GitHub
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 182 98
Rank change year-on-year -80 -84 +106
Permanent jobs citing GitHub 1,102 1,977 5,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 2.01% 3.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.10% 4.67% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1,057 1,553
10th Percentile £42,286 £45,480 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £112,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All Cloud Skills
UK

GitHub is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,563 42,373 79,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.24% 43.02% 48.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26,731 27,774 41,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £33,980
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitHub.

Salary trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 -70 932 £65,000 -6.40% 513
UK excluding London -101 678 £60,000 +4.35% 344
Work from Home -32 500 £62,500 -10.00% 189
London -43 346 £85,000 +13.33% 274
North of England -53 196 £60,000 +4.35% 84
South East -88 143 £52,500 -25.00% 121
North West -17 120 £59,526 -0.79% 45
Midlands -8 104 £61,500 +6.96% 39
Scotland -94 87 £75,000 +30.43% 18
West Midlands +13 82 £61,500 +6.96% 24
South West +10 81 £57,500 -5.93% 38
Yorkshire -51 62 £59,526 - 30
East of England -20 44 £50,000 - 22
Wales -5 22 £62,500 +1.63% 16
East Midlands -10 21 £55,000 - 15
North East -22 14 £71,500 +24.35% 11
Northern Ireland -22 1 £47,500 -17.39% 12

GitHub
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 60 (5.44%) FileNet
2 59 (5.35%) Confluence
3 33 (2.99%) Apache
4 30 (2.72%) CMS
5 28 (2.54%) Apache Spark
6 23 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (1.91%) nginx
8 17 (1.54%) Drupal
9 15 (1.36%) Captiva
9 15 (1.36%) WebSphere
10 12 (1.09%) WordPress
11 10 (0.91%) IIS
12 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
12 8 (0.73%) SharePoint
13 6 (0.54%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
15 4 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.36%) Tomcat
16 3 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
17 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 43 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.73%) Trello
4 7 (0.64%) GNU Octave
5 5 (0.45%) Doxygen
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.18%) Notion
7 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.091%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.091%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.18%) Shopify
5 1 (0.091%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.091%) Magento
5 1 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.091%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.091%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 470 (42.65%) AWS
2 451 (40.93%) Azure
3 256 (23.23%) GitHub Actions
4 215 (19.51%) GCP
5 152 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
6 126 (11.43%) Serverless
7 114 (10.34%) AWS Lambda
8 106 (9.62%) Amazon S3
9 75 (6.81%) SaaS
10 69 (6.26%) AWS CloudFormation
11 59 (5.35%) PaaS
12 44 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (3.81%) Amazon ECS
14 40 (3.63%) Power Platform
15 39 (3.54%) Amazon EC2
15 39 (3.54%) Azure AKS
16 38 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
17 33 (2.99%) IaaS
18 25 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
19 24 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.26%) Firewall
2 45 (4.08%) DNS
3 21 (1.91%) VPN
4 14 (1.27%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.27%) WAN
5 11 (1.00%) DHCP
5 11 (1.00%) Internet
5 11 (1.00%) RS-232
6 10 (0.91%) 5G
7 9 (0.82%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.54%) MQTT
8 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.45%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.45%) RS-485
9 5 (0.45%) Wireless
9 5 (0.45%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.27%) SMS
10 3 (0.27%) SSL
11 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (10.62%) MySQL
2 107 (9.71%) SQL Server
3 99 (8.98%) NoSQL
4 81 (7.35%) PostgreSQL
5 62 (5.63%) Elasticsearch
6 51 (4.63%) Data Warehouse
7 50 (4.54%) Apache Cassandra
8 48 (4.36%) Redis
9 39 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
10 35 (3.18%) MongoDB
11 34 (3.09%) Power BI
12 32 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 31 (2.81%) DynamoDB
14 26 (2.36%) Big Data
14 26 (2.36%) Relational Database
15 25 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
16 23 (2.09%) Data Lake
17 22 (2.00%) BigQuery
18 21 (1.91%) Amazon Aurora
19 19 (1.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 287 (26.04%) Git
2 232 (21.05%) Jenkins
3 175 (15.88%) JIRA
4 139 (12.61%) GitLab
5 66 (5.99%) CircleCI
6 57 (5.17%) Bitbucket
7 51 (4.63%) JUnit
8 48 (4.36%) Jasmine
9 45 (4.08%) Mockito
10 43 (3.90%) Visual Studio
11 32 (2.90%) Visual Studio Code
12 24 (2.18%) SonarQube
12 24 (2.18%) Sonatype Nexus
13 22 (2.00%) Oracle Forms
14 21 (1.91%) Octopus Deploy
14 21 (1.91%) PHPUnit
15 19 (1.72%) Subversion
16 18 (1.63%) Selenium
17 17 (1.54%) Artifactory
18 16 (1.45%) Trac
General
1 280 (25.41%) Finance
2 249 (22.60%) Social Skills
3 101 (9.17%) Banking
4 96 (8.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 78 (7.08%) Public Sector
6 76 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (5.54%) Marketing
8 58 (5.26%) Law
9 47 (4.26%) Legal
9 47 (4.26%) Retail
10 31 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (2.45%) Automotive
11 27 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (2.36%) Electronics
13 24 (2.18%) Games
14 23 (2.09%) Telecoms
15 22 (2.00%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.72%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.09%) Aviation
18 10 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 417 (37.84%) Developer
2 229 (20.78%) Senior
3 172 (15.61%) Software Engineer
4 133 (12.07%) DevOps Engineer
5 111 (10.07%) Lead
6 85 (7.71%) Senior Developer
7 75 (6.81%) Software Developer
8 73 (6.62%) Full Stack Developer
9 72 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (6.35%) AWS Engineer
11 61 (5.54%) .NET Developer
12 56 (5.08%) Data Engineer
13 50 (4.54%) Azure Engineer
14 47 (4.26%) C# Developer
15 46 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
16 39 (3.54%) AWS DevOps
16 39 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 37 (3.36%) Java Engineer
17 37 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
17 37 (3.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (19.60%) React
2 193 (17.51%) .NET
3 145 (13.16%) HTML
4 142 (12.89%) CSS
5 138 (12.52%) AngularJS
6 107 (9.71%) Node.js
7 98 (8.89%) RESTful
8 90 (8.17%) GraphQL
9 87 (7.89%) Kafka
10 85 (7.71%) Spring
11 82 (7.44%) REST
12 81 (7.35%) HTML5
13 65 (5.90%) .NET Core
13 65 (5.90%) Vue
14 58 (5.26%) Laravel
15 49 (4.45%) J2EE
16 48 (4.36%) jQuery
17 47 (4.26%) Web Services
18 45 (4.08%) Hibernate
18 45 (4.08%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 82 (7.44%) Public Cloud
2 69 (6.26%) Cloud Native
3 61 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
4 55 (4.99%) Product Ownership
5 46 (4.17%) IoT
6 37 (3.36%) Mobile App
7 35 (3.18%) Private Cloud
8 31 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (2.63%) Data Structures
10 24 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (2.18%) Management Information System
11 23 (2.09%) Onboarding
12 21 (1.91%) Client/Server
13 20 (1.81%) Virtual Team
14 19 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
15 15 (1.36%) Algorithms
15 15 (1.36%) DataPower
16 14 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (1.09%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 168 (15.25%) Linux
2 102 (9.26%) Windows
3 48 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 34 (3.09%) Apple iOS
5 32 (2.90%) Unix
6 26 (2.36%) Android
7 11 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.64%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.36%) VMS
11 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.091%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.091%) Debian
13 1 (0.091%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (40.83%) Agile
2 440 (39.93%) DevOps
3 414 (37.57%) CI/CD
4 294 (26.68%) Software Engineering
5 217 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
6 211 (19.15%) Infrastructure as Code
7 189 (17.15%) Full Stack Development
8 158 (14.34%) Computer Science
9 156 (14.16%) Microservices
10 151 (13.70%) Containerisation
11 144 (13.07%) Test Automation
12 127 (11.52%) Machine Learning
13 125 (11.34%) SDLC
14 121 (10.98%) Unit Testing
15 111 (10.07%) Mentoring
16 97 (8.80%) Continuous Integration
17 89 (8.08%) Artificial Intelligence
18 83 (7.53%) Scrum
19 79 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
20 76 (6.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 332 (30.13%) Python
2 292 (26.50%) SQL
3 291 (26.41%) JavaScript
4 227 (20.60%) Java
5 169 (15.34%) C#
6 138 (12.52%) TypeScript
7 105 (9.53%) PowerShell
8 90 (8.17%) PHP
9 82 (7.44%) Bash
10 76 (6.90%) Go
11 43 (3.90%) Ruby
12 42 (3.81%) C
13 23 (2.09%) MATLAB
13 23 (2.09%) Scala
14 21 (1.91%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.81%) Apex Code
16 17 (1.54%) C++
17 16 (1.45%) Objective-C
18 14 (1.27%) Perl
19 13 (1.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 183 (16.61%) Degree
2 93 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (5.54%) Security Cleared
4 53 (4.81%) Master's Degree
5 39 (3.54%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.91%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.73%) HND
10 7 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.64%) PhD
11 4 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.36%) ISEB
11 4 (0.36%) ISEB Practitioner
11 4 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.36%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.091%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.091%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.81%) QA
2 30 (2.72%) GDPR
3 19 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.18%) NCSC
6 11 (1.00%) MISRA
7 8 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.64%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.54%) MISRA C
10 4 (0.36%) NIST
10 4 (0.36%) PMO
11 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.27%) SLA
12 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.091%) AUTOSAR
13 1 (0.091%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.091%) WCAG
System Software
1 349 (31.67%) Docker
2 39 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 28 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.36%) Firmware
5 11 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 11 (1.00%) NFS
6 10 (0.91%) pfSense
7 8 (0.73%) HDFS
8 6 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.091%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.091%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 312 (28.31%) Kubernetes
2 306 (27.77%) Terraform
3 120 (10.89%) Ansible
4 38 (3.45%) Grafana
5 29 (2.63%) Progress Chef
6 26 (2.36%) Puppet
7 16 (1.45%) Packer
8 15 (1.36%) Istio
9 14 (1.27%) Argo
9 14 (1.27%) ZABBIX
10 13 (1.18%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (0.91%) SCDPM
12 9 (0.82%) Kibana
13 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
13 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
14 7 (0.64%) Foglight
14 7 (0.64%) Nagios
14 7 (0.64%) Salt
15 6 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 150 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 95 (8.62%) Oracle
3 80 (7.26%) Google
4 28 (2.54%) Databricks
4 28 (2.54%) SAP
5 25 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.18%) IBM
7 23 (2.09%) Splunk
8 22 (2.00%) Atlassian
9 21 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.81%) VMware
11 16 (1.45%) ForgeRock
11 16 (1.45%) Sitecore
12 15 (1.36%) Kofax
12 15 (1.36%) McAfee
12 15 (1.36%) Pega
13 13 (1.18%) Dynatrace
13 13 (1.18%) HP
14 12 (1.09%) Red Hat
15 11 (1.00%) Juniper