Open Source Contracts in England

Open Source
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 248 204
Rank change year-on-year -38 -44 -57
Contract jobs citing Open Source 293 518 1,018
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.80% 1.05% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.17% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 326 690
10th Percentile £354 £450 £425
25th Percentile £429 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £609 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +3.62% +11.90%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £735
90th Percentile £733 £781 £800
UK median daily rate £570 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 17
10th Percentile - £41.55 £29.10
25th Percentile £25.99 - £34.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% +587.50%
75th Percentile £72.90 - £68.75
90th Percentile £75.24 £84.00 £83.50
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% +37.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,661 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.54% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,752 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in England

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Open Source in England

Open Source
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Open Source in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Open Source in England

Open Source
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in England

Open Source
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Open Source in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Open Source in England

Open Source
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -64 120 £500 -25.93% 125
South West +44 69 £600 -7.69% 35
South East -12 39 £575 +6.48% 37
North of England +24 30 £400 -22.89% 44
North West +24 18 £400 -21.95% 20
East of England +12 15 £300 -42.86% 19
Midlands +39 13 £600 - 29
Yorkshire +25 12 £563 +4.65% 18
West Midlands +31 9 £550 - 20
East Midlands +20 4 £675 +11.34% 9
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.78%) Confluence
2 7 (2.39%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.37%) Mule
4 3 (1.02%) CMS
4 3 (1.02%) GeoServer
4 3 (1.02%) Jupyter
4 3 (1.02%) nginx
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.68%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Endur
2 3 (1.02%) Shopify
3 2 (0.68%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (22.18%) Azure
2 53 (18.09%) AWS
3 38 (12.97%) PaaS
4 37 (12.63%) SaaS
5 36 (12.29%) Cloud Computing
6 34 (11.60%) GitHub
6 34 (11.60%) IaaS
7 29 (9.90%) GCP
8 22 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (6.48%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (6.48%) Serverless
10 11 (3.75%) Power Platform
11 9 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.73%) Amazon ECR
13 6 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (2.05%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.71%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.71%) Azure Functions
14 5 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.56%) LAN
1 28 (9.56%) WAN
2 9 (3.07%) Firewall
2 9 (3.07%) Wireless
3 7 (2.39%) DNS
3 7 (2.39%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.05%) Network Security
5 5 (1.71%) VPN
6 4 (1.37%) HTTP
7 3 (1.02%) BGP
7 3 (1.02%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.02%) IOS XR
7 3 (1.02%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.68%) FTP
8 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.68%) SSH
9 1 (0.34%) DHCP
9 1 (0.34%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.34%) SNMP
9 1 (0.34%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.51%) NoSQL
2 18 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (4.10%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.75%) Power BI
5 10 (3.41%) Apache Cassandra
5 10 (3.41%) DynamoDB
6 9 (3.07%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (3.07%) Big Data
6 9 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.73%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.73%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.73%) MySQL
7 8 (2.73%) Relational Database
8 6 (2.05%) BigQuery
8 6 (2.05%) Data Mining
8 6 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.71%) Couchbase
9 5 (1.71%) GIS
10 3 (1.02%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (16.72%) Git
2 39 (13.31%) JIRA
3 27 (9.22%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.44%) GitLab
5 12 (4.10%) CircleCI
6 10 (3.41%) Selenium
7 8 (2.73%) Gradle
7 8 (2.73%) JUnit
8 6 (2.05%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.71%) GCC
9 5 (1.71%) Pylint
9 5 (1.71%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.37%) Artifactory
10 4 (1.37%) Hudson
10 4 (1.37%) Liquibase
10 4 (1.37%) Log4j
10 4 (1.37%) Mercurial
10 4 (1.37%) TestNG
11 3 (1.02%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.02%) JMeter
General
1 88 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 55 (18.77%) Public Sector
3 36 (12.29%) Finance
4 28 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.75%) Marketing
6 10 (3.41%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.39%) Military
7 7 (2.39%) Retail
8 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Public Speaking
9 5 (1.71%) Banking
9 5 (1.71%) Electronics
9 5 (1.71%) Law
9 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Arabic Language
10 2 (0.68%) Czech Language
10 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (16.72%) Architect
2 47 (16.04%) Developer
3 40 (13.65%) Analyst
4 35 (11.95%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 30 (10.24%) Senior
6 27 (9.22%) Network Architect
7 22 (7.51%) Cyber Threat Analyst
7 22 (7.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 16 (5.46%) Lead
8 16 (5.46%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (4.10%) Senior Developer
10 10 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.07%) Azure Architect
12 8 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.73%) Support Engineer
13 7 (2.39%) Data Architect
13 7 (2.39%) Python Developer
13 7 (2.39%) Technical Leader
13 7 (2.39%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.95%) REST
2 22 (7.51%) RESTful
3 21 (7.17%) Kafka
4 15 (5.12%) HTML
5 13 (4.44%) Web Services
6 12 (4.10%) pytest
6 12 (4.10%) React
7 10 (3.41%) PyTorch
7 10 (3.41%) Yocto
8 9 (3.07%) AngularJS
8 9 (3.07%) CSS
8 9 (3.07%) JSON
8 9 (3.07%) WebSockets
9 8 (2.73%) RAML
9 8 (2.73%) SOAP
10 7 (2.39%) Django
10 7 (2.39%) Node.js
10 7 (2.39%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.39%) XML
11 6 (2.05%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.60%) Data Centre
2 29 (9.90%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (4.44%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.75%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.41%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.07%) Legacy Code
8 8 (2.73%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.73%) Virtual Team
9 7 (2.39%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.39%) Product Ownership
10 6 (2.05%) Mobile App
10 6 (2.05%) STB
11 5 (1.71%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.71%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.37%) Digital TV
13 3 (1.02%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 63 (21.50%) Linux
2 18 (6.14%) Windows
3 12 (4.10%) Android
4 11 (3.75%) Apple iOS
5 9 (3.07%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (2.05%) Unix
8 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (1.37%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.68%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (30.72%) Agile
2 60 (20.48%) DevOps
3 47 (16.04%) Software Engineering
4 41 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (13.65%) OSINT
6 38 (12.97%) CI/CD
7 37 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (12.63%) Test Automation
8 36 (12.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 36 (12.29%) Threat Intelligence
9 34 (11.60%) Analytics
10 30 (10.24%) Network Management
10 30 (10.24%) Zero Trust
11 29 (9.90%) Business Strategy
11 29 (9.90%) Cyber Intelligence
12 28 (9.56%) Computer Science
12 28 (9.56%) Machine Learning
12 28 (9.56%) Security Operations
12 28 (9.56%) SIEM
13 27 (9.22%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 82 (27.99%) Python
2 57 (19.45%) SQL
3 54 (18.43%) Java
4 34 (11.60%) JavaScript
5 24 (8.19%) C
6 19 (6.48%) Go
7 16 (5.46%) C++
7 16 (5.46%) PowerShell
8 15 (5.12%) Ruby
9 12 (4.10%) C#
9 12 (4.10%) Kotlin
10 11 (3.75%) Bash
11 9 (3.07%) Scala
12 8 (2.73%) Perl
12 8 (2.73%) PHP
13 6 (2.05%) Objective-C
13 6 (2.05%) R
13 6 (2.05%) Rust
13 6 (2.05%) Swift
13 6 (2.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (37.20%) Security Cleared
2 73 (24.91%) DV Cleared
3 40 (13.65%) Degree
4 29 (9.90%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.73%) PhD
7 7 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.34%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.80%) QA
2 6 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.68%) NCSC
3 2 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.34%) MiFID
System Software
1 49 (16.72%) Docker
2 11 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.07%) Firmware
3 9 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.73%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.37%) VirtualBox
6 3 (1.02%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.68%) Ceph
7 2 (0.68%) NFS
8 1 (0.34%) iptables
8 1 (0.34%) KVM
8 1 (0.34%) Lustre
8 1 (0.34%) Samba
8 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (17.06%) Kubernetes
2 35 (11.95%) Terraform
3 20 (6.83%) Ansible
4 10 (3.41%) Progress Chef
4 10 (3.41%) Puppet
5 5 (1.71%) Dell DRAC
5 5 (1.71%) WSUS
6 4 (1.37%) Grafana
6 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.02%) Nagios
7 3 (1.02%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.68%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.68%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.34%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.34%) Mesos
9 1 (0.34%) SELinux
9 1 (0.34%) yum
Vendors
1 35 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.12%) VMware
3 10 (3.41%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.41%) SAP
4 9 (3.07%) Google
4 9 (3.07%) Splunk
5 8 (2.73%) Dell
5 8 (2.73%) Oracle
6 6 (2.05%) Apple
7 4 (1.37%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.37%) Cisco
7 4 (1.37%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.37%) Sophos
8 3 (1.02%) Adobe
8 3 (1.02%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.02%) New Relic
8 3 (1.02%) PagerDuty
8 3 (1.02%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.02%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.02%) TOWER Software