Open Source Jobs in Wales

Open Source
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 92 104 107
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 -15
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 15 32 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.78% 1.87% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.94% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 14
10th Percentile - £59,225 £38,875
25th Percentile £67,500 £64,945 £45,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,075 £67,950 £46,865
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% +44.99% -25.02%
75th Percentile £82,500 £117,800 £72,548
90th Percentile £90,000 - £81,000
UK median annual salary £65,465 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.70% +3.57% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,351 1,646 1,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 70.04% 96.26% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 920 809 1,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +12.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Open Source in Wales

Open Source
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Wales region 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
South Wales +17 15 £75,075 -36.27%
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (26.67%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 14 (93.33%) AWS
2 12 (80.00%) Azure
3 4 (26.67%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (26.67%) Amazon SQS
4 3 (20.00%) dbt
5 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) BGP
1 4 (26.67%) DNS
1 4 (26.67%) SSL
1 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Database
1 4 (26.67%) RDBMS
1 4 (26.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Lead
2 9 (60.00%) Architect
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Leader
4 5 (33.33%) Lead Architect
5 4 (26.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 4 (26.67%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
7 2 (13.33%) Software Architect
8 1 (6.67%) Azure Developer
8 1 (6.67%) Cloud Developer
8 1 (6.67%) Developer
8 1 (6.67%) Senior
8 1 (6.67%) Senior Architect
8 1 (6.67%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) React
2 4 (26.67%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (26.67%) Spring Boot
3 3 (20.00%) Django
3 3 (20.00%) Node.js
4 1 (6.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Private Cloud
2 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (26.67%) Public Cloud
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
1 4 (26.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (46.67%) Full Stack Development
4 6 (40.00%) DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) Kanban
4 6 (40.00%) Scrum
5 5 (33.33%) Code Quality
5 5 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (26.67%) ArchiMate
6 4 (26.67%) Cloud Operations
6 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (26.67%) Continuous Delivery
6 4 (26.67%) Data Migration
6 4 (26.67%) Load Balancing
6 4 (26.67%) Migration
6 4 (26.67%) Project Management
6 4 (26.67%) Re-Platforming
6 4 (26.67%) SDLC
6 4 (26.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) AWS Certification
3 4 (26.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Azure Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
1 4 (26.67%) Sparx