Open Unified Process
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OpenUP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OpenUP over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 888 838 980
Rank change year-on-year -50 +142 -191
Permanent jobs citing OpenUP 34 107 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.11% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% 0.12% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 32 29 59
10th Percentile £29,550 - £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £24,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile - £95,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £24,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +108.33% -52.00% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

OpenUP 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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

OpenUP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OpenUP in the UK

OpenUP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OpenUP.

Salary trend for OpenUP in the UK

OpenUP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OpenUP over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OpenUP in the UK

OpenUP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenUP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -41 27 £40,000 +66.67% 15
UK excluding London -63 24 £50,000 +108.33% 7
Work from Home +51 19 £60,000 +26.32% 6
North of England +36 12 £30,000 - 2
London +6 9 £40,000 - 8
North East - 7 £30,000 -
Scotland - 6 £65,000 - 2
North West -6 3 £26,000 - 1
East of England -10 3 £81,981 +241.59% 2
South East -19 2 £65,000 +170.83% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £65,000 - 1
Midlands -31 1 £40,000 +81.82% 1
East Midlands -33 1 £40,000 +81.82%

OpenUP
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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.94%) MailChimp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) Power BI
2 1 (2.94%) Big Data
2 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.94%) EDMS
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.94%) Tableau
General
1 16 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (32.35%) Retail
4 8 (23.53%) Marketing
5 3 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.88%) Finance
6 2 (5.88%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.94%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Local Government
7 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Analyst
2 11 (32.35%) Senior
3 10 (29.41%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (29.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 8 (23.53%) Data Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Service Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Head of Communications
7 1 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Dashboard Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Developer
7 1 (2.94%) Graduate
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) .NET
2 2 (5.88%) .NET Core
2 2 (5.88%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
1 1 (2.94%) LIMS
1 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Decision-Making
2 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (20.59%) Analytics
3 7 (20.59%) Business Development
3 7 (20.59%) Exploratory Analysis
3 7 (20.59%) Technical Analysis
3 7 (20.59%) Visualisation
4 6 (17.65%) Mathematics
4 6 (17.65%) Statistics
5 3 (8.82%) ERP
5 3 (8.82%) Project Management
6 2 (5.88%) Coaching
6 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.94%) Dashboard Development
7 1 (2.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 1 (2.94%) Experimental Design
7 1 (2.94%) Internal Audit
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing Automation
7 1 (2.94%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.94%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Citrix
2 1 (2.94%) Salesforce