Open Source
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 189 126
Rank change year-on-year -63 -63 +21
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,131 2,049 4,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 1.97% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 2.07% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 722 953 1,536
10th Percentile £40,125 £47,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £84,964 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £109,500 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £67,500 £56,774
% change year-on-year -9.32% +18.89% +3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 -81 873 £65,000 -13.33% 287
UK excluding London +20 822 £61,206 -9.32% 179
Work from Home -30 578 £70,288 -6.28% 166
London -148 246 £81,500 +1.50% 119
North of England +48 235 £61,206 +2.01% 45
Scotland +13 159 £75,000 +25.58% 17
North West +21 152 £60,603 -3.04% 20
South East -2 142 £45,000 -35.71% 33
South West -35 110 £65,000 -7.14% 33
Midlands -6 77 £61,206 -12.56% 28
Yorkshire +64 63 £61,206 +2.01% 17
East of England +12 50 £80,001 +39.13% 17
West Midlands -2 48 £61,206 -12.56% 18
East Midlands -6 29 £75,000 -3.23% 10
Northern Ireland +41 26 £75,400 - 3
Wales -2 23 £75,000 -36.33% 5
North East -13 20 £61,206 +28.39% 8

Open Source
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
1 129 (11.41%) Apache Spark
2 52 (4.60%) Apache
3 46 (4.07%) WebLogic
4 20 (1.77%) Confluence
5 15 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.24%) nginx
7 11 (0.97%) IIS
7 11 (0.97%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.71%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.71%) ArcGIS
8 8 (0.71%) Drupal
9 7 (0.62%) CMS
10 4 (0.35%) OpenZeppelin
11 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
13 1 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.088%) Kinematics
Applications
1 48 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (4.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.71%) Shopify
3 7 (0.62%) Magento
4 1 (0.088%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 480 (42.44%) AWS
2 333 (29.44%) Azure
3 137 (12.11%) Serverless
4 109 (9.64%) GCP
5 88 (7.78%) Amazon SQS
6 75 (6.63%) AWS Lambda
7 72 (6.37%) Amazon EKS
8 71 (6.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 63 (5.57%) GitHub
9 63 (5.57%) OpenShift
10 56 (4.95%) SaaS
11 51 (4.51%) Amazon S3
12 44 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
13 41 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (2.03%) IaaS
15 21 (1.86%) dbt
15 21 (1.86%) PaaS
16 20 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
17 19 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 89 (7.87%) DNS
2 81 (7.16%) TCP/IP
3 60 (5.31%) BGP
4 54 (4.77%) SSL
5 51 (4.51%) Firewall
6 25 (2.21%) AMQP
7 21 (1.86%) LAN
7 21 (1.86%) WAN
8 20 (1.77%) HTTP
8 20 (1.77%) Internet
9 15 (1.33%) VPN
10 14 (1.24%) MPLS
11 10 (0.88%) DHCP
11 10 (0.88%) Wireshark
12 8 (0.71%) Network Security
12 8 (0.71%) SMTP
13 7 (0.62%) DWDM
13 7 (0.62%) EIGRP
13 7 (0.62%) IGRP
13 7 (0.62%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (13.44%) NoSQL
2 124 (10.96%) Relational Database
3 98 (8.66%) Big Data
4 95 (8.40%) Apache Hive
4 95 (8.40%) Hadoop
5 90 (7.96%) RDBMS
6 88 (7.78%) Amazon RDS
7 86 (7.60%) HBase
8 83 (7.34%) Oracle Database
9 58 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
10 53 (4.69%) MySQL
11 46 (4.07%) Amazon Redshift
12 34 (3.01%) SQL Server
13 27 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
13 27 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
14 25 (2.21%) Cloudera CDH
15 14 (1.24%) MongoDB
15 14 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (0.88%) Metadata
17 9 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 228 (20.16%) Git
2 202 (17.86%) Jenkins
3 94 (8.31%) GitLab
4 86 (7.60%) Bitbucket Server
5 36 (3.18%) JDeveloper
6 35 (3.09%) Artifactory
7 28 (2.48%) JIRA
8 16 (1.41%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.33%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.24%) JUnit
11 13 (1.15%) CircleCI
11 13 (1.15%) Selenium
11 13 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
12 12 (1.06%) Subversion
13 10 (0.88%) GNU Toolchain
13 10 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (0.88%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.71%) Checkstyle
14 8 (0.71%) Jaeger
15 6 (0.53%) MSTest
General
1 319 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 232 (20.51%) Finance
3 144 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 114 (10.08%) Law
5 97 (8.58%) Legal
6 53 (4.69%) Public Sector
7 50 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (4.16%) Marketing
9 41 (3.63%) Banking
10 40 (3.54%) Front Office
11 32 (2.83%) Retail
12 29 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (2.30%) Aerospace
13 26 (2.30%) Games
14 22 (1.95%) Automotive
15 14 (1.24%) Military
16 10 (0.88%) Financial Institution
17 9 (0.80%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.71%) Electronics
18 8 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 288 (25.46%) Software Engineer
2 257 (22.72%) Developer
3 220 (19.45%) Senior
4 191 (16.89%) Architect
5 176 (15.56%) Lead
6 112 (9.90%) AWS Engineer
7 101 (8.93%) Solutions Architect
8 79 (6.98%) Technical Leader
9 70 (6.19%) AWS Software Engineer
10 67 (5.92%) Database Developer
11 64 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
12 61 (5.39%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 56 (4.95%) Database Engineer
14 52 (4.60%) Technical Architect
15 48 (4.24%) Data Engineer
16 47 (4.16%) Lead Architect
17 46 (4.07%) Lead Solutions Architect
18 44 (3.89%) Senior Software Engineer
19 43 (3.80%) Full Stack Developer
19 43 (3.80%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (15.56%) React
2 174 (15.38%) Node.js
3 120 (10.61%) Spring Boot
4 77 (6.81%) REST
5 73 (6.45%) RabbitMQ
6 65 (5.75%) AngularJS
6 65 (5.75%) Spring
7 55 (4.86%) HTML
7 55 (4.86%) Kafka
8 45 (3.98%) CSS
9 43 (3.80%) J2EE
10 39 (3.45%) .NET
11 34 (3.01%) PyTorch
12 32 (2.83%) Express.js
13 31 (2.74%) TensorFlow
14 25 (2.21%) gRPC
14 25 (2.21%) Material-UI
14 25 (2.21%) OpenAPI
14 25 (2.21%) Swagger
15 24 (2.12%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 140 (12.38%) Algorithms
2 104 (9.20%) Public Cloud
3 95 (8.40%) Management Information System
4 93 (8.22%) Private Cloud
5 79 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
6 66 (5.84%) Cloud Native
7 55 (4.86%) Enterprise Software
8 49 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (3.71%) Tandem
10 41 (3.63%) Blockchain
11 34 (3.01%) Data Structures
11 34 (3.01%) Embedded Systems
12 32 (2.83%) IoT
13 29 (2.56%) Data Centre
14 28 (2.48%) Product Ownership
15 24 (2.12%) Blog
16 22 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
17 19 (1.68%) Client/Server
18 18 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
18 18 (1.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 304 (26.88%) Linux
2 150 (13.26%) Unix
3 81 (7.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 61 (5.39%) Windows
5 46 (4.07%) Ubuntu
6 42 (3.71%) Debian
7 37 (3.27%) CentOS
8 18 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (1.24%) Android
9 14 (1.24%) Mac OS X
10 9 (0.80%) Windows Server
11 7 (0.62%) Apple iOS
12 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
13 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
14 4 (0.35%) VMS
15 3 (0.27%) Solaris
16 1 (0.088%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.088%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 623 (55.08%) Agile
2 508 (44.92%) Software Engineering
3 320 (28.29%) DevOps
4 292 (25.82%) CI/CD
5 254 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
6 245 (21.66%) Microservices
7 227 (20.07%) Mentoring
8 205 (18.13%) Actionable Insight
9 191 (16.89%) Continuous Integration
10 188 (16.62%) Coaching
11 183 (16.18%) SDLC
12 172 (15.21%) Artificial Intelligence
13 170 (15.03%) Scrum
14 164 (14.50%) Machine Learning
15 158 (13.97%) Containerisation
16 155 (13.70%) Test Automation
17 145 (12.82%) TDD
18 142 (12.56%) Collaborative Working
19 138 (12.20%) Full Stack Development
19 138 (12.20%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 498 (44.03%) Python
2 413 (36.52%) Java
3 210 (18.57%) JavaScript
4 206 (18.21%) SQL
5 129 (11.41%) C
6 124 (10.96%) Go
7 113 (9.99%) Bash
7 113 (9.99%) TypeScript
8 87 (7.69%) PL/SQL
9 80 (7.07%) C++
10 62 (5.48%) Ruby
11 48 (4.24%) Perl
12 45 (3.98%) C#
13 39 (3.45%) Rust
14 38 (3.36%) PHP
15 36 (3.18%) PowerShell
16 29 (2.56%) COBOL
16 29 (2.56%) Micro Focus COBOL
17 23 (2.03%) Embedded C
18 16 (1.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 261 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 218 (19.27%) Degree
3 200 (17.68%) SC Cleared
4 59 (5.22%) Azure Certification
5 51 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (4.42%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 48 (4.24%) Master's Degree
8 36 (3.18%) PhD
9 35 (3.09%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.50%) CISSP
11 16 (1.41%) GCIA
11 16 (1.41%) GCIH
12 15 (1.33%) GREM
13 14 (1.24%) CISM
14 8 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.62%) CCNA
16 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
17 3 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
18 2 (0.18%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.45%) QA
2 47 (4.16%) PMO
3 18 (1.59%) GDPR
4 17 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.53%) JTAG
6 6 (0.53%) NCSC
7 5 (0.44%) NIST
7 5 (0.44%) SEPA
8 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.088%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 179 (15.83%) Docker
2 94 (8.31%) HDFS
3 21 (1.86%) Firmware
4 20 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
5 13 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.88%) Active Directory
7 9 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.27%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.27%) KVM
10 3 (0.27%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.18%) Ceph
11 2 (0.18%) QEMU
11 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
11 2 (0.18%) vSphere
11 2 (0.18%) Xen
12 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.088%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 209 (18.48%) Terraform
2 197 (17.42%) Kubernetes
3 99 (8.75%) Ansible
4 52 (4.60%) Puppet
5 36 (3.18%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.80%) Grafana
7 8 (0.71%) Kiali
7 8 (0.71%) Kibana
8 6 (0.53%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 5 (0.44%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.35%) Salt
11 3 (0.27%) Consul
11 3 (0.27%) Nessus
11 3 (0.27%) Podman
12 2 (0.18%) Knative
12 2 (0.18%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.18%) Marathon
12 2 (0.18%) Mesos
12 2 (0.18%) Nagios
12 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 88 (7.78%) Databricks
1 88 (7.78%) Oracle
2 86 (7.60%) Informatica
3 75 (6.63%) Google
4 67 (5.92%) Microsoft
5 56 (4.95%) Cloudera
6 46 (4.07%) Sparx
7 31 (2.74%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.56%) Micro Focus
9 25 (2.21%) SaltStack
10 21 (1.86%) Cisco
11 14 (1.24%) Dell
11 14 (1.24%) VMware
12 13 (1.15%) Splunk
13 12 (1.06%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.06%) Juniper
13 12 (1.06%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.80%) AppDynamics
14 9 (0.80%) ESRI
15 8 (0.71%) Apple