Git Distributed Version Control System
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 59 45
Rank change year-on-year -18 -14 -2
Contract jobs citing Git 1,203 2,200 4,561
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.79% 3.79% 5.23%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.53% 25.40% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,530 3,082
10th Percentile £350 £410 £409
25th Percentile £416 £464 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +0.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £635 £675 £650
90th Percentile £703 £750 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 62 43
10th Percentile £49.38 £51.25 £37.60
25th Percentile £56.25 £54.47 £55.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £66.09 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +4.49% +29.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.50 £67.40
90th Percentile £79.38 £75.00 £76.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £66.69 £60.00
% change year-on-year -6.28% +11.14% +32.60%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,112 8,660 15,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.87% 14.93% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,434 6,096 11,096
10th Percentile £353 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £661 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 238 205
10th Percentile £33.20 £44.63 £37.65
25th Percentile £46.38 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +18.27% +15.56%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.19 £62.25
90th Percentile £79.92 £80.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +22.22%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Git in the UK

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Git in the UK

Git
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Git in the UK

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Git in the UK

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in the UK

Git
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England -18 1,013 £525 -5.83% 796
London -10 602 £525 -12.50% 285
UK excluding London -22 456 £525 - 549
Work from Home -23 395 £500 -12.28% 436
South East +15 150 £540 -1.82% 107
North of England -26 101 £510 -7.27% 144
Scotland +18 75 £538 +7.50% 34
Midlands -5 61 £358 -31.81% 97
North West -17 58 £518 -0.24% 82
West Midlands -1 54 £358 -33.70% 63
Yorkshire -4 36 £485 -14.91% 52
East of England -34 36 £525 +5.00% 58
South West -59 31 £590 +12.38% 90
North East -14 9 £380 -37.96% 11
East Midlands -5 7 £356 -25.05% 34
Wales +23 6 £529 +3.17% 22

Git
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
1 122 (10.14%) Confluence
2 40 (3.33%) Apache
3 36 (2.99%) CMS
4 31 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (2.33%) Apache Spark
6 22 (1.83%) nginx
7 15 (1.25%) SAS
8 14 (1.16%) CICS
9 12 (1.00%) JBoss
10 11 (0.91%) Anypoint
10 11 (0.91%) OpenStack
11 10 (0.83%) Headless CMS
12 9 (0.75%) Drupal
12 9 (0.75%) IIS
13 8 (0.67%) SharePoint
14 7 (0.58%) Kentico
15 6 (0.50%) WordPress
16 5 (0.42%) Mule
16 5 (0.42%) Mule ESB
17 4 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.67%) Simulink
3 7 (0.58%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.42%) TargetLink
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.17%) Trello
8 1 (0.083%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.16%) Shopify
2 6 (0.50%) Endur
2 6 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.17%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.083%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 395 (32.83%) Azure
2 361 (30.01%) AWS
3 200 (16.63%) Azure DevOps
4 134 (11.14%) Serverless
5 126 (10.47%) GitHub
6 110 (9.14%) GCP
7 90 (7.48%) Amazon S3
8 75 (6.23%) Azure Monitor
9 73 (6.07%) Amazon EC2
10 69 (5.74%) AWS Lambda
11 67 (5.57%) Azure Service Bus
12 65 (5.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 59 (4.90%) Amazon EKS
14 55 (4.57%) PaaS
15 46 (3.82%) OpenShift
16 45 (3.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 44 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
17 44 (3.66%) Azure Functions
18 43 (3.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 39 (3.24%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.82%) Firewall
2 39 (3.24%) DNS
3 37 (3.08%) TCP/IP
4 31 (2.58%) Network Security
5 27 (2.24%) HTTP
6 25 (2.08%) 5G
7 22 (1.83%) SNMP
8 21 (1.75%) VPN
9 19 (1.58%) BGP
9 19 (1.58%) Software-Defined Radio
10 18 (1.50%) NAS
11 17 (1.41%) MPLS
12 16 (1.33%) DHCP
12 16 (1.33%) SSL
13 15 (1.25%) SAN
14 14 (1.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 14 (1.16%) Kerberos
15 13 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (1.00%) VLAN
17 9 (0.75%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.97%) SQL Server
2 106 (8.81%) PostgreSQL
3 103 (8.56%) NoSQL
4 86 (7.15%) Relational Database
5 68 (5.65%) MySQL
6 43 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
6 43 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 37 (3.08%) Big Data
7 37 (3.08%) MongoDB
8 30 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
9 28 (2.33%) Data Lake
10 27 (2.24%) DynamoDB
11 23 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 19 (1.58%) Apache Cassandra
12 19 (1.58%) RDBMS
13 18 (1.50%) DB2
14 16 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (1.25%) Power BI
16 14 (1.16%) IDMS
17 13 (1.08%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 315 (26.18%) Jenkins
2 233 (19.37%) JIRA
3 90 (7.48%) GitLab
4 76 (6.32%) Bitbucket
4 76 (6.32%) JUnit
5 72 (5.99%) Selenium
6 66 (5.49%) Cucumber
7 61 (5.07%) TeamCity
8 52 (4.32%) Maven
9 48 (3.99%) Postman
9 48 (3.99%) Visual Studio
10 45 (3.74%) Subversion
11 35 (2.91%) SonarQube
12 27 (2.24%) Visual Studio Code
13 26 (2.16%) NUnit
14 25 (2.08%) Cypress.io
15 24 (2.00%) Artifactory
15 24 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
16 22 (1.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 22 (1.83%) webpack
General
1 268 (22.28%) Social Skills
2 145 (12.05%) Finance
3 114 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 74 (6.15%) Banking
6 29 (2.41%) Front Office
7 28 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 28 (2.33%) Marketing
8 27 (2.24%) Telecoms
9 25 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (1.91%) Retail
11 22 (1.83%) Back Office
12 21 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
13 16 (1.33%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.25%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.83%) Multimedia
16 9 (0.75%) Automotive
17 8 (0.67%) Electronics
18 7 (0.58%) German Language
19 6 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 504 (41.90%) Developer
2 165 (13.72%) Senior
3 122 (10.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 91 (7.56%) Software Engineer
5 88 (7.32%) Lead
6 82 (6.82%) Java Developer
7 71 (5.90%) Full Stack Developer
8 64 (5.32%) Senior Developer
9 55 (4.57%) C# Developer
10 53 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 47 (3.91%) Azure Developer
12 45 (3.74%) AWS Engineer
13 44 (3.66%) Python Developer
14 39 (3.24%) .NET Developer
15 38 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
16 37 (3.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 35 (2.91%) React Developer
18 32 (2.66%) AWS DevOps
19 27 (2.24%) Cloud Engineer
19 27 (2.24%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (17.96%) React
2 199 (16.54%) REST
3 196 (16.29%) .NET
4 170 (14.13%) CSS
5 159 (13.22%) HTML
6 112 (9.31%) Spring
7 99 (8.23%) Node.js
8 96 (7.98%) RESTful
9 95 (7.90%) JSON
10 91 (7.56%) Spring Boot
11 79 (6.57%) .NET Core
12 76 (6.32%) XML
13 74 (6.15%) Web Services
14 70 (5.82%) ASP.NET
15 68 (5.65%) Kafka
16 63 (5.24%) AngularJS
17 61 (5.07%) YAML
18 57 (4.74%) .NET Framework
19 55 (4.57%) SOAP
20 47 (3.91%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.91%) Product Ownership
2 39 (3.24%) Algorithms
3 38 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
3 38 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (3.16%) Mobile App
4 34 (2.83%) Public Cloud
5 29 (2.41%) Cloud Native
6 27 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
8 21 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.58%) Fixed Income
9 19 (1.58%) Replication
10 17 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.33%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.25%) Clustering
13 14 (1.16%) IBM Mainframe
13 14 (1.16%) Mainframe
14 12 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (1.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 218 (18.12%) Linux
2 124 (10.31%) Windows
3 88 (7.32%) Unix
4 39 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (2.83%) Android
6 28 (2.33%) Windows Server
7 24 (2.00%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.50%) VMS
9 15 (1.25%) zOS
10 10 (0.83%) Solaris
10 10 (0.83%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (0.67%) CentOS
12 8 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
13 5 (0.42%) Windows 10
14 4 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.25%) Alpine Linux
15 3 (0.25%) Debian
16 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.083%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (49.63%) Agile
2 511 (42.48%) DevOps
3 451 (37.49%) CI/CD
4 244 (20.28%) Test Automation
5 234 (19.45%) Scrum
6 231 (19.20%) Software Engineering
7 213 (17.71%) Continuous Integration
7 213 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
8 186 (15.46%) Microservices
9 175 (14.55%) TDD
10 157 (13.05%) Infrastructure as Code
11 149 (12.39%) Containerisation
12 136 (11.31%) Unit Testing
13 129 (10.72%) OO
14 111 (9.23%) SDLC
15 109 (9.06%) Computer Science
16 107 (8.89%) Full Stack Development
17 99 (8.23%) Front End Development
18 86 (7.15%) Continuous Improvement
18 86 (7.15%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 472 (39.24%) Python
2 298 (24.77%) Java
3 291 (24.19%) SQL
4 260 (21.61%) JavaScript
5 229 (19.04%) C#
6 148 (12.30%) Bash
7 134 (11.14%) TypeScript
8 91 (7.56%) PowerShell
9 83 (6.90%) C++
10 77 (6.40%) Go
11 61 (5.07%) C
12 56 (4.66%) Perl
12 56 (4.66%) Shell Script
13 42 (3.49%) Bicep
14 32 (2.66%) Scala
15 26 (2.16%) Ruby
16 25 (2.08%) PHP
17 17 (1.41%) T-SQL
18 16 (1.33%) Groovy
19 15 (1.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 264 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 235 (19.53%) SC Cleared
3 143 (11.89%) Degree
4 82 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.33%) DV Cleared
6 22 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.25%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (0.75%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (0.67%) PhD
11 7 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.33%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.33%) ISEB
14 4 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.25%) CCNP
15 3 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.57%) QA
2 52 (4.32%) Accessibility
3 23 (1.91%) WCAG
4 15 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.91%) GDPR
6 9 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.58%) JTAG
8 6 (0.50%) MISRA
8 6 (0.50%) MISRA C
8 6 (0.50%) NCSC
9 5 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
9 5 (0.42%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.42%) SLA
10 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.25%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.17%) MiFID
11 2 (0.17%) NIST
12 1 (0.083%) CDISC
12 1 (0.083%) GxP
System Software
1 310 (25.77%) Docker
2 93 (7.73%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.83%) Firmware
4 20 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.08%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.83%) vSphere
7 8 (0.67%) HDFS
8 6 (0.50%) VirtualBox
9 5 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
10 4 (0.33%) zsh
11 3 (0.25%) vCloud
11 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.17%) PowerDNS
12 2 (0.17%) Varnish
13 1 (0.083%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.083%) LXC
13 1 (0.083%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 285 (23.69%) Kubernetes
2 248 (20.62%) Terraform
3 176 (14.63%) Ansible
4 69 (5.74%) Grafana
5 48 (3.99%) Puppet
6 47 (3.91%) Prometheus
7 37 (3.08%) Progress Chef
8 27 (2.24%) Kibana
9 24 (2.00%) Packer
10 14 (1.16%) Consul
10 14 (1.16%) vRealize
11 9 (0.75%) logstash
11 9 (0.75%) Podman
12 8 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (0.67%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (0.67%) HP Fortify
12 8 (0.67%) Netcool
12 8 (0.67%) Tivoli
12 8 (0.67%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 8 (0.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 108 (8.98%) Oracle
3 57 (4.74%) Google
4 50 (4.16%) Splunk
5 39 (3.24%) VMware
6 33 (2.74%) Salesforce
7 31 (2.58%) IBM
8 28 (2.33%) SAP
9 26 (2.16%) Atlassian
10 24 (2.00%) Talend
11 23 (1.91%) Cisco
12 21 (1.75%) Red Hat
13 19 (1.58%) Databricks
14 17 (1.41%) Denodo
14 17 (1.41%) ServiceNow
15 16 (1.33%) F5
16 15 (1.25%) MuleSoft
17 14 (1.16%) Dell
17 14 (1.16%) Nokia
17 14 (1.16%) Syncsort