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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 52 52
Rank change year-on-year -25 0 -36
Permanent jobs citing CSS 123 201 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.71% 4.31% 4.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 22.08% 24.01% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 109 120 231
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £67,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.55% - -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 557 837 1,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.74% 17.96% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 479 533 1,267
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -9.19%

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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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -16 83 £47,500 -13.64% 34
Merseyside -29 24 £30,500 -6.15% 9
Lancashire -5 8 £43,250 -13.50% 17
Cheshire -32 8 £50,000 +42.86% 11
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 14 (11.38%) WordPress
2 6 (4.88%) CMS
3 5 (4.07%) nginx
4 3 (2.44%) Apache
5 2 (1.63%) JBoss
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.81%) Confluence
6 1 (0.81%) IIS
6 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.63%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.63%) Sketch
3 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Shopify
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 71 (57.72%) Azure
2 68 (55.28%) AWS
3 52 (42.28%) GitHub
4 6 (4.88%) GCP
5 4 (3.25%) Google Analytics
6 3 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.44%) SaaS
6 3 (2.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.63%) Datadog
7 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.63%) Figma
7 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.81%) BigCommerce
8 1 (0.81%) Firebase
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 50 (40.65%) Internet
2 5 (4.07%) HTTP
3 2 (1.63%) SSL
4 1 (0.81%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.94%) MySQL
1 11 (8.94%) NoSQL
2 6 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.25%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.63%) Metadata
4 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.81%) Power BI
5 1 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 84 (68.29%) Git
2 7 (5.69%) JIRA
3 5 (4.07%) JUnit
4 4 (3.25%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.63%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.63%) Subversion
6 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.81%) Maven
6 1 (0.81%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.81%) Protractor
6 1 (0.81%) Selenium
General
1 50 (40.65%) Multimedia
2 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.38%) Marketing
4 10 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.69%) Finance
6 4 (3.25%) Games
6 4 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.44%) French Language
7 3 (2.44%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.44%) Legal
7 3 (2.44%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.44%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.63%) Banking
9 1 (0.81%) Advertising
9 1 (0.81%) Automotive
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Publishing
9 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (56.10%) Developer
2 50 (40.65%) Trainee
3 30 (24.39%) Software Developer
4 22 (17.89%) Trainee Developer
4 22 (17.89%) Trainee Software Developer
5 19 (15.45%) Senior
6 17 (13.82%) Senior Developer
7 15 (12.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 11 (8.94%) Administrator
9 9 (7.32%) PHP Developer
10 8 (6.50%) Trainee Administrator
10 8 (6.50%) Web Administrator
11 7 (5.69%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 7 (5.69%) Software Engineer
12 6 (4.88%) .NET Developer
12 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
13 4 (3.25%) Coordinator
13 4 (3.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 4 (3.25%) Lead
13 4 (3.25%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (96.75%) HTML
2 37 (30.08%) React
3 17 (13.82%) .NET
4 16 (13.01%) RESTful
5 15 (12.20%) AngularJS
6 11 (8.94%) CSS3
6 11 (8.94%) HTML5
7 8 (6.50%) ASP.NET
7 8 (6.50%) Laravel
7 8 (6.50%) REST
8 7 (5.69%) Node.js
8 7 (5.69%) Vue
8 7 (5.69%) Web Services
9 6 (4.88%) ASP.NET Core
9 6 (4.88%) jQuery
10 5 (4.07%) Spring
10 5 (4.07%) Spring Boot
11 4 (3.25%) Kafka
11 4 (3.25%) Sass
11 4 (3.25%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.69%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.69%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.07%) Algorithms
3 5 (4.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.44%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.63%) Animation
5 2 (1.63%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.63%) NHS
5 2 (1.63%) Social Media
6 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.81%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.81%) Life Science
6 1 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.81%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.44%) Android
1 3 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 3 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (48.78%) Mentoring
2 45 (36.59%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (30.08%) Agile
4 29 (23.58%) User Experience
5 28 (22.76%) CI/CD
6 19 (15.45%) Full-Stack Development
7 18 (14.63%) AI
7 18 (14.63%) Front End Development
8 15 (12.20%) Web Development
9 13 (10.57%) DevOps
9 13 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (10.57%) Software Engineering
10 12 (9.76%) Clean Code
11 11 (8.94%) Microservices
12 10 (8.13%) Analytics
12 10 (8.13%) Containerisation
12 10 (8.13%) Responsive Web Design
13 9 (7.32%) OOP
13 9 (7.32%) Scrum
14 8 (6.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 111 (90.24%) JavaScript
2 59 (47.97%) Python
3 28 (22.76%) R
4 27 (21.95%) TypeScript
5 15 (12.20%) SQL
6 14 (11.38%) C#
7 10 (8.13%) PHP
8 7 (5.69%) Java
9 3 (2.44%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 50 (40.65%) AWS Certification
1 50 (40.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 50 (40.65%) Azure Certification
1 50 (40.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (8.13%) Degree
3 3 (2.44%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.63%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.63%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.13%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.69%) QA
System Software
1 10 (8.13%) Docker
2 2 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) cPanel
1 3 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.44%) Plesk
2 2 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.63%) Nagios
2 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.81%) Grafana
Vendors
1 55 (44.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.69%) Google
3 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (1.63%) Adobe
5 2 (1.63%) Ahrefs
5 2 (1.63%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.63%) Hotjar
5 2 (1.63%) New Relic
5 2 (1.63%) Oracle
5 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.63%) Screaming Frog
5 2 (1.63%) Splunk
6 1 (0.81%) iManage