Open Source Jobs in Wales

Open Source
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 96 117
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 -25
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 23 34 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.14% 2.04% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.11% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 16
10th Percentile - £52,755 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £59,525 £44,237
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £117,800 £51,031
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% +130.84% -21.49%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 - £77,500
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
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,614 1,608 1,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.82% 96.29% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 817 1,129
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,391 £31,200
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,650 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
South Wales +3 19 £75,000 -36.33% 1
Mid Wales - 4 £37,000 -
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (17.39%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.35%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) AWS
1 13 (56.52%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Amazon EKS
2 4 (17.39%) Amazon SQS
3 3 (13.04%) Serverless
4 1 (4.35%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) BGP
1 4 (17.39%) DNS
1 4 (17.39%) SSL
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) Oracle Database
1 7 (30.43%) RDBMS
1 7 (30.43%) Relational Database
2 4 (17.39%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (4.35%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (4.35%) GIS
3 1 (4.35%) Metadata
3 1 (4.35%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) GitLab
2 3 (13.04%) Git
2 3 (13.04%) JDeveloper
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Retail
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Law
3 4 (17.39%) Legal
3 4 (17.39%) Police
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Lead
2 8 (34.78%) Architect
3 5 (21.74%) Technical Leader
4 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Compliance Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Lead Architect
4 4 (17.39%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Ruby Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior
5 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Software Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Consultant
7 1 (4.35%) GIS Consultant
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) React
2 6 (26.09%) Node.js
3 4 (17.39%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (17.39%) Spring Boot
4 2 (8.70%) AngularJS
4 2 (8.70%) Express.js
5 1 (4.35%) Django
5 1 (4.35%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Private Cloud
2 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (17.39%) Public Cloud
3 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Linux
1 4 (17.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Agile
2 9 (39.13%) Actionable Insight
2 9 (39.13%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (34.78%) Code Quality
3 8 (34.78%) DevOps
4 7 (30.43%) Full Stack Development
4 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (26.09%) Kanban
5 6 (26.09%) Scrum
5 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
6 5 (21.74%) Data Collection
6 5 (21.74%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (17.39%) ArchiMate
7 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (17.39%) Data Migration
7 4 (17.39%) Data Protection
7 4 (17.39%) Load Balancing
7 4 (17.39%) Migration
7 4 (17.39%) Project Management
7 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Java
1 8 (34.78%) JavaScript
2 5 (21.74%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) TypeScript
3 3 (13.04%) Bash
3 3 (13.04%) Go
3 3 (13.04%) Perl
3 3 (13.04%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) AWS Certification
3 4 (17.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) GDPR
2 3 (13.04%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Oracle
2 4 (17.39%) Sparx
3 1 (4.35%) ESRI