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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 98 70
Rank change year-on-year -63 -28 +39
Permanent jobs citing CSS 107 171 402
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.79% 3.02% 3.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.56% 21.67% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 93 88 237
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £30,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,813 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £63,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -8.70%

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 926 789 1,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.82% 13.96% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 701 552 1,342
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,775 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -9.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -49 56 £45,000 -5.26% 22
East Midlands -58 51 £50,000 +8.11% 22
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 21 (19.63%) WordPress
2 4 (3.74%) CMS
3 3 (2.80%) IIS
4 1 (0.93%) Apache
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) nginx
4 1 (0.93%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.74%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.93%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Line 50
1 4 (3.74%) Magento
1 4 (3.74%) Shopify
2 1 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.93%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 49 (45.79%) Azure
2 32 (29.91%) AWS
3 19 (17.76%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (16.82%) GitHub
5 13 (12.15%) Figma
6 8 (7.48%) Azure AI
6 8 (7.48%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (6.54%) SaaS
8 5 (4.67%) Amazon S3
8 5 (4.67%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (4.67%) Serverless
9 3 (2.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.87%) Supabase
11 1 (0.93%) AWS IoT
11 1 (0.93%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.93%) GCP
11 1 (0.93%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.48%) Internet
2 4 (3.74%) Network Security
2 4 (3.74%) VoIP
3 1 (0.93%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (24.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 23 (21.50%) MongoDB
3 21 (19.63%) MySQL
4 10 (9.35%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.48%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (4.67%) NonStop SQL
7 4 (3.74%) FileMaker
8 3 (2.80%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (2.80%) Power BI
8 3 (2.80%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.87%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (21.50%) Git
2 5 (4.67%) Storybook
3 2 (1.87%) GitLab
4 1 (0.93%) gulp
4 1 (0.93%) JIRA
4 1 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.93%) Vite
4 1 (0.93%) webpack
General
1 20 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.89%) Finance
3 10 (9.35%) Advertising
4 9 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.48%) Multimedia
6 6 (5.61%) Marketing
7 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.87%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
Job Titles
1 69 (64.49%) Developer
2 28 (26.17%) .NET Developer
3 13 (12.15%) Designer
3 13 (12.15%) PHP Developer
4 12 (11.21%) HTML CSS Designer
4 12 (11.21%) Software Developer
4 12 (11.21%) Web Designer
5 10 (9.35%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (8.41%) PHP Laravel Developer
6 9 (8.41%) Senior
7 8 (7.48%) Trainee
8 7 (6.54%) C# Developer
8 7 (6.54%) IT Support
9 6 (5.61%) Administrator
9 6 (5.61%) C# Software Developer
9 6 (5.61%) Trainee Administrator
9 6 (5.61%) Web Administrator
10 5 (4.67%) Graduate C# Developer
10 5 (4.67%) Graduate Software Developer
10 5 (4.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (93.46%) HTML
2 36 (33.64%) .NET
3 30 (28.04%) .NET Core
4 26 (24.30%) ASP.NET
4 26 (24.30%) ASP.NET Core
5 20 (18.69%) Entity Framework
6 17 (15.89%) RESTful
7 15 (14.02%) React
8 13 (12.15%) jQuery
8 13 (12.15%) Laravel
8 13 (12.15%) Node.js
9 10 (9.35%) HTML5
9 10 (9.35%) LINQ
9 10 (9.35%) REST
10 8 (7.48%) ML.NET
11 7 (6.54%) AngularJS
11 7 (6.54%) CSS3
12 5 (4.67%) React Native
12 5 (4.67%) Sass
12 5 (4.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.48%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.74%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.80%) Digital TV
5 3 (2.80%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.80%) Social Media
6 2 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.87%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.93%) IoT
7 1 (0.93%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.93%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.41%) Linux
2 8 (7.48%) Windows
3 4 (3.74%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.74%) Unix
3 4 (3.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (39.25%) Full-Stack Development
2 39 (36.45%) CI/CD
3 36 (33.64%) Agile
4 24 (22.43%) DevOps
5 15 (14.02%) OO
5 15 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (11.21%) AI
6 12 (11.21%) Clean Code
6 12 (11.21%) Web Development
7 11 (10.28%) User Experience
8 10 (9.35%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
8 10 (9.35%) MVC
9 9 (8.41%) Software Engineering
9 9 (8.41%) Test Automation
10 8 (7.48%) Computer Science
10 8 (7.48%) E-Commerce
10 8 (7.48%) Machine Learning
11 7 (6.54%) Mentoring
12 6 (5.61%) OOP
12 6 (5.61%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 58 (54.21%) SQL
2 50 (46.73%) JavaScript
3 42 (39.25%) PHP
4 41 (38.32%) C#
5 25 (23.36%) Python
6 13 (12.15%) TypeScript
7 8 (7.48%) Java
8 6 (5.61%) R
9 5 (4.67%) C++
10 3 (2.80%) VBA
11 1 (0.93%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (8.41%) Degree
2 8 (7.48%) AWS Certification
2 8 (7.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 8 (7.48%) Azure Certification
2 8 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.74%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.74%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.87%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 12 (11.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (43.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.35%) Facebook
3 8 (7.48%) Adobe
4 5 (4.67%) YouTube
5 4 (3.74%) Apple
5 4 (3.74%) Sage
6 1 (0.93%) Google
6 1 (0.93%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.93%) SAP