Open Source Job Trends in Scotland

Open Source
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Open Source skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 148 148
Rank change year-on-year +23 0 +59
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 20 57 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 1.30% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.52% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 18
10th Percentile £44,400 £51,998 £43,288
25th Percentile £45,000 £59,243 £58,882
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £72,788 £71,594
Median % change year-on-year -22.38% +1.67% +16.89%
75th Percentile £85,700 £78,169 £80,000
90th Percentile - £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £73,000 £65,465 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.51% -6.48% -

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 2,276 3,750 2,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.92% 85.83% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,592 2,004
10th Percentile £26,924 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,950 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Open Source.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Open Source

Open Source
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +53 7 £44,000 -26.67%
Lanarkshire - 3 £56,500 -
Renfrewshire - 3 £45,000 -
Aberdeen - 2 - -
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
Edinburgh -3 1 - - 3
Moray - 1 - -
East Ayrshire - 1 £85,700 -
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 5 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
1 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 5 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) Apache Hive
1 5 (25.00%) Big Data
1 5 (25.00%) Hadoop
1 5 (25.00%) HBase
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Gradle
1 5 (25.00%) Maven
2 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (25.00%) Law
2 5 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (35.00%) Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Java Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Software Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (20.00%) Security Analyst
5 4 (20.00%) Software Architect
6 3 (15.00%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) REST
2 5 (25.00%) JPA
2 5 (25.00%) Spring
3 4 (20.00%) Middleware
4 2 (10.00%) React
5 1 (5.00%) LangChain
5 1 (5.00%) LangGraph
5 1 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.00%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Agile
1 9 (45.00%) SDLC
2 8 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (35.00%) Kalman Filter
3 7 (35.00%) OSINT
3 7 (35.00%) SIEM
4 6 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 6 (30.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) Threat Detection
5 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (25.00%) Design Patterns
5 5 (25.00%) Event Correlation
5 5 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 5 (25.00%) Operational Stability
5 5 (25.00%) TDD
5 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 5 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (30.00%) Java
3 5 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (10.00%) C
4 2 (10.00%) C++
5 1 (5.00%) Cypher
5 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (5.00%) Python
5 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (30.00%) Degree
3 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) HDFS
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) ArcSight
2 5 (25.00%) Cloudera
2 5 (25.00%) Databricks