Open Source Development Jobs

Open Source Software Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Open Source Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source Development over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 953 1117
Rank change year-on-year +104 +164 -226
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 39 42 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.041% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.043% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 33 16 24
10th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,001 £68,125 -
90th Percentile £110,000 £70,500 £68,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Open Source Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source Development in the UK

Open Source Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Open Source Development in the UK

Open Source Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source Development over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source Development in the UK

Open Source Development
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source Development within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 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
England +73 36 £70,000 +7.69% 3
UK excluding London +1 22 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Work from Home +78 21 £70,000 +12.00% 2
London +109 14 £70,000 +7.69% 1
East of England +18 11 £80,001 +60.00% 2
South West -20 7 £57,500 -
South East +17 4 £48,750 -18.75% 1

Open Source Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (10.26%) Confluence
2 2 (5.13%) CMS
2 2 (5.13%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) AWS
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
1 7 (17.95%) GCP
2 5 (12.82%) SaaS
3 4 (10.26%) Miro
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.56%) DHCP
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) MySQL
2 1 (2.56%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) GitLab
2 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.56%) Phabricator
2 1 (2.56%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (17.95%) Games
2 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Finance
3 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Software Engineer
2 10 (25.64%) Linux Engineer
3 9 (23.08%) Developer
4 8 (20.51%) Ubuntu Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) Machine Learning Researcher
6 4 (10.26%) Blockchain Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Digital Product Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Product Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Java Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Software Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Digital Project Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Lead
8 2 (5.13%) Open Source Developer
8 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.56%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Java Software Developer
9 1 (2.56%) Junior
9 1 (2.56%) Senior
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.56%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (25.64%) GTK
2 7 (17.95%) PyTorch
2 7 (17.95%) TensorFlow
3 4 (10.26%) REST
3 4 (10.26%) Smart Contracts
3 4 (10.26%) WebSockets
4 2 (5.13%) ARM Templates
4 2 (5.13%) Flask
4 2 (5.13%) React
5 1 (2.56%) CSS
5 1 (2.56%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.56%) FFmpeg
5 1 (2.56%) GStreamer
5 1 (2.56%) HTML
5 1 (2.56%) HTML5
5 1 (2.56%) LLVM
5 1 (2.56%) Redfish
5 1 (2.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (2.56%) Wayland
5 1 (2.56%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Blockchain
2 10 (25.64%) PKI
3 7 (17.95%) Algorithms
3 7 (17.95%) Distributed Computing
3 7 (17.95%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (10.26%) Data Structures
4 4 (10.26%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (10.26%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.13%) PropTech
6 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.56%) Device Driver
6 1 (2.56%) FPGA
6 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Linux
2 11 (28.21%) Debian
2 11 (28.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Open Source
2 23 (58.97%) Software Engineering
3 10 (25.64%) Computer Science
3 10 (25.64%) Key Management
3 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 8 (20.51%) Data Visualisation
5 8 (20.51%) Visualisation
6 7 (17.95%) Agile
6 7 (17.95%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (17.95%) Cryptography
6 7 (17.95%) Deep Learning
6 7 (17.95%) Differential Privacy
6 7 (17.95%) Event-Driven
6 7 (17.95%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 7 (17.95%) Game Theory
6 7 (17.95%) Machine Learning
6 7 (17.95%) Multi-Agent System
6 7 (17.95%) Probability Theory
6 7 (17.95%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 21 (53.85%) Python
2 14 (35.90%) C
3 11 (28.21%) Bash
4 9 (23.08%) Go
5 8 (20.51%) Java
6 4 (10.26%) PHP
6 4 (10.26%) Rust
7 3 (7.69%) C++
8 2 (5.13%) Bicep
9 1 (2.56%) C#
9 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Docker
2 2 (5.13%) Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) KVM
3 1 (2.56%) LXC
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.69%) Terraform
3 1 (2.56%) Ansible
3 1 (2.56%) Grafana
3 1 (2.56%) Juju
3 1 (2.56%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Google
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft