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 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 184 162 110
Rank change year-on-year -22 -52 +50
Permanent jobs citing Open Source 581 914 2,490
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.72% 2.25% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.35% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 384 516 731
10th Percentile £42,750 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,875 £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 30,838 38,971 69,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.04% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,338 27,094 41,652
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 May 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 (7.92%) WebLogic
2 19 (3.27%) Apache
3 11 (1.89%) IIS
4 10 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.38%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.03%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.86%) Confluence
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Drupal
9 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (7.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 229 (39.41%) AWS
2 221 (38.04%) Azure
3 47 (8.09%) Serverless
4 46 (7.92%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (7.92%) Amazon SQS
5 35 (6.02%) SaaS
6 31 (5.34%) GCP
7 25 (4.30%) GitHub
8 16 (2.75%) dbt
8 16 (2.75%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.89%) IaaS
10 9 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.38%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.20%) PaaS
13 6 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.19%) DNS
2 56 (9.64%) TCP/IP
3 47 (8.09%) SSL
4 46 (7.92%) BGP
5 19 (3.27%) Firewall
6 9 (1.55%) Internet
7 4 (0.69%) HTTP
7 4 (0.69%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.52%) VoIP
9 2 (0.34%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.34%) Network Security
9 2 (0.34%) NGN
9 2 (0.34%) PBX
9 2 (0.34%) RTP
9 2 (0.34%) VPN
9 2 (0.34%) VSAN
10 1 (0.17%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (19.10%) Relational Database
2 90 (15.49%) RDBMS
3 82 (14.11%) Oracle Database
4 55 (9.47%) Amazon RDS
5 48 (8.26%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.44%) SQL Server
7 19 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (3.10%) Big Data
8 18 (3.10%) MySQL
9 13 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.20%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.20%) Power BI
12 7 (1.20%) SQLite
12 7 (1.20%) Tableau
13 6 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.86%) Airbyte
14 5 (0.86%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.86%) Looker
Development Applications
1 75 (12.91%) GitLab
2 60 (10.33%) Git
3 36 (6.20%) JDeveloper
4 21 (3.61%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.38%) JIRA
5 8 (1.38%) Selenium
6 7 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.86%) Clang
8 4 (0.69%) Charles Proxy
8 4 (0.69%) Snakemake
9 3 (0.52%) Appium
9 3 (0.52%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.52%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.52%) JMeter
9 3 (0.52%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.52%) sqlmap
9 3 (0.52%) webpack
10 2 (0.34%) Phabricator
10 2 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 175 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.92%) Finance
3 37 (6.37%) Public Sector
4 24 (4.13%) Banking
4 24 (4.13%) Retail
5 23 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.75%) Games
7 15 (2.58%) Automotive
7 15 (2.58%) Marketing
8 14 (2.41%) Military
9 10 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (1.20%) Multimedia
11 7 (1.20%) Publishing
12 5 (0.86%) Legal
13 4 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.34%) Advertising
15 2 (0.34%) Law
15 2 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 148 (25.47%) Architect
2 141 (24.27%) Lead
3 139 (23.92%) Developer
4 108 (18.59%) Senior
5 103 (17.73%) Software Engineer
6 93 (16.01%) Solutions Architect
7 68 (11.70%) Technical Leader
8 47 (8.09%) Lead Architect
9 46 (7.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 39 (6.71%) Full Stack Developer
11 38 (6.54%) Senior Architect
12 36 (6.20%) Ruby Engineer
12 36 (6.20%) Senior Developer
13 32 (5.51%) Senior Solutions Architect
14 29 (4.99%) Technical Architect
15 28 (4.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 28 (4.82%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 22 (3.79%) Analyst
17 16 (2.75%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
18 15 (2.58%) Compiler Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (20.48%) React
2 96 (16.52%) Node.js
3 66 (11.36%) Spring Boot
4 46 (7.92%) RabbitMQ
5 34 (5.85%) AngularJS
6 29 (4.99%) Express.js
7 27 (4.65%) HTML
8 25 (4.30%) Django
9 23 (3.96%) CSS
9 23 (3.96%) REST
10 20 (3.44%) Spring
11 16 (2.75%) SAML
12 15 (2.58%) .NET
12 15 (2.58%) LLVM
12 15 (2.58%) OAuth
12 15 (2.58%) OpenID
13 14 (2.41%) Kafka
14 13 (2.24%) ASP.NET
14 13 (2.24%) JSON
14 13 (2.24%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 89 (15.32%) Public Cloud
2 83 (14.29%) Private Cloud
3 48 (8.26%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (4.82%) Cloud Native
5 18 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.58%) IoT
8 14 (2.41%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.24%) NHS
10 12 (2.07%) Blockchain
11 11 (1.89%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.89%) RISC-V
12 10 (1.72%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.72%) Life Science
13 9 (1.55%) Blog
14 8 (1.38%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.38%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 158 (27.19%) Linux
2 53 (9.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 25 (4.30%) Unix
3 25 (4.30%) Windows
4 14 (2.41%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.41%) Ubuntu
5 12 (2.07%) Android
5 12 (2.07%) Debian
6 7 (1.20%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (1.03%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.86%) CentOS
9 2 (0.34%) Solaris
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.17%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (59.72%) Agile
2 213 (36.66%) Software Engineering
3 206 (35.46%) DevOps
4 146 (25.13%) Continuous Integration
5 126 (21.69%) Actionable Insight
6 124 (21.34%) Mentoring
7 116 (19.97%) Microservices
8 111 (19.10%) Scrum
9 110 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
10 104 (17.90%) Kanban
11 102 (17.56%) Coaching
11 102 (17.56%) Full Stack Development
12 97 (16.70%) Containerisation
13 81 (13.94%) Code Quality
14 78 (13.43%) Design Patterns
15 75 (12.91%) Re-Platforming
16 69 (11.88%) Project Management
17 67 (11.53%) CI/CD
18 61 (10.50%) Collaborative Working
19 60 (10.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 191 (32.87%) Java
2 170 (29.26%) Python
3 138 (23.75%) JavaScript
4 84 (14.46%) C
5 83 (14.29%) TypeScript
6 63 (10.84%) Go
7 61 (10.50%) Bash
8 45 (7.75%) Ruby
8 45 (7.75%) SQL
9 38 (6.54%) C++
10 36 (6.20%) Perl
11 29 (4.99%) COBOL
11 29 (4.99%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 23 (3.96%) PHP
13 18 (3.10%) Rust
14 17 (2.93%) C#
15 16 (2.75%) Embedded C
15 16 (2.75%) PowerShell
16 12 (2.07%) T-SQL
17 9 (1.55%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 200 (34.42%) Security Cleared
2 157 (27.02%) SC Cleared
3 117 (20.14%) Degree
4 61 (10.50%) Azure Certification
5 51 (8.78%) AWS Certification
6 48 (8.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (3.27%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.41%) CISM
9 14 (2.41%) CISSP
9 14 (2.41%) GCIA
9 14 (2.41%) GCIH
9 14 (2.41%) GREM
10 9 (1.55%) PhD
11 6 (1.03%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.34%) CCNA
12 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.34%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.23%) QA
2 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.86%) NIST
4 4 (0.69%) SEPA
5 2 (0.34%) GDPR
5 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 66 (11.36%) Docker
2 16 (2.75%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.52%) Kamailio
4 3 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.34%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.17%) Postfix
6 1 (0.17%) Shibboleth
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 66 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.23%) Ansible
3 32 (5.51%) Terraform
4 17 (2.93%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.20%) Kibana
6 6 (1.03%) Grafana
7 5 (0.86%) Puppet
8 4 (0.69%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.52%) Podman
10 2 (0.34%) Marathon
10 2 (0.34%) Mesos
11 1 (0.17%) Consul
11 1 (0.17%) Packer
11 1 (0.17%) Salt
11 1 (0.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 83 (14.29%) Oracle
2 46 (7.92%) Sparx
3 29 (4.99%) Micro Focus
3 29 (4.99%) Microsoft
4 17 (2.93%) Google
5 14 (2.41%) Dell
6 5 (0.86%) Teradata
6 5 (0.86%) VMware
7 4 (0.69%) Cisco
7 4 (0.69%) Dialogic
7 4 (0.69%) Ribbon
7 4 (0.69%) Splunk
8 3 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.34%) Databricks
9 2 (0.34%) Juniper
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.34%) Remedy
10 1 (0.17%) ESRI
10 1 (0.17%) Palo Alto