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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 280 298
Rank change year-on-year -86 +18 -112
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 342 407 765
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.11% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.19% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 197 300 620
10th Percentile £41,946 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £78,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +21.15% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £116,000 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% +7.14% -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 57,387 34,217 69,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.69% 93.06% 85.99%
Number of salaries quoted 36,072 20,488 53,249
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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% -10.54%

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 15 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 15 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 -53 162 £91,250 -17.05% 57
North of England -52 69 £61,418 +0.35% 13
North West -3 48 £65,000 -1.89% 8
East of England -10 29 £30,370 -66.26% 17
South East -85 28 £60,000 - 19
South West -49 25 £55,000 -13.73% 11
Midlands -32 17 £51,058 -20.74% 7
Yorkshire -63 16 £52,130 +5.31% 4
East Midlands -35 13 £51,058 -
North East -29 5 £52,130 -24.87% 1
West Midlands -22 4 £28,500 -55.76% 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 (5.26%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.68%) Appian
3 12 (3.51%) Apache
4 11 (3.22%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.46%) Anypoint
5 5 (1.46%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.17%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.58%) Confluence
7 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.58%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 41 (11.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) 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 (33.33%) AWS
2 103 (30.12%) Azure
3 54 (15.79%) GCP
4 25 (7.31%) Serverless
5 24 (7.02%) Anthropic Claude
6 20 (5.85%) GitHub
7 19 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (5.26%) Power Automate
9 16 (4.68%) OpenShift
10 14 (4.09%) Amazon Alexa
11 12 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (3.51%) Azure AI
11 12 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (3.22%) SaaS
13 10 (2.92%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 10 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (2.34%) Amazon MSK
14 8 (2.34%) PaaS
15 7 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.60%) Broadband
2 15 (4.39%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.34%) HTTP
4 7 (2.05%) VoIP
5 6 (1.75%) AMQP
6 5 (1.46%) DNS
6 5 (1.46%) Network Security
6 5 (1.46%) RTP
6 5 (1.46%) SMTP
6 5 (1.46%) WAN
7 4 (1.17%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.88%) LAN
8 3 (0.88%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.88%) 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 (7.60%) MongoDB
2 24 (7.02%) MySQL
3 23 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.14%) NoSQL
5 19 (5.56%) Pinecone
6 16 (4.68%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.34%) Big Data
8 8 (2.34%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.05%) Redis
9 7 (2.05%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.75%) Cloudera CDH
10 6 (1.75%) Neo4j
11 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.46%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.17%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (1.17%) GIS
12 4 (1.17%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 29 (8.48%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.73%) TeamCity
3 15 (4.39%) Git
4 13 (3.80%) MLflow
5 8 (2.34%) Claude Code
6 7 (2.05%) Burp Suite
6 7 (2.05%) JIRA
6 7 (2.05%) Metasploit
7 6 (1.75%) Selenium
8 5 (1.46%) GitLab
General
1 60 (17.54%) Analytical Skills
1 60 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.67%) Finance
3 28 (8.19%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.60%) German Language
5 20 (5.85%) Law
6 18 (5.26%) Banking
7 15 (4.39%) Retail
8 13 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.22%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.22%) Italian Language
10 9 (2.63%) Legal
10 9 (2.63%) Tech for Good
11 7 (2.05%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.05%) Back Office
11 7 (2.05%) Marketing
12 4 (1.17%) French Language
13 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.88%) Front Office
13 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 103 (30.12%) Senior
2 80 (23.39%) Software Engineer
3 40 (11.70%) Developer
4 27 (7.89%) Senior Software Engineer
5 25 (7.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 23 (6.73%) Architect
6 23 (6.73%) Lead
7 20 (5.85%) Data Engineer
8 17 (4.97%) Java Engineer
8 17 (4.97%) Principal Engineer
9 16 (4.68%) Java Software Engineer
10 15 (4.39%) Development Engineer
11 12 (3.51%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (3.51%) Java Developer
11 12 (3.51%) Scala Engineer
12 11 (3.22%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.22%) Senior Development Engineer
12 11 (3.22%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 11 (3.22%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.22%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.28%) REST
2 33 (9.65%) RESTful
3 27 (7.89%) Node.js
3 27 (7.89%) React
4 25 (7.31%) Django
4 25 (7.31%) PyTorch
5 24 (7.02%) TensorFlow
6 23 (6.73%) Akka
7 22 (6.43%) Kafka
8 20 (5.85%) NumPy
9 19 (5.56%) FastAPI
9 19 (5.56%) Pandas
9 19 (5.56%) scikit-learn
9 19 (5.56%) Web Services
10 18 (5.26%) OpenAPI
10 18 (5.26%) Swagger
11 17 (4.97%) OAuth
12 15 (4.39%) Flask
12 15 (4.39%) pytest
12 15 (4.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.91%) Cloud Native
2 42 (12.28%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.02%) Video\Live Streaming
4 23 (6.73%) Over-the-Top Content
5 18 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (5.26%) Low-Code
6 16 (4.68%) Security Posture
7 15 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.22%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.34%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.34%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.05%) Algorithms
11 7 (2.05%) Blog
11 7 (2.05%) Insider Threat
11 7 (2.05%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (1.46%) GNSS
12 5 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.46%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.28%) Linux
2 13 (3.80%) Unix
2 13 (3.80%) Windows
3 11 (3.22%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.05%) CentOS
6 6 (1.75%) Debian
7 5 (1.46%) Android
8 4 (1.17%) 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
1 124 (36.26%) AI
2 122 (35.67%) Software Engineering
3 101 (29.53%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (27.78%) Agile
5 86 (25.15%) CI/CD
6 81 (23.68%) LLM
7 79 (23.10%) DevOps
8 78 (22.81%) Generative AI
9 69 (20.18%) Machine Learning
10 63 (18.42%) Mentoring
10 63 (18.42%) Microservices
11 60 (17.54%) Analytics
12 58 (16.96%) Containerisation
13 54 (15.79%) TDD
14 49 (14.33%) Test Automation
15 48 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (12.87%) Analytical Thinking
17 38 (11.11%) Scrum
18 35 (10.23%) Kanban
19 33 (9.65%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (34.50%) Python
2 79 (23.10%) Java
3 57 (16.67%) SQL
4 34 (9.94%) JavaScript
5 31 (9.06%) Scala
6 21 (6.14%) Go
7 20 (5.85%) C++
8 18 (5.26%) TypeScript
9 16 (4.68%) C
10 10 (2.92%) C#
11 6 (1.75%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.75%) PHP
11 6 (1.75%) Rust
11 6 (1.75%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.88%) Bash
12 3 (0.88%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.58%) R
13 2 (0.58%) Ruby
14 1 (0.29%) F#
Qualifications
1 94 (27.49%) Degree
2 37 (10.82%) Security Cleared
3 32 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.22%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 9 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.63%) GIAC
7 9 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (2.34%) Chartered Engineer
8 8 (2.34%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.34%) OSCP
8 8 (2.34%) PhD
9 7 (2.05%) CCNA
9 7 (2.05%) CEH
9 7 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.05%) CISMP
9 7 (2.05%) CISSP
9 7 (2.05%) GPEN
9 7 (2.05%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.09%) QA
3 8 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.34%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.34%) SLA
4 7 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.46%) GDPR
7 4 (1.17%) NIST
7 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.58%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.29%) IFRS
9 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 85 (24.85%) Docker
2 13 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.88%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.88%) KVM
4 3 (0.88%) 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
1 100 (29.24%) Kubernetes
2 43 (12.57%) Terraform
3 18 (5.26%) Ansible
4 8 (2.34%) Istio
5 7 (2.05%) Nmap
5 7 (2.05%) Puppet
6 5 (1.46%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (1.17%) Argo
7 4 (1.17%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.58%) Grafana
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 70 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.48%) OpenAI
3 19 (5.56%) Google
4 15 (4.39%) Oracle
5 12 (3.51%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (3.51%) Databricks
5 12 (3.51%) UiPath
6 11 (3.22%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.63%) Cisco
7 9 (2.63%) SAP
8 8 (2.34%) Confluent
8 8 (2.34%) IBM
9 7 (2.05%) SaltStack
10 5 (1.46%) Dell
10 5 (1.46%) Epicor
10 5 (1.46%) Infor
10 5 (1.46%) Informatica
10 5 (1.46%) Software AG
10 5 (1.46%) Talend
10 5 (1.46%) TIBCO