Open Source Jobs

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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 198 111
Rank change year-on-year -52 -87 +36
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 1,176 1,775 5,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.89% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.98% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 726 837 1,472
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,400 £42,510
25th Percentile £48,250 £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 £89,852 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,625 £102,900 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,206 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.32% +17.39% +4.55%

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 89,168 89,599 164,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.34% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61,788 54,096 83,725
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £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%

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 6 June 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 6 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 -82 939 £65,000 -13.33% 241
UK excluding London +32 859 £61,206 -9.32% 153
Work from Home -43 561 £70,000 -6.67% 147
North of England +56 266 £61,206 -5.84% 42
London -153 254 £83,000 +3.37% 114
North West +41 184 £60,603 -10.22% 30
South East +19 157 £45,000 -32.08% 28
Scotland +3 146 £75,000 +8.00% 14
South West -45 108 £65,000 -7.14% 27
Midlands -10 82 £70,000 - 21
Yorkshire +69 62 £60,500 +7.56% 10
East of England -6 54 £80,001 +39.13% 9
West Midlands -27 51 £61,206 -12.56% 12
East Midlands -17 31 £75,000 -6.25% 9
Northern Ireland +31 24 £75,400 - 6
Wales -1 22 £75,000 -36.33% 7
North East -26 20 £68,103 +42.86% 2

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
1 138 (11.73%) Apache Spark
2 57 (4.85%) Apache
3 46 (3.91%) WebLogic
4 20 (1.70%) Confluence
5 14 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.11%) nginx
7 12 (1.02%) OpenStack
8 11 (0.94%) IIS
9 9 (0.77%) ArcGIS
10 7 (0.60%) CMS
10 7 (0.60%) Drupal
11 5 (0.43%) Apache Pig
12 4 (0.34%) Apache Pulsar
12 4 (0.34%) OpenZeppelin
13 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.17%) Ethereum
14 2 (0.17%) SAS
14 2 (0.17%) WordPress
15 1 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 1 (0.085%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (3.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.68%) Shopify
3 6 (0.51%) Magento
4 1 (0.085%) Ripple
4 1 (0.085%) Ripple XRP
Cloud Services
1 519 (44.13%) AWS
2 367 (31.21%) Azure
3 114 (9.69%) GCP
4 96 (8.16%) Serverless
5 81 (6.89%) Amazon SQS
6 75 (6.38%) Amazon EKS
7 74 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
8 69 (5.87%) OpenShift
9 67 (5.70%) GitHub
10 64 (5.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 57 (4.85%) SaaS
12 45 (3.83%) Amazon S3
13 35 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (2.98%) Amazon Kinesis
14 32 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
15 29 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (2.38%) dbt
16 28 (2.38%) IaaS
17 26 (2.21%) PaaS
18 25 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (7.74%) DNS
2 81 (6.89%) TCP/IP
3 64 (5.44%) BGP
4 58 (4.93%) Firewall
5 55 (4.68%) SSL
6 29 (2.47%) AMQP
7 27 (2.30%) WAN
8 25 (2.13%) HTTP
8 25 (2.13%) LAN
9 21 (1.79%) VPN
10 20 (1.70%) Internet
11 17 (1.45%) MPLS
12 10 (0.85%) Network Security
12 10 (0.85%) Unified Communications
12 10 (0.85%) Wireshark
13 9 (0.77%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (0.77%) DMZ
13 9 (0.77%) VLAN
13 9 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (15.39%) NoSQL
2 98 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 96 (8.16%) Hadoop
4 90 (7.65%) Relational Database
5 88 (7.48%) Apache Hive
6 87 (7.40%) Big Data
7 83 (7.06%) Amazon RDS
7 83 (7.06%) HBase
8 54 (4.59%) RDBMS
9 48 (4.08%) MySQL
10 47 (4.00%) Oracle Database
11 38 (3.23%) SQL Server
12 36 (3.06%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (2.89%) DynamoDB
14 32 (2.72%) Amazon Aurora
15 30 (2.55%) Redis
16 29 (2.47%) Cloudera CDH
17 27 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
17 27 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
18 16 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 199 (16.92%) Git
2 187 (15.90%) Jenkins
3 97 (8.25%) GitLab
4 83 (7.06%) Bitbucket Server
5 26 (2.21%) JIRA
6 25 (2.13%) Artifactory
7 24 (2.04%) Gatling
8 15 (1.28%) CircleCI
8 15 (1.28%) Cypress.io
9 12 (1.02%) Selenium
9 12 (1.02%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
10 11 (0.94%) Subversion
11 9 (0.77%) GNU Toolchain
11 9 (0.77%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (0.77%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.68%) Jaeger
12 8 (0.68%) JUnit
13 6 (0.51%) JMeter
13 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 359 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 218 (18.54%) Finance
3 161 (13.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 118 (10.03%) Law
5 94 (7.99%) Legal
6 54 (4.59%) Public Sector
7 51 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
8 42 (3.57%) Marketing
9 35 (2.98%) Front Office
10 31 (2.64%) Aerospace
10 31 (2.64%) Electronics
11 28 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.30%) Retail
13 25 (2.13%) Banking
14 24 (2.04%) Billing
15 23 (1.96%) Automotive
15 23 (1.96%) Games
16 14 (1.19%) Military
17 10 (0.85%) Financial Institution
18 9 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 296 (25.17%) Software Engineer
2 271 (23.04%) Developer
3 264 (22.45%) Senior
4 199 (16.92%) Lead
5 184 (15.65%) Architect
6 100 (8.50%) AWS Engineer
7 92 (7.82%) Technical Leader
8 87 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
9 68 (5.78%) AWS Software Engineer
10 64 (5.44%) Database Developer
11 59 (5.02%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 58 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
13 56 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
14 54 (4.59%) Lead Architect
15 53 (4.51%) Database Engineer
16 52 (4.42%) Technical Architect
17 49 (4.17%) Data Engineer
18 47 (4.00%) Full Stack Developer
19 46 (3.91%) Lead Solutions Architect
19 46 (3.91%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (13.86%) React
2 145 (12.33%) Node.js
3 112 (9.52%) REST
4 106 (9.01%) Spring Boot
5 79 (6.72%) RabbitMQ
6 68 (5.78%) AngularJS
7 61 (5.19%) HTML
8 53 (4.51%) Spring
9 52 (4.42%) Web Services
10 49 (4.17%) CSS
11 48 (4.08%) Kafka
12 47 (4.00%) GraphQL
13 41 (3.49%) .NET
13 41 (3.49%) Django
13 41 (3.49%) Swagger
14 36 (3.06%) PyTorch
15 34 (2.89%) TensorFlow
16 32 (2.72%) Express.js
16 32 (2.72%) http4s
16 32 (2.72%) Scalaz
Miscellaneous
1 141 (11.99%) Algorithms
2 106 (9.01%) Public Cloud
3 100 (8.50%) Private Cloud
4 92 (7.82%) Management Information System
5 82 (6.97%) Self-Motivation
6 73 (6.21%) Cloud Native
7 68 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
8 59 (5.02%) Blog
9 54 (4.59%) Enterprise Software
10 37 (3.15%) Data Centre
11 34 (2.89%) Blockchain
11 34 (2.89%) Embedded Systems
12 33 (2.81%) Data Structures
12 33 (2.81%) Media Streaming
13 32 (2.72%) IoT
13 32 (2.72%) Tandem
14 26 (2.21%) Product Ownership
15 19 (1.62%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.62%) NHS
16 18 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 331 (28.15%) Linux
2 150 (12.76%) Unix
3 92 (7.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 59 (5.02%) Windows
5 51 (4.34%) Ubuntu
6 45 (3.83%) Debian
7 44 (3.74%) CentOS
8 20 (1.70%) Embedded Linux
9 18 (1.53%) Android
10 14 (1.19%) Mac OS X
11 9 (0.77%) Windows Server
12 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
13 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.43%) Windows 10
14 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.26%) VMS
16 1 (0.085%) OpenBSD
16 1 (0.085%) Rocky
16 1 (0.085%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (55.61%) Agile
2 508 (43.20%) Software Engineering
3 341 (29.00%) DevOps
4 301 (25.60%) CI/CD
5 256 (21.77%) Mentoring
6 216 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
7 210 (17.86%) Microservices
8 206 (17.52%) Coaching
9 197 (16.75%) Continuous Integration
10 181 (15.39%) Artificial Intelligence
10 181 (15.39%) Scrum
11 180 (15.31%) SDLC
12 169 (14.37%) Actionable Insight
13 167 (14.20%) Test Automation
14 161 (13.69%) Computer Science
15 156 (13.27%) Machine Learning
16 155 (13.18%) TDD
17 147 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
18 143 (12.16%) Kanban
19 138 (11.73%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 487 (41.41%) Python
2 377 (32.06%) Java
3 206 (17.52%) SQL
4 183 (15.56%) JavaScript
5 143 (12.16%) C
6 120 (10.20%) TypeScript
7 86 (7.31%) C++
8 83 (7.06%) Go
8 83 (7.06%) PL/SQL
9 81 (6.89%) Bash
10 48 (4.08%) C#
11 47 (4.00%) Rust
12 42 (3.57%) PowerShell
12 42 (3.57%) Scala
13 36 (3.06%) PHP
14 29 (2.47%) COBOL
14 29 (2.47%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 23 (1.96%) Embedded C
15 23 (1.96%) Ruby
16 22 (1.87%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 279 (23.72%) Security Cleared
2 248 (21.09%) Degree
3 212 (18.03%) SC Cleared
4 71 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (5.53%) Azure Certification
6 59 (5.02%) Master's Degree
7 51 (4.34%) AWS Certification
8 48 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 44 (3.74%) PhD
10 38 (3.23%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.45%) CISSP
12 14 (1.19%) CISM
12 14 (1.19%) GCIA
12 14 (1.19%) GCIH
12 14 (1.19%) GREM
13 11 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.85%) CCNA
15 3 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.17%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.00%) PMO
2 41 (3.49%) QA
3 18 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.45%) GDPR
5 7 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.60%) NCSC
6 6 (0.51%) JTAG
7 5 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 166 (14.12%) Docker
2 88 (7.48%) HDFS
3 25 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
4 24 (2.04%) Firmware
5 13 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (1.02%) Active Directory
7 11 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
7 11 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.60%) Hyper-V
9 6 (0.51%) Ceph
10 5 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.34%) KVM
12 3 (0.26%) QEMU
12 3 (0.26%) VirtualBox
12 3 (0.26%) Xen
13 2 (0.17%) Kamailio
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.17%) vSphere
14 1 (0.085%) LXC
Systems Management
1 233 (19.81%) Terraform
2 209 (17.77%) Kubernetes
3 129 (10.97%) Ansible
4 62 (5.27%) Puppet
5 35 (2.98%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.11%) Grafana
7 10 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 8 (0.68%) Kiali
8 8 (0.68%) Kibana
9 6 (0.51%) Knative
9 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 5 (0.43%) Nessus
11 4 (0.34%) Salt
12 3 (0.26%) Podman
13 2 (0.17%) CASB
13 2 (0.17%) Consul
13 2 (0.17%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
13 2 (0.17%) Marathon
13 2 (0.17%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 86 (7.31%) Databricks
2 83 (7.06%) Informatica
3 79 (6.72%) Microsoft
4 78 (6.63%) Google
5 54 (4.59%) Oracle
6 53 (4.51%) Cloudera
7 46 (3.91%) Sparx
8 35 (2.98%) Red Hat
9 29 (2.47%) Micro Focus
9 29 (2.47%) SaltStack
10 26 (2.21%) Cisco
11 18 (1.53%) Splunk
12 15 (1.28%) Juniper
13 14 (1.19%) Dell
13 14 (1.19%) VMware
14 12 (1.02%) Fortinet
14 12 (1.02%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.94%) Palo Alto
16 9 (0.77%) AppDynamics
16 9 (0.77%) ESRI