Open Source
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 186 133
Rank change year-on-year -68 -53 +15
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,114 2,119 4,587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 2.02% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.11% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 715 980 1,543
10th Percentile £40,500 £47,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £84,964 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,500 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £67,500 £56,774
% change year-on-year -9.32% +18.89% +3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Open Source is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,460 100,219 147,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 95.64% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,759 58,822 83,132
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 April 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 April 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 -94 852 £65,000 -13.33% 292
UK excluding London +2 818 £61,206 -9.32% 169
Work from Home -36 574 £70,576 -5.90% 180
London -150 237 £82,500 +2.75% 132
North of England +35 232 £61,206 +2.01% 41
Scotland +14 163 £75,000 +50.00% 19
North West +27 152 £60,603 -3.04% 18
South East -6 139 £45,000 -33.33% 29
South West -44 107 £63,750 -8.93% 33
Midlands -16 77 £61,206 -12.56% 24
Yorkshire +77 60 £61,206 +2.01% 17
East of England +16 51 £80,001 +39.13% 18
West Midlands +6 48 £61,206 -12.56% 13
East Midlands -19 29 £75,000 +7.14% 11
Northern Ireland +38 26 £75,400 - 4
Wales -3 23 £75,000 -36.33% 3
North East -9 20 £61,206 +28.39% 6

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
1 124 (11.13%) Apache Spark
2 49 (4.40%) Apache
3 46 (4.13%) WebLogic
4 19 (1.71%) Confluence
5 14 (1.26%) nginx
6 13 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.99%) IIS
7 11 (0.99%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.72%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.72%) ArcGIS
8 8 (0.72%) Drupal
9 7 (0.63%) CMS
10 4 (0.36%) OpenZeppelin
11 3 (0.27%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.18%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
13 1 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.090%) Kinematics
13 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (4.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.72%) Shopify
3 7 (0.63%) Magento
4 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 477 (42.82%) AWS
2 328 (29.44%) Azure
3 136 (12.21%) Serverless
4 104 (9.34%) GCP
5 88 (7.90%) Amazon SQS
6 74 (6.64%) AWS Lambda
7 71 (6.37%) Amazon EKS
7 71 (6.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 64 (5.75%) OpenShift
9 60 (5.39%) GitHub
10 57 (5.12%) SaaS
11 51 (4.58%) Amazon S3
12 46 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
13 42 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (2.06%) IaaS
15 21 (1.89%) dbt
15 21 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.89%) PaaS
16 18 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
17 17 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (7.90%) DNS
2 80 (7.18%) TCP/IP
3 60 (5.39%) BGP
4 54 (4.85%) SSL
5 51 (4.58%) Firewall
6 24 (2.15%) AMQP
7 21 (1.89%) LAN
7 21 (1.89%) WAN
8 19 (1.71%) Internet
9 18 (1.62%) HTTP
10 15 (1.35%) VPN
11 14 (1.26%) MPLS
12 10 (0.90%) DHCP
12 10 (0.90%) Wireshark
13 8 (0.72%) Network Security
14 7 (0.63%) EIGRP
14 7 (0.63%) IGRP
14 7 (0.63%) OSPF
14 7 (0.63%) SMTP
14 7 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (13.38%) NoSQL
2 124 (11.13%) Relational Database
3 99 (8.89%) Big Data
4 95 (8.53%) Apache Hive
5 94 (8.44%) Hadoop
6 90 (8.08%) RDBMS
7 89 (7.99%) Amazon RDS
8 86 (7.72%) HBase
9 83 (7.45%) Oracle Database
10 56 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
11 53 (4.76%) MySQL
12 46 (4.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (2.87%) SQL Server
14 27 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
15 26 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
16 24 (2.15%) Cloudera CDH
17 13 (1.17%) MongoDB
18 12 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 9 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
19 9 (0.81%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 226 (20.29%) Git
2 203 (18.22%) Jenkins
3 94 (8.44%) GitLab
4 86 (7.72%) Bitbucket Server
5 37 (3.32%) Artifactory
6 36 (3.23%) JDeveloper
7 27 (2.42%) JIRA
8 16 (1.44%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.35%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.26%) JUnit
10 14 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
11 13 (1.17%) Selenium
12 12 (1.08%) Subversion
13 11 (0.99%) CircleCI
14 10 (0.90%) GNU Toolchain
14 10 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (0.90%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.72%) Checkstyle
15 8 (0.72%) Jaeger
16 6 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 315 (28.28%) Social Skills
2 231 (20.74%) Finance
3 139 (12.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (9.69%) Law
5 95 (8.53%) Legal
6 50 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 49 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
8 48 (4.31%) Marketing
9 44 (3.95%) Banking
10 40 (3.59%) Front Office
11 32 (2.87%) Retail
12 28 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (2.33%) Games
14 25 (2.24%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.97%) Automotive
16 14 (1.26%) Military
17 10 (0.90%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.81%) Health Technology
18 9 (0.81%) Multimedia
19 8 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 280 (25.13%) Software Engineer
2 256 (22.98%) Developer
3 211 (18.94%) Senior
4 192 (17.24%) Architect
5 172 (15.44%) Lead
6 114 (10.23%) AWS Engineer
7 103 (9.25%) Solutions Architect
8 78 (7.00%) Technical Leader
9 70 (6.28%) AWS Software Engineer
10 67 (6.01%) Database Developer
11 65 (5.83%) DevOps Engineer
12 61 (5.48%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 56 (5.03%) Database Engineer
14 51 (4.58%) Technical Architect
15 47 (4.22%) Lead Architect
16 46 (4.13%) Lead Solutions Architect
17 44 (3.95%) Data Engineer
18 43 (3.86%) AWS DevOps
18 43 (3.86%) Full Stack Developer
18 43 (3.86%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (15.80%) Node.js
2 175 (15.71%) React
3 122 (10.95%) Spring Boot
4 77 (6.91%) REST
5 70 (6.28%) RabbitMQ
6 66 (5.92%) Spring
7 65 (5.83%) AngularJS
8 56 (5.03%) Kafka
9 54 (4.85%) HTML
10 46 (4.13%) CSS
11 45 (4.04%) J2EE
12 39 (3.50%) .NET
13 33 (2.96%) Express.js
13 33 (2.96%) PyTorch
14 31 (2.78%) TensorFlow
15 24 (2.15%) gRPC
15 24 (2.15%) Material-UI
15 24 (2.15%) OpenAPI
15 24 (2.15%) Swagger
16 23 (2.06%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 141 (12.66%) Algorithms
2 103 (9.25%) Public Cloud
3 94 (8.44%) Management Information System
4 91 (8.17%) Private Cloud
5 79 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (5.66%) Cloud Native
7 55 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
8 46 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
9 43 (3.86%) Tandem
10 42 (3.77%) Blockchain
11 34 (3.05%) Embedded Systems
12 32 (2.87%) Data Structures
12 32 (2.87%) IoT
13 27 (2.42%) Data Centre
13 27 (2.42%) Product Ownership
14 23 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
15 22 (1.97%) Blog
16 19 (1.71%) Client/Server
17 18 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
17 18 (1.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 294 (26.39%) Linux
2 148 (13.29%) Unix
3 78 (7.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 60 (5.39%) Windows
5 43 (3.86%) Ubuntu
6 41 (3.68%) Debian
7 34 (3.05%) CentOS
8 18 (1.62%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (1.26%) Mac OS X
10 13 (1.17%) Android
11 9 (0.81%) Windows Server
12 7 (0.63%) Apple iOS
13 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
14 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.36%) VMS
16 3 (0.27%) Solaris
17 1 (0.090%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.090%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 622 (55.83%) Agile
2 499 (44.79%) Software Engineering
3 319 (28.64%) DevOps
4 289 (25.94%) CI/CD
5 246 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
6 243 (21.81%) Microservices
7 226 (20.29%) Mentoring
8 205 (18.40%) Actionable Insight
9 192 (17.24%) Continuous Integration
10 186 (16.70%) Coaching
11 185 (16.61%) SDLC
12 171 (15.35%) Artificial Intelligence
13 165 (14.81%) Scrum
14 163 (14.63%) Machine Learning
15 152 (13.64%) Containerisation
16 150 (13.46%) Test Automation
17 144 (12.93%) TDD
18 141 (12.66%) Collaborative Working
19 138 (12.39%) Full Stack Development
20 135 (12.12%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 488 (43.81%) Python
2 409 (36.71%) Java
3 209 (18.76%) JavaScript
4 196 (17.59%) SQL
5 125 (11.22%) C
6 124 (11.13%) Go
7 113 (10.14%) Bash
7 113 (10.14%) TypeScript
8 87 (7.81%) PL/SQL
9 77 (6.91%) C++
10 62 (5.57%) Ruby
11 48 (4.31%) Perl
12 43 (3.86%) C#
13 38 (3.41%) PHP
14 37 (3.32%) Rust
15 35 (3.14%) PowerShell
16 29 (2.60%) COBOL
16 29 (2.60%) Micro Focus COBOL
17 23 (2.06%) Embedded C
18 14 (1.26%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 257 (23.07%) Security Cleared
2 215 (19.30%) Degree
3 197 (17.68%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.21%) Azure Certification
5 51 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (4.49%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 48 (4.31%) Master's Degree
8 36 (3.23%) PhD
9 34 (3.05%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.44%) GCIA
10 16 (1.44%) GCIH
11 15 (1.35%) CISSP
11 15 (1.35%) GREM
12 14 (1.26%) CISM
13 8 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.63%) CCNA
15 5 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.18%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.37%) QA
2 47 (4.22%) PMO
3 18 (1.62%) GDPR
4 17 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.63%) SEPA
7 6 (0.54%) JTAG
7 6 (0.54%) NCSC
8 5 (0.45%) NIST
9 2 (0.18%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.090%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 179 (16.07%) Docker
2 94 (8.44%) HDFS
3 20 (1.80%) Firmware
4 19 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
5 13 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.90%) Active Directory
7 8 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.63%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.27%) KVM
10 3 (0.27%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.18%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.18%) QEMU
11 2 (0.18%) Shibboleth
11 2 (0.18%) vSphere
11 2 (0.18%) Xen
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.090%) Postfix
12 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 203 (18.22%) Terraform
2 194 (17.41%) Kubernetes
3 95 (8.53%) Ansible
4 50 (4.49%) Puppet
5 36 (3.23%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.81%) Grafana
7 8 (0.72%) Kiali
7 8 (0.72%) Kibana
8 6 (0.54%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 5 (0.45%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.36%) Salt
11 3 (0.27%) Consul
11 3 (0.27%) Nessus
11 3 (0.27%) Podman
12 2 (0.18%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.18%) Marathon
12 2 (0.18%) Mesos
12 2 (0.18%) Nagios
12 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.090%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 88 (7.90%) Databricks
1 88 (7.90%) Oracle
2 86 (7.72%) Informatica
3 72 (6.46%) Google
4 66 (5.92%) Microsoft
5 56 (5.03%) Cloudera
6 46 (4.13%) Sparx
7 29 (2.60%) Micro Focus
7 29 (2.60%) Red Hat
8 24 (2.15%) SaltStack
9 20 (1.80%) Cisco
10 14 (1.26%) Dell
10 14 (1.26%) VMware
11 13 (1.17%) Splunk
12 12 (1.08%) Fortinet
12 12 (1.08%) Juniper
12 12 (1.08%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.81%) AppDynamics
13 9 (0.81%) ESRI
14 8 (0.72%) Palo Alto