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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 779 732 689
Rank change year-on-year -47 -43 -122
Permanent jobs citing LESS 111 248 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.25% 0.41%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.53% 0.83% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 83 85 292
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 £71,875 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £83,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -2.50% -

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 21,101 29,987 65,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.24% 40.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,749 18,481 29,851
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,588 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
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 18 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 18 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 -129 95 £60,000 +23.08% 19
England -35 84 £61,250 +16.67% 27
South West +8 36 £65,000 - 4
Work from Home +47 35 £70,000 +32.70% 32
North of England +31 21 £37,500 +7.14% 5
Scotland -75 21 £70,000 +7.69%
Midlands 0 11 £47,500 -5.00% 3
London +75 10 £70,000 +12.00% 7
North West +11 10 £30,000 -7.69%
West Midlands - 10 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +51 6 £70,000 +100.00% 5
South East -80 6 £55,000 -4.35% 7
North East - 5 £40,250 -
East Midlands -9 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 10 (9.01%) CMS
2 5 (4.50%) nginx
3 3 (2.70%) Confluence
3 3 (2.70%) WordPress
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.70%) InVision
2 3 (2.70%) Sketch
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Magento
2 2 (1.80%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 53 (47.75%) Azure
2 43 (38.74%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (9.01%) npm
4 9 (8.11%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (5.41%) AWS
6 4 (3.60%) Azure Storage
7 3 (2.70%) Figma
7 3 (2.70%) GCP
7 3 (2.70%) GitHub
7 3 (2.70%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.70%) Google Play
7 3 (2.70%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (2.70%) Storyblok
8 2 (1.80%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.80%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (49.55%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.81%) MySQL
3 6 (5.41%) Big Data
4 3 (2.70%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 74 (66.67%) Git
2 17 (15.32%) Jasmine
3 15 (13.51%) Karma Test Runner
3 15 (13.51%) Visual Studio Code
4 10 (9.01%) JIRA
5 7 (6.31%) webpack
6 6 (5.41%) gulp
6 6 (5.41%) Jenkins
7 5 (4.50%) Cypress.io
7 5 (4.50%) Grunt
8 4 (3.60%) Visual Studio
9 3 (2.70%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.80%) Mocha
10 2 (1.80%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.90%) SonarQube
General
1 49 (44.14%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.23%) Finance
3 20 (18.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (16.22%) Law
5 17 (15.32%) Banking
6 15 (13.51%) Private Banking
7 6 (5.41%) Automotive
8 5 (4.50%) Marketing
9 3 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.70%) Polish Language
9 3 (2.70%) Retail
10 2 (1.80%) Games
10 2 (1.80%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.90%) Police
Job Titles
1 94 (84.68%) Developer
2 31 (27.93%) Senior
3 28 (25.23%) .NET Developer
4 26 (23.42%) Senior Developer
5 24 (21.62%) C# Developer
5 24 (21.62%) Senior .NET Developer
6 22 (19.82%) C# .NET Developer
7 21 (18.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 18 (16.22%) Senior C# .NET Developer
8 18 (16.22%) Senior C# Developer
8 18 (16.22%) Software Developer
9 11 (9.91%) C# Software Developer
9 11 (9.91%) Full Stack Developer
10 9 (8.11%) .NET Software Developer
10 9 (8.11%) Software Engineer
10 9 (8.11%) UI Developer
11 7 (6.31%) Lead
11 7 (6.31%) PHP Developer
12 6 (5.41%) C++ Developer
12 6 (5.41%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (95.50%) CSS
2 96 (86.49%) HTML
3 70 (63.06%) Sass
4 63 (56.76%) .NET
5 54 (48.65%) ASP.NET
6 52 (46.85%) jQuery
7 50 (45.05%) React
8 49 (44.14%) AngularJS
9 38 (34.23%) .NET Framework
9 38 (34.23%) Entity Framework
10 33 (29.73%) .NET Core
11 32 (28.83%) Vue
12 28 (25.23%) Ajax
13 25 (22.52%) HTML5
14 22 (19.82%) CSS3
15 19 (17.12%) ASP.NET Web API
16 18 (16.22%) ASP.NET MVC
17 17 (15.32%) OAuth
17 17 (15.32%) RESTful
17 17 (15.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.12%) Virtual Team
2 15 (13.51%) Cloud Native
3 13 (11.71%) Onboarding
4 11 (9.91%) Mobile App
5 6 (5.41%) Public Cloud
6 5 (4.50%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (4.50%) Social Network
7 4 (3.60%) iPhone
8 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.70%) Graphic Design
8 3 (2.70%) NHS
8 3 (2.70%) Robotics
8 3 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.80%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.50%) Linux
2 3 (2.70%) Android
3 1 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (47.75%) MVC
2 48 (43.24%) DevOps
3 44 (39.64%) Front End Development
4 39 (35.14%) Agile
5 38 (34.23%) CI/CD
6 35 (31.53%) User Experience
7 29 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (18.92%) Clean Code
9 20 (18.02%) Asset Management
10 18 (16.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 18 (16.22%) Wealth Management
11 16 (14.41%) Mentoring
12 15 (13.51%) Investment Management
12 15 (13.51%) Test Automation
13 14 (12.61%) Software Engineering
14 13 (11.71%) Full Stack Development
15 12 (10.81%) SEO
16 10 (9.01%) Product Management
16 10 (9.01%) Web Development
17 9 (8.11%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 105 (94.59%) JavaScript
2 64 (57.66%) C#
3 38 (34.23%) TypeScript
4 17 (15.32%) T-SQL
5 14 (12.61%) PHP
6 7 (6.31%) Delphi
7 6 (5.41%) C++
7 6 (5.41%) Java
8 4 (3.60%) SQL
9 3 (2.70%) C
9 3 (2.70%) JSX
9 3 (2.70%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.70%) Python
9 3 (2.70%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (13.51%) Degree
2 6 (5.41%) HND
3 3 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.70%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.90%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.12%) Accessibility
2 15 (13.51%) WAI
3 3 (2.70%) GDPR
3 3 (2.70%) WCAG
4 2 (1.80%) QA
5 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (6.31%) Docker
2 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) MIIS
1 1 (0.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.21%) Adobe
2 6 (5.41%) Google
3 5 (4.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.70%) Oracle
4 3 (2.70%) WooCommerce
5 2 (1.80%) Apple
5 2 (1.80%) VMware