Open Source Engineer Job Trends in London

Open Source Engineer
England > London

The median Open Source Engineer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 - 448
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Open Source Engineer 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.016% - 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £85,000
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile £91,000 - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -24.14% -42.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 22,762 10,819 18,097
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 91.28% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15,707 7,030 11,797
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -8.33%

Open Source Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Open Source Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Open Source Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Open Source Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Open Source Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Open Source Engineer job vacancies in London

Open Source Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source Engineer in London over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Open Source Engineer in London

Open Source Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Open Source Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Open Source Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Open Source
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) OutSystems
2 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (75.00%) Snowflake

Open Source Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Snowflake
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) OutSystems
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat