Open Source Development Job Trends in the South West

Open Source Software Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Open Source Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 210 210
Rank change year-on-year +29 0 +104
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 2 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.046% 0.017% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.022% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £35,500
25th Percentile - - £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £47,500
75th Percentile - - £56,250
90th Percentile - - £56,875
England median annual salary £115,000 £100,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% +81.82% -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Open Source Development 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,390 4,526 4,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 77.61% 77.04% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 2,517 3,150
10th Percentile £27,707 £30,000 £30,725
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £54,545
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,350 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Open Source Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Open Source Development job vacancy trend in the South West

Open Source Development
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Open Source Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Open Source Development

Open Source Development
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source Development within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
Devon - 2 - - 1
Open Source Development
England

Open Source Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) GNSS
1 2 (100.00%) Satnav
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree