Open Source Jobs

Open Source
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 241 236 135
Rank change year-on-year -5 -101 -3
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,023 1,275 5,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 1.58% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.66% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 615 728 1,424
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,465 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.70% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,852 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £102,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £67,634 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.50% +12.72% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the UK 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
England -22 861 £65,000 -10.34% 75
UK excluding London +61 751 £61,206 -9.50% 67
Work from Home -39 418 £70,000 -6.67% 127
North of England +84 262 £61,206 -9.32% 15
London -95 223 £83,000 +3.37% 26
South East +62 178 £47,500 -20.83% 12
North West +57 177 £61,206 -6.09% 11
Scotland +13 100 £75,000 -0.73% 8
South West -40 82 £60,000 -14.29% 13
Midlands -22 72 £73,750 +5.36% 8
Yorkshire +76 61 £61,206 -18.99% 1
West Midlands -13 37 £70,000 - 3
East Midlands -19 34 £75,000 -4.76% 3
East of England -9 26 £70,000 +21.74% 5
North East 0 24 £65,465 +0.71% 3
Northern Ireland +33 20 £75,400 - 8
Wales +12 15 £75,075 +10.49%

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 118 (11.53%) Apache Spark
2 55 (5.38%) Apache
3 46 (4.50%) WebLogic
4 18 (1.76%) Confluence
5 15 (1.47%) OpenStack
6 11 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (1.08%) Tuxedo
7 8 (0.78%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.78%) CMS
8 4 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
8 4 (0.39%) Drupal
8 4 (0.39%) IIS
8 4 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.29%) OpenZeppelin
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.20%) SAS
10 2 (0.20%) WordPress
11 1 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.098%) Kinematics
Applications
1 48 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.098%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.098%) Notion
3 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 46 (4.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.098%) Ripple
2 1 (0.098%) Ripple XRP
2 1 (0.098%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 495 (48.39%) AWS
2 332 (32.45%) Azure
3 106 (10.36%) GCP
4 75 (7.33%) Amazon EKS
5 71 (6.94%) Serverless
6 67 (6.55%) Amazon SQS
7 65 (6.35%) GitHub
8 64 (6.26%) Amazon Kinesis
9 61 (5.96%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (5.08%) OpenShift
11 45 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 40 (3.91%) SaaS
13 37 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (3.03%) IaaS
14 31 (3.03%) PaaS
15 30 (2.93%) Amazon S3
15 30 (2.93%) dbt
16 25 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
17 24 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
18 21 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 88 (8.60%) DNS
2 69 (6.74%) TCP/IP
3 65 (6.35%) BGP
4 55 (5.38%) SSL
5 46 (4.50%) Firewall
6 29 (2.83%) AMQP
7 28 (2.74%) WAN
8 26 (2.54%) LAN
9 24 (2.35%) HTTP
10 23 (2.25%) VPN
11 18 (1.76%) Internet
11 18 (1.76%) MPLS
12 11 (1.08%) Network Security
12 11 (1.08%) SNMP
12 11 (1.08%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (0.98%) VLAN
13 10 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.98%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (17.69%) NoSQL
2 118 (11.53%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (7.92%) Relational Database
4 78 (7.62%) Big Data
5 77 (7.53%) Amazon RDS
6 71 (6.94%) Hadoop
7 64 (6.26%) DynamoDB
8 63 (6.16%) Apache Hive
9 61 (5.96%) HBase
10 57 (5.57%) Amazon Aurora
11 50 (4.89%) Redis
12 48 (4.69%) RDBMS
13 46 (4.50%) Oracle Database
14 44 (4.30%) MySQL
15 34 (3.32%) Elasticsearch
16 31 (3.03%) SQL Server
17 29 (2.83%) Cloudera CDH
18 17 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
19 16 (1.56%) MongoDB
19 16 (1.56%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 153 (14.96%) Git
2 129 (12.61%) Jenkins
3 74 (7.23%) GitLab
4 60 (5.87%) Bitbucket Server
5 44 (4.30%) Gatling
6 28 (2.74%) JIRA
7 17 (1.66%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.98%) Artifactory
8 10 (0.98%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
9 9 (0.88%) Selenium
9 9 (0.88%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.78%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.68%) Android Studio
11 7 (0.68%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.68%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.59%) MSTest
12 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.49%) JUnit
General
1 295 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 173 (16.91%) Finance
3 138 (13.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (8.70%) Law
5 86 (8.41%) Legal
6 74 (7.23%) Public Sector
7 55 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (3.62%) Electronics
9 32 (3.13%) Aerospace
10 31 (3.03%) Billing
11 24 (2.35%) Banking
12 21 (2.05%) Front Office
13 20 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.37%) Marketing
15 12 (1.17%) Games
16 10 (0.98%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.88%) Publishing
18 7 (0.68%) Automotive
18 7 (0.68%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 280 (27.37%) Software Engineer
2 256 (25.02%) Senior
3 191 (18.67%) Developer
4 182 (17.79%) Lead
5 174 (17.01%) Architect
6 83 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
7 80 (7.82%) Technical Leader
8 78 (7.62%) AWS Engineer
9 72 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
10 63 (6.16%) AWS Software Engineer
11 54 (5.28%) Lead Architect
12 47 (4.59%) Technical Architect
13 46 (4.50%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 43 (4.20%) Data Engineer
15 41 (4.01%) Senior Architect
16 39 (3.81%) Lead Software Engineer
17 38 (3.71%) DevOps Engineer
18 35 (3.42%) Developer/Software Engineer
19 34 (3.32%) Database Developer
20 32 (3.13%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (14.57%) React
2 125 (12.22%) REST
3 96 (9.38%) Node.js
4 92 (8.99%) Spring Boot
5 79 (7.72%) RabbitMQ
5 79 (7.72%) Web Services
6 72 (7.04%) GraphQL
7 60 (5.87%) HTML
8 57 (5.57%) http4s
8 57 (5.57%) Scalaz
9 53 (5.18%) Django
10 47 (4.59%) Spring
11 42 (4.11%) CSS
12 41 (4.01%) .NET
12 41 (4.01%) Swagger
13 39 (3.81%) AngularJS
14 38 (3.71%) Kafka
15 29 (2.83%) gRPC
15 29 (2.83%) Material-UI
15 29 (2.83%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 128 (12.51%) Algorithms
2 104 (10.17%) Public Cloud
3 88 (8.60%) Distributed Systems
4 87 (8.50%) Private Cloud
5 85 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
6 80 (7.82%) Management Information System
7 79 (7.72%) Cloud Native
8 78 (7.62%) Blog
9 63 (6.16%) Media Streaming
10 54 (5.28%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (3.81%) Data Centre
12 25 (2.44%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.96%) Blockchain
14 19 (1.86%) Mobile App
15 18 (1.76%) Tandem
16 16 (1.56%) Product Ownership
17 13 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
18 12 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
18 12 (1.17%) Hedge funds
18 12 (1.17%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 282 (27.57%) Linux
2 120 (11.73%) Unix
3 112 (10.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 68 (6.65%) Windows
5 48 (4.69%) CentOS
6 43 (4.20%) Ubuntu
7 33 (3.23%) Debian
8 21 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
9 20 (1.96%) Android
10 12 (1.17%) Windows Server
11 6 (0.59%) Mac OS X
11 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.49%) Windows 10
13 3 (0.29%) VMS
14 2 (0.20%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.098%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (52.49%) Agile
2 428 (41.84%) Software Engineering
3 302 (29.52%) DevOps
4 253 (24.73%) Mentoring
5 238 (23.26%) CI/CD
6 200 (19.55%) Coaching
7 188 (18.38%) Continuous Integration
8 177 (17.30%) Microservices
9 168 (16.42%) SDLC
10 167 (16.32%) Scrum
11 154 (15.05%) Artificial Intelligence
12 144 (14.08%) Test Automation
13 143 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
14 141 (13.78%) Computer Science
15 138 (13.49%) TDD
16 133 (13.00%) Collaborative Working
17 130 (12.71%) Actionable Insight
18 128 (12.51%) Machine Learning
19 125 (12.22%) Kanban
20 120 (11.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 432 (42.23%) Python
2 295 (28.84%) Java
3 179 (17.50%) SQL
4 173 (16.91%) JavaScript
5 105 (10.26%) C
6 100 (9.78%) TypeScript
7 94 (9.19%) C++
8 76 (7.43%) Scala
9 68 (6.65%) Bash
10 60 (5.87%) PL/SQL
11 51 (4.99%) C#
12 49 (4.79%) Go
12 49 (4.79%) PowerShell
13 40 (3.91%) COBOL
13 40 (3.91%) Micro Focus COBOL
14 39 (3.81%) PHP
15 32 (3.13%) Fortran
16 27 (2.64%) Kotlin
17 23 (2.25%) Rust
18 19 (1.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 255 (24.93%) Security Cleared
2 193 (18.87%) Degree
3 182 (17.79%) SC Cleared
4 66 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 59 (5.77%) Master's Degree
6 57 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (5.08%) AWS Certification
8 50 (4.89%) PhD
9 48 (4.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 44 (4.30%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
12 10 (0.98%) CCNA
12 10 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.78%) CISSP
14 7 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.49%) CISM
15 5 (0.49%) GCIA
15 5 (0.49%) GCIH
15 5 (0.49%) GREM
16 4 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.59%) PMO
1 47 (4.59%) QA
2 9 (0.88%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (0.78%) NCSC
4 6 (0.59%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.59%) JTAG
4 6 (0.59%) NIST
5 5 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.20%) MiFID
6 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 126 (12.32%) Docker
2 63 (6.16%) HDFS
3 28 (2.74%) Firmware
4 21 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
5 13 (1.27%) Active Directory
5 13 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (1.17%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.59%) Ceph
9 5 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (0.49%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.29%) KVM
10 3 (0.29%) QEMU
10 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.29%) Xen
11 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.20%) vSphere
12 1 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 206 (20.14%) Terraform
2 173 (16.91%) Kubernetes
3 108 (10.56%) Ansible
4 62 (6.06%) Puppet
5 22 (2.15%) Grafana
6 20 (1.96%) Progress Chef
7 17 (1.66%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.78%) Kibana
9 6 (0.59%) Knative
9 6 (0.59%) Nessus
10 5 (0.49%) Kiali
10 5 (0.49%) Nagios
10 5 (0.49%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 4 (0.39%) Cacti
11 4 (0.39%) Salt
12 2 (0.20%) CASB
12 2 (0.20%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.20%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.20%) SQL Sentry
13 1 (0.098%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 70 (6.84%) Databricks
3 67 (6.55%) Google
4 60 (5.87%) Informatica
5 53 (5.18%) Oracle
6 46 (4.50%) Sparx
7 40 (3.91%) Micro Focus
8 35 (3.42%) Red Hat
9 30 (2.93%) Cloudera
10 29 (2.83%) SaltStack
11 28 (2.74%) Cisco
12 18 (1.76%) VMware
13 17 (1.66%) Splunk
14 15 (1.47%) Juniper
15 12 (1.17%) Fortinet
15 12 (1.17%) OpenAI
16 10 (0.98%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.88%) CheckPoint
18 8 (0.78%) Apple
18 8 (0.78%) ESRI