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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 70 52
Rank change year-on-year -41 -18 -13
Permanent jobs citing CSS 108 314 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.85% 3.57% 4.56%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.88% 23.43% 22.41%
Number of salaries quoted 97 131 187
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £59,092
% change year-on-year -9.09% -6.92% +2.77%

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 640 1,340 1,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 10.97% 15.26% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 513 741 855
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,435 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +2.27%

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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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -24 59 £47,500 +5.56% 54
West Midlands -41 50 £32,500 -38.10% 94
CSS
England

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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 11 (10.19%) CMS
2 7 (6.48%) WordPress
3 6 (5.56%) IIS
4 3 (2.78%) Apache
4 3 (2.78%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.93%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.85%) AutoCAD
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.85%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.93%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.93%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (11.11%) Sprinklr
2 3 (2.78%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 32 (29.63%) Azure
2 27 (25.00%) AWS
3 20 (18.52%) GitHub
4 10 (9.26%) SaaS
5 6 (5.56%) Figma
6 3 (2.78%) ChatGPT
6 3 (2.78%) Firebase
6 3 (2.78%) Sage Pay
7 2 (1.85%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.85%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.74%) Internet
2 3 (2.78%) Ethernet
2 3 (2.78%) Intranet
2 3 (2.78%) Modbus
2 3 (2.78%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.59%) MySQL
1 19 (17.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (4.63%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.85%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.85%) Power BI
3 2 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (27.78%) Git
2 5 (4.63%) JIRA
3 4 (3.70%) webpack
4 3 (2.78%) Babel
5 2 (1.85%) GitLab
5 2 (1.85%) Vite
6 1 (0.93%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.93%) JUnit
6 1 (0.93%) Mockito
6 1 (0.93%) Subversion
General
1 22 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
1 22 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.74%) Multimedia
3 16 (14.81%) Finance
4 13 (12.04%) Retail
5 10 (9.26%) Law
6 8 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.63%) Marketing
8 3 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.85%) iGaming
9 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.93%) Advertising
10 1 (0.93%) Games
Job Titles
1 63 (58.33%) Developer
2 17 (15.74%) Senior
2 17 (15.74%) Trainee
3 14 (12.96%) PHP Developer
4 13 (12.04%) Consultant
4 13 (12.04%) Implementation Consultant
5 11 (10.19%) Senior Developer
5 11 (10.19%) Software Developer
6 9 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 9 (8.33%) Junior
6 9 (8.33%) Lead
6 9 (8.33%) PHP Symfony Developer
6 9 (8.33%) Symfony Developer
7 8 (7.41%) .NET Developer
7 8 (7.41%) C# Developer
7 8 (7.41%) Trainee Developer
7 8 (7.41%) Trainee Software Developer
7 8 (7.41%) Web Developer
8 7 (6.48%) Automation Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (89.81%) HTML
2 27 (25.00%) React
3 23 (21.30%) .NET
4 15 (13.89%) Laravel
5 14 (12.96%) Node.js
6 13 (12.04%) ASP.NET
7 11 (10.19%) HTML5
8 10 (9.26%) jQuery
8 10 (9.26%) RESTful
9 9 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
9 9 (8.33%) Symfony
10 7 (6.48%) .NET Framework
10 7 (6.48%) CakePHP
10 7 (6.48%) CodeIgniter
11 6 (5.56%) AngularJS
11 6 (5.56%) CSS3
11 6 (5.56%) Next.js
12 5 (4.63%) .NET Core
12 5 (4.63%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 5 (4.63%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.70%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.78%) Biopharmaceutical
3 3 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.78%) Industry 4.0
3 3 (2.78%) IoT
3 3 (2.78%) Legacy Code
3 3 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.78%) Operational Technology
3 3 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.78%) SCADA
3 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.78%) W3C
4 2 (1.85%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.93%) CMDB
5 1 (0.93%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.93%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.78%) Linux
1 3 (2.78%) Windows
1 3 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.41%) Agile
2 28 (25.93%) Mentoring
3 26 (24.07%) MVC
3 26 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (20.37%) Front End Development
5 19 (17.59%) Full-Stack Development
5 19 (17.59%) Project Management
6 18 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (16.67%) Web Development
7 15 (13.89%) Computer Science
7 15 (13.89%) CRM
7 15 (13.89%) OO
7 15 (13.89%) User Experience
8 14 (12.96%) Analytics
9 12 (11.11%) CI/CD
9 12 (11.11%) Customer Service
9 12 (11.11%) Digital Innovation
10 11 (10.19%) DevOps
11 10 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (8.33%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 96 (88.89%) JavaScript
2 34 (31.48%) SQL
3 26 (24.07%) C#
4 23 (21.30%) PHP
4 23 (21.30%) Python
5 13 (12.04%) TypeScript
6 9 (8.33%) Java
6 9 (8.33%) R
7 4 (3.70%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.78%) C++
9 2 (1.85%) C
9 2 (1.85%) Perl
10 1 (0.93%) Bash
10 1 (0.93%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (19.44%) Degree
2 19 (17.59%) Azure Certification
3 17 (15.74%) AWS Certification
3 17 (15.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 17 (15.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.63%) HND
6 3 (2.78%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (2.78%) HNC
7 2 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.26%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.70%) GDPR
3 2 (1.85%) IEC 61131
3 2 (1.85%) QA
4 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.78%) Functional Safety
1 3 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.96%) Adobe
3 9 (8.33%) Guidewire
4 5 (4.63%) Siemens
5 3 (2.78%) AVEVA
5 3 (2.78%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.78%) Oracle
5 3 (2.78%) Rockwell
5 3 (2.78%) SAP
5 3 (2.78%) VMware
5 3 (2.78%) Zoho
6 2 (1.85%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (1.85%) Google
6 2 (1.85%) Toshiba
7 1 (0.93%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.93%) HubSpot