The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 19 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 136 108 145
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +37
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 221 311 236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.840% 2.361% 1.495%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.312% 6.018% 3.413%
Number of salaries quoted 209 302 214
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,400 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £83,000 £80,000 £98,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
5125 5168 6914
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 42.68% 39.24% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4390 4750 6213
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Open Source
London

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Open Source Salary Histogram

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 273 (58.33%) Java
2 132 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
3 127 (27.14%) SQL
4 122 (26.07%) C#
5 119 (25.43%) JavaScript
6 118 (25.21%) Linux
7 116 (24.79%) TDD
8 111 (23.72%) Computer Science
9 103 (22.01%) Python
10 102 (21.79%) Finance
11 91 (19.44%) PHP
12 89 (19.02%) HTML
13 88 (18.80%) Degree
14 87 (18.59%) CSS
15 84 (17.95%) OO
16 83 (17.74%) C++
17 77 (16.45%) Ruby
18 75 (16.03%) .NET
19 70 (14.96%) Spring
20 69 (14.74%) HTML5
21 67 (14.32%) Perl
22 66 (14.10%) HTTP
23 63 (13.46%) MySQL
24 62 (13.25%) BDD
25 60 (12.82%) Scrum
26 53 (11.32%) jQuery
27 50 (10.68%) Continuous Integration
28 48 (10.26%) QA
28 48 (10.26%) CMS
28 48 (10.26%) UNIX

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 89 (19.02%) HTML
2 87 (18.59%) CSS
3 75 (16.03%) .NET
4 70 (14.96%) Spring
5 69 (14.74%) HTML5
6 53 (11.32%) jQuery
7 47 (10.04%) XML
8 44 (9.402%) Ruby on Rails
8 44 (9.402%) CSS3
9 43 (9.188%) J2EE
10 36 (7.692%) LAMP
11 35 (7.479%) Hibernate
11 35 (7.479%) Web Services
12 33 (7.051%) Django
13 27 (5.769%) REST
14 25 (5.342%) Ajax
15 18 (3.846%) DOM
15 18 (3.846%) ASP.NET
16 17 (3.632%) JMS
17 14 (2.991%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 48 (10.26%) CMS
2 42 (8.974%) Apache
3 32 (6.838%) Drupal
4 22 (4.701%) Alfresco
4 22 (4.701%) Liferay
5 20 (4.274%) ESB
6 19 (4.060%) Amazon AWS
7 18 (3.846%) Tomcat
8 14 (2.991%) Apache Solr
9 11 (2.350%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (2.137%) IIS
10 10 (2.137%) nginx
11 9 (1.923%) SharePoint
12 5 (1.068%) WordPress
12 5 (1.068%) WebSphere Portal
12 5 (1.068%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (0.855%) Documentum
13 4 (0.855%) Mule
13 4 (0.855%) Adobe CQ
14 3 (0.641%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (1.496%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.855%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.641%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.427%) MS Office
4 2 (0.427%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.214%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (0.855%) Tridion
2 3 (0.641%) SiteCatalyst
2 3 (0.641%) Optimost
3 2 (0.427%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.427%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.214%) AquaLogic BPM
4 1 (0.214%) Front Arena
4 1 (0.214%) Summit
4 1 (0.214%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.214%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 66 (14.10%) HTTP
2 22 (4.701%) Internet
3 11 (2.350%) DNS
4 10 (2.137%) SAN
5 8 (1.709%) OSPF
5 8 (1.709%) BGP
5 8 (1.709%) VoIP
5 8 (1.709%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.709%) AMQP
6 7 (1.496%) Asterisk PBX
6 7 (1.496%) SSL
6 7 (1.496%) Firewall
7 6 (1.282%) RTP
7 6 (1.282%) LDAP
8 5 (1.068%) Reverse Proxy
8 5 (1.068%) SNMP
8 5 (1.068%) SMTP
8 5 (1.068%) DHCP
9 4 (0.855%) MPLS
9 4 (0.855%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (13.46%) MySQL
2 34 (7.265%) SQL Server
3 33 (7.051%) MongoDB
3 33 (7.051%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (6.197%) NoSQL
5 20 (4.274%) RDBMS
6 16 (3.419%) Hadoop
7 12 (2.564%) Big Data
8 8 (1.709%) DB2
8 8 (1.709%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.496%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.282%) Redis
11 5 (1.068%) Oracle 11g
12 4 (0.855%) ObjectStore
12 4 (0.855%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.855%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.641%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.641%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.641%) SQL Server 2005
13 3 (0.641%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 46 (9.829%) Selenium
2 42 (8.974%) Git (software)
3 39 (8.333%) Subversion
4 38 (8.120%) Cucumber
5 30 (6.410%) JUnit
5 30 (6.410%) Maven
6 18 (3.846%) WebDriver
7 16 (3.419%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.778%) Hudson
9 11 (2.350%) FitNesse
10 10 (2.137%) Jenkins
11 8 (1.709%) JMeter
11 8 (1.709%) QuickTest Pro
11 8 (1.709%) jMock
11 8 (1.709%) JSUnit
12 6 (1.282%) RSpec
12 6 (1.282%) Mercurial
12 6 (1.282%) Mockito
12 6 (1.282%) GitHub
13 5 (1.068%) JIRA
General
1 102 (21.79%) Finance
2 39 (8.333%) Games
3 38 (8.120%) Banking
4 20 (4.274%) Front Office
5 18 (3.846%) Investment Banking
6 15 (3.205%) Publishing
7 13 (2.778%) Marketing
8 12 (2.564%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.923%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.496%) Advertising
11 6 (1.282%) Back Office
12 4 (0.855%) Legal
13 3 (0.641%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.641%) Retail
13 3 (0.641%) Music Industry
14 1 (0.214%) Billing
14 1 (0.214%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.214%) Law
Job Titles
1 260 (55.56%) Developer
2 77 (16.45%) Java Developer
3 48 (10.26%) Architect
4 47 (10.04%) Junior
5 46 (9.829%) Junior Developer
6 33 (7.051%) Graduate
6 33 (7.051%) Software Developer
7 32 (6.838%) Graduate Developer
8 28 (5.983%) Software Engineer
9 27 (5.769%) Senior Developer
10 24 (5.128%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (5.128%) Front-End Developer
11 22 (4.701%) Web Developer
11 22 (4.701%) Administrator
12 19 (4.060%) Systems Administrator
13 17 (3.632%) C# Developer
14 15 (3.205%) Python Developer
15 14 (2.991%) .NET Developer
15 14 (2.991%) Senior Java Developer
15 14 (2.991%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 111 (23.72%) Computer Science
2 34 (7.265%) Hedge funds
3 31 (6.624%) Digital Media
4 30 (6.410%) Blog
5 29 (6.197%) Social Network
6 22 (4.701%) Online Games
7 16 (3.419%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.564%) iPhone
9 10 (2.137%) Fixed Income
9 10 (2.137%) Mathematics
9 10 (2.137%) Social Media
10 8 (1.709%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.709%) SaaS
11 7 (1.496%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 7 (1.496%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.496%) Replication
12 6 (1.282%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.068%) iPad
14 4 (0.855%) Client/Server
14 4 (0.855%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 118 (25.21%) Linux
2 48 (10.26%) UNIX
3 46 (9.829%) Windows
4 40 (8.547%) Android
5 36 (7.692%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.350%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.923%) CentOS
8 8 (1.709%) Solaris
8 8 (1.709%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (1.496%) FreeBSD
9 7 (1.496%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.855%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.641%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.641%) AIX
11 3 (0.641%) Debian
12 2 (0.427%) SUSE
12 2 (0.427%) Fedora
12 2 (0.427%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.427%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.214%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
2 116 (24.79%) TDD
3 84 (17.95%) OO
4 62 (13.25%) BDD
5 60 (12.82%) Scrum
6 50 (10.68%) Continuous Integration
7 42 (8.974%) Web Development
8 40 (8.547%) E-Commerce
9 34 (7.265%) OOP
10 33 (7.051%) Multithreading
11 32 (6.838%) SOA
12 26 (5.556%) ITIL
13 24 (5.128%) MVC
14 22 (4.701%) B2B
15 21 (4.487%) Automated Testing
16 20 (4.274%) Pair Programming
16 20 (4.274%) B2C
17 19 (4.060%) Test Scripting
17 19 (4.060%) Software Engineering
17 19 (4.060%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 273 (58.33%) Java
2 127 (27.14%) SQL
3 122 (26.07%) C#
4 119 (25.43%) JavaScript
5 103 (22.01%) Python
6 91 (19.44%) PHP
7 83 (17.74%) C++
8 77 (16.45%) Ruby
9 67 (14.32%) Perl
10 26 (5.556%) Scala
11 19 (4.060%) Bash shell
12 17 (3.632%) C
13 13 (2.778%) Erlang
13 13 (2.778%) ActionScript
13 13 (2.778%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.137%) PL/SQL
15 9 (1.923%) F#
16 8 (1.709%) PHP5
16 8 (1.709%) AspectJ
17 7 (1.496%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 88 (18.80%) Degree
2 13 (2.778%) PhD
3 6 (1.282%) RHCE
4 5 (1.068%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.068%) ISEB
5 4 (0.855%) CCNP
5 4 (0.855%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.641%) CCDP
7 2 (0.427%) CCNA
8 1 (0.214%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.214%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.214%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.214%) SCSA
8 1 (0.214%) MCITP
8 1 (0.214%) MCP
8 1 (0.214%) MCSE
8 1 (0.214%) PMP
