LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring LESS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
6 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
305 |
314 |
394 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+9 |
+80 |
+173 |
| Contract jobs citing LESS |
4 |
9 |
5 |
| As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options |
0.040% |
0.074% |
0.027% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
0.15% |
0.30% |
0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
8 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
£328 |
£509 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£352 |
£710 |
£325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£397 |
£1,000 |
£350 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-60.30% |
+185.71% |
-27.46% |
| 75th Percentile |
£436 |
£1,050 |
£425 |
| 90th Percentile |
£456 |
- |
£455 |
| UK median daily rate |
£438 |
£850 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-48.53% |
+61.90% |
-4.55% |
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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
2,691 |
3,034 |
4,633 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option |
26.80% |
25.01% |
25.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,800 |
2,012 |
3,381 |
| 10th Percentile |
£350 |
£325 |
£350 |
| 25th Percentile |
£413 |
£425 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£526 |
£534 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-0.24% |
-1.45% |
-2.91% |
| 75th Percentile |
£638 |
£650 |
£650 |
| 90th Percentile |
£750 |
£800 |
£750 |
| UK median daily rate |
£505 |
£543 |
£550 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.91% |
-1.36% |
-4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
67 |
22 |
50 |
| 10th Percentile |
£31.05 |
£22.43 |
£40.65 |
| 25th Percentile |
£38.00 |
£28.88 |
£55.00 |
| Median hourly rate |
£56.00 |
£52.50 |
£65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+6.67% |
-19.23% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£65.00 |
£65.00 |
£76.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£75.00 |
£85.53 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£54.00 |
£65.00 |
£55.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.92% |
+18.18% |
-15.38% |
