LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
UK > Scotland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for LESS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LESS over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 169 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -26 |
| Contract jobs citing LESS | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | - | 0.11% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | - | 0.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +53.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £825 | £500 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.00% | -20.00% | +31.58% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland
LESS is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 478 | 697 | 732 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 21.38% | 24.30% | 20.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 315 | 529 | 497 |
| 10th Percentile | £344 | £406 | £359 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £438 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £485 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.06% | +2.11% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £572 | £548 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £652 | £650 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £528 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | - | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.58 | £49.99 | £37.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.94 | £53.38 | £41.89 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.75 | £59.03 | £47.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.94% | +24.93% | +8.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £64.52 | £49.34 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £67.81 | £56.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £46.18 | £65.00 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.95% | +32.65% | +8.89% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing LESS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LESS in Scotland.