8 1 (0.214%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (10.26%) QA
2 4 (0.855%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.214%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.214%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (2.778%) Xen
2 8 (1.709%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.496%) OpenSIPS
3 7 (1.496%) Postfix
4 5 (1.068%) NFS
4 5 (1.068%) VMware ESX
5 4 (0.855%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.855%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.641%) Kamailio
6 3 (0.641%) Sendmail
7 2 (0.427%) Samba
7 2 (0.427%) Squid
7 2 (0.427%) Varnish
8 1 (0.214%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.214%) Gluster
8 1 (0.214%) vSphere
8 1 (0.214%) XenServer
8 1 (0.214%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 1 (0.214%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.214%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 29 (6.197%) Puppet
2 18 (3.846%) Nagios
3 10 (2.137%) Cacti
4 9 (1.923%) Zenoss
5 3 (0.641%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.427%) Ganglia
6 2 (0.427%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.214%) CFEngine
7 1 (0.214%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.214%) Splunk
7 1 (0.214%) Sysprep
7 1 (0.214%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.214%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.214%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.214%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 46 (9.829%) Oracle
2 26 (5.556%) Google
3 24 (5.128%) Microsoft
4 23 (4.915%) IBM
5 20 (4.274%) Sybase
6 19 (4.060%) VMware
7 18 (3.846%) Facebook
7 18 (3.846%) Cisco
8 14 (2.991%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.991%) Twitter
9 12 (2.564%) Zend
10 11 (2.350%) TIBCO
11 9 (1.923%) Juniper
11 9 (1.923%) Apple
12 8 (1.709%) NetApp
12 8 (1.709%) Adobe
13 6 (1.282%) ATG
13 6 (1.282%) Informatica
13 6 (1.282%) Salesforce.com
13 6 (1.282%) Citrix
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Java/JavaScript Developer required for this expanding media company in Central London. Skills Required for the successful Senior Java Developer: End to end Software Development experience - min 3...
ISL
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Skills: Java, Spring, Hibernate, Payment Systems, Highly Transactional, Agile... The opportunity they are offering is for an ambitious Java Engineer to join their London based headquarters... Ideal candidates...
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
Multiple Engineers are required across PHP, Python, Front End, Mobile etc. -Defining the architecture, technology roadmap and strategy -Selection and implementation of appropriate technologies, methodologies, processes and best...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
City of London
Text Analysis Developer - Java, Semantic - London - £60-80k I currently have an incredible opportunity within one of the world leaders in business intelligence and business analytics... This is...
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + car allowance, bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
This new online community is driven wholly by the technology staff of this firm and as such they are seeking new Senior Ruby on Rails Developers (Open source,...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £38000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits and training
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £38000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits and training
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22757 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus+Benefits+Package
Posted: 16 June 2013
City of London
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits + bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits + bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £45000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Pension
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits + Pension
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Salary: £18000 - £22757 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £75000 - £105000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + 50%+ performance related bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum + Bonus and Great Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £70,000 per annum + Bonus and Great Package
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + benefits and bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus and Great Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Senitor Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 June 2013