Git Contracts in the UK excluding London

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Git skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Git 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 84 72 52
Rank change year-on-year -12 -20 -2
Contract jobs citing Git 461 769 1,312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.25% 3.27% 4.28%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.75% 23.20% 28.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 548 854
10th Percentile £350 £392 £388
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% +19.74%
75th Percentile £619 £633 £598
90th Percentile £670 £700 £652
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -5.83% +1.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 37 26
10th Percentile £50.75 £51.25 £36.86
25th Percentile £56.25 £52.50 £47.07
Median hourly rate £62.50 £66.69 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -6.28% +14.48% +28.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £64.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.65
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £66.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year -5.44% +10.15% +23.08%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

Git is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,222 3,314 4,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.83% 14.10% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,430 2,344 3,209
10th Percentile £350 £350 £362
25th Percentile £413 £420 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.42%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 177 104
10th Percentile £40.94 £45.75 £37.55
25th Percentile £55.75 £52.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £54.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +12.33% +21.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £81.75 £78.00 £68.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +21.78% +12.22%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Git in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Git in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the UK excluding 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
South East +11 150 £540 -1.82% 114
North of England -29 101 £510 -7.27% 148
Scotland +22 77 £550 +10.00% 35
Midlands -13 61 £358 -33.21% 99
North West -12 58 £518 -1.43% 83
West Midlands -3 54 £358 -33.70% 67
East of England -34 38 £525 +5.00% 58
Yorkshire +5 36 £485 -14.91% 54
South West -52 32 £590 +12.38% 95
North East -12 9 £380 -37.96% 12
East Midlands -10 7 £356 -25.05% 32
Wales +23 6 £529 +3.17% 22
Git
UK

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 64 (13.88%) Confluence
2 23 (4.99%) Apache
3 13 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.82%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.39%) CICS
4 11 (2.39%) SAS
5 9 (1.95%) Drupal
6 7 (1.52%) JBoss
7 5 (1.08%) CMS
8 4 (0.87%) nginx
8 4 (0.87%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.65%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.43%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.43%) Kentico
10 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.43%) Traefik
11 1 (0.22%) Alfresco
11 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.74%) Simulink
2 7 (1.52%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.08%) TargetLink
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Magento
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 121 (26.25%) Azure
2 109 (23.64%) AWS
3 63 (13.67%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (11.06%) Serverless
5 42 (9.11%) GitHub
6 33 (7.16%) Amazon EC2
7 30 (6.51%) Amazon S3
8 28 (6.07%) Azure Monitor
9 27 (5.86%) GCP
10 26 (5.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 24 (5.21%) Azure Functions
12 22 (4.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 21 (4.56%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (4.56%) OpenShift
14 20 (4.34%) Entra ID
15 16 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (3.47%) Snowflake
15 16 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (3.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.77%) HTTP
2 20 (4.34%) DNS
2 20 (4.34%) Firewall
3 19 (4.12%) Software-Defined Radio
4 18 (3.90%) SNMP
5 16 (3.47%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.60%) SSL
7 11 (2.39%) 5G
8 10 (2.17%) VPN
9 8 (1.74%) NAS
10 6 (1.30%) FTP
10 6 (1.30%) Kerberos
10 6 (1.30%) Network Security
10 6 (1.30%) Wireless
11 5 (1.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (1.08%) SAN
12 4 (0.87%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.87%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.87%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.65%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (11.06%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (9.54%) Relational Database
3 42 (9.11%) MySQL
3 42 (9.11%) NoSQL
4 36 (7.81%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.99%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (3.25%) Big Data
7 13 (2.82%) DB2
7 13 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (2.82%) MongoDB
8 12 (2.60%) Data Lake
8 12 (2.60%) RDBMS
9 11 (2.39%) IDMS
10 10 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 8 (1.74%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (1.74%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.52%) DynamoDB
14 6 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (1.30%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 139 (30.15%) Jenkins
2 115 (24.95%) JIRA
3 47 (10.20%) Bitbucket
4 42 (9.11%) JUnit
5 41 (8.89%) GitLab
6 33 (7.16%) Visual Studio
7 31 (6.72%) Subversion
8 30 (6.51%) Cucumber
8 30 (6.51%) Selenium
9 25 (5.42%) Postman
10 20 (4.34%) Eclipse
11 18 (3.90%) GoogleTest
11 18 (3.90%) SonarQube
12 17 (3.69%) Robot Framework
13 16 (3.47%) Maven
14 13 (2.82%) IntelliJ
15 12 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
16 11 (2.39%) Gradle
16 11 (2.39%) TeamCity
17 10 (2.17%) NUnit
General
1 84 (18.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (7.16%) Public Sector
4 30 (6.51%) Finance
5 17 (3.69%) Banking
6 15 (3.25%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.39%) Multimedia
9 11 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (1.95%) Automotive
11 5 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.08%) Marketing
11 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.08%) Retail
12 4 (0.87%) Electronics
12 4 (0.87%) German Language
12 4 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.43%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (42.52%) Developer
2 56 (12.15%) Software Engineer
3 45 (9.76%) Senior
4 43 (9.33%) Java Developer
5 30 (6.51%) DevOps Engineer
6 29 (6.29%) Full Stack Developer
7 26 (5.64%) Lead
8 22 (4.77%) Azure Developer
9 21 (4.56%) Linux Engineer
10 19 (4.12%) C++ Software Engineer
10 19 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 18 (3.90%) Python Developer
12 17 (3.69%) Test Engineer
13 16 (3.47%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (3.04%) AWS DevOps
14 14 (3.04%) C# Developer
14 14 (3.04%) Embedded Engineer
14 14 (3.04%) Platform Engineer
15 13 (2.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 13 (2.82%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (16.49%) REST
2 75 (16.27%) React
3 58 (12.58%) .NET
4 55 (11.93%) Spring Boot
5 54 (11.71%) CSS
6 51 (11.06%) Spring
7 45 (9.76%) HTML
8 40 (8.68%) Kafka
9 38 (8.24%) JSON
9 38 (8.24%) RESTful
10 33 (7.16%) XML
11 29 (6.29%) Node.js
12 22 (4.77%) AngularJS
13 21 (4.56%) Web Services
14 20 (4.34%) ASP.NET
15 19 (4.12%) Elastic Stack
16 18 (3.90%) .NET Core
16 18 (3.90%) YAML
17 17 (3.69%) GraphQL
18 16 (3.47%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.77%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.12%) Data Protection Act
3 17 (3.69%) Algorithms
3 17 (3.69%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.47%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.39%) IBM Mainframe
6 11 (2.39%) Mainframe
7 10 (2.17%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.95%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.74%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.08%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.08%) PKI
11 5 (1.08%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.08%) Social Media
12 4 (0.87%) ASIC
12 4 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 106 (22.99%) Linux
2 65 (14.10%) Windows
3 43 (9.33%) Unix
4 22 (4.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.82%) VMS
6 11 (2.39%) zOS
7 8 (1.74%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.74%) Windows Server
8 7 (1.52%) Android
9 5 (1.08%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.87%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.65%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.43%) CentOS
12 2 (0.43%) Debian
12 2 (0.43%) Solaris
13 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.22%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (52.93%) Agile
2 183 (39.70%) DevOps
3 162 (35.14%) CI/CD
4 129 (27.98%) Scrum
5 122 (26.46%) Software Engineering
6 110 (23.86%) Continuous Integration
7 96 (20.82%) Test Automation
8 76 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (16.05%) Microservices
10 61 (13.23%) TDD
11 59 (12.80%) Containerisation
12 58 (12.58%) Unit Testing
13 51 (11.06%) Infrastructure as Code
14 48 (10.41%) Full Stack Development
15 44 (9.54%) Software Testing
16 42 (9.11%) Computer Science
16 42 (9.11%) SDLC
17 40 (8.68%) OO
18 38 (8.24%) Deployment Automation
19 37 (8.03%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 172 (37.31%) Python
2 115 (24.95%) Java
3 110 (23.86%) SQL
4 85 (18.44%) JavaScript
5 79 (17.14%) C#
6 72 (15.62%) Bash
7 49 (10.63%) C++
8 40 (8.68%) C
9 35 (7.59%) TypeScript
10 33 (7.16%) PowerShell
11 29 (6.29%) Shell Script
12 28 (6.07%) Perl
13 26 (5.64%) Go
14 14 (3.04%) MATLAB
15 12 (2.60%) PHP
16 11 (2.39%) CLIST
16 11 (2.39%) COBOL
16 11 (2.39%) Groovy
16 11 (2.39%) REXX
17 10 (2.17%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 119 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 104 (22.56%) SC Cleared
3 55 (11.93%) Degree
4 28 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.77%) DV Cleared
6 17 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.08%) PhD
9 2 (0.43%) HND
9 2 (0.43%) ISEB
9 2 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.07%) QA
2 10 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.30%) JTAG
3 6 (1.30%) MISRA
3 6 (1.30%) MISRA C
4 5 (1.08%) AUTOSAR
4 5 (1.08%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.65%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.65%) NCSC
5 3 (0.65%) SLA
6 2 (0.43%) GDPR
6 2 (0.43%) WCAG
7 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.22%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 106 (22.99%) Docker
2 36 (7.81%) Active Directory
3 22 (4.77%) Firmware
4 7 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.52%) vSphere
5 6 (1.30%) VirtualBox
6 5 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.08%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.87%) HDFS
7 4 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.87%) zsh
8 3 (0.65%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.43%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.43%) Varnish
9 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.22%) LXC
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 100 (21.69%) Kubernetes
2 73 (15.84%) Ansible
3 71 (15.40%) Terraform
4 25 (5.42%) Grafana
5 22 (4.77%) Kibana
6 15 (3.25%) Progress Chef
6 15 (3.25%) Puppet
7 12 (2.60%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.95%) Packer
8 9 (1.95%) vRealize
9 8 (1.74%) Docker Swarm
10 7 (1.52%) HP Fortify
11 6 (1.30%) logstash
12 4 (0.87%) HAProxy
12 4 (0.87%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.65%) Istio
13 3 (0.65%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.43%) Consul
14 2 (0.43%) Hadoop YARN
14 2 (0.43%) linkerd
Vendors
1 41 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.81%) Oracle
3 26 (5.64%) Google
4 24 (5.21%) Splunk
5 22 (4.77%) Talend
6 20 (4.34%) Atlassian
7 18 (3.90%) VMware
8 15 (3.25%) Denodo
9 14 (3.04%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.82%) IBM
11 11 (2.39%) Syncsort
11 11 (2.39%) Veritas
12 10 (2.17%) Cadence
12 10 (2.17%) Informatica
12 10 (2.17%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.30%) SAP
14 5 (1.08%) AppDynamics
14 5 (1.08%) Arqiva
14 5 (1.08%) Databricks
14 5 (1.08%) ServiceNow