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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 105 59
Rank change year-on-year -43 -46 -22
Permanent jobs citing CSS 115 122 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.90% 2.44% 3.73%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.07% 17.43% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 104 100 292
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,450 £28,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £68,750 £64,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 763 700 1,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.99% 14.01% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 596 563 1,614
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £32,530
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,135
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,720 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £75,772
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.88% +10.42% -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 1 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 1 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 -29 69 £36,250 -27.50% 17
East Midlands -49 46 £52,500 +35.48% 17
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 23 (20.00%) WordPress
2 9 (7.83%) CMS
3 5 (4.35%) nginx
4 3 (2.61%) IIS
5 2 (1.74%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.74%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.87%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Photoshop
2 5 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Shopify
2 4 (3.48%) Line 50
3 3 (2.61%) Magento
4 1 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.87%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 56 (48.70%) AWS
2 42 (36.52%) Azure
3 35 (30.43%) GitHub
4 12 (10.43%) Amazon S3
4 12 (10.43%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (10.43%) Figma
4 12 (10.43%) Serverless
5 7 (6.09%) SaaS
6 5 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.74%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.87%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.87%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.87%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.35%) Internet
2 4 (3.48%) Network Security
2 4 (3.48%) VoIP
3 3 (2.61%) Intranet
4 2 (1.74%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (23.48%) MySQL
2 12 (10.43%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.35%) Power BI
5 4 (3.48%) FileMaker
6 2 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.74%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.74%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 40 (34.78%) Git
2 5 (4.35%) Vite
3 3 (2.61%) Storybook
4 1 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (24.35%) Multimedia
2 24 (20.87%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (18.26%) Social Skills
4 14 (12.17%) Finance
5 6 (5.22%) Marketing
6 5 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.48%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.61%) Legal
9 2 (1.74%) Games
9 2 (1.74%) Law
10 1 (0.87%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 65 (56.52%) Developer
2 28 (24.35%) Trainee
3 21 (18.26%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (15.65%) Software Developer
5 14 (12.17%) PHP Developer
6 12 (10.43%) Designer
6 12 (10.43%) HTML CSS Designer
6 12 (10.43%) Senior
6 12 (10.43%) Web Designer
7 11 (9.57%) Senior Developer
7 11 (9.57%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (9.57%) Trainee Developer
7 11 (9.57%) Trainee Software Developer
8 9 (7.83%) C# Developer
9 8 (6.96%) Administrator
9 8 (6.96%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 8 (6.96%) Trainee Administrator
9 8 (6.96%) Web Administrator
10 7 (6.09%) IT Support
11 6 (5.22%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (95.65%) HTML
2 22 (19.13%) React
3 20 (17.39%) Laravel
3 20 (17.39%) Node.js
4 13 (11.30%) jQuery
5 11 (9.57%) RESTful
6 10 (8.70%) Vue
7 9 (7.83%) .NET
7 9 (7.83%) HTML5
8 7 (6.09%) ASP.NET
8 7 (6.09%) Tailwind CSS
9 6 (5.22%) .NET Core
9 6 (5.22%) .NET Framework
9 6 (5.22%) CSS3
10 5 (4.35%) Entity Framework
10 5 (4.35%) LEMP Stack
10 5 (4.35%) YAML
11 4 (3.48%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (2.61%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (2.61%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.48%) Virtual Team
3 3 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.61%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.61%) Social Media
4 2 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.87%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.87%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.43%) Linux
2 8 (6.96%) Windows
3 4 (3.48%) Mac OS
3 4 (3.48%) Unix
3 4 (3.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (26.96%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.61%) Mentoring
3 25 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (17.39%) Agile
4 20 (17.39%) API Development
4 20 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (14.78%) Computer Science
6 15 (13.04%) MVC
6 15 (13.04%) User Experience
7 13 (11.30%) Web Development
8 12 (10.43%) OO
9 10 (8.70%) Clean Code
10 9 (7.83%) CI/CD
11 8 (6.96%) E-Commerce
11 8 (6.96%) OO PHP
11 8 (6.96%) Roadmaps
12 7 (6.09%) Software Engineering
13 6 (5.22%) AI
13 6 (5.22%) Front End Development
13 6 (5.22%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 85 (73.91%) JavaScript
2 50 (43.48%) Python
2 50 (43.48%) SQL
3 49 (42.61%) PHP
4 17 (14.78%) R
5 14 (12.17%) C#
6 9 (7.83%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.09%) Java
8 5 (4.35%) Bash
8 5 (4.35%) C++
9 3 (2.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (24.35%) AWS Certification
1 28 (24.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 28 (24.35%) Azure Certification
1 28 (24.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (15.65%) Degree
3 17 (14.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.74%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 5 (4.35%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) ISO 14001
2 4 (3.48%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.61%) GDPR
4 2 (1.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (5.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 44 (38.26%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.09%) Adobe
3 4 (3.48%) Apple
3 4 (3.48%) Sage
4 3 (2.61%) Zoho
5 2 (1.74%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.87%) Facebook
6 1 (0.87%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.87%) SAP