Open Source Jobs in Scotland

Open Source
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Open Source skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Open Source over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 167 215
Rank change year-on-year +13 +48 -79
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 100 43 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.76% 1.13% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.18% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 20
10th Percentile £49,489 £42,718 -
25th Percentile £60,609 £45,512 £32,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,554 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +49.61% -15.83%
75th Percentile £79,600 £100,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £91,084 - £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,465 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.70% +3.57% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Scotland.

Salary trend for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -21 68 £55,000 -31.25%
Edinburgh +27 25 £75,000 -0.73% 5
Fife - 6 - -
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 60 (60.00%) Apache Spark
2 8 (8.00%) WebLogic
3 6 (6.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 8 (8.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (74.00%) AWS
2 10 (10.00%) Azure
3 8 (8.00%) Amazon EKS
3 8 (8.00%) Amazon SQS
4 6 (6.00%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (6.00%) SaaS
5 5 (5.00%) GitHub
6 4 (4.00%) GCP
7 3 (3.00%) dbt
8 2 (2.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.00%) BGP
1 8 (8.00%) DNS
1 8 (8.00%) SSL
1 8 (8.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (60.00%) Apache Hive
1 60 (60.00%) HBase
1 60 (60.00%) NoSQL
2 30 (30.00%) Big Data
2 30 (30.00%) Hadoop
3 8 (8.00%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (8.00%) Oracle Database
3 8 (8.00%) RDBMS
3 8 (8.00%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.00%) SQLite
5 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 68 (68.00%) Git
2 60 (60.00%) Bitbucket Server
2 60 (60.00%) Jenkins
3 7 (7.00%) JIRA
4 6 (6.00%) Bitbucket
4 6 (6.00%) Cypress.io
4 6 (6.00%) MSTest
4 6 (6.00%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.00%) Appium
5 1 (1.00%) Gatling
5 1 (1.00%) JMeter
5 1 (1.00%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.00%) Selenium
General
1 75 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 69 (69.00%) Finance
3 61 (61.00%) Legal
4 60 (60.00%) Law
5 23 (23.00%) Social Skills
6 8 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.00%) Banking
7 5 (5.00%) Military
8 4 (4.00%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (62.00%) Software Engineer
2 60 (60.00%) AWS Engineer
2 60 (60.00%) AWS Software Engineer
3 38 (38.00%) Developer
4 30 (30.00%) AWS Database Engineer
4 30 (30.00%) AWS Developer
4 30 (30.00%) Big Data Engineer
4 30 (30.00%) Big Data Software Engineer
4 30 (30.00%) Data Engineer
4 30 (30.00%) Database Developer
4 30 (30.00%) Database Engineer
4 30 (30.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 12 (12.00%) Architect
6 11 (11.00%) Lead
7 9 (9.00%) Lead Architect
8 8 (8.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 8 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (7.00%) Test Engineer
10 6 (6.00%) Analyst
10 6 (6.00%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.00%) React
2 8 (8.00%) RabbitMQ
2 8 (8.00%) Spring Boot
3 7 (7.00%) Node.js
4 6 (6.00%) CSS
5 5 (5.00%) Django
6 4 (4.00%) WebGL
7 3 (3.00%) Android Jetpack
7 3 (3.00%) Android SDK
7 3 (3.00%) Jetpack Compose
8 2 (2.00%) HTML
8 2 (2.00%) htmx
8 2 (2.00%) Swagger
9 1 (1.00%) Hugging Face
9 1 (1.00%) REST
9 1 (1.00%) RESTful
9 1 (1.00%) SOAP
9 1 (1.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (64.00%) Algorithms
2 10 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 8 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (6.00%) IoT
5 5 (5.00%) Data Structures
6 4 (4.00%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (4.00%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (3.00%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.00%) NHS
9 1 (1.00%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.00%) Online Banking
9 1 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (65.00%) Unix
2 13 (13.00%) Linux
3 8 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (5.00%) Mac OS X
4 5 (5.00%) Windows
5 3 (3.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (85.00%) Agile
2 72 (72.00%) CI/CD
3 68 (68.00%) SDLC
3 68 (68.00%) Test Automation
4 65 (65.00%) TDD
5 64 (64.00%) Software Engineering
5 64 (64.00%) Visualisation
6 63 (63.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 62 (62.00%) Risk Management
8 61 (61.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (61.00%) Machine Learning
9 60 (60.00%) Batch Processing
9 60 (60.00%) Community of Practice
9 60 (60.00%) Operational Stability
10 32 (32.00%) Microservices
11 29 (29.00%) Wealth Management
12 18 (18.00%) DevOps
13 13 (13.00%) Actionable Insight
14 12 (12.00%) Continuous Delivery
15 9 (9.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 68 (68.00%) SQL
2 66 (66.00%) Python
3 60 (60.00%) PL/SQL
4 35 (35.00%) Java
5 7 (7.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.00%) Kotlin
6 4 (4.00%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.00%) R
8 1 (1.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.00%) Degree
2 11 (11.00%) SC Cleared
2 11 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.00%) AWS Certification
3 8 (8.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (8.00%) Azure Certification
4 5 (5.00%) CISM
4 5 (5.00%) CISSP
4 5 (5.00%) GCIA
4 5 (5.00%) GCIH
4 5 (5.00%) GREM
5 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.00%) QA
System Software
1 60 (60.00%) HDFS
2 3 (3.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 62 (62.00%) Terraform
2 3 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 60 (60.00%) Databricks
1 60 (60.00%) Informatica
2 30 (30.00%) Cloudera
3 8 (8.00%) Oracle
3 8 (8.00%) Sparx
4 6 (6.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.00%) Dell
6 2 (2.00%) Google