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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 289 301
Rank change year-on-year -82 +12 -111
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 345 401 772
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.45% 1.08% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.16% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 198 295 625
10th Percentile £42,062 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,051 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +19.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,938 £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 58,111 34,588 70,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.51% 93.07% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 36,574 20,539 53,747
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 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.51%

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 18 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 18 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 -31 164 £92,500 -15.91% 60
North of England -42 68 £61,418 +0.35% 15
North West -4 47 £67,860 +4.40% 7
South East -83 30 £60,000 -2.04% 19
East of England -19 29 £30,370 -66.26% 16
South West -43 25 £55,000 -10.20% 14
Midlands -28 16 £51,058 -20.74% 8
Yorkshire -68 16 £52,130 +5.31% 6
East Midlands -37 12 £51,058 -
North East -31 5 £52,130 -24.87% 2
West Midlands -27 4 £28,500 -55.76% 8
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 (5.22%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.64%) Appian
3 12 (3.48%) Apache
4 11 (3.19%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.45%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.16%) Anypoint
6 4 (1.16%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.58%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.58%) Confluence
7 2 (0.58%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) Camunda
8 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 40 (11.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.16%) 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 (33.04%) AWS
2 104 (30.14%) Azure
3 55 (15.94%) GCP
4 26 (7.54%) Anthropic Claude
4 26 (7.54%) Serverless
5 22 (6.38%) GitHub
6 19 (5.51%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (4.93%) OpenShift
7 17 (4.93%) Power Automate
8 14 (4.06%) Amazon Alexa
9 13 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.48%) Azure AI
10 12 (3.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (3.19%) SaaS
12 10 (2.90%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 9 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (2.32%) Amazon MSK
14 8 (2.32%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (2.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.54%) Broadband
2 15 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.32%) HTTP
4 7 (2.03%) VoIP
5 6 (1.74%) AMQP
6 5 (1.45%) DNS
6 5 (1.45%) Network Security
6 5 (1.45%) RTP
6 5 (1.45%) SMTP
6 5 (1.45%) Software-Defined Radio
6 5 (1.45%) WAN
7 3 (0.87%) LAN
7 3 (0.87%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.87%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.58%) DHCP
8 2 (0.58%) GPON
8 2 (0.58%) IPv4
8 2 (0.58%) PPP
8 2 (0.58%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.83%) MongoDB
2 24 (6.96%) MySQL
3 23 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (6.09%) NoSQL
5 20 (5.80%) Pinecone
6 16 (4.64%) SQL Server
7 10 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.32%) Big Data
8 8 (2.32%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.03%) Neo4j
9 7 (2.03%) Redis
10 6 (1.74%) Cloudera CDH
10 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.45%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.16%) DynamoDB
12 4 (1.16%) GIS
12 4 (1.16%) QGIS
12 4 (1.16%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 31 (8.99%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.67%) TeamCity
3 16 (4.64%) Git
4 13 (3.77%) MLflow
5 9 (2.61%) Claude Code
6 7 (2.03%) JIRA
7 6 (1.74%) Burp Suite
7 6 (1.74%) GitLab
7 6 (1.74%) Metasploit
7 6 (1.74%) Selenium
8 1 (0.29%) Maven
General
1 61 (17.68%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (16.52%) Finance
4 29 (8.41%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.25%) German Language
6 20 (5.80%) Law
7 18 (5.22%) Banking
8 14 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.06%) Retail
9 11 (3.19%) Italian Language
10 10 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.61%) Legal
12 8 (2.32%) Back Office
12 8 (2.32%) Tech for Good
13 7 (2.03%) Aerospace
13 7 (2.03%) Marketing
14 4 (1.16%) French Language
14 4 (1.16%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.87%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (0.87%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 104 (30.14%) Senior
2 81 (23.48%) Software Engineer
3 40 (11.59%) Developer
4 27 (7.83%) Senior Software Engineer
5 26 (7.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 24 (6.96%) Lead
7 23 (6.67%) Architect
8 20 (5.80%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.22%) Principal Engineer
10 16 (4.64%) Java Engineer
11 15 (4.35%) Java Software Engineer
12 13 (3.77%) Development Engineer
13 12 (3.48%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.48%) AWS Engineer
13 12 (3.48%) Java Developer
13 12 (3.48%) Scala Engineer
14 11 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (3.19%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.19%) Software Developer
15 10 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (11.88%) REST
2 32 (9.28%) RESTful
3 28 (8.12%) Node.js
4 27 (7.83%) React
5 26 (7.54%) PyTorch
6 25 (7.25%) Django
6 25 (7.25%) TensorFlow
7 23 (6.67%) Akka
8 22 (6.38%) Kafka
9 21 (6.09%) NumPy
10 20 (5.80%) FastAPI
10 20 (5.80%) Pandas
10 20 (5.80%) scikit-learn
11 18 (5.22%) OpenAPI
11 18 (5.22%) Swagger
11 18 (5.22%) Web Services
12 17 (4.93%) OAuth
13 15 (4.35%) Flask
13 15 (4.35%) pytest
13 15 (4.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 53 (15.36%) Cloud Native
2 42 (12.17%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.96%) Video\Live Streaming
4 23 (6.67%) Over-the-Top Content
5 18 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (4.93%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (4.35%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.19%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.32%) Algorithms
10 8 (2.32%) Data Centre
10 8 (2.32%) Product Ownership
11 7 (2.03%) Blog
11 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.74%) Insider Threat
13 5 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.45%) GNSS
13 5 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.46%) Linux
2 13 (3.77%) Windows
3 12 (3.48%) Unix
4 11 (3.19%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.03%) CentOS
7 6 (1.74%) Debian
8 5 (1.45%) Android
9 4 (1.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.58%) 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
1 129 (37.39%) AI
2 124 (35.94%) Software Engineering
3 101 (29.28%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (26.96%) Agile
5 88 (25.51%) CI/CD
6 82 (23.77%) DevOps
6 82 (23.77%) LLM
7 79 (22.90%) Generative AI
8 71 (20.58%) Machine Learning
9 63 (18.26%) Mentoring
9 63 (18.26%) Microservices
10 60 (17.39%) Analytics
11 59 (17.10%) Containerisation
12 54 (15.65%) TDD
13 51 (14.78%) Test Automation
14 47 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 43 (12.46%) Analytical Thinking
16 38 (11.01%) Scrum
17 35 (10.14%) Kanban
17 35 (10.14%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 121 (35.07%) Python
2 78 (22.61%) Java
3 56 (16.23%) SQL
4 33 (9.57%) JavaScript
5 31 (8.99%) Scala
6 21 (6.09%) C++
6 21 (6.09%) Go
7 18 (5.22%) TypeScript
8 17 (4.93%) C
9 9 (2.61%) C#
10 6 (1.74%) PHP
10 6 (1.74%) Rust
11 5 (1.45%) Bash
11 5 (1.45%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.45%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.16%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.87%) Ruby
14 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.58%) R
15 1 (0.29%) F#
Qualifications
1 93 (26.96%) Degree
2 38 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 9 (2.61%) PhD
7 8 (2.32%) Chartered Engineer
7 8 (2.32%) GIAC
7 8 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.03%) CISSP
8 7 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (2.03%) OSCP
9 6 (1.74%) CCNA
9 6 (1.74%) CEH
9 6 (1.74%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.74%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.41%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.06%) QA
3 8 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.32%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.32%) SLA
4 7 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.45%) NIST
6 5 (1.45%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.16%) GDPR
8 3 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 85 (24.64%) Docker
2 13 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.16%) 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
1 101 (29.28%) Kubernetes
2 43 (12.46%) Terraform
3 18 (5.22%) Ansible
4 8 (2.32%) Istio
4 8 (2.32%) Puppet
5 6 (1.74%) Nmap
6 5 (1.45%) Argo
6 5 (1.45%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.58%) Grafana
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 68 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.99%) OpenAI
3 21 (6.09%) Google
4 14 (4.06%) Oracle
5 12 (3.48%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (3.48%) Databricks
5 12 (3.48%) UiPath
6 11 (3.19%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.32%) Cisco
7 8 (2.32%) Confluent
7 8 (2.32%) SAP
8 7 (2.03%) IBM
9 6 (1.74%) SaltStack
10 4 (1.16%) Dell
10 4 (1.16%) Epicor
10 4 (1.16%) Infor
10 4 (1.16%) Informatica
10 4 (1.16%) Palantir
10 4 (1.16%) Software AG
10 4 (1.16%) Talend