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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 47 55
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 -37
Permanent jobs citing CSS 113 243 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.86% 4.56% 4.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.03% 25.74% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 103 139 118
10th Percentile - - £34,850
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £56,250 £59,500 £66,865
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £80,750
England median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.55% -8.33% +4.35%

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 513 944 899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.47% 17.72% 25.82%
Number of salaries quoted 436 588 704
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £38,084
25th Percentile £44,750 £44,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,875 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.38% -6.88% +4.35%
75th Percentile £74,444 £71,250 £74,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year - -2.26% -1.48%

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 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 20 December 2025.

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 20 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
Manchester -18 75 £47,500 -9.52% 44
Merseyside -25 21 £30,500 -6.15% 7
Cheshire -25 9 £50,000 +42.86% 8
Lancashire -3 8 £43,250 -21.36% 42
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 12 (10.62%) WordPress
2 4 (3.54%) CMS
2 4 (3.54%) nginx
3 2 (1.77%) Apache
4 1 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) JBoss
4 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.88%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Adobe XD
2 3 (2.65%) Sketch
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.88%) InVision
3 1 (0.88%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (59.29%) Azure
2 62 (54.87%) AWS
3 50 (44.25%) GitHub
4 6 (5.31%) GCP
5 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.65%) Figma
5 3 (2.65%) SaaS
6 2 (1.77%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.77%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.88%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.88%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.88%) Datadog
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.88%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.88%) Kontent
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.88%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 45 (39.82%) Internet
2 4 (3.54%) HTTP
3 1 (0.88%) SSH
3 1 (0.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.27%) MySQL
2 11 (9.73%) NoSQL
3 9 (7.96%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.54%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.65%) Redis
6 2 (1.77%) Metadata
7 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 75 (66.37%) Git
2 5 (4.42%) Cypress.io
2 5 (4.42%) JIRA
3 4 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.54%) JUnit
4 2 (1.77%) Babel
4 2 (1.77%) webpack
5 1 (0.88%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.88%) Maven
5 1 (0.88%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.88%) Protractor
5 1 (0.88%) Selenium
5 1 (0.88%) Subversion
General
1 45 (39.82%) Multimedia
2 23 (20.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.96%) Finance
4 7 (6.19%) Games
5 6 (5.31%) Marketing
6 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Legal
7 3 (2.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.77%) Banking
8 2 (1.77%) Law
9 1 (0.88%) Automotive
9 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (62.83%) Developer
2 45 (39.82%) Trainee
3 28 (24.78%) Software Developer
4 19 (16.81%) Trainee Developer
4 19 (16.81%) Trainee Software Developer
5 15 (13.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 15 (13.27%) Senior
6 13 (11.50%) Senior Developer
7 9 (7.96%) .NET Developer
7 9 (7.96%) PHP Developer
8 8 (7.08%) Administrator
8 8 (7.08%) Trainee Administrator
8 8 (7.08%) Web Administrator
9 7 (6.19%) Software Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Lead
11 5 (4.42%) React Developer
11 5 (4.42%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 4 (3.54%) Full-Stack Developer
12 4 (3.54%) Lead Software Engineer
12 4 (3.54%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (96.46%) HTML
2 37 (32.74%) React
3 18 (15.93%) .NET
4 14 (12.39%) AngularJS
4 14 (12.39%) RESTful
5 13 (11.50%) CSS3
5 13 (11.50%) HTML5
6 10 (8.85%) REST
7 9 (7.96%) ASP.NET
7 9 (7.96%) Laravel
7 9 (7.96%) Node.js
8 7 (6.19%) jQuery
8 7 (6.19%) Vue
8 7 (6.19%) Web Services
9 6 (5.31%) .NET Framework
9 6 (5.31%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (4.42%) Jest
10 5 (4.42%) Spring
10 5 (4.42%) Spring Boot
11 4 (3.54%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.31%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (4.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.65%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (2.65%) Social Media
5 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.77%) Animation
5 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.77%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.77%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.77%) NHS
5 2 (1.77%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.77%) Online Games
6 1 (0.88%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.88%) Life Science
6 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (44.25%) Mentoring
2 37 (32.74%) Agile
2 37 (32.74%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (23.89%) User Experience
4 25 (22.12%) CI/CD
5 21 (18.58%) Front End Development
6 20 (17.70%) Full-Stack Development
7 18 (15.93%) Web Development
8 16 (14.16%) Clean Code
9 15 (13.27%) DevOps
10 12 (10.62%) AI
10 12 (10.62%) Scrum
11 11 (9.73%) Microservices
11 11 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (8.85%) Software Engineering
13 9 (7.96%) Code Quality
13 9 (7.96%) Containerisation
13 9 (7.96%) OOP
14 8 (7.08%) Performance Optimisation
14 8 (7.08%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 108 (95.58%) JavaScript
2 50 (44.25%) Python
3 27 (23.89%) TypeScript
4 26 (23.01%) R
5 19 (16.81%) C#
6 12 (10.62%) PHP
7 8 (7.08%) SQL
8 7 (6.19%) Java
9 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (39.82%) AWS Certification
1 45 (39.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 45 (39.82%) Azure Certification
1 45 (39.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (3.54%) Degree
3 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.62%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.77%) QA
3 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (11.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.65%) cPanel
2 3 (2.65%) Plesk
3 2 (1.77%) Grafana
3 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 48 (42.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.42%) Google
3 4 (3.54%) Adobe
4 3 (2.65%) Ahrefs
4 3 (2.65%) Screaming Frog
5 2 (1.77%) Hotjar
5 2 (1.77%) Oracle
6 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.88%) Hootsuite
6 1 (0.88%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.88%) iManage
6 1 (0.88%) New Relic
6 1 (0.88%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.88%) Splunk