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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 86 41
Rank change year-on-year -59 -45 +23
Permanent jobs citing CSS 109 222 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.97% 4.41% 4.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.46% 19.07% 23.29%
Number of salaries quoted 101 97 333
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,250 £38,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -8.70%

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 1,042 1,164 2,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.30% 23.13% 19.53%
Number of salaries quoted 870 493 1,600
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,087
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.00% -4.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,000 £81,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -51 69 £47,500 -13.64% 22
Lancashire +19 18 £42,500 +6.25% 10
Cheshire -43 12 £36,250 -36.96% 8
Merseyside -29 8 £60,000 +84.62% 10
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 25 (22.94%) WordPress
2 11 (10.09%) CMS
3 8 (7.34%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (3.67%) IIS
6 2 (1.83%) CICS
7 1 (0.92%) Apache
7 1 (0.92%) Confluence
7 1 (0.92%) JBoss
7 1 (0.92%) nginx
7 1 (0.92%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 7 (6.42%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Shopify
2 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.92%) Magento
3 1 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (48.62%) Azure
2 34 (31.19%) AWS
3 23 (21.10%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (21.10%) GitHub
4 12 (11.01%) Power Automate
5 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (7.34%) PowerApps
7 7 (6.42%) Google Analytics
8 6 (5.50%) Azure AI
8 6 (5.50%) Figma
8 6 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.67%) GCP
10 3 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 2 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.83%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.17%) Internet
2 3 (2.75%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.92%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (16.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (15.60%) MongoDB
3 15 (13.76%) SQL Server
4 10 (9.17%) MySQL
5 8 (7.34%) Relational Database
6 7 (6.42%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (3.67%) NoSQL
8 4 (3.67%) Power BI
9 2 (1.83%) Db2
9 2 (1.83%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.92%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.92%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (28.44%) Git
2 7 (6.42%) JIRA
3 3 (2.75%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.75%) GitLab
3 3 (2.75%) IntelliJ
3 3 (2.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.92%) gulp
4 1 (0.92%) Subversion
4 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.92%) webpack
General
1 23 (21.10%) Marketing
2 18 (16.51%) Social Skills
3 15 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.09%) Advertising
5 10 (9.17%) Multimedia
6 7 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.59%) Games
8 4 (3.67%) Banking
8 4 (3.67%) Legal
8 4 (3.67%) Retail
9 3 (2.75%) Finance
9 3 (2.75%) French Language
9 3 (2.75%) Italian Language
9 3 (2.75%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (2.75%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.92%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 62 (56.88%) Developer
2 21 (19.27%) .NET Developer
3 15 (13.76%) Senior
4 14 (12.84%) Full-Stack Developer
4 14 (12.84%) Senior Developer
5 11 (10.09%) Administrator
6 10 (9.17%) Software Developer
6 10 (9.17%) Trainee
7 8 (7.34%) Java Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Trainee Administrator
7 8 (7.34%) Web Administrator
8 7 (6.42%) Coordinator
8 7 (6.42%) Graduate
8 7 (6.42%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 6 (5.50%) C# Developer
9 6 (5.50%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 6 (5.50%) HTML CSS Designer
9 6 (5.50%) Lead
9 6 (5.50%) Software Engineer
9 6 (5.50%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (90.83%) HTML
2 36 (33.03%) .NET
3 25 (22.94%) .NET Core
4 23 (21.10%) ASP.NET
5 17 (15.60%) AngularJS
5 17 (15.60%) ASP.NET Core
5 17 (15.60%) CSS3
5 17 (15.60%) Entity Framework
6 16 (14.68%) React
7 14 (12.84%) HTML5
8 13 (11.93%) Node.js
9 12 (11.01%) REST
9 12 (11.01%) RESTful
10 10 (9.17%) Vue
11 7 (6.42%) .NET Framework
11 7 (6.42%) JSON
11 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (5.50%) ML.NET
13 5 (4.59%) Middleware
13 5 (4.59%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Onboarding
2 12 (11.01%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (5.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (4.59%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (3.67%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.75%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.83%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.92%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.92%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.75%) Android
1 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (43.12%) CI/CD
2 46 (42.20%) Agile
3 43 (39.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 31 (28.44%) AI
5 28 (25.69%) DevOps
6 23 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (16.51%) Analytics
8 16 (14.68%) Mentoring
8 16 (14.68%) TDD
9 15 (13.76%) Web Development
10 14 (12.84%) User Experience
11 13 (11.93%) OO
11 13 (11.93%) Responsive Web Design
12 12 (11.01%) API Integration
12 12 (11.01%) CRM
12 12 (11.01%) Machine Learning
13 11 (10.09%) Computer Science
13 11 (10.09%) Software Engineering
14 10 (9.17%) OOP
14 10 (9.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 65 (59.63%) JavaScript
2 54 (49.54%) SQL
3 38 (34.86%) C#
4 24 (22.02%) Python
5 19 (17.43%) Java
6 15 (13.76%) PHP
7 10 (9.17%) TypeScript
8 8 (7.34%) R
9 3 (2.75%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.75%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.75%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.92%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (20.18%) Degree
2 10 (9.17%) AWS Certification
2 10 (9.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 10 (9.17%) Azure Certification
2 10 (9.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.75%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.60%) QA
2 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.92%) GDPR
3 1 (0.92%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 11 (10.09%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.92%) Nagios
2 1 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.34%) Google
3 6 (5.50%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.59%) Adobe
5 4 (3.67%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 4 (3.67%) Splunk
6 3 (2.75%) Oracle
6 3 (2.75%) Pega
7 1 (0.92%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.92%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.92%) New Relic
7 1 (0.92%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow