LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 164 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing LESS | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | - | 0.085% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | - | 0.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £763 | £900 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.28% | +80.00% | -20.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West
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 South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 273 | 438 | 545 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 16.42% | 13.81% | 15.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 172 | 286 | 436 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £313 | £389 |
| 25th Percentile | £445 | £400 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £548 | £513 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.83% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £703 | £704 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £560 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -1.79% | -0.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 39 | 57 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.25 | £43.75 | £49.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £63.75 | £45.00 | £51.89 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £61.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +6.12% | -3.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £71.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £85.00 | £78.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £47.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.84% | -26.92% | +30.00% |
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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.