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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 794 724 685
Rank change year-on-year -70 -39 -116
Permanent jobs citing LESS 113 226 683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.24% 0.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.52% 0.82% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 85 75 290
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,900 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% -

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 21,541 27,618 70,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 29.18% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 16,014 17,838 29,844
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 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +4.65% +17.27%
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -118 95 £60,000 +50.00% 8
England -69 88 £63,750 +41.67% 10
South West +10 38 £65,000 - 1
Work from Home +26 35 £70,000 +69.70% 5
North of England +12 20 £37,500 +7.14% 2
Scotland -77 19 £70,000 +7.69%
London +85 12 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Midlands -4 11 £47,500 -5.00% 1
West Midlands - 10 £50,000 -
North West +2 9 £30,000 -7.69%
South East -79 7 £57,500 +43.75% 4
Yorkshire +31 6 £70,000 +100.00% 2
North East - 5 £40,250 -
East Midlands -19 1 £35,000 -30.00% 1

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 (7.96%) CMS
2 5 (4.42%) nginx
3 3 (2.65%) Confluence
3 3 (2.65%) WordPress
4 2 (1.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.65%) InVision
2 3 (2.65%) Sketch
3 2 (1.77%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Magento
2 2 (1.77%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 56 (49.56%) Azure
2 46 (40.71%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (8.85%) npm
4 9 (7.96%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (5.31%) AWS
6 4 (3.54%) Azure Storage
7 3 (2.65%) Figma
7 3 (2.65%) GCP
7 3 (2.65%) GitHub
7 3 (2.65%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.65%) Google Play
7 3 (2.65%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (2.65%) Storyblok
8 2 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.77%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.77%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.65%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (49.56%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.62%) MySQL
3 6 (5.31%) Big Data
4 3 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 74 (65.49%) Git
2 17 (15.04%) Jasmine
3 13 (11.50%) Karma Test Runner
3 13 (11.50%) Visual Studio Code
4 10 (8.85%) JIRA
5 9 (7.96%) webpack
6 7 (6.19%) Grunt
7 6 (5.31%) gulp
7 6 (5.31%) Jenkins
8 5 (4.42%) Cypress.io
9 4 (3.54%) Mocha
9 4 (3.54%) Visual Studio
10 3 (2.65%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.77%) SonarQube
11 2 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 51 (45.13%) Social Skills
2 28 (24.78%) Finance
3 20 (17.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (15.04%) Banking
5 16 (14.16%) Law
6 13 (11.50%) Private Banking
7 6 (5.31%) Automotive
8 5 (4.42%) Marketing
9 4 (3.54%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.65%) Polish Language
10 3 (2.65%) Retail
11 2 (1.77%) Games
12 1 (0.88%) Police
Job Titles
1 93 (82.30%) Developer
2 35 (30.97%) Senior
3 30 (26.55%) .NET Developer
4 28 (24.78%) Senior Developer
5 26 (23.01%) Senior .NET Developer
6 25 (22.12%) C# Developer
7 23 (20.35%) C# .NET Developer
8 20 (17.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 19 (16.81%) Senior C# .NET Developer
9 19 (16.81%) Senior C# Developer
9 19 (16.81%) Software Developer
10 12 (10.62%) C# Software Developer
11 11 (9.73%) Full Stack Developer
12 10 (8.85%) .NET Software Developer
12 10 (8.85%) Software Engineer
13 7 (6.19%) Lead
13 7 (6.19%) PHP Developer
13 7 (6.19%) UI Developer
14 6 (5.31%) Junior Developer
14 6 (5.31%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (95.58%) CSS
2 96 (84.96%) HTML
3 69 (61.06%) Sass
4 64 (56.64%) .NET
5 55 (48.67%) ASP.NET
6 51 (45.13%) React
7 50 (44.25%) AngularJS
7 50 (44.25%) jQuery
8 40 (35.40%) .NET Framework
8 40 (35.40%) Entity Framework
9 34 (30.09%) .NET Core
9 34 (30.09%) Vue
10 30 (26.55%) Ajax
11 25 (22.12%) HTML5
12 22 (19.47%) CSS3
13 19 (16.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 17 (15.04%) ASP.NET Web API
14 17 (15.04%) OAuth
14 17 (15.04%) OAuth2
15 16 (14.16%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.81%) Virtual Team
2 13 (11.50%) Cloud Native
2 13 (11.50%) Onboarding
3 11 (9.73%) Mobile App
4 7 (6.19%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
6 5 (4.42%) Social Network
7 4 (3.54%) Distributed Applications
8 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.65%) Graphic Design
8 3 (2.65%) iPhone
8 3 (2.65%) NHS
8 3 (2.65%) Robotics
8 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.42%) Linux
2 3 (2.65%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (46.90%) MVC
2 51 (45.13%) DevOps
3 43 (38.05%) Front End Development
4 41 (36.28%) CI/CD
5 38 (33.63%) Agile
6 35 (30.97%) User Experience
7 29 (25.66%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (18.58%) Clean Code
9 20 (17.70%) Asset Management
10 16 (14.16%) Mentoring
10 16 (14.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 16 (14.16%) Wealth Management
11 15 (13.27%) Software Engineering
12 13 (11.50%) Full Stack Development
12 13 (11.50%) Investment Management
12 13 (11.50%) Test Automation
13 12 (10.62%) SEO
14 10 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (8.85%) Product Management
15 9 (7.96%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 107 (94.69%) JavaScript
2 65 (57.52%) C#
3 35 (30.97%) TypeScript
4 15 (13.27%) T-SQL
5 14 (12.39%) PHP
6 7 (6.19%) Delphi
7 6 (5.31%) C++
7 6 (5.31%) Java
8 4 (3.54%) SQL
9 3 (2.65%) C
9 3 (2.65%) JSX
9 3 (2.65%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.65%) Python
9 3 (2.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (12.39%) Degree
2 6 (5.31%) HND
3 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.65%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.65%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.88%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.04%) Accessibility
2 13 (11.50%) WAI
3 3 (2.65%) GDPR
3 3 (2.65%) WCAG
4 2 (1.77%) QA
5 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (7.08%) Docker
2 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.77%) MIIS
1 2 (1.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.08%) Adobe
2 6 (5.31%) Google
3 5 (4.42%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.65%) Oracle
4 3 (2.65%) WooCommerce
5 2 (1.77%) Apple
5 2 (1.77%) VMware