Open Source Jobs in Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Open Source South East / Berkshire
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	112	139	134
Rank change year-on-year	+27	-5
Permanent jobs citing Open Source	73	77	101
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire	2.23%	1.71%	1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	2.64%	1.93%	2.27%
Number of salaries quoted	59	71	65
Median salary	£52,500	£50,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.00%	+11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,000	£40,000	£28,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£67,500	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£47,000	£47,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-1.05%	+5.55%

Open Source is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Berkshire
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	2765	3982	4451
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire	84.58%	88.45%	86.31%
Number of salaries quoted	2167	3149	3243
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	-4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£35,000	£35,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£75,000	£72,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Berkshire citing Open Source as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Berkshire

Open Source
Salary Trend in Berkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Open Source in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Open Source in Berkshire

Open Source
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Open Source in Berkshire over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Open Source in Berkshire

Open Source
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Reading	+39	57	£47,500	-5.00%	6
Maidenhead	+22	8	£56,250	+7.14%	1
Slough	+9	5	£47,500	+11.76%	2
Bracknell	+14	2	£85,000	+88.88%
Newbury	-8	1	-	-	1
Open Source South East

Open Source
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Open Source also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Berkshire region with a requirement for Open Source.

1	103 (54.50%)	Linux
2	98 (51.85%)	Java
3	69 (36.51%)	Agile Software Development
4	67 (35.45%)	Degree
5	54 (28.57%)	Python
6	48 (25.40%)	Web Services
7	47 (24.87%)	Spring
8	39 (20.63%)	CentOS
8	39 (20.63%)	Oracle
9	37 (19.58%)	JavaScript
9	37 (19.58%)	Red Hat
10	34 (17.99%)	Scrum
10	34 (17.99%)	REST
11	33 (17.46%)	Software Engineering
12	32 (16.93%)	XML

13	31 (16.40%)	Eclipse
13	31 (16.40%)	Ubuntu
14	29 (15.34%)	HTML
14	29 (15.34%)	Enterprise Software
14	29 (15.34%)	DevOps
15	28 (14.81%)	BDD
15	28 (14.81%)	NoSQL
15	28 (14.81%)	SOAP
15	28 (14.81%)	HTTP
15	28 (14.81%)	Maven
15	28 (14.81%)	TDD
15	28 (14.81%)	Computer Science
16	27 (14.29%)	Computer Science Degree
17	26 (13.76%)	SOA
17	26 (13.76%)	Perl

Open Source
Co-occurring IT Skills in Berkshire by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	24 (12.70%)	JBoss
2	21 (11.11%)	Oracle SOA Suite
2	21 (11.11%)	Tomcat
3	20 (10.58%)	WebSphere
4	17 (8.99%)	nginx
5	15 (7.94%)	Apache
6	9 (4.76%)	Elasticsearch
7	7 (3.70%)	Confluence
8	5 (2.65%)	Apache Solr
8	5 (2.65%)	IIS
9	4 (2.12%)	Drupal
10	2 (1.06%)	OpenStack
11	1 (0.53%)	Apache Spark
11	1 (0.53%)	MS Exchange
11	1 (0.53%)	SAS

Applications
1	1 (0.53%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
1	1 (0.53%)	MS Visio
1	1 (0.53%)	SPSS

Cloud Services
1	21 (11.11%)	Amazon AWS
2	9 (4.76%)	SaaS
3	8 (4.23%)	Amazon EC2
4	7 (3.70%)	PaaS
5	6 (3.17%)	Microsoft Azure
6	2 (1.06%)	Cloud Computing
6	2 (1.06%)	OpenShift
7	1 (0.53%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	1 (0.53%)	IaaS
7	1 (0.53%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	28 (14.81%)	HTTP
2	22 (11.64%)	DNS
2	22 (11.64%)	TCP/IP
3	21 (11.11%)	Internet
4	20 (10.58%)	FTP
5	8 (4.23%)	DHCP
5	8 (4.23%)	Firewall
5	8 (4.23%)	SSL
5	8 (4.23%)	Wireshark
6	7 (3.70%)	WAN
7	6 (3.17%)	LAN
8	3 (1.59%)	Asterisk PBX
8	3 (1.59%)	SSH
8	3 (1.59%)	VoIP
8	3 (1.59%)	VoLTE
9	2 (1.06%)	Diameter Protocol
9	2 (1.06%)	Skype
10	1 (0.53%)	IP Telephony
10	1 (0.53%)	Network Security
10	1 (0.53%)	SMTP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (14.81%)	NoSQL
2	25 (13.23%)	Hadoop
3	24 (12.70%)	Big Data
4	21 (11.11%)	MySQL
5	9 (4.76%)	MongoDB
5	9 (4.76%)	Pentaho
5	9 (4.76%)	PostgreSQL
5	9 (4.76%)	Redis
6	8 (4.23%)	Neo4j
6	8 (4.23%)	SQLite
7	6 (3.17%)	SQL Server
8	5 (2.65%)	Data Warehouse
9	2 (1.06%)	Apache Cassandra
10	1 (0.53%)	CouchDB
10	1 (0.53%)	Data Mining
10	1 (0.53%)	Mahout

Development Applications
1	31 (16.40%)	Eclipse
2	28 (14.81%)	Maven
3	23 (12.17%)	IntelliJ
3	23 (12.17%)	NetBeans
4	19 (10.05%)	Git (software)
5	15 (7.94%)	JIRA
6	14 (7.41%)	WebDriver
7	13 (6.88%)	Selenium
8	12 (6.35%)	Jenkins
9	9 (4.76%)	JMeter
10	8 (4.23%)	IDA Disassembler
10	8 (4.23%)	OllyDbg
10	8 (4.23%)	Subversion
10	8 (4.23%)	Talend Open Studio
10	8 (4.23%)	WinDbg
11	7 (3.70%)	Cucumber
12	5 (2.65%)	Selenium IDE
13	4 (2.12%)	Grunt
13	4 (2.12%)	gulp
13	4 (2.12%)	VSS/SourceSafe

General
1	16 (8.47%)	Telecoms
2	11 (5.82%)	Finance
3	10 (5.29%)	Banking
4	7 (3.70%)	Marketing
4	7 (3.70%)	Retail
5	5 (2.65%)	Digital Economy
5	5 (2.65%)	Military
6	4 (2.12%)	Automotive
6	4 (2.12%)	Billing
7	2 (1.06%)	Games
8	1 (0.53%)	Local Government
8	1 (0.53%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	55 (29.10%)	Developer
2	28 (14.81%)	Java Developer
3	25 (13.23%)	Support Engineer
4	22 (11.64%)	Technical Engineer
4	22 (11.64%)	Technical Support
4	22 (11.64%)	Technical Support Engineer
5	20 (10.58%)	Integration Engineer
5	20 (10.58%)	Senior Integration Engineer
5	20 (10.58%)	Senior Support Engineer
5	20 (10.58%)	Senior Technical Engineer
5	20 (10.58%)	Senior Technical Support
5	20 (10.58%)	Senior Technical Support Engineer
6	14 (7.41%)	Software Engineer
7	12 (6.35%)	Senior Developer
7	12 (6.35%)	Systems Engineer
8	11 (5.82%)	Administrator
8	11 (5.82%)	Agile Developer
8	11 (5.82%)	Agile Java Developer
9	10 (5.29%)	Java Software Developer
9	10 (5.29%)	Linux Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	48 (25.40%)	Web Services
2	47 (24.87%)	Spring
3	34 (17.99%)	REST
4	32 (16.93%)	XML
5	29 (15.34%)	HTML
6	28 (14.81%)	SOAP
7	23 (12.17%)	Node.js
8	20 (10.58%)	Java EE
8	20 (10.58%)	Java SE
8	20 (10.58%)	JMS
9	16 (8.47%)	CSS
10	13 (6.88%)	jQuery
11	12 (6.35%)	Ajax
11	12 (6.35%)	AngularJS
11	12 (6.35%)	HTML5
12	11 (5.82%)	Spring Boot
13	10 (5.29%)	Akka
13	10 (5.29%)	Apache Cordova
13	10 (5.29%)	OSGi
13	10 (5.29%)	Play Framework

Miscellaneous
1	29 (15.34%)	Enterprise Software
2	28 (14.81%)	Computer Science
3	15 (7.94%)	Analytical Skills
4	10 (5.29%)	Greenfield Project
5	8 (4.23%)	Public Cloud
6	7 (3.70%)	Cyber Attack
6	7 (3.70%)	Cyber Kill Chain
7	5 (2.65%)	Client/Server
7	5 (2.65%)	Mobile App
8	3 (1.59%)	N-Tier
8	3 (1.59%)	Private Cloud
8	3 (1.59%)	Social Media
8	3 (1.59%)	Virtual Team
9	2 (1.06%)	Data Centre
9	2 (1.06%)	Linux Command Line
9	2 (1.06%)	Management Information System
10	1 (0.53%)	Algorithms
10	1 (0.53%)	Hybrid Cloud
10	1 (0.53%)	iPad
10	1 (0.53%)	NHS

Operating Systems
1	103 (54.50%)	Linux
2	39 (20.63%)	CentOS
3	31 (16.40%)	Ubuntu
4	23 (12.17%)	Unix
5	15 (7.94%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	14 (7.41%)	Debian
7	12 (6.35%)	Windows
8	3 (1.59%)	Android
8	3 (1.59%)	Mac OS X
9	1 (0.53%)	Apple iOS
9	1 (0.53%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	69 (36.51%)	Agile Software Development
2	34 (17.99%)	Scrum
3	33 (17.46%)	Software Engineering
4	29 (15.34%)	DevOps
5	28 (14.81%)	BDD
5	28 (14.81%)	TDD
6	26 (13.76%)	SOA
7	25 (13.23%)	Microservices
8	24 (12.70%)	Test Automation
9	21 (11.11%)	Regression Testing
10	20 (10.58%)	OO
11	19 (10.05%)	Mentoring
11	19 (10.05%)	Open Source Development
12	18 (9.52%)	Test Scripting
13	16 (8.47%)	Cybersecurity
14	15 (7.94%)	SDLC
15	14 (7.41%)	Enterprise Architecture
15	14 (7.41%)	Logistics
16	13 (6.88%)	Test Strategy
17	12 (6.35%)	Software Architecture

Programming Languages
1	98 (51.85%)	Java
2	54 (28.57%)	Python
3	37 (19.58%)	JavaScript
4	26 (13.76%)	Perl
5	20 (10.58%)	C++
5	20 (10.58%)	PHP
6	19 (10.05%)	Bash Shell
6	19 (10.05%)	SQL
7	17 (8.99%)	Ruby
8	13 (6.88%)	PowerShell
8	13 (6.88%)	Scala
9	9 (4.76%)	C
10	8 (4.23%)	Jython
11	6 (3.17%)	Shell Script
12	5 (2.65%)	C#
13	3 (1.59%)	CoffeeScript
14	1 (0.53%)	Go
14	1 (0.53%)	MATLAB
14	1 (0.53%)	PL/SQL
14	1 (0.53%)	VB

Qualifications
1	67 (35.45%)	Degree
2	27 (14.29%)	Computer Science Degree
3	15 (7.94%)	Security Cleared
4	13 (6.88%)	SC Cleared
5	12 (6.35%)	ISTQB
6	10 (5.29%)	Numerate Degree
7	9 (4.76%)	Master's Degree
8	6 (3.17%)	ISEB
9	4 (2.12%)	Network+ Certification
10	2 (1.06%)	CCNA
10	2 (1.06%)	CCNP
10	2 (1.06%)	Cisco Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	18 (9.52%)	QA

System Software
1	20 (10.58%)	Docker
2	19 (10.05%)	KVM
3	17 (8.99%)	Hyper-V
4	14 (7.41%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	11 (5.82%)	Varnish
5	11 (5.82%)	Xen
6	8 (4.23%)	VirtualBox
6	8 (4.23%)	VMware ESXi
7	3 (1.59%)	Kamailio
8	1 (0.53%)	Active Directory

Systems Management
1	22 (11.64%)	Puppet
2	19 (10.05%)	Opscode Chef
3	11 (5.82%)	Ansible
3	11 (5.82%)	Nagios
4	8 (4.23%)	Cobbler
5	5 (2.65%)	HP Quality Center
5	5 (2.65%)	Salt
6	4 (2.12%)	cPanel
7	1 (0.53%)	CloudForms
7	1 (0.53%)	HAProxy
7	1 (0.53%)	Kubernetes

Vendors
1	39 (20.63%)	Oracle
2	37 (19.58%)	Red Hat
3	21 (11.11%)	IBM
4	20 (10.58%)	BEA
4	20 (10.58%)	TIBCO
5	15 (7.94%)	VMware
6	8 (4.23%)	Juniper
6	8 (4.23%)	Microsoft
6	8 (4.23%)	Rackspace
6	8 (4.23%)	Talend
7	6 (3.17%)	CA
7	6 (3.17%)	HP
8	4 (2.12%)	Cognizant
9	3 (1.59%)	BroadSoft
10	2 (1.06%)	Cisco
11	1 (0.53%)	Apigee
11	1 (0.53%)	Cloudera
11	1 (0.53%)	Google