Open Source Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Open Source
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Open Source skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 83 103
Rank change year-on-year -7 +20 +1
Contract jobs citing Open Source 1 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.077% 0.85% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 1.04% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 7
10th Percentile - - £300
25th Percentile - £300 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £363 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -33.30%
75th Percentile - £419 £531
90th Percentile - £461 £555
England median daily rate £537 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +7.45% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £56.50 £26.97 £21.25
% change year-on-year +109.49% +26.92% -57.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,160 1,247 1,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.44% 81.50% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 457 879
10th Percentile £200 £200 £225
25th Percentile £377 £306 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £628
90th Percentile £687 £638 £727
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 383 360
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.41 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -3.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.90 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the East of England

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Open Source.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Open Source

Open Source
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Open Source.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Open Source

Open Source
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +2 1 - - 4
Open Source
England

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Cypher
1 1 (100.00%) Python