The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 46 82 76
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -6
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 84 23 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 4.550% 1.595% 1.911%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.44% 5.542% 6.499%
Number of salaries quoted 71 22 31
Average salary £45,000 £43,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% +24.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £25,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £63,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
675 415 477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 36.57% 28.78% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 579 361 435
Average salary £42,500 £36,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.05% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Open Source
South East

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +21 68 £50,000 +42.85%
Abingdon - 2 £60,000 -
Banbury - 2 £24,000 -
Kidlington -2 1 £52,500 +20.68%
Open Source
South East

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 72 (50.00%) Java
2 57 (39.58%) SQL
2 57 (39.58%) Python
3 45 (31.25%) PostgreSQL
4 39 (27.08%) Degree
5 38 (26.39%) Computer Science
6 33 (22.92%) TDD
6 33 (22.92%) Tomcat
6 33 (22.92%) C#
7 32 (22.22%) Lucene
7 32 (22.22%) Apache Solr
8 31 (21.53%) MySQL
8 31 (21.53%) .NET
9 28 (19.44%) J2EE
10 27 (18.75%) OO
11 25 (17.36%) Hibernate
11 25 (17.36%) C
11 25 (17.36%) Java EE
11 25 (17.36%) Spring
12 24 (16.67%) Mathematics
12 24 (16.67%) QA
13 23 (15.97%) Selenium
13 23 (15.97%) OOP
13 23 (15.97%) Web Services
14 22 (15.28%) ISEB
14 22 (15.28%) Software Testing
15 21 (14.58%) NoSQL
15 21 (14.58%) RDBMS
15 21 (14.58%) JavaScript
15 21 (14.58%) Scrum

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 32 (22.22%) Lucene
2 31 (21.53%) .NET
3 28 (19.44%) J2EE
4 25 (17.36%) Hibernate
4 25 (17.36%) Java EE
4 25 (17.36%) Spring
5 23 (15.97%) Web Services
6 18 (12.50%) jQuery
7 13 (9.028%) ASP.NET
7 13 (9.028%) XML
7 13 (9.028%) Flash
7 13 (9.028%) LAMP
8 11 (7.639%) Silverlight
8 11 (7.639%) Ajax
9 8 (5.556%) COM
9 8 (5.556%) CSS
10 7 (4.861%) JSON
10 7 (4.861%) HTML
11 4 (2.778%) Grails
12 3 (2.083%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 33 (22.92%) Tomcat
2 32 (22.22%) Apache Solr
3 3 (2.083%) Apache Pig
3 3 (2.083%) Apache
4 2 (1.389%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (1.389%) Alfresco
4 2 (1.389%) Lync
4 2 (1.389%) Moodle
4 2 (1.389%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (0.694%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (3.472%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.556%) Firewall
2 6 (4.167%) Wireless
3 2 (1.389%) PBX
3 2 (1.389%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (31.25%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (21.53%) MySQL
3 21 (14.58%) NoSQL
3 21 (14.58%) RDBMS
4 16 (11.11%) Big Data
5 15 (10.42%) Oracle BI EE
6 14 (9.722%) SQL Server
7 11 (7.639%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 11 (7.639%) SQL Server 2008
7 11 (7.639%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (7.639%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (2.778%) OLAP
8 4 (2.778%) OLTP
9 3 (2.083%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.083%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (2.083%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.083%) BigTable
9 3 (2.083%) Pentaho
9 3 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.694%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 23 (15.97%) Selenium
2 13 (9.028%) Visual Studio
3 12 (8.333%) WATIR
3 12 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
3 12 (8.333%) LoadRunner
4 6 (4.167%) Subversion
4 6 (4.167%) Git (software)
5 4 (2.778%) Rational Robot
5 4 (2.778%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.694%) RSpec
General
1 14 (9.722%) Music
2 13 (9.028%) Games
3 12 (8.333%) Finance
3 12 (8.333%) Publishing
4 3 (2.083%) Retail
5 1 (0.694%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 70 (48.61%) Developer
2 48 (33.33%) Analyst
3 39 (27.08%) Java Developer
4 38 (26.39%) Programmer
5 26 (18.06%) Java Analyst Programmer
5 26 (18.06%) Java Programmer
5 26 (18.06%) Developer Analyst
5 26 (18.06%) Analyst Programmer
6 21 (14.58%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 21 (14.58%) J2EE Analyst Programmer
6 21 (14.58%) J2EE Developer
7 12 (8.333%) Linux Engineer
7 12 (8.333%) Senior Developer
8 11 (7.639%) Systems Engineer
8 11 (7.639%) .NET Developer
9 10 (6.944%) QA Analyst
9 10 (6.944%) C# Developer
9 10 (6.944%) PHP Developer
10 8 (5.556%) Software Engineer
10 8 (5.556%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.39%) Computer Science
2 24 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 13 (9.028%) 3D Graphics
4 10 (6.944%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (6.944%) EPoS
5 8 (5.556%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.778%) Web 2.0
7 3 (2.083%) Data Integration
8 2 (1.389%) E-Learning
8 2 (1.389%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.50%) Linux
2 12 (8.333%) Windows
3 10 (6.944%) Windows 7
3 10 (6.944%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (6.944%) Windows Vista
4 3 (2.083%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.694%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.92%) TDD
2 27 (18.75%) OO
3 23 (15.97%) OOP
4 22 (15.28%) Software Testing
5 21 (14.58%) Scrum
6 20 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
7 15 (10.42%) ETL
8 12 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.333%) CRM
8 12 (8.333%) Data Modelling
9 11 (7.639%) Configuration Management
9 11 (7.639%) Stress Testing
9 11 (7.639%) Security Testing
9 11 (7.639%) Scalability Testing
9 11 (7.639%) Test Management
9 11 (7.639%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (6.944%) Integration Testing
11 9 (6.250%) B2C
12 8 (5.556%) E-Commerce
12 8 (5.556%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (50.00%) Java
2 57 (39.58%) SQL
2 57 (39.58%) Python
3 33 (22.92%) C#
4 25 (17.36%) C
5 21 (14.58%) JavaScript
6 19 (13.19%) ActionScript
7 15 (10.42%) Objective-C
8 14 (9.722%) PHP
8 14 (9.722%) C++
9 13 (9.028%) ActionScript 3.0
10 11 (7.639%) VB
11 4 (2.778%) Groovy
12 3 (2.083%) PHP5
13 2 (1.389%) Scala
14 1 (0.694%) Bash shell
14 1 (0.694%) sed
14 1 (0.694%) Ruby
14 1 (0.694%) AWK
Qualifications
1 39 (27.08%) Degree
2 22 (15.28%) ISEB
3 4 (2.778%) CISSP
3 4 (2.778%) CEH
3 4 (2.778%) GCIH
3 4 (2.778%) CISA
3 4 (2.778%) CISM
3 4 (2.778%) GWAPT
3 4 (2.778%) GPEN
3 4 (2.778%) OSCP
3 4 (2.778%) OSCE
4 2 (1.389%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.389%) CCNP
4 2 (1.389%) CCNA
5 1 (0.694%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (16.67%) QA
2 4 (2.778%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 12 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (11.11%) Oracle
2 14 (9.722%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.028%) Perforce
4 12 (8.333%) Siebel
5 3 (2.083%) Zend
5 3 (2.083%) Teradata
5 3 (2.083%) Informatica
6 2 (1.389%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (1.389%) Cisco
6 2 (1.389%) Juniper
6 2 (1.389%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (1.389%) F5
7 1 (0.694%) Intel
7 1 (0.694%) CA
7 1 (0.694%) IBM
7 1 (0.694%) Novell
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Working in an Agile environment, the PHP Developer will be responsible for using Object-Oriented programming to develop the front-end of new web applications. The PHP Developer...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A superb opportunity for a talented PHP developer with excellent skills in PHP, JavaScript and other Open Source tools to join this successful Oxford based eCommerce company... Essential...
The People Network
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
They are an industry leading company looking to move their current products to a open-source Linux platform... You would initially be working alongside a senior Embedded Linux...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Banbury, Oxfordshire
Line, E-Learning... Moodle support will be given by email and on the phone and the technology stack is predominantly open source, with technologies such as PHP, Linux...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £24,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Spring.NET, Razor, JQuery... - Working knowledge of data warehousing and mining design - Agile methodologies and engineering practices such as SCRUM / XP - Open Group architecture design standards such as...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire
ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing preferred... Testing applications such as CRM (Siebel), Business Intelligence systems (such as OBIEE), ETL (such as Oracle Data Integrator) preferred. Experience with...
Robert Walters
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
This particular role will be focused on the Sales & Business Integration delivery tower, which incorporates my clients applications such as the CRM system (Siebel), Business Intelligence systems (OBIEE)...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45,000 - 60,000
Posted: 23 May 2013