Open Source Development Contracts in England

Open Source Software Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Open Source Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source Development over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 638 783
Rank change year-on-year +103 +145 -156
Contract jobs citing Open Source Development 3 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.020% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% 0.022% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £590
25th Percentile - £725 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £775 £738
90th Percentile - - £753
UK median daily rate - £750 £650
% change year-on-year - +15.38% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Open Source Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,926 45,112 64,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 31,664 45,849
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,598 1,761
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Open Source Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Open Source Development in England.

Daily rate trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Open Source Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source Development within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London +99 3 - - 1
Open Source Development
UK

Open Source Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Open Source Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Ruby Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blockchain
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Epics
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Go
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
1 2 (66.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk