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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 411 259
Rank change year-on-year -8 -152 -19
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 392 232 706
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.54% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.61% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 293 139 379
10th Percentile £46,188 £47,800 £41,000
25th Percentile £63,626 £54,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,000 £73,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.33% +10.61% -5.71%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,625 £86,000
90th Percentile £109,800 £121,500 £100,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% +7.41% -3.57%

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 76,170 38,152 55,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.53% 89.06% 82.25%
Number of salaries quoted 53,672 21,624 29,977
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -39 139 £85,000 - 626
North of England -11 92 £80,000 +37.93% 72
South West -29 61 £100,000 +37.93% 49
South East -44 50 £62,500 -3.85% 56
North West -1 43 £80,000 +23.08% 39
North East -37 36 £74,830 +42.53% 10
Midlands -43 23 £74,654 +2.97% 22
East of England -22 20 £100,000 +128.57% 73
West Midlands -41 15 £74,742 +3.09% 16
Yorkshire -27 13 £83,774 +69.24% 23
East Midlands -36 8 £39,194 -54.27% 6
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 19 (4.85%) Apache
2 13 (3.32%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.53%) JBoss
4 5 (1.28%) Camunda
4 5 (1.28%) nginx
5 4 (1.02%) WordPress
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.26%) InDesign
2 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Line 50
2 2 (0.51%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.26%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 157 (40.05%) AWS
2 88 (22.45%) Azure
3 54 (13.78%) GCP
4 35 (8.93%) GitHub
5 27 (6.89%) Serverless
6 20 (5.10%) Anthropic Claude
7 16 (4.08%) GitHub Copilot
8 15 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.32%) Amazon S3
11 12 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
11 12 (3.06%) SaaS
12 11 (2.81%) dbt
12 11 (2.81%) OpenShift
13 10 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.79%) Amazon EMR
14 7 (1.79%) Datadog
14 7 (1.79%) Power Platform
15 6 (1.53%) Google Gemini
16 5 (1.28%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.06%) Firewall
2 10 (2.55%) AMQP
3 7 (1.79%) Internet
3 7 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.79%) VoIP
4 6 (1.53%) DHCP
4 6 (1.53%) DNS
4 6 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.53%) Network Security
4 6 (1.53%) NX-OS
5 5 (1.28%) SSL
6 3 (0.77%) CTI
7 2 (0.51%) Asterisk PBX
7 2 (0.51%) MQTT
7 2 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.26%) BGP
8 1 (0.26%) HTTP
8 1 (0.26%) VPN
8 1 (0.26%) WAN
8 1 (0.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 25 (6.38%) Big Data
3 25 (6.38%) MySQL
4 22 (5.61%) MongoDB
5 11 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.55%) Metadata
6 10 (2.55%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.79%) Cloudera CDH
7 7 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.79%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.79%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.53%) Redis
9 4 (1.02%) FileMaker
9 4 (1.02%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.02%) Pinecone
9 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (6.38%) Git
2 20 (5.10%) GitLab
3 17 (4.34%) Claude Code
4 12 (3.06%) JIRA
5 10 (2.55%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.04%) Subversion
7 7 (1.79%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.02%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.02%) Snyk
9 3 (0.77%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.77%) Maven
10 2 (0.51%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.51%) JUnit
10 2 (0.51%) MLflow
10 2 (0.51%) Mockito
10 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 101 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 66 (16.84%) Public Sector
3 63 (16.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 57 (14.54%) Finance
5 30 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (5.87%) Law
7 18 (4.59%) Legal
8 16 (4.08%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.57%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.04%) Banking
11 8 (2.04%) Marketing
12 6 (1.53%) Police
13 5 (1.28%) Advertising
13 5 (1.28%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.28%) Games
13 5 (1.28%) Retail
14 4 (1.02%) Automotive
15 3 (0.77%) Front Office
15 3 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 107 (27.30%) Software Engineer
2 99 (25.26%) Lead
3 65 (16.58%) Senior
4 56 (14.29%) Architect
5 42 (10.71%) Lead Software Engineer
6 39 (9.95%) Developer
7 31 (7.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 28 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
9 23 (5.87%) Principal Engineer
10 19 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
11 17 (4.34%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.08%) Principal Software Engineer
12 16 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.57%) Java Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) Consultant
14 13 (3.32%) Linux Engineer
