Open Source Job Trends in Edinburgh

Open Source
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Open Source skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 75 70
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 +19
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 12 1 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.07% 0.13% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 0.14% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile £71,085 - £51,998
25th Percentile £71,217 - £65,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £78,312 - £79,806
90th Percentile - - £98,474
Scotland median annual salary £74,742 £56,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +32.29% -24.67% -0.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 720 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 66.34% 93.02% 85.19%
Number of salaries quoted 456 309 636
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,851 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £48,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.83% -19.17% +0.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Open Source job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Open Source
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Open Source.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Open Source

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) dbt
2 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Mining
General
1 11 (91.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Security Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 2 (16.67%) ERP Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Fraud Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Clustering
2 1 (8.33%) Cybercrime
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (75.00%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (58.33%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (41.67%) Information Security
4 5 (41.67%) Migration
5 4 (33.33%) Communications Security
5 4 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (33.33%) Key Management
5 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (33.33%) Security Management
5 4 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (33.33%) Validation
5 4 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (25.00%) AI
7 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 2 (16.67%) ERP
7 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
7 2 (16.67%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) NCSC
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
1 4 (33.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) OpenAI
2 1 (8.33%) YouTube