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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 259 277
Rank change year-on-year -83 +18 -96
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 323 494 737
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 1.19% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.27% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 179 340 591
10th Percentile £37,500 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £59,192 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £63,218
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +14.68% -15.71%
75th Percentile £85,700 £115,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,500 £138,750 £117,500
UK median annual salary £72,401 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.43% - -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 50,162 38,910 62,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.46% 93.52% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 30,888 20,514 49,276
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,185 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +10.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -22 147 £85,000 -22.73% 89
North of England -23 61 £61,418 -5.51% 28
North West +2 46 £67,500 +3.85% 12
East of England +32 32 £30,370 -60.81% 22
South East -66 31 £58,750 +6.82% 27
South West -27 21 £55,000 -24.14% 17
Midlands -5 19 £55,000 -4.35% 7
East Midlands -11 15 £51,058 -7.17%
Yorkshire -47 10 £50,565 -4.59% 12
North East -17 5 £62,966 -9.15% 4
West Midlands -7 4 £73,801 +20.58% 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 17 (5.26%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.95%) Appian
3 11 (3.41%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.10%) Apache
5 7 (2.17%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.93%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.93%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.93%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.62%) Confluence
8 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 44 (13.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Shopify
2 4 (1.24%) SAP FS
3 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 95 (29.41%) AWS
2 91 (28.17%) Azure
3 46 (14.24%) GCP
4 21 (6.50%) Serverless
5 18 (5.57%) Power Automate
6 17 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (4.95%) Anthropic Claude
8 14 (4.33%) Amazon Alexa
8 14 (4.33%) GitHub
8 14 (4.33%) PaaS
9 13 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 12 (3.72%) Azure AI
10 12 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (3.10%) SaaS
13 9 (2.79%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 9 (2.79%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.67%) Broadband
2 18 (5.57%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.10%) HTTP
4 7 (2.17%) DNS
5 6 (1.86%) RTP
5 6 (1.86%) VoIP
6 5 (1.55%) AMQP
6 5 (1.55%) DHCP
6 5 (1.55%) SMTP
7 4 (1.24%) Software-Defined Radio
7 4 (1.24%) WAN
7 4 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.93%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.93%) DSL
8 3 (0.93%) Firewall
8 3 (0.93%) GPON
8 3 (0.93%) Network Security
8 3 (0.93%) PPP
8 3 (0.93%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (7.12%) MySQL
3 21 (6.50%) MongoDB
4 18 (5.57%) NoSQL
4 18 (5.57%) Pinecone
5 16 (4.95%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.41%) Redis
9 8 (2.48%) Big Data
10 7 (2.17%) Hadoop
10 7 (2.17%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.86%) Weaviate
12 5 (1.55%) Cloudera CDH
12 5 (1.55%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.93%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.93%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 26 (8.05%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.12%) TeamCity
3 18 (5.57%) Git
4 13 (4.02%) MLflow
5 10 (3.10%) JIRA
6 8 (2.48%) Selenium
7 7 (2.17%) Burp Suite
7 7 (2.17%) Metasploit
8 5 (1.55%) GitLab
9 3 (0.93%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.62%) Vite
11 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.31%) Hardhat
11 1 (0.31%) Mocha
11 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 64 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
2 59 (18.27%) Social Skills
3 38 (11.76%) Finance
4 29 (8.98%) German Language
5 26 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.57%) Law
7 16 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.64%) Retail
9 13 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.02%) Legal
10 11 (3.41%) Italian Language
11 10 (3.10%) Banking
12 7 (2.17%) French Language
12 7 (2.17%) Marketing
12 7 (2.17%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.55%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.55%) Back Office
13 5 (1.55%) Games
14 4 (1.24%) Dutch Language
15 3 (0.93%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 106 (32.82%) Senior
2 71 (21.98%) Software Engineer
3 34 (10.53%) Developer
4 29 (8.98%) Architect
5 25 (7.74%) Lead
6 23 (7.12%) Senior Software Engineer
7 21 (6.50%) Data Engineer
8 19 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (5.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 17 (5.26%) Java Engineer
10 17 (5.26%) Java Software Engineer
11 14 (4.33%) Software Architect
12 13 (4.02%) Java Developer
13 12 (3.72%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.72%) Cloud Native Engineer
13 12 (3.72%) Cloud Software Engineer
13 12 (3.72%) Scala Engineer
13 12 (3.72%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.41%) Development Engineer
14 11 (3.41%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.46%) REST
2 32 (9.91%) Django
2 32 (9.91%) RESTful
3 24 (7.43%) React
4 23 (7.12%) Akka
4 23 (7.12%) PyTorch
5 22 (6.81%) TensorFlow
5 22 (6.81%) Web Services
6 19 (5.88%) Node.js
7 18 (5.57%) FastAPI
7 18 (5.57%) NumPy
7 18 (5.57%) scikit-learn
8 17 (5.26%) OAuth
8 17 (5.26%) OpenAPI
8 17 (5.26%) Pandas
8 17 (5.26%) Swagger
9 16 (4.95%) Faiss
9 16 (4.95%) Spring
9 16 (4.95%) Spring Boot
10 15 (4.64%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 55 (17.03%) Cloud Native
2 41 (12.69%) Onboarding
3 28 (8.67%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (7.43%) Video\Live Streaming
5 23 (7.12%) Over-the-Top Content
6 18 (5.57%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.64%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (4.02%) Security Posture
9 12 (3.72%) Legacy Code
10 10 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.79%) AI Agents
11 9 (2.79%) Algorithms
11 9 (2.79%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (2.48%) Blog
12 8 (2.48%) Data Centre
13 7 (2.17%) Insider Threat
13 7 (2.17%) Product Ownership
14 6 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.86%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.86%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (16.72%) Linux
2 18 (5.57%) Unix
3 11 (3.41%) Windows
4 9 (2.79%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.55%) CentOS
6 5 (1.55%) Debian
7 4 (1.24%) Android
7 4 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.93%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.31%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.31%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.31%) Solaris
10 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (31.89%) AI
2 99 (30.65%) Agile
3 95 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (29.41%) Software Engineering
4 85 (26.32%) CI/CD
5 77 (23.84%) LLM
6 71 (21.98%) Generative AI
7 66 (20.43%) DevOps
8 62 (19.20%) Machine Learning
9 56 (17.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (16.72%) Analytics
11 49 (15.17%) Analytical Thinking
12 48 (14.86%) Containerisation
12 48 (14.86%) Mentoring
13 47 (14.55%) TDD
14 46 (14.24%) Microservices
15 42 (13.00%) Test Automation
16 36 (11.15%) Scrum
17 34 (10.53%) Clean Code
18 32 (9.91%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 109 (33.75%) Python
2 86 (26.63%) Java
3 55 (17.03%) SQL
4 32 (9.91%) Scala
5 30 (9.29%) C++
6 27 (8.36%) C
6 27 (8.36%) JavaScript
7 21 (6.50%) Go
8 14 (4.33%) Rust
9 13 (4.02%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.17%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.86%) Bash
11 6 (1.86%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.55%) C#
13 3 (0.93%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.93%) R
14 2 (0.62%) Fortran
14 2 (0.62%) PHP
14 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.31%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 97 (30.03%) Degree
2 47 (14.55%) Security Cleared
3 39 (12.07%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.72%) Master's Degree
7 11 (3.41%) Chartered Engineer
8 10 (3.10%) GIAC
9 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.48%) CISSP
10 8 (2.48%) OSCP
11 7 (2.17%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.17%) CCNA
11 7 (2.17%) CEH
11 7 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.17%) CISMP
11 7 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.17%) CREST Certified
11 7 (2.17%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.91%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 9 (2.79%) QA
4 8 (2.48%) GDPR
4 8 (2.48%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.48%) SLA
5 7 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.86%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.24%) IFRS
7 4 (1.24%) IFRS 17
7 4 (1.24%) NIST
7 4 (1.24%) Solvency II
8 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 85 (26.32%) Docker
2 16 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (3.72%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.24%) KVM
5 3 (0.93%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.93%) QEMU
6 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (30.96%) Kubernetes
2 40 (12.38%) Terraform
3 18 (5.57%) Ansible
4 9 (2.79%) AWS Copilot
5 7 (2.17%) Nmap
6 5 (1.55%) Puppet
7 3 (0.93%) Argo
8 2 (0.62%) Grafana
8 2 (0.62%) Istio
8 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 68 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.05%) OpenAI
3 19 (5.88%) Google
4 16 (4.95%) Oracle
5 14 (4.33%) SAP
6 12 (3.72%) Automation Anywhere
6 12 (3.72%) UiPath
7 11 (3.41%) Databricks
8 10 (3.10%) IBM
9 8 (2.48%) Cisco
9 8 (2.48%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.48%) SaltStack
10 7 (2.17%) Dell
10 7 (2.17%) Epicor
10 7 (2.17%) Infor
10 7 (2.17%) Informatica
10 7 (2.17%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.17%) SnapLogic
10 7 (2.17%) Software AG
10 7 (2.17%) Talend