Open Source
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham requiring Open Source skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Open Source over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 31 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -4 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing Open Source | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | - | 2.13% | 4.91% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 2.44% | 5.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £411 | £625 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £484 | £663 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £650 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £775 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £750 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | - | £650 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.14% | +27.27% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 56 | 164 | 145 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 87.50% | 87.23% | 88.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 40 | 91 | 109 |
| 10th Percentile | £524 | £400 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £547 | £475 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £656 | £673 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £739 | £738 | £753 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £545 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.91% | - | +7.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £53.65 | £67.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £70.38 | £67.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £71.00 | £74.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.49% | -4.70% | +484.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £72.06 | £88.13 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £74.13 | £91.95 |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | £67.50 | £37.50 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +80.00% | -46.43% | +116.05% |
Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Cheltenham.