Open Source Contracts in the East of England

Open Source
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 118 121
Rank change year-on-year +21 +3 -56
Contract jobs citing Open Source 17 5 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.89% 0.24% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.28% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 12
10th Percentile £265 - £501
25th Percentile £288 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £585
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.88%
75th Percentile £475 - £639
90th Percentile £790 - £650
England median daily rate £570 £615 £588
% change year-on-year -7.32% +4.68% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% +214.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,801 2,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.16% 87.13% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 1,065 1,275
10th Percentile £207 £201 £185
25th Percentile £336 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 601 340 385
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Open Source in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Open Source in the East of England

Open Source
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Open Source in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Open Source in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Open Source in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +11 10 £300 - 3
Cambridgeshire +7 7 £1,000 - 11
Open Source
England

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) GCC
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Compiler Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Firmware Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Audio Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) DTV Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) DTV Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (58.82%) Yocto
2 7 (41.18%) LLVM
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) STB
2 5 (29.41%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Performance Analysis
2 7 (41.18%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.88%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (5.88%) Coaching
3 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
3 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
3 1 (5.88%) Project Management
3 1 (5.88%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C
2 6 (35.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) PhD
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Firmware