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 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 203 167 103
Rank change year-on-year -36 -64 +59
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 561 828 2,777
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.59% 2.19% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 2.29% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 385 494 733
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,475 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,281 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.91% -0.71%
75th Percentile £84,964 £89,852 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
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 9 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 17 (3.03%) 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
1 243 (43.32%) AWS
2 232 (41.35%) Azure
3 46 (8.20%) Amazon EKS
3 46 (8.20%) Amazon SQS
4 30 (5.35%) SaaS
5 26 (4.63%) GitHub
6 24 (4.28%) GCP
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 6 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.07%) PaaS
13 5 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (0.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 68 (12.12%) DNS
2 56 (9.98%) TCP/IP
3 47 (8.38%) SSL
4 46 (8.20%) BGP
5 22 (3.92%) Firewall
6 8 (1.43%) HTTP
6 8 (1.43%) Internet
7 4 (0.71%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.36%) Asterisk PBX
8 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.36%) Network Security
8 2 (0.36%) NGN
8 2 (0.36%) PBX
8 2 (0.36%) RTP
8 2 (0.36%) VoIP
8 2 (0.36%) VPN
8 2 (0.36%) VSAN
9 1 (0.18%) LAN
9 1 (0.18%) Unified Communications
9 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 41 (7.31%) NoSQL
6 22 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (3.92%) SQL Server
7 15 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (2.32%) MySQL
9 12 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.78%) SQLite
12 9 (1.60%) Tableau
13 8 (1.43%) Big Data
14 7 (1.25%) MongoDB
14 7 (1.25%) Power BI
15 6 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.89%) Airbyte
16 5 (0.89%) BigQuery
16 5 (0.89%) Looker
Development Applications
1 80 (14.26%) GitLab
2 27 (4.81%) 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
1 181 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 39 (6.95%) Public Sector
3 37 (6.60%) Finance
4 32 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (2.85%) Retail
6 15 (2.67%) Automotive
6 15 (2.67%) Games
6 15 (2.67%) Marketing
7 14 (2.50%) Banking
8 13 (2.32%) Military
9 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (1.25%) Publishing
12 6 (1.07%) Multimedia
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
1 154 (27.45%) Lead
2 152 (27.09%) Developer
3 148 (26.38%) Architect
4 111 (19.79%) Senior
5 83 (14.80%) Solutions Architect
6 75 (13.37%) Technical Leader
7 65 (11.59%) Software Engineer
8 54 (9.63%) Lead Architect
9 46 (8.20%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 45 (8.02%) Full Stack Developer
11 39 (6.95%) Technical Architect
12 38 (6.77%) Senior Architect
13 37 (6.60%) Senior Developer
14 32 (5.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
15 28 (4.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 28 (4.99%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 21 (3.74%) Analyst
17 15 (2.67%) Compiler Engineer
17 15 (2.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
18 14 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (17.65%) React
2 66 (11.76%) Node.js
3 55 (9.80%) Spring Boot
4 46 (8.20%) RabbitMQ
5 35 (6.24%) Django
6 34 (6.06%) AngularJS
7 30 (5.35%) HTML
8 29 (5.17%) Express.js
9 26 (4.63%) REST
10 25 (4.46%) CSS
11 18 (3.21%) OAuth
11 18 (3.21%) OpenID
11 18 (3.21%) SAML
12 16 (2.85%) .NET
13 15 (2.67%) LLVM
14 14 (2.50%) ASP.NET
15 13 (2.32%) JSON
15 13 (2.32%) RESTful
16 12 (2.14%) Kafka
16 12 (2.14%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 89 (15.86%) Public Cloud
2 86 (15.33%) Private Cloud
3 47 (8.38%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (3.74%) 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 13 (2.32%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.14%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.96%) RISC-V
11 10 (1.78%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.78%) Blockchain
11 10 (1.78%) Blog
11 10 (1.78%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.78%) Life Science
12 9 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 164 (29.23%) Linux
2 57 (10.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 21 (3.74%) Unix
3 21 (3.74%) Windows
4 13 (2.32%) Mac OS X
4 13 (2.32%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.14%) Android
6 10 (1.78%) Debian
7 9 (1.60%) 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%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (62.57%) Agile
2 182 (32.44%) DevOps
3 180 (32.09%) Software Engineering
4 132 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 120 (21.39%) Continuous Integration
6 118 (21.03%) Scrum
7 111 (19.79%) Kanban
8 105 (18.72%) Full Stack Development
9 102 (18.18%) Coaching
10 89 (15.86%) Actionable Insight
11 81 (14.44%) CI/CD
12 77 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
13 75 (13.37%) Microservices
13 75 (13.37%) Re-Platforming
14 70 (12.48%) Project Management
15 67 (11.94%) Roadmaps
16 62 (11.05%) Architectural Patterns
17 61 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
18 60 (10.70%) SDLC
19 55 (9.80%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 149 (26.56%) Java
2 141 (25.13%) Python
3 98 (17.47%) JavaScript
4 89 (15.86%) TypeScript
5 85 (15.15%) C
6 39 (6.95%) C++
7 38 (6.77%) SQL
8 29 (5.17%) COBOL
8 29 (5.17%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 27 (4.81%) Go
10 23 (4.10%) PHP
11 22 (3.92%) Bash
12 21 (3.74%) Rust
13 20 (3.57%) 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
1 215 (38.32%) Security Cleared
2 172 (30.66%) SC Cleared
3 118 (21.03%) Degree
4 65 (11.59%) 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 13 (2.32%) CISM
9 13 (2.32%) CISSP
9 13 (2.32%) GCIA
9 13 (2.32%) GCIH
9 13 (2.32%) 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 5 (0.89%) NIST
2 5 (0.89%) QA
3 2 (0.36%) GDPR
3 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.36%) SEPA
System Software
1 72 (12.83%) Docker
2 20 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (0.89%) Firmware
4 3 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
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 73 (13.01%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.49%) Ansible
3 37 (6.60%) Terraform
4 16 (2.85%) Progress Chef
5 12 (2.14%) Grafana
6 10 (1.78%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.60%) Puppet
8 7 (1.25%) Kibana
9 3 (0.53%) Podman
10 2 (0.36%) Marathon
10 2 (0.36%) Mesos
11 1 (0.18%) Consul
11 1 (0.18%) Packer
11 1 (0.18%) Salt
11 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 13 (2.32%) Dell
7 10 (1.78%) Splunk
8 5 (0.89%) Cisco
8 5 (0.89%) Dialogic
8 5 (0.89%) Ribbon
8 5 (0.89%) Teradata
9 3 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.53%) Juniper
9 3 (0.53%) VMware
10 2 (0.36%) Databricks
10 2 (0.36%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.36%) Remedy
11 1 (0.18%) ESRI
11 1 (0.18%) Palo Alto