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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 252 292
Rank change year-on-year -85 +40 -112
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 324 536 664
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 1.23% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.33% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 179 342 526
10th Percentile £39,512 £48,250 £42,625
25th Percentile £50,625 £57,813 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +10.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £85,500 £115,000 £85,750
90th Percentile £107,000 £138,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 48,095 40,444 58,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.20% 92.67% 88.20%
Number of salaries quoted 29,525 20,215 46,647
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,404 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,813 £46,250 £40,113
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -29 148 £87,500 -20.45% 60
North of England -43 60 £61,418 -5.51% 30
North West -5 44 £63,750 -1.92% 12
South East -93 33 £57,500 +4.55% 22
East of England +33 32 £30,370 -60.81% 18
Midlands -2 20 £55,000 -4.35% 9
South West -35 18 £62,500 -13.79% 16
East Midlands -13 15 £51,058 -7.17% 2
Yorkshire -42 10 £50,565 -4.59% 12
North East -16 6 £52,500 -24.25% 6
West Midlands -11 5 £66,901 +16.35% 7
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 17 (5.25%) Apache Spark
2 16 (4.94%) Appian
3 11 (3.40%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (3.09%) Apache
5 7 (2.16%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.93%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.62%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.62%) Confluence
8 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.31%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 44 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.85%) SAP FS
1 6 (1.85%) Shopify
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 96 (29.63%) AWS
2 91 (28.09%) Azure
3 45 (13.89%) GCP
4 22 (6.79%) Serverless
5 18 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 18 (5.56%) Power Automate
6 16 (4.94%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (4.94%) GitHub
6 16 (4.94%) PaaS
7 15 (4.63%) Anthropic Claude
8 14 (4.32%) Amazon Alexa
9 13 (4.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (3.70%) Azure AI
11 11 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
11 11 (3.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 10 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (2.78%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 9 (2.78%) Pulumi
13 9 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.95%) Broadband
2 18 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 11 (3.40%) HTTP
4 7 (2.16%) DNS
5 6 (1.85%) RTP
5 6 (1.85%) VoIP
6 5 (1.54%) AMQP
6 5 (1.54%) DHCP
6 5 (1.54%) SMTP
7 4 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
7 4 (1.23%) WAN
7 4 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.93%) DOCSIS
8 3 (0.93%) DSL
8 3 (0.93%) Firewall
8 3 (0.93%) IPv4
8 3 (0.93%) IPv6
8 3 (0.93%) PPP
8 3 (0.93%) SSL
8 3 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (7.41%) MySQL
3 21 (6.48%) MongoDB
3 21 (6.48%) NoSQL
4 18 (5.56%) Pinecone
5 17 (5.25%) SQL Server
6 15 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (3.09%) Redis
9 8 (2.47%) Big Data
9 8 (2.47%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.16%) Hadoop
11 6 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.85%) Weaviate
12 5 (1.54%) Cloudera CDH
12 5 (1.54%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.93%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 24 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.10%) TeamCity
3 22 (6.79%) Git
4 13 (4.01%) JIRA
4 13 (4.01%) MLflow
5 7 (2.16%) Burp Suite
5 7 (2.16%) Metasploit
6 6 (1.85%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.85%) GitLab
7 5 (1.54%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.54%) Selenium
8 4 (1.23%) Vite
9 2 (0.62%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.62%) Mocha
9 2 (0.62%) webpack
10 1 (0.31%) Hardhat
General
1 65 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (19.14%) Social Skills
3 33 (10.19%) Finance
4 29 (8.95%) German Language
5 26 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.56%) Law
7 16 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.63%) Retail
9 13 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.70%) Legal
11 11 (3.40%) Italian Language
12 9 (2.78%) French Language
13 8 (2.47%) Banking
14 7 (2.16%) Games
14 7 (2.16%) Marketing
15 6 (1.85%) Dutch Language
16 5 (1.54%) Aerospace
17 4 (1.23%) Back Office
17 4 (1.23%) Tech for Good
18 3 (0.93%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 105 (32.41%) Senior
2 71 (21.91%) Software Engineer
3 38 (11.73%) Developer
4 31 (9.57%) Architect
5 30 (9.26%) Lead
6 24 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (7.10%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (6.48%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 17 (5.25%) Java Engineer
10 17 (5.25%) Java Software Engineer
