Open Source Job Trends in Bridgend

Open Source
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bridgend requiring Open Source skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 1.32% - 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% - 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,467 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,789 - -
75th Percentile £34,112 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £53,795 £63,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year -14.95% -15.67% -36.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bridgend

Open Source falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61 11 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 80.26% 78.57% 92.13%
Number of salaries quoted 44 4 89
10th Percentile £34,300 - £29,807
25th Percentile - £25,750 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,250 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year +28.44% -32.80% +15.86%
75th Percentile £40,063 £34,125 £51,250
90th Percentile £52,750 £45,150 £52,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,264
% change year-on-year -9.09% +16.37% +2.75%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Open Source relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bridgend.

Open Source job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Open Source
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Open Source.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Open Source

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft