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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 95 37
Rank change year-on-year -79 -58 +35
Permanent jobs citing CSS 89 187 335
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.69% 3.60% 4.39%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.44% 17.31% 22.33%
Number of salaries quoted 82 65 177
10th Percentile £37,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,049 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -0.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,486 £78,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -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 1,196 1,080 1,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.24% 20.78% 19.67%
Number of salaries quoted 935 418 852
10th Percentile £41,350 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £44,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.12% -7.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

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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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -77 59 £51,000 -11.30% 53
Lancashire +4 16 £42,500 -10.53% 12
Merseyside -24 6 £60,000 +96.72% 16
Cheshire -54 6 £50,000 -13.04% 9
Cumbria - 2 £37,500 -
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 19 (21.35%) SharePoint
2 9 (10.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (6.74%) WordPress
4 5 (5.62%) CMS
4 5 (5.62%) IIS
5 1 (1.12%) Apache
5 1 (1.12%) Confluence
5 1 (1.12%) JBoss
5 1 (1.12%) Kentico
5 1 (1.12%) nginx
5 1 (1.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.12%) Magento
1 1 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (50.56%) Azure
2 24 (26.97%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (25.84%) Power Automate
4 22 (24.72%) AWS
5 20 (22.47%) Power Platform
6 19 (21.35%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (20.22%) PowerApps
8 13 (14.61%) GitHub
9 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 6 (6.74%) Azure AI
10 6 (6.74%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (4.49%) npm
12 2 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (2.25%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.25%) Serverless
13 1 (1.12%) Azure Functions
13 1 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
13 1 (1.12%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) HTTPS
2 2 (2.25%) HTTP
2 2 (2.25%) SSL
3 1 (1.12%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (19.10%) MongoDB
3 16 (17.98%) SQL Server
4 7 (7.87%) Power BI
5 6 (6.74%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (4.49%) MySQL
6 4 (4.49%) Relational Database
7 3 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.12%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (14.61%) Git
2 4 (4.49%) Maven
2 4 (4.49%) Storybook
3 3 (3.37%) GitLab
3 3 (3.37%) JIRA
4 1 (1.12%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.12%) gulp
4 1 (1.12%) Subversion
4 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.12%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 1 (1.12%) webpack
General
1 16 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.73%) Marketing
3 10 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.87%) Advertising
5 6 (6.74%) Games
5 6 (6.74%) Legal
6 5 (5.62%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.49%) Publishing
8 3 (3.37%) Banking
8 3 (3.37%) Retail
9 2 (2.25%) Finance
10 1 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (1.12%) Local Government
10 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 69 (77.53%) Developer
2 22 (24.72%) Senior
3 21 (23.60%) .NET Developer
3 21 (23.60%) Senior Developer
4 14 (15.73%) Microsoft 365 Developer
5 10 (11.24%) Software Developer
6 8 (8.99%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (7.87%) Lead
8 6 (6.74%) Power Platform Developer
8 6 (6.74%) Software Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) C# Developer
9 5 (5.62%) C# Software Developer
10 4 (4.49%) Senior Software Developer
11 3 (3.37%) Angular Developer
11 3 (3.37%) Graduate
11 3 (3.37%) PHP Developer
11 3 (3.37%) Senior C# Developer
11 3 (3.37%) Senior C# Software Developer
11 3 (3.37%) Senior UI Developer
11 3 (3.37%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (88.76%) HTML
2 36 (40.45%) .NET
3 26 (29.21%) .NET Core
4 24 (26.97%) ASP.NET
5 21 (23.60%) Node.js
6 17 (19.10%) ASP.NET Core
6 17 (19.10%) Entity Framework
7 16 (17.98%) REST
8 14 (15.73%) CSS3
9 13 (14.61%) AngularJS
9 13 (14.61%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (12.36%) HTML5
10 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Graph
11 9 (10.11%) SPFx
12 8 (8.99%) React
13 7 (7.87%) .NET Framework
13 7 (7.87%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (7.87%) JSON
14 6 (6.74%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (6.74%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.73%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (11.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (7.87%) Marketing Technology
4 6 (6.74%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.25%) Online Gambling
6 2 (2.25%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.12%) Blog
7 1 (1.12%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.12%) CMDB
7 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.12%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.12%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.12%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.12%) Social Media
7 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (52.81%) CI/CD
2 45 (50.56%) Agile
3 39 (43.82%) Full-Stack Development
4 33 (37.08%) DevOps
5 29 (32.58%) AI
6 23 (25.84%) TDD
7 20 (22.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (19.10%) Mentoring
9 13 (14.61%) Test Automation
10 12 (13.48%) API Integration
10 12 (13.48%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 12 (13.48%) Software Engineering
10 12 (13.48%) Translating Business Requirements
11 11 (12.36%) BDD
11 11 (12.36%) Clean Code
11 11 (12.36%) Requirements Gathering
11 11 (12.36%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (12.36%) Web Development
12 10 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 62 (69.66%) JavaScript
2 50 (56.18%) C#
3 39 (43.82%) SQL
4 19 (21.35%) TypeScript
5 15 (16.85%) Java
6 14 (15.73%) Python
7 6 (6.74%) PHP
8 3 (3.37%) Go
9 2 (2.25%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (17.98%) Degree
2 6 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.99%) Accessibility
1 8 (8.99%) QA
2 7 (7.87%) WCAG
3 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.12%) GDPR
3 1 (1.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (12.36%) Docker
2 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.12%) Nagios
2 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (43.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.11%) Adobe
3 4 (4.49%) OpenAI
3 4 (4.49%) Splunk
4 2 (2.25%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.12%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.12%) Google
5 1 (1.12%) New Relic
5 1 (1.12%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.12%) Oracle
5 1 (1.12%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud