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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 257 272
Rank change year-on-year -96 +15 -81
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 258 566 507
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.13% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.26% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 139 343 392
10th Percentile £30,370 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.61% +6.63% -11.52%
75th Percentile £85,850 £93,125 £89,063
90th Percentile £120,500 £119,250 £119,625
UK median annual salary £73,801 £69,308 £67,568
% change year-on-year +6.48% +2.57% -6.80%

All Process and 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 43,301 45,037 41,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.17% 90.06% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,926 22,657 32,462
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,435
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,100 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 2025.

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 December 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 -16 126 £85,000 -12.82% 150
North of England -52 35 £71,000 +16.00% 86
East of England +43 34 £30,370 -58.11% 72
South East -66 29 £59,000 +1.72% 124
North West -15 23 £71,000 +9.23% 47
Midlands -1 15 £58,750 -9.94% 73
South West -39 13 £77,500 -3.13% 51
East Midlands -2 9 £51,058 -7.17% 35
Yorkshire -29 8 £49,000 -1.01% 36
West Midlands -2 6 £65,000 -0.71% 32
North East +5 4 £63,151 -4.68% 3
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 16 (6.20%) Apache Spark
2 12 (4.65%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (4.26%) Appian
4 7 (2.71%) Anypoint
5 6 (2.33%) Apache
6 3 (1.16%) Confluence
6 3 (1.16%) Kinematics
6 3 (1.16%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.78%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.39%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.39%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 49 (18.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Maya
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.49%) SAP FS
2 6 (2.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 81 (31.40%) AWS
2 67 (25.97%) Azure
3 40 (15.50%) GCP
4 22 (8.53%) Serverless
5 17 (6.59%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (6.20%) PaaS
7 15 (5.81%) Amazon Alexa
7 15 (5.81%) GitHub
8 13 (5.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (5.04%) Power Automate
9 10 (3.88%) IaaS
10 9 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.49%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 9 (3.49%) Anthropic Claude
10 9 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (3.49%) Prefect
11 8 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (3.10%) Amazon S3
11 8 (3.10%) Figma
12 7 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.43%) TCP/IP
2 8 (3.10%) Broadband
3 7 (2.71%) HTTP
4 6 (2.33%) DNS
5 5 (1.94%) DHCP
6 4 (1.55%) SMTP
7 3 (1.16%) AMQP
7 3 (1.16%) DOCSIS
7 3 (1.16%) DSL
7 3 (1.16%) GPON
7 3 (1.16%) IPv4
7 3 (1.16%) IPv6
7 3 (1.16%) PPP
7 3 (1.16%) RTP
7 3 (1.16%) VoIP
7 3 (1.16%) WAN
7 3 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.78%) Firewall
8 2 (0.78%) Internet
8 2 (0.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.43%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (4.65%) MySQL
2 12 (4.65%) Pinecone
2 12 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.26%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (3.10%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.71%) Redis
8 6 (2.33%) Big Data
8 6 (2.33%) Weaviate
9 5 (1.94%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.55%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.55%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.16%) Cloudera CDH
12 2 (0.78%) DocumentDB
12 2 (0.78%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 19 (7.36%) Git
2 15 (5.81%) JIRA
3 11 (4.26%) MLflow
4 10 (3.88%) Cypress.io
5 8 (3.10%) GitLab
5 8 (3.10%) Selenium
6 7 (2.71%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.94%) Burp Suite
7 5 (1.94%) Metasploit
7 5 (1.94%) Vite
8 3 (1.16%) CircleCI
8 3 (1.16%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.16%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.16%) Mocha
8 3 (1.16%) webpack
9 2 (0.78%) Appium
9 2 (0.78%) Gatling
9 2 (0.78%) NeoLoad
9 2 (0.78%) Ranorex
9 2 (0.78%) SpecFlow
General
1 71 (27.52%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (20.16%) Social Skills
3 32 (12.40%) German Language
4 23 (8.91%) Law
5 22 (8.53%) Finance
6 15 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.26%) French Language
8 11 (4.26%) Games
8 11 (4.26%) Retail
9 10 (3.88%) Dutch Language
9 10 (3.88%) Legal
10 8 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.10%) Italian Language
11 7 (2.71%) Banking
12 6 (2.33%) Marketing
13 4 (1.55%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.16%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 86 (33.33%) Senior
2 37 (14.34%) Architect
3 36 (13.95%) Software Engineer
4 35 (13.57%) Lead
5 25 (9.69%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (7.75%) Software Architect
7 17 (6.59%) Developer
7 17 (6.59%) Senior Software Engineer
8 15 (5.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 14 (5.43%) Cloud Native Engineer
