Open Source Jobs in Scotland

Open Source
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 152 188
Rank change year-on-year +11 +36 -63
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 163 69 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.43% 1.46% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.55% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 39
10th Percentile £61,187 £35,375 £42,350
25th Percentile £68,718 £39,294 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £59,724 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.58% -17.62% +21.34%
75th Percentile £78,186 £100,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,934 - £90,000
UK median annual salary £66,250 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +7.14% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Open Source 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,235 4,465 5,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.26% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,242 2,777
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Glasgow -24 102 £62,500 +25.00% 4
Edinburgh +48 54 £75,000 -11.48% 10
Fife - 6 - -
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 86 (52.76%) Apache Spark
2 8 (4.91%) WebLogic
3 6 (3.68%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 99 (60.74%) AWS
2 22 (13.50%) SaaS
3 14 (8.59%) Azure
4 9 (5.52%) GitHub
5 8 (4.91%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (4.91%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.68%) GCP
6 6 (3.68%) Serverless
7 2 (1.23%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.91%) BGP
1 8 (4.91%) DNS
1 8 (4.91%) SSL
1 8 (4.91%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.84%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (53.99%) NoSQL
2 86 (52.76%) Apache Hive
2 86 (52.76%) HBase
3 56 (34.36%) Hadoop
4 49 (30.06%) Big Data
5 15 (9.20%) Oracle Database
6 14 (8.59%) RDBMS
6 14 (8.59%) Relational Database
7 8 (4.91%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.61%) MySQL
8 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 105 (64.42%) Git
2 89 (54.60%) Jenkins
3 86 (52.76%) Bitbucket Server
4 8 (4.91%) JIRA
5 6 (3.68%) Bitbucket
5 6 (3.68%) Cypress.io
5 6 (3.68%) JDeveloper
5 6 (3.68%) MSTest
5 6 (3.68%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.23%) Appium
6 2 (1.23%) Selenium
6 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.61%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.61%) GitLab
General
1 110 (67.48%) Finance
2 103 (63.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 86 (52.76%) Law
4 77 (47.24%) Legal
5 39 (23.93%) Social Skills
6 19 (11.66%) Marketing
7 18 (11.04%) Banking
8 14 (8.59%) Military
9 9 (5.52%) Multimedia
10 7 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (1.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (58.28%) Software Engineer
2 71 (43.56%) Developer
3 67 (41.10%) AWS Engineer
3 67 (41.10%) AWS Software Engineer
4 56 (34.36%) Database Developer
4 56 (34.36%) Database Engineer
4 56 (34.36%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 37 (22.70%) AWS Database Engineer
5 37 (22.70%) AWS Developer
6 30 (18.40%) Big Data Engineer
6 30 (18.40%) Big Data Software Engineer
6 30 (18.40%) Data Engineer
7 24 (14.72%) Architect
8 20 (12.27%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (9.20%) Analyst
10 14 (8.59%) Support Analyst
10 14 (8.59%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 10 (6.13%) Senior
12 9 (5.52%) 3D Developer
12 9 (5.52%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (15.34%) Node.js
2 22 (13.50%) Spring Boot
3 19 (11.66%) React
4 12 (7.36%) Spring
5 10 (6.13%) Kafka
6 9 (5.52%) CSS
6 9 (5.52%) WebGL
7 8 (4.91%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (3.68%) AngularJS
8 6 (3.68%) Express.js
9 4 (2.45%) RESTful
10 3 (1.84%) Android Jetpack
10 3 (1.84%) Android SDK
10 3 (1.84%) Jetpack Compose
10 3 (1.84%) Web Services
11 2 (1.23%) Django
11 2 (1.23%) Hibernate
11 2 (1.23%) JSON
11 2 (1.23%) REST
12 1 (0.61%) OpenCV
Miscellaneous
1 96 (58.90%) Algorithms
2 11 (6.75%) Data Structures
2 11 (6.75%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (6.13%) Blockchain
3 10 (6.13%) Robotics
4 9 (5.52%) Augmented Reality
4 9 (5.52%) Virtual Reality
5 8 (4.91%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (4.91%) Public Cloud
6 7 (4.29%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 6 (3.68%) IoT
8 3 (1.84%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.84%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.84%) Online Banking
9 1 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.61%) NHS
9 1 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 101 (61.96%) Unix
2 22 (13.50%) Linux
3 14 (8.59%) Mac OS X
3 14 (8.59%) Windows
4 8 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.84%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (79.14%) Agile
2 104 (63.80%) SDLC
3 97 (59.51%) CI/CD
3 97 (59.51%) Software Engineering
4 95 (58.28%) Test Automation
4 95 (58.28%) Visualisation
5 89 (54.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (54.60%) Machine Learning
6 88 (53.99%) TDD
7 87 (53.37%) Artificial Intelligence
8 86 (52.76%) Batch Processing
8 86 (52.76%) Community of Practice
8 86 (52.76%) Operational Stability
9 80 (49.08%) Microservices
10 75 (46.01%) Risk Management
11 38 (23.31%) DevOps
12 36 (22.09%) Wealth Management
13 34 (20.86%) Actionable Insight
14 16 (9.82%) Continuous Integration
14 16 (9.82%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 97 (59.51%) Python
2 96 (58.90%) SQL
3 86 (52.76%) PL/SQL
4 77 (47.24%) Java
5 22 (13.50%) JavaScript
6 11 (6.75%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.29%) Bash
8 6 (3.68%) Go
8 6 (3.68%) Perl
8 6 (3.68%) Ruby
9 4 (2.45%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (17.18%) Degree
2 17 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.59%) CISM
4 14 (8.59%) CISSP
4 14 (8.59%) GCIA
4 14 (8.59%) GCIH
4 14 (8.59%) GREM
5 8 (4.91%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.91%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) QA
1 7 (4.29%) SEPA
2 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
System Software
1 86 (52.76%) HDFS
2 13 (7.98%) Docker
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (52.76%) Terraform
2 13 (7.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.61%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 86 (52.76%) Databricks
1 86 (52.76%) Informatica
2 56 (34.36%) Cloudera
3 15 (9.20%) Oracle
4 14 (8.59%) Dell
5 8 (4.91%) Sparx
6 6 (3.68%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.45%) Google