Open Source Development Jobs with Work from Home Options

Open Source Software Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Open Source Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source Development over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 629 832
Rank change year-on-year +62 +203 -254
Permanent jobs citing Open Source Development 21 11 57
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.060% 0.029% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.030% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 25
10th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,063 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £89,375 £68,125 -
90th Percentile £117,500 £72,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Open Source Development 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,643 36,464 73,536
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.74% 96.03% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,633 25,914 42,367
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Open Source Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Open Source Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Open Source Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Open Source Development.

Open Source Development salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Open Source Development over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Open Source Development salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (9.52%) CMS
1 2 (9.52%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) AWS
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
1 4 (19.05%) GCP
1 4 (19.05%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) GitHub
2 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) MariaDB
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
1 1 (4.76%) Phabricator
General
1 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Linux Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Ubuntu Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Blockchain Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Open Source Developer
6 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.76%) C Software Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Lead
7 1 (4.76%) Principal Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Principal Software Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Principal Software Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
7 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (38.10%) GTK
2 4 (19.05%) REST
2 4 (19.05%) Smart Contracts
2 4 (19.05%) WebSockets
3 1 (4.76%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.76%) CSS
3 1 (4.76%) Django
3 1 (4.76%) FastAPI
3 1 (4.76%) FFmpeg
3 1 (4.76%) Flask
3 1 (4.76%) HTML
3 1 (4.76%) Jest
3 1 (4.76%) Puppeteer
3 1 (4.76%) PyTorch
3 1 (4.76%) React
3 1 (4.76%) TensorFlow
3 1 (4.76%) Wayland
3 1 (4.76%) Web Services
3 1 (4.76%) WebKit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) PKI
2 4 (19.05%) Blockchain
2 4 (19.05%) Data Structures
3 3 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.76%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Linux
2 8 (38.10%) Debian
2 8 (38.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Open Source
2 12 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 8 (38.10%) Key Management
4 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
6 4 (19.05%) API Design
6 4 (19.05%) DeFi
7 3 (14.29%) Load Balancing
7 3 (14.29%) Microservices
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (14.29%) Web Development
8 2 (9.52%) Budget Management
8 2 (9.52%) Change Control
8 2 (9.52%) DevOps
8 2 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (4.76%) Agile
9 1 (4.76%) Full Stack Development
9 1 (4.76%) Software Assurance
9 1 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) C
1 11 (52.38%) Python
2 8 (38.10%) Bash
3 7 (33.33%) Go
4 4 (19.05%) Java
4 4 (19.05%) PHP
4 4 (19.05%) Rust
5 2 (9.52%) C#
6 1 (4.76%) C++
6 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) Grafana
2 1 (4.76%) Podman
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Google