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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Open Source 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 1.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 - £650
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All Process & 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 98 55 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 79.67% 87.30% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 50 55
10th Percentile £227 £224 £400
25th Percentile £250 £370 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +3.81% -
75th Percentile £606 £700 £594
90th Percentile £795 £900 £638
Gloucestershire median daily rate £535 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +4.90% -7.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £51.49 - £17.56
25th Percentile £51.91 - £17.66
Median hourly rate £52.61 - £18.57
Median % change year-on-year - - -76.20%
75th Percentile £53.30 - £19.91
90th Percentile £53.72 - £20.26
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £37.50 £67.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.44% +68.75% -45.21%

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

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering