Git Contracts with Work from Home Options

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 80 58 41
Rank change year-on-year -22 -17 0
Contract jobs citing Git 392 983 2,463
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.60% 3.91% 5.57%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.83% 25.69% 29.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 681 1,668
10th Percentile £344 £410 £400
25th Percentile £405 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +5.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £686 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -5.83% +1.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 28
10th Percentile £48.00 £51.25 £42.00
25th Percentile £57.50 £56.25 £54.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.09
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £66.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year -5.44% +10.15% +23.08%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,796 3,827 8,224
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.90% 15.23% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,284 2,743 5,934
10th Percentile £360 £394 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.46% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £631
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 108 100
10th Percentile £26.24 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £46.75 £52.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90.00 £70.32 £60.54
90th Percentile - £83.19 £67.05
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +21.78% +12.22%

Git
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Git trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Git.

Git daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Git over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Git daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Git.

Git hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Git over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Git hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 40 (10.20%) Confluence
2 17 (4.34%) CMS
3 10 (2.55%) SAS
4 9 (2.30%) CICS
5 7 (1.79%) nginx
6 6 (1.53%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.53%) Apache
6 6 (1.53%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.28%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.28%) Kentico
7 5 (1.28%) Mule
7 5 (1.28%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.77%) JBoss
8 3 (0.77%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.77%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Simulink
2 2 (0.51%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.02%) Shopify
3 2 (0.51%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.51%) Endur
3 2 (0.51%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 150 (38.27%) Azure
2 122 (31.12%) AWS
3 90 (22.96%) Azure DevOps
4 47 (11.99%) GitHub
5 44 (11.22%) GCP
6 40 (10.20%) Serverless
7 29 (7.40%) PaaS
8 26 (6.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 25 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
10 23 (5.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 21 (5.36%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (5.10%) Azure Functions
13 18 (4.59%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (4.34%) Amazon S3
14 17 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (4.08%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (4.08%) OpenShift
16 14 (3.57%) IaaS
16 14 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.12%) Firewall
2 17 (4.34%) TCP/IP
3 16 (4.08%) DNS
4 12 (3.06%) Network Security
5 9 (2.30%) DHCP
6 8 (2.04%) NAS
6 8 (2.04%) SAN
6 8 (2.04%) VLAN
7 7 (1.79%) HTTP
7 7 (1.79%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.53%) VPN
9 4 (1.02%) Wireless
10 3 (0.77%) FTP
10 3 (0.77%) OpenLDAP
10 3 (0.77%) SNA
10 3 (0.77%) VSAN
11 2 (0.51%) BGP
11 2 (0.51%) MQTT
11 2 (0.51%) SNMP
11 2 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.54%) SQL Server
2 27 (6.89%) NoSQL
3 25 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.87%) Relational Database
5 16 (4.08%) MySQL
6 15 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (3.06%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (3.06%) DB2
8 11 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (2.30%) Apache Cassandra
10 9 (2.30%) Data Lake
10 9 (2.30%) IDMS
11 8 (2.04%) Power BI
12 7 (1.79%) Couchbase
12 7 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.53%) Big Data
13 6 (1.53%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.53%) Redis
13 6 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 92 (23.47%) Jenkins
2 86 (21.94%) JIRA
3 42 (10.71%) GitLab
4 24 (6.12%) Selenium
4 24 (6.12%) TeamCity
5 19 (4.85%) Bitbucket
6 16 (4.08%) Visual Studio
7 15 (3.83%) Cucumber
8 14 (3.57%) Cypress.io
8 14 (3.57%) git-flow
9 12 (3.06%) Maven
9 12 (3.06%) SonarQube
10 11 (2.81%) Artifactory
10 11 (2.81%) JUnit
10 11 (2.81%) Sonatype Nexus
10 11 (2.81%) Subversion
11 10 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 10 (2.55%) Postman
11 10 (2.55%) TestNG
11 10 (2.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.60%) Finance
3 31 (7.91%) Public Sector
4 30 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.12%) Banking
6 15 (3.83%) Marketing
6 15 (3.83%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.30%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.04%) Front Office
11 7 (1.79%) Back Office
11 7 (1.79%) Electronics
11 7 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.28%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.02%) Publishing
14 3 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.77%) German Language
14 3 (0.77%) Retail
15 2 (0.51%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 150 (38.27%) Developer
2 64 (16.33%) Senior
3 58 (14.80%) DevOps Engineer
4 35 (8.93%) Software Engineer
5 28 (7.14%) Lead
6 26 (6.63%) Azure Developer
7 24 (6.12%) Senior Developer
8 23 (5.87%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 21 (5.36%) .NET Developer
9 21 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
9 21 (5.36%) Full Stack Developer
10 18 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
11 17 (4.34%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.08%) JavaScript Developer
12 16 (4.08%) React Developer
13 15 (3.83%) C# Developer
14 12 (3.06%) AWS DevOps
15 11 (2.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 11 (2.81%) JavaScript Engineer
16 10 (2.55%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (19.39%) React
2 66 (16.84%) .NET
3 65 (16.58%) CSS
4 57 (14.54%) REST
5 54 (13.78%) HTML
6 37 (9.44%) Node.js
7 34 (8.67%) JSON
8 32 (8.16%) RESTful
9 31 (7.91%) SOAP
10 29 (7.40%) Web Services
11 26 (6.63%) XML
12 24 (6.12%) .NET Core
12 24 (6.12%) .NET Framework
13 23 (5.87%) YAML
14 22 (5.61%) AngularJS
15 21 (5.36%) ASP.NET
15 21 (5.36%) GraphQL
16 19 (4.85%) Spring
17 18 (4.59%) Jest
18 16 (4.08%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.10%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.85%) Algorithms
3 17 (4.34%) Mobile App
4 12 (3.06%) Fixed Income
5 11 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.55%) Clustering
6 10 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.30%) IBM Mainframe
7 9 (2.30%) Mainframe
7 9 (2.30%) Replication
8 8 (2.04%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.79%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.53%) Equities
10 6 (1.53%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.02%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 69 (17.60%) Linux
2 47 (11.99%) Windows
3 25 (6.38%) Unix
4 18 (4.59%) Android
4 18 (4.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.32%) Apple iOS
5 13 (3.32%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.55%) zOS
7 8 (2.04%) Oracle Linux
7 8 (2.04%) Solaris
8 5 (1.28%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (1.28%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.02%) VMS
10 3 (0.77%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.51%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.51%) CentOS
11 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (49.74%) DevOps
2 175 (44.64%) Agile
3 150 (38.27%) CI/CD
4 78 (19.90%) Software Engineering
5 76 (19.39%) Test Automation
6 69 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (15.82%) Continuous Integration
8 61 (15.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 58 (14.80%) Scrum
10 54 (13.78%) Microservices
11 52 (13.27%) