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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 97 63
Rank change year-on-year -55 -34 +32
Permanent jobs citing CSS 109 167 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.75% 2.88% 3.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.11% 21.55% 24.40%
Number of salaries quoted 95 85 188
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £68,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £63,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,668
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.43% -8.40%

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 981 775 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.78% 13.35% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 719 542 1,086
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,009 £81,150 £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 16 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 16 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 -47 55 £45,000 -10.00% 28
East Midlands -53 54 £50,000 +8.11% 42
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 17 (15.60%) WordPress
2 3 (2.75%) CMS
2 3 (2.75%) IIS
3 1 (0.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.92%) nginx
3 1 (0.92%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.92%) EPLAN
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Shopify
2 4 (3.67%) Line 50
2 4 (3.67%) Magento
3 1 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 49 (44.95%) Azure
2 32 (29.36%) AWS
3 19 (17.43%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (16.51%) GitHub
5 11 (10.09%) Figma
6 8 (7.34%) Azure AI
6 8 (7.34%) GitHub Copilot
6 8 (7.34%) SaaS
7 4 (3.67%) Supabase
8 3 (2.75%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.75%) Serverless
9 2 (1.83%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.92%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.92%) GCP
10 1 (0.92%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.26%) Internet
2 4 (3.67%) Network Security
2 4 (3.67%) VoIP
3 2 (1.83%) SMS
4 1 (0.92%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (23.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 23 (21.10%) MongoDB
3 21 (19.27%) MySQL
4 11 (10.09%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.34%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (4.59%) NonStop SQL
6 5 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (4.59%) Relational Database
7 4 (3.67%) FileMaker
8 3 (2.75%) Power BI
9 2 (1.83%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 27 (24.77%) Git
2 5 (4.59%) Storybook
3 4 (3.67%) GitLab
4 1 (0.92%) gulp
4 1 (0.92%) JIRA
4 1 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.92%) Vite
4 1 (0.92%) webpack
General
1 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.60%) Finance
3 10 (9.17%) Advertising
3 10 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.34%) Marketing
4 8 (7.34%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.75%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.83%) Legal
6 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.92%) Law
7 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (67.89%) Developer
2 28 (25.69%) .NET Developer
3 14 (12.84%) Software Developer
4 12 (11.01%) PHP Developer
5 11 (10.09%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (8.26%) Designer
7 8 (7.34%) HTML CSS Designer
7 8 (7.34%) PHP Laravel Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Trainee
7 8 (7.34%) Web Designer
8 7 (6.42%) C# Developer
8 7 (6.42%) IT Support
8 7 (6.42%) Junior
8 7 (6.42%) Senior
9 6 (5.50%) Administrator
9 6 (5.50%) C# Software Developer
9 6 (5.50%) Trainee Administrator
9 6 (5.50%) Web Administrator
10 5 (4.59%) Graduate Developer
10 5 (4.59%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (90.83%) HTML
2 38 (34.86%) .NET
3 30 (27.52%) .NET Core
4 27 (24.77%) ASP.NET
5 26 (23.85%) ASP.NET Core
6 20 (18.35%) Entity Framework
7 17 (15.60%) React
8 15 (13.76%) jQuery
9 14 (12.84%) RESTful
10 13 (11.93%) REST
11 12 (11.01%) Node.js
12 11 (10.09%) Laravel
13 10 (9.17%) LINQ
14 9 (8.26%) HTML5
15 8 (7.34%) CSS3
15 8 (7.34%) ML.NET
16 6 (5.50%) AngularJS
17 5 (4.59%) React Native
17 5 (4.59%) Tailwind CSS
17 5 (4.59%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.17%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.34%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.67%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.75%) Digital TV
5 3 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.75%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.75%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.75%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.75%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.75%) Social Media
6 2 (1.83%) CMDB
6 2 (1.83%) IoT
6 2 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.92%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.92%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.92%) SCADA
7 1 (0.92%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.26%) Linux
2 7 (6.42%) Windows
3 4 (3.67%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.67%) Unix
4 3 (2.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (40.37%) Full-Stack Development
2 41 (37.61%) Agile
2 41 (37.61%) CI/CD
3 24 (22.02%) DevOps
4 18 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (13.76%) Web Development
6 14 (12.84%) OO
7 13 (11.93%) E-Commerce
8 12 (11.01%) User Experience
9 11 (10.09%) AI
10 10 (9.17%) Clean Code
10 10 (9.17%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
10 10 (9.17%) Test Automation
11 9 (8.26%) Machine Learning
11 9 (8.26%) MVC
11 9 (8.26%) Workflow
12 7 (6.42%) Mentoring
12 7 (6.42%) Software Engineering
13 6 (5.50%) OO PHP
13 6 (5.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 59 (54.13%) SQL
2 51 (46.79%) JavaScript
3 42 (38.53%) C#
4 36 (33.03%) PHP
5 24 (22.02%) Python
6 13 (11.93%) TypeScript
7 8 (7.34%) Java
8 6 (5.50%) R
9 5 (4.59%) C++
10 3 (2.75%) VBA
11 1 (0.92%) Bash
11 1 (0.92%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 8 (7.34%) AWS Certification
1 8 (7.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 8 (7.34%) Azure Certification
1 8 (7.34%) Degree
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (0.92%) HNC
3 1 (0.92%) HND
3 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.59%) GDPR
3 4 (3.67%) ISO 14001
3 4 (3.67%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.67%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.83%) QA
System Software
1 15 (13.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (7.34%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (44.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.17%) Facebook
3 8 (7.34%) Adobe
4 5 (4.59%) YouTube
5 4 (3.67%) Apple
5 4 (3.67%) Sage
6 2 (1.83%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.92%) Google
7 1 (0.92%) Siemens