Open Source Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Open Source Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

As of 26 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Open Source Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Open Source Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 325 317 386
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.90% 96.35% 91.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 212 244
10th Percentile £227 £261 £303
25th Percentile £412 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £613 £663 £688
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
South West median daily rate £515 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 14 49
10th Percentile £25.81 £23.59 £17.98
25th Percentile £31.59 £56.88 £36.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £67.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +38.55% -18.80%
75th Percentile £63.29 £73.13 £72.50
90th Percentile £69.09 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

Open Source Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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
Cheltenham - 1 - -
Open Source Engineer
South West

Open Source Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 26 January 2026, Open Source Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucestershire region featuring Open Source Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu

Open Source Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Rocky
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes