Skill ProfileLanguages

HTML/CSS

HTML/CSS appeared in 3 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #13 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-40%vs prior
3
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 → May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
69mentions · July 2015
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-40%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
3,903since April 2011 · 182 months
-26% YoY2025 vs 2024
499
'15
429
'16
516
PEAK
'17
356
'18
250
'19
172
'20
197
'21
129
'22
47
'23
47
'24
35
'25
17
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
3,903182 mo
↑ Best year
2017516
↓ Quietest full year
202535
Latest full year
2025-26% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What HTML/CSS jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD160Kmedian
$130k – $205k middle 50% · n=46
By seniority
Junior— n=4
Senior$141k – $160k n=17
Staff+$164k – $238k n=11

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Junior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
46of 196 posts
Disclosure rate
23.5%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where HTML/CSS sits in the pay distribution
−2%vs Java+21%vs C#
LanguageMedianvs HTML/CSS
01
Java
$160k+1.6%
02
PHP
$160k+1.6%
03
Ruby
$160k+1.6%
04
HTML/CSSyou are here
$158k—
05
C#
$130k−17.5%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where HTML/CSS is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of HTML/CSS posts by where the role is based.

01
United States100.0%
3
Remote Policy
67%remote
Remote
66.7%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
33.3%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for HTML/CSS

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior33.3%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering66.7%
2
02
Data / ML33.3%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

React is the skill most co-mentioned with HTML/CSS.

#01
Signature Stack
HTML/CSS’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with HTML/CSS over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
D3.js
43.3×
Express
22.3×
Redux
11.0×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01React20951%
02JavaScript20149%
03Python12029%
04TypeScript11829%
05Ruby on Rails8721%
06Node.js7819%
07Ruby7218%
08MongoDB6616%
09Java6115%
10C++5513%
11D3.js5413%
12Express5413%
13Redux5213%
14Vue.js5213%
15PostgreSQL5112%

% of HTML/CSS jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere HTML/CSS stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
54+13%
7.2%
02
TypeScript
38-17%
5.1%
03
Go
230.0%
3.1%
04
Rust
12-25%
1.6%
05
JavaScript
9-53%
1.2%
06
Java
70.0%
0.9%
07
C++
6+50%
0.8%
08
SQL
6+20%
0.8%
09
C
5+25%
0.7%
10
Ruby
5+25%
0.7%
11
HTML/CSSyou are here
30.0%
0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.