The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Open Source in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 22 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Source
Rank 131 122 117
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 40 52 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.080% 1.597% 0.888%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.700% 5.383% 3.262%
Number of salaries quoted 27 47 19
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £29,000 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
851 966 797
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 22.98% 29.67% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 676 838 663
Average salary £36,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Open Source
Yorkshire

Open Source
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Open Source across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Open Source Salary Trend

Open Source
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Open Source across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds -21 27 £35,000 +11.11%
Bradford +4 1 £29,000 -17.14%
Open Source
Yorkshire

Open Source
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 48 (52.17%) Java
2 28 (30.43%) Hibernate
2 28 (30.43%) JUnit
3 27 (29.35%) Eclipse
4 26 (28.26%) Web Development
5 25 (27.17%) OSGi
5 25 (27.17%) JFace
5 25 (27.17%) Eclipse RCP
6 23 (25.00%) Degree
6 23 (25.00%) Subversion
6 23 (25.00%) Swing
7 22 (23.91%) JProfiler
8 20 (21.74%) JavaFX
8 20 (21.74%) Qt
9 19 (20.65%) Computer Science
9 19 (20.65%) QA
9 19 (20.65%) QuickTest Pro
10 18 (19.57%) GWT
10 18 (19.57%) Vaadin
11 17 (18.48%) Linux
11 17 (18.48%) PHP
12 16 (17.39%) MySQL
13 14 (15.22%) Firewall
14 13 (14.13%) Continuous Integration
15 12 (13.04%) CEH
15 12 (13.04%) Network Design
15 12 (13.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 12 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
15 12 (13.04%) GWAPT
15 12 (13.04%) GPEN

Open Source
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 28 (30.43%) Hibernate
2 25 (27.17%) OSGi
2 25 (27.17%) JFace
3 23 (25.00%) Swing
4 20 (21.74%) JavaFX
4 20 (21.74%) Qt
5 18 (19.57%) GWT
5 18 (19.57%) Vaadin
6 11 (11.96%) CSS
7 10 (10.87%) .NET
8 9 (9.783%) J2EE
8 9 (9.783%) SOAP
9 7 (7.609%) WebSphere
9 7 (7.609%) soapUI
10 6 (6.522%) HTML
10 6 (6.522%) HTML5
10 6 (6.522%) Spring
10 6 (6.522%) jQuery
11 5 (5.435%) Ajax
11 5 (5.435%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.04%) Apache
2 7 (7.609%) Magento
2 7 (7.609%) Tomcat
3 6 (6.522%) CMS
4 5 (5.435%) Liferay
4 5 (5.435%) WordPress
5 4 (4.348%) Moodle
6 3 (3.261%) Drupal
6 3 (3.261%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (3.261%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (3.261%) IIS
7 2 (2.174%) WebLogic
7 2 (2.174%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (2.174%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (1.087%) Joomla!
8 1 (1.087%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 1 (1.087%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.22%) Firewall
2 12 (13.04%) Wireless
3 7 (7.609%) HTTP
4 3 (3.261%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.261%) FTP
5 2 (2.174%) BGP
5 2 (2.174%) DVB
5 2 (2.174%) OSPF
5 2 (2.174%) IPv4
5 2 (2.174%) DNS
5 2 (2.174%) VoIP
5 2 (2.174%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.39%) MySQL
2 4 (4.348%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.261%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (3.261%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (3.261%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.261%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.087%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.087%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.087%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (30.43%) JUnit
2 27 (29.35%) Eclipse
3 25 (27.17%) Eclipse RCP
4 23 (25.00%) Subversion
5 22 (23.91%) JProfiler
6 19 (20.65%) QuickTest Pro
7 8 (8.696%) Selenium
8 7 (7.609%) WebDriver
9 3 (3.261%) Jenkins
9 3 (3.261%) LoadRunner
10 2 (2.174%) Hudson
11 1 (1.087%) FitNesse
11 1 (1.087%) SilkPerformer
11 1 (1.087%) Cucumber
11 1 (1.087%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (4.348%) Electronics
1 4 (4.348%) Telecoms
1 4 (4.348%) Finance
1 4 (4.348%) Marketing
2 2 (2.174%) Retail
3 1 (1.087%) Banking
3 1 (1.087%) Investment Banking
3 1 (1.087%) Retail Banking
3 1 (1.087%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 44 (47.83%) Developer
2 36 (39.13%) Java Developer
3 13 (14.13%) Tester
4 12 (13.04%) Security Tester
4 12 (13.04%) Penetration Tester
5 9 (9.783%) Analyst
6 7 (7.609%) Java Swing Developer
6 7 (7.609%) Test Analyst
6 7 (7.609%) Software Engineer
7 6 (6.522%) Project Manager
7 6 (6.522%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (5.435%) Automation Test Analyst
8 5 (5.435%) Automation Analyst
8 5 (5.435%) PHP Developer
9 4 (4.348%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (4.348%) Consultant
9 4 (4.348%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.348%) Real Time Software Engineer
9 4 (4.348%) Real Time Engineer
9 4 (4.348%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.65%) Computer Science
2 5 (5.435%) Client/Server
3 4 (4.348%) Chemistry
4 2 (2.174%) Streaming Video
4 2 (2.174%) DTV
4 2 (2.174%) MPEG
4 2 (2.174%) iPad
4 2 (2.174%) STB
5 1 (1.087%) RIA
5 1 (1.087%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.087%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 17 (18.48%) Linux
2 6 (6.522%) UNIX
3 5 (5.435%) Windows
4 3 (3.261%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (3.261%) AIX
4 3 (3.261%) Solaris
4 3 (3.261%) SUSE
5 2 (2.174%) VxWorks
6 1 (1.087%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.26%) Web Development
2 13 (14.13%) Continuous Integration
3 12 (13.04%) Network Design
3 12 (13.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 12 (13.04%) Penetration Testing
3 12 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
3 12 (13.04%) Digital Forensics
3 12 (13.04%) Data Protection
3 12 (13.04%) Security Testing
3 12 (13.04%) Reverse Engineering
4 9 (9.783%) MVC
5 8 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (6.522%) Scrum
6 6 (6.522%) SOA
6 6 (6.522%) Automation Testing
7 5 (5.435%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (4.348%) Project Management
8 4 (4.348%) OO
8 4 (4.348%) E-Commerce
8 4 (4.348%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 48 (52.17%) Java
2 17 (18.48%) PHP
3 12 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.522%) C++
5 4 (4.348%) SQL
6 3 (3.261%) VBScript
6 3 (3.261%) Python
7 2 (2.174%) Perl
7 2 (2.174%) C
7 2 (2.174%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.174%) Embedded C++
7 2 (2.174%) Bash shell
8 1 (1.087%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (25.00%) Degree
2 12 (13.04%) CEH
2 12 (13.04%) GWAPT
2 12 (13.04%) GPEN
2 12 (13.04%) OSCP
2 12 (13.04%) OSCE
2 12 (13.04%) CISA
2 12 (13.04%) CISM
2 12 (13.04%) GCIH
2 12 (13.04%) CISSP
3 8 (8.696%) ISEB
4 7 (7.609%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.65%) QA
2 12 (13.04%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.174%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.261%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.174%) Splunk
1 2 (2.174%) YUM
Vendors
1 7 (7.609%) IBM
2 6 (6.522%) Zend
3 5 (5.435%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.435%) Oracle
4 4 (4.348%) JBoss
5 3 (3.261%) F5
5 3 (3.261%) HP
5 3 (3.261%) NetApp
5 3 (3.261%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.261%) VMware
6 2 (2.174%) ATG
6 2 (2.174%) Cisco
6 2 (2.174%) Adobe
6 2 (2.174%) hybris
6 2 (2.174%) Terracotta
6 2 (2.174%) EPiServer
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Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
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Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
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