Open Source Job Trends in the Midlands

Open Source
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Open Source skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 219 226
Rank change year-on-year -28 +7 -49
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 22 12 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.15% 0.21% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.25% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 30
10th Percentile £27,750 £40,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £35,766 £48,438 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,654 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £78,312 £74,063 £79,600
90th Percentile £88,148 £75,000 £85,342
England median annual salary £82,500 £73,080 £65,465
% change year-on-year +12.89% +11.63% -6.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,527 4,837 7,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.64% 84.61% 77.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,514 2,890 4,366
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,389
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.27%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Open Source job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Open Source
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Open Source.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Open Source

Open Source
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Open Source in the Midlands

Open Source
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands -29 15 £74,742 +3.09% 19
East Midlands -24 7 £39,194 -54.27% 5
Open Source
England

Open Source
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Line 50
2 1 (4.55%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) AWS
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Network Security
1 4 (18.18%) VoIP
2 3 (13.64%) DHCP
2 3 (13.64%) DNS
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) NX-OS
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) FileMaker
2 3 (13.64%) MongoDB
2 3 (13.64%) MySQL
2 3 (13.64%) NoSQL
2 3 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Git
1 4 (18.18%) Subversion
2 3 (13.64%) GitLab
2 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (18.18%) Law
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Software Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) IT Support
3 4 (18.18%) IT Support Technician
3 4 (18.18%) IT Technician
3 4 (18.18%) Software Integration Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Support Technician
4 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 3 (13.64%) Lead Software Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (9.09%) ERP Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) CSS
1 5 (22.73%) HTML
2 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) Node.js
3 3 (13.64%) RESTful
3 3 (13.64%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
1 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
1 3 (13.64%) PKI
2 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Handset
3 1 (4.55%) Social Media
3 1 (4.55%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 4 (18.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) Software Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) ERP
3 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (22.73%) Coaching
4 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Forensics
5 4 (18.18%) ITSM
5 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Network Management
5 4 (18.18%) Service Management
5 4 (18.18%) TDD
5 4 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (13.64%) Information Security
6 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 3 (13.64%) Product Management
6 3 (13.64%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Python
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 4 (18.18%) PHP
3 3 (13.64%) Java
3 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) CCNA
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) MCSE
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO 14001
1 4 (18.18%) ISO 9001
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 3 (13.64%) SLA
3 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (13.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Adobe
2 4 (18.18%) Apple
2 4 (18.18%) Sage
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
3 3 (13.64%) FIS
3 3 (13.64%) VMware
4 2 (9.09%) OpenAI