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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 350 282
Rank change year-on-year -62 -68 -82
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 308 328 899
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.37% 0.83% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.90% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 217 238 660
10th Percentile £46,939 £48,425 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £127,500 £137,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £73,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% +12.31% -13.33%

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 60,140 36,455 77,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.96% 92.71% 82.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42,197 19,854 56,054
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 June 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 June 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 -52 138 £92,500 -15.91% 51
North of England -4 71 £75,000 +15.38% 16
North West +35 47 £75,000 +8.09% 10
South East -58 37 £61,250 -2.00% 25
South West -50 24 £57,500 -4.17% 15
Yorkshire -29 18 £80,000 +63.27% 5
Midlands -18 16 £53,029 -26.86% 2
East of England -13 11 £90,000 -11.11% 13
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 -
West Midlands -30 7 £28,500 -60.69% 2
North East -40 6 £67,952 +1.36% 1
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 12 (3.90%) Apache
2 11 (3.57%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.60%) Appian
4 4 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.30%) GeoServer
4 4 (1.30%) WordPress
5 3 (0.97%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.65%) Camunda
6 2 (0.65%) Confluence
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) InDesign
2 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Line 50
2 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 113 (36.69%) AWS
2 98 (31.82%) Azure
3 47 (15.26%) GCP
4 30 (9.74%) GitHub
5 27 (8.77%) Anthropic Claude
5 27 (8.77%) Serverless
6 16 (5.19%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (4.55%) SaaS
8 13 (4.22%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (2.60%) Amazon MSK
9 8 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (2.60%) Azure AI
9 8 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (2.60%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.27%) PaaS
10 7 (2.27%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.47%) Broadband
2 9 (2.92%) VoIP
3 7 (2.27%) Network Security
4 6 (1.95%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (1.95%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.62%) AMQP
6 4 (1.30%) HTTP
7 3 (0.97%) LAN
7 3 (0.97%) RTP
7 3 (0.97%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.97%) WAN
7 3 (0.97%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.65%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.32%) DNS
9 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.32%) LTE
9 1 (0.32%) SMTP
9 1 (0.32%) SSL
9 1 (0.32%) VLAN
9 1 (0.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.36%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (11.04%) MongoDB
3 33 (10.71%) MySQL
4 32 (10.39%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.55%) SQL Server
6 13 (4.22%) Pinecone
7 9 (2.92%) Redis
8 7 (2.27%) Big Data
9 6 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.95%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.62%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.62%) Neo4j
11 4 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.30%) FileMaker
11 4 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (1.30%) GIS
11 4 (1.30%) QGIS
12 3 (0.97%) DocumentDB
12 3 (0.97%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 32 (10.39%) Jenkins
2 22 (7.14%) TeamCity
3 19 (6.17%) Git
4 15 (4.87%) Claude Code
5 8 (2.60%) MLflow
6 6 (1.95%) JIRA
6 6 (1.95%) Selenium
7 5 (1.62%) Burp Suite
8 4 (1.30%) GitLab
8 4 (1.30%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.65%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.65%) Maven
10 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.32%) CMake
10 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.32%) Valgrind
10 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (18.83%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.51%) Finance
3 35 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 27 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.84%) Banking
6 17 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.90%) Law
8 10 (3.25%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.92%) Retail
10 8 (2.60%) Legal
10 8 (2.60%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.95%) Back Office
11 6 (1.95%) Front Office
12 5 (1.62%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.62%) Marketing
13 4 (1.30%) Advertising
13 4 (1.30%) German Language
13 4 (1.30%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.97%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 93 (30.19%) Software Engineer
2 69 (22.40%) Senior
3 48 (15.58%) Lead
4 46 (14.94%) Developer
5 25 (8.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 23 (7.47%) Senior Software Engineer
7 19 (6.17%) Lead Software Engineer
7 19 (6.17%) Principal Engineer
8 14 (4.55%) Java Engineer
9 13 (4.22%) Architect
9 13 (4.22%) Data Engineer
10 12 (3.90%) Scala Engineer
11 11 (3.57%) Java Software Engineer
11 11 (3.57%) Senior Developer
12 10 (3.25%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.25%) Python Developer
12 10 (3.25%) Software Developer
13 9 (2.92%) AWS Engineer
14 8 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
14 8 (2.60%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (12.34%) Node.js
2 35 (11.36%) RESTful
3 33 (10.71%) REST
4 25 (8.12%) Kafka
5 22 (7.14%) Akka
5 22 (7.14%) React
6 18 (5.84%) Spring
7 17 (5.52%) FastAPI
8 16 (5.19%) Flask
8 16 (5.19%) PyTorch
8 16 (5.19%) Spring Boot
9 15 (4.87%) Django
9 15 (4.87%) NumPy
9 15 (4.87%) TensorFlow
10 14 (4.55%) OAuth
10 14 (4.55%) Pandas
11 13 (4.22%) .NET
11 13 (4.22%) OpenAPI
11 13 (4.22%) pytest
11 13 (4.22%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.96%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.47%) Video\Live Streaming
3 22 (7.14%) Over-the-Top Content
4 15 (4.87%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.90%) AI Agents
7 11 (3.57%) Algorithms
7 11 (3.57%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.92%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.60%) Low-Code
10 8 (2.60%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.27%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.95%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.62%) Blog
13 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.62%) FPGA
13 5 (1.62%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (1.62%) Robotics
14 4 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.06%) Linux
2 11 (3.57%) Windows
3 10 (3.25%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.60%) Debian
5 7 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.27%) Unix
6 6 (1.95%) CentOS
7 5 (1.62%) Android
8 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.30%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.32%) Gentoo
9 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (48.05%) Software Engineering
2 95 (30.84%) Agile
2 95 (30.84%) AI
3 79 (25.65%) CI/CD
4 71 (23.05%) TDD
5 69 (22.40%) DevOps
5 69 (22.40%) Microservices
6 68 (22.08%) Mentoring
7 60 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (16.56%) Analytics
9 50 (16.23%) Machine Learning
10 48 (15.58%) LLM
11 45 (14.61%) Test Automation
12 41 (13.31%) Generative AI
13 40 (12.99%) Containerisation
13 40 (12.99%) Scrum
14 39 (12.66%) Coaching
15 36 (11.69%) Roadmaps
16 35 (11.36%) Kanban
17 31 (10.06%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 109 (35.39%) Python
2 78 (25.32%) Java
3 56 (18.18%) SQL
4 41 (13.31%) JavaScript
5 32 (10.39%) Scala
6 22 (7.14%) C++
7 15 (4.87%) Go
7 15 (4.87%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.55%) C
8 14 (4.55%) PHP
9 9 (2.92%) Bash
10 7 (2.27%) Rust
11 5 (1.62%) C#
11 5 (1.62%) Clojure
11 5 (1.62%) Erlang
11 5 (1.62%) Ruby
12 4 (1.30%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.97%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.65%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.32%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 48 (15.58%) Degree
2 38 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.49%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.90%) PhD
6 9 (2.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.27%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.95%) CISSP
9 5 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.62%) GIAC
9 5 (1.62%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.30%) CCNA
10 4 (1.30%) CEH
10 4 (1.30%) CISMP
10 4 (1.30%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.30%) GPEN
10 4 (1.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.84%) QA
2 15 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.62%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.30%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.30%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
5 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.32%) MiFID
6 1 (0.32%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 67 (21.75%) Docker
2 8 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.97%) Kamailio
3 3 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.65%) Firmware
4 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.65%) KVM
5 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.32%) QEMU
5 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.32%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (24.35%) Kubernetes
2 35 (11.36%) Terraform
3 12 (3.90%) Ansible
4 8 (2.60%) Istio
5 7 (2.27%) Puppet
6 5 (1.62%) Argo
7 4 (1.30%) Nmap
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.65%) Packer
9 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.32%) Podman
10 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 39 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.79%) Google
2 24 (7.79%) OpenAI
3 9 (2.92%) Red Hat
4 8 (2.60%) Automation Anywhere
4 8 (2.60%) Confluent
4 8 (2.60%) UiPath
5 5 (1.62%) Adobe
5 5 (1.62%) Cisco
5 5 (1.62%) Databricks
5 5 (1.62%) Oracle
5 5 (1.62%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.30%) Apple
6 4 (1.30%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.30%) PayPal
6 4 (1.30%) Sage
7 3 (0.97%) BT
7 3 (0.97%) Mitel
7 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.97%) VMware