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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 47 53
Rank change year-on-year -32 +6 -36
Permanent jobs citing CSS 119 221 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.73% 4.52% 4.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 21.60% 25.52% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 105 120 217
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% -9.09%
75th Percentile £56,250 £59,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -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 551 866 1,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.99% 17.73% 23.58%
Number of salaries quoted 470 534 1,216
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £43,250
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 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,775 £85,875 £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 1 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 1 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 -21 80 £47,500 -13.64% 30
Merseyside -21 25 £30,500 -6.15% 10
Lancashire -9 7 £41,500 -17.00% 22
Cheshire -30 7 £62,500 +78.57% 16
CSS
England

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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 (10.08%) WordPress
2 5 (4.20%) CMS
2 5 (4.20%) nginx
3 3 (2.52%) Apache
4 2 (1.68%) JBoss
5 1 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.84%) Confluence
5 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.84%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.68%) Sketch
1 2 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.84%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.68%) Shopify
2 1 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 70 (58.82%) Azure
2 67 (56.30%) AWS
3 53 (44.54%) GitHub
4 6 (5.04%) GCP
5 3 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.52%) SaaS
6 2 (1.68%) Datadog
6 2 (1.68%) Figma
6 2 (1.68%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.84%) BigCommerce
7 1 (0.84%) Kontent
7 1 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 50 (42.02%) Internet
2 5 (4.20%) HTTP
3 2 (1.68%) SSL
4 1 (0.84%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) MySQL
1 10 (8.40%) NoSQL
2 6 (5.04%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.36%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.68%) Metadata
5 1 (0.84%) Redis
5 1 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 81 (68.07%) Git
2 6 (5.04%) JIRA
3 5 (4.20%) Cypress.io
3 5 (4.20%) JUnit
4 2 (1.68%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.68%) Subversion
5 1 (0.84%) Maven
5 1 (0.84%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.84%) Protractor
5 1 (0.84%) Selenium
General
1 50 (42.02%) Multimedia
2 24 (20.17%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.24%) Marketing
4 9 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.72%) Finance
6 4 (3.36%) Games
7 3 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.52%) French Language
7 3 (2.52%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.52%) Legal
7 3 (2.52%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (2.52%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.52%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.68%) Banking
8 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Automotive
9 1 (0.84%) Law
9 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Publishing
9 1 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (56.30%) Developer
2 50 (42.02%) Trainee
3 29 (24.37%) Software Developer
4 22 (18.49%) Trainee Developer
4 22 (18.49%) Trainee Software Developer
5 18 (15.13%) Senior
6 16 (13.45%) Senior Developer
7 15 (12.61%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 10 (8.40%) Administrator
9 9 (7.56%) PHP Developer
10 8 (6.72%) Software Engineer
10 8 (6.72%) Trainee Administrator
10 8 (6.72%) Web Administrator
11 7 (5.88%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 5 (4.20%) .NET Developer
12 5 (4.20%) Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (4.20%) Lead
13 4 (3.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 4 (3.36%) Lead Software Engineer
13 4 (3.36%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (96.64%) HTML
2 37 (31.09%) React
3 17 (14.29%) .NET
4 15 (12.61%) AngularJS
5 14 (11.76%) RESTful
6 13 (10.92%) CSS3
6 13 (10.92%) HTML5
7 9 (7.56%) REST
8 8 (6.72%) ASP.NET
8 8 (6.72%) Laravel
9 7 (5.88%) jQuery
9 7 (5.88%) Node.js
10 6 (5.04%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (5.04%) Vue
10 6 (5.04%) Web Services
11 5 (4.20%) Jest
12 4 (3.36%) .NET Framework
12 4 (3.36%) gRPC
12 4 (3.36%) OAuth
12 4 (3.36%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (5.04%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.20%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.36%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.52%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.52%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.68%) Animation
6 2 (1.68%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.68%) NHS
6 2 (1.68%) Online Banking
6 2 (1.68%) Social Media
7 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.84%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.84%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.52%) Android
1 3 (2.52%) Apple iOS
1 3 (2.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (50.42%) Mentoring
2 45 (37.82%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (30.25%) Agile
4 27 (22.69%) CI/CD
4 27 (22.69%) User Experience
5 19 (15.97%) Front End Development
6 17 (14.29%) AI
6 17 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 16 (13.45%) Web Development
8 14 (11.76%) Software Engineering
9 13 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (10.08%) Clean Code
10 12 (10.08%) DevOps
11 10 (8.40%) Containerisation
11 10 (8.40%) Microservices
12 9 (7.56%) OOP
12 9 (7.56%) Scrum
13 8 (6.72%) Analytics
13 8 (6.72%) Responsive Web Design
13 8 (6.72%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 110 (92.44%) JavaScript
2 59 (49.58%) Python
3 28 (23.53%) R
3 28 (23.53%) TypeScript
4 14 (11.76%) C#
5 11 (9.24%) SQL
6 10 (8.40%) PHP
7 6 (5.04%) Java
8 2 (1.68%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.84%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (42.02%) AWS Certification
1 50 (42.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 50 (42.02%) Azure Certification
1 50 (42.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (6.72%) Degree
3 3 (2.52%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.68%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.68%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.84%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.40%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.36%) QA
System Software
1 11 (9.24%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.52%) cPanel
1 3 (2.52%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.52%) Plesk
1 3 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.68%) Grafana
2 2 (1.68%) Nagios
Vendors
1 53 (44.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.20%) Google
3 3 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.68%) Adobe
4 2 (1.68%) Ahrefs
4 2 (1.68%) Atlassian
4 2 (1.68%) Hotjar
4 2 (1.68%) New Relic
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle
4 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (1.68%) Screaming Frog
4 2 (1.68%) Splunk
5 1 (0.84%) iManage