CSS Job Trends in the North West
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West citing CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 181 | 117 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -64 | -72 | +15 |
| Permanent jobs citing CSS | 89 | 94 | 278 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | 0.69% | 1.80% | 4.05% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 8.02% | 12.57% | 21.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 71 | 81 | 152 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,500 | - | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,724 | £28,250 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £51,000 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.37% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £62,500 | £59,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,750 | £75,000 | £67,500 |
| England median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -9.09% | -5.82% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West
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 citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North West.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 1,110 | 748 | 1,299 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 8.65% | 14.29% | 18.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 829 | 443 | 741 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £35,500 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £55,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +12.61% | -7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £92,750 | £86,200 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £68,500 | £67,500 | £67,263 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.48% | +0.35% | -0.35% |
CSS Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.
CSS Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS.
CSS Salary Histogram in the North West
Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the North West over the 6 months to 11 November 2026.
CSS Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSS within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | -81 | 57 | £51,750 | +3.50% | 36 |
| Lancashire | 0 | 15 | £42,500 | -7.98% | 2 |
| Cheshire | -9 | 10 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 8 |
| Merseyside | -25 | 7 | £60,000 | +96.72% | 2 |
| CSS England |
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CSS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTML | 92.1% | 82 |
| 2 | .NET | 32.6% | 29 |
| 3 | Node.js | 24.7% | 22 |
| 3 | REST | 24.7% | 22 |
| 5 | .NET Core | 23.6% | 21 |
| 6 | ASP.NET | 22.5% | 20 |
| 7 | ASP.NET Core | 18.0% | 16 |
| 8 | HTML5 Canvas | 14.6% | 13 |
| 9 | Entity Framework | 13.5% | 12 |
| 9 | React | 13.5% | 12 |
| 11 | Microsoft Graph | 12.4% | 11 |
| 12 | AngularJS | 11.2% | 10 |
| 13 | SPFx | 10.1% | 9 |
| 14 | CSS3 | 6.7% | 6 |
| 14 | HTML5 | 6.7% | 6 |
| 14 | ML.NET | 6.7% | 6 |
| 14 | RESTful | 6.7% | 6 |
| 18 | GraphQL | 5.6% | 5 |
| 18 | OAuth | 5.6% | 5 |
| 18 | Terraform | 5.6% | 5 |