Open Source Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Open Source
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Open Source skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 45 33
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 -15
Contract jobs citing Open Source 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 1.95% 0.69% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 0.91% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £603
25th Percentile - £513 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £623
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -15.66% +19.08%
75th Percentile - £538 £638
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £598 £610
% change year-on-year +0.42% -2.05% +17.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Open Source falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 220 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 85.37% 75.86% 84.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 149 56
10th Percentile £463 £406 £206
25th Percentile £500 £479 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £606
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% +15.43%
75th Percentile £613 £700 £649
90th Percentile £650 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £570 £530
% change year-on-year -7.89% +7.55% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 20
10th Percentile - - £15.19
25th Percentile - £16.25 £15.21
Median hourly rate £21.39 £26.25 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% +64.06% -27.27%
75th Percentile - £41.38 £20.13
90th Percentile - £51.05 £45.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.04 £68.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -63.58% +25.00% +42.86%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Open Source relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Open Source job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Open Source.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Open Source

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 4 (100.00%) PKI
1 4 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware