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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 315 296
Rank change year-on-year -74 -19 -106
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 309 386 805
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.99% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 1.06% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 182 284 640
10th Percentile £42,469 £48,075 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,970 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £117,500 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £74,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% +13.85% -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 60,055 36,381 71,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.36% 93.39% 85.24%
Number of salaries quoted 38,771 20,528 53,796
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -57 147 £91,250 -17.05% 117
North of England -46 62 £61,418 +0.35% 22
North West -1 44 £75,000 +11.11% 13
South East -71 28 £60,000 - 29
South West -44 23 £55,000 -10.20% 16
East of England +3 22 £30,370 -66.26% 14
Midlands -33 14 £51,058 -11.20% 5
Yorkshire -54 14 £52,130 +5.31% 6
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands -38 5 £28,500 -50.43% 4
North East -46 4 £52,130 -24.87% 3
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 (5.18%) Appian
2 12 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 9 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.59%) Apache
5 4 (1.29%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.29%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.97%) WordPress
7 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.65%) Confluence
8 1 (0.32%) Camunda
8 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (9.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Line 50
2 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 93 (30.10%) AWS
2 85 (27.51%) Azure
3 43 (13.92%) GCP
4 29 (9.39%) Anthropic Claude
5 26 (8.41%) GitHub
6 24 (7.77%) Serverless
7 16 (5.18%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (4.85%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.88%) Azure AI
9 12 (3.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.88%) Power Automate
10 10 (3.24%) Amazon Alexa
10 10 (3.24%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (2.91%) SaaS
12 8 (2.59%) Amazon MSK
13 7 (2.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 7 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (2.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.44%) Broadband
2 11 (3.56%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.59%) HTTP
3 8 (2.59%) Network Security
4 7 (2.27%) VoIP
5 5 (1.62%) DNS
5 5 (1.62%) SMTP
5 5 (1.62%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (1.29%) AMQP
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 1 (0.32%) Firewall
8 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.32%) VLAN
8 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.77%) MongoDB
2 21 (6.80%) MySQL
3 20 (6.47%) Pinecone
3 20 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (5.83%) NoSQL
5 15 (4.85%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (1.94%) Hadoop
7 6 (1.94%) Neo4j
8 5 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.62%) Big Data
8 5 (1.62%) Redis
9 4 (1.29%) Cloudera CDH
9 4 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.29%) DocumentDB
9 4 (1.29%) FileMaker
9 4 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.29%) GIS
9 4 (1.29%) QGIS
9 4 (1.29%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 30 (9.71%) Jenkins
2 22 (7.12%) TeamCity
3 15 (4.85%) Git
4 12 (3.88%) Claude Code
4 12 (3.88%) MLflow
5 6 (1.94%) Selenium
6 5 (1.62%) JIRA
7 4 (1.29%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.29%) GitLab
7 4 (1.29%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.65%) Maven
9 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 56 (18.12%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (16.50%) Finance
4 25 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.50%) German Language
6 14 (4.53%) Banking
6 14 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.21%) Law
8 10 (3.24%) Italian Language
9 9 (2.91%) Retail
10 8 (2.59%) Tech for Good
11 7 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.27%) Legal
12 6 (1.94%) Back Office
13 5 (1.62%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.62%) Marketing
14 4 (1.29%) French Language
15 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.97%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 92 (29.77%) Senior
2 75 (24.27%) Software Engineer
3 38 (12.30%) Developer
4 28 (9.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 27 (8.74%) Senior Software Engineer
6 25 (8.09%) Lead
7 18 (5.83%) Principal Engineer
8 17 (5.50%) Architect
8 17 (5.50%) Java Engineer
9 15 (4.85%) Java Software Engineer
10 12 (3.88%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (3.88%) Data Engineer
10 12 (3.88%) Scala Engineer
11 11 (3.56%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (3.24%) Development Engineer
12 10 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.24%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.24%) Senior Development Engineer
12 10 (3.24%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 10 (3.24%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.33%) REST
2 27 (8.74%) RESTful
3 26 (8.41%) Node.js
4 23 (7.44%) Django
4 23 (7.44%) React
5 22 (7.12%) Akka
5 22 (7.12%) PyTorch
6 21 (6.80%) Kafka
6 21 (6.80%) TensorFlow
7 20 (6.47%) FastAPI
8 18 (5.83%) NumPy
8 18 (5.83%) scikit-learn
9 17 (5.50%) Pandas
10 16 (5.18%) OAuth
10 16 (5.18%) OpenAPI
10 16 (5.18%) Swagger
11 15 (4.85%) Flask
11 15 (4.85%) pytest
12 14 (4.53%) Hugging Face
12 14 (4.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.59%) Cloud Native
2 35 (11.33%) Onboarding
3 23 (7.44%) Video\Live Streaming
4 22 (7.12%) Over-the-Top Content
5 15 (4.85%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.88%) Low-Code
8 11 (3.56%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.24%) Blog
10 9 (2.91%) AI Agents
11 8 (2.59%) Product Ownership
12 7 (2.27%) Algorithms
12 7 (2.27%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.62%) GNSS
14 5 (1.62%) Mobile Payment
15 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
15 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.71%) Linux
2 15 (4.85%) Windows
3 8 (2.59%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.27%) Unix
5 6 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.62%) Android
6 5 (1.62%) CentOS
7 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.29%) Debian
7 4 (1.29%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (38.19%) Software Engineering
2 114 (36.89%) AI
3 77 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (24.27%) Agile
4 75 (24.27%) CI/CD
4 75 (24.27%) DevOps
5 72 (23.30%) LLM
6 68 (22.01%) Generative AI
7 64 (20.71%) Machine Learning
8 61 (19.74%) Mentoring
9 58 (18.77%) Microservices
10 54 (17.48%) Analytics
10 54 (17.48%) TDD
11 49 (15.86%) Containerisation
11 49 (15.86%) Test Automation
12 37 (11.97%) Roadmaps
13 35 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (11.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
14 34 (11.00%) Scrum
15 32 (10.36%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 110 (35.60%) Python
2 65 (21.04%) Java
3 45 (14.56%) SQL
4 29 (9.39%) Scala
5 25 (8.09%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.83%) Go
6 18 (5.83%) TypeScript
7 15 (4.85%) C++
8 9 (2.91%) C
8 9 (2.91%) PHP
9 5 (1.62%) C#
9 5 (1.62%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.29%) Bash
11 3 (0.97%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.97%) Ruby
11 3 (0.97%) Rust
12 2 (0.65%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.32%) Clojure
13 1 (0.32%) F#
13 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (26.21%) Degree
2 31 (10.03%) Security Cleared
3 25 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.85%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.88%) PhD
6 8 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.27%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.27%) GIAC
7 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.94%) CISSP
8 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.62%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.62%) OSCP
10 4 (1.29%) CEH
10 4 (1.29%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.29%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.09%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.85%) QA
3 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 5 (1.62%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.62%) SLA
4 4 (1.29%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.29%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.29%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
5 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.32%) IFRS
6 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 72 (23.30%) Docker
2 9 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.97%) Kamailio
3 3 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.65%) KVM
5 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.32%) 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 82 (26.54%) Kubernetes
2 38 (12.30%) Terraform
3 16 (5.18%) Ansible
4 8 (2.59%) Istio
5 6 (1.94%) Puppet
6 5 (1.62%) Argo
7 4 (1.29%) Nmap
7 4 (1.29%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.97%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.65%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.32%) QRadar
Vendors
1 55 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.71%) OpenAI
3 18 (5.83%) Google
4 12 (3.88%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.88%) UiPath
5 8 (2.59%) Confluent
5 8 (2.59%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.27%) Databricks
6 7 (2.27%) Oracle
7 5 (1.62%) Cisco
8 4 (1.29%) Adobe
8 4 (1.29%) Apple
8 4 (1.29%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.29%) PayPal
8 4 (1.29%) Sage
8 4 (1.29%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.97%) BT
9 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.97%) Splunk
9 3 (0.97%) VMware