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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 297 285
Rank change year-on-year -96 -12 -100
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 313 395 797
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.39% 1.03% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.10% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 182 285 637
10th Percentile £42,410 £47,638 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,401 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £117,250 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £74,651 £73,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.26% +12.31% -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 60,455 35,779 71,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.68% 93.09% 85.50%
Number of salaries quoted 38,411 20,632 53,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -10.57%

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 5 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 5 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 -51 149 £91,250 -17.05% 102
North of England -47 65 £61,418 +0.35% 19
North West -4 45 £74,301 +14.31% 9
South East -86 28 £60,000 - 22
South West -46 23 £55,000 -8.33% 15
East of England -4 22 £30,370 -66.26% 18
Yorkshire -62 16 £52,130 +5.31% 7
Midlands -32 14 £51,058 -11.20% 6
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands -30 5 £28,500 -50.43% 5
North East -32 4 £52,130 -24.87% 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 (5.11%) Appian
2 15 (4.79%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.88%) Apache
3 9 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.28%) Apache Solr
4 4 (1.28%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.96%) WordPress
6 2 (0.64%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.64%) Confluence
7 1 (0.32%) Camunda
7 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 31 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.28%) Line 50
2 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 96 (30.67%) AWS
2 90 (28.75%) Azure
3 45 (14.38%) GCP
4 28 (8.95%) Anthropic Claude
5 25 (7.99%) GitHub
5 25 (7.99%) Serverless
6 17 (5.43%) Amazon EKS
7 16 (5.11%) OpenShift
8 12 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
8 12 (3.83%) Azure AI
8 12 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (3.83%) Power Automate
9 11 (3.51%) Amazon Alexa
10 9 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
11 8 (2.56%) Amazon MSK
11 8 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.56%) SaaS
12 7 (2.24%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 7 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.67%) Broadband
2 12 (3.83%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.56%) HTTP
3 8 (2.56%) VoIP
4 7 (2.24%) Network Security
5 5 (1.60%) AMQP
5 5 (1.60%) DNS
5 5 (1.60%) SMTP
5 5 (1.60%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (1.28%) RTP
6 4 (1.28%) WAN
7 3 (0.96%) LAN
7 3 (0.96%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.96%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.32%) DOCSIS
9 1 (0.32%) DSL
9 1 (0.32%) Firewall
9 1 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.31%) MongoDB
2 23 (7.35%) MySQL
3 20 (6.39%) Pinecone
3 20 (6.39%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (6.07%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.79%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.24%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.92%) Big Data
7 6 (1.92%) Neo4j
8 5 (1.60%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (1.60%) Redis
9 4 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.28%) DocumentDB
9 4 (1.28%) FileMaker
9 4 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.28%) GIS
9 4 (1.28%) QGIS
9 4 (1.28%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 30 (9.58%) Jenkins
2 22 (7.03%) TeamCity
3 15 (4.79%) Git
4 13 (4.15%) MLflow
5 11 (3.51%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.92%) JIRA
6 6 (1.92%) Selenium
7 5 (1.60%) GitLab
8 4 (1.28%) Burp Suite
8 4 (1.28%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.64%) Maven
10 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 54 (17.25%) Analytical Skills
1 54 (17.25%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.29%) Finance
3 27 (8.63%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.07%) German Language
5 14 (4.47%) Banking
5 14 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.83%) Law
7 10 (3.19%) Italian Language
8 9 (2.88%) Retail
9 8 (2.56%) Tech for Good
10 7 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.92%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.60%) Back Office
12 5 (1.60%) Legal
12 5 (1.60%) Marketing
13 4 (1.28%) French Language
14 3 (0.96%) Front Office
14 3 (0.96%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 93 (29.71%) Senior
2 75 (23.96%) Software Engineer
3 38 (12.14%) Developer
4 27 (8.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 26 (8.31%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (7.03%) Lead
7 19 (6.07%) Architect
8 18 (5.75%) Principal Engineer
9 17 (5.43%) Java Engineer
10 16 (5.11%) Data Engineer
11 15 (4.79%) Java Software Engineer
12 12 (3.83%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.83%) Scala Engineer
13 11 (3.51%) AWS Engineer
14 10 (3.19%) Development Engineer
14 10 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
14 10 (3.19%) Java Developer
14 10 (3.19%) Senior Development Engineer
14 10 (3.19%) Senior Software Development Engineer
14 10 (3.19%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.50%) REST
2 28 (8.95%) RESTful
3 27 (8.63%) Node.js
4 25 (7.99%) React
5 23 (7.35%) Django
5 23 (7.35%) PyTorch
6 22 (7.03%) Akka
6 22 (7.03%) TensorFlow
7 20 (6.39%) FastAPI
7 20 (6.39%) Kafka
8 18 (5.75%) NumPy
8 18 (5.75%) scikit-learn
9 17 (5.43%) OAuth
9 17 (5.43%) OpenAPI
9 17 (5.43%) Pandas
9 17 (5.43%) Swagger
10 15 (4.79%) Flask
10 15 (4.79%) Hugging Face
10 15 (4.79%) pytest
11 14 (4.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.74%) Cloud Native
2 36 (11.50%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.35%) Video\Live Streaming
4 22 (7.03%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.83%) Low-Code
8 10 (3.19%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.19%) Blog
8 10 (3.19%) Security Posture
9 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.24%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.24%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.60%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.60%) GNSS
11 5 (1.60%) Mobile Payment
12 4 (1.28%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.28%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.90%) Linux
2 14 (4.47%) Windows
3 9 (2.88%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.24%) Unix
5 6 (1.92%) CentOS
6 5 (1.60%) Android
6 5 (1.60%) Debian
7 4 (1.28%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.32%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (37.38%) AI
2 116 (37.06%) Software Engineering
3 83 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (25.24%) Agile
5 78 (24.92%) CI/CD
6 75 (23.96%) DevOps
7 73 (23.32%) LLM
8 70 (22.36%) Generative AI
9 68 (21.73%) Machine Learning
10 60 (19.17%) Microservices
11 59 (18.85%) Mentoring
12 57 (18.21%) Analytics
13 54 (17.25%) TDD
14 51 (16.29%) Test Automation
15 50 (15.97%) Containerisation
16 36 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (11.18%) Roadmaps
17 35 (11.18%) Scrum
18 34 (10.86%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
19 33 (10.54%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 112 (35.78%) Python
2 66 (21.09%) Java
3 48 (15.34%) SQL
4 30 (9.58%) Scala
5 28 (8.95%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.75%) Go
6 18 (5.75%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.79%) C++
8 9 (2.88%) C
8 9 (2.88%) PHP
9 5 (1.60%) C#
9 5 (1.60%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.28%) Bash
11 3 (0.96%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.96%) Ruby
12 2 (0.64%) Rust
13 1 (0.32%) F#
13 1 (0.32%) Korn
13 1 (0.32%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (26.20%) Degree
2 33 (10.54%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.31%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.79%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.83%) PhD
6 8 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.24%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.92%) GIAC
8 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.60%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.60%) CISSP
9 5 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.60%) OSCP
10 4 (1.28%) CCNA
10 4 (1.28%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.28%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.99%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.79%) QA
3 5 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.60%) SLA
4 4 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.28%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.28%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.64%) NIST
6 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 74 (23.64%) Docker
2 9 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.96%) Kamailio
3 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.64%) KVM
5 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.32%) QEMU
5 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 84 (26.84%) Kubernetes
2 38 (12.14%) Terraform
3 17 (5.43%) Ansible
4 8 (2.56%) Istio
5 7 (2.24%) Puppet
6 5 (1.60%) Argo
7 4 (1.28%) Nmap
7 4 (1.28%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.96%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.64%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 56 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.90%) OpenAI
3 19 (6.07%) Google
4 12 (3.83%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.83%) UiPath
5 11 (3.51%) Databricks
6 9 (2.88%) Oracle
6 9 (2.88%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.56%) Confluent
8 5 (1.60%) Cisco
8 5 (1.60%) SaltStack
9 4 (1.28%) Adobe
9 4 (1.28%) Apple
9 4 (1.28%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.28%) Palantir
9 4 (1.28%) PayPal
9 4 (1.28%) Sage
10 3 (0.96%) Mitel
10 3 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.96%) VMware