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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 286 299
Rank change year-on-year -80 +13 -116
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 343 399 768
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.44% 1.07% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.15% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 200 292 621
10th Percentile £40,875 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £59,761 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.77% +19.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £117,500 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 58,708 34,771 70,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.38% 93.06% 85.79%
Number of salaries quoted 36,937 20,617 53,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
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 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%

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 21 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 21 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 -52 162 £92,500 -15.91% 66
North of England -46 67 £61,418 +0.35% 14
North West -14 46 £67,860 +4.40% 8
South East -86 31 £60,000 - 19
East of England -20 29 £30,370 -66.26% 16
South West -52 24 £55,000 -10.20% 14
Midlands -24 17 £51,058 -20.74% 9
Yorkshire -60 16 £52,130 +5.31% 4
East Midlands -45 12 £51,058 - 1
West Midlands -29 5 £28,500 -55.76% 8
North East -38 5 £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 17 (4.96%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.66%) Appian
3 11 (3.21%) Apache
3 11 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.46%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.17%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.87%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.87%) WordPress
7 2 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.58%) Confluence
8 1 (0.29%) Camunda
8 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 40 (11.66%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Line 50
1 3 (0.87%) Shopify
2 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 110 (32.07%) AWS
2 101 (29.45%) Azure
3 52 (15.16%) GCP
4 26 (7.58%) Anthropic Claude
5 25 (7.29%) Serverless
6 23 (6.71%) GitHub
7 18 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (4.66%) OpenShift
8 16 (4.66%) Power Automate
9 14 (4.08%) Amazon Alexa
10 12 (3.50%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.50%) Azure AI
10 12 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.92%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 10 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.92%) SaaS
12 9 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (2.33%) Amazon MSK
13 8 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (2.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.58%) Broadband
2 15 (4.37%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.33%) HTTP
3 8 (2.33%) VoIP
4 6 (1.75%) Network Security
5 5 (1.46%) AMQP
5 5 (1.46%) DNS
5 5 (1.46%) RTP
5 5 (1.46%) SMTP
5 5 (1.46%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (1.46%) WAN
6 3 (0.87%) LAN
6 3 (0.87%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.87%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.58%) Firewall
7 2 (0.58%) GPON
7 2 (0.58%) IPv4
7 2 (0.58%) IPv6
7 2 (0.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.87%) MongoDB
2 24 (7.00%) MySQL
3 23 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (6.41%) NoSQL
5 20 (5.83%) Pinecone
6 16 (4.66%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (2.04%) Big Data
8 7 (2.04%) Hadoop
8 7 (2.04%) Neo4j
8 7 (2.04%) Redis
9 5 (1.46%) Cloudera CDH
9 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.46%) DocumentDB
9 5 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.17%) GIS
10 4 (1.17%) QGIS
10 4 (1.17%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 31 (9.04%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.71%) TeamCity
3 16 (4.66%) Git
4 13 (3.79%) MLflow
5 9 (2.62%) Claude Code
6 7 (2.04%) JIRA
7 6 (1.75%) Burp Suite
7 6 (1.75%) GitLab
7 6 (1.75%) Metasploit
7 6 (1.75%) Selenium
8 1 (0.29%) Maven
General
1 61 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
2 60 (17.49%) Social Skills
3 54 (15.74%) Finance
4 27 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.29%) German Language
6 18 (5.25%) Law
7 17 (4.96%) Banking
8 14 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.79%) Retail
10 11 (3.21%) Italian Language
11 10 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.33%) Legal
12 8 (2.33%) Tech for Good
13 7 (2.04%) Back Office
14 6 (1.75%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.46%) Marketing
16 4 (1.17%) French Language
17 3 (0.87%) Front Office
17 3 (0.87%) Portuguese Language
17 3 (0.87%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 104 (30.32%) Senior
2 80 (23.32%) Software Engineer
3 40 (11.66%) Developer
4 27 (7.87%) Senior Software Engineer
5 26 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 24 (7.00%) Lead
7 23 (6.71%) Architect
8 20 (5.83%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.25%) Principal Engineer
10 16 (4.66%) Java Engineer
11 15 (4.37%) Java Software Engineer
12 12 (3.50%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.50%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (3.50%) Development Engineer
12 12 (3.50%) Scala Engineer
13 11 (3.21%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (3.21%) Java Developer
13 11 (3.21%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.92%) Senior Development Engineer
14 10 (2.92%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.37%) REST
2 31 (9.04%) RESTful
3 28 (8.16%) Node.js
4 26 (7.58%) React
5 25 (7.29%) Django
6 24 (7.00%) PyTorch
7 23 (6.71%) Akka
7 23 (6.71%) TensorFlow
8 22 (6.41%) Kafka
9 20 (5.83%) FastAPI
9 20 (5.83%) NumPy
10 19 (5.54%) Pandas
11 18 (5.25%) scikit-learn
12 17 (4.96%) OAuth
12 17 (4.96%) OpenAPI
12 17 (4.96%) Swagger
12 17 (4.96%) Web Services
13 15 (4.37%) Flask
13 15 (4.37%) Hugging Face
13 15 (4.37%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.87%) Cloud Native
2 42 (12.24%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.00%) Video\Live Streaming
4 23 (6.71%) Over-the-Top Content
5 19 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (4.66%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (4.08%) Security Posture
9 11 (3.21%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.33%) Blog
11 8 (2.33%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.04%) Algorithms
12 7 (2.04%) Data Centre
12 7 (2.04%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.75%) Insider Threat
14 5 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.46%) GNSS
14 5 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
14 5 (1.46%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.24%) Linux
2 14 (4.08%) Windows
3 12 (3.50%) Unix
4 10 (2.92%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.75%) CentOS
7 5 (1.46%) Android
7 5 (1.46%) Debian
8 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.58%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (37.32%) AI
2 121 (35.28%) Software Engineering
3 101 (29.45%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (26.24%) Agile
5 88 (25.66%) CI/CD
6 82 (23.91%) DevOps
6 82 (23.91%) LLM
7 79 (23.03%) Generative AI
8 70 (20.41%) Machine Learning
9 63 (18.37%) Microservices
10 62 (18.08%) Mentoring
11 60 (17.49%) Analytics
12 57 (16.62%) Containerisation
13 54 (15.74%) TDD
14 51 (14.87%) Test Automation
15 46 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (12.54%) Analytical Thinking
17 37 (10.79%) Scrum
18 35 (10.20%) Roadmaps
19 34 (9.91%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 118 (34.40%) Python
2 75 (21.87%) Java
3 54 (15.74%) SQL
4 32 (9.33%) JavaScript
5 31 (9.04%) Scala
6 22 (6.41%) Go
7 21 (6.12%) C++
8 18 (5.25%) TypeScript
9 16 (4.66%) C
10 8 (2.33%) C#
10 8 (2.33%) PHP
11 6 (1.75%) Rust
12 5 (1.46%) Bash
12 5 (1.46%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.87%) Ruby
15 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.29%) F#
16 1 (0.29%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 94 (27.41%) Degree
2 37 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.79%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.92%) PhD
7 9 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 8 (2.33%) Chartered Engineer
8 8 (2.33%) GIAC
8 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.04%) CISSP
9 7 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.04%) OSCP
10 6 (1.75%) CCNA
10 6 (1.75%) CEH
10 6 (1.75%) CISMP
10 6 (1.75%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.45%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.37%) QA
3 8 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 7 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.04%) SLA
5 6 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.17%) NIST
6 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.87%) GDPR
7 3 (0.87%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.87%) 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 (24.49%) Docker
2 13 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.87%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) QEMU
6 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 97 (28.28%) Kubernetes
2 41 (11.95%) Terraform
3 17 (4.96%) Ansible
4 8 (2.33%) Istio
5 7 (2.04%) Puppet
6 6 (1.75%) Nmap
7 5 (1.46%) Argo
7 5 (1.46%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (1.17%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.58%) Grafana
10 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 68 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.04%) OpenAI
3 21 (6.12%) Google
4 13 (3.79%) Oracle
5 12 (3.50%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (3.50%) Databricks
5 12 (3.50%) UiPath
6 10 (2.92%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.33%) Cisco
7 8 (2.33%) Confluent
8 6 (1.75%) IBM
9 5 (1.46%) SaltStack
9 5 (1.46%) SAP
10 4 (1.17%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.17%) Palantir
10 4 (1.17%) PayPal
11 3 (0.87%) BT
11 3 (0.87%) Infor
11 3 (0.87%) Mitel
11 3 (0.87%) VMware