Open Source Development Jobs with Work from Home Options

Open Source Software Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Open Source Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source Development over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 650 794
Rank change year-on-year +88 +144 -239
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 22 13 51
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.065% 0.031% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% 0.032% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 23
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £69,375 -
90th Percentile £117,500 £70,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Open Source Development 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,939 40,754 65,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,489 28,301 41,422
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Open Source Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Open Source Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Open Source Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Open Source Development.

Open Source Development salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Open Source Development over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Open Source Development salary histogram 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 2 (9.09%) CMS
1 2 (9.09%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) SaaS
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) MySQL
2 1 (4.55%) MariaDB
2 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) Phabricator
General
1 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Software Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Linux Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Ubuntu Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Developer
4 4 (18.18%) Blockchain Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Digital Project Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Junior
5 2 (9.09%) Junior Software Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Open Source Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.55%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) GTK
2 4 (18.18%) REST
2 4 (18.18%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (18.18%) WebSockets
3 1 (4.55%) Django
3 1 (4.55%) FastAPI
3 1 (4.55%) FFmpeg
3 1 (4.55%) Flask
3 1 (4.55%) GStreamer
3 1 (4.55%) Wayland
3 1 (4.55%) Web Services
3 1 (4.55%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) PKI
2 5 (22.73%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (18.18%) Blockchain
3 4 (18.18%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.55%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Linux
2 8 (36.36%) Debian
2 8 (36.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Open Source
2 13 (59.09%) Software Engineering
3 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
4 8 (36.36%) Key Management
5 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
6 5 (22.73%) Load Balancing
6 5 (22.73%) Microservices
7 4 (18.18%) API Design
7 4 (18.18%) DeFi
8 2 (9.09%) Budget Management
8 2 (9.09%) Change Control
8 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.09%) Web Development
9 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
9 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (4.55%) Project Management
9 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) C
2 10 (45.45%) Python
3 9 (40.91%) Go
4 8 (36.36%) Bash
5 6 (27.27%) Java
6 5 (22.73%) PHP
7 4 (18.18%) Rust
8 1 (4.55%) C#
8 1 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Grafana
2 1 (4.55%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Google