Open Source Job Trends in Essex

Open Source
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Open Source skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 71
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.26% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £30,370 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -60.81% - +37.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 605 348 612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 79.29% 81.88% 85.00%
Number of salaries quoted 356 113 501
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,992 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,712 £33,752 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £61,688 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,700 £75,000 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Open Source relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Open Source job vacancy trend in Essex

Open Source
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Open Source.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Open Source

Open Source
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Essex region over the 6 months to 10 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
Brentwood - 1 - -
Saffron Walden - 1 £80,000 - 1
Open Source
East of England

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DOCSIS
2 1 (50.00%) DSL
2 1 (50.00%) GPON
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) PPP
2 1 (50.00%) RTP
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Research Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Research Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) RF Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior RF Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) NumPy
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) SciPy
1 1 (50.00%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Anomaly Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Experimental Design
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft