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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 9 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 12.33% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 40.91% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £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
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
22 9 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 30.14% 7.965% 23.26%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 10
Average salary £19,000 £55,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-65.45% +57.14%
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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Web Development
1 9 (100.00%) Scala
1 9 (100.00%) BDD
2 7 (77.78%) JPA
2 7 (77.78%) MySQL
2 7 (77.78%) OO
2 7 (77.78%) Hibernate
3 2 (22.22%) J2SE
3 2 (22.22%) J2EE
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 7 (77.78%) JPA
1 7 (77.78%) Hibernate
2 2 (22.22%) J2SE
2 2 (22.22%) J2EE
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (77.78%) Scala Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Web Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Front-End Web Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (100.00%) TDD
1 9 (100.00%) Web Development
1 9 (100.00%) BDD
2 7 (77.78%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) Scala