The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 55 53 58
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 12 6 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 1.942% 1.195% 1.173%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.836% 4.688% 3.167%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 7
Average salary £52,500 £27,500 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+90.90% -67.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,000 £67,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,000 £31,250 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
122 128 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 19.74% 25.50% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 94 83 150
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £56,250
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Open Source
South West

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Bournemouth +3 10 £52,500 +90.90%
Open Source
South West

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) PHP
2 8 (40.00%) UNIX
3 7 (35.00%) HTML
3 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (30.00%) MySQL
4 6 (30.00%) CSS
4 6 (30.00%) Firewall
4 6 (30.00%) HTML5
5 5 (25.00%) Java
6 4 (20.00%) Oracle
6 4 (20.00%) XML
6 4 (20.00%) HND
6 4 (20.00%) Shell Script
6 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (20.00%) LAMP
6 4 (20.00%) TDD
6 4 (20.00%) Banking
6 4 (20.00%) Subversion
6 4 (20.00%) Ajax
6 4 (20.00%) Spring
6 4 (20.00%) Maven
6 4 (20.00%) Degree
6 4 (20.00%) JIRA
6 4 (20.00%) Change Control
7 3 (15.00%) Spring Integration
7 3 (15.00%) Hudson
7 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (15.00%) Multithreading
7 3 (15.00%) J2EE

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 6 (30.00%) CSS
2 6 (30.00%) HTML5
3 4 (20.00%) XML
3 4 (20.00%) LAMP
3 4 (20.00%) Ajax
3 4 (20.00%) Spring
4 3 (15.00%) Spring Integration
4 3 (15.00%) J2EE
4 3 (15.00%) JMS
5 2 (10.00%) SOAP
5 2 (10.00%) Web Services
5 2 (10.00%) .NET
5 2 (10.00%) REST
6 1 (5.000%) Apache Flex
6 1 (5.000%) FpML
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Apache
1 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.000%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) MySQL
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (15.00%) RDBMS
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (5.000%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Subversion
1 4 (20.00%) Maven
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 3 (15.00%) Hudson
3 2 (10.00%) FitNesse
4 1 (5.000%) WATIR
4 1 (5.000%) Selenium
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 4 (20.00%) PHP Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 4 (20.00%) Senior PHP Developer
2 4 (20.00%) UNIX Team Leader
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Support Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Support
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Director
5 1 (5.000%) Project Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Technical Support Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.000%) SWIFT
2 1 (5.000%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Ubuntu
2 2 (10.00%) Android
2 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (20.00%) TDD
1 4 (20.00%) Change Control
2 3 (15.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (10.00%) CRM
3 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (10.00%) Web Development
4 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.000%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.000%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.000%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) PHP
2 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (25.00%) Java
4 4 (20.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (5.000%) PL/SQL
5 1 (5.000%) SQL
5 1 (5.000%) XQuery
5 1 (5.000%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) HND
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (10.00%) VCP4
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) HP
3 2 (10.00%) Dell
3 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) SonicWALL
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As part of a set of exciting greenfield Web & Java developments these newly formed teams are looking for energetic and innovative software developers who agree that creating strong...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, South East
This is an exciting development role with JAVA and Oracle... Core Technical Skills: - Excellent Core Java J2EE with Java 6 - Experience working on High Throughput Mission Critical High...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 23 May 2013