Open Source Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Open Source
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucester requiring Open Source skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Open Source 0 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester - - 5.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile - - £713
90th Percentile - - £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £575 £605 £700
% change year-on-year -4.96% -13.57% -9.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 125 82 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 95.42% 96.47% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 61 80
10th Percentile £225 £371 £375
25th Percentile £366 £430 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £739 £750 £751
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £586 £550
% change year-on-year -18.87% +6.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £21.66 - £23.15
25th Percentile £22.97 £22.50 £52.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -70.51% -
75th Percentile £41.95 £23.50 -
90th Percentile £52.03 - £82.80
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.34 £33.00 £51.86
% change year-on-year +4.06% -36.37% -11.11%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Open Source job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Open Source