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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 283 300
Rank change year-on-year -97 +17 -119
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 330 395 772
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 1.06% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.14% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 192 292 624
10th Percentile £41,366 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,313 £59,043 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £117,250 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £74,301 £75,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -0.93% +8.00% -7.40%

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 59,005 34,747 71,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.29% 92.96% 85.73%
Number of salaries quoted 37,172 20,692 53,693
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 24 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 24 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 -41 157 £91,250 -17.05% 46
North of England -45 64 £61,418 +0.35% 12
North West -11 44 £61,418 -5.51% 7
South East -80 30 £60,000 -2.04% 17
East of England -27 26 £30,370 -66.26% 9
South West -53 24 £55,000 -10.20% 8
Midlands -31 16 £51,058 -13.98% 5
Yorkshire -64 16 £52,130 +5.31% 3
East Midlands - 11 £53,029 -
West Midlands -21 5 £28,500 -51.98% 5
North East -36 4 £52,130 -24.87% 2
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 (4.85%) Apache Spark
1 16 (4.85%) Appian
2 10 (3.03%) Apache
2 10 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.21%) Apache Solr
3 4 (1.21%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.91%) WordPress
5 2 (0.61%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.61%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.61%) Confluence
6 1 (0.30%) Camunda
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 37 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.30%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Line 50
2 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.61%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.30%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 102 (30.91%) AWS
2 96 (29.09%) Azure
3 47 (14.24%) GCP
4 26 (7.88%) Anthropic Claude
5 25 (7.58%) Serverless
6 23 (6.97%) GitHub
7 18 (5.45%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (4.85%) OpenShift
9 15 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.94%) Amazon Alexa
11 12 (3.64%) Azure AI
11 12 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (2.42%) Amazon MSK
14 8 (2.42%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (2.42%) SaaS
15 7 (2.12%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 7 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.88%) Broadband
2 13 (3.94%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.42%) HTTP
3 8 (2.42%) VoIP
4 6 (1.82%) Network Security
5 5 (1.52%) AMQP
5 5 (1.52%) DNS
5 5 (1.52%) RTP
5 5 (1.52%) SMTP
5 5 (1.52%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (1.52%) WAN
6 3 (0.91%) LAN
6 3 (0.91%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.91%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.61%) Firewall
7 2 (0.61%) GPON
7 2 (0.61%) IPv4
7 2 (0.61%) IPv6
7 2 (0.61%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.88%) MongoDB
2 24 (7.27%) MySQL
3 21 (6.36%) NoSQL
3 21 (6.36%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (6.06%) Pinecone
5 16 (4.85%) SQL Server
6 8 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.12%) Big Data
7 7 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.12%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.82%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.52%) Cloudera CDH
9 5 (1.52%) Redis
10 4 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.21%) DocumentDB
10 4 (1.21%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.21%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.21%) QGIS
10 4 (1.21%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.21%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 31 (9.39%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.97%) TeamCity
3 16 (4.85%) Git
4 13 (3.94%) MLflow
5 9 (2.73%) Claude Code
6 7 (2.12%) JIRA
7 6 (1.82%) GitLab
7 6 (1.82%) Selenium
8 5 (1.52%) Burp Suite
8 5 (1.52%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.30%) Maven
General
1 59 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
2 58 (17.58%) Social Skills
3 52 (15.76%) Finance
4 27 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.97%) German Language
6 15 (4.55%) Banking
6 15 (4.55%) Law
7 13 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.33%) Italian Language
9 10 (3.03%) Retail
10 9 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.42%) Tech for Good
12 7 (2.12%) Legal
13 6 (1.82%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.52%) Back Office
14 5 (1.52%) Marketing
15 4 (1.21%) French Language
16 3 (0.91%) Advertising
16 3 (0.91%) Portuguese Language
16 3 (0.91%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 98 (29.70%) Senior
2 78 (23.64%) Software Engineer
3 39 (11.82%) Developer
4 26 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 26 (7.88%) Senior Software Engineer
5 23 (6.97%) Architect
6 21 (6.36%) Lead
7 18 (5.45%) Data Engineer
7 18 (5.45%) Principal Engineer
8 16 (4.85%) Java Engineer
9 15 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
