Open Source Jobs in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 106 104 133
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +29
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 47 52 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.493% 1.505% 0.746%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.193% 5.714% 2.838%
Number of salaries quoted 24 41 16
Average salary £38,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,600 £25,000 £31,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
Search 12 Open Source jobs in Scotland
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 905 910 916
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.76% 26.34% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 538 633 646
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,300
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -16 32 £46,250 +54.16%
Edinburgh +9 13 £35,000 -
West Lothian -15 1 - -
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 61 (76.25%) Java
2 37 (46.25%) Finance
3 34 (42.50%) TDD
4 33 (41.25%) Hibernate
5 32 (40.00%) Spring
6 29 (36.25%) SQL
7 26 (32.50%) J2EE
8 24 (30.00%) Banking
9 23 (28.75%) .NET
10 22 (27.50%) Oracle
11 20 (25.00%) Maven
11 20 (25.00%) Degree
12 18 (22.50%) Subversion
12 18 (22.50%) Struts
13 17 (21.25%) JUnit
13 17 (21.25%) Eclipse
13 17 (21.25%) Agile Software Development
14 16 (20.00%) JMS
14 16 (20.00%) Python
14 16 (20.00%) XML
14 16 (20.00%) UNIX
15 15 (18.75%) JSF
15 15 (18.75%) Computer Science
15 15 (18.75%) Multithreading
16 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
16 14 (17.50%) UML
17 13 (16.25%) Ajax
18 12 (15.00%) Business Analysis
18 12 (15.00%) Linux
18 12 (15.00%) PL/SQL

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 33 (41.25%) Hibernate
2 32 (40.00%) Spring
3 26 (32.50%) J2EE
4 23 (28.75%) .NET
5 18 (22.50%) Struts
6 16 (20.00%) JMS
6 16 (20.00%) XML
7 15 (18.75%) JSF
8 13 (16.25%) Ajax
9 11 (13.75%) HTML
9 11 (13.75%) JSP
10 10 (12.50%) Servlets
10 10 (12.50%) CSS
11 9 (11.25%) HTML5
11 9 (11.25%) Web Services
12 8 (10.00%) JDBC
12 8 (10.00%) Java RMI
12 8 (10.00%) JSTL
13 7 (8.750%) Apache Flex
13 7 (8.750%) FpML
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.750%) ESB
1 7 (8.750%) BizTalk Server
1 7 (8.750%) Tomcat
2 6 (7.500%) Apache
3 4 (5.000%) CMS
4 3 (3.750%) Drupal
5 2 (2.500%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.500%) Confluence
5 2 (2.500%) Joomla!
6 1 (1.250%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (1.250%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 1 (1.250%) Zen Cart
6 1 (1.250%) WordPress
6 1 (1.250%) Magento
6 1 (1.250%) Mule
6 1 (1.250%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (1.250%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 6 (7.500%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.250%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.750%) HTTP
2 1 (1.250%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
2 10 (12.50%) RDBMS
3 8 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
3 8 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
4 7 (8.750%) Sybase ASE
4 7 (8.750%) QlikView
4 7 (8.750%) MarkLogic
4 7 (8.750%) DB2
5 3 (3.750%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (3.750%) MySQL
5 3 (3.750%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.500%) Pentaho
7 1 (1.250%) JasperReports
7 1 (1.250%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (1.250%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.250%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 20 (25.00%) Maven
2 18 (22.50%) Subversion
3 17 (21.25%) JUnit
3 17 (21.25%) Eclipse
4 9 (11.25%) Selenium
4 9 (11.25%) Hudson
5 8 (10.00%) Ant
5 8 (10.00%) CruiseControl
6 7 (8.750%) MagicDraw
6 7 (8.750%) ClearCase
7 4 (5.000%) JIRA
8 3 (3.750%) Jenkins
8 3 (3.750%) QuickTest Pro
8 3 (3.750%) JMeter
9 1 (1.250%) HttpUnit
9 1 (1.250%) FitNesse
9 1 (1.250%) jMock
9 1 (1.250%) JSUnit
9 1 (1.250%) WebDriver
9 1 (1.250%) NUnit
General
1 37 (46.25%) Finance
2 24 (30.00%) Banking
3 10 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 5 (6.250%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.500%) Front Office
5 2 (2.500%) Retail
6 1 (1.250%) Private Banking
6 1 (1.250%) Advertising
6 1 (1.250%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 48 (60.00%) Developer
2 28 (35.00%) Java Developer
3 12 (15.00%) Senior Developer
4 10 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
5 8 (10.00%) Oracle Developer
6 7 (8.750%) Team Leader
6 7 (8.750%) Java Team Leader
6 7 (8.750%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 6 (7.500%) Architect
8 5 (6.250%) Java Architect
8 5 (6.250%) Software Developer
8 5 (6.250%) Analyst
8 5 (6.250%) Software Engineer
8 5 (6.250%) Web Developer
9 4 (5.000%) Technical Architect
9 4 (5.000%) Java Technical Architect
10 3 (3.750%) Automation Tester
10 3 (3.750%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (3.750%) Java Analyst Programmer
10 3 (3.750%) Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Computer Science
2 10 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.750%) Derivative
3 7 (8.750%) Equities
3 7 (8.750%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (7.500%) Mobile App
5 4 (5.000%) Mathematics
6 2 (2.500%) W3C
6 2 (2.500%) Wiki
7 1 (1.250%) Informatics
7 1 (1.250%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.250%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.250%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (20.00%) UNIX
2 12 (15.00%) Linux
3 3 (3.750%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (3.750%) Windows
3 3 (3.750%) AIX
4 2 (2.500%) Solaris
5 1 (1.250%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.250%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (42.50%) TDD
2 17 (21.25%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (18.75%) Multithreading
4 14 (17.50%) UML
5 12 (15.00%) Business Analysis
5 12 (15.00%) MVC
6 10 (12.50%) OO
7 9 (11.25%) Pair Programming
7 9 (11.25%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (11.25%) Data Modelling
8 8 (10.00%) Unit Testing
8 8 (10.00%) Use Case
8 8 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (8.750%) Strategic Planning
9 7 (8.750%) Data Analysis
9 7 (8.750%) Project Planning
9 7 (8.750%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (8.750%) SOA
9 7 (8.750%) RAD
9 7 (8.750%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 61 (76.25%) Java
2 29 (36.25%) SQL
3 16 (20.00%) Python
4 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
5 12 (15.00%) PL/SQL
6 10 (12.50%) C#
7 7 (8.750%) Shell Script
7 7 (8.750%) XQuery
7 7 (8.750%) C++
7 7 (8.750%) Perl
8 6 (7.500%) PHP
9 4 (5.000%) Ruby
10 3 (3.750%) VBScript
11 2 (2.500%) Jython
12 1 (1.250%) PHP5
12 1 (1.250%) Groovy
12 1 (1.250%) Bash shell
12 1 (1.250%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 20 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (7.500%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.250%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.500%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.500%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (27.50%) Oracle
2 10 (12.50%) Sybase
3 9 (11.25%) JBoss
4 7 (8.750%) Cognos
4 7 (8.750%) Business Objects
5 5 (6.250%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.000%) Red Hat
6 4 (5.000%) HP
7 3 (3.750%) VMware
8 2 (2.500%) IBM
8 2 (2.500%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.250%) Alterian
9 1 (1.250%) Google
9 1 (1.250%) Casewise
9 1 (1.250%) Altova
9 1 (1.250%) Facebook
9 1 (1.250%) Twitter
9 1 (1.250%) Sencha
9 1 (1.250%) Pega
9 1 (1.250%) Perforce
Agile Java Developer - Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This is a small development team within an enormous global company, that utilises pair-programming, extreme programming and TDD... This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled java...
TEKsystems
Salary: £20000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
PHP Developer
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have experience of various open source CMS such as joomla, drupal or symphony, combined with solid front-end skills.Key skills include;- PHP- Drupal- HTML, CSS,...
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Java Developer - Glasgow
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
This multi-team Agile project makes extensive use of open source technologies and methods including Behaviour Driven Development, Gherkins, Selenium, Jenkins, Jira and kanban... Restful web service integration...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Analyst Developer Programmer (.Net, C#, SQL, CMS, Open Source)
Holyrood, Edinburgh
Your role will be to provide support and maintenance and take forward development opportunities both within the existing application landscape, and when delivering new business solutions.With relevant...
Scottish Parliament
Salary: £24,383 to £29,640
Posted: 24 May 2013
Applications Solutions Architect - App, OpenSource, Java, JBOSS
Edinburgh, Scotland
For example they liaise between Client colleagues, analysts, developers, project and programme managers and other stakeholders as part of an Agile methodology... JBOSS. OpenGeo, Redhat, Pentaho Oracle Federation...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Applications Solutions Architect - App, OpenSource, Java, JBOSS
Glasgow, Scotland
For example they liaise between Client colleagues, analysts, developers, project and programme managers and other stakeholders as part of an Agile methodology... JBOSS. OpenGeo, Redhat, Pentaho Oracle Federation...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Applications Solutions Architect - App, OpenSource, Java, JBOSS
Edinburgh, Midlothian
For example they liaise between Client colleagues, analysts, developers, project and programme managers and other stakeholders as part of an Agile methodology... JBOSS. OpenGeo, Redhat, Pentaho Oracle Federation...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Applications Solutions Architect - App, OpenSource, Java, JBOSS
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
For example they liaise between Client colleagues, analysts, developers, project and programme managers and other stakeholders as part of an Agile methodology... JBOSS. OpenGeo, Redhat, Pentaho Oracle Federation...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Java Technical Architect - Glasgow
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Expert knowledge of Java and related frameworks including Spring. Ability to architect and deliver multi tier Java applications... In depth technical skills around SOA, BRMS, BPM and ESB...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Software Engineer
Alness, Ross-Shire
Correlation and Analytics... Log Analytics. Incident & Change Management... ASP.NET MVC development... SNMP, JMX, WMI... Cacti, Nagios, Net-SNMP, RRD) Familiarity with open source configuration management tools (e...
Pentasia Ltd
Salary: From £0 to £0 per annum Flexible
Posted: 20 May 2013
GIS Consultant - Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Sopra Group is currently looking for a number of GIS Consultants to join our offices across the UK... The Consultant position will be involved in developing GIS solutions...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
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