9 14 (5.43%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 14 (5.43%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.26%) Development Engineer
11 10 (3.88%) IT Architect
11 10 (3.88%) Lead Architect
12 9 (3.49%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.49%) Python Engineer
13 8 (3.10%) Automation Engineer
13 8 (3.10%) Java Engineer
13 8 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.69%) React
2 23 (8.91%) REST
3 21 (8.14%) Django
3 21 (8.14%) PyTorch
4 20 (7.75%) TensorFlow
5 19 (7.36%) Middleware
6 18 (6.98%) Node.js
7 17 (6.59%) scikit-learn
8 16 (6.20%) Spring
8 16 (6.20%) Spring Boot
8 16 (6.20%) Web Services
9 14 (5.43%) RESTful
10 13 (5.04%) Hugging Face
11 11 (4.26%) FastAPI
11 11 (4.26%) NumPy
11 11 (4.26%) Pandas
12 10 (3.88%) Faiss
12 10 (3.88%) OpenAPI
12 10 (3.88%) Swagger
13 9 (3.49%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.44%) Cloud Native
2 38 (14.73%) Onboarding
3 30 (11.63%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.43%) Legacy Code
5 13 (5.04%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (5.04%) Low-Code
6 10 (3.88%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.10%) Blog
9 7 (2.71%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.71%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.94%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.94%) Hackathon
11 5 (1.94%) Insider Threat
11 5 (1.94%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.55%) GNSS
12 4 (1.55%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.55%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 51 (19.77%) Linux
2 19 (7.36%) Unix
3 10 (3.88%) Windows
4 4 (1.55%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.16%) CentOS
5 3 (1.16%) Debian
5 3 (1.16%) OpenWrt
5 3 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.39%) Android
6 1 (0.39%) Solaris
6 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (37.21%) AI
2 86 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (29.46%) DevOps
4 75 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 74 (28.68%) LLM
6 71 (27.52%) Agile
7 67 (25.97%) CI/CD
8 65 (25.19%) Generative AI
9 56 (21.71%) Software Engineering
10 53 (20.54%) Analytical Thinking
11 51 (19.77%) Machine Learning
12 44 (17.05%) Containerisation
13 43 (16.67%) Computer Science
14 39 (15.12%) SDLC
15 38 (14.73%) Mentoring
16 33 (12.79%) Clean Code
17 32 (12.40%) Microservices
18 31 (12.02%) Design Patterns
19 30 (11.63%) Decision-Making
19 30 (11.63%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 81 (31.40%) Python
2 66 (25.58%) Java
3 35 (13.57%) SQL
4 28 (10.85%) JavaScript
5 27 (10.47%) C++
6 26 (10.08%) C
7 20 (7.75%) Go
8 16 (6.20%) Rust
8 16 (6.20%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.49%) Bash
10 8 (3.10%) Kotlin
10 8 (3.10%) Scala
11 7 (2.71%) R
12 5 (1.94%) C#
12 5 (1.94%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.55%) Fortran
14 2 (0.78%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.78%) Swift
14 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 118 (45.74%) Degree
2 43 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 33 (12.79%) SC Cleared
4 29 (11.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (7.75%) Master's Degree
6 18 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (6.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 15 (5.81%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.49%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.10%) GIAC
11 7 (2.71%) CISSP
12 6 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.33%) OSCP
12 6 (2.33%) PhD
13 5 (1.94%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.94%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.94%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.08%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 14 (5.43%) QA
4 13 (5.04%) Accessibility
5 9 (3.49%) GDPR
5 9 (3.49%) IFRS
5 9 (3.49%) IFRS 17
5 9 (3.49%) Solvency II
6 7 (2.71%) SLA
7 5 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.94%) NIST
8 4 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.16%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.78%) NCSC
11 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (22.09%) Docker
2 16 (6.20%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (5.43%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.16%) KVM
4 3 (1.16%) QEMU
5 2 (0.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 73 (28.29%) Kubernetes
2 30 (11.63%) Terraform
3 17 (6.59%) Ansible
4 6 (2.33%) AWS Copilot
4 6 (2.33%) Nmap
5 4 (1.55%) Grafana
5 4 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.16%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.16%) Kubeflow
6 3 (1.16%) Puppet
7 1 (0.39%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.39%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.39%) Nagios
7 1 (0.39%) WMI
7 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.36%) SAP
3 18 (6.98%) OpenAI
4 15 (5.81%) Oracle
5 14 (5.43%) Google
6 9 (3.49%) Duck Creek
6 9 (3.49%) Guidewire
6 9 (3.49%) IBM
6 9 (3.49%) Informatica
6 9 (3.49%) Talend
7 8 (3.10%) Databricks
8 7 (2.71%) Automation Anywhere
8 7 (2.71%) Cisco
8 7 (2.71%) Dell
8 7 (2.71%) Epicor
8 7 (2.71%) SnapLogic
8 7 (2.71%) Software AG
8 7 (2.71%) TIBCO
8 7 (2.71%) UiPath
8 7 (2.71%) Workday