11 14 (4.32%) Cloud Native Engineer
11 14 (4.32%) Cloud Software Engineer
11 14 (4.32%) Software Architect
12 13 (4.01%) Java Developer
13 12 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (3.70%) Scala Engineer
13 12 (3.70%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.40%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.11%) REST
2 32 (9.88%) Django
3 31 (9.57%) RESTful
4 28 (8.64%) React
5 24 (7.41%) PyTorch
6 23 (7.10%) Akka
6 23 (7.10%) TensorFlow
7 22 (6.79%) Web Services
8 19 (5.86%) NumPy
8 19 (5.86%) scikit-learn
9 18 (5.56%) FastAPI
9 18 (5.56%) Node.js
9 18 (5.56%) Pandas
9 18 (5.56%) Spring
9 18 (5.56%) Spring Boot
10 17 (5.25%) OAuth
10 17 (5.25%) OpenAPI
10 17 (5.25%) Swagger
11 16 (4.94%) Faiss
12 15 (4.63%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 61 (18.83%) Cloud Native
2 37 (11.42%) Onboarding
3 29 (8.95%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (7.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 23 (7.10%) Over-the-Top Content
6 18 (5.56%) Low-Code
7 15 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (4.32%) Legacy Code
9 13 (4.01%) Security Posture
10 11 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (3.09%) Algorithms
12 9 (2.78%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (2.47%) AI Agents
13 8 (2.47%) Blog
13 8 (2.47%) Data Centre
14 7 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (2.16%) Insider Threat
15 6 (1.85%) Private Cloud
15 6 (1.85%) Product Ownership
16 5 (1.54%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 59 (18.21%) Linux
2 20 (6.17%) Unix
3 11 (3.40%) Windows
4 9 (2.78%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.54%) CentOS
6 5 (1.54%) Debian
7 4 (1.23%) Android
7 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.93%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.31%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.31%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.31%) Solaris
10 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (32.72%) AI
2 103 (31.79%) Agile
3 98 (30.25%) Software Engineering
4 95 (29.32%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (27.47%) CI/CD
6 79 (24.38%) LLM
7 72 (22.22%) DevOps
8 71 (21.91%) Generative AI
9 63 (19.44%) Machine Learning
10 61 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (16.67%) Analytics
12 50 (15.43%) Mentoring
13 49 (15.12%) Analytical Thinking
13 49 (15.12%) Containerisation
14 47 (14.51%) TDD
15 45 (13.89%) Microservices
16 41 (12.65%) Test Automation
17 38 (11.73%) Scrum
18 37 (11.42%) Clean Code
19 33 (10.19%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 107 (33.02%) Python
2 87 (26.85%) Java
3 58 (17.90%) SQL
4 33 (10.19%) C++
5 32 (9.88%) Scala
6 31 (9.57%) C
7 29 (8.95%) JavaScript
8 21 (6.48%) Go
9 17 (5.25%) TypeScript
10 16 (4.94%) Rust
11 8 (2.47%) Bash
12 7 (2.16%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.85%) R
13 6 (1.85%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.54%) C#
15 3 (0.93%) Fortran
15 3 (0.93%) MATLAB
16 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
17 1 (0.31%) PHP
17 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (31.79%) Degree
2 51 (15.74%) Security Cleared
3 41 (12.65%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (4.63%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.63%) Master's Degree
6 12 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (3.40%) Chartered Engineer
8 10 (3.09%) GIAC
9 9 (2.78%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.47%) CISSP
10 8 (2.47%) OSCP
11 7 (2.16%) CCNA
11 7 (2.16%) CEH
11 7 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.16%) CISMP
11 7 (2.16%) GPEN
11 7 (2.16%) MCSE
11 7 (2.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (9.88%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 11 (3.40%) QA
3 9 (2.78%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.47%) GDPR
4 8 (2.47%) SLA
5 7 (2.16%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (2.16%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.85%) IFRS
6 6 (1.85%) IFRS 17
6 6 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.85%) Solvency II
7 4 (1.23%) NIST
8 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 88 (27.16%) Docker
2 16 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (4.32%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.23%) KVM
5 3 (0.93%) Kamailio
5 3 (0.93%) QEMU
6 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 104 (32.10%) Kubernetes
2 36 (11.11%) Terraform
3 19 (5.86%) Ansible
4 9 (2.78%) AWS Copilot
5 7 (2.16%) Nmap
6 5 (1.54%) Puppet
7 3 (0.93%) Argo
8 2 (0.62%) Grafana
8 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.31%) WMI
Vendors
1 68 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.02%) OpenAI
3 20 (6.17%) Google
4 16 (4.94%) Oracle
4 16 (4.94%) SAP
5 12 (3.70%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (3.70%) UiPath
6 10 (3.09%) Databricks
6 10 (3.09%) IBM
7 8 (2.47%) Cisco
7 8 (2.47%) Informatica
7 8 (2.47%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.47%) SaltStack
7 8 (2.47%) Talend
8 7 (2.16%) Dell
8 7 (2.16%) Epicor
8 7 (2.16%) Infor
8 7 (2.16%) Software AG
8 7 (2.16%) TIBCO
8 7 (2.16%) Workday