongoDB
3 16 (17.20%) MySQL
4 10 (10.75%) SQL Server
5 7 (7.53%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (7.53%) Relational Database
6 5 (5.38%) NonStop SQL
6 5 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (4.30%) FileMaker
8 3 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (18.28%) Git
2 6 (6.45%) GitLab
3 4 (4.30%) Storybook
4 2 (2.15%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.08%) gulp
5 1 (1.08%) JIRA
5 1 (1.08%) Postman
5 1 (1.08%) webpack
General
1 23 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.90%) Finance
3 10 (10.75%) Marketing
4 9 (9.68%) Advertising
4 9 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.23%) Automotive
5 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Law
7 1 (1.08%) Legal
7 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (68.82%) Developer
2 28 (30.11%) .NET Developer
3 10 (10.75%) PHP Developer
4 9 (9.68%) Full-Stack Developer
4 9 (9.68%) Software Developer
5 8 (8.60%) PHP Laravel Developer
5 8 (8.60%) Senior
6 7 (7.53%) IT Support
6 7 (7.53%) Junior
7 5 (5.38%) C# Developer
7 5 (5.38%) React Developer
7 5 (5.38%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) C# Software Developer
8 4 (4.30%) IT Support Technician
8 4 (4.30%) IT Technician
8 4 (4.30%) Junior Developer
8 4 (4.30%) ServiceNow Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Support Technician
9 3 (3.23%) Junior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (88.17%) HTML
2 38 (40.86%) .NET
3 28 (30.11%) .NET Core
4 26 (27.96%) ASP.NET
5 25 (26.88%) ASP.NET Core
6 19 (20.43%) Entity Framework
7 18 (19.35%) React
8 17 (18.28%) REST
9 16 (17.20%) RESTful
10 12 (12.90%) HTML5
11 11 (11.83%) CSS3
11 11 (11.83%) jQuery
11 11 (11.83%) Node.js
12 10 (10.75%) LINQ
13 8 (8.60%) Laravel
14 7 (7.53%) AngularJS
14 7 (7.53%) ML.NET
15 6 (6.45%) Vitest
16 5 (5.38%) Redux
16 5 (5.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.45%) Social Media
3 4 (4.30%) CMDB
3 4 (4.30%) SCADA
4 3 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.23%) Digital TV
4 3 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.23%) IoT
4 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.15%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.15%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.08%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.08%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.60%) Linux
2 7 (7.53%) Windows
3 4 (4.30%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.30%) Unix
4 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.16%) Full-Stack Development
2 40 (43.01%) Agile
3 38 (40.86%) CI/CD
4 26 (27.96%) DevOps
5 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (15.05%) Test Automation
7 13 (13.98%) OO
8 10 (10.75%) AI
8 10 (10.75%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 10 (10.75%) E-Commerce
9 9 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (9.68%) Mentoring
10 8 (8.60%) ITSM
10 8 (8.60%) Machine Learning
10 8 (8.60%) Web Development
11 7 (7.53%) User Experience
12 6 (6.45%) Clean Code
12 6 (6.45%) MVC
12 6 (6.45%) OO PHP
12 6 (6.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 48 (51.61%) SQL
2 41 (44.09%) JavaScript
3 40 (43.01%) C#
4 20 (21.51%) PHP
5 14 (15.05%) Python
5 14 (15.05%) TypeScript
6 4 (4.30%) Java
6 4 (4.30%) Ladder Logic
7 3 (3.23%) C++
7 3 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (7.53%) Degree
2 4 (4.30%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (4.30%) HNC
2 4 (4.30%) HND
3 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.75%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.38%) GDPR
2 5 (5.38%) WCAG
3 4 (4.30%) ISO 14001
3 4 (4.30%) ISO 9001
3 4 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.30%) SOC 2
4 2 (2.15%) QA
System Software
1 13 (13.98%) Docker
2 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (44.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.68%) Facebook
3 8 (8.60%) Adobe
4 5 (5.38%) YouTube
5 4 (4.30%) Apple
5 4 (4.30%) Sage
5 4 (4.30%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.30%) Siemens
6 2 (2.15%) Pega
7 1 (1.08%) Google