GitHub Contracts in England

GitHub
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 128 140
Rank change year-on-year -46 +12 +29
Contract jobs citing GitHub 535 1,025 1,364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.46% 2.09% 1.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.56% 5.72% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 694 922
10th Percentile £375 £406 £425
25th Percentile £450 £486 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £623 £700 £675
90th Percentile £686 £813 £750
UK median daily rate £530 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -11.67% +6.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 28
10th Percentile £28.63 £28.75 £54.78
25th Percentile £66.44 £39.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.44% -22.14% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £66.88 £77.50
90th Percentile - £80.00 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year +28.44% -17.74% +82.76%

All Cloud Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,745 17,918 26,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.95% 36.59% 38.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,475 13,111 19,842
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 304 351
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.31
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% +1.84%
75th Percentile £33.25 £65.81 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -38.94% +55.90% -0.22%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in England

GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub in England.

Daily rate trend for GitHub in England

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in England

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitHub in England.

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in England

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in England

GitHub
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -31 327 £525 -16.00% 180
North of England -1 77 £550 -1.35% 80
Yorkshire +18 52 £565 +2.73% 32
South East +14 50 £475 -17.39% 42
South West -38 30 £542 -11.59% 41
North West +24 21 £500 -1.28% 40
East of England -11 12 £550 -13.73% 18
Midlands -23 7 £400 -25.58% 38
West Midlands -31 5 £400 -25.58% 22
North East -17 4 £475 -15.93% 9
East Midlands +12 2 - - 16
GitHub
UK

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (8.22%) Confluence
2 17 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.80%) Apache
4 13 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.06%) WordPress
6 10 (1.87%) nginx
7 8 (1.50%) Apache Spark
8 7 (1.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (1.31%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (1.12%) IIS
10 3 (0.56%) CMS
11 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.37%) Drupal
11 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.19%) JBoss
12 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Trello
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.12%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) Aareon QL
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.19%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.19%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 192 (35.89%) AWS
1 192 (35.89%) Azure
2 128 (23.93%) GitHub Actions
3 80 (14.95%) Serverless
4 73 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (12.52%) GCP
6 37 (6.92%) Azure Functions
7 31 (5.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 31 (5.79%) Power Platform
8 27 (5.05%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (5.05%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (3.36%) Amazon S3
11 18 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (3.18%) Power Automate
12 17 (3.18%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (2.43%) Azure AKS
14 13 (2.43%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.92%) Firewall
2 24 (4.49%) DNS
3 19 (3.55%) HTTP
4 14 (2.62%) VPN
5 13 (2.43%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.50%) SSL
7 6 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.75%) Network Security
8 4 (0.75%) WAN
9 3 (0.56%) BGP
9 3 (0.56%) DMZ
9 3 (0.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 3 (0.56%) Internet
9 3 (0.56%) Intranet
9 3 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.56%) SAN
9 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.37%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.37%) OSPF
10 2 (0.37%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.96%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (11.03%) SQL Server
3 53 (9.91%) NoSQL
4 47 (8.79%) MySQL
5 29 (5.42%) Power BI
6 28 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (4.11%) BigQuery
7 22 (4.11%) Relational Database
8 21 (3.93%) Oracle Reports
9 16 (2.99%) Metadata
10 15 (2.80%) DynamoDB
10 15 (2.80%) MongoDB
11 14 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (2.43%) Big Data
13 12 (2.24%) RDBMS
14 11 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (1.87%) Apache Cassandra
15 10 (1.87%) Redis
Development Applications
1 144 (26.92%) Jenkins
2 110 (20.56%) Git
3 93 (17.38%) JIRA
4 88 (16.45%) GitLab
5 34 (6.36%) CircleCI
6 31 (5.79%) Cypress.io
7 21 (3.93%) Selenium
8 17 (3.18%) SonarQube
9 16 (2.99%) Bitbucket
10 14 (2.62%) JMeter
11 13 (2.43%) Gradle
11 13 (2.43%) JUnit
12 12 (2.24%) GoogleTest
12 12 (2.24%) Postman
13 11 (2.06%) Appium
13 11 (2.06%) Cucumber
13 11 (2.06%) Maven
14 10 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
14 10 (1.87%) Travis CI
15 9 (1.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 125 (23.36%) Social Skills
2 78 (14.58%) Finance
3 46 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.22%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.17%) Banking
6 16 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.06%) Financial Institution
7 11 (2.06%) Retail
8 9 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.68%) Front Office
9 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.31%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.12%) Law
12 5 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.93%) Local Government
12 5 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.93%) Marketing
12 5 (0.93%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.56%) Aviation
13 3 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 156 (29.16%) Developer
2 88 (16.45%) DevOps Engineer
3 66 (12.34%) Senior
4 42 (7.85%) Software Engineer
5 40 (7.48%) Architect
6 27 (5.05%) Cloud Engineer
7 25 (4.67%) AWS Engineer
8 24 (4.49%) Java Engineer
8 24 (4.49%) Senior Developer
9 23 (4.30%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (3.93%) Data Engineer
11 20 (3.74%) Lead
12 19 (3.55%) AWS DevOps
12 19 (3.55%) Full Stack Developer
13 18 (3.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 15 (2.80%) Full Stack Engineer
14 15 (2.80%) Java Software Engineer
14 15 (2.80%) Python Developer
15 14 (2.62%) Software Developer
15 14 (2.62%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.46%) React
2 63 (11.78%) HTML
2 63 (11.78%) REST
3 55 (10.28%) Node.js
4 39 (7.29%) XML
5 36 (6.73%) CSS
6 35 (6.54%) Kafka
7 33 (6.17%) YAML
8 31 (5.79%) Web Services
9 30 (5.61%) JSON
9 30 (5.61%) RESTful
10 29 (5.42%) .NET
11 23 (4.30%) SOAP
12 20 (3.74%) JDBC
12 20 (3.74%) OAuth
13 19 (3.55%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (3.55%) LDAP
13 19 (3.55%) Spring Boot
14 18 (3.36%) JSP
14 18 (3.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.11%) Linux Command Line
1 22 (4.11%) Mobile App
2 20 (3.74%) Onboarding
2 20 (3.74%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.55%) Data Centre
4 16 (2.99%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.99%) Public Cloud
5 14 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (2.24%) Replication
7 11 (2.06%) Clustering
7 11 (2.06%) Derivative
8 9 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (1.50%) Machine to Machine
9 8 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.50%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.31%) Solar Panel
11 6 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 109 (20.37%) Linux
2 34 (6.36%) Windows
3 24 (4.49%) Android
4 16 (2.99%) zOS
5 15 (2.80%) Unix
6 11 (2.06%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.68%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.37%) CentOS
10 2 (0.37%) Debian
10 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (46.54%) CI/CD
2 242 (45.23%) DevOps
3 210 (39.25%) Agile
4 93 (17.38%) Test Automation
5 77 (14.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 71 (13.27%) Software Engineering
7 62 (11.59%) Continuous Integration
8 55 (10.28%) Containerisation
9 54 (10.09%) Full Stack Development
9 54 (10.09%) Scrum
10 51 (9.53%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (8.22%) TDD
12 41 (7.66%) SDLC
13 40 (7.48%) Microservices
13 40 (7.48%) Project Management
14 34 (6.36%) Open Source
15 33 (6.17%) Computer Science
16 32 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
17 30 (5.61%) Migration
17 30 (5.61%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 216 (40.37%) Python
2 121 (22.62%) SQL
3 112 (20.93%) Java
4 97 (18.13%) JavaScript
5 61 (11.40%) PowerShell
6 56 (10.47%) Bash
7 47 (8.79%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.42%) Kotlin
9 27 (5.05%) C++
9 27 (5.05%) Go
10 26 (4.86%) C#
11 16 (2.99%) JCL
11 16 (2.99%) REXX
11 16 (2.99%) Rust
12 14 (2.62%) PHP
13 12 (2.24%) Ruby
14 11 (2.06%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.31%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.31%) Swift
16 6 (1.12%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 82 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.41%) Degree
4 23 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.31%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.37%) CEH
10 2 (0.37%) CISM
10 2 (0.37%) CISSP
10 2 (0.37%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.37%) CSSLP
10 2 (0.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.28%) QA
2 21 (3.93%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.43%) MISRA
4 11 (2.06%) NIST
5 9 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.75%) GDPR
7 4 (0.75%) NCSC
8 3 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.37%) COBIT
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 2 (0.37%) WCAG
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
System Software
1 115 (21.50%) Docker
2 34 (6.36%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.36%) IAG
3 18 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.18%) ACF2
4 17 (3.18%) NFS
4 17 (3.18%) RACF
5 16 (2.99%) Time Sharing Option
6 10 (1.87%) vSphere
7 8 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.12%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.75%) zsh
10 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.37%) Varnish
11 2 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.19%) Ceph
12 1 (0.19%) Firmware
12 1 (0.19%) iptables
12 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 194 (36.26%) Terraform
2 125 (23.36%) Kubernetes
3 92 (17.20%) Ansible
4 33 (6.17%) Grafana
5 29 (5.42%) Puppet
6 22 (4.11%) Progress Chef
7 20 (3.74%) Kibana
7 20 (3.74%) Prometheus
8 15 (2.80%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 14 (2.62%) Argo
10 12 (2.24%) logstash
11 10 (1.87%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (1.50%) Nessus
12 8 (1.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 7 (1.31%) Graylog
14 6 (1.12%) Packer
15 5 (0.93%) HP Fortify
15 5 (0.93%) Red Hat Satellite
15 5 (0.93%) WebInspect
16 4 (0.75%) VxRail
Vendors
1 63 (11.78%) Oracle
2 62 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 46 (8.60%) Google
4 30 (5.61%) Splunk
5 26 (4.86%) VMware
6 23 (4.30%) ServiceNow
7 21 (3.93%) Dell
8 19 (3.55%) IBM
9 18 (3.36%) Sybase
10 16 (2.99%) Broadcom
10 16 (2.99%) Brocade
10 16 (2.99%) CA
10 16 (2.99%) Red Hat
11 11 (2.06%) SolarWinds
12 10 (1.87%) Cisco
13 9 (1.68%) Salesforce
14 8 (1.50%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.50%) Checkmarx
15 6 (1.12%) F5
15 6 (1.12%) NEC