The first table below looks at the demand for LESS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LESS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language)
Rank 699 806 -
Rank change year-on-year
+107 -
Permanent jobs citing LESS 143 60 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.141% 0.053% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.346% 0.125% -
Number of salaries quoted 129 48 0
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year
-39.00% -
All Application Development
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
41278 47846 47649
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 40.81% 42.21% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36239 42684 42303
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LESS
UK

LESS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing LESS across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England LESS Jobs Demand Trend

LESS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LESS across the England region.

England LESS Salary Trend

LESS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LESS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England LESS Salary Histogram

LESS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LESS within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +140 114 £48,000 +6.66%
North West - 12 £25,500 -
South East -12 6 £32,500 -38.09%
North East - 5 £26,000 -
East Midlands -2 3 £35,000 +7.69%
South West -6 2 £26,000 -23.52%
Yorkshire - 1 £35,000 -
LESS
UK

LESS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing LESS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited LESS.

1 232 (97.89%) CSS
2 211 (89.03%) JavaScript
3 163 (68.78%) Sass
4 159 (67.09%) HTML5
5 136 (57.38%) CSS3
6 128 (54.01%) jQuery
7 115 (48.52%) OO
8 99 (41.77%) HTML
9 83 (35.02%) MVC
10 78 (32.91%) Ajax
11 76 (32.07%) Agile Software Development
12 63 (26.58%) Node.js
13 58 (24.47%) PHP
14 56 (23.63%) Ruby on Rails
15 50 (21.10%) Git (software)
16 49 (20.68%) JSON
17 48 (20.25%) .NET
18 47 (19.83%) XHTML
19 46 (19.41%) Ruby
19 46 (19.41%) Open Source
19 46 (19.41%) OOCSS
20 45 (18.99%) Photoshop
21 43 (18.14%) AngularJS
22 42 (17.72%) Dojo
23 41 (17.30%) ASP.NET
24 40 (16.88%) Web Development
25 38 (16.03%) MongoDB
26 37 (15.61%) NoSQL
26 37 (15.61%) Finance
27 36 (15.19%) Java

