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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 255 283
Rank change year-on-year -87 +28 -99
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 290 555 556
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 1.16% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.28% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 149 338 432
10th Percentile £30,370 £46,513 £41,575
25th Percentile £51,804 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,308 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +2.68% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,700 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £119,000 £125,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £69,308 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.48% -0.99% -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 43,328 43,506 47,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.78% 91.02% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 26,008 21,252 36,787
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.75% -4.71%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -6 145 £85,000 -20.93% 65
North of England -33 37 £65,000 +6.20% 95
East of England +40 32 £30,370 -58.11% 75
North West -7 28 £70,500 +8.46% 35
South East -69 28 £57,500 +4.55% 138
Midlands +3 21 £55,000 -12.84% 78
South West -26 17 £77,500 -7.74% 70
East Midlands +2 16 £53,029 -3.58% 58
Yorkshire -39 6 £48,750 -1.52% 47
West Midlands 0 5 £66,901 -0.38% 17
North East 0 3 £73,801 +6.48% 13
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 15 (5.17%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.83%) Appian
3 9 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.76%) Apache
5 7 (2.41%) Anypoint
6 3 (1.03%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.69%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.69%) Confluence
8 1 (0.34%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.34%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.34%) Kinematics
Applications
1 44 (15.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.10%) SAP FS
2 6 (2.07%) Shopify
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.28%) AWS
2 74 (25.52%) Azure
3 40 (13.79%) GCP
4 25 (8.62%) Serverless
5 19 (6.55%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (5.52%) Power Automate
7 15 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (5.17%) PaaS
8 14 (4.83%) Amazon Alexa
8 14 (4.83%) GitHub
9 13 (4.48%) Anthropic Claude
10 11 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (3.45%) Azure AI
12 9 (3.10%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (3.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 9 (3.10%) IaaS
13 8 (2.76%) Amazon S3
14 7 (2.41%) Boomi
14 7 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.00%) Broadband
2 15 (5.17%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.76%) HTTP
4 6 (2.07%) DNS
5 5 (1.72%) AMQP
5 5 (1.72%) DHCP
6 4 (1.38%) RTP
6 4 (1.38%) SMTP
6 4 (1.38%) VoIP
6 4 (1.38%) WAN
6 4 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.03%) DOCSIS
7 3 (1.03%) DSL
7 3 (1.03%) GPON
7 3 (1.03%) IPv4
7 3 (1.03%) IPv6
7 3 (1.03%) PPP
8 2 (0.69%) Firewall
8 2 (0.69%) Internet
8 2 (0.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.52%) Pinecone
2 15 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.14%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (4.14%) MySQL
3 12 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.79%) MongoDB
5 10 (3.45%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (2.76%) Big Data
8 7 (2.41%) Redis
8 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.07%) Hadoop
9 6 (2.07%) Weaviate
10 5 (1.72%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.72%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.03%) Sybase ASE
13 2 (0.69%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 25 (8.62%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.93%) TeamCity
3 18 (6.21%) Git
4 13 (4.48%) JIRA
5 11 (3.79%) MLflow
6 9 (3.10%) Cypress.io
7 8 (2.76%) GitLab
7 8 (2.76%) Selenium
8 7 (2.41%) Burp Suite
8 7 (2.41%) Metasploit
9 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.72%) Vite
11 2 (0.69%) Appium
11 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.69%) Gatling
11 2 (0.69%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.69%) Ranorex
11 2 (0.69%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.69%) Tricentis qTest
11 2 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 65 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 29 (10.00%) German Language
4 27 (9.31%) Finance
5 22 (7.59%) Law
6 15 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.17%) Retail
7 13 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.79%) Legal
9 10 (3.45%) Games
10 9 (3.10%) Dutch Language
10 9 (3.10%) French Language
11 8 (2.76%) Italian Language
12 7 (2.41%) Banking
13 6 (2.07%) Marketing
14 5 (1.72%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.03%) Back Office
15 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (34.83%) Senior
2 56 (19.31%) Software Engineer
3 36 (12.41%) Lead
4 34 (11.72%) Architect
5 24 (8.28%) Cloud Engineer
5 24 (8.28%) Developer
6 23 (7.93%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (6.90%) Data Engineer
8 18 (6.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 16 (5.52%) Software Architect
10 14 (4.83%) Cloud Native Engineer
10 14 (4.83%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 12 (4.14%) Scala Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) Development Engineer
12 11 (3.79%) Senior Developer
13 10 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
14 9 (3.10%) IT Architect
14 9 (3.10%) Lead Architect
14 9 (3.10%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 8 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.69%) REST
2 26 (8.97%) React
3 24 (8.28%) Django
4 23 (7.93%) Akka
4 23 (7.93%) PyTorch
5 21 (7.24%) TensorFlow
6 19 (6.55%) Web Services
7 18 (6.21%) Node.js
8 17 (5.86%) RESTful
8 17 (5.86%) scikit-learn
9 16 (5.52%) Spring
9 16 (5.52%) Spring Boot
10 15 (5.17%) FastAPI
10 15 (5.17%) Middleware
10 15 (5.17%) NumPy
10 15 (5.17%) OpenAPI
10 15 (5.17%) Swagger
11 14 (4.83%) Faiss
11 14 (4.83%) Pandas
12 13 (4.48%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.21%) Cloud Native
2 34 (11.72%) Onboarding
3 29 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (7.93%) Over-the-Top Content
4 23 (7.93%) Video\Live Streaming
5 16 (5.52%) Low-Code
6 14 (4.83%) Legacy Code
7 12 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (4.14%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (3.10%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.76%) Blog
11 7 (2.41%) Insider Threat
11 7 (2.41%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (2.07%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.72%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.72%) Hackathon
13 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.62%) Linux
2 18 (6.21%) Unix
3 11 (3.79%) Windows
4 7 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.41%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.72%) CentOS
5 5 (1.72%) Debian
6 3 (1.03%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.69%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.34%) Android
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (34.14%) AI
2 91 (31.38%) Agile
3 86 (29.66%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (25.86%) LLM
5 72 (24.83%) Software Engineering
6 71 (24.48%) CI/CD
6 71 (24.48%) DevOps
7 66 (22.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (22.76%) Generative AI
8 58 (20.00%) Machine Learning
9 49 (16.90%) Analytics
10 48 (16.55%) Analytical Thinking
11 44 (15.17%) Containerisation
12 37 (12.76%) Mentoring
13 35 (12.07%) Scrum
14 34 (11.72%) Clean Code
14 34 (11.72%) Computer Science
15 33 (11.38%) TDD
16 32 (11.03%) SDLC
17 30 (10.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 87 (30.00%) Python
2 65 (22.41%) Java
3 36 (12.41%) SQL
4 31 (10.69%) Scala
5 30 (10.34%) C++
6 27 (9.31%) C
6 27 (9.31%) JavaScript
7 19 (6.55%) Go
8 17 (5.86%) TypeScript
9 16 (5.52%) Rust
10 8 (2.76%) Bash
11 7 (2.41%) Kotlin
12 6 (2.07%) R
12 6 (2.07%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.72%) C#
14 4 (1.38%) Fortran
15 1 (0.34%) Korn
15 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.34%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (36.55%) Degree
2 45 (15.52%) Security Cleared
3 35 (12.07%) SC Cleared
4 23 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (5.86%) Master's Degree
6 15 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (4.48%) Chartered Engineer
9 10 (3.45%) GIAC
10 9 (3.10%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.10%) CISSP
11 8 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.76%) OSCP
12 7 (2.41%) CCNA
12 7 (2.41%) CEH
12 7 (2.41%) CREST Certified
12 7 (2.41%) MCP
12 7 (2.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 12 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.14%) QA
4 9 (3.10%) GDPR
4 9 (3.10%) IFRS
4 9 (3.10%) IFRS 17
4 9 (3.10%) Solvency II
5 7 (2.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (2.41%) SLA
6 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.72%) NIST
7 4 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.03%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.69%) NCSC
10 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 79 (27.24%) Docker
2 16 (5.52%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (4.83%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.03%) KVM
4 3 (1.03%) QEMU
5 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.34%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 97 (33.45%) Kubernetes
2 31 (10.69%) Terraform
3 19 (6.55%) Ansible
4 8 (2.76%) Nmap
5 6 (2.07%) AWS Copilot
6 5 (1.72%) Puppet
7 3 (1.03%) Grafana
7 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.34%) Argo
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.34%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.34%) Nagios
8 1 (0.34%) WMI
8 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 63 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.97%) OpenAI
3 19 (6.55%) SAP
4 17 (5.86%) Oracle
5 16 (5.52%) Google
6 11 (3.79%) Databricks
7 10 (3.45%) Automation Anywhere
7 10 (3.45%) UiPath
8 9 (3.10%) Cisco
8 9 (3.10%) Duck Creek
8 9 (3.10%) Guidewire
8 9 (3.10%) IBM
9 8 (2.76%) Informatica
9 8 (2.76%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.76%) SaltStack
9 8 (2.76%) Talend
10 7 (2.41%) Dell
10 7 (2.41%) Epicor
10 7 (2.41%) Software AG
10 7 (2.41%) TIBCO