Open Source Jobs in Scotland

Open Source
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 148 228
Rank change year-on-year +7 +80 -97
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 148 61 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.16% 1.40% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 1.49% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 23 13 20
10th Percentile £52,500 £39,294 £41,625
25th Percentile £66,859 £45,000 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -0.79% +21.74%
75th Percentile £79,600 £100,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,934 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,205 4,105 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.74% 94.35% 91.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 2,058 2,852
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in Scotland

Open Source
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Glasgow -32 98 £62,500 - 4
Edinburgh +28 43 £75,000 -0.73% 9
Fife - 6 - -
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 84 (56.76%) Apache Spark
2 8 (5.41%) WebLogic
3 6 (4.05%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 8 (5.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 99 (66.89%) AWS
2 17 (11.49%) SaaS
3 16 (10.81%) Azure
4 8 (5.41%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (5.41%) Amazon SQS
5 7 (4.73%) GitHub
6 6 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.38%) GCP
8 3 (2.03%) dbt
9 2 (1.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.41%) BGP
1 8 (5.41%) DNS
1 8 (5.41%) SSL
1 8 (5.41%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.03%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (57.43%) NoSQL
2 84 (56.76%) Apache Hive
2 84 (56.76%) HBase
3 54 (36.49%) Hadoop
4 38 (25.68%) Big Data
5 9 (6.08%) Oracle Database
6 8 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (5.41%) RDBMS
6 8 (5.41%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.35%) SQLite
9 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.68%) MySQL
9 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 95 (64.19%) Git
2 85 (57.43%) Jenkins
3 84 (56.76%) Bitbucket Server
4 8 (5.41%) JIRA
5 6 (4.05%) Bitbucket
5 6 (4.05%) Cypress.io
5 6 (4.05%) MSTest
5 6 (4.05%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.35%) Appium
6 2 (1.35%) Selenium
7 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.68%) Gatling
7 1 (0.68%) GitLab
7 1 (0.68%) JMeter
7 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 102 (68.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 97 (65.54%) Finance
3 84 (56.76%) Law
4 69 (46.62%) Legal
5 40 (27.03%) Social Skills
6 17 (11.49%) Marketing
7 14 (9.46%) Military
8 7 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (4.73%) Banking
8 7 (4.73%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.35%) Retail
10 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (57.43%) Software Engineer
2 71 (47.97%) Developer
3 67 (45.27%) AWS Engineer
3 67 (45.27%) AWS Software Engineer
4 54 (36.49%) Database Developer
4 54 (36.49%) Database Engineer
4 54 (36.49%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 37 (25.00%) AWS Database Engineer
5 37 (25.00%) AWS Developer
6 30 (20.27%) Big Data Engineer
6 30 (20.27%) Big Data Software Engineer
6 30 (20.27%) Data Engineer
7 16 (10.81%) Architect
8 15 (10.14%) Analyst
9 14 (9.46%) Support Analyst
9 14 (9.46%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
10 11 (7.43%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (6.76%) Senior
12 9 (6.08%) Lead
12 9 (6.08%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.81%) Node.js
2 12 (8.11%) React
3 11 (7.43%) Spring Boot
4 9 (6.08%) CSS
5 8 (5.41%) RabbitMQ
6 7 (4.73%) WebGL
7 6 (4.05%) AngularJS
7 6 (4.05%) Express.js
8 5 (3.38%) Django
9 4 (2.70%) RESTful
10 3 (2.03%) Android Jetpack
10 3 (2.03%) Android SDK
10 3 (2.03%) Jetpack Compose
10 3 (2.03%) Spring
10 3 (2.03%) Web Services
11 2 (1.35%) HTML
11 2 (1.35%) htmx
11 2 (1.35%) Kafka
11 2 (1.35%) Swagger
12 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (62.16%) Algorithms
2 9 (6.08%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (5.41%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.73%) Augmented Reality
4 7 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.73%) Virtual Reality
5 6 (4.05%) IoT
6 5 (3.38%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.03%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.03%) NHS
7 3 (2.03%) Online Banking
8 2 (1.35%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.35%) Robotics
8 2 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 99 (66.89%) Unix
2 22 (14.86%) Linux
3 14 (9.46%) Mac OS X
3 14 (9.46%) Windows
4 8 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (81.08%) Agile
2 94 (63.51%) CI/CD
2 94 (63.51%) SDLC
3 93 (62.84%) Test Automation
4 91 (61.49%) Visualisation
5 87 (58.78%) Artificial Intelligence
5 87 (58.78%) Software Engineering
5 87 (58.78%) TDD
6 86 (58.11%) Machine Learning
7 85 (57.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 84 (56.76%) Batch Processing
8 84 (56.76%) Community of Practice
8 84 (56.76%) Operational Stability
9 73 (49.32%) Risk Management
10 61 (41.22%) Microservices
11 34 (22.97%) Wealth Management
12 33 (22.30%) DevOps
13 28 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
14 16 (10.81%) Information Security
15 15 (10.14%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 93 (62.84%) SQL
2 91 (61.49%) Python
3 84 (56.76%) PL/SQL
4 60 (40.54%) Java
5 13 (8.78%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.73%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.70%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.35%) R
9 1 (0.68%) Bash
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (18.92%) Degree
2 18 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.46%) CISM
4 14 (9.46%) CISSP
4 14 (9.46%) GCIA
4 14 (9.46%) GCIH
4 14 (9.46%) GREM
5 8 (5.41%) AWS Certification
5 8 (5.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 8 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.35%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.35%) SEPA
2 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 84 (56.76%) HDFS
2 5 (3.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (58.11%) Terraform
2 5 (3.38%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.35%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 84 (56.76%) Databricks
1 84 (56.76%) Informatica
2 54 (36.49%) Cloudera
3 14 (9.46%) Dell
4 9 (6.08%) Oracle
5 8 (5.41%) Sparx
6 6 (4.05%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.70%) Google