LESS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing LESS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited LESS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 232 (97.89%) CSS
2 163 (68.78%) Sass
3 159 (67.09%) HTML5
4 136 (57.38%) CSS3
5 128 (54.01%) jQuery
6 99 (41.77%) HTML
7 78 (32.91%) Ajax
8 63 (26.58%) Node.js
9 56 (23.63%) Ruby on Rails
10 49 (20.68%) JSON
11 48 (20.25%) .NET
12 47 (19.83%) XHTML
13 46 (19.41%) OOCSS
14 43 (18.14%) AngularJS
15 42 (17.72%) Dojo
16 41 (17.30%) ASP.NET
17 36 (15.19%) KnockoutJS
18 32 (13.50%) Ext JS
19 24 (10.13%) WebSockets
19 24 (10.13%) Backbone.js
Application Platforms
1 15 (6.329%) WordPress
2 8 (3.376%) Apache
3 7 (2.954%) Drupal
4 5 (2.110%) Amazon AWS
4 5 (2.110%) CMS
5 3 (1.266%) Google App Engine
5 3 (1.266%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.844%) IIS
6 2 (0.844%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.422%) Magento
7 1 (0.422%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.422%) nginx
7 1 (0.422%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.422%) Tomcat
Applications
1 45 (18.99%) Photoshop
2 14 (5.907%) Fireworks
3 11 (4.641%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (1.266%) MS Excel
5 1 (0.422%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (3.376%) Google Analytics
2 4 (1.688%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.219%) HTTP
2 8 (3.376%) Internet
3 2 (0.844%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.844%) Wireless
3 2 (0.844%) Intranet
3 2 (0.844%) GPRS
3 2 (0.844%) GSM
3 2 (0.844%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.03%) MongoDB
2 37 (15.61%) NoSQL
3 20 (8.439%) MySQL
4 12 (5.063%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.532%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.844%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.844%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.422%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.422%) OrientDB
7 1 (0.422%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 50 (21.10%) Git (software)
2 32 (13.50%) Subversion
3 26 (10.97%) Visual Studio
4 11 (4.641%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (4.219%) Balsamiq Mockups
6 8 (3.376%) QUnit
6 8 (3.376%) Jasmine
6 8 (3.376%) Jenkins
6 8 (3.376%) Maven
7 7 (2.954%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (2.110%) RSpec
8 5 (2.110%) Selenium
9 4 (1.688%) Firebug
9 4 (1.688%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.266%) Capybara
10 3 (1.266%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.266%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.844%) Xcode
11 2 (0.844%) JSUnit
11 2 (0.844%) Hudson
General
1 37 (15.61%) Finance
2 22 (9.283%) Marketing
3 16 (6.751%) Games
4 10 (4.219%) Advertising
5 9 (3.797%) Financial Institution
6 5 (2.110%) Banking
6 5 (2.110%) Front Office
7 4 (1.688%) Legal
8 2 (0.844%) Publishing
8 2 (0.844%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.844%) Retail
8 2 (0.844%) Music
9 1 (0.422%) Law
Job Titles
1 207 (87.34%) Developer
2 91 (38.40%) Front-End Developer
3 59 (24.89%) Senior Developer
4 39 (16.46%) Web Developer
5 27 (11.39%) UI Developer
6 25 (10.55%) UI Programmer
7 21 (8.861%) Ruby on Rails Developer
7 21 (8.861%) Software Developer
8 16 (6.751%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
9 15 (6.329%) Senior Web Developer
10 14 (5.907%) Designer
11 12 (5.063%) Web Designer
11 12 (5.063%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 10 (4.219%) Team Leader
12 10 (4.219%) Development Team Leader
12 10 (4.219%) PHP Developer
13 9 (3.797%) JavaScript Developer
14 8 (3.376%) Programmer
14 8 (3.376%) Senior Software Developer
14 8 (3.376%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.41%) Open Source
2 28 (11.81%) Social Media
3 22 (9.283%) W3C
4 18 (7.595%) Mobile App
5 17 (7.173%) Computer Science
6 15 (6.329%) SaaS
7 10 (4.219%) New Media
8 9 (3.797%) iPhone
9 7 (2.954%) Social Network
10 5 (2.110%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.688%) Blackberry
11 4 (1.688%) Heroku
12 3 (1.266%) Mashup
13 2 (0.844%) Firmware
13 2 (0.844%) Online Games
13 2 (0.844%) RIA
13 2 (0.844%) Taxonomies
13 2 (0.844%) Animation
13 2 (0.844%) iPad
13 2 (0.844%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.907%) Android
2 13 (5.485%) Linux
3 9 (3.797%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.532%) Windows
5 3 (1.266%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.844%) Windows 2000
6 2 (0.844%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.422%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (48.52%) OO
2 83 (35.02%) MVC
3 76 (32.07%) Agile Software Development
4 40 (16.88%) Web Development
5 30 (12.66%) Scrum
6 29 (12.24%) TDD
7 25 (10.55%) SEO
8 24 (10.13%) E-Commerce
9 21 (8.861%) Asset Management
10 20 (8.439%) OOP
11 19 (8.017%) Web Design
12 18 (7.595%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (6.751%) BDD
14 14 (5.907%) Progressive Enhancement
15 11 (4.641%) Performance Management
16 10 (4.219%) User Stories
16 10 (4.219%) Multithreading
16 10 (4.219%) Product Management
17 9 (3.797%) Unit Testing
17 9 (3.797%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 211 (89.03%) JavaScript
2 58 (24.47%) PHP
3 46 (19.41%) Ruby
4 36 (15.19%) Java
5 17 (7.173%) PHP5
5 17 (7.173%) Scala
5 17 (7.173%) C#
6 12 (5.063%) SQL
7 8 (3.376%) Python
8 7 (2.954%) Groovy
9 6 (2.532%) C
10 5 (2.110%) CoffeeScript
11 4 (1.688%) C++
11 4 (1.688%) Haskell
11 4 (1.688%) Erlang
11 4 (1.688%) Clojure
12 2 (0.844%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.422%) XPath
13 1 (0.422%) VBScript
13 1 (0.422%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (10.55%) Degree
2 2 (0.844%) MCP
2 2 (0.844%) MCAD
2 2 (0.844%) MCSD
2 2 (0.844%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (0.844%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.439%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.422%) VirtualBox
1 1 (0.422%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 1 (0.422%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (8.439%) Facebook
2 18 (7.595%) Google
3 15 (6.329%) Twitter
4 13 (5.485%) Microsoft
5 8 (3.376%) Adobe
5 8 (3.376%) Oracle
6 3 (1.266%) Sencha
6 3 (1.266%) BT
7 2 (0.844%) Apple
7 2 (0.844%) CODA
8 1 (0.422%) Zend
London
The successful candidate needs to be a front-end guru: someone who is an expert in JavaScript, with rock-solid HTML and CSS skills too... You`re also...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £40000 to £55000 per annum - Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
With an already impressive catalogue of clients you'll be working across web, mobile and tablet mediums with the latest technology including HTML5, CSS3, SASS and LESS to...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 May 2013
London
Ideally PHP will be your back-end language of choice.Join a fun, global team of top engineers and seasoned entrepreneurs for the adventure of a lifetime with...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Requirements of the Data Visualisation Developer (Javascript, HTML, CSS): - In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. - Familiarity with modern JavaScript visualization frameworks, especially d3. - Experience with common...
Winton Capital Management
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
MAJOR new clients has been secured and as such they need to expand their current creative team with another Front end Developer(HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery)... Technically you...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
With an already impressive catalogue of clients you'll be working across web, mobile, social media applications and tablet mediums with the latest technology including HTML5, CSS3, some...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
As the company's first Data Visualisation Developer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining a dashboards and interactive data tools.Skill requirements of the Data Visualisation...
Winton Capital Management
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Fluent in HTML, CSS and JavaScript... Working knowledge of W3C standards for web development... Familiarity with well known JavaScript frameworks; Backbone.js, JQuery, Ember.js, etc... Node.JS...
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Due to continued growth this Bleeding Edge Digital Agency based in central London requires a Front-End (OO JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)... Skills I'm looking for include: *To...
Computer People
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client, an award winning design agency that specialises in great mobile design is currently looking for a Digital Designer. Their design is all about the user interaction...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
The candidate should be comfortable to work closely with back end developers integrating ASP.NET MVC using Visual Studio 2008/2010 and Master Pages... *Excellent hands-on skills...
Purple Consultancy
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The successful Senior Ruby on Rails Developer should have knowledge of code reviews and an understanding of the concepts behind object-oriented CSS and frameworks such as LESS...
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
The successful Senior Ruby on Rails Developer should have knowledge of code reviews and an understanding of the concepts behind object-oriented CSS and frameworks such as LESS...
bridgenoble
Salary: £36000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
The successful Senior Ruby on Rails Developer should have knowledge of code reviews and an understanding of the concepts behind object-oriented CSS and frameworks such as LESS...
Bridge Noble
Salary: £36000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Ruby, Rails, Ruby on Rails, RoR, Start Up, JavaScript, Git, Agile, CSS, LESS, Sass, Node.js, NoSQL, MongoDB, Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer... The ideal candidate looks something like...
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + benefits, bonus, perks, training
Posted: 21 May 2013
West London
HTML, CSS, Javascript and templates... HTML templates (e.g. freemarker, velocity, JSP, HAML, PHP) What other qualifications or skills do I need?... LESS, SASS), Javascript frameworks (e.g...
Accenture
Salary: Up to £35,340 plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 7 May 2013
London
freemarker, velocity, JSP, HAML, PHP) What other qualifications or skills do I need?... LESS, SASS), - Javascript frameworks (e.g. jQuery) - Test driven development or behaviour driven development, e...
Accenture
Salary: Salary up to £35,340 plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
JAVASCRIPT / JQUERY / BACKBONE / ANGULAR / NODE / UNDERSCORE / KNOCKOUT / EMBER / RUBY / ROR / RAILS / HTML / CSS / LESS / SASS / STYLUS Full Stack Developer City of London Permanent £45,000 to £70,000...
Computer Futures
Posted: 24 May 2013
West London
SCRUM / XP... Microsoft TFS... Required Skills & Experience: XHTML / HTML 5 (Canvas / Audio / Video) - Semantic Markup. CSS 3 / LESS. Javascript / JQuery / AJAX / ImpactJs. NET 4.0 / C# ASP.NET...
Pottermore
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum £40-55k+ depending on experience (+
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The ideal UI Development Team Leader should have excellent JavaScript development knowledge specifically OO style JavaScript and Ajax interaction patterns. You should also show experience of JavaScript toolkits...
Experis IT
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Yorkshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a young dynamic team in real fun environment. Required experience: Magento. Zend. PHP. MySQL. Desirable experience: Solr. NGINX. Varnish. jQuery. Prototype...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013