Open Source Jobs with Work from Home Options

Open Source
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 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 148 117
Rank change year-on-year -42 -31 +34
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 570 1,018 2,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.69% 2.33% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.43% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 384 547 752
10th Percentile £42,325 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,063 £52,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £68,036
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +10.24% -2.81%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,852 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,001 41,929 64,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.73% 96.07% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,603 28,952 41,201
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
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 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Open Source
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Open Source trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source
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.

Open Source salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Open Source over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Open Source salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source
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 46 (8.07%) WebLogic
2 19 (3.33%) Apache
3 11 (1.93%) IIS
4 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.40%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.05%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.88%) Confluence
8 3 (0.53%) CMS
9 2 (0.35%) Drupal
9 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (8.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.18%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 226 (39.65%) AWS
2 208 (36.49%) Azure
3 50 (8.77%) Serverless
4 48 (8.42%) Amazon SQS
5 47 (8.25%) Amazon EKS
6 39 (6.84%) SaaS
7 31 (5.44%) GCP
8 29 (5.09%) GitHub
9 16 (2.81%) dbt
10 13 (2.28%) IaaS
11 9 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.58%) PaaS
12 8 (1.40%) Power Platform
13 7 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
15 5 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.40%) DNS
2 56 (9.82%) TCP/IP
3 46 (8.07%) BGP
3 46 (8.07%) SSL
4 18 (3.16%) Firewall
5 9 (1.58%) Internet
6 4 (0.70%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.35%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.35%) Network Security
7 2 (0.35%) NGN
7 2 (0.35%) VoIP
7 2 (0.35%) VSAN
8 1 (0.18%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.18%) PBX
8 1 (0.18%) RTP
8 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (19.47%) Relational Database
2 90 (15.79%) RDBMS
3 82 (14.39%) Oracle Database
4 52 (9.12%) Amazon RDS
5 47 (8.25%) NoSQL
6 26 (4.56%) Big Data
7 20 (3.51%) MySQL
8 18 (3.16%) SQL Server
9 14 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.23%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.23%) Power BI
13 5 (0.88%) Airbyte
13 5 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.88%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.88%) Looker
13 5 (0.88%) Tableau
14 4 (0.70%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 76 (13.33%) GitLab
2 62 (10.88%) Git
3 36 (6.32%) JDeveloper
4 26 (4.56%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.75%) JIRA
6 9 (1.58%) Selenium
7 7 (1.23%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.88%) Clang
9 4 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
9 4 (0.70%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.70%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.70%) Snakemake
10 3 (0.53%) Appium
10 3 (0.53%) JMeter
10 3 (0.53%) webpack
11 2 (0.35%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.35%) CMake
11 2 (0.35%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.35%) sqlmap
11 2 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 175 (30.70%) Social Skills
2 54 (9.47%) Finance
3 35 (6.14%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.79%) Banking
5 25 (4.39%) Retail
6 21 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.16%) Games
8 17 (2.98%) Marketing
9 15 (2.63%) Automotive
10 14 (2.46%) Military
10 14 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.93%) Legal
12 9 (1.58%) Multimedia
13 7 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (1.23%) Publishing
14 3 (0.53%) Advertising
14 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.35%) iGaming
15 2 (0.35%) Law
15 2 (0.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 156 (27.37%) Architect
2 141 (24.74%) Lead
3 123 (21.58%) Developer
4 107 (18.77%) Senior
5 102 (17.89%) Software Engineer
6 101 (17.72%) Solutions Architect
7 68 (11.93%) Technical Leader
8 47 (8.25%) Lead Architect
9 46 (8.07%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 39 (6.84%) Full Stack Developer
11 38 (6.67%) Senior Architect
12 36 (6.32%) Ruby Engineer
12 36 (6.32%) Senior Developer
13 32 (5.61%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 32 (5.61%) Technical Architect
14 28 (4.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 28 (4.91%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 21 (3.68%) Analyst
16 16 (2.81%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
17 15 (2.63%) Compiler Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (19.82%) React
2 99 (17.37%) Node.js
3 74 (12.98%) Spring Boot
4 46 (8.07%) RabbitMQ
5 34 (5.96%) AngularJS
6 29 (5.09%) Express.js
7 27 (4.74%) Spring
8 24 (4.21%) REST
9 23 (4.04%) HTML
9 23 (4.04%) Kafka
10 22 (3.86%) CSS
11 19 (3.33%) Django
12 16 (2.81%) .NET
12 16 (2.81%) SAML
13 15 (2.63%) LLVM
13 15 (2.63%) OAuth
13 15 (2.63%) OpenID
14 13 (2.28%) JSON
14 13 (2.28%) RESTful
15 12 (2.11%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 89 (15.61%) Public Cloud
2 82 (14.39%) Private Cloud
3 48 (8.42%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (5.09%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.33%) Blockchain
6 18 (3.16%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.98%) Algorithms
7 17 (2.98%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (2.81%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (2.63%) IoT
9 15 (2.63%) Robotics
10 12 (2.11%) Virtual Reality
11 11 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.93%) RISC-V
12 10 (1.75%) Blog
12 10 (1.75%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.75%) Life Science
13 9 (1.58%) Augmented Reality
14 8 (1.40%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 151 (26.49%) Linux
2 48 (8.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 29 (5.09%) Windows
4 27 (4.74%) Unix
5 14 (2.46%) Mac OS X
6 12 (2.11%) Debian
7 11 (1.93%) Android
7 11 (1.93%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
9 6 (1.05%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.70%) Windows Server
11 3 (0.53%) VMS
12 2 (0.35%) CentOS
12 2 (0.35%) Solaris
13 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.18%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (59.65%) Agile
2 218 (38.25%) Software Engineering
3 191 (33.51%) DevOps
4 151 (26.49%) Continuous Integration
5 126 (22.11%) Actionable Insight
6 122 (21.40%) Microservices
7 121 (21.23%) Mentoring
8 112 (19.65%) Problem-Solving
9 107 (18.77%) Scrum
10 102 (17.89%) Coaching
10 102 (17.89%) Full Stack Development
11 100 (17.54%) Kanban
12 96 (16.84%) Containerisation
13 81 (14.21%) Code Quality
14 78 (13.68%) Design Patterns
15 75 (13.16%) Re-Platforming
16 69 (12.11%) Project Management
17 67 (11.75%) SDLC
18 66 (11.58%) CI/CD
19 64 (11.23%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 188 (32.98%) Java
2 165 (28.95%) Python
3 136 (23.86%) JavaScript
4 85 (14.91%) TypeScript
5 84 (14.74%) C
6 66 (11.58%) Go
7 63 (11.05%) Bash
8 47 (8.25%) Ruby
9 42 (7.37%) C++
10 41 (7.19%) SQL
11 36 (6.32%) Perl
12 29 (5.09%) COBOL
12 29 (5.09%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 23 (4.04%) PHP
14 19 (3.33%) PowerShell
15 18 (3.16%) Rust
16 16 (2.81%) C#
16 16 (2.81%) Embedded C
17 12 (2.11%) T-SQL
18 8 (1.40%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 199 (34.91%) Security Cleared
2 154 (27.02%) SC Cleared
3 120 (21.05%) Degree
4 57 (10.00%) Azure Certification
5 50 (8.77%) AWS Certification
6 48 (8.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (3.68%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.46%) CISM
9 14 (2.46%) CISSP
9 14 (2.46%) GCIA
9 14 (2.46%) GCIH
9 14 (2.46%) GREM
10 11 (1.93%) PhD
11 6 (1.05%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.35%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.37%) QA
2 7 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.23%) SEPA
3 4 (0.70%) NIST
4 2 (0.35%) GDPR
4 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 76 (13.33%) Docker
2 15 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.35%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.35%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Postfix
6 1 (0.18%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 65 (11.40%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.44%) Ansible
3 20 (3.51%) Terraform
4 17 (2.98%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.23%) Grafana
5 7 (1.23%) Kibana
6 4 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.53%) Podman
8 2 (0.35%) Consul
8 2 (0.35%) Marathon
8 2 (0.35%) Mesos
8 2 (0.35%) Puppet
9 1 (0.18%) Cacti
9 1 (0.18%) Nagios
9 1 (0.18%) Packer
9 1 (0.18%) Salt
9 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 83 (14.56%) Oracle
2 46 (8.07%) Sparx
3 31 (5.44%) Microsoft
4 29 (5.09%) Micro Focus
5 19 (3.33%) Google
6 14 (2.46%) Dell
7 5 (0.88%) Teradata
7 5 (0.88%) VMware
8 4 (0.70%) Splunk
9 3 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.35%) Databricks
10 2 (0.35%) Remedy
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco
11 1 (0.18%) Citrix
11 1 (0.18%) Dialogic
11 1 (0.18%) ESRI
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.18%) Ribbon
11 1 (0.18%) WooCommerce