LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
England > South West
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 172 | 166 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -6 | -26 |
| Contract jobs citing LESS | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.081% | 0.027% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.53% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +21.21% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £900 | £500 | £639 |
| % change year-on-year | +80.00% | -21.72% | +29.37% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West
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 the South West 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 | 431 | 565 | 753 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 13.46% | 15.33% | 20.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 290 | 448 | 525 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £389 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £383 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +8.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £672 | £610 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £701 | £700 | £644 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £568 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.08% | +0.89% | +12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 45 | 19 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £49.50 | £48.84 |
| 25th Percentile | £43.75 | £51.28 | £49.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.50 | £57.50 | £63.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.39% | -9.59% | +27.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £74.44 | £72.75 | £75.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £78.00 | - |
| England 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 the South West
Job postings citing LESS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LESS in the South West.