Open Source
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 196 114
Rank change year-on-year -53 -82 +34
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,177 1,864 5,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 1.92% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 2.01% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 728 849 1,457
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,102 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,852 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,375 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £67,500 £56,774
% change year-on-year -9.32% +18.89% +3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Open Source is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source.

Salary trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England -74 935 £64,250 -14.33% 257
UK excluding London +33 858 £61,206 -9.32% 176
Work from Home -38 562 £70,000 -6.67% 142
North of England +62 263 £61,206 +2.01% 35
London -155 256 £82,500 +2.75% 109
North West +47 178 £60,000 -7.69% 21
South East +8 157 £45,000 -32.08% 33
Scotland +12 150 £75,000 +8.00% 20
South West -27 112 £62,500 -10.71% 31
Midlands -20 78 £65,603 -6.28% 25
Yorkshire +81 66 £61,206 +28.85% 9
East of England +4 52 £80,001 +39.13% 18
West Midlands -7 50 £61,206 -12.56% 18
East Midlands -23 28 £75,000 -6.25% 7
Northern Ireland +35 24 £75,400 - 8
Wales -5 22 £75,000 -36.33% 7
North East -12 19 £61,206 +28.39% 5

Open Source
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
1 138 (11.72%) Apache Spark
2 56 (4.76%) Apache
3 46 (3.91%) WebLogic
4 20 (1.70%) Confluence
5 14 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (1.19%) nginx
6 11 (0.93%) IIS
6 11 (0.93%) OpenStack
7 9 (0.76%) ArcGIS
8 7 (0.59%) Drupal
9 6 (0.51%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.51%) CMS
10 4 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
10 4 (0.34%) OpenZeppelin
11 3 (0.25%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.17%) SAS
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.085%) Kinematics
Applications
1 48 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (3.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.68%) Shopify
3 6 (0.51%) Magento
4 1 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 511 (43.42%) AWS
2 363 (30.84%) Azure
3 115 (9.77%) GCP
4 110 (9.35%) Serverless
5 83 (7.05%) Amazon SQS
6 75 (6.37%) AWS Lambda
7 74 (6.29%) Amazon EKS
8 70 (5.95%) OpenShift
9 66 (5.61%) GitHub
10 65 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
11 57 (4.84%) SaaS
12 47 (3.99%) Amazon S3
13 36 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (2.89%) Amazon ECS
15 29 (2.46%) Amazon Kinesis
16 28 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
17 26 (2.21%) IaaS
18 25 (2.12%) PaaS
19 23 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
20 22 (1.87%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 90 (7.65%) DNS
2 81 (6.88%) TCP/IP
3 63 (5.35%) BGP
4 57 (4.84%) Firewall
5 55 (4.67%) SSL
6 28 (2.38%) AMQP
7 25 (2.12%) WAN
8 24 (2.04%) HTTP
8 24 (2.04%) LAN
9 19 (1.61%) Internet
9 19 (1.61%) VPN
10 16 (1.36%) MPLS
11 10 (0.85%) Wireshark
12 9 (0.76%) Network Security
12 9 (0.76%) Unified Communications
13 8 (0.68%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (0.68%) Multicast
13 8 (0.68%) VLAN
13 8 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (15.21%) NoSQL
2 101 (8.58%) Relational Database
3 98 (8.33%) Hadoop
4 92 (7.82%) PostgreSQL
5 91 (7.73%) Apache Hive
6 90 (7.65%) Big Data
7 85 (7.22%) HBase
8 83 (7.05%) Amazon RDS
9 66 (5.61%) RDBMS
10 59 (5.01%) Oracle Database
11 47 (3.99%) MySQL
12 38 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 38 (3.23%) SQL Server
13 28 (2.38%) Cloudera CDH
13 28 (2.38%) DynamoDB
14 27 (2.29%) Amazon Aurora
14 27 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
15 26 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
15 26 (2.21%) Redis
16 16 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 210 (17.84%) Git
2 191 (16.23%) Jenkins
3 98 (8.33%) GitLab
4 85 (7.22%) Bitbucket Server
5 27 (2.29%) Artifactory
6 25 (2.12%) JIRA
7 19 (1.61%) Gatling
8 15 (1.27%) CircleCI
8 15 (1.27%) Cypress.io
9 13 (1.10%) SonarQube
10 12 (1.02%) JDeveloper
10 12 (1.02%) Selenium
10 12 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.02%) Subversion
11 10 (0.85%) GNU Toolchain
11 10 (0.85%) JUnit
12 9 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.76%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.68%) Jaeger
14 6 (0.51%) Checkstyle
General
1 351 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 223 (18.95%) Finance
3 159 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 121 (10.28%) Law
5 94 (7.99%) Legal
6 56 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 54 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
8 46 (3.91%) Marketing
9 37 (3.14%) Front Office
10 30 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 30 (2.55%) Banking
11 29 (2.46%) Retail
12 28 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (2.21%) Electronics
14 23 (1.95%) Automotive
14 23 (1.95%) Games
15 19 (1.61%) Billing
16 14 (1.19%) Military
17 10 (0.85%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 300 (25.49%) Software Engineer
2 277 (23.53%) Developer
3 256 (21.75%) Senior
4 190 (16.14%) Lead
5 180 (15.29%) Architect
6 103 (8.75%) AWS Engineer
7 90 (7.65%) Solutions Architect
8 86 (7.31%) Technical Leader
9 69 (5.86%) AWS Software Engineer
10 66 (5.61%) Database Developer
11 60 (5.10%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 60 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
12 55 (4.67%) Database Engineer
13 52 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
14 49 (4.16%) Data Engineer
15 48 (4.08%) Lead Architect
16 47 (3.99%) Senior Developer
16 47 (3.99%) Technical Architect
17 46 (3.91%) Full Stack Developer
17 46 (3.91%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (14.27%) React
2 152 (12.91%) Node.js
3 108 (9.18%) Spring Boot
4 104 (8.84%) REST
5 78 (6.63%) RabbitMQ
6 67 (5.69%) AngularJS
7 59 (5.01%) HTML
8 55 (4.67%) Spring
9 48 (4.08%) CSS
9 48 (4.08%) Kafka
10 45 (3.82%) Web Services
11 41 (3.48%) .NET
11 41 (3.48%) GraphQL
12 40 (3.40%) Swagger
13 35 (2.97%) PyTorch
14 34 (2.89%) Django
15 33 (2.80%) J2EE
15 33 (2.80%) TensorFlow
16 32 (2.72%) Express.js
17 28 (2.38%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 145 (12.32%) Algorithms
2 106 (9.01%) Public Cloud
3 101 (8.58%) Private Cloud
4 94 (7.99%) Management Information System
5 83 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
6 73 (6.20%) Cloud Native
7 67 (5.69%) Distributed Systems
8 55 (4.67%) Enterprise Software
9 53 (4.50%) Blog
10 35 (2.97%) Data Centre
11 34 (2.89%) Data Structures
11 34 (2.89%) Embedded Systems
11 34 (2.89%) Tandem
12 33 (2.80%) Blockchain
13 32 (2.72%) IoT
14 27 (2.29%) Media Streaming
14 27 (2.29%) Product Ownership
15 20 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (1.61%) Mobile App
16 19 (1.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 327 (27.78%) Linux
2 153 (13.00%) Unix
3 90 (7.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 58 (4.93%) Windows
5 49 (4.16%) Ubuntu
6 44 (3.74%) Debian
7 42 (3.57%) CentOS
8 19 (1.61%) Embedded Linux
9 16 (1.36%) Android
10 14 (1.19%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.68%) Windows Server
12 7 (0.59%) Apple iOS
13 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.42%) Windows 10
14 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.25%) VMS
16 1 (0.085%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.085%) Rocky
16 1 (0.085%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 656 (55.73%) Agile
2 515 (43.76%) Software Engineering
3 343 (29.14%) DevOps
4 300 (25.49%) CI/CD
5 248 (21.07%) Mentoring
6 232 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
7 223 (18.95%) Microservices
8 205 (17.42%) Coaching
9 195 (16.57%) Continuous Integration
10 184 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
11 182 (15.46%) Actionable Insight
11 182 (15.46%) Scrum
11 182 (15.46%) SDLC
12 168 (14.27%) Test Automation
13 160 (13.59%) Computer Science
13 160 (13.59%) Machine Learning
14 153 (13.00%) TDD
15 147 (12.49%) Containerisation
16 146 (12.40%) Collaborative Working
17 145 (12.32%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 495 (42.06%) Python
2 399 (33.90%) Java
3 209 (17.76%) SQL
4 196 (16.65%) JavaScript
5 142 (12.06%) C
6 121 (10.28%) TypeScript
7 97 (8.24%) Go
8 95 (8.07%) Bash
9 85 (7.22%) C++
9 85 (7.22%) PL/SQL
10 49 (4.16%) C#
11 45 (3.82%) Rust
12 41 (3.48%) PowerShell
13 36 (3.06%) Ruby
13 36 (3.06%) Scala
14 34 (2.89%) PHP
15 29 (2.46%) COBOL
15 29 (2.46%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 24 (2.04%) Perl
17 23 (1.95%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 275 (23.36%) Security Cleared
2 244 (20.73%) Degree
3 206 (17.50%) SC Cleared
4 67 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (5.35%) Azure Certification
6 59 (5.01%) Master's Degree
7 51 (4.33%) AWS Certification
8 48 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 44 (3.74%) PhD
10 37 (3.14%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.44%) CISSP
12 15 (1.27%) GCIA
12 15 (1.27%) GCIH
12 15 (1.27%) GREM
13 14 (1.19%) CISM
14 10 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.76%) CCNA
16 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.17%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.59%) QA
2 47 (3.99%) PMO
3 18 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.44%) GDPR
5 6 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.51%) JTAG
5 6 (0.51%) NCSC
6 5 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.42%) NIST
7 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.17%) SEPA
8 1 (0.085%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 168 (14.27%) Docker
2 91 (7.73%) HDFS
3 24 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
4 22 (1.87%) Firmware
5 13 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.93%) Active Directory
6 11 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.59%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.51%) Ceph
10 5 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.34%) KVM
12 3 (0.25%) QEMU
12 3 (0.25%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.25%) Xen
13 2 (0.17%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.17%) vSphere
14 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.085%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 232 (19.71%) Terraform
2 208 (17.67%) Kubernetes
3 126 (10.71%) Ansible
4 60 (5.10%) Puppet
5 35 (2.97%) Progress Chef
6 10 (0.85%) Grafana
7 8 (0.68%) Kiali
7 8 (0.68%) Kibana
8 7 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.51%) Knative
9 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 4 (0.34%) Nessus
10 4 (0.34%) Salt
11 3 (0.25%) Podman
12 2 (0.17%) Consul
12 2 (0.17%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.17%) Marathon
12 2 (0.17%) Mesos
12 2 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 87 (7.39%) Databricks
2 85 (7.22%) Informatica
3 82 (6.97%) Microsoft
4 78 (6.63%) Google
5 66 (5.61%) Oracle
6 55 (4.67%) Cloudera
7 46 (3.91%) Sparx
8 34 (2.89%) Red Hat
9 29 (2.46%) Micro Focus
10 28 (2.38%) SaltStack
11 24 (2.04%) Cisco
12 15 (1.27%) Splunk
13 14 (1.19%) Dell
13 14 (1.19%) Juniper
13 14 (1.19%) VMware
14 12 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 12 (1.02%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.85%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.76%) AppDynamics
16 9 (0.76%) ESRI