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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 412 270
Rank change year-on-year +3 -142 -31
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 385 240 708
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.56% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.63% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 288 138 395
10th Percentile £46,939 £48,175 £40,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,000 £73,080 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% +11.63% -6.48%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,188 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £125,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £73,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year +9.59% +11.51% -6.48%

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 74,604 38,365 56,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.40% 88.79% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 52,829 22,080 32,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 -35 138 £88,750 +4.41% 880
North of England -6 92 £80,000 +44.80% 79
South West -37 59 £100,000 +33.33% 45
South East -46 47 £62,500 -7.41% 85
North West +10 44 £80,000 +25.49% 44
North East -40 33 £74,830 +42.53% 13
Midlands -33 23 £74,654 +2.97% 30
East of England -18 20 £100,000 +21.21% 85
Yorkshire -38 15 £83,774 +69.24% 22
West Midlands -40 15 £74,742 +3.09% 21
East Midlands -35 8 £39,194 -54.27% 9
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 19 (4.94%) Apache
2 13 (3.38%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.56%) JBoss
4 5 (1.30%) nginx
4 5 (1.30%) WordPress
5 3 (0.78%) Camunda
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.52%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.26%) InDesign
2 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Line 50
2 2 (0.52%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.26%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 156 (40.52%) AWS
2 87 (22.60%) Azure
3 51 (13.25%) GCP
4 37 (9.61%) GitHub
5 27 (7.01%) Serverless
6 21 (5.45%) Anthropic Claude
7 17 (4.42%) GitHub Copilot
8 15 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.12%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.12%) SaaS
10 11 (2.86%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.86%) dbt
11 10 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.08%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.82%) Amazon EMR
14 7 (1.82%) Datadog
15 6 (1.56%) Amazon Bedrock
15 6 (1.56%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.86%) Firewall
2 10 (2.60%) AMQP
3 7 (1.82%) Internet
3 7 (1.82%) VoIP
4 6 (1.56%) DHCP
4 6 (1.56%) DNS
4 6 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (1.56%) NX-OS
4 6 (1.56%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.30%) Network Security
5 5 (1.30%) SSL
6 3 (0.78%) CTI
7 2 (0.52%) Asterisk PBX
7 2 (0.52%) LAN
7 2 (0.52%) MQTT
7 2 (0.52%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.52%) WAN
8 1 (0.26%) 5G
8 1 (0.26%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.53%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (7.27%) NoSQL
3 26 (6.75%) MySQL
4 25 (6.49%) Big Data
5 22 (5.71%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.60%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.34%) Metadata
8 7 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.82%) Cloudera CDH
8 7 (1.82%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.82%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.82%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.56%) Redis
10 4 (1.04%) FileMaker
10 4 (1.04%) Neo4j
10 4 (1.04%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 25 (6.49%) Git
2 18 (4.68%) Claude Code
2 18 (4.68%) GitLab
3 13 (3.38%) JIRA
4 11 (2.86%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.08%) Subversion
6 7 (1.82%) Bitbucket
7 4 (1.04%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.04%) Snyk
8 3 (0.78%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.78%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.78%) Maven
8 3 (0.78%) Selenium
9 2 (0.52%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.52%) MLflow
10 1 (0.26%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.26%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.26%) IDA Disassembler
10 1 (0.26%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 95 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.84%) Public Sector
3 60 (15.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (14.03%) Finance
5 30 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (6.23%) Law
7 18 (4.68%) Legal
8 16 (4.16%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.64%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.34%) Banking
10 9 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.08%) Marketing
12 6 (1.56%) Advertising
12 6 (1.56%) Police
13 5 (1.30%) Games
14 4 (1.04%) Automotive
14 4 (1.04%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.04%) Front Office
14 4 (1.04%) Retail
15 3 (0.78%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 107 (27.79%) Software Engineer
2 97 (25.19%) Lead
3 64 (16.62%) Senior
4 54 (14.03%) Architect
5 41 (10.65%) Lead Software Engineer
6 37 (9.61%) Developer
7 30 (7.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 28 (7.27%) Cloud Architect
9 24 (6.23%) Principal Engineer
10 21 (5.45%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (4.16%) Principal Software Engineer
12 15 (3.90%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.64%) Linux Engineer
13 14 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.38%) Consultant
14 13 (3.38%) Java Engineer
15 11 (2.86%) Senior Consultant
15 11 (2.86%) Senior Developer
16 10 (2.60%) Embedded Engineer
16 10 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.43%) Node.js
1 44 (11.43%) Terraform
2 31 (8.05%) React
3 22 (5.71%) LangChain
3 22 (5.71%) REST
4 21 (5.45%) HTML
5 20 (5.19%) CSS
5 20 (5.19%) Kafka
6 17 (4.42%) Spring
7 16 (4.16%) LlamaIndex
7 16 (4.16%) RabbitMQ
8 15 (3.90%) RESTful
9 14 (3.64%) PyTorch
10 13 (3.38%) Spring Boot
10 13 (3.38%) TensorFlow
11 10 (2.60%) .NET
11 10 (2.60%) FastAPI
11 10 (2.60%) Model Context Protocol
11 10 (2.60%) scikit-learn
12 9 (2.34%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 62 (16.10%) Cloud Native
2 41 (10.65%) Onboarding
3 35 (9.09%) Public Cloud
4 18 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.90%) AI Agents
5 15 (3.90%) Blog
6 14 (3.64%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.12%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.60%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.60%) Distributed Computing
9 9 (2.34%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.34%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.34%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.34%) Social Media
10 7 (1.82%) PKI
10 7 (1.82%) Robotics
10 7 (1.82%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.56%) Autonomous Agent
12 5 (1.30%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.73%) Linux
2 18 (4.68%) Windows
3 13 (3.38%) Debian
4 11 (2.86%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (2.34%) CentOS
5 9 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.34%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.56%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.56%) Unix
7 5 (1.30%) Android
8 4 (1.04%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.78%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (44.68%) Software Engineering
2 135 (35.06%) AI
3 131 (34.03%) Agile
4 97 (25.19%) CI/CD
5 82 (21.30%) Mentoring
6 81 (21.04%) DevOps
7 70 (18.18%) Microservices
8 68 (17.66%) LLM
9 66 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (15.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 59 (15.32%) Machine Learning
12 58 (15.06%) Containerisation
13 44 (11.43%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
14 43 (11.17%) Computer Science
15 41 (10.65%) Roadmaps
16 40 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
17 39 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (10.13%) Technical Leadership
18 37 (9.61%) Coaching
18 37 (9.61%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 121 (31.43%) Python
2 76 (19.74%) Java
3 62 (16.10%) JavaScript
4 34 (8.83%) SQL
5 33 (8.57%) TypeScript
6 32 (8.31%) C++
7 21 (5.45%) Bash
8 17 (4.42%) C
9 14 (3.64%) Scala
10 13 (3.38%) C#
10 13 (3.38%) PHP
11 12 (3.12%) Rust
12 8 (2.08%) Go
12 8 (2.08%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.82%) Clojure
13 7 (1.82%) Erlang
13 7 (1.82%) Ruby
14 4 (1.04%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.78%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 68 (17.66%) Degree
3 61 (15.84%) SC Cleared
4 55 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 21 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (4.68%) Azure Certification
7 16 (4.16%) PhD
8 15 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.64%) AWS Certification
10 10 (2.60%) Master's Degree
11 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 7 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.56%) CCNA
13 6 (1.56%) MCSE
13 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.30%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.04%) CISSP
16 3 (0.78%) CISM
16 3 (0.78%) GSEC
17 2 (0.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.19%) QA
2 17 (4.42%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.34%) NCSC
5 8 (2.08%) WCAG
6 6 (1.56%) SLA
7 4 (1.04%) ISO 14001
7 4 (1.04%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.52%) NIST
9 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.26%) MiFID
10 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (8.83%) Docker
2 9 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.56%) vSphere
5 5 (1.30%) Firmware
5 5 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.78%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.52%) KVM
8 1 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.26%) IAG
8 1 (0.26%) QEMU
8 1 (0.26%) Xen
Systems Management
1 48 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.94%) Ansible
3 10 (2.60%) Puppet
4 6 (1.56%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.56%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.30%) Nagios
5 5 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.04%) Argo
6 4 (1.04%) Podman
7 3 (0.78%) Packer
8 2 (0.52%) Istio
8 2 (0.52%) linkerd
8 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.26%) Cilium
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (7.53%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.27%) Google
3 19 (4.94%) OpenAI
4 18 (4.68%) Red Hat
5 14 (3.64%) Oracle
6 9 (2.34%) Splunk
6 9 (2.34%) VMware
7 8 (2.08%) Atlassian
7 8 (2.08%) YouTube
8 7 (1.82%) Apple
8 7 (1.82%) Cisco
8 7 (1.82%) FIS
8 7 (1.82%) SaltStack
9 6 (1.56%) Adobe
10 5 (1.30%) New Relic
11 4 (1.04%) Databricks
11 4 (1.04%) OutSystems
11 4 (1.04%) Sage
12 3 (0.78%) Intel
13 2 (0.52%) IBM