Open Source Jobs with Work from Home Options

Open Source
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 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 202 163 103
Rank change year-on-year -39 -60 +59
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 561 863 2,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.61% 2.24% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 2.34% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 390 501 733
10th Percentile £43,650 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,852 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £97,290
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,322 36,922 72,167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 96.00% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,561 26,118 41,820
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
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Open Source trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source
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.

Open Source salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Open Source over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Open Source salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Open Source
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 46 (8.20%) WebLogic
2 18 (3.21%) Apache
3 11 (1.96%) IIS
4 10 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.43%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.07%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.89%) Confluence
8 2 (0.36%) CMS
8 2 (0.36%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (8.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 240 (42.78%) AWS
2 227 (40.46%) Azure
3 46 (8.20%) Amazon EKS
3 46 (8.20%) Amazon SQS
4 32 (5.70%) SaaS
5 28 (4.99%) GCP
6 26 (4.63%) GitHub
7 23 (4.10%) dbt
8 16 (2.85%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (1.96%) IaaS
9 11 (1.96%) Serverless
10 9 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.43%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.25%) PaaS
13 6 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.07%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 67 (11.94%) DNS
2 56 (9.98%) TCP/IP
3 47 (8.38%) SSL
4 46 (8.20%) BGP
5 21 (3.74%) Firewall
6 8 (1.43%) Internet
7 7 (1.25%) HTTP
8 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.36%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.36%) Network Security
9 2 (0.36%) NGN
9 2 (0.36%) PBX
9 2 (0.36%) RTP
9 2 (0.36%) VoIP
9 2 (0.36%) VPN
9 2 (0.36%) VSAN
10 1 (0.18%) LAN
10 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (13.19%) Relational Database
2 57 (10.16%) Amazon RDS
3 54 (9.63%) RDBMS
4 46 (8.20%) Oracle Database
5 45 (8.02%) NoSQL
6 22 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (3.92%) SQL Server
7 15 (2.67%) MySQL
7 15 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.32%) Big Data
9 12 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.78%) SQLite
12 9 (1.60%) Tableau
13 7 (1.25%) MongoDB
13 7 (1.25%) Power BI
14 6 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.89%) Airbyte
15 5 (0.89%) BigQuery
15 5 (0.89%) Looker
Development Applications
1 77 (13.73%) GitLab
2 25 (4.46%) Git
3 21 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.43%) Selenium
5 7 (1.25%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.25%) JIRA
6 5 (0.89%) Clang
7 4 (0.71%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.71%) Snakemake
8 3 (0.53%) Appium
8 3 (0.53%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.53%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.53%) JMeter
8 3 (0.53%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.53%) sqlmap
8 3 (0.53%) webpack
9 2 (0.36%) MLflow
9 2 (0.36%) Phabricator
9 2 (0.36%) Vagrant
General
1 180 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.49%) Finance
3 39 (6.95%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (3.74%) Retail
6 19 (3.39%) Banking
7 16 (2.85%) Marketing
8 15 (2.67%) Automotive
8 15 (2.67%) Games
9 14 (2.50%) Military
10 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (1.25%) Multimedia
12 7 (1.25%) Publishing
13 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.53%) Legal
15 2 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.36%) Public Speaking
15 2 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 152 (27.09%) Architect
1 152 (27.09%) Lead
2 147 (26.20%) Developer
3 110 (19.61%) Senior
4 88 (15.69%) Solutions Architect
5 75 (13.37%) Technical Leader
6 65 (11.59%) Software Engineer
7 54 (9.63%) Lead Architect
8 46 (8.20%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 42 (7.49%) Full Stack Developer
10 38 (6.77%) Senior Architect
10 38 (6.77%) Technical Architect
11 37 (6.60%) Senior Developer
12 32 (5.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 28 (4.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 28 (4.99%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 22 (3.92%) Analyst
15 16 (2.85%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
16 15 (2.67%) Compiler Engineer
17 14 (2.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (17.11%) React
2 67 (11.94%) Node.js
3 60 (10.70%) Spring Boot
4 46 (8.20%) RabbitMQ
5 35 (6.24%) Django
6 34 (6.06%) AngularJS
7 29 (5.17%) Express.js
7 29 (5.17%) HTML
8 25 (4.46%) CSS
8 25 (4.46%) REST
9 17 (3.03%) OAuth
9 17 (3.03%) OpenID
9 17 (3.03%) SAML
10 15 (2.67%) .NET
10 15 (2.67%) LLVM
11 14 (2.50%) Spring
12 13 (2.32%) ASP.NET
12 13 (2.32%) JSON
12 13 (2.32%) RESTful
13 12 (2.14%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 89 (15.86%) Public Cloud
2 84 (14.97%) Private Cloud
3 48 (8.56%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (4.63%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.85%) Embedded Systems
6 16 (2.85%) NHS
7 15 (2.67%) IoT
8 14 (2.50%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.96%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.96%) RISC-V
10 10 (1.78%) Blockchain
10 10 (1.78%) Blog
10 10 (1.78%) Client/Server
10 10 (1.78%) Life Science
11 9 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 164 (29.23%) Linux
2 56 (9.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 23 (4.10%) Unix
3 23 (4.10%) Windows
4 14 (2.50%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.50%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.14%) Android
6 11 (1.96%) Debian
7 8 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (1.07%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.07%) CentOS
9 2 (0.36%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.18%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (62.92%) Agile
2 179 (31.91%) DevOps
3 177 (31.55%) Software Engineering
4 132 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 118 (21.03%) Continuous Integration
6 115 (20.50%) Scrum
7 108 (19.25%) Kanban
8 102 (18.18%) Coaching
8 102 (18.18%) Full Stack Development
9 90 (16.04%) Actionable Insight
10 79 (14.08%) Microservices
11 77 (13.73%) CI/CD
12 75 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (13.37%) Re-Platforming
13 70 (12.48%) Project Management
14 67 (11.94%) Roadmaps
15 62 (11.05%) Architectural Patterns
16 61 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
17 58 (10.34%) Containerisation
17 58 (10.34%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 152 (27.09%) Java
2 144 (25.67%) Python
3 103 (18.36%) JavaScript
4 87 (15.51%) TypeScript
5 84 (14.97%) C
6 43 (7.66%) SQL
7 38 (6.77%) C++
8 29 (5.17%) COBOL
8 29 (5.17%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 27 (4.81%) Go
10 23 (4.10%) Bash
11 22 (3.92%) PHP
12 20 (3.57%) Rust
13 19 (3.39%) C#
14 16 (2.85%) Embedded C
14 16 (2.85%) PowerShell
15 12 (2.14%) T-SQL
16 9 (1.60%) Kotlin
16 9 (1.60%) Ruby
17 8 (1.43%) R
Qualifications
1 212 (37.79%) Security Cleared
2 169 (30.12%) SC Cleared
3 118 (21.03%) Degree
4 64 (11.41%) Azure Certification
5 51 (9.09%) AWS Certification
6 48 (8.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (3.39%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.50%) CISM
9 14 (2.50%) CISSP
9 14 (2.50%) GCIA
9 14 (2.50%) GCIH
9 14 (2.50%) GREM
10 9 (1.60%) PhD
11 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.53%) CCNA
12 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.36%) CREST Certified
13 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.07%) QA
3 5 (0.89%) NIST
4 2 (0.36%) GDPR
4 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 69 (12.30%) Docker
2 19 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) Firmware
4 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.36%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.36%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Postfix
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (12.30%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.49%) Ansible
3 36 (6.42%) Terraform
4 16 (2.85%) Progress Chef
5 10 (1.78%) Grafana
6 8 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.43%) Puppet
7 7 (1.25%) Kibana
8 3 (0.53%) Podman
9 2 (0.36%) Marathon
9 2 (0.36%) Mesos
10 1 (0.18%) Consul
10 1 (0.18%) Packer
10 1 (0.18%) Salt
10 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 47 (8.38%) Oracle
2 46 (8.20%) Sparx
3 32 (5.70%) Microsoft
4 29 (5.17%) Micro Focus
5 16 (2.85%) Google
6 14 (2.50%) Dell
7 8 (1.43%) Splunk
8 5 (0.89%) Cisco
8 5 (0.89%) Dialogic
8 5 (0.89%) Ribbon
8 5 (0.89%) Teradata
9 4 (0.71%) VMware
10 3 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.53%) Juniper
11 2 (0.36%) Databricks
11 2 (0.36%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.36%) Remedy
12 1 (0.18%) ESRI
12 1 (0.18%) Palo Alto