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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 63 46
Rank change year-on-year -21 -17 -30
Permanent jobs citing CSS 131 160 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.59% 4.02% 4.51%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.31% 20.86% 20.82%
Number of salaries quoted 118 129 278
10th Percentile - - £30,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.95% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,875 £75,000 £76,250
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 645 767 1,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.84% 19.25% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 553 593 1,451
10th Percentile £28,600 £32,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £43,381
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,800 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,296 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.95% +10.49% -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 15 March 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 15 March 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 84 £47,500 -13.64% 39
Merseyside -27 23 £30,500 -6.15% 6
Lancashire -4 12 £34,000 -9.33% 18
Cheshire -27 12 £30,500 -26.06% 6
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 28 (21.37%) WordPress
2 7 (5.34%) CMS
3 3 (2.29%) Apache
3 3 (2.29%) nginx
4 2 (1.53%) CICS
4 2 (1.53%) JBoss
5 1 (0.76%) Confluence
5 1 (0.76%) IIS
5 1 (0.76%) PegaRULES
5 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.53%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.53%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Shopify
2 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 79 (60.31%) Azure
2 73 (55.73%) AWS
3 58 (44.27%) GitHub
4 10 (7.63%) GCP
5 6 (4.58%) Figma
5 6 (4.58%) Google Analytics
6 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.29%) SaaS
7 3 (2.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (1.53%) Datadog
8 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.53%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.76%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.76%) Kontent
9 1 (0.76%) npm
9 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.76%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (42.75%) Internet
2 4 (3.05%) HTTP
3 2 (1.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.40%) NoSQL
2 10 (7.63%) MySQL
3 5 (3.82%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.29%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.53%) DB2
5 2 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.53%) Hazelcast
5 2 (1.53%) Metadata
5 2 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Power BI
6 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 89 (67.94%) Git
2 6 (4.58%) JIRA
3 4 (3.05%) Cypress.io
3 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.29%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.29%) IntelliJ
4 3 (2.29%) JUnit
5 2 (1.53%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.53%) Subversion
6 1 (0.76%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.76%) Protractor
General
1 56 (42.75%) Multimedia
2 20 (15.27%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.98%) Marketing
4 8 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.34%) Finance
6 6 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.05%) Games
8 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.29%) French Language
8 3 (2.29%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.29%) Legal
8 3 (2.29%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (2.29%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.53%) Advertising
9 2 (1.53%) Banking
9 2 (1.53%) Retail
10 1 (0.76%) Automotive
10 1 (0.76%) Law
10 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (48.85%) Developer
2 56 (42.75%) Trainee
3 27 (20.61%) Software Developer
4 22 (16.79%) Trainee Developer
5 21 (16.03%) Trainee Software Developer
6 19 (14.50%) Administrator
7 17 (12.98%) Senior
8 16 (12.21%) Senior Developer
8 16 (12.21%) Trainee Administrator
8 16 (12.21%) Web Administrator
9 12 (9.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 9 (6.87%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (5.34%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 7 (5.34%) Software Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) Coordinator
12 6 (4.58%) PHP Developer
13 5 (3.82%) Java Developer
14 4 (3.05%) .NET Developer
14 4 (3.05%) Designer
14 4 (3.05%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (98.47%) HTML
2 35 (26.72%) React
3 19 (14.50%) RESTful
4 16 (12.21%) AngularJS
5 15 (11.45%) .NET
6 14 (10.69%) CSS3
6 14 (10.69%) HTML5
7 7 (5.34%) ASP.NET
7 7 (5.34%) Vue
7 7 (5.34%) Web Services
8 6 (4.58%) ASP.NET Core
8 6 (4.58%) Kafka
9 5 (3.82%) Laravel
9 5 (3.82%) Node.js
9 5 (3.82%) REST
9 5 (3.82%) Spring
9 5 (3.82%) Spring Boot
10 4 (3.05%) .NET Framework
10 4 (3.05%) Jest
10 4 (3.05%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.34%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
1 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.82%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.29%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.29%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.53%) Animation
5 2 (1.53%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.53%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.53%) NHS
5 2 (1.53%) Social Media
6 1 (0.76%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.76%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.76%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.29%) Android
1 3 (2.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (44.27%) Mentoring
2 43 (32.82%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (27.48%) Agile
4 30 (22.90%) CI/CD
5 27 (20.61%) User Experience
6 23 (17.56%) Web Development
7 20 (15.27%) Full-Stack Development
8 17 (12.98%) AI
9 16 (12.21%) Front End Development
10 14 (10.69%) DevOps
11 13 (9.92%) Analytics
12 12 (9.16%) Clean Code
12 12 (9.16%) Responsive Web Design
12 12 (9.16%) Scrum
12 12 (9.16%) Software Engineering
13 11 (8.40%) OOP
13 11 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (7.63%) Microservices
15 9 (6.87%) SEO
16 8 (6.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 113 (86.26%) JavaScript
2 63 (48.09%) Python
3 34 (25.95%) R
4 25 (19.08%) TypeScript
5 19 (14.50%) SQL
6 13 (9.92%) C#
7 11 (8.40%) PHP
8 9 (6.87%) Java
9 4 (3.05%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.29%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (42.75%) AWS Certification
1 56 (42.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 56 (42.75%) Azure Certification
1 56 (42.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (8.40%) Degree
3 3 (2.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) Accessibility
1 10 (7.63%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.11%) Docker
2 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) cPanel
1 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.29%) Plesk
2 2 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.53%) Nagios
2 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.76%) Grafana
Vendors
1 60 (45.80%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.63%) Google
3 4 (3.05%) Oracle
3 4 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.29%) Pega
4 3 (2.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (1.53%) Ahrefs
5 2 (1.53%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.53%) Hotjar
5 2 (1.53%) New Relic
5 2 (1.53%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.53%) Screaming Frog
5 2 (1.53%) Splunk
6 1 (0.76%) Adobe
6 1 (0.76%) iManage