Open Source Development Job Trends in Bristol

Open Source Software Development
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Open Source Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 100 143
Rank change year-on-year +6 +43 +18
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 1 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.040% 0.088% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.094% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £54,750
25th Percentile £46,750 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 - £57,500
75th Percentile £54,250 - £60,625
90th Percentile - - £66,500
South West median annual salary £50,500 - £57,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Open Source Development 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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,552 1,061 2,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 62.61% 93.56% 90.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,184 622 1,860
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £32,725
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,058 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £71,438 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,125 £87,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -2.91%

Open Source Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Open Source Development job vacancy trend in Bristol

Open Source Development
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Open Source Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Open Source Development

Open Source Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) OSS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python