Open Source Development Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Open Source Software Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Open Source Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Open Source Development over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 570 659
Rank change year-on-year +174 +89 +143
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 1 22 14
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.065% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.071% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 11
10th Percentile - £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile - £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 -
UK median annual salary £63,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.93% +7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Open Source Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Open Source Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Open Source Development trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Open Source Development
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Open Source Development.

Open Source Development salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Android Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) CMS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) FastAPI
1 1 (100.00%) Flutter
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Progressive Web App
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Dart
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft