The first table below looks at the demand for LESS skills in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language)
Rank 470 610 -
Rank change year-on-year
+140 -
Permanent jobs citing LESS 114 26 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.261% 0.048% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.648% 0.119% -
Number of salaries quoted 100 22 0
Average salary £48,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year
-39.00% -
All Application Development
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17599 21837 22966
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 40.24% 40.71% 39.60%
Number of salaries quoted 15254 19449 20169
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,250
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LESS
England

LESS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London LESS Salary Trend

LESS
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of London +21 24 £57,500 +15.00%
Docklands, London - 1 - -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
LESS
England

LESS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 184 (97.87%) CSS
2 169 (89.89%) JavaScript
3 126 (67.02%) Sass
4 123 (65.43%) HTML5
5 112 (59.57%) OO
6 106 (56.38%) CSS3
7 95 (50.53%) jQuery
8 73 (38.83%) Agile Software Development
9 72 (38.30%) MVC
10 69 (36.70%) Ajax
10 69 (36.70%) HTML
11 63 (33.51%) Node.js
12 51 (27.13%) Ruby on Rails
13 44 (23.40%) JSON
14 43 (22.87%) Ruby
14 43 (22.87%) OOCSS
15 42 (22.34%) Git (software)
15 42 (22.34%) Dojo
16 40 (21.28%) .NET
17 39 (20.74%) AngularJS
18 38 (20.21%) MongoDB
19 37 (19.68%) NoSQL
20 36 (19.15%) Open Source
20 36 (19.15%) Java
20 36 (19.15%) XHTML
20 36 (19.15%) Web Development
21 35 (18.62%) PHP
22 34 (18.09%) ASP.NET
23 32 (17.02%) Ext JS
24 31 (16.49%) KnockoutJS

LESS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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
1 184 (97.87%) CSS
2 126 (67.02%) Sass
3 123 (65.43%) HTML5
4 106 (56.38%) CSS3
5 95 (50.53%) jQuery
6 69 (36.70%) Ajax
6 69 (36.70%) HTML
7 63 (33.51%) Node.js
8 51 (27.13%) Ruby on Rails
9 44 (23.40%) JSON
10 43 (22.87%) OOCSS
11 42 (22.34%) Dojo
12 40 (21.28%) .NET
13 39 (20.74%) AngularJS
14 36 (19.15%) XHTML
15 34 (18.09%) ASP.NET
16 32 (17.02%) Ext JS
17 31 (16.49%) KnockoutJS
18 24 (12.77%) WebSockets
19 22 (11.70%) REST
Application Platforms
1 5 (2.660%) Drupal
1 5 (2.660%) Amazon AWS
2 3 (1.596%) Umbraco
2 3 (1.596%) Google App Engine
3 2 (1.064%) WordPress
3 2 (1.064%) CMS
4 1 (0.532%) IIS
4 1 (0.532%) Apache
4 1 (0.532%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (13.83%) Photoshop
2 8 (4.255%) Fireworks
3 3 (1.596%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.596%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (2.128%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.787%) HTTP
2 8 (4.255%) Internet
3 2 (1.064%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (20.21%) MongoDB
2 37 (19.68%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.383%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (6.383%) MySQL
4 2 (1.064%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (1.064%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.532%) Hazelcast
5 1 (0.532%) OrientDB
5 1 (0.532%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 42 (22.34%) Git (software)
2 26 (13.83%) Visual Studio
3 20 (10.64%) Subversion
4 11 (5.851%) Team Foundation Server
5 10 (5.319%) Balsamiq Mockups
6 8 (4.255%) Jenkins
6 8 (4.255%) Maven
7 7 (3.723%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (3.191%) QUnit
8 6 (3.191%) Jasmine
9 5 (2.660%) Selenium
9 5 (2.660%) RSpec
10 4 (2.128%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.596%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.596%) IntelliJ
11 3 (1.596%) Capybara
12 2 (1.064%) JSUnit
12 2 (1.064%) Hudson
12 2 (1.064%) PhoneGap
12 2 (1.064%) Xcode
General
1 30 (15.96%) Finance
2 18 (9.574%) Marketing
3 16 (8.511%) Games
4 9 (4.787%) Financial Institution
5 6 (3.191%) Advertising
6 5 (2.660%) Front Office
6 5 (2.660%) Banking
7 4 (2.128%) Legal
8 2 (1.064%) Music
8 2 (1.064%) Publishing
8 2 (1.064%) Retail
8 2 (1.064%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.532%) Law
Job Titles
1 167 (88.83%) Developer
2 71 (37.77%) Front-End Developer
3 56 (29.79%) Senior Developer
4 31 (16.49%) Web Developer
5 27 (14.36%) UI Developer
6 25 (13.30%) UI Programmer
7 21 (11.17%) Ruby on Rails Developer
7 21 (11.17%) Software Developer
8 16 (8.511%) Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
9 15 (7.979%) Senior Web Developer
10 12 (6.383%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 10 (5.319%) Team Leader
11 10 (5.319%) Development Team Leader
12 8 (4.255%) Senior Software Developer
13 7 (3.723%) Software Engineer
13 7 (3.723%) Senior UI Developer
14 6 (3.191%) Front-End Web Developer
15 5 (2.660%) Applications Developer
15 5 (2.660%) Lead Developer
15 5 (2.660%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.15%) Open Source
2 22 (11.70%) Social Media
3 18 (9.574%) Mobile App
4 17 (9.043%) Computer Science
5 15 (7.979%) SaaS
6 12 (6.383%) W3C
7 9 (4.787%) iPhone
8 7 (3.723%) Social Network
9 5 (2.660%) Digital Media
10 4 (2.128%) Heroku
10 4 (2.128%) New Media
10 4 (2.128%) Blackberry
11 2 (1.064%) iPad
11 2 (1.064%) Online Games
11 2 (1.064%) Motion Graphics
11 2 (1.064%) Taxonomies
11 2 (1.064%) RIA
12 1 (0.532%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.532%) Fixed Income
12 1 (0.532%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.915%) Android
2 11 (5.851%) Linux
3 8 (4.255%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.128%) Windows
5 3 (1.596%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.532%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.532%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (59.57%) OO
2 73 (38.83%) Agile Software Development
3 72 (38.30%) MVC
4 36 (19.15%) Web Development
5 27 (14.36%) Scrum
6 24 (12.77%) TDD
7 20 (10.64%) SEO
8 18 (9.574%) E-Commerce
9 16 (8.511%) Asset Management
10 15 (7.979%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (7.979%) BDD
11 13 (6.915%) Progressive Enhancement
12 11 (5.851%) OOP
12 11 (5.851%) Performance Management
13 10 (5.319%) User Stories
13 10 (5.319%) Product Management
13 10 (5.319%) Multithreading
13 10 (5.319%) Web Design
14 6 (3.191%) Unit Testing
14 6 (3.191%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 169 (89.89%) JavaScript
2 43 (22.87%) Ruby
3 36 (19.15%) Java
4 35 (18.62%) PHP
5 17 (9.043%) Scala
6 14 (7.447%) PHP5
7 12 (6.383%) C#
8 8 (4.255%) SQL
9 7 (3.723%) Groovy
10 6 (3.191%) Python
11 4 (2.128%) Clojure
11 4 (2.128%) Haskell
11 4 (2.128%) Erlang
11 4 (2.128%) C
11 4 (2.128%) C++
12 3 (1.596%) CoffeeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (11.70%) Degree
2 2 (1.064%) MCTS
2 2 (1.064%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (1.064%) MCP
2 2 (1.064%) MCAD
2 2 (1.064%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.532%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 1 (0.532%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (5.851%) Google
1 11 (5.851%) Facebook
2 9 (4.787%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.255%) Oracle
4 7 (3.723%) Twitter
5 5 (2.660%) Adobe
6 3 (1.596%) Sencha
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
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
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
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
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