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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 268 294
Rank change year-on-year -107 +26 -110
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 344 415 767
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 1.13% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.21% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 199 305 623
10th Percentile £42,178 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £117,750 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% +3.57% -6.67%

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 56,888 34,178 69,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.94% 93.12% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 35,854 20,456 53,153
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -49 164 £95,000 -13.64% 57
North of England -47 70 £61,418 -5.51% 13
North West -13 49 £67,500 -0.09% 6
East of England -13 29 £30,370 -66.26% 18
South East -84 27 £60,000 - 19
South West -39 25 £55,000 -13.73% 11
Midlands -36 17 £51,058 -25.43% 7
Yorkshire -56 16 £52,130 +5.31% 6
East Midlands -34 13 £51,058 -
North East -32 5 £52,130 -24.83% 1
West Midlands -20 4 £28,500 -58.37% 7
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 18 (5.23%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.65%) Appian
3 12 (3.49%) Apache
4 11 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.74%) Anypoint
6 5 (1.45%) Apache Solr
7 4 (1.16%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.58%) Confluence
8 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.58%) WordPress
9 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 41 (11.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Shopify
2 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Line 50
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 114 (33.14%) AWS
2 103 (29.94%) Azure
3 54 (15.70%) GCP
4 25 (7.27%) Serverless
5 24 (6.98%) Anthropic Claude
6 19 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (5.52%) GitHub
7 18 (5.23%) Power Automate
8 16 (4.65%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.07%) Amazon Alexa
10 12 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.49%) Azure AI
10 12 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (3.20%) SaaS
12 10 (2.91%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 10 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (2.33%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (2.33%) PaaS
14 7 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.56%) Broadband
2 15 (4.36%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.33%) HTTP
4 7 (2.03%) VoIP
5 6 (1.74%) AMQP
6 5 (1.45%) DNS
6 5 (1.45%) Network Security
6 5 (1.45%) RTP
6 5 (1.45%) SMTP
6 5 (1.45%) WAN
7 4 (1.16%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.87%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.87%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.58%) DHCP
9 2 (0.58%) IPv4
9 2 (0.58%) IPv6
9 2 (0.58%) PPP
9 2 (0.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.56%) MongoDB
2 24 (6.98%) MySQL
3 23 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (5.81%) NoSQL
5 19 (5.52%) Pinecone
6 16 (4.65%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.33%) Big Data
8 8 (2.33%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.03%) Redis
9 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.74%) Cloudera CDH
10 6 (1.74%) Neo4j
11 5 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.45%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.16%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (1.16%) GIS
12 4 (1.16%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 29 (8.43%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.69%) TeamCity
3 15 (4.36%) Git
4 13 (3.78%) MLflow
5 8 (2.33%) Claude Code
6 7 (2.03%) Burp Suite
6 7 (2.03%) JIRA
6 7 (2.03%) Metasploit
7 6 (1.74%) Selenium
8 5 (1.45%) GitLab
General
1 61 (17.73%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (16.57%) Finance
4 28 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.56%) German Language
6 21 (6.10%) Law
7 18 (5.23%) Banking
8 15 (4.36%) Retail
9 13 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.20%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.20%) Italian Language
10 11 (3.20%) Legal
11 9 (2.62%) Tech for Good
12 7 (2.03%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.03%) Back Office
12 7 (2.03%) Marketing
13 4 (1.16%) French Language
14 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.87%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.87%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 105 (30.52%) Senior
2 82 (23.84%) Software Engineer
3 39 (11.34%) Developer
4 28 (8.14%) Senior Software Engineer
5 25 (7.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 24 (6.98%) Lead
7 22 (6.40%) Architect
8 20 (5.81%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.94%) Java Engineer
9 17 (4.94%) Principal Engineer
10 16 (4.65%) Java Software Engineer
11 15 (4.36%) Development Engineer
12 13 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.49%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.49%) Java Developer
13 12 (3.49%) Scala Engineer
14 11 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
14 11 (3.20%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.20%) Software Developer
14 11 (3.20%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.21%) REST
2 33 (9.59%) RESTful
3 27 (7.85%) Node.js
3 27 (7.85%) React
4 25 (7.27%) Django
4 25 (7.27%) PyTorch
5 24 (6.98%) TensorFlow
6 23 (6.69%) Akka
7 21 (6.10%) Kafka
8 20 (5.81%) NumPy
9 19 (5.52%) FastAPI
9 19 (5.52%) Pandas
9 19 (5.52%) scikit-learn
9 19 (5.52%) Web Services
10 18 (5.23%) OpenAPI
10 18 (5.23%) Swagger
11 17 (4.94%) OAuth
12 15 (4.36%) Flask
12 15 (4.36%) pytest
12 15 (4.36%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 53 (15.41%) Cloud Native
2 43 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.98%) Video\Live Streaming
4 23 (6.69%) Over-the-Top Content
5 19 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (5.23%) Low-Code
7 16 (4.65%) Security Posture
8 15 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (3.20%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.33%) Data Centre
11 8 (2.33%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.03%) Algorithms
12 7 (2.03%) Blog
12 7 (2.03%) Insider Threat
12 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.74%) Legacy Code
14 5 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
14 5 (1.45%) GNSS
14 5 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 44 (12.79%) Linux
2 13 (3.78%) Unix
2 13 (3.78%) Windows
3 11 (3.20%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.03%) CentOS
6 6 (1.74%) Debian
7 5 (1.45%) Android
8 4 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.58%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (36.34%) Software Engineering
2 124 (36.05%) AI
3 102 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (27.62%) Agile
5 85 (24.71%) CI/CD
6 81 (23.55%) LLM
7 80 (23.26%) DevOps
8 78 (22.67%) Generative AI
9 69 (20.06%) Machine Learning
10 63 (18.31%) Mentoring
11 62 (18.02%) Microservices
12 60 (17.44%) Analytics
13 58 (16.86%) Containerisation
14 54 (15.70%) TDD
15 49 (14.24%) Test Automation
16 48 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (12.79%) Analytical Thinking
18 38 (11.05%) Scrum
19 35 (10.17%) Kanban
20 33 (9.59%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (34.30%) Python
2 81 (23.55%) Java
3 57 (16.57%) SQL
4 34 (9.88%) JavaScript
5 31 (9.01%) Scala
6 22 (6.40%) C++
6 22 (6.40%) Go
7 18 (5.23%) C
7 18 (5.23%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.91%) C#
9 8 (2.33%) Rust
10 6 (1.74%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.74%) PHP
10 6 (1.74%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.87%) Bash
11 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.58%) R
12 2 (0.58%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) Korn
Qualifications
1 94 (27.33%) Degree
2 37 (10.76%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.20%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 9 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.62%) GIAC
7 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.33%) Chartered Engineer
8 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.33%) OSCP
8 8 (2.33%) PhD
9 7 (2.03%) CCNA
9 7 (2.03%) CEH
9 7 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.03%) CISMP
9 7 (2.03%) CISSP
9 7 (2.03%) GPEN
9 7 (2.03%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.78%) QA
3 8 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.33%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.33%) SLA
4 7 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.74%) GDPR
5 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.16%) NIST
6 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 84 (24.42%) Docker
2 15 (4.36%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.87%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.87%) KVM
4 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) QEMU
6 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (29.65%) Kubernetes
2 43 (12.50%) Terraform
3 18 (5.23%) Ansible
4 8 (2.33%) Istio
5 7 (2.03%) Nmap
5 7 (2.03%) Puppet
6 5 (1.45%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (1.16%) Argo
7 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.58%) Grafana
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 70 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.43%) OpenAI
3 19 (5.52%) Google
4 16 (4.65%) Oracle
5 12 (3.49%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (3.49%) Databricks
5 12 (3.49%) UiPath
6 11 (3.20%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.91%) SAP
8 9 (2.62%) Cisco
8 9 (2.62%) IBM
9 8 (2.33%) Confluent
10 7 (2.03%) SaltStack
11 6 (1.74%) Dell
11 6 (1.74%) Epicor
11 6 (1.74%) Infor
11 6 (1.74%) Informatica
11 6 (1.74%) Software AG
11 6 (1.74%) Talend
11 6 (1.74%) TIBCO