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Open Source Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 13 Open Source job vacancies in the North West

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 18 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 137 169 143
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -26
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 111 82 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.496% 1.129% 1.263%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.381% 4.135% 4.901%
Number of salaries quoted 100 66 79
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £28,700 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £59,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 2063 1983 1816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.81% 27.30% 25.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1732 1674 1574
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Open Source
England

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +25 74 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Merseyside +22 19 £35,000 +9.37% 3
Cheshire -5 14 £32,500 -12.16% 4
Lancashire -7 3 £32,500 -9.09% 2
Open Source
England

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 112 (52.83%) JavaScript
2 97 (45.75%) CSS
3 94 (44.34%) HTML
4 90 (42.45%) PHP
5 88 (41.51%) Java
6 74 (34.91%) E-Commerce
7 66 (31.13%) XML
8 61 (28.77%) MySQL
9 60 (28.30%) Linux
10 55 (25.94%) Ruby
10 55 (25.94%) Web Development
11 54 (25.47%) jQuery
12 51 (24.06%) MVC
13 50 (23.58%) .NET
14 48 (22.64%) SQL
15 42 (19.81%) ASP.NET
16 41 (19.34%) J2EE
17 40 (18.87%) TDD
18 38 (17.92%) Agile Software Development
19 37 (17.45%) Ruby on Rails
19 37 (17.45%) C#
20 35 (16.51%) Degree
21 34 (16.04%) Apache
22 33 (15.57%) Oracle
22 33 (15.57%) Git (software)
23 32 (15.09%) SQL Server
24 30 (14.15%) Scrum
25 29 (13.68%) Windows
26 28 (13.21%) OO
27 27 (12.74%) QA

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 97 (45.75%) CSS
2 94 (44.34%) HTML
3 66 (31.13%) XML
4 54 (25.47%) jQuery
5 50 (23.58%) .NET
6 42 (19.81%) ASP.NET
7 41 (19.34%) J2EE
8 37 (17.45%) Ruby on Rails
9 27 (12.74%) Spring
10 26 (12.26%) Web Services
11 23 (10.85%) Hibernate
12 19 (8.962%) ASP.NET MVC
12 19 (8.962%) Sinatra
13 17 (8.019%) Node.js
13 17 (8.019%) LAMP
14 16 (7.547%) HTML5
15 14 (6.604%) Underscore.js
16 12 (5.660%) XHTML
16 12 (5.660%) Ajax
16 12 (5.660%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 34 (16.04%) Apache
2 23 (10.85%) WordPress
3 16 (7.547%) Drupal
4 15 (7.075%) nginx
5 13 (6.132%) CMS
6 11 (5.189%) Apache Solr
7 10 (4.717%) Amazon AWS
7 10 (4.717%) ESB
8 8 (3.774%) Magento
8 8 (3.774%) Amazon ELB
8 8 (3.774%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.302%) Tomcat
10 5 (2.358%) SharePoint
10 5 (2.358%) WebLogic
11 4 (1.887%) WebLogic Portal
11 4 (1.887%) WebLogic Integration
11 4 (1.887%) WebSphere Process Server
11 4 (1.887%) AquaLogic
11 4 (1.887%) WebSphere Application Server
11 4 (1.887%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Applications
1 13 (6.132%) MS Excel
2 9 (4.245%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.830%) ZBrush
3 6 (2.830%) 3ds Max
4 2 (0.943%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (1.887%) Oracle BPM
1 4 (1.887%) AquaLogic BPM
2 3 (1.415%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.189%) Firewall
2 10 (4.717%) DNS
3 9 (4.245%) Internet
4 4 (1.887%) HTTP
5 2 (0.943%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.943%) VPN
5 2 (0.943%) SSL
5 2 (0.943%) SAN
5 2 (0.943%) LDAP
5 2 (0.943%) PBX
5 2 (0.943%) VoIP
5 2 (0.943%) SMTP
5 2 (0.943%) DHCP
5 2 (0.943%) MPLS
5 2 (0.943%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (0.943%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (28.77%) MySQL
2 32 (15.09%) SQL Server
3 14 (6.604%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (6.604%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (6.604%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (6.604%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 11 (5.189%) NoSQL
4 11 (5.189%) Oracle 9i
4 11 (5.189%) GIS
4 11 (5.189%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 10 (4.717%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.774%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (3.302%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.415%) OLTP
8 3 (1.415%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (1.415%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (0.943%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.943%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.472%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.472%) HBase
Development Applications
1 33 (15.57%) Git (software)
2 27 (12.74%) Subversion
3 18 (8.491%) Selenium
4 17 (8.019%) Hudson
4 17 (8.019%) Jenkins
5 11 (5.189%) Cucumber
6 10 (4.717%) FitNesse
6 10 (4.717%) JUnit
7 9 (4.245%) JMeter
7 9 (4.245%) WebDriver
7 9 (4.245%) Behat
8 6 (2.830%) Capistrano
8 6 (2.830%) Maven
8 6 (2.830%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.887%) Ant
10 2 (0.943%) ERwin
10 2 (0.943%) Dreamweaver
10 2 (0.943%) RSpec
10 2 (0.943%) GitHub
11 1 (0.472%) PhoneGap
General
1 17 (8.019%) Finance
2 8 (3.774%) Games
3 5 (2.358%) Retail
4 4 (1.887%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.887%) Advertising
5 2 (0.943%) Banking
5 2 (0.943%) Marketing
6 1 (0.472%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.472%) Military
6 1 (0.472%) Publishing
6 1 (0.472%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 176 (83.02%) Developer
2 44 (20.75%) Web Developer
3 30 (14.15%) Java Developer
4 27 (12.74%) Ruby on Rails Developer
5 23 (10.85%) Perl Developer
5 23 (10.85%) Perl Web Developer
6 19 (8.962%) .NET Developer
7 18 (8.491%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.547%) PHP Developer
9 15 (7.075%) Software Engineer
10 13 (6.132%) Junior
10 13 (6.132%) Junior Developer
11 11 (5.189%) C# Developer
11 11 (5.189%) C# .NET Developer
12 10 (4.717%) Architect
13 9 (4.245%) .NET Web Developer
13 9 (4.245%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (4.245%) VB.NET Developer
13 9 (4.245%) C# Web Developer
14 7 (3.302%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.434%) Computer Science
2 13 (6.132%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.660%) Mobile App
4 11 (5.189%) Client/Server
5 6 (2.830%) Streaming Video
5 6 (2.830%) Mathematics
5 6 (2.830%) Physics
6 4 (1.887%) W3C
6 4 (1.887%) iPhone
7 3 (1.415%) Social Media
8 2 (0.943%) iPad
8 2 (0.943%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.943%) Replication
9 1 (0.472%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 60 (28.30%) Linux
2 29 (13.68%) Windows
3 14 (6.604%) UNIX
4 8 (3.774%) Ubuntu
4 8 (3.774%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.415%) Android
5 3 (1.415%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.943%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.943%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.943%) Windows Phone
6 2 (0.943%) Debian
6 2 (0.943%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.943%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.943%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.472%) Solaris
7 1 (0.472%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (34.91%) E-Commerce
2 55 (25.94%) Web Development
3 51 (24.06%) MVC
4 40 (18.87%) TDD
5 38 (17.92%) Agile Software Development
6 30 (14.15%) Scrum
7 28 (13.21%) OO
8 27 (12.74%) Continuous Integration
9 19 (8.962%) SOA
10 15 (7.075%) UML
10 15 (7.075%) User Stories
11 12 (5.660%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.189%) Use Case
12 11 (5.189%) OOP
12 11 (5.189%) OOD
13 10 (4.717%) Load Balancing
14 9 (4.245%) Automated Testing
14 9 (4.245%) Manual Testing
15 8 (3.774%) E-business
16 6 (2.830%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 112 (52.83%) JavaScript
2 90 (42.45%) PHP
3 88 (41.51%) Java
4 55 (25.94%) Ruby
5 48 (22.64%) SQL
6 37 (17.45%) C#
7 24 (11.32%) Perl
7 24 (11.32%) Python
8 15 (7.075%) XAML
9 12 (5.660%) C++
9 12 (5.660%) Groovy
10 11 (5.189%) PL/SQL
10 11 (5.189%) VB.NET
10 11 (5.189%) XPath
11 10 (4.717%) Embedded C
11 10 (4.717%) C
12 9 (4.245%) PHP5
13 8 (3.774%) Bash shell
14 3 (1.415%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.943%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 35 (16.51%) Degree
2 15 (7.075%) ISEB
3 10 (4.717%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.415%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.943%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.943%) MCITP
5 2 (0.943%) MCP
5 2 (0.943%) MCSE
6 1 (0.472%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.74%) QA
2 2 (0.943%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (3.774%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (3.774%) Postfix
1 8 (3.774%) VirtualBox
2 2 (0.943%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.943%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.943%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 8 (3.774%) Puppet
1 8 (3.774%) Vagrant
Vendors
1 33 (15.57%) Oracle
2 22 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.660%) Zend
4 11 (5.189%) ESRI
5 9 (4.245%) JBoss
6 8 (3.774%) VMware
7 6 (2.830%) IBM
7 6 (2.830%) Google
8 3 (1.415%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.943%) Endeca
9 2 (0.943%) Apple
9 2 (0.943%) Adobe
10 1 (0.472%) Juniper
10 1 (0.472%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.472%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.472%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.472%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.472%) Cisco
10 1 (0.472%) Teradata
10 1 (0.472%) Twitter
Web Developer - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, MySQL - URGENT
Oldham, Lancashire
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Web Developer with strong skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and MySQL to join an expanding technology innovation company based in...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Python Developer (Python/Django/MySQL) - Chester
Chester, North West
Working on the development and design of complex web-based business applications you will have at least 2 years commercial experience of working with Python, with MySQL and...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Python Developer (Python/Django/MySQL) - Chester
Chester, Cheshire
Key skills: Python, Django, MySQL Python developer sought by this market leading renowned eCommerce retail based organisation. Working on the development and design of complex web-based business...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Senior Java Developer - PHP - Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside
Senior Java Developer - Java - Opensource - JUnit - Webservices - Agile - TDD - Liverpool... They are seeking experience of Java based technologies, across an opensource environment with any previous exposure to PHP,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Ruby On Rails Developer - Perm - Manchester
Bolton, North West
Ruby on Rails Developer - Global eCommerce RoR/ Ruby on Rails / Sinatra / TDD / RSpec / Rails / Rich Web Based Apps Location: Manchester (commutable from) Bolton / Blackburn / Greater Manchester surrounding areas...
bridgenoble
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
Senior Web Developer - HTML, CSS, LAMP, PHP, MySQL - URGENT
Oldham, Lancashire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Ruby on Rails Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
Greythorn
Salary: £40000.00 per annum + Benfits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Java Developer
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
PHP Developer
Liverpool, North West
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
FRONT END WEB DEVELOPER (CSS, XHTML, HTML5, PHP)
Burnley
Scott Dawson Advertising
Salary: £30 - £35k dependent upon experience
Posted: 29 May 2013
PHP Developer
Macclesfield, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
PHP Developer
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Solutions Architect - SOA - JAVA - Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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