LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
England > East Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring LESS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LESS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 55 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing LESS | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 0.19% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.19% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £367 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £763 | £900 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.28% | +80.00% | -21.57% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Midlands
LESS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the East Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 84 | 122 | 237 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 15.67% | 15.78% | 22.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 81 | 224 |
| 10th Percentile | £259 | £250 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £320 | £325 | £335 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £402 | £425 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.41% | - | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £563 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £540 | £625 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £530 | £550 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | -2.22% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £21.67 | £10.90 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £23.41 | £23.37 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.19% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £25.16 | £28.44 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £35.93 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £46.18 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.75% | -28.95% | +32.65% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Job postings citing LESS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LESS in the East Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LESS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Northamptonshire | - | 1 | £367 | - | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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