Open Source
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 189 123
Rank change year-on-year -62 -66 +24
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,148 1,960 5,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.95% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 2.04% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 716 898 1,489
10th Percentile £40,625 £46,029 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £84,964 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,375 £105,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £67,500 £56,774
% change year-on-year -9.32% +18.89% +3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Open Source over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Open Source in the UK

Open Source
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
England -83 890 £63,218 -15.71% 277
UK excluding London +22 837 £61,206 -9.32% 181
Work from Home -28 584 £70,000 -6.67% 154
London -154 248 £80,000 -0.37% 115
North of England +44 242 £61,206 -0.07% 48
North West +25 158 £60,603 -6.76% 26
Scotland +24 158 £75,000 +25.58% 15
South East +1 145 £45,000 -35.71% 31
South West -27 112 £62,500 -10.71% 37
Midlands -2 79 £61,206 -12.56% 27
Yorkshire +81 64 £61,206 +13.87% 16
East of England +6 51 £80,001 +39.13% 15
West Midlands -4 50 £61,206 -12.56% 22
East Midlands -15 29 £75,000 -6.25% 5
Northern Ireland +42 26 £75,400 - 6
Wales +5 24 £75,000 -36.33% 4
North East -14 20 £61,206 +28.39% 6

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 133 (11.59%) Apache Spark
2 55 (4.79%) Apache
3 46 (4.01%) WebLogic
4 20 (1.74%) Confluence
5 15 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.22%) nginx
7 11 (0.96%) IIS
7 11 (0.96%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.70%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.70%) ArcGIS
8 8 (0.70%) Drupal
9 6 (0.52%) CMS
10 4 (0.35%) OpenZeppelin
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.17%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) SAS
12 2 (0.17%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.087%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (4.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.70%) Shopify
3 6 (0.52%) Magento
4 1 (0.087%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 483 (42.07%) AWS
2 346 (30.14%) Azure
3 136 (11.85%) Serverless
4 111 (9.67%) GCP
5 86 (7.49%) Amazon SQS
6 75 (6.53%) AWS Lambda
7 72 (6.27%) Amazon EKS
7 72 (6.27%) OpenShift
8 68 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 63 (5.49%) GitHub
10 54 (4.70%) SaaS
11 51 (4.44%) Amazon S3
12 38 (3.31%) Amazon EC2
12 38 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
13 23 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.92%) IaaS
15 21 (1.83%) dbt
16 20 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
16 20 (1.74%) PaaS
17 16 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (7.67%) DNS
2 81 (7.06%) TCP/IP
3 60 (5.23%) BGP
4 54 (4.70%) SSL
5 50 (4.36%) Firewall
6 26 (2.26%) AMQP
7 21 (1.83%) HTTP
7 21 (1.83%) LAN
7 21 (1.83%) WAN
8 20 (1.74%) Internet
9 15 (1.31%) VPN
10 14 (1.22%) MPLS
11 10 (0.87%) DHCP
11 10 (0.87%) Wireshark
12 8 (0.70%) Network Security
12 8 (0.70%) SMTP
13 7 (0.61%) IPsec
13 7 (0.61%) OSPF
13 7 (0.61%) VLAN
13 7 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (13.94%) NoSQL
2 124 (10.80%) Relational Database
3 97 (8.45%) Hadoop
4 96 (8.36%) Big Data
5 95 (8.28%) Apache Hive
6 90 (7.84%) RDBMS
7 86 (7.49%) HBase
8 85 (7.40%) Amazon RDS
9 83 (7.23%) Oracle Database
10 64 (5.57%) PostgreSQL
11 51 (4.44%) MySQL
12 42 (3.66%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (2.96%) SQL Server
14 27 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
15 26 (2.26%) Cloudera CDH
16 25 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
17 14 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 13 (1.13%) MongoDB
19 12 (1.05%) Redis
19 12 (1.05%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 229 (19.95%) Git
2 194 (16.90%) Jenkins
3 93 (8.10%) GitLab
4 86 (7.49%) Bitbucket Server
5 36 (3.14%) JDeveloper
6 31 (2.70%) Artifactory
7 27 (2.35%) JIRA
8 15 (1.31%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.31%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.05%) CircleCI
9 12 (1.05%) JUnit
9 12 (1.05%) Selenium
9 12 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
9 12 (1.05%) Subversion
10 10 (0.87%) GNU Toolchain
11 9 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (0.78%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.70%) Checkstyle
12 8 (0.70%) Jaeger
13 6 (0.52%) Bitbucket
General
1 326 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 225 (19.60%) Finance
3 152 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 119 (10.37%) Law
5 95 (8.28%) Legal
6 52 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 46 (4.01%) Marketing
9 40 (3.48%) Front Office
10 35 (3.05%) Banking
11 32 (2.79%) Retail
12 28 (2.44%) Aerospace
13 27 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (2.18%) Games
15 22 (1.92%) Automotive
16 14 (1.22%) Military
17 12 (1.05%) Electronics
18 10 (0.87%) Financial Institution
19 9 (0.78%) Health Technology
20 8 (0.70%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 295 (25.70%) Software Engineer
2 269 (23.43%) Developer
3 224 (19.51%) Senior
4 185 (16.11%) Architect
5 179 (15.59%) Lead
6 108 (9.41%) AWS Engineer
7 97 (8.45%) Solutions Architect
8 80 (6.97%) Technical Leader
9 70 (6.10%) AWS Software Engineer
10 67 (5.84%) Database Developer
11 61 (5.31%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 60 (5.23%) DevOps Engineer
13 56 (4.88%) Database Engineer
14 49 (4.27%) Data Engineer
15 47 (4.09%) Lead Architect
15 47 (4.09%) Technical Architect
16 46 (4.01%) Lead Solutions Architect
17 45 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
18 43 (3.75%) Senior Architect
19 42 (3.66%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (16.03%) React
2 173 (15.07%) Node.js
3 117 (10.19%) Spring Boot
4 78 (6.79%) REST
5 75 (6.53%) RabbitMQ
6 66 (5.75%) AngularJS
7 63 (5.49%) Spring
8 57 (4.97%) HTML
9 52 (4.53%) Kafka
10 47 (4.09%) CSS
11 42 (3.66%) .NET
12 39 (3.40%) J2EE
13 38 (3.31%) Swagger
14 35 (3.05%) PyTorch
15 32 (2.79%) Express.js
15 32 (2.79%) TensorFlow
16 27 (2.35%) Django
17 26 (2.26%) gRPC
17 26 (2.26%) Material-UI
17 26 (2.26%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 138 (12.02%) Algorithms
2 103 (8.97%) Public Cloud
3 97 (8.45%) Private Cloud
4 95 (8.28%) Management Information System
5 79 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
6 66 (5.75%) Cloud Native
7 55 (4.79%) Enterprise Software
8 50 (4.36%) Distributed Systems
9 38 (3.31%) Tandem
10 37 (3.22%) Blockchain
11 34 (2.96%) Data Structures
11 34 (2.96%) Embedded Systems
12 32 (2.79%) Blog
12 32 (2.79%) IoT
13 30 (2.61%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.61%) Product Ownership
14 21 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (1.66%) Client/Server
16 17 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
16 17 (1.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 307 (26.74%) Linux
2 148 (12.89%) Unix
3 85 (7.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 58 (5.05%) Windows
5 48 (4.18%) Ubuntu
6 44 (3.83%) Debian
7 40 (3.48%) CentOS
8 18 (1.57%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (1.22%) Android
9 14 (1.22%) Mac OS X
10 7 (0.61%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.61%) Windows Server
11 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
12 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.26%) Solaris
13 3 (0.26%) VMS
14 1 (0.087%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.087%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (55.14%) Agile
2 510 (44.43%) Software Engineering
3 333 (29.01%) DevOps
4 285 (24.83%) CI/CD
5 255 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
6 246 (21.43%) Microservices
7 227 (19.77%) Mentoring
8 205 (17.86%) Actionable Insight
9 192 (16.72%) Coaching
10 190 (16.55%) Continuous Integration
11 186 (16.20%) Artificial Intelligence
12 178 (15.51%) SDLC
13 173 (15.07%) Scrum
14 164 (14.29%) Machine Learning
15 163 (14.20%) Containerisation
16 161 (14.02%) Test Automation
17 149 (12.98%) TDD
18 144 (12.54%) Collaborative Working
19 138 (12.02%) Kanban
20 137 (11.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 507 (44.16%) Python
2 424 (36.93%) Java
3 217 (18.90%) JavaScript
4 211 (18.38%) SQL
5 130 (11.32%) C
6 120 (10.45%) Go
7 115 (10.02%) TypeScript
8 113 (9.84%) Bash
9 86 (7.49%) PL/SQL
10 80 (6.97%) C++
11 60 (5.23%) Ruby
12 48 (4.18%) Perl
13 47 (4.09%) C#
14 41 (3.57%) Rust
15 36 (3.14%) PHP
16 33 (2.87%) PowerShell
17 29 (2.53%) COBOL
17 29 (2.53%) Micro Focus COBOL
18 23 (2.00%) Embedded C
19 17 (1.48%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 258 (22.47%) Security Cleared
2 221 (19.25%) Degree
3 199 (17.33%) SC Cleared
4 60 (5.23%) Azure Certification
5 54 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (4.44%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 48 (4.18%) Master's Degree
8 35 (3.05%) DV Cleared
8 35 (3.05%) PhD
9 17 (1.48%) CISSP
10 16 (1.39%) GCIA
10 16 (1.39%) GCIH
11 15 (1.31%) GREM
12 14 (1.22%) CISM
13 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.70%) CCNA
15 4 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.17%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (6.71%) QA
2 47 (4.09%) PMO
3 18 (1.57%) GDPR
4 17 (1.48%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.52%) JTAG
6 6 (0.52%) NIST
7 5 (0.44%) NCSC
8 4 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.35%) SEPA
9 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.087%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 169 (14.72%) Docker
2 94 (8.19%) HDFS
3 21 (1.83%) Firmware
3 21 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
4 12 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.78%) Active Directory
5 9 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.52%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (0.35%) Ceph
10 3 (0.26%) Kamailio
10 3 (0.26%) KVM
10 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.17%) QEMU
11 2 (0.17%) Shibboleth
11 2 (0.17%) vSphere
11 2 (0.17%) Xen
12 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 218 (18.99%) Terraform
2 201 (17.51%) Kubernetes
3 114 (9.93%) Ansible
4 54 (4.70%) Puppet
5 36 (3.14%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.70%) Grafana
6 8 (0.70%) Kiali
6 8 (0.70%) Kibana
7 6 (0.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 5 (0.44%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.35%) Knative
9 4 (0.35%) Salt
10 3 (0.26%) Nessus
10 3 (0.26%) Podman
11 2 (0.17%) Consul
11 2 (0.17%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.17%) Marathon
11 2 (0.17%) Mesos
12 1 (0.087%) Packer
Vendors
1 88 (7.67%) Databricks
1 88 (7.67%) Oracle
2 86 (7.49%) Informatica
3 75 (6.53%) Google
4 64 (5.57%) Microsoft
5 56 (4.88%) Cloudera
6 46 (4.01%) Sparx
7 31 (2.70%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.53%) Micro Focus
9 26 (2.26%) SaltStack
10 22 (1.92%) Cisco
11 14 (1.22%) Dell
12 13 (1.13%) Juniper
12 13 (1.13%) Splunk
12 13 (1.13%) VMware
13 12 (1.05%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.05%) OpenAI
14 9 (0.78%) AppDynamics
14 9 (0.78%) ESRI
15 8 (0.70%) Bloomberg