OpenStack Jobs

OpenStack
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OpenStack skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OpenStack over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 715 676 902
Rank change year-on-year -39 +226 +11
Permanent jobs citing OpenStack 51 54 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.89% 0.91% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 27 30 88
10th Percentile £53,818 £40,000 £50,000
25th Percentile - £45,313 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £78,750 - £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £82,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +26.92% +13.04%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

OpenStack falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 5,722 5,914 15,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.25% 11.16% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,457 4,512 9,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,932
25th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £39,807
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £91,934 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -1.05% +5.56%

OpenStack
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OpenStack in the UK

OpenStack
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OpenStack.

Salary trend for OpenStack in the UK

OpenStack
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenStack over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for OpenStack in the UK

OpenStack
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenStack within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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 -56 50 £60,000 -7.69% 16
UK excluding London -74 35 £60,000 -27.27% 5
Work from Home +4 29 £60,000 -26.15% 39
South East -45 26 £60,000 -27.27% 1
London -12 25 £60,000 -7.69% 12
North of England -34 7 £80,000 -5.88% 2
North West -43 7 £80,000 -5.88% 2
Midlands -56 5 £72,500 -14.71%
West Midlands -43 4 £72,500 -14.71%
East of England -65 4 £72,500 -14.71% 1
South West -1 1 £52,500 +23.53% 1
East Midlands -36 1 - -

OpenStack
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 14 (27.45%) CloudStack
2 4 (7.84%) Apache
3 3 (5.88%) JBoss
3 3 (5.88%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 35 (68.63%) AWS
2 14 (27.45%) Serverless
3 10 (19.61%) Amazon ECS
3 10 (19.61%) Amazon EKS
3 10 (19.61%) Amazon S3
4 6 (11.76%) Amazon SQS
4 6 (11.76%) IaaS
4 6 (11.76%) PaaS
5 5 (9.80%) SaaS
6 4 (7.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (7.84%) Azure
6 4 (7.84%) OpenShift
6 4 (7.84%) Route 53
7 3 (5.88%) GCP
8 2 (3.92%) Anthos
8 2 (3.92%) Azure AKS
8 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (41.18%) Firewall
2 5 (9.80%) VPN
3 4 (7.84%) Asterisk PBX
3 4 (7.84%) DNS
3 4 (7.84%) IPv6
3 4 (7.84%) MPLS
3 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.84%) VLAN
3 4 (7.84%) VoIP
4 2 (3.92%) Network Security
5 1 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (27.45%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (21.57%) Relational Database
3 5 (9.80%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (31.37%) Git
2 12 (23.53%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.88%) JUnit
General
1 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.73%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Retail
5 2 (3.92%) Dutch Language
5 2 (3.92%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) Games
5 2 (3.92%) German Language
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Automotive
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) iGaming
6 1 (1.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (27.45%) IT Engineer
2 14 (27.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (19.61%) Developer
3 10 (19.61%) Java Developer
4 7 (13.73%) Architect
4 7 (13.73%) Senior
5 4 (7.84%) Design Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (7.84%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 4 (7.84%) Managing Director
5 4 (7.84%) Open Source Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Open Source Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) VoIP Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Administrator
6 3 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.92%) IT Trainer
7 2 (3.92%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.61%) Elastic Stack
1 10 (19.61%) Spring
1 10 (19.61%) Spring Boot
1 10 (19.61%) Web Services
2 9 (17.65%) Node.js
2 9 (17.65%) REST
3 6 (11.76%) Kafka
3 6 (11.76%) Mustache
3 6 (11.76%) React
4 4 (7.84%) Apache Camel
4 4 (7.84%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (7.84%) LAPP Stack
4 4 (7.84%) RESTful
4 4 (7.84%) WebRTC
5 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
5 3 (5.88%) OpenACC
5 3 (5.88%) OpenMP
5 3 (5.88%) SOAP
6 1 (1.96%) LDAP
6 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (9.80%) Private Cloud
3 4 (7.84%) Replication
3 4 (7.84%) Virtual Team
4 3 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.88%) CUDA
4 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.92%) Life Science
5 2 (3.92%) Mobile Games
5 2 (3.92%) Online Games
5 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.92%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.96%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 35 (68.63%) Linux
2 17 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 17 (33.33%) Windows
3 14 (27.45%) CentOS
4 4 (7.84%) SUSE
5 3 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (5.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (3.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Project Management
2 17 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (25.49%) Agile
3 13 (25.49%) DevOps
4 11 (21.57%) CI/CD
5 10 (19.61%) ITIL
5 10 (19.61%) Scrum
5 10 (19.61%) TDD
6 9 (17.65%) Microservices
6 9 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (15.69%) Kanban
7 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.76%) Coaching
9 5 (9.80%) Customer Experience
9 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
9 5 (9.80%) Open Source
9 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (7.84%) BDD
10 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) Java
1 10 (19.61%) JavaScript
2 9 (17.65%) Python
3 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.88%) C
4 3 (5.88%) C++
4 3 (5.88%) C-shell
4 3 (5.88%) Fortran
5 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
1 7 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.76%) Degree
3 3 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (3.92%) RHCA
4 2 (3.92%) RHCE
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) ISO 9001
1 4 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (33.33%) Docker
2 14 (27.45%) Active Directory
2 14 (27.45%) pfSense
3 5 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (7.84%) Kamailio
5 3 (5.88%) Ceph
5 3 (5.88%) GPFS
5 3 (5.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (5.88%) Lustre
5 3 (5.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (78.43%) Kubernetes
2 17 (33.33%) Terraform
3 15 (29.41%) Ansible
4 7 (13.73%) Puppet
5 3 (5.88%) Podman
5 3 (5.88%) ZABBIX
6 2 (3.92%) CloudForms
6 2 (3.92%) vRealize
7 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (43.14%) Red Hat
2 9 (17.65%) VMware
3 4 (7.84%) Veeam
3 4 (7.84%) WSO2
3 4 (7.84%) Zerto
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft