GitHub
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 150 | 127 | 134 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -23 | +7 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing GitHub | 689 | 1,205 | 1,806 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.59% | 2.03% | 2.04% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 4.91% | 5.50% | 5.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 446 | 815 | 1,234 |
| 10th Percentile | £386 | £413 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £493 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £600 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | +6.67% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £700 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £800 | £740 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £526 | £565 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.99% | +7.62% | +12.30% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 7 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £27.75 | £30.00 | £38.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £36.50 | £54.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.00 | £54.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.07% | -1.82% | +34.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £63.75 | £65.51 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £78.00 | £79.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £54.00 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.63% | -1.82% | +151.60% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 14,037 | 21,902 | 34,240 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.33% | 36.89% | 38.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,974 | 15,834 | 24,913 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 343 | 346 | 424 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.50 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.97 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.09% | +62.79% | -4.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £33.75 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £77.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.15% | +31.31% | -5.06% |
GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub.
GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.
GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitHub.
GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.
GitHub
Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 | -45 | 531 | £525 | -12.50% | 442 |
| London | -37 | 330 | £525 | -16.00% | 192 |
| Work from Home | -2 | 281 | £550 | -7.95% | 155 |
| UK excluding London | -43 | 208 | £526 | -6.99% | 275 |
| North of England | -9 | 75 | £538 | -4.87% | 89 |
| South East | +22 | 54 | £475 | -17.39% | 49 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 48 | £565 | +7.62% | 32 |
| Wales | +47 | 34 | £525 | -10.21% | 12 |
| North West | +21 | 23 | £495 | -1.10% | 48 |
| South West | -44 | 20 | £600 | -2.04% | 41 |
| East of England | -11 | 12 | £550 | -13.73% | 19 |
| Midlands | -23 | 6 | £375 | -31.82% | 41 |
| North East | -20 | 4 | £475 | -15.93% | 11 |
| West Midlands | -29 | 4 | £375 | -31.82% | 25 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £550 | - | 5 |
| Scotland | +17 | 3 | £550 | -8.33% | 25 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 2 | - | - | 16 |
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:
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