LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring LESS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing LESS | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 0.12% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.27% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £50,000 | £65,000 | £42,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.08% | +52.94% | -30.89% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales
LESS falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 79 | 271 | 286 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 9.55% | 17.75% | 29.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72 | 184 | 217 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,519 | £31,250 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £40,000 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | +10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £68,750 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,750 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £67,500 | £65,000 | £66,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -2.26% | +2.31% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing LESS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Salary Trend in Wales
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing LESS.
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Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LESS within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| West Wales | - | 1 | £35,000 | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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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