Open Source Development Jobs in England

Open Source Software Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Open Source Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Open Source Development over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 681 795 888
Rank change year-on-year +114 +93 +149
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 2 36 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.042% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.049% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 2 30 16
10th Percentile £65,875 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £67,188 £55,313 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,188 £80,001 £68,125
90th Percentile £79,625 £117,500 £70,500
UK median annual salary £63,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.93% +7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,406 73,310 86,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.00% 85.47% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,165 53,944 51,053
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,332 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Open Source Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Open Source Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source Development in England.

Salary trend for Open Source Development in England

Open Source Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source Development within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +94 1 £65,000 -7.14% 4
East of England +33 1 £77,500 -3.13% 4
Open Source Development
UK

Open Source Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Drupal
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Android Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
2 1 (50.00%) CMS Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Android Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Android SDK
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) Django
1 1 (50.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (50.00%) Flutter
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) JNI
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Android Development
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) Progressive Web App
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Dart
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft