Open Source Jobs in the UK excluding London

Open Source
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 276 219
Rank change year-on-year +33 -57 -11
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 843 728 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.16% 1.24% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.30% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 501 330 586
10th Percentile £42,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £56,774
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% +18.89% +3.23%
75th Percentile £80,001 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £85,000
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the UK excluding London

Open Source
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Open Source in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Open Source in the UK excluding London

Open Source
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in the UK excluding London

Open Source
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Open Source within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
North of England +67 254 £61,206 -2.07% 39
North West +32 169 £60,000 -7.69% 20
Scotland +19 153 £75,000 +8.00% 20
South East +6 146 £45,000 -33.33% 88
South West -25 114 £61,250 -12.50% 30
Midlands -17 77 £61,206 -12.56% 25
Yorkshire +79 65 £61,206 +8.81% 14
East of England +12 51 £80,001 +39.13% 25
West Midlands 0 50 £61,206 -12.56% 19
East Midlands -5 27 £75,000 -6.25% 6
Northern Ireland +38 25 £75,400 - 8
Wales 0 23 £75,000 -36.33% 6
North East -14 20 £61,206 +28.39% 5
Open Source
UK

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 122 (14.47%) Apache Spark
2 44 (5.22%) Apache
3 40 (4.74%) WebLogic
4 15 (1.78%) Confluence
5 11 (1.30%) nginx
5 11 (1.30%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.59%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.47%) IIS
9 2 (0.24%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 40 (4.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.95%) Shopify
3 6 (0.71%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 360 (42.70%) AWS
2 258 (30.60%) Azure
3 68 (8.07%) Amazon EKS
4 66 (7.83%) GCP
5 64 (7.59%) Serverless
6 41 (4.86%) OpenShift
7 40 (4.74%) Amazon SQS
8 35 (4.15%) AWS Lambda
8 35 (4.15%) SaaS
9 34 (4.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 29 (3.44%) GitHub
11 20 (2.37%) Amazon Kinesis
12 15 (1.78%) dbt
13 12 (1.42%) Google Analytics
14 11 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
16 8 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.95%) IaaS
17 7 (0.83%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 69 (8.19%) DNS
2 63 (7.47%) TCP/IP
3 41 (4.86%) SSL
4 40 (4.74%) BGP
5 35 (4.15%) Firewall
6 28 (3.32%) AMQP
7 18 (2.14%) Internet
8 16 (1.90%) HTTP
9 8 (0.95%) LAN
9 8 (0.95%) SMTP
9 8 (0.95%) WAN
10 6 (0.71%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.36%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.36%) VoIP
11 3 (0.36%) VPN
12 2 (0.24%) Asterisk PBX
12 2 (0.24%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.24%) Network Security
12 2 (0.24%) PBX
12 2 (0.24%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (18.51%) NoSQL
2 89 (10.56%) Relational Database
3 88 (10.44%) Hadoop
4 86 (10.20%) Apache Hive
4 86 (10.20%) HBase
5 84 (9.96%) Big Data
6 66 (7.83%) RDBMS
7 61 (7.24%) Oracle Database
8 60 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
9 49 (5.81%) Amazon RDS
10 35 (4.15%) MySQL
11 28 (3.32%) Cloudera CDH
12 20 (2.37%) SQL Server
13 19 (2.25%) DynamoDB
14 18 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
15 16 (1.90%) Redis
16 13 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
17 11 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
18 10 (1.19%) MongoDB
19 9 (1.07%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 177 (21.00%) Git
2 136 (16.13%) Jenkins
3 88 (10.44%) GitLab
4 86 (10.20%) Bitbucket Server
5 20 (2.37%) JDeveloper
6 18 (2.14%) JIRA
7 15 (1.78%) Cypress.io
8 11 (1.30%) Gatling
9 10 (1.19%) GNU Toolchain
9 10 (1.19%) Selenium
9 10 (1.19%) Subversion
10 8 (0.95%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.83%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.83%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.71%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.71%) MSTest
12 6 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.71%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.59%) Appium
13 5 (0.59%) Clang
General
1 271 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 148 (17.56%) Finance
3 121 (14.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 100 (11.86%) Law
5 75 (8.90%) Legal
6 50 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 35 (4.15%) Marketing
8 32 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
9 30 (3.56%) Aerospace
9 30 (3.56%) Retail
10 29 (3.44%) Banking
11 22 (2.61%) Automotive
12 19 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (2.14%) Games
14 17 (2.02%) Electronics
15 14 (1.66%) Military
16 11 (1.30%) Billing
17 7 (0.83%) Multimedia
17 7 (0.83%) Publishing
18 6 (0.71%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 256 (30.37%) Software Engineer
2 220 (26.10%) Developer
3 149 (17.67%) Lead
4 145 (17.20%) Architect
4 145 (17.20%) Senior
5 87 (10.32%) Solutions Architect
6 72 (8.54%) AWS Engineer
6 72 (8.54%) Technical Leader
7 68 (8.07%) AWS Software Engineer
8 61 (7.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 60 (7.12%) Database Developer
10 56 (6.64%) Database Engineer
11 43 (5.10%) Full Stack Developer
12 41 (4.86%) Lead Architect
13 40 (4.74%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 38 (4.51%) AWS Developer
14 38 (4.51%) Senior Architect
15 37 (4.39%) AWS Database Engineer
15 37 (4.39%) Senior Developer
16 35 (4.15%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (16.49%) React
2 136 (16.13%) Node.js
3 92 (10.91%) Spring Boot
4 81 (9.61%) REST
5 68 (8.07%) RabbitMQ
6 61 (7.24%) AngularJS
7 53 (6.29%) Spring
8 38 (4.51%) Swagger
9 34 (4.03%) HTML
10 31 (3.68%) GraphQL
11 30 (3.56%) CSS
12 29 (3.44%) Web Services
13 28 (3.32%) Express.js
13 28 (3.32%) gRPC
13 28 (3.32%) Material-UI
13 28 (3.32%) OpenAPI
14 21 (2.49%) SAML
15 19 (2.25%) OAuth
15 19 (2.25%) OpenID
16 18 (2.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 114 (13.52%) Algorithms
2 90 (10.68%) Public Cloud
3 88 (10.44%) Private Cloud
4 70 (8.30%) Management Information System
4 70 (8.30%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (5.58%) Cloud Native
6 46 (5.46%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (3.68%) Embedded Systems
9 26 (3.08%) IoT
10 23 (2.73%) Blog
11 18 (2.14%) Media Streaming
12 17 (2.02%) Blockchain
13 16 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.90%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.90%) Product Ownership
14 14 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (1.54%) Data Centre
15 13 (1.54%) Data Structures
16 12 (1.42%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 246 (29.18%) Linux
2 136 (16.13%) Unix
3 83 (9.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 48 (5.69%) Windows
5 40 (4.74%) CentOS
6 37 (4.39%) Ubuntu
7 33 (3.91%) Debian
8 16 (1.90%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (1.66%) Mac OS X
10 10 (1.19%) Android
11 7 (0.83%) Windows Server
12 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
13 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.12%) Rocky
15 1 (0.12%) Solaris
15 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (60.38%) Agile
2 384 (45.55%) Software Engineering
3 232 (27.52%) DevOps
4 201 (23.84%) CI/CD
5 195 (23.13%) Microservices
6 184 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
7 179 (21.23%) Mentoring
8 177 (21.00%) Actionable Insight
9 170 (20.17%) Continuous Integration
10 159 (18.86%) Coaching
11 151 (17.91%) SDLC
12 148 (17.56%) Test Automation
13 146 (17.32%) Scrum
14 134 (15.90%) Artificial Intelligence
15 133 (15.78%) Kanban
16 131 (15.54%) Containerisation
17 125 (14.83%) Collaborative Working
18 121 (14.35%) TDD
19 115 (13.64%) Machine Learning
20 114 (13.52%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 320 (37.96%) Python
2 299 (35.47%) Java
3 159 (18.86%) JavaScript
4 140 (16.61%) SQL
5 111 (13.17%) C
6 88 (10.44%) TypeScript
7 86 (10.20%) PL/SQL
8 73 (8.66%) Bash
9 67 (7.95%) C++
10 33 (3.91%) Go
11 31 (3.68%) Perl
12 29 (3.44%) COBOL
12 29 (3.44%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 28 (3.32%) Ruby
14 26 (3.08%) C#
15 24 (2.85%) Rust
16 20 (2.37%) Embedded C
17 19 (2.25%) Scala
18 17 (2.02%) PHP
19 13 (1.54%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 243 (28.83%) Security Cleared
2 185 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 159 (18.86%) Degree
4 54 (6.41%) Azure Certification
5 45 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (5.10%) AWS Certification
7 40 (4.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 36 (4.27%) DV Cleared
9 26 (3.08%) Master's Degree
10 18 (2.14%) PhD
11 15 (1.78%) GCIA
11 15 (1.78%) GCIH
11 15 (1.78%) GREM
12 14 (1.66%) CISM
12 14 (1.66%) CISSP
13 2 (0.24%) CCNA
13 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.24%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.58%) PMO
2 36 (4.27%) QA
3 11 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.71%) GDPR
4 6 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.71%) JTAG
5 5 (0.59%) NIST
6 3 (0.36%) SEPA
7 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 88 (10.44%) Docker
2 86 (10.20%) HDFS
3 21 (2.49%) Firmware
4 20 (2.37%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.07%) Active Directory
6 9 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.83%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 3 (0.36%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.36%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.24%) KVM
10 2 (0.24%) QEMU
10 2 (0.24%) Shibboleth
10 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.24%) vSphere
10 2 (0.24%) Xen
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 153 (18.15%) Terraform
2 107 (12.69%) Kubernetes
3 75 (8.90%) Ansible
4 43 (5.10%) Puppet
5 25 (2.97%) Progress Chef
6 7 (0.83%) Grafana
6 7 (0.83%) Kibana
7 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.59%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 2 (0.24%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.24%) Podman
9 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.12%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Sentry
9 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (10.44%) Databricks
2 86 (10.20%) Informatica
3 66 (7.83%) Oracle
4 59 (7.00%) Google
5 56 (6.64%) Cloudera
6 43 (5.10%) Microsoft
7 40 (4.74%) Sparx
8 32 (3.80%) Red Hat
9 29 (3.44%) Micro Focus
10 28 (3.32%) SaltStack
11 14 (1.66%) Dell
12 12 (1.42%) VMware
13 9 (1.07%) Cisco
14 7 (0.83%) Apple
14 7 (0.83%) Juniper
15 6 (0.71%) ESRI
15 6 (0.71%) F5
16 5 (0.59%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.59%) Teradata
17 4 (0.47%) Splunk