The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 65 69 101
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +32
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 79 89 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 3.168% 3.143% 1.483%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.48% 8.751% 4.646%
Number of salaries quoted 78 72 40
Average salary £60,000 £49,250 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.82% +19.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £37,500 £24,850
10% offered a salary of more than £69,400 £60,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
754 1017 947
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 30.23% 35.91% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 637 813 836
Average salary £41,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.35% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Open Source
East of England

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Open Source across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridgeshire Open Source Jobs Demand Trend

Open Source
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Open Source across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire Open Source Salary Histogram

Open Source
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +3 71 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Peterborough -6 4 £45,000 +20.00%
Open Source
East of England

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Open Source also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Open Source.

1 65 (57.02%) Java
2 64 (56.14%) Agile Software Development
3 61 (53.51%) E-Commerce
4 54 (47.37%) C#
4 54 (47.37%) C++
4 54 (47.37%) TDD
5 53 (46.49%) .NET
5 53 (46.49%) OO
6 52 (45.61%) Pair Programming
7 49 (42.98%) Python
8 39 (34.21%) Linux
9 33 (28.95%) OOD
10 29 (25.44%) Blog
10 29 (25.44%) Continuous Integration
11 21 (18.42%) CQRS
12 20 (17.54%) Degree
12 20 (17.54%) Windows
12 20 (17.54%) MySQL
12 20 (17.54%) SQL
13 17 (14.91%) C
14 15 (13.16%) Project Management
15 14 (12.28%) DNS
15 14 (12.28%) Red Hat
16 13 (11.40%) Apache
16 13 (11.40%) UNIX
17 12 (10.53%) Perl
17 12 (10.53%) Computer Science
18 11 (9.649%) VMware Infrastructure
18 11 (9.649%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 11 (9.649%) PRINCE2

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Open Source also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Open Source. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (46.49%) .NET
2 9 (7.895%) CSS
3 7 (6.140%) jQuery
3 7 (6.140%) HTML
3 7 (6.140%) XML
4 6 (5.263%) LAMP
5 5 (4.386%) HTML5
6 4 (3.509%) XSLT
6 4 (3.509%) JSP
6 4 (3.509%) Web Services
6 4 (3.509%) CSS3
7 3 (2.632%) FastCGI
7 3 (2.632%) soapUI
7 3 (2.632%) Node.js
7 3 (2.632%) OpenID
7 3 (2.632%) JSON
7 3 (2.632%) Ajax
7 3 (2.632%) Spring
7 3 (2.632%) OAuth
7 3 (2.632%) Django
Application Platforms
1 13 (11.40%) Apache
2 4 (3.509%) CMS
2 4 (3.509%) Tomcat
2 4 (3.509%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (2.632%) nginx
3 3 (2.632%) WordPress
3 3 (2.632%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.877%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.877%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (3.509%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.28%) DNS
2 9 (7.895%) TCP/IP
3 8 (7.018%) SAN
4 6 (5.263%) Firewall
4 6 (5.263%) SSL
4 6 (5.263%) VLAN
5 3 (2.632%) Internet
6 2 (1.754%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.754%) LAN
6 2 (1.754%) iSCSI
6 2 (1.754%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.877%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (17.54%) MySQL
2 5 (4.386%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.386%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.509%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (3.509%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.632%) Redis
5 2 (1.754%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.877%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.877%) Big Data
6 1 (0.877%) HBase
6 1 (0.877%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.877%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.877%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.877%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.877%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.877%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.877%) OLTP
6 1 (0.877%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (6.140%) Subversion
2 4 (3.509%) GitHub
3 3 (2.632%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.632%) Firebug
3 3 (2.632%) JUnit
4 2 (1.754%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.877%) CMake
5 1 (0.877%) Maven
General
1 3 (2.632%) Publishing
2 1 (0.877%) Marketing
2 1 (0.877%) Electronics
2 1 (0.877%) Telecoms
2 1 (0.877%) Finance
2 1 (0.877%) Law
2 1 (0.877%) Legal
2 1 (0.877%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 62 (54.39%) Software Engineer
2 37 (32.46%) Developer
3 23 (20.18%) Lead Software Engineer
4 15 (13.16%) Senior Developer
5 13 (11.40%) Senior Software Engineer
6 11 (9.649%) Senior Manager
7 10 (8.772%) Administrator
7 10 (8.772%) Product Manager
7 10 (8.772%) Senior Product Manager
8 9 (7.895%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 9 (7.895%) Linux Administrator
8 9 (7.895%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (5.263%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (4.386%) Desktop Engineer
11 4 (3.509%) Software Developer
12 3 (2.632%) Graduate
12 3 (2.632%) Junior
12 3 (2.632%) PHP Developer
13 2 (1.754%) Junior Developer
13 2 (1.754%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (25.44%) Blog
2 12 (10.53%) Computer Science
3 7 (6.140%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (6.140%) Device Driver
3 7 (6.140%) Replication
4 6 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (5.263%) SaaS
5 5 (4.386%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (4.386%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.754%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.877%) IaaS
7 1 (0.877%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (34.21%) Linux
2 20 (17.54%) Windows
3 13 (11.40%) UNIX
4 11 (9.649%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (4.386%) Windows 7
5 5 (4.386%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (4.386%) CentOS
6 2 (1.754%) Debian
6 2 (1.754%) Android
6 2 (1.754%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.877%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.877%) Maemo
7 1 (0.877%) MeeGo
7 1 (0.877%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (56.14%) Agile Software Development
2 61 (53.51%) E-Commerce
3 54 (47.37%) TDD
4 53 (46.49%) OO
5 52 (45.61%) Pair Programming
6 33 (28.95%) OOD
7 29 (25.44%) Continuous Integration
8 21 (18.42%) CQRS
9 15 (13.16%) Project Management
10 11 (9.649%) PRINCE2
11 10 (8.772%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (8.772%) Product Management
11 10 (8.772%) Risk Analysis
12 8 (7.018%) Memory Management
13 7 (6.140%) Software Engineering
14 6 (5.263%) Network Design
14 6 (5.263%) Load Balancing
15 4 (3.509%) Content Management
15 4 (3.509%) MVC
15 4 (3.509%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 65 (57.02%) Java
2 54 (47.37%) C#
2 54 (47.37%) C++
3 49 (42.98%) Python
4 20 (17.54%) SQL
5 17 (14.91%) C
6 12 (10.53%) Perl
7 9 (7.895%) PHP
8 7 (6.140%) Bash shell
8 7 (6.140%) F#
8 7 (6.140%) JavaScript
9 6 (5.263%) Shell Script
9 6 (5.263%) Haskell
9 6 (5.263%) OCaml
9 6 (5.263%) Ruby
10 4 (3.509%) Assembly Language
11 3 (2.632%) Tcl
11 3 (2.632%) VB
11 3 (2.632%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.754%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 20 (17.54%) Degree
2 6 (5.263%) RHCE
3 3 (2.632%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.877%) PMP
4 1 (0.877%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.877%) QA
System Software
1 11 (9.649%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.263%) VMware ESX
2 6 (5.263%) vSphere
2 6 (5.263%) Postfix
2 6 (5.263%) Sendmail
3 5 (4.386%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.509%) Xen
5 3 (2.632%) OpenSSO
6 1 (0.877%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 9 (7.895%) Nagios
2 6 (5.263%) OSSEC
3 5 (4.386%) Puppet
4 3 (2.632%) CFEngine
4 3 (2.632%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.877%) Plesk
Vendors
1 14 (12.28%) Red Hat
2 11 (9.649%) VMware
3 8 (7.018%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.263%) NetApp
4 6 (5.263%) Cisco
4 6 (5.263%) HP
4 6 (5.263%) TippingPoint
4 6 (5.263%) SolarWinds
5 5 (4.386%) Oracle
6 4 (3.509%) Apple
7 3 (2.632%) JBoss
8 1 (0.877%) Zend
8 1 (0.877%) Symbian
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £30k - 45k per year + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You will have: • A good degree (1st or 2:1) in computer science or a related subject from one of the world's top universities, and potentially a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £70k+ with top package + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading global technology organisation is seeking an experienced Linux Kernel Developer / Engineer with excellent C programming skills and experience of development at the lower levels of the...
Palm IT Services
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + 8% bonus + benefits eg pension, family BUPA
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hinxton, Cambridge
mathematics)... -Core Java and open source extensions (Guava, Commons, etc.) -Object Oriented code quality metrics-xUnit, Hamcrest, Selenium WebDriver-Dependency Injection-Maven and Continuous Integration -JDBC / JPA / SQL (...
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Expertise in one or more relevant programming languages (eg C++, C#), operating systems (eg Windows, UNIX) and OS concepts. Knowledge of Web technologies (HTML5, JQuery, AJAX, JSON, ASP...
Palm IT Services
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + 8% bonus + benefits (pension, fami
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ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £Excellent + benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Salt
Salary: £50000 per annum + Shares
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Cambridge, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cantab Capital Partners
Salary: Salary is negotiable depending on experience.
Posted: 30 May 2013
Cambridge
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40,000 + Benefits
Posted: 3 June 2013