Open Source Contracts in Essex

Open Source
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 35 51
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 -13
Contract jobs citing Open Source 10 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 4.44% 0.42% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 0.50% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £260 - £577
25th Percentile £275 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £597
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.81%
75th Percentile - - £614
90th Percentile - - £627
East of England median daily rate £300 - £585
% change year-on-year - - +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 183 199 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 81.33% 82.92% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 126 222
10th Percentile £250 £193 £206
25th Percentile £350 £265 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -6.57% +16.47%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £600 £621 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 34
10th Percentile £10.42 £21.78 £15.06
25th Percentile £14.96 £24.62 £18.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +59.38% +28.48%
75th Percentile £80.00 £60.63 £44.88
90th Percentile - £67.55 £68.79
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Essex

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Open Source in Essex

Open Source
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in Essex

Open Source
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 29 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
Brentwood - 10 £300 - 2
Open Source
East of England

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Audio Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) DTV Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) DTV Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) STB
2 5 (50.00%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware