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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 268 293
Rank change year-on-year -80 +25 -113
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 344 425 747
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 1.16% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.25% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 197 314 608
10th Percentile £41,946 £48,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £123,500 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £73,801 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% +3.57% -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 55,018 34,077 68,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.44% 93.17% 86.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34,732 20,466 52,607
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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 5 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 5 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 -52 167 £95,000 -13.64% 78
North of England -42 67 £61,418 -5.51% 21
North West -7 47 £65,000 -3.79% 9
East of England -8 31 £30,370 -66.26% 21
South West -36 24 £55,000 -20.00% 12
South East -85 24 £60,000 - 20
Midlands -34 19 £53,029 -20.03% 6
East Midlands -30 14 £51,058 - 1
Yorkshire -58 14 £52,130 +5.31% 8
North East -23 6 £62,966 -9.15% 4
West Midlands -24 5 £66,901 +0.89% 5
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 (5.23%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.65%) Appian
3 11 (3.20%) Apache
3 11 (3.20%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.74%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.16%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.16%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.58%) Confluence
6 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.58%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 42 (12.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Shopify
2 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.29%) Line 50
3 1 (0.29%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 116 (33.72%) AWS
2 109 (31.69%) Azure
3 57 (16.57%) GCP
4 24 (6.98%) Anthropic Claude
5 22 (6.40%) Serverless
6 19 (5.52%) GitHub
7 18 (5.23%) Amazon EKS
7 18 (5.23%) Power Automate
8 15 (4.36%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (4.36%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.07%) Amazon Alexa
10 13 (3.78%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 12 (3.49%) Azure AI
11 12 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (3.49%) PaaS
12 11 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (3.20%) SaaS
13 10 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (2.62%) Amazon ElastiCache
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.85%) Broadband
2 20 (5.81%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.33%) HTTP
4 7 (2.03%) VoIP
5 6 (1.74%) RTP
5 6 (1.74%) WAN
6 5 (1.45%) AMQP
6 5 (1.45%) DNS
6 5 (1.45%) SMTP
7 4 (1.16%) Network Security
7 4 (1.16%) Software-Defined Radio
7 4 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.87%) DHCP
8 3 (0.87%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.87%) DSL
8 3 (0.87%) IPv4
8 3 (0.87%) IPv6
8 3 (0.87%) LAN
8 3 (0.87%) PPP
8 3 (0.87%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.85%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (7.27%) MongoDB
3 24 (6.98%) MySQL
4 19 (5.52%) NoSQL
4 19 (5.52%) Pinecone
5 16 (4.65%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.07%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (3.20%) Redis
9 8 (2.33%) Big Data
10 7 (2.03%) Hadoop
10 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.45%) Cloudera CDH
12 5 (1.45%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.45%) Neo4j
13 4 (1.16%) DocumentDB
13 4 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (1.16%) QGIS
13 4 (1.16%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 29 (8.43%) Jenkins
2 23 (6.69%) TeamCity
3 15 (4.36%) Git
4 13 (3.78%) MLflow
5 8 (2.33%) Claude Code
5 8 (2.33%) JIRA
6 7 (2.03%) Burp Suite
6 7 (2.03%) Metasploit
7 6 (1.74%) Selenium
8 5 (1.45%) GitLab
General
1 60 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
1 60 (17.44%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.57%) Finance
3 31 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 27 (7.85%) German Language
5 20 (5.81%) Law
6 18 (5.23%) Banking
7 16 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.36%) Retail
9 12 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.20%) Italian Language
10 11 (3.20%) Legal
11 9 (2.62%) Tech for Good
12 7 (2.03%) Back Office
12 7 (2.03%) Marketing
13 6 (1.74%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.16%) French Language
15 3 (0.87%) Electronics
15 3 (0.87%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (0.87%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 107 (31.10%) Senior
2 76 (22.09%) Software Engineer
3 39 (11.34%) Developer
4 27 (7.85%) Architect
5 26 (7.56%) Senior Software Engineer
6 24 (6.98%) Lead
7 23 (6.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 21 (6.10%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.94%) Java Engineer
10 16 (4.65%) Java Software Engineer
11 15 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (4.36%) Development Engineer
11 15 (4.36%) Principal Engineer
12 12 (3.49%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (3.49%) Java Developer
12 12 (3.49%) Scala Engineer
12 12 (3.49%) Software Architect
13 11 (3.20%) Senior Developer
13 11 (3.20%) Software Developer
13 11 (3.20%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (11.63%) REST
2 33 (9.59%) RESTful
3 32 (9.30%) Django
4 28 (8.14%) Node.js
4 28 (8.14%) React
5 25 (7.27%) PyTorch
6 24 (6.98%) TensorFlow
7 23 (6.69%) Akka
8 22 (6.40%) Web Services
9 21 (6.10%) Kafka
10 20 (5.81%) NumPy
11 19 (5.52%) FastAPI
11 19 (5.52%) Pandas
11 19 (5.52%) scikit-learn
12 17 (4.94%) OAuth
12 17 (4.94%) OpenAPI
12 17 (4.94%) Swagger
13 15 (4.36%) Flask
13 15 (4.36%) pytest
14 14 (4.07%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.83%) Cloud Native
2 43 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.98%) Video\Live Streaming
4 23 (6.69%) Over-the-Top Content
5 22 (6.40%) Distributed Systems
6 18 (5.23%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.36%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (3.78%) Security Posture
9 11 (3.20%) AI Agents
10 10 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (2.33%) Data Centre
12 8 (2.33%) Legacy Code
12 8 (2.33%) Product Ownership
13 7 (2.03%) Algorithms
13 7 (2.03%) Blog
13 7 (2.03%) Insider Threat
13 7 (2.03%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (1.45%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 49 (14.24%) Linux
2 16 (4.65%) Unix
3 12 (3.49%) Windows
4 10 (2.91%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.74%) CentOS
7 5 (1.45%) Android
7 5 (1.45%) Debian
8 4 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.87%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.47%) AI
2 115 (33.43%) Software Engineering
3 102 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (28.49%) Agile
5 85 (24.71%) CI/CD
6 80 (23.26%) LLM
7 79 (22.97%) Generative AI
8 78 (22.67%) DevOps
9 69 (20.06%) Machine Learning
10 61 (17.73%) Analytics
11 59 (17.15%) Microservices
12 58 (16.86%) Mentoring
13 57 (16.57%) Containerisation
14 54 (15.70%) TDD
15 51 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
16 49 (14.24%) Test Automation
17 47 (13.66%) Analytical Thinking
18 36 (10.47%) Scrum
19 33 (9.59%) Kanban
20 32 (9.30%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 121 (35.17%) Python
2 79 (22.97%) Java
3 58 (16.86%) SQL
4 33 (9.59%) JavaScript
5 32 (9.30%) Scala
6 25 (7.27%) C++
7 24 (6.98%) Go
8 21 (6.10%) C
9 17 (4.94%) TypeScript
10 11 (3.20%) Rust
11 7 (2.03%) C#
12 6 (1.74%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.74%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.45%) PHP
14 3 (0.87%) Bash
14 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.58%) R
15 2 (0.58%) Ruby
16 1 (0.29%) Korn
Qualifications
1 92 (26.74%) Degree
2 43 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 37 (10.76%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.91%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.62%) Chartered Engineer
6 9 (2.62%) GIAC
6 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 8 (2.33%) OSCP
7 8 (2.33%) PhD
8 7 (2.03%) CCNA
8 7 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.03%) CISSP
8 7 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (2.03%) CREST Certified
8 7 (2.03%) GPEN
8 7 (2.03%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.01%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 8 (2.33%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.33%) SLA
4 7 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (2.03%) QA
5 6 (1.74%) GDPR
5 6 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.16%) NIST
6 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 88 (25.58%) Docker
2 17 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.33%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.87%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.87%) KVM
4 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.58%) QEMU
6 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 103 (29.94%) Kubernetes
2 46 (13.37%) Terraform
3 17 (4.94%) Ansible
4 9 (2.62%) AWS Copilot
5 8 (2.33%) Istio
6 7 (2.03%) Nmap
7 6 (1.74%) Puppet
8 4 (1.16%) Argo
8 4 (1.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.58%) Grafana
10 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 71 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.43%) OpenAI
3 22 (6.40%) Google
4 16 (4.65%) Oracle
5 12 (3.49%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (3.49%) Databricks
5 12 (3.49%) UiPath
6 10 (2.91%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.91%) SAP
7 9 (2.62%) Cisco
7 9 (2.62%) IBM
8 8 (2.33%) Confluent
9 6 (1.74%) Dell
9 6 (1.74%) IFS
9 6 (1.74%) Informatica
9 6 (1.74%) Jitterbit
9 6 (1.74%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.74%) SnapLogic
9 6 (1.74%) Software AG
9 6 (1.74%) Workday