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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 221 247
Rank change year-on-year -21 +26 -21
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 14 10 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.19% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.22% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 57
10th Percentile - - £48,365
25th Percentile £27,750 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £57,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -6.05% -12.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £71,622 £79,600
90th Percentile - £81,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -13.33%

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 9,337 4,646 9,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.63% 89.93% 81.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,604 2,593 7,141
10th Percentile £29,159 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,250 £63,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £81,250 £76,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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
East Midlands - 9 £55,000 - 1
West Midlands -29 5 £28,500 -50.43% 4
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) NuGet
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Network Security
1 4 (28.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Burp Suite
1 4 (28.57%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support
2 4 (28.57%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (28.57%) IT Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Support Technician
2 4 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) CSS
1 4 (28.57%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Insider Threat
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 4 (28.57%) Unix
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (28.57%) Anomaly Detection
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
3 4 (28.57%) Information Security
3 4 (28.57%) ITSM
3 4 (28.57%) Network Management
3 4 (28.57%) Offensive Security
3 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Red Team
3 4 (28.57%) Service Management
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (7.14%) AI
4 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
4 1 (7.14%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PHP
1 4 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCNA
1 4 (28.57%) CEH
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (28.57%) CISMP
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
1 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (28.57%) CREST Certified
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
1 4 (28.57%) GIAC
1 4 (28.57%) GPEN
1 4 (28.57%) MCSE
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 4 (28.57%) OSCP
1 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (28.57%) ISO 14001
1 4 (28.57%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Nmap
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Adobe
1 4 (28.57%) Apple
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) Sage