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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 84 65
Rank change year-on-year -66 -19 -30
Permanent jobs citing CSS 111 175 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.85% 3.48% 3.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.14% 22.85% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 98 93 283
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,100 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £68,500 £62,500
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 785 766 1,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.04% 15.22% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 598 561 1,599
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £66,500 £66,240 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.39% +10.40% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -48 65 £39,770 -18.42% 21
East Midlands -57 46 £55,000 +41.94% 38
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 (18.92%) WordPress
2 8 (7.21%) CMS
3 4 (3.60%) nginx
4 3 (2.70%) IIS
5 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.80%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.90%) Apache
6 1 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.31%) Photoshop
2 4 (3.60%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.90%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (6.31%) Shopify
2 4 (3.60%) Line 50
3 3 (2.70%) Magento
4 1 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.90%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 51 (45.95%) AWS
2 43 (38.74%) Azure
3 29 (26.13%) GitHub
4 13 (11.71%) Figma
5 12 (10.81%) Amazon S3
5 12 (10.81%) AWS Lambda
5 12 (10.81%) Serverless
6 6 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.41%) SaaS
7 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.80%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.80%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.80%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.90%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.90%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 22 (19.82%) Internet
2 4 (3.60%) Network Security
2 4 (3.60%) VoIP
3 3 (2.70%) Intranet
4 2 (1.80%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (22.52%) MySQL
2 12 (10.81%) Amazon Redshift
3 8 (7.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (6.31%) MongoDB
4 7 (6.31%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.50%) Power BI
6 4 (3.60%) FileMaker
7 3 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.80%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.80%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (1.80%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (32.43%) Git
2 4 (3.60%) Vite
3 3 (2.70%) Storybook
4 1 (0.90%) JIRA
4 1 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 22 (19.82%) Multimedia
2 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
3 20 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (12.61%) Finance
5 4 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.70%) Legal
6 3 (2.70%) Marketing
7 2 (1.80%) Advertising
7 2 (1.80%) Games
8 1 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 66 (59.46%) Developer
2 22 (19.82%) Trainee
3 17 (15.32%) Full-Stack Developer
4 16 (14.41%) Software Developer
5 13 (11.71%) Designer
5 13 (11.71%) PHP Developer
6 12 (10.81%) .NET Developer
6 12 (10.81%) HTML CSS Designer
6 12 (10.81%) Senior
6 12 (10.81%) Web Designer
7 10 (9.01%) Senior Developer
7 10 (9.01%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (8.11%) C# Developer
8 9 (8.11%) Trainee Developer
8 9 (8.11%) Trainee Software Developer
9 8 (7.21%) PHP Laravel Developer
10 7 (6.31%) IT Support
11 6 (5.41%) C# Software Developer
11 6 (5.41%) Trainee Administrator
11 6 (5.41%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (95.50%) HTML
2 21 (18.92%) React
3 19 (17.12%) Node.js
4 18 (16.22%) Laravel
5 15 (13.51%) .NET
6 14 (12.61%) RESTful
7 13 (11.71%) ASP.NET
7 13 (11.71%) jQuery
8 12 (10.81%) .NET Core
9 10 (9.01%) ASP.NET Core
9 10 (9.01%) Entity Framework
9 10 (9.01%) HTML5
10 9 (8.11%) Vue
11 7 (6.31%) CSS3
12 6 (5.41%) .NET Framework
12 6 (5.41%) Tailwind CSS
13 5 (4.50%) REST
14 4 (3.60%) LEMP Stack
14 4 (3.60%) React Native
14 4 (3.60%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.60%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.70%) Social Media
6 2 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.80%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.90%) Digital TV
7 1 (0.90%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.90%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.91%) Linux
2 8 (7.21%) Windows
3 4 (3.60%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.60%) Unix
3 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
1 27 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (20.72%) Agile
3 22 (19.82%) Mentoring
4 17 (15.32%) API Development
4 17 (15.32%) Computer Science
5 16 (14.41%) CI/CD
5 16 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (13.51%) User Experience
7 14 (12.61%) MVC
8 13 (11.71%) Clean Code
8 13 (11.71%) OO
8 13 (11.71%) Web Development
9 8 (7.21%) AI
9 8 (7.21%) DevOps
9 8 (7.21%) E-Commerce
10 7 (6.31%) OO PHP
10 7 (6.31%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.31%) Software Engineering
11 6 (5.41%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 74 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 52 (46.85%) SQL
3 47 (42.34%) PHP
4 45 (40.54%) Python
5 20 (18.02%) C#
6 13 (11.71%) R
7 10 (9.01%) TypeScript
8 7 (6.31%) Java
9 5 (4.50%) C++
10 4 (3.60%) Bash
11 3 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (19.82%) AWS Certification
1 22 (19.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 22 (19.82%) Azure Certification
1 22 (19.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (16.22%) Degree
3 17 (15.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.80%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.60%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.60%) ISO 9001
2 4 (3.60%) QA
3 3 (2.70%) GDPR
4 2 (1.80%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (39.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.21%) Adobe
3 4 (3.60%) Apple
3 4 (3.60%) Sage
4 2 (1.80%) Facebook
5 1 (0.90%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.90%) SAP
5 1 (0.90%) YouTube