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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 88 65
Rank change year-on-year -61 -23 -3
Permanent jobs citing CSS 112 172 467
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.87% 3.30% 3.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.58% 22.08% 22.21%
Number of salaries quoted 98 89 294
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,375 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £59,375 £66,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £65,000
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 890 779 2,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.94% 14.93% 15.26%
Number of salaries quoted 673 539 1,677
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,061 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the Midlands

CSS
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 30 June 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 -44 60 £45,000 -5.26% 18
East Midlands -57 52 £50,000 +11.11% 29
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 (18.75%) WordPress
2 6 (5.36%) CMS
3 3 (2.68%) IIS
3 3 (2.68%) nginx
4 1 (0.89%) Apache
4 1 (0.89%) Confluence
4 1 (0.89%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Photoshop
2 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.68%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Shopify
2 4 (3.57%) Line 50
2 4 (3.57%) Magento
3 1 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.89%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 50 (44.64%) Azure
2 41 (36.61%) AWS
3 23 (20.54%) GitHub
4 16 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (11.61%) Figma
6 9 (8.04%) Amazon S3
6 9 (8.04%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (8.04%) Serverless
7 7 (6.25%) Azure AI
7 7 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (4.46%) SaaS
9 3 (2.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.68%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.89%) AWS IoT
10 1 (0.89%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.89%) GCP
10 1 (0.89%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.71%) Internet
2 4 (3.57%) Network Security
2 4 (3.57%) VoIP
3 1 (0.89%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (20.54%) MySQL
2 22 (19.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (16.96%) MongoDB
4 10 (8.93%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.14%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (3.57%) FileMaker
7 4 (3.57%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (2.68%) Power BI
8 3 (2.68%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.79%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (24.11%) Git
2 3 (2.68%) Storybook
2 3 (2.68%) Vite
3 1 (0.89%) gulp
3 1 (0.89%) JIRA
3 1 (0.89%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.89%) webpack
General
1 20 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.29%) Finance
3 14 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.71%) Multimedia
5 8 (7.14%) Advertising
6 5 (4.46%) Marketing
7 3 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.79%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.89%) Legal
Job Titles
1 70 (62.50%) Developer
2 25 (22.32%) .NET Developer
3 14 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 13 (11.61%) Designer
4 13 (11.61%) PHP Developer
5 12 (10.71%) Full-Stack Developer
5 12 (10.71%) HTML CSS Designer
5 12 (10.71%) Trainee
5 12 (10.71%) Web Designer
6 11 (9.82%) Senior
7 9 (8.04%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 8 (7.14%) C# Developer
9 7 (6.25%) IT Support
9 7 (6.25%) Senior Developer
9 7 (6.25%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (5.36%) Administrator
10 6 (5.36%) C# Software Developer
10 6 (5.36%) Trainee Administrator
10 6 (5.36%) Web Administrator
11 5 (4.46%) Graduate C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (95.54%) HTML
2 33 (29.46%) .NET
3 27 (24.11%) .NET Core
4 23 (20.54%) ASP.NET
5 22 (19.64%) ASP.NET Core
6 18 (16.07%) Entity Framework
7 17 (15.18%) React
7 17 (15.18%) RESTful
8 16 (14.29%) Node.js
9 15 (13.39%) Laravel
10 13 (11.61%) jQuery
11 10 (8.93%) HTML5
12 8 (7.14%) LINQ
12 8 (7.14%) REST
13 7 (6.25%) AngularJS
13 7 (6.25%) CSS3
13 7 (6.25%) ML.NET
13 7 (6.25%) Vue
14 5 (4.46%) React Native
14 5 (4.46%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.93%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.68%) Digital TV
5 3 (2.68%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.68%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.68%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.68%) Social Media
6 2 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.89%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.89%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.89%) IoT
7 1 (0.89%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.89%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.82%) Linux
2 8 (7.14%) Windows
3 4 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.57%) Unix
3 4 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 33 (29.46%) Agile
2 33 (29.46%) CI/CD
3 21 (18.75%) DevOps
4 20 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (12.50%) OO
6 13 (11.61%) Computer Science
6 13 (11.61%) User Experience
7 12 (10.71%) Clean Code
7 12 (10.71%) Web Development
8 11 (9.82%) AI
8 11 (9.82%) API Development
8 11 (9.82%) Mentoring
8 11 (9.82%) MVC
9 8 (7.14%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
9 8 (7.14%) E-Commerce
9 8 (7.14%) Software Engineering
10 7 (6.25%) Machine Learning
10 7 (6.25%) Test Automation
11 6 (5.36%) OO PHP
Programming Languages
1 61 (54.46%) JavaScript
2 57 (50.89%) SQL
3 44 (39.29%) PHP
4 38 (33.93%) C#
5 33 (29.46%) Python
6 11 (9.82%) TypeScript
7 8 (7.14%) Java
7 8 (7.14%) R
8 5 (4.46%) C++
9 3 (2.68%) Bash
9 3 (2.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (12.50%) Degree
2 13 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (10.71%) AWS Certification
3 12 (10.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 12 (10.71%) Azure Certification
3 12 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 4 (3.57%) ISO 14001
1 4 (3.57%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.68%) GDPR
2 3 (2.68%) QA
System Software
1 11 (9.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (41.96%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.14%) Adobe
2 8 (7.14%) Facebook
3 4 (3.57%) Apple
3 4 (3.57%) Sage
3 4 (3.57%) YouTube
4 1 (0.89%) Google
4 1 (0.89%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.89%) SAP