Senior Open Source Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Open Source Developer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 14 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Open Source Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Open Source Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,261 15,903 19,853
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.62% 92.27% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,772 9,032 13,229
10th Percentile £206 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £370 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,341 1,203 1,255
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.40 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -4.49% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.47 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.81%

Senior Open Source Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Open Source Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Open Source Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Open Source Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Open Source Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Open Source Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Open Source Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Open Source Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
North East - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 2
Senior Open Source Developer
UK

Senior Open Source Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Senior Open Source Developer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Open Source Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Mocha
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Redis
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility

Senior Open Source Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Mocha
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility