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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 67 59
Rank change year-on-year -65 -8 -24
Permanent jobs citing CSS 98 300 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.45% 3.74% 4.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.76% 23.40% 22.15%
Number of salaries quoted 90 133 174
10th Percentile £26,250 - £33,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £41,135
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,020 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.96% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £63,750 £72,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +4.35%

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 622 1,282 966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.17% 15.99% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 502 723 813
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £70,825 £68,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,550
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

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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

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

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 December 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 6 December 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 -37 53 £47,500 +11.76% 58
West Midlands -46 46 £30,500 -44.55% 97
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 12 (12.24%) CMS
2 6 (6.12%) WordPress
3 5 (5.10%) IIS
3 5 (5.10%) Umbraco
4 3 (3.06%) Apache
5 2 (2.04%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.02%) Apache Solr
6 1 (1.02%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (2.04%) AutoCAD
1 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.04%) MS Visio
1 2 (2.04%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.02%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.02%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Sprinklr
2 3 (3.06%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 33 (33.67%) Azure
2 31 (31.63%) AWS
3 23 (23.47%) GitHub
4 11 (11.22%) SaaS
5 6 (6.12%) Figma
6 3 (3.06%) ChatGPT
6 3 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.06%) Firebase
6 3 (3.06%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.04%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.04%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.04%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.04%) Sage Pay
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.02%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.41%) Internet
2 5 (5.10%) Intranet
3 2 (2.04%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.04%) HTTP
3 2 (2.04%) Modbus
3 2 (2.04%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.35%) MySQL
2 15 (15.31%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.10%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.06%) Power BI
5 2 (2.04%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.02%) Redis
6 1 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (32.65%) Git
2 5 (5.10%) JIRA
3 4 (4.08%) webpack
4 3 (3.06%) Babel
5 2 (2.04%) GitLab
5 2 (2.04%) Vite
6 1 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.02%) JUnit
6 1 (1.02%) Mockito
General
1 20 (20.41%) Multimedia
2 19 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (19.39%) Social Skills
3 10 (10.20%) Retail
4 9 (9.18%) Finance
4 9 (9.18%) Law
5 6 (6.12%) Marketing
6 4 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.04%) Games
7 2 (2.04%) Legal
7 2 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.02%) Advertising
8 1 (1.02%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 55 (56.12%) Developer
2 20 (20.41%) Trainee
3 13 (13.27%) PHP Developer
4 12 (12.24%) Senior
4 12 (12.24%) Software Developer
5 11 (11.22%) Consultant
5 11 (11.22%) Implementation Consultant
6 10 (10.20%) Web Developer
7 9 (9.18%) Trainee Developer
7 9 (9.18%) Trainee Software Developer
8 8 (8.16%) .NET Developer
8 8 (8.16%) C# Developer
8 8 (8.16%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (8.16%) Lead
8 8 (8.16%) PHP Symfony Developer
8 8 (8.16%) Symfony Developer
9 7 (7.14%) ASP.NET Developer
9 7 (7.14%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (7.14%) Junior
9 7 (7.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (90.82%) HTML
2 21 (21.43%) React
3 18 (18.37%) .NET
3 18 (18.37%) Laravel
4 15 (15.31%) Node.js
5 12 (12.24%) ASP.NET
6 9 (9.18%) ASP.NET MVC
7 8 (8.16%) CakePHP
7 8 (8.16%) CodeIgniter
7 8 (8.16%) HTML5
7 8 (8.16%) RESTful
7 8 (8.16%) Symfony
8 7 (7.14%) jQuery
9 6 (6.12%) .NET Framework
9 6 (6.12%) CSS3
9 6 (6.12%) Next.js
9 6 (6.12%) Vue
10 5 (5.10%) .NET Core
10 5 (5.10%) REST
10 5 (5.10%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.06%) Legacy Code
3 3 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.06%) W3C
4 2 (2.04%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.04%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.04%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (2.04%) IoT
4 2 (2.04%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.04%) SCADA
5 1 (1.02%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.02%) CMDB
5 1 (1.02%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.02%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.06%) Linux
1 3 (3.06%) Windows
1 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (27.55%) Mentoring
1 27 (27.55%) MVC
2 25 (25.51%) Agile
3 23 (23.47%) Full-Stack Development
4 21 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (20.41%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (19.39%) Web Development
7 16 (16.33%) Project Management
8 15 (15.31%) Front End Development
9 13 (13.27%) CRM
9 13 (13.27%) OO
10 12 (12.24%) Analytics
10 12 (12.24%) Computer Science
11 11 (11.22%) User Experience
12 10 (10.20%) CI/CD
12 10 (10.20%) Customer Service
12 10 (10.20%) Digital Innovation
13 9 (9.18%) Content Management
13 9 (9.18%) OO PHP
14 8 (8.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 88 (89.80%) JavaScript
2 32 (32.65%) SQL
3 25 (25.51%) Python
4 22 (22.45%) PHP
5 21 (21.43%) C#
6 15 (15.31%) TypeScript
7 11 (11.22%) R
8 8 (8.16%) Java
9 2 (2.04%) C
9 2 (2.04%) C++
9 2 (2.04%) Perl
10 1 (1.02%) Bash
10 1 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (21.43%) Azure Certification
2 20 (20.41%) AWS Certification
2 20 (20.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 20 (20.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (17.35%) Degree
4 9 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.08%) HND
6 2 (2.04%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.04%) HNC
6 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.08%) GDPR
3 3 (3.06%) WCAG
4 2 (2.04%) IEC 61131
4 2 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.04%) Docker
1 2 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.04%) Functional Safety
1 2 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) Adobe
3 5 (5.10%) Guidewire
4 4 (4.08%) Siemens
5 3 (3.06%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.06%) SAP
5 3 (3.06%) Zoho
6 2 (2.04%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (2.04%) AVEVA
6 2 (2.04%) Google
6 2 (2.04%) Oracle
6 2 (2.04%) Rockwell
6 2 (2.04%) Toshiba
6 2 (2.04%) VMware
7 1 (1.02%) Ahrefs
7 1 (1.02%) HubSpot