Open Source
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Open Source skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Open Source over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 28 | 55 | 57 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | +2 | +22 |
| Permanent jobs citing Open Source | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 1.66% | 1.52% | 2.08% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.84% | 1.90% | 2.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £63,250 | £58,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,625 | £67,500 | £88,663 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £63,250 | £75,000 | £117,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.67% | -36.33% | +151.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,249 | £82,500 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £70,273 | £90,000 | - |
| South Wales median annual salary | £70,279 | £75,000 | £117,800 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.30% | -36.33% | +151.36% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff
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 Cardiff.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 163 | 526 | 561 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 90.06% | 79.70% | 97.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 117 | 473 | 399 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,250 | £30,524 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,170 | £37,750 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,118 | £50,685 | £51,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.80% | -0.62% | -2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £53,000 | £47,500 | £45,496 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.58% | +4.41% | -9.01% |
Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Open Source
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Cardiff.
Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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: