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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 103 64
Rank change year-on-year -55 -39 +31
Permanent jobs citing CSS 108 169 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.74% 2.92% 3.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.85% 20.00% 23.30%
Number of salaries quoted 93 87 188
10th Percentile £27,550 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,125 £56,563
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £63,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,918
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.93% -7.97%

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 1,096 845 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.53% 14.59% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 812 596 1,161
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £75,000
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

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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 20 August 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 August 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 54 £45,000 -7.69% 29
East Midlands -55 54 £50,000 +11.11% 44
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 16 (14.81%) WordPress
2 3 (2.78%) IIS
3 2 (1.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.78%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.85%) EPLAN
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.93%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Shopify
2 4 (3.70%) Line 50
2 4 (3.70%) Magento
3 1 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 48 (44.44%) Azure
2 29 (26.85%) AWS
3 19 (17.59%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (15.74%) GitHub
5 10 (9.26%) Figma
6 8 (7.41%) Azure AI
6 8 (7.41%) GitHub Copilot
6 8 (7.41%) SaaS
7 4 (3.70%) Supabase
8 3 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.78%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.85%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.85%) Serverless
9 2 (1.85%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.93%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.93%) GCP
10 1 (0.93%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.26%) Internet
2 4 (3.70%) Network Security
2 4 (3.70%) VoIP
3 2 (1.85%) Profibus
3 2 (1.85%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (24.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 23 (21.30%) MongoDB
3 19 (17.59%) MySQL
4 10 (9.26%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.41%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (7.41%) Relational Database
6 5 (4.63%) NonStop SQL
6 5 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (3.70%) FileMaker
8 3 (2.78%) Power BI
9 2 (1.85%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (25.00%) Git
2 5 (4.63%) Storybook
3 4 (3.70%) GitLab
4 1 (0.93%) gulp
4 1 (0.93%) JIRA
4 1 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.93%) webpack
General
1 26 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.81%) Finance
3 10 (9.26%) Advertising
3 10 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.41%) Marketing
4 8 (7.41%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Law
7 1 (0.93%) Legal
7 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (69.44%) Developer
2 29 (26.85%) .NET Developer
3 13 (12.04%) Software Developer
4 11 (10.19%) PHP Developer
5 10 (9.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 8 (7.41%) Designer
6 8 (7.41%) PHP Laravel Developer
6 8 (7.41%) Trainee
7 7 (6.48%) HTML CSS Designer
7 7 (6.48%) IT Support
7 7 (6.48%) Junior
7 7 (6.48%) Web Designer
8 6 (5.56%) Administrator
8 6 (5.56%) C# Developer
8 6 (5.56%) Senior
8 6 (5.56%) Trainee Administrator
8 6 (5.56%) Web Administrator
9 5 (4.63%) C# Software Developer
10 4 (3.70%) IT Support Technician
10 4 (3.70%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (90.74%) HTML
2 39 (36.11%) .NET
3 30 (27.78%) .NET Core
4 27 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 26 (24.07%) ASP.NET Core
6 20 (18.52%) Entity Framework
7 17 (15.74%) React
8 15 (13.89%) RESTful
9 14 (12.96%) jQuery
10 13 (12.04%) REST
11 11 (10.19%) Node.js
12 10 (9.26%) HTML5
12 10 (9.26%) Laravel
12 10 (9.26%) LINQ
13 9 (8.33%) CSS3
14 8 (7.41%) ML.NET
15 7 (6.48%) AngularJS
16 5 (4.63%) .NET Framework
16 5 (4.63%) React Native
16 5 (4.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.70%) CMDB
4 4 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.78%) Digital TV
5 3 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.78%) IoT
5 3 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.78%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.78%) Social Media
6 2 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.85%) SCADA
7 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.93%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.41%) Linux
2 7 (6.48%) Windows
3 4 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.70%) Unix
4 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (40.74%) Full-Stack Development
2 41 (37.96%) CI/CD
3 40 (37.04%) Agile
4 24 (22.22%) DevOps
5 19 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (13.89%) Web Development
7 14 (12.96%) OO
8 13 (12.04%) E-Commerce
9 11 (10.19%) AI
9 11 (10.19%) Test Automation
10 10 (9.26%) Clean Code
10 10 (9.26%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 10 (9.26%) User Experience
11 9 (8.33%) Machine Learning
12 8 (7.41%) ITSM
12 8 (7.41%) MVC
12 8 (7.41%) Workflow
13 7 (6.48%) Mentoring
13 7 (6.48%) Software Engineering
14 6 (5.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 57 (52.78%) SQL
2 52 (48.15%) JavaScript
3 42 (38.89%) C#
4 33 (30.56%) PHP
5 23 (21.30%) Python
6 13 (12.04%) TypeScript
7 6 (5.56%) Java
7 6 (5.56%) R
8 4 (3.70%) C++
9 3 (2.78%) VBA
10 2 (1.85%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 8 (7.41%) AWS Certification
1 8 (7.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 8 (7.41%) Azure Certification
1 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (6.48%) Degree
3 4 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.78%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.85%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.85%) HNC
5 2 (1.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.63%) GDPR
3 4 (3.70%) ISO 14001
3 4 (3.70%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.70%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 14 (12.96%) Docker
2 3 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (46.30%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.26%) Facebook
3 8 (7.41%) Adobe
4 5 (4.63%) YouTube
5 4 (3.70%) Apple
5 4 (3.70%) Sage
5 4 (3.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.85%) Siemens
7 1 (0.93%) Google