Open Source Contract Job Trends in East London

Open Source
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Open Source skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Open Source 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £600 £613 £590
% change year-on-year -2.04% +3.81% -5.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 95 120 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 90.48% 91.60% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 103 233
10th Percentile £190 £300 £340
25th Percentile £415 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £650
90th Percentile £913 £650 £763
London median daily rate £530 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.24 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £34.50 - £16.85
Median % change year-on-year - - -77.97%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £18.93
90th Percentile £80.36 - -
London median hourly rate £29.50 £36.65 £34.50
% change year-on-year -19.51% +6.23% -12.66%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Open Source job vacancy trend in East London

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Open Source

Open Source
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Open Source.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Open Source

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Ruby Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared