Open Source Jobs in the Thames Valley

Open Source
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 142 194 206
Rank change year-on-year +52 +12 -58
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 113 58 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.59% 1.02% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.08% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 95 27 62
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,746 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £55,109 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,500 £103,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £66,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -32.08% +6.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,935 5,395 6,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.47% 94.67% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,951 2,996 3,893
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the Thames Valley

Open Source
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Open Source in the Thames Valley

Open Source
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Salary histogram for Open Source in the Thames Valley

Open Source
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +17 48 £45,000 -40.00% 4
Berkshire +37 43 £58,000 -3.33% 5
Oxfordshire +4 22 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Open Source
South East

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (9.73%) OpenStack
2 4 (3.54%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.88%) Kinematics
Applications
1 47 (41.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (29.20%) Azure
2 22 (19.47%) AWS
3 6 (5.31%) GitHub
3 6 (5.31%) IaaS
3 6 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.77%) SaaS
6 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.19%) LAN
1 7 (6.19%) WAN
2 6 (5.31%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.54%) BGP
3 4 (3.54%) DNS
3 4 (3.54%) SSL
4 2 (1.77%) Internet
5 1 (0.88%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.19%) Relational Database
2 6 (5.31%) MySQL
2 6 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.42%) InfluxDB
3 5 (4.42%) MariaDB
4 4 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.54%) Oracle Database
4 4 (3.54%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.65%) Big Data
6 2 (1.77%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.88%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) GitLab
2 7 (6.19%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.42%) Git
4 1 (0.88%) Selenium
General
1 61 (53.98%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.65%) Finance
3 3 (2.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (1.77%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.88%) Automotive
5 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (27.43%) Software Engineer
2 18 (15.93%) Senior
3 13 (11.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (10.62%) Lead
5 10 (8.85%) Research Engineer
5 10 (8.85%) Research Software Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) Linux Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Architect
8 6 (5.31%) Developer
8 6 (5.31%) Development Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Software Development Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Technical Leader
8 6 (5.31%) Test Development Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Lead Architect
9 5 (4.42%) Linux Systems Engineer
10 4 (3.54%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.65%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (2.65%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) EDI
1 4 (3.54%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (3.54%) React
1 4 (3.54%) Spring Boot
2 3 (2.65%) AngularJS
2 3 (2.65%) Express.js
2 3 (2.65%) Node.js
3 1 (0.88%) .NET
3 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.88%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.88%) Blazor
3 1 (0.88%) Kafka
3 1 (0.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 51 (45.13%) Management Information System
2 50 (44.25%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (15.04%) Algorithms
4 10 (8.85%) Life Science
4 10 (8.85%) Private Cloud
5 5 (4.42%) PKI
5 5 (4.42%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.54%) Device Driver
6 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.65%) Mixed Reality
8 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.77%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.88%) EMC VNX
9 1 (0.88%) FPGA
9 1 (0.88%) IoT
9 1 (0.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 41 (36.28%) Linux
2 17 (15.04%) Unix
3 13 (11.50%) Windows
4 11 (9.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (7.08%) CentOS
6 6 (5.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (5.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (4.42%) Windows 10
7 5 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.54%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.77%) Debian
10 1 (0.88%) Rocky
10 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (58.41%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (49.56%) Mentoring
3 55 (48.67%) Actionable Insight
4 53 (46.90%) Coaching
4 53 (46.90%) Collaborative Working
5 51 (45.13%) Project Management
6 47 (41.59%) Business Development
6 47 (41.59%) Customer Requirements
6 47 (41.59%) Decision-Making
6 47 (41.59%) OSINT
6 47 (41.59%) Process Management
7 35 (30.97%) Software Engineering
8 30 (26.55%) Software Testing
9 29 (25.66%) Agile
10 22 (19.47%) SDLC
11 20 (17.70%) Computer Science
11 20 (17.70%) Mathematics
11 20 (17.70%) Physics
12 19 (16.81%) Full Stack Development
12 19 (16.81%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (35.40%) Python
2 28 (24.78%) Bash
3 19 (16.81%) Java
4 18 (15.93%) C
4 18 (15.93%) C++
5 17 (15.04%) Fortran
6 13 (11.50%) JavaScript
7 8 (7.08%) TypeScript
8 6 (5.31%) Ruby
9 5 (4.42%) Perl
10 3 (2.65%) Go
10 3 (2.65%) Haskell
10 3 (2.65%) Rust
11 2 (1.77%) C#
12 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (37.17%) Security Cleared
2 28 (24.78%) Degree
3 17 (15.04%) Master's Degree
3 17 (15.04%) PhD
4 14 (12.39%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.54%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.88%) ISEB
7 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (41.59%) PMO
2 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.19%) Active Directory
1 7 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 5 (4.42%) Docker
2 5 (4.42%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.77%) KVM
3 2 (1.77%) QEMU
3 2 (1.77%) Xen
4 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (7.96%) Ansible
2 6 (5.31%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.31%) Terraform
3 5 (4.42%) Puppet
3 5 (4.42%) Red Hat Spacewalk
4 2 (1.77%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.08%) VMware
3 5 (4.42%) Cisco
3 5 (4.42%) Fortinet
3 5 (4.42%) Juniper
3 5 (4.42%) Oracle
4 4 (3.54%) Sparx
5 2 (1.77%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.88%) Apple
6 1 (0.88%) EMC
6 1 (0.88%) Veeam