The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 17 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 42 33 47
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +14
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 15 16 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.061% 3.532% 0.732%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.42% 12.70% 2.381%
Number of salaries quoted 14 16 3
Average salary £33,000 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% -2.59%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
104 126 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 21.22% 27.81% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 88 113 118
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +10.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £41,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Open Source
Tyne and Wear

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne Open Source Salary Histogram

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 12 (66.67%) Scrum
2 10 (55.56%) Linux
2 10 (55.56%) RAD
2 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 10 (55.56%) ISTQB
2 10 (55.56%) Selenium
2 10 (55.56%) Automation Testing
3 7 (38.89%) soapUI
3 7 (38.89%) CSS
3 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) Wireless
4 6 (33.33%) MVC
4 6 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 5 (27.78%) QA
5 5 (27.78%) Test Management
5 5 (27.78%) CMS
5 5 (27.78%) .NET
5 5 (27.78%) HTML
5 5 (27.78%) SOAP
5 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET
5 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
6 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
6 4 (22.22%) jQuery
6 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (22.22%) HTML5
7 3 (16.67%) TDD
7 3 (16.67%) Content Management
7 3 (16.67%) C#
8 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
8 2 (11.11%) DOM

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (38.89%) CSS
1 7 (38.89%) soapUI
2 5 (27.78%) SOAP
2 5 (27.78%) HTML
2 5 (27.78%) .NET
2 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET
3 4 (22.22%) jQuery
3 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (22.22%) HTML5
4 2 (11.11%) DOM
4 2 (11.11%) XHTML
4 2 (11.11%) OpenGL
4 2 (11.11%) Ajax
4 2 (11.11%) WebGL
4 2 (11.11%) CSS3
4 2 (11.11%) WebSockets
4 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 2 (11.11%) SignalR
4 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
5 1 (5.556%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) CMS
2 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (11.11%) Drupal
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 7 (38.89%) Wireless
3 2 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Selenium
2 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Developer
1 6 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Web Developer
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
3 2 (11.11%) QA Tester
3 2 (11.11%) QA Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Front-End Web Developer
3 2 (11.11%) .NET Team Leader
3 2 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (5.556%) C# Web Developer
4 1 (5.556%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Ruby on Rails Developer
4 1 (5.556%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.556%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (5.556%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (5.556%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Scrum
2 10 (55.56%) RAD
2 10 (55.56%) Automation Testing
3 6 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 6 (33.33%) MVC
4 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
4 5 (27.78%) Test Management
5 3 (16.67%) TDD
5 3 (16.67%) Content Management
6 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (11.11%) Web Development
6 2 (11.11%) Refactoring
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (5.556%) Manual Testing
7 1 (5.556%) OO
7 1 (5.556%) Automated Testing
7 1 (5.556%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
2 3 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.556%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) IBM
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe
1 2 (11.11%) ATG
1 2 (11.11%) EPiServer
1 2 (11.11%) hybris
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