Open Source Job Trends in England

Open Source
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Open Source skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 339 281
Rank change year-on-year -78 -58 -90
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 296 324 850
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.85% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.91% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 200 241 650
10th Percentile £46,939 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +23.08% -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £127,500 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £77,838 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.78% +15.38% -13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,348 35,444 72,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.96% 93.35% 84.02%
Number of salaries quoted 40,742 18,936 54,252
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Open Source job vacancy trend in England

Open Source
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Open Source.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Open Source

Open Source
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Open Source in England

Open Source
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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 -49 131 £92,500 -15.91% 155
North of England +3 71 £75,000 +11.01% 14
North West +12 47 £75,000 +5.72% 12
South East -58 29 £60,000 -4.00% 35
South West -46 24 £57,500 -4.17% 18
Yorkshire -35 18 £80,000 +63.27% 2
Midlands -26 16 £53,029 -21.58% 3
East of England -20 14 £80,000 -20.99% 17
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands -40 7 £28,500 -57.86% 1
North East -38 6 £67,952 -0.38%
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.38%) Apache
1 10 (3.38%) Appian
2 9 (3.04%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.35%) Apache Solr
3 4 (1.35%) GeoServer
3 4 (1.35%) WordPress
4 2 (0.68%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.68%) Camunda
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) InDesign
2 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.34%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Line 50
2 2 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (36.49%) AWS
2 94 (31.76%) Azure
3 43 (14.53%) GCP
4 29 (9.80%) Anthropic Claude
5 27 (9.12%) GitHub
6 24 (8.11%) Serverless
7 16 (5.41%) OpenShift
8 14 (4.73%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (4.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (4.39%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (3.04%) Azure AI
10 9 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (3.04%) Power Automate
10 9 (3.04%) SaaS
11 8 (2.70%) Amazon MSK
12 7 (2.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.36%) Google Gemini
13 6 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.77%) Broadband
2 9 (3.04%) VoIP
3 7 (2.36%) Network Security
3 7 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.03%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (1.69%) AMQP
5 5 (1.69%) HTTP
6 3 (1.01%) LAN
6 3 (1.01%) RTP
6 3 (1.01%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.01%) WAN
6 3 (1.01%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.68%) Asterisk PBX
7 2 (0.68%) DNS
7 2 (0.68%) SMTP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.34%) Internet
8 1 (0.34%) SSL
8 1 (0.34%) VPN
8 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.15%) MongoDB
2 32 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (10.14%) MySQL
4 29 (9.80%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.73%) Pinecone
6 12 (4.05%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (2.03%) Big Data
8 6 (2.03%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.03%) Neo4j
8 6 (2.03%) Redis
9 5 (1.69%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (1.35%) DocumentDB
10 4 (1.35%) FileMaker
10 4 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.35%) GIS
10 4 (1.35%) QGIS
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.01%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 30 (10.14%) Jenkins
2 22 (7.43%) TeamCity
3 15 (5.07%) Claude Code
3 15 (5.07%) Git
4 9 (3.04%) MLflow
5 6 (2.03%) JIRA
5 6 (2.03%) Selenium
6 5 (1.69%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.35%) Metasploit
8 3 (1.01%) GitLab
9 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.68%) Maven
10 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.34%) CMake
10 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.34%) Valgrind
10 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.55%) Finance
3 35 (11.82%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.73%) Banking
5 14 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.05%) Law
7 9 (3.04%) Retail
8 8 (2.70%) German Language
8 8 (2.70%) Legal
8 8 (2.70%) Tech for Good
9 6 (2.03%) Back Office
9 6 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.69%) Italian Language
10 5 (1.69%) Marketing
11 4 (1.35%) Advertising
11 4 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (1.01%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 92 (31.08%) Software Engineer
2 74 (25.00%) Senior
3 42 (14.19%) Developer
3 42 (14.19%) Lead
4 26 (8.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 25 (8.45%) Senior Software Engineer
6 19 (6.42%) Principal Engineer
7 18 (6.08%) Lead Software Engineer
8 15 (5.07%) Java Engineer
9 14 (4.73%) Architect
10 12 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
10 12 (4.05%) Scala Engineer
10 12 (4.05%) Senior Developer
11 11 (3.72%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.38%) Python Developer
12 10 (3.38%) Software Developer
13 9 (3.04%) Automation Engineer
13 9 (3.04%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (3.04%) Data Engineer
14 8 (2.70%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.50%) Node.js
2 36 (12.16%) RESTful
3 31 (10.47%) REST
4 23 (7.77%) React
5 22 (7.43%) Akka
6 21 (7.09%) Kafka
7 17 (5.74%) Django
8 16 (5.41%) PyTorch
8 16 (5.41%) Spring
9 15 (5.07%) NumPy
9 15 (5.07%) TensorFlow
10 14 (4.73%) FastAPI
10 14 (4.73%) OAuth
10 14 (4.73%) OpenAPI
10 14 (4.73%) Pandas
10 14 (4.73%) pytest
10 14 (4.73%) Spring Boot
10 14 (4.73%) Swagger
11 12 (4.05%) Flask
11 12 (4.05%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.53%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.77%) Video\Live Streaming
3 22 (7.43%) Over-the-Top Content
4 18 (6.08%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.39%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.38%) AI Agents
7 10 (3.38%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.04%) Algorithms
8 9 (3.04%) Low-Code
9 8 (2.70%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.36%) Public Cloud
11 6 (2.03%) Blog
11 6 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.69%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.69%) FPGA
12 5 (1.69%) Mobile Payment
13 4 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.35%) Insider Threat
13 4 (1.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.46%) Linux
2 10 (3.38%) Ubuntu
2 10 (3.38%) Windows
3 7 (2.36%) Debian
3 7 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.36%) Unix
4 6 (2.03%) CentOS
5 5 (1.69%) Android
6 4 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.34%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (46.96%) Software Engineering
2 94 (31.76%) AI
3 87 (29.39%) Agile
4 74 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 68 (22.97%) DevOps
5 68 (22.97%) Mentoring
5 68 (22.97%) Microservices
6 66 (22.30%) TDD
7 57 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (17.57%) Machine Learning
9 51 (17.23%) LLM
10 48 (16.22%) Analytics
10 48 (16.22%) Generative AI
11 43 (14.53%) Containerisation
11 43 (14.53%) Test Automation
12 39 (13.18%) Coaching
13 37 (12.50%) Scrum
14 34 (11.49%) Roadmaps
15 33 (11.15%) Kanban
16 31 (10.47%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 101 (34.12%) Python
2 75 (25.34%) Java
3 52 (17.57%) SQL
4 35 (11.82%) JavaScript
5 30 (10.14%) Scala
6 18 (6.08%) C++
7 16 (5.41%) Go
8 15 (5.07%) TypeScript
9 13 (4.39%) C
10 12 (4.05%) PHP
11 6 (2.03%) Bash
11 6 (2.03%) Rust
12 5 (1.69%) C#
13 4 (1.35%) Clojure
13 4 (1.35%) Erlang
13 4 (1.35%) MATLAB
14 3 (1.01%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.01%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.01%) Ruby
15 1 (0.34%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 51 (17.23%) Degree
2 36 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.08%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.05%) PhD
6 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 7 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.36%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.03%) CISSP
8 6 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.69%) GIAC
9 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.35%) CCNA
10 4 (1.35%) CEH
10 4 (1.35%) CISMP
10 4 (1.35%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.35%) GPEN
10 4 (1.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.74%) Data Quality
2 15 (5.07%) QA
3 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.35%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.35%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.68%) NIST
5 2 (0.68%) SLA
5 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.34%) MiFID
System Software
1 66 (22.30%) Docker
2 8 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.01%) Kamailio
3 3 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.68%) Firmware
4 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.68%) KVM
5 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) QEMU
5 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (25.68%) Kubernetes
2 35 (11.82%) Terraform
3 11 (3.72%) Ansible
4 8 (2.70%) Istio
5 7 (2.36%) Puppet
6 5 (1.69%) Argo
7 4 (1.35%) Nmap
8 3 (1.01%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.34%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.34%) QRadar
Vendors
1 36 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.45%) OpenAI
3 20 (6.76%) Google
4 9 (3.04%) Automation Anywhere
4 9 (3.04%) Red Hat
4 9 (3.04%) UiPath
5 8 (2.70%) Confluent
6 5 (1.69%) Adobe
6 5 (1.69%) Cisco
6 5 (1.69%) Databricks
6 5 (1.69%) Oracle
6 5 (1.69%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.35%) Apple
7 4 (1.35%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.35%) PayPal
7 4 (1.35%) Sage
8 3 (1.01%) BT
8 3 (1.01%) Mitel
8 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.01%) VMware