15 12 (3.06%) Senior Developer
16 11 (2.81%) Senior Consultant
17 10 (2.55%) Embedded Engineer
17 10 (2.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.48%) Terraform
2 40 (10.20%) Node.js
3 31 (7.91%) React
4 24 (6.12%) REST
5 23 (5.87%) LangChain
6 21 (5.36%) HTML
7 20 (5.10%) CSS
7 20 (5.10%) Spring
8 19 (4.85%) Kafka
9 18 (4.59%) LlamaIndex
10 16 (4.08%) RabbitMQ
10 16 (4.08%) RESTful
10 16 (4.08%) Spring Boot
11 13 (3.32%) PyTorch
12 12 (3.06%) TensorFlow
13 10 (2.55%) FastAPI
13 10 (2.55%) Model Context Protocol
13 10 (2.55%) OAuth
13 10 (2.55%) scikit-learn
14 9 (2.30%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 64 (16.33%) Cloud Native
2 43 (10.97%) Onboarding
3 36 (9.18%) Public Cloud
4 19 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.08%) Blog
5 16 (4.08%) Management Information System
6 15 (3.83%) AI Agents
7 12 (3.06%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.55%) Distributed Computing
8 10 (2.55%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.30%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.30%) Data Structures
9 9 (2.30%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.30%) Social Media
10 8 (2.04%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.79%) PKI
11 7 (1.79%) Robotics
12 6 (1.53%) Autonomous Agent
13 5 (1.28%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.50%) Linux
2 19 (4.85%) Windows
3 13 (3.32%) Debian
4 11 (2.81%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.30%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.04%) CentOS
7 6 (1.53%) Android
7 6 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.53%) Unix
8 4 (1.02%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.77%) Gentoo
10 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (43.37%) Software Engineering
2 135 (34.44%) Agile
3 134 (34.18%) AI
4 100 (25.51%) CI/CD
5 80 (20.41%) Mentoring
6 79 (20.15%) DevOps
7 70 (17.86%) LLM
8 68 (17.35%) Microservices
9 66 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (16.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 59 (15.05%) Containerisation
12 58 (14.80%) Machine Learning
13 47 (11.99%) Computer Science
14 46 (11.73%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
15 44 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
15 44 (11.22%) Technical Leadership
16 39 (9.95%) Roadmaps
17 38 (9.69%) Coaching
17 38 (9.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (9.69%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 126 (32.14%) Python
2 81 (20.66%) Java
3 61 (15.56%) JavaScript
4 36 (9.18%) SQL
4 36 (9.18%) TypeScript
5 33 (8.42%) C++
6 21 (5.36%) Bash
7 17 (4.34%) C
8 14 (3.57%) Scala
9 13 (3.32%) C#
10 12 (3.06%) PHP
11 11 (2.81%) Rust
12 9 (2.30%) Go
12 9 (2.30%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.79%) Clojure
13 7 (1.79%) Erlang
13 7 (1.79%) Ruby
14 5 (1.28%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.77%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.77%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 114 (29.08%) Security Cleared
2 70 (17.86%) Degree
3 62 (15.82%) SC Cleared
4 54 (13.78%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (5.10%) Azure Certification
7 18 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (4.08%) AWS Certification
9 15 (3.83%) PhD
10 10 (2.55%) Master's Degree
11 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 8 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.53%) CCNA
13 6 (1.53%) MCSE
13 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.28%) CISSP
14 5 (1.28%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.02%) CISM
16 3 (0.77%) GSEC
17 2 (0.51%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.59%) Accessibility
1 18 (4.59%) QA
2 15 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.55%) NCSC
4 8 (2.04%) WCAG
5 6 (1.53%) SLA
6 4 (1.02%) ISO 14001
6 4 (1.02%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.77%) NIST
7 3 (0.77%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.26%) MiFID
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 38 (9.69%) Docker
2 8 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.53%) vSphere
5 5 (1.28%) Firmware
5 5 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.77%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.51%) KVM
7 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) IAG
8 1 (0.26%) QEMU
8 1 (0.26%) Snort
8 1 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 50 (12.76%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.59%) Ansible
3 10 (2.55%) Puppet
4 8 (2.04%) Grafana
5 6 (1.53%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.28%) Nagios
6 5 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.02%) Argo
7 4 (1.02%) Podman
8 3 (0.77%) Packer
9 2 (0.51%) Cilium
9 2 (0.51%) Istio
9 2 (0.51%) linkerd
9 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (7.40%) Google
2 28 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 18 (4.59%) OpenAI
4 17 (4.34%) Red Hat
5 13 (3.32%) Oracle
6 11 (2.81%) Splunk
7 9 (2.30%) VMware
7 9 (2.30%) YouTube
8 8 (2.04%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.79%) Apple
9 7 (1.79%) FIS
9 7 (1.79%) SaltStack
10 6 (1.53%) Adobe
10 6 (1.53%) Cisco
11 5 (1.28%) New Relic
12 4 (1.02%) OutSystems
12 4 (1.02%) Sage
13 3 (0.77%) Databricks
13 3 (0.77%) Intel
13 3 (0.77%) Thales