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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 91 66
Rank change year-on-year -49 -25 -31
Permanent jobs citing CSS 114 177 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.88% 3.46% 3.54%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.63% 23.11% 21.93%
Number of salaries quoted 102 96 290
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year - -3.74% -15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £68,750 £62,750
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 779 766 1,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.02% 14.99% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 603 568 1,605
10th Percentile £35,150 £35,000 £32,660
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 £65,500 £66,268 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.16% +10.45% -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 10 May 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 10 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 -44 68 £37,500 -25.00% 18
East Midlands -56 46 £55,000 +41.94% 33
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 (18.42%) WordPress
2 9 (7.89%) CMS
3 5 (4.39%) nginx
4 3 (2.63%) IIS
5 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.75%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.88%) Apache
6 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Photoshop
2 5 (4.39%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.88%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Shopify
2 4 (3.51%) Line 50
3 3 (2.63%) Magento
4 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.88%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 55 (48.25%) AWS
2 44 (38.60%) Azure
3 32 (28.07%) GitHub
4 13 (11.40%) Figma
5 12 (10.53%) Amazon S3
5 12 (10.53%) AWS Lambda
5 12 (10.53%) Serverless
6 6 (5.26%) SaaS
7 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.39%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.75%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.75%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.75%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.88%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.88%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 24 (21.05%) Internet
2 4 (3.51%) Network Security
2 4 (3.51%) VoIP
3 3 (2.63%) Intranet
4 2 (1.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (22.81%) MySQL
2 12 (10.53%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (6.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (6.14%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.26%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.39%) Power BI
6 4 (3.51%) FileMaker
7 3 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.75%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.75%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.88%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 38 (33.33%) Git
2 5 (4.39%) Vite
3 3 (2.63%) Storybook
4 1 (0.88%) JIRA
4 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (21.05%) Multimedia
2 22 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (18.42%) Social Skills
4 13 (11.40%) Finance
5 4 (3.51%) Marketing
5 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.63%) Legal
7 2 (1.75%) Advertising
7 2 (1.75%) Games
8 1 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 67 (58.77%) Developer
2 24 (21.05%) Trainee
3 19 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 17 (14.91%) Software Developer
5 13 (11.40%) Designer
5 13 (11.40%) PHP Developer
5 13 (11.40%) Senior
6 12 (10.53%) HTML CSS Designer
6 12 (10.53%) Web Designer
7 11 (9.65%) .NET Developer
7 11 (9.65%) Senior Developer
7 11 (9.65%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (8.77%) Trainee Developer
8 10 (8.77%) Trainee Software Developer
9 9 (7.89%) C# Developer
10 8 (7.02%) PHP Laravel Developer
11 7 (6.14%) IT Support
12 6 (5.26%) C# Software Developer
12 6 (5.26%) Trainee Administrator
12 6 (5.26%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (95.61%) HTML
2 21 (18.42%) React
3 20 (17.54%) Node.js
4 19 (16.67%) Laravel
5 14 (12.28%) .NET
6 13 (11.40%) jQuery
6 13 (11.40%) RESTful
7 12 (10.53%) ASP.NET
8 11 (9.65%) .NET Core
9 10 (8.77%) HTML5
9 10 (8.77%) Vue
10 9 (7.89%) ASP.NET Core
10 9 (7.89%) Entity Framework
11 7 (6.14%) CSS3
11 7 (6.14%) Tailwind CSS
12 6 (5.26%) .NET Framework
13 5 (4.39%) LEMP Stack
13 5 (4.39%) YAML
14 4 (3.51%) REST
14 4 (3.51%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (4.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.51%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.63%) Social Media
5 2 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.88%) Digital TV
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.53%) Linux
2 8 (7.02%) Windows
3 4 (3.51%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.51%) Unix
3 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (24.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (21.05%) Mentoring
4 22 (19.30%) Agile
5 19 (16.67%) API Development
6 18 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (14.91%) Computer Science
8 16 (14.04%) User Experience
9 14 (12.28%) CI/CD
9 14 (12.28%) MVC
10 12 (10.53%) Clean Code
10 12 (10.53%) OO
10 12 (10.53%) Web Development
11 8 (7.02%) AI
11 8 (7.02%) E-Commerce
11 8 (7.02%) Roadmaps
12 7 (6.14%) DevOps
12 7 (6.14%) OO PHP
12 7 (6.14%) Software Engineering
13 6 (5.26%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 78 (68.42%) JavaScript
2 53 (46.49%) SQL
3 48 (42.11%) PHP
4 47 (41.23%) Python
5 19 (16.67%) C#
6 14 (12.28%) R
7 9 (7.89%) TypeScript
8 7 (6.14%) Java
9 5 (4.39%) Bash
9 5 (4.39%) C++
10 3 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (21.05%) AWS Certification
1 24 (21.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 24 (21.05%) Azure Certification
1 24 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (15.79%) Degree
3 17 (14.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.39%) QA
3 4 (3.51%) ISO 14001
3 4 (3.51%) ISO 9001
4 3 (2.63%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (7.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.02%) Adobe
3 4 (3.51%) Apple
3 4 (3.51%) Sage
4 2 (1.75%) Facebook
5 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.88%) SAP
5 1 (0.88%) YouTube
5 1 (0.88%) Zoho