Open Source Development Contracts with Work from Home Options

Open Source Software Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Open Source Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source Development over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 344 445 610
Rank change year-on-year +101 +165 -114
Contract jobs citing Open Source Development 1 9 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.037% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.041% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +103.13%
UK median daily rate - £750 £650
% change year-on-year - +15.38% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Open Source Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Open Source Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Open Source Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Open Source Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Open Source Development.

Open Source Development daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Ledger
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Speaking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking