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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 126 143 160
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +17
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 91 73 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.735% 1.319% 0.928%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.218% 4.614% 3.470%
Number of salaries quoted 83 65 47
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,200 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £79,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1744 1582 1614
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 33.24% 28.58% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1295 1351
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South 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 South West region.

South West Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South West 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
Bristol +2 44 £40,000 -11.11%
Somerset +3 12 £47,500 +26.66%
Dorset -2 12 £52,500 +90.90%
Wiltshire 0 8 £29,040 -17.02%
Gloucestershire +11 7 £40,500 +1.25%
Devon - 2 £26,250 -
Open Source
England

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 89 (52.66%) JavaScript
2 71 (42.01%) XML
3 55 (32.54%) Subversion
4 53 (31.36%) Java
5 52 (30.77%) SOAP
6 48 (28.40%) Linux
7 44 (26.04%) TDD
8 43 (25.44%) CSS
9 42 (24.85%) HTML
10 41 (24.26%) PHP
10 41 (24.26%) JSON
11 39 (23.08%) Android
11 39 (23.08%) Apple iOS
12 38 (22.49%) HTML5
13 36 (21.30%) Degree
13 36 (21.30%) Web Services
13 36 (21.30%) Internet
14 35 (20.71%) MySQL
14 35 (20.71%) Git (software)
15 34 (20.12%) Mobile App
16 33 (19.53%) Computer Science
17 31 (18.34%) jQuery
18 30 (17.75%) .NET
19 28 (16.57%) C#
20 27 (15.98%) C++
20 27 (15.98%) Mac OS X
20 27 (15.98%) CMS
21 26 (15.38%) RESTful
22 25 (14.79%) OO
23 24 (14.20%) Windows

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 71 (42.01%) XML
2 52 (30.77%) SOAP
3 43 (25.44%) CSS
4 42 (24.85%) HTML
5 41 (24.26%) JSON
6 38 (22.49%) HTML5
7 36 (21.30%) Web Services
8 31 (18.34%) jQuery
9 30 (17.75%) .NET
10 26 (15.38%) RESTful
11 22 (13.02%) Spring
12 20 (11.83%) ASP.NET
13 18 (10.65%) XHTML
14 17 (10.06%) J2EE
15 15 (8.876%) Hibernate
16 14 (8.284%) CakePHP
17 12 (7.101%) LAMP
18 10 (5.917%) Symfony
18 10 (5.917%) Ajax
18 10 (5.917%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 27 (15.98%) CMS
2 15 (8.876%) Drupal
3 13 (7.692%) WordPress
4 11 (6.509%) Apache
5 6 (3.550%) Sitefinity
5 6 (3.550%) Kentico
5 6 (3.550%) Umbraco
5 6 (3.550%) DotNetNuke
5 6 (3.550%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (2.959%) Tomcat
7 4 (2.367%) Lync
7 4 (2.367%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (2.367%) Joomla!
8 3 (1.775%) ArcGIS
9 2 (1.183%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.592%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.592%) IIS
10 1 (0.592%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 23 (13.61%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.592%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.592%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.325%) SAP LE
2 2 (1.183%) Oracle iStore
Communications & Networking
1 36 (21.30%) Internet
2 12 (7.101%) Firewall
3 8 (4.734%) Ethernet
4 6 (3.550%) Wireless
5 5 (2.959%) SMS
6 4 (2.367%) Network Security
6 4 (2.367%) VoIP
6 4 (2.367%) PBX
6 4 (2.367%) HTTP
7 1 (0.592%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.592%) Intranet
7 1 (0.592%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (20.71%) MySQL
2 18 (10.65%) SQL Server
3 17 (10.06%) RDBMS
4 12 (7.101%) GIS
5 9 (5.325%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.775%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (1.775%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.775%) Big Data
7 2 (1.183%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.592%) TOAD
8 1 (0.592%) Adabas
8 1 (0.592%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.592%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.592%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 55 (32.54%) Subversion
2 35 (20.71%) Git (software)
3 23 (13.61%) GitHub
4 22 (13.02%) Eclipse
5 14 (8.284%) Hudson
6 9 (5.325%) Visual Studio
7 7 (4.142%) Maven
7 7 (4.142%) JIRA
8 6 (3.550%) GCC
8 6 (3.550%) GDB
8 6 (3.550%) JUnit
9 3 (1.775%) JMeter
9 3 (1.775%) NUnit
9 3 (1.775%) Moq
9 3 (1.775%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (1.775%) Jenkins
10 2 (1.183%) Gradle
10 2 (1.183%) Robotium
10 2 (1.183%) Talend Open Studio
10 2 (1.183%) FitNesse
General
1 15 (8.876%) Finance
2 11 (6.509%) Law
3 10 (5.917%) Marketing
4 7 (4.142%) Aerospace
5 6 (3.550%) Military
6 5 (2.959%) Legal
6 5 (2.959%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.367%) Banking
7 4 (2.367%) Games
8 3 (1.775%) Electronics
9 2 (1.183%) Retail
10 1 (0.592%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 97 (57.40%) Developer
2 27 (15.98%) Team Leader
3 24 (14.20%) PHP Developer
4 22 (13.02%) Software Engineer
4 22 (13.02%) Web Developer
5 20 (11.83%) Senior Developer
6 19 (11.24%) Java Developer
7 16 (9.467%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (8.284%) Applications Developer
9 13 (7.692%) Graduate
9 13 (7.692%) .NET Developer
9 13 (7.692%) Web Applications Developer
10 12 (7.101%) PHP Web Developer
10 12 (7.101%) Analyst
11 11 (6.509%) iOS Developer
12 10 (5.917%) Senior iOS Developer
12 10 (5.917%) Android Developer
12 10 (5.917%) Junior
13 9 (5.325%) Graduate Developer
13 9 (5.325%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.12%) Mobile App
2 33 (19.53%) Computer Science
3 13 (7.692%) iPhone
4 8 (4.734%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (3.550%) SystemC
5 6 (3.550%) Device Driver
5 6 (3.550%) Social Network
5 6 (3.550%) W3C
6 5 (2.959%) Handset
7 3 (1.775%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.775%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.183%) Social Media
8 2 (1.183%) Physics
9 1 (0.592%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.592%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.592%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.592%) RIA
9 1 (0.592%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 48 (28.40%) Linux
2 39 (23.08%) Android
2 39 (23.08%) Apple iOS
3 27 (15.98%) Mac OS X
4 24 (14.20%) Windows
5 14 (8.284%) UNIX
6 11 (6.509%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.367%) CentOS
7 4 (2.367%) Solaris
8 2 (1.183%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.04%) TDD
2 25 (14.79%) OO
3 20 (11.83%) Web Development
4 18 (10.65%) Project Management
5 15 (8.876%) Software Engineering
6 14 (8.284%) MVC
7 12 (7.101%) ITIL
8 11 (6.509%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (5.325%) User Experience Design
9 9 (5.325%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (5.325%) Mobile Application Development
10 8 (4.734%) BDD
10 8 (4.734%) Reverse Engineering
10 8 (4.734%) E-Commerce
10 8 (4.734%) Regression Testing
11 7 (4.142%) Scrum
11 7 (4.142%) Web Application Development
12 6 (3.550%) Risk Management
12 6 (3.550%) OOP
13 5 (2.959%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (52.66%) JavaScript
2 53 (31.36%) Java
3 41 (24.26%) PHP
4 28 (16.57%) C#
5 27 (15.98%) C++
6 22 (13.02%) Python
7 21 (12.43%) C
8 17 (10.06%) SQL
8 17 (10.06%) Ruby
9 9 (5.325%) ECMAScript
10 8 (4.734%) Perl
11 7 (4.142%) Shell Script
11 7 (4.142%) VB.NET
12 6 (3.550%) XPath
12 6 (3.550%) Assembly Language
13 4 (2.367%) Lua
14 3 (1.775%) PHP5
15 2 (1.183%) Clojure
15 2 (1.183%) R
15 2 (1.183%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (21.30%) Degree
2 9 (5.325%) CNA
2 9 (5.325%) Novell Certification
3 8 (4.734%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.142%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.367%) HND
5 4 (2.367%) CCNP
5 4 (2.367%) CCNA
5 4 (2.367%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.775%) PhD
6 3 (1.775%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.183%) VCP4
7 2 (1.183%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 2 (1.183%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.183%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.959%) JTAG
2 3 (1.775%) QA
2 3 (1.775%) TickIT
2 3 (1.775%) DO-178B
2 3 (1.775%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.183%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (1.183%) Gluster
1 2 (1.183%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (1.183%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.592%) NFS
2 1 (0.592%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.592%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (1.183%) Puppet
2 1 (0.592%) Legato
2 1 (0.592%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 19 (11.24%) Oracle
2 11 (6.509%) Zend
3 8 (4.734%) Trapeze
3 8 (4.734%) Google
3 8 (4.734%) Borland
3 8 (4.734%) Red Hat
3 8 (4.734%) Intel
3 8 (4.734%) Cisco
4 6 (3.550%) Sitecore
5 5 (2.959%) Microsoft
5 5 (2.959%) Symbian
6 4 (2.367%) F5
6 4 (2.367%) Barracuda Networks
6 4 (2.367%) Sun
6 4 (2.367%) HP
6 4 (2.367%) Juniper
7 3 (1.775%) ESRI
7 3 (1.775%) JBoss
7 3 (1.775%) VMware
8 2 (1.183%) Talend
Swindon, Wiltshire
PHP Web Developer ( LAMP ) , Swindon, PHP, OOP, MySQL, HTML, JQuery PHP Developer, ( LAMP ) OO PHP 5 , Object Oriented, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX My client a highly...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, South East
As part of a set of exciting greenfield Web & Java developments these newly formed teams are looking for energetic and innovative software developers who agree that creating strong...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, South East
This is an exciting development role with JAVA and Oracle... Core Technical Skills: - Excellent Core Java J2EE with Java 6 - Experience working on High Throughput Mission Critical High...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bridgwater, Somerset
Good knowledge of front end development using HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, ECMAScript, CSS, etc., is also preferential... Zend, CakePHP, Symfony, etc) Version control (i.e. Git) JavaScript frameworks (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
40,000- £52,000 + Extremely Competitive Benefits Package My client are a Bristol-based agency who plans, designs, develops and markets bespoke mobile apps for smartphones and tablets...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Somerset
Suitable candidates will have the following experience: * An understanding of Unix/Linux server operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, or OS X Server. * A working knowledge of...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Great Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Key knowledge, skills, experience required; Understanding of Unix server operating systems, for example, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, or OS X Server. Working knowledge of networking and Internet protocols, such...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon
The role of the Oracle Database and Unix Specialist: Information, Systems & Technology (IST) is a division of NERC providing IT support, project management, information systems and data management...
Natural Environment Research Council
Salary: £26,450 - £29,710
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
The successful Oracle/Unix specialist will work on the design and second/third-line support of large Oracle 11 databases as well as supporting and managing the clients...
Experis IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Avon Somerset Wilts Bristol, South West
You will also provide specialist network security support to other teams within Technical Operations (including the second line Technical Operations Shift Engineering team) as well as a number...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: £45 -50k plus 5% bonus and 10% on-call allowance.
Posted: 21 May 2013