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 requiring CSS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 83 44
Rank change year-on-year -39 -39 -17
Permanent jobs citing CSS 113 226 487
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.06% 4.81% 4.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.82% 19.57% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 104 102 336
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £38,079
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,250 £75,000
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
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 requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 956 1,155 2,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.94% 24.61% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 816 488 1,675
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,563 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,692 £93,758 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,434 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.16% +10.72% -11.11%

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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 job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CSS

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSS in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for CSS in the North West

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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 12 June 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
Manchester -37 74 £47,500 -13.64% 21
Lancashire +23 14 £40,000 - 6
Merseyside -23 12 £34,000 +4.62% 5
Cheshire -33 11 £35,000 -30.00% 4
Cumbria - 2 £37,500 -
CSS
England

CSS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 25 (22.12%) WordPress
2 11 (9.73%) CMS
3 5 (4.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (4.42%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.54%) IIS
5 2 (1.77%) Apache
5 2 (1.77%) CICS
5 2 (1.77%) JBoss
5 2 (1.77%) nginx
6 1 (0.88%) Confluence
6 1 (0.88%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Shopify
2 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) Magento
3 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (46.90%) Azure
2 42 (37.17%) AWS
3 29 (25.66%) GitHub
4 19 (16.81%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (7.96%) Power Automate
6 7 (6.19%) Google Analytics
7 6 (5.31%) Figma
7 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
8 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.42%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.54%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.54%) GCP
9 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.77%) Azure AI
11 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.77%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.77%) Datadog
11 2 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 20 (17.70%) Internet
2 3 (2.65%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.77%) SSL
4 1 (0.88%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.27%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.73%) MySQL
3 10 (8.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (8.85%) MongoDB
4 8 (7.08%) Relational Database
5 6 (5.31%) NoSQL
5 6 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (2.65%) Power BI
8 2 (1.77%) Db2
8 2 (1.77%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (39.82%) Git
2 8 (7.08%) JIRA
3 3 (2.65%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.65%) GitLab
3 3 (2.65%) IntelliJ
3 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.77%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.77%) Subversion
5 1 (0.88%) gulp
5 1 (0.88%) JUnit
5 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 23 (20.35%) Marketing
2 20 (17.70%) Multimedia
3 18 (15.93%) Social Skills
4 15 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.19%) Advertising
5 7 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.31%) Games
7 5 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.54%) Banking
8 4 (3.54%) Finance
8 4 (3.54%) Legal
8 4 (3.54%) Retail
9 3 (2.65%) French Language
9 3 (2.65%) Italian Language
9 3 (2.65%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (2.65%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.77%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (53.10%) Developer
2 20 (17.70%) Trainee
3 15 (13.27%) Software Developer
4 14 (12.39%) .NET Developer
4 14 (12.39%) Full-Stack Developer
5 13 (11.50%) Senior
6 12 (10.62%) Senior Developer
7 11 (9.73%) Administrator
8 8 (7.08%) Java Developer
8 8 (7.08%) Trainee Administrator
8 8 (7.08%) Web Administrator
9 7 (6.19%) Coordinator
9 7 (6.19%) Graduate
9 7 (6.19%) Lead
9 7 (6.19%) Trainee Developer
10 6 (5.31%) C# Developer
10 6 (5.31%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 6 (5.31%) HTML CSS Designer
10 6 (5.31%) Software Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (91.15%) HTML
2 29 (25.66%) .NET
3 19 (16.81%) React
4 18 (15.93%) AngularJS
4 18 (15.93%) CSS3
5 17 (15.04%) .NET Core
6 15 (13.27%) ASP.NET
6 15 (13.27%) HTML5
7 13 (11.50%) Entity Framework
7 13 (11.50%) REST
7 13 (11.50%) RESTful
8 10 (8.85%) Node.js
8 10 (8.85%) Vue
9 9 (7.96%) ASP.NET Core
10 8 (7.08%) .NET Framework
11 7 (6.19%) JSON
12 5 (4.42%) Middleware
12 5 (4.42%) OAuth
12 5 (4.42%) OAuth2
12 5 (4.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.08%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (4.42%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.65%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.77%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.88%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.65%) Android
1 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.51%) CI/CD
2 38 (33.63%) Agile
3 36 (31.86%) Full-Stack Development
4 27 (23.89%) Mentoring
5 26 (23.01%) AI
6 22 (19.47%) DevOps
7 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (15.04%) Analytics
9 15 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (13.27%) User Experience
9 15 (13.27%) Web Development
10 13 (11.50%) API Integration
10 13 (11.50%) Responsive Web Design
10 13 (11.50%) TDD
11 12 (10.62%) CRM
11 12 (10.62%) OOP
12 11 (9.73%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.73%) Microservices
12 11 (9.73%) Scrum
12 11 (9.73%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 77 (68.14%) JavaScript
2 47 (41.59%) SQL
3 35 (30.97%) Python
4 28 (24.78%) C#
5 20 (17.70%) Java
6 15 (13.27%) PHP
7 13 (11.50%) R
8 12 (10.62%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.65%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.65%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.65%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.88%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (19.47%) Degree
2 20 (17.70%) AWS Certification
2 20 (17.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 20 (17.70%) Azure Certification
2 20 (17.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.65%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.04%) QA
2 2 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (6.19%) Docker
2 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.77%) Nagios
2 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (35.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.08%) Google
3 6 (5.31%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.42%) Adobe
4 5 (4.42%) Splunk
5 4 (3.54%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 3 (2.65%) Oracle
6 3 (2.65%) Pega
7 2 (1.77%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.77%) New Relic
7 2 (1.77%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.88%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow