Open Source Contracts in England

Open Source
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 265 196
Rank change year-on-year -3 -69 -53
Contract jobs citing Open Source 306 524 1,044
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.83% 1.04% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.15% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 329 702
10th Percentile £355 £449 £425
25th Percentile £450 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £615 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +4.68% +11.90%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £735
90th Percentile £750 £790 £800
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 15
10th Percentile - £34.25 £32.30
25th Percentile £25.99 £55.69 £41.63
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% +91.30%
75th Percentile £72.90 - £68.75
90th Percentile £75.24 £82.50 £84.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +36.36% +25.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Open Source 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 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in England

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Open Source in England

Open Source
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Open Source in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Open Source in England

Open Source
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Open Source in England

Open Source
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Open Source in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Open Source in England

Open Source
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -60 121 £513 -24.07% 112
South West +49 70 £600 -7.69% 30
South East -7 38 £575 +7.98% 29
North of England +35 37 £450 -12.20% 42
North West +19 23 £400 -21.95% 19
Midlands +35 17 £675 +10.20% 21
East of England +29 17 £300 - 17
Yorkshire +20 14 £625 +16.28% 17
West Midlands +38 10 £550 - 12
East Midlands +21 6 £675 +10.20% 9
Open Source
UK

Open Source
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.23%) Confluence
2 7 (2.29%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.31%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.31%) Mule
4 3 (0.98%) CMS
4 3 (0.98%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.98%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.98%) nginx
5 2 (0.65%) Apache
5 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.65%) SAS
5 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Endur
2 3 (0.98%) Shopify
3 2 (0.65%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (22.22%) Azure
2 54 (17.65%) AWS
3 39 (12.75%) PaaS
4 38 (12.42%) SaaS
5 37 (12.09%) Cloud Computing
6 35 (11.44%) IaaS
7 34 (11.11%) GitHub
8 29 (9.48%) GCP
9 23 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (6.54%) Serverless
11 19 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (3.59%) Power Platform
13 10 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (2.61%) Amazon ECR
15 7 (2.29%) OpenShift
16 6 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (1.96%) Amazon SQS
16 6 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
17 5 (1.63%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.15%) LAN
1 28 (9.15%) WAN
2 9 (2.94%) Firewall
2 9 (2.94%) Wireless
3 7 (2.29%) DNS
3 7 (2.29%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.96%) Network Security
5 5 (1.63%) VPN
6 4 (1.31%) HTTP
7 3 (0.98%) BGP
7 3 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.98%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.98%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.65%) 4G
8 2 (0.65%) DHCP
8 2 (0.65%) FTP
8 2 (0.65%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.65%) SSH
9 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.19%) NoSQL
2 19 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.23%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.25%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.59%) Power BI
5 11 (3.59%) RDBMS
6 10 (3.27%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (3.27%) Apache Cassandra
6 10 (3.27%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.94%) Big Data
7 9 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.94%) MySQL
8 8 (2.61%) Data Lake
9 7 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.96%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.96%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.63%) GIS
11 5 (1.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 50 (16.34%) Git
2 43 (14.05%) JIRA
3 31 (10.13%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.90%) GitLab
5 12 (3.92%) CircleCI
6 10 (3.27%) Selenium
7 8 (2.61%) Gradle
7 8 (2.61%) JUnit
8 7 (2.29%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.29%) GCC
9 5 (1.63%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.63%) Pylint
9 5 (1.63%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.31%) Hudson
10 4 (1.31%) Liquibase
10 4 (1.31%) Log4j
10 4 (1.31%) Mercurial
10 4 (1.31%) TestNG
11 3 (0.98%) JMeter
11 3 (0.98%) WebDriver
General
1 99 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 61 (19.93%) Public Sector
3 37 (12.09%) Finance
4 32 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (3.59%) Marketing
7 9 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.29%) Military
9 7 (2.29%) Public Speaking
9 7 (2.29%) Retail
10 6 (1.96%) Law
10 6 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.63%) Banking
11 5 (1.63%) Electronics
11 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.98%) French Language
12 3 (0.98%) German Language
12 3 (0.98%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.98%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 58 (18.95%) Architect
2 44 (14.38%) Developer
3 41 (13.40%) Analyst
4 35 (11.44%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 29 (9.48%) Senior
6 27 (8.82%) Network Architect
7 22 (7.19%) Cyber Threat Analyst
7 22 (7.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 18 (5.88%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.23%) Lead
10 14 (4.58%) Data Architect
11 13 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.59%) Senior Developer
14 9 (2.94%) Azure Architect
14 9 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (2.61%) Consultant
15 8 (2.61%) ServiceNow Architect
15 8 (2.61%) Support Engineer
16 7 (2.29%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (10.78%) REST
2 22 (7.19%) RESTful
3 21 (6.86%) Kafka
4 15 (4.90%) HTML
5 12 (3.92%) pytest
5 12 (3.92%) React
6 11 (3.59%) Web Services
7 10 (3.27%) PyTorch
7 10 (3.27%) Yocto
8 9 (2.94%) JSON
8 9 (2.94%) WebSockets
9 8 (2.61%) CSS
9 8 (2.61%) RAML
9 8 (2.61%) SOAP
10 7 (2.29%) .NET
10 7 (2.29%) AngularJS
10 7 (2.29%) Lucene
10 7 (2.29%) Node.js
10 7 (2.29%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.80%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (5.23%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (4.25%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (3.59%) Public Cloud
7 10 (3.27%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.94%) Legacy Code
8 9 (2.94%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.61%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.29%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.29%) Private Cloud
10 7 (2.29%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.29%) STB
11 6 (1.96%) CMDB
11 6 (1.96%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.63%) Digital TV
12 5 (1.63%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 70 (22.88%) Linux
2 22 (7.19%) Windows
3 11 (3.59%) Android
3 11 (3.59%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.29%) Unix
6 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.31%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (1.31%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.65%) CentOS
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.07%) Agile
2 65 (21.24%) DevOps
3 51 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 44 (14.38%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (13.40%) OSINT
6 38 (12.42%) CI/CD
7 37 (12.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 37 (12.09%) Test Automation
7 37 (12.09%) Threat Intelligence
8 35 (11.44%) Analytics
9 31 (10.13%) Zero Trust
10 30 (9.80%) Cyber Intelligence
10 30 (9.80%) Network Management
11 29 (9.48%) Business Strategy
11 29 (9.48%) Security Operations
12 28 (9.15%) Computer Science
12 28 (9.15%) Machine Learning
12 28 (9.15%) SIEM
13 27 (8.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 86 (28.10%) Python
2 59 (19.28%) SQL
3 58 (18.95%) Java
4 35 (11.44%) JavaScript
5 27 (8.82%) C
6 22 (7.19%) Go
7 19 (6.21%) C++
7 19 (6.21%) PowerShell
8 15 (4.90%) Ruby
9 12 (3.92%) C#
10 11 (3.59%) Kotlin
11 10 (3.27%) Bash
12 9 (2.94%) Perl
12 9 (2.94%) Scala
13 8 (2.61%) PHP
14 6 (1.96%) R
14 6 (1.96%) Rust
15 5 (1.63%) Objective-C
15 5 (1.63%) Swift
15 5 (1.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 112 (36.60%) Security Cleared
2 75 (24.51%) DV Cleared
3 41 (13.40%) Degree
4 33 (10.78%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.27%) PhD
7 7 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.33%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.56%) QA
2 7 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.98%) NCSC
4 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.33%) MiFID
System Software
1 51 (16.67%) Docker
2 12 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.27%) Firmware
4 9 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.61%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.31%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.98%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.65%) Ceph
8 2 (0.65%) NFS
9 1 (0.33%) iptables
9 1 (0.33%) KVM
9 1 (0.33%) Lustre
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.33%) Samba
9 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 36 (11.76%) Terraform
3 22 (7.19%) Ansible
4 11 (3.59%) Progress Chef
4 11 (3.59%) Puppet
5 5 (1.63%) Dell DRAC
5 5 (1.63%) WSUS
6 4 (1.31%) Grafana
6 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.98%) Nagios
7 3 (0.98%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.65%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.65%) TIBCO Hawk
9 1 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.33%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.33%) Mesos
9 1 (0.33%) SELinux
9 1 (0.33%) yum
Vendors
1 38 (12.42%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.23%) VMware
3 10 (3.27%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.27%) SAP
3 10 (3.27%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.27%) Splunk
4 9 (2.94%) Google
4 9 (2.94%) Oracle
5 8 (2.61%) Dell
6 6 (1.96%) Apple
7 5 (1.63%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.31%) Cisco
8 4 (1.31%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.31%) Sophos
9 3 (0.98%) Adobe
9 3 (0.98%) IBM
9 3 (0.98%) Intel
9 3 (0.98%) New Relic
9 3 (0.98%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.98%) TOWER Software