10 12 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (3.64%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (3.64%) Development Engineer
10 12 (3.64%) Scala Engineer
11 11 (3.33%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.03%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.03%) Python Developer
12 10 (3.03%) Senior Development Engineer
12 10 (3.03%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.52%) REST
2 30 (9.09%) RESTful
3 28 (8.48%) Node.js
4 26 (7.88%) React
5 24 (7.27%) PyTorch
6 23 (6.97%) Akka
6 23 (6.97%) Django
6 23 (6.97%) TensorFlow
7 21 (6.36%) Kafka
8 20 (6.06%) FastAPI
9 19 (5.76%) NumPy
10 18 (5.45%) Pandas
10 18 (5.45%) scikit-learn
11 17 (5.15%) OAuth
11 17 (5.15%) OpenAPI
11 17 (5.15%) Swagger
12 16 (4.85%) Web Services
13 15 (4.55%) Flask
13 15 (4.55%) Hugging Face
13 15 (4.55%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.94%) Cloud Native
2 40 (12.12%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.27%) Video\Live Streaming
4 23 (6.97%) Over-the-Top Content
5 16 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (4.55%) Low-Code
7 11 (3.33%) AI Agents
7 11 (3.33%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.73%) Blog
8 9 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.42%) Product Ownership
10 7 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.12%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.52%) GNSS
11 5 (1.52%) Insider Threat
11 5 (1.52%) Mobile Payment
12 4 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 37 (11.21%) Linux
2 14 (4.24%) Windows
3 10 (3.03%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.73%) Unix
5 7 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.82%) CentOS
7 5 (1.52%) Android
7 5 (1.52%) Debian
8 4 (1.21%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.61%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.30%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.30%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (37.88%) AI
2 118 (35.76%) Software Engineering
3 93 (28.18%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (26.36%) Agile
5 82 (24.85%) CI/CD
6 79 (23.94%) DevOps
6 79 (23.94%) LLM
7 76 (23.03%) Generative AI
8 70 (21.21%) Machine Learning
9 62 (18.79%) Mentoring
9 62 (18.79%) Microservices
10 59 (17.88%) Analytics
11 55 (16.67%) Containerisation
12 54 (16.36%) TDD
13 51 (15.45%) Test Automation
14 42 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (12.12%) Analytical Thinking
16 37 (11.21%) Scrum
17 34 (10.30%) Kanban
17 34 (10.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 114 (34.55%) Python
2 71 (21.52%) Java
3 52 (15.76%) SQL
4 31 (9.39%) JavaScript
4 31 (9.39%) Scala
5 20 (6.06%) Go
6 19 (5.76%) C++
7 18 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.24%) C
9 8 (2.42%) PHP
10 7 (2.12%) C#
11 5 (1.52%) Bash
11 5 (1.52%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.21%) Rust
13 3 (0.91%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.91%) Ruby
13 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.30%) F#
15 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 91 (27.58%) Degree
2 35 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 27 (8.18%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.24%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.33%) PhD
7 9 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.42%) Chartered Engineer
8 8 (2.42%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 7 (2.12%) GIAC
9 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.82%) CISSP
10 6 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.82%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.82%) OSCP
11 5 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.52%) CREST Certified
11 5 (1.52%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.18%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.55%) QA
3 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 5 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.52%) SLA
5 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.91%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.91%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) GDPR
7 2 (0.61%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) IFRS
8 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 79 (23.94%) Docker
2 11 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.91%) Kamailio
3 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) KVM
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) QEMU
5 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (27.27%) Kubernetes
2 37 (11.21%) Terraform
3 17 (5.15%) Ansible
4 8 (2.42%) Istio
5 7 (2.12%) Puppet
6 5 (1.52%) Argo
6 5 (1.52%) Nmap
7 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.91%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.61%) Grafana
10 1 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 64 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.39%) OpenAI
3 19 (5.76%) Google
4 12 (3.64%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.64%) Databricks
4 12 (3.64%) Oracle
4 12 (3.64%) UiPath
5 10 (3.03%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.42%) Confluent
7 7 (2.12%) Cisco
8 5 (1.52%) IBM
8 5 (1.52%) SaltStack
9 4 (1.21%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.21%) Palantir
9 4 (1.21%) PayPal
9 4 (1.21%) SAP
10 3 (0.91%) Apple
10 3 (0.91%) BT
10 3 (0.91%) Mitel
10 3 (0.91%) VMware