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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 195 121
Rank change year-on-year -48 -74 +29
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,159 1,928 5,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.94% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 2.03% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 715 885 1,469
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £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 £108,000 £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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 20 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 20 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 -76 904 £63,218 -15.71% 324
UK excluding London +29 847 £61,206 -9.32% 224
Work from Home -22 581 £70,000 -6.67% 164
North of England +57 253 £61,206 -2.07% 48
London -154 250 £80,750 +0.57% 149
North West +29 168 £60,603 -4.94% 27
Scotland +15 156 £75,000 +8.00% 20
South East +7 146 £45,000 -34.55% 50
South West -31 113 £60,000 -14.29% 33
Midlands -15 78 £61,206 -12.56% 36
Yorkshire +78 65 £61,206 +8.81% 14
East of England +9 51 £80,001 +39.13% 23
West Midlands +4 50 £61,206 -12.56% 27
East Midlands -17 28 £75,000 -6.25% 9
Northern Ireland +43 26 £75,400 - 10
Wales +1 24 £75,000 -36.33% 6
North East -9 20 £61,206 +28.39% 7

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
1 137 (11.82%) Apache Spark
2 56 (4.83%) Apache
3 46 (3.97%) WebLogic
4 19 (1.64%) Confluence
5 14 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (1.21%) nginx
6 11 (0.95%) IIS
6 11 (0.95%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.69%) ArcGIS
7 8 (0.69%) Drupal
8 7 (0.60%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.52%) CMS
10 4 (0.35%) OpenZeppelin
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.17%) SAS
12 2 (0.17%) WordPress
13 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.086%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.086%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (3.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.69%) Shopify
3 6 (0.52%) Magento
4 1 (0.086%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 495 (42.71%) AWS
2 345 (29.77%) Azure
3 135 (11.65%) Serverless
4 112 (9.66%) GCP
5 86 (7.42%) Amazon SQS
6 76 (6.56%) AWS Lambda
7 73 (6.30%) Amazon EKS
7 73 (6.30%) OpenShift
8 69 (5.95%) AWS CloudFormation
9 61 (5.26%) GitHub
10 55 (4.75%) SaaS
11 51 (4.40%) Amazon S3
12 39 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
13 38 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.81%) dbt
15 21 (1.81%) IaaS
16 20 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
17 19 (1.64%) Amazon Kinesis
17 19 (1.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (7.51%) DNS
2 81 (6.99%) TCP/IP
3 61 (5.26%) BGP
4 55 (4.75%) SSL
5 53 (4.57%) Firewall
6 27 (2.33%) AMQP
7 23 (1.98%) LAN
7 23 (1.98%) WAN
8 22 (1.90%) HTTP
9 21 (1.81%) Internet
10 18 (1.55%) VPN
11 15 (1.29%) MPLS
12 10 (0.86%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.78%) DHCP
14 8 (0.69%) IPsec
14 8 (0.69%) Multicast
14 8 (0.69%) OSPF
14 8 (0.69%) SMTP
14 8 (0.69%) Unified Communications
15 7 (0.60%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (14.75%) NoSQL
2 126 (10.87%) Relational Database
3 99 (8.54%) Hadoop
4 96 (8.28%) Big Data
5 93 (8.02%) Apache Hive
6 90 (7.77%) RDBMS
7 86 (7.42%) Amazon RDS
7 86 (7.42%) HBase
8 83 (7.16%) Oracle Database
9 77 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
10 51 (4.40%) MySQL
11 42 (3.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 36 (3.11%) SQL Server
13 27 (2.33%) Cloudera CDH
13 27 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
14 25 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
15 18 (1.55%) DynamoDB
15 18 (1.55%) Redis
16 17 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
17 14 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 227 (19.59%) Git
2 194 (16.74%) Jenkins
3 93 (8.02%) GitLab
4 86 (7.42%) Bitbucket Server
5 36 (3.11%) JDeveloper
6 31 (2.67%) Artifactory
7 25 (2.16%) JIRA
8 15 (1.29%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.21%) SonarQube
10 13 (1.12%) CircleCI
11 12 (1.04%) Selenium
11 12 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
11 12 (1.04%) Subversion
12 11 (0.95%) JUnit
13 10 (0.86%) Gatling
13 10 (0.86%) GNU Toolchain
14 8 (0.69%) Jaeger
14 8 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.69%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.60%) Checkstyle
General
1 336 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 223 (19.24%) Finance
3 152 (13.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 119 (10.27%) Law
5 94 (8.11%) Legal
6 52 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 46 (3.97%) Marketing
8 40 (3.45%) Front Office
9 35 (3.02%) Banking
10 32 (2.76%) Retail
11 29 (2.50%) Aerospace
12 27 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.07%) Games
14 22 (1.90%) Automotive
15 18 (1.55%) Electronics
16 14 (1.21%) Military
17 10 (0.86%) Billing
17 10 (0.86%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.78%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 304 (26.23%) Software Engineer
2 269 (23.21%) Developer
3 231 (19.93%) Senior
4 184 (15.88%) Architect
5 183 (15.79%) Lead
6 108 (9.32%) AWS Engineer
7 95 (8.20%) Solutions Architect
8 84 (7.25%) Technical Leader
9 70 (6.04%) AWS Software Engineer
10 67 (5.78%) Database Developer
11 61 (5.26%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 60 (5.18%) DevOps Engineer
13 56 (4.83%) Database Engineer
14 49 (4.23%) Data Engineer
15 47 (4.06%) Lead Architect
16 46 (3.97%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 46 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
16 46 (3.97%) Technical Architect
17 43 (3.71%) Full Stack Developer
17 43 (3.71%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (15.96%) React
2 173 (14.93%) Node.js
3 114 (9.84%) Spring Boot
4 89 (7.68%) REST
5 76 (6.56%) RabbitMQ
6 67 (5.78%) AngularJS
7 61 (5.26%) Spring
8 58 (5.00%) HTML
9 49 (4.23%) Kafka
10 47 (4.06%) CSS
11 41 (3.54%) .NET
12 39 (3.36%) Swagger
13 38 (3.28%) J2EE
14 35 (3.02%) PyTorch
14 35 (3.02%) Web Services
15 33 (2.85%) TensorFlow
16 32 (2.76%) Express.js
17 30 (2.59%) GraphQL
18 28 (2.42%) Django
19 27 (2.33%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 136 (11.73%) Algorithms
2 104 (8.97%) Public Cloud
3 98 (8.46%) Private Cloud
4 95 (8.20%) Management Information System
5 82 (7.08%) Self-Motivation
6 67 (5.78%) Cloud Native
7 60 (5.18%) Distributed Systems
8 55 (4.75%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (3.54%) Blog
10 38 (3.28%) Tandem
11 35 (3.02%) Blockchain
12 34 (2.93%) Embedded Systems
13 33 (2.85%) Data Structures
14 32 (2.76%) Data Centre
14 32 (2.76%) IoT
15 28 (2.42%) Product Ownership
16 21 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (1.55%) Client/Server
17 18 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
18 17 (1.47%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 312 (26.92%) Linux
2 147 (12.68%) Unix
3 87 (7.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 57 (4.92%) Windows
5 50 (4.31%) Ubuntu
6 45 (3.88%) Debian
7 41 (3.54%) CentOS
8 18 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
9 14 (1.21%) Android
9 14 (1.21%) Mac OS X
10 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.60%) Windows Server
11 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.43%) Windows 10
12 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.26%) Solaris
14 2 (0.17%) VMS
15 1 (0.086%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.086%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 642 (55.39%) Agile
2 517 (44.61%) Software Engineering
3 347 (29.94%) DevOps
4 288 (24.85%) CI/CD
5 254 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
6 246 (21.23%) Microservices
7 236 (20.36%) Mentoring
8 206 (17.77%) Actionable Insight
9 199 (17.17%) Coaching
9 199 (17.17%) Continuous Integration
10 184 (15.88%) Artificial Intelligence
11 175 (15.10%) SDLC
12 174 (15.01%) Scrum
13 167 (14.41%) Containerisation
14 163 (14.06%) Machine Learning
15 162 (13.98%) Test Automation
16 149 (12.86%) TDD
17 145 (12.51%) Collaborative Working
18 143 (12.34%) Computer Science
19 140 (12.08%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 504 (43.49%) Python
2 422 (36.41%) Java
3 217 (18.72%) JavaScript
4 210 (18.12%) SQL
5 132 (11.39%) C
6 122 (10.53%) Go
7 115 (9.92%) TypeScript
8 110 (9.49%) Bash
9 86 (7.42%) PL/SQL
10 79 (6.82%) C++
11 59 (5.09%) Ruby
12 48 (4.14%) Perl
13 47 (4.06%) C#
14 43 (3.71%) Rust
15 36 (3.11%) PHP
16 32 (2.76%) PowerShell
17 29 (2.50%) COBOL
17 29 (2.50%) Micro Focus COBOL
18 25 (2.16%) Scala
19 23 (1.98%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 257 (22.17%) Security Cleared
2 226 (19.50%) Degree
3 200 (17.26%) SC Cleared
4 61 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 60 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (4.40%) AWS Certification
7 49 (4.23%) Master's Degree
8 48 (4.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 36 (3.11%) DV Cleared
10 34 (2.93%) PhD
11 17 (1.47%) CISSP
12 15 (1.29%) GCIA
12 15 (1.29%) GCIH
12 15 (1.29%) GREM
13 14 (1.21%) CISM
14 10 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.78%) CCNA
16 3 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
17 2 (0.17%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.56%) QA
2 47 (4.06%) PMO
3 17 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.47%) GDPR
4 6 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.52%) JTAG
4 6 (0.52%) NCSC
5 5 (0.43%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.43%) NIST
6 4 (0.35%) SEPA
7 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.086%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 167 (14.41%) Docker
2 93 (8.02%) HDFS
3 22 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
4 21 (1.81%) Firmware
5 14 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.78%) Active Directory
7 9 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.60%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.52%) Ceph
10 5 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.35%) KVM
12 3 (0.26%) Kamailio
12 3 (0.26%) QEMU
12 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.26%) Xen
13 2 (0.17%) Shibboleth
13 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.17%) vSphere
14 1 (0.086%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 221 (19.07%) Terraform
2 202 (17.43%) Kubernetes
3 117 (10.09%) Ansible
4 56 (4.83%) Puppet
5 36 (3.11%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.69%) Grafana
6 8 (0.69%) Kiali
6 8 (0.69%) Kibana
7 6 (0.52%) Knative
7 6 (0.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 5 (0.43%) Prometheus
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 (0.086%) Packer
Vendors
1 90 (7.77%) Oracle
2 88 (7.59%) Databricks
3 86 (7.42%) Informatica
4 75 (6.47%) Google
5 63 (5.44%) Microsoft
6 56 (4.83%) Cloudera
7 46 (3.97%) Sparx
8 33 (2.85%) Red Hat
9 29 (2.50%) Micro Focus
10 27 (2.33%) SaltStack
11 23 (1.98%) Cisco
12 15 (1.29%) VMware
13 14 (1.21%) Dell
13 14 (1.21%) Juniper
14 13 (1.12%) Splunk
15 12 (1.04%) Fortinet
15 12 (1.04%) OpenAI
16 9 (0.78%) AppDynamics
16 9 (0.78%) ESRI
16 9 (0.78%) Palo Alto