LESS (Dynamic Stylesheet Language, LessCSS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for LESS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LESS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 726 676
Rank change year-on-year -62 -50 -98
Permanent jobs citing LESS 108 254 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.25% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.51% 0.84% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 82 87 293
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.00% +5.50% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

LESS is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,036 30,236 65,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.24% 30.13% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 15,734 18,665 30,089
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.30% +15.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

LESS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LESS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LESS in the UK

LESS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LESS.

Salary trend for LESS in the UK

LESS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LESS over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LESS in the UK

LESS
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LESS within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London -123 93 £57,500 +9.00% 15
England -52 81 £60,000 +13.74% 22
South West +9 35 £65,000 - 5
Work from Home +45 34 £70,000 +32.08% 30
Scotland -67 21 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England +9 20 £37,500 +3.45% 2
Midlands +13 11 £47,500 +5.56% 3
West Midlands +15 10 £50,000 +28.21%
North West +9 10 £30,000 -36.84%
London +92 9 £70,000 +12.00% 6
South East -77 6 £55,000 -4.35% 4
Yorkshire +53 5 £70,000 +93.10% 2
North East - 5 £40,250 -
East Midlands -18 1 £35,000 -30.00% 3

LESS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (8.33%) CMS
2 5 (4.63%) nginx
3 3 (2.78%) WordPress
4 2 (1.85%) Confluence
4 2 (1.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.78%) InVision
2 3 (2.78%) Sketch
3 2 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Magento
2 2 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 51 (47.22%) Azure
2 41 (37.96%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (8.33%) npm
4 6 (5.56%) AWS
5 4 (3.70%) Azure Storage
6 3 (2.78%) Figma
6 3 (2.78%) GCP
6 3 (2.78%) GitHub
6 3 (2.78%) Google Play
7 2 (1.85%) BigCommerce
7 2 (1.85%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.85%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.85%) Storyblok
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (11.11%) MySQL
3 6 (5.56%) Big Data
4 3 (2.78%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 72 (66.67%) Git
2 16 (14.81%) Jasmine
3 15 (13.89%) Karma Test Runner
3 15 (13.89%) Visual Studio Code
4 10 (9.26%) JIRA
5 6 (5.56%) Jenkins
5 6 (5.56%) webpack
6 5 (4.63%) Cypress.io
6 5 (4.63%) gulp
7 4 (3.70%) Grunt
7 4 (3.70%) Visual Studio
8 3 (2.78%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.93%) Mocha
10 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
General
1 48 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.00%) Finance
3 19 (17.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (16.67%) Law
5 16 (14.81%) Banking
6 15 (13.89%) Private Banking
7 6 (5.56%) Automotive
8 4 (3.70%) Marketing
9 3 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.78%) Polish Language
9 3 (2.78%) Retail
10 2 (1.85%) Games
10 2 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.93%) Police
11 1 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (85.19%) Developer
2 29 (26.85%) Senior
3 27 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 25 (23.15%) Senior Developer
5 23 (21.30%) C# Developer
5 23 (21.30%) Senior .NET Developer
6 21 (19.44%) C# .NET Developer
7 20 (18.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 17 (15.74%) Senior C# .NET Developer
8 17 (15.74%) Senior C# Developer
8 17 (15.74%) Software Developer
9 11 (10.19%) Full Stack Developer
10 10 (9.26%) C# Software Developer
11 9 (8.33%) Software Engineer
11 9 (8.33%) UI Developer
12 8 (7.41%) .NET Software Developer
13 7 (6.48%) Lead
13 7 (6.48%) PHP Developer
14 6 (5.56%) C++ Developer
14 6 (5.56%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (95.37%) CSS
2 95 (87.96%) HTML
3 68 (62.96%) Sass
4 61 (56.48%) .NET
5 53 (49.07%) ASP.NET
6 51 (47.22%) jQuery
7 48 (44.44%) AngularJS
7 48 (44.44%) React
8 37 (34.26%) .NET Framework
8 37 (34.26%) Entity Framework
9 32 (29.63%) .NET Core
10 31 (28.70%) Vue
11 27 (25.00%) Ajax
12 25 (23.15%) HTML5
13 22 (20.37%) CSS3
14 19 (17.59%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
16 17 (15.74%) RESTful
17 16 (14.81%) OAuth
17 16 (14.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.59%) Virtual Team
2 15 (13.89%) Cloud Native
3 13 (12.04%) Onboarding
4 11 (10.19%) Mobile App
5 6 (5.56%) Public Cloud
6 5 (4.63%) Social Network
7 4 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (3.70%) iPhone
8 3 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.78%) Graphic Design
8 3 (2.78%) Robotics
9 2 (1.85%) NHS
9 2 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.85%) Social Media
10 1 (0.93%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Linux
2 3 (2.78%) Android
3 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (48.15%) MVC
2 46 (42.59%) DevOps
3 42 (38.89%) Front End Development
4 38 (35.19%) Agile
5 37 (34.26%) CI/CD
6 34 (31.48%) User Experience
7 29 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (19.44%) Clean Code
9 19 (17.59%) Asset Management
10 18 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 18 (16.67%) Wealth Management
11 16 (14.81%) Mentoring
12 15 (13.89%) Investment Management
12 15 (13.89%) Test Automation
13 14 (12.96%) Software Engineering
14 13 (12.04%) Full Stack Development
15 11 (10.19%) SEO
16 10 (9.26%) Product Management
16 10 (9.26%) Web Development
17 9 (8.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 102 (94.44%) JavaScript
2 63 (58.33%) C#
3 37 (34.26%) TypeScript
4 17 (15.74%) T-SQL
5 14 (12.96%) PHP
6 7 (6.48%) Delphi
7 6 (5.56%) C++
7 6 (5.56%) Java
8 4 (3.70%) SQL
9 3 (2.78%) C
9 3 (2.78%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.78%) Python
9 3 (2.78%) Ruby
10 2 (1.85%) JSX
Qualifications
1 14 (12.96%) Degree
2 6 (5.56%) HND
3 3 (2.78%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.59%) Accessibility
2 15 (13.89%) WAI
3 3 (2.78%) GDPR
3 3 (2.78%) WCAG
4 2 (1.85%) QA
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (6.48%) Docker
2 2 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) MIIS
1 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.41%) Adobe
2 5 (4.63%) Google
2 5 (4.63%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.78%) Oracle
3 3 (2.78%) WooCommerce
4 2 (1.85%) Apple
4 2 (1.85%) VMware