Open Source Contract Job Trends in Slough

Open Source
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Open Source skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 14 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Open Source 0 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough - 2.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 3.03% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -13.64% +8.64% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43 66 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 87.76% 80.49% 88.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 34 66
10th Percentile £150 £361 £308
25th Percentile £316 £403 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £543 £634 £588
90th Percentile £580 £684 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - £18.88 £17.87
25th Percentile - £19.06 £20.30
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.00 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% -20.37% +19.60%
75th Percentile - £24.56 £39.52
90th Percentile - £26.93 £47.70
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.18 £61.60 £59.38
% change year-on-year -47.76% +3.75% +44.13%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Slough

Open Source
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

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