GitHub Contracts in London

GitHub
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 101 109
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 +33
Contract jobs citing GitHub 324 663 980
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.83% 2.52% 2.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.78% 6.48% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 422 650
10th Percentile £377 £425 £436
25th Percentile £450 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +7.76% +13.17%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £688
90th Percentile £725 £825 £788
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £48.78 £42.00 £53.50
25th Percentile £51.81 £52.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.75 £70.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +19.15% -11.65%
75th Percentile £62.81 £80.00 £77.67
90th Percentile £65.33 £86.00 £80.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year +28.44% -4.39% -4.20%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,776 10,235 16,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.30% 38.94% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,998 7,484 12,031
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £769
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 85 85
10th Percentile £17.32 £20.00 £19.75
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £47.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +17.28% +8.00%
75th Percentile £38.28 £75.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £59.88 £88.30 £79.20
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.31
% change year-on-year -34.98% +51.55% +0.95%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London -9 42 £551 -13.31% 17
South London +12 5 £395 -20.00% 13
West London -4 5 £475 -17.39% 23
East London -5 2 £603 -24.59% 26
GitHub
England

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 20 (6.17%) Confluence
2 13 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.78%) WordPress
4 7 (2.16%) nginx
4 7 (2.16%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (1.85%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.54%) Apache
6 5 (1.54%) IIS
7 4 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.62%) CMS
8 2 (0.62%) Drupal
8 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.31%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.31%) InDesign
1 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.85%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
3 1 (0.31%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.31%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.31%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 129 (39.81%) AWS
1 129 (39.81%) Azure
2 88 (27.16%) GitHub Actions
3 58 (17.90%) Serverless
4 50 (15.43%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (10.80%) GCP
6 27 (8.33%) Azure Functions
7 25 (7.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (7.10%) Power Platform
9 18 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
10 17 (5.25%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (4.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (4.94%) Power Automate
11 16 (4.94%) PowerApps
12 13 (4.01%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (4.01%) Amazon S3
13 10 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (3.09%) Azure AKS
13 10 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.86%) Firewall
2 9 (2.78%) DNS
3 5 (1.54%) SSL
4 4 (1.23%) HTTP
5 3 (0.93%) DMZ
5 3 (0.93%) Internet
5 3 (0.93%) Intranet
5 3 (0.93%) Network Security
5 3 (0.93%) SNA
5 3 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.62%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.62%) SSH
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) BGP
7 1 (0.31%) DHCP
7 1 (0.31%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.31%) IGRP
7 1 (0.31%) RIP
7 1 (0.31%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.96%) NoSQL
2 41 (12.65%) SQL Server
3 35 (10.80%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (9.88%) MySQL
5 23 (7.10%) Power BI
6 17 (5.25%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (4.63%) Relational Database
8 13 (4.01%) BigQuery
8 13 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (3.70%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.78%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (2.47%) Big Data
11 8 (2.47%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.54%) Amazon QuickSight
13 5 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.23%) Metadata
15 3 (0.93%) Flink
Development Applications
1 67 (20.68%) Jenkins
2 63 (19.44%) Git
3 51 (15.74%) JIRA
4 39 (12.04%) GitLab
5 25 (7.72%) Cypress.io
6 21 (6.48%) CircleCI
7 13 (4.01%) Selenium
8 11 (3.40%) JMeter
8 11 (3.40%) Postman
9 10 (3.09%) Gradle
9 10 (3.09%) SonarQube
10 9 (2.78%) JUnit
10 9 (2.78%) Maven
11 7 (2.16%) Appium
11 7 (2.16%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.85%) Cucumber
12 6 (1.85%) Subversion
13 5 (1.54%) Burp Suite
13 5 (1.54%) Mercurial
13 5 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 70 (21.60%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.44%) Finance
3 30 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.64%) Banking
5 26 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.09%) Retail
8 9 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.78%) Front Office
9 7 (2.16%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.54%) Local Government
10 5 (1.54%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.23%) Law
12 3 (0.93%) Legal
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 103 (31.79%) Developer
2 59 (18.21%) DevOps Engineer
3 51 (15.74%) Senior
4 23 (7.10%) Architect
4 23 (7.10%) Senior Developer
5 19 (5.86%) AWS Engineer
5 19 (5.86%) Software Engineer
6 18 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.25%) Lead
8 16 (4.94%) Python Developer
9 15 (4.63%) Full Stack Developer
10 14 (4.32%) AWS DevOps
11 13 (4.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 10 (3.09%) Quantitative Developer
13 9 (2.78%) SailPoint Engineer
13 9 (2.78%) Software Developer
14 8 (2.47%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.47%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (16.36%) React
2 51 (15.74%) HTML
3 39 (12.04%) REST
4 33 (10.19%) Node.js
5 27 (8.33%) CSS
6 26 (8.02%) Web Services
7 24 (7.41%) XML
8 23 (7.10%) Kafka
8 23 (7.10%) RESTful
9 20 (6.17%) .NET
9 20 (6.17%) SOAP
10 19 (5.86%) OAuth
11 17 (5.25%) LDAP
12 16 (4.94%) JSP
12 16 (4.94%) SailPoint
12 16 (4.94%) Servlets
12 16 (4.94%) SPML
13 15 (4.63%) JDBC
14 14 (4.32%) JSON
15 13 (4.01%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.25%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.94%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.63%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.40%) Derivative
5 10 (3.09%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.78%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.47%) Machine to Machine
7 8 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.16%) Solar Panel
9 6 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.85%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.23%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.93%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.59%) Linux
2 25 (7.72%) Windows
3 15 (4.63%) Android
4 10 (3.09%) Unix
5 7 (2.16%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.16%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.62%) CentOS
7 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (46.91%) CI/CD
2 146 (45.06%) DevOps
3 100 (30.86%) Agile
4 67 (20.68%) Test Automation
5 41 (12.65%) Software Engineering
6 36 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (8.95%) Microservices
9 28 (8.64%) Continuous Integration
9 28 (8.64%) Full Stack Development
10 27 (8.33%) Computer Science
10 27 (8.33%) Containerisation
11 26 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (8.02%) Scrum
12 25 (7.72%) TDD
13 24 (7.41%) Open Source
14 22 (6.79%) Front End Development
15 21 (6.48%) SDLC
16 20 (6.17%) Data Pipeline
17 19 (5.86%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 125 (38.58%) Python
2 83 (25.62%) SQL
3 71 (21.91%) Java
4 59 (18.21%) JavaScript
5 34 (10.49%) PowerShell
6 26 (8.02%) TypeScript
7 24 (7.41%) Bash
8 18 (5.56%) C#
9 17 (5.25%) Go
9 17 (5.25%) Kotlin
10 16 (4.94%) Rust
11 13 (4.01%) Ruby
12 12 (3.70%) C++
13 10 (3.09%) PHP
14 6 (1.85%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.54%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.54%) Swift
16 4 (1.23%) Perl
17 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.62%) Korn
Qualifications
1 38 (11.73%) Degree
2 35 (10.80%) Security Cleared
3 33 (10.19%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.62%) CEH
8 2 (0.62%) CISM
8 2 (0.62%) CISSP
8 2 (0.62%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.62%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.62%) SANS
9 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.26%) QA
2 15 (4.63%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.47%) NIST
4 6 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.23%) GDPR
5 4 (1.23%) WCAG
6 3 (0.93%) NCSC
7 2 (0.62%) COBIT
7 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 77 (23.77%) Docker
2 27 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.94%) IAG
4 15 (4.63%) ACF2
4 15 (4.63%) RACF
5 7 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.31%) Ceph
8 1 (0.31%) Firmware
8 1 (0.31%) iptables
8 1 (0.31%) NFS
8 1 (0.31%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 114 (35.19%) Terraform
2 88 (27.16%) Kubernetes
3 33 (10.19%) Ansible
4 14 (4.32%) Grafana
4 14 (4.32%) Puppet
5 12 (3.70%) Argo
6 11 (3.40%) Kibana
7 7 (2.16%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.85%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.23%) logstash
10 3 (0.93%) Nessus
10 3 (0.93%) Packer
10 3 (0.93%) vRealize
10 3 (0.93%) VxRail
11 2 (0.62%) Ambari
11 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.62%) Nagios
11 2 (0.62%) Oozie
11 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.96%) Oracle
3 21 (6.48%) Google
3 21 (6.48%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.94%) Sybase
5 11 (3.40%) VMware
6 10 (3.09%) Splunk
7 6 (1.85%) NEC
7 6 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.54%) Centrify
8 5 (1.54%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.54%) New Relic
9 4 (1.23%) Black Duck
9 4 (1.23%) Dell
10 3 (0.93%) Databricks
10 3 (0.93%) IBM
10 3 (0.93%) LogRhythm
10 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.93%) SAP
10 3 (0.93%) SolarWinds