Open Source Development Jobs in England

Open Source Software Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Open Source Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source Development over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 884 1064
Rank change year-on-year +73 +180 -214
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 36 42 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.042% 0.046% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.049% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 30 16 21
10th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,313 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,001 £68,125 -
90th Percentile £117,500 £70,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Open Source Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,372 86,501 127,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.52% 95.63% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,935 51,101 73,310
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Open Source Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source Development in England.

Salary trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source Development in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source Development within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +109 14 £70,000 +7.69% 1
East of England +18 11 £80,001 +60.00% 2
South West -20 7 £57,500 -
South East +17 4 £48,750 -18.75% 1
Open Source Development
UK

Open Source Development
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 4 (11.11%) Confluence
2 2 (5.56%) CMS
2 2 (5.56%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) AWS
1 7 (19.44%) Azure
1 7 (19.44%) GCP
2 5 (13.89%) SaaS
3 4 (11.11%) Miro
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) DHCP
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) MySQL
2 1 (2.78%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) GitLab
2 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.78%) Phabricator
2 1 (2.78%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (19.44%) Games
2 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Finance
3 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.78%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 9 (25.00%) Developer
3 7 (19.44%) Linux Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Machine Learning Researcher
4 5 (13.89%) Ubuntu Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Blockchain Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Digital Product Manager
5 4 (11.11%) Product Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Java Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Software Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Digital Project Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) Open Source Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.78%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Junior
8 1 (2.78%) Lead Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) GTK
1 7 (19.44%) PyTorch
1 7 (19.44%) TensorFlow
2 4 (11.11%) REST
2 4 (11.11%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (11.11%) WebSockets
3 2 (5.56%) ARM Templates
3 2 (5.56%) Flask
3 2 (5.56%) React
4 1 (2.78%) CSS
4 1 (2.78%) FastAPI
4 1 (2.78%) FFmpeg
4 1 (2.78%) GStreamer
4 1 (2.78%) HTML
4 1 (2.78%) HTML5
4 1 (2.78%) LLVM
4 1 (2.78%) Redfish
4 1 (2.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (2.78%) Wayland
4 1 (2.78%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Blockchain
2 7 (19.44%) Algorithms
2 7 (19.44%) Distributed Computing
2 7 (19.44%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (19.44%) PKI
3 4 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 4 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.56%) PropTech
5 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.78%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.78%) FPGA
5 1 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Linux
2 8 (22.22%) Debian
2 8 (22.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Open Source
2 20 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 10 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 8 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
5 8 (22.22%) Visualisation
6 7 (19.44%) Agile
6 7 (19.44%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (19.44%) Cryptography
6 7 (19.44%) Customer Experience
6 7 (19.44%) Differential Privacy
6 7 (19.44%) Event-Driven
6 7 (19.44%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 7 (19.44%) Game Theory
6 7 (19.44%) Key Management
6 7 (19.44%) Machine Learning
6 7 (19.44%) Multi-Agent System
6 7 (19.44%) Probability Theory
6 7 (19.44%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 18 (50.00%) Python
2 11 (30.56%) C
3 9 (25.00%) Go
4 8 (22.22%) Bash
4 8 (22.22%) Java
5 4 (11.11%) PHP
5 4 (11.11%) Rust
6 3 (8.33%) C++
7 2 (5.56%) Bicep
8 1 (2.78%) C#
8 1 (2.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Docker
2 2 (5.56%) Firmware
3 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.78%) KVM
3 1 (2.78%) LXC
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (2.78%) Ansible
3 1 (2.78%) Grafana
3 1 (2.78%) Juju
3 1 (2.78%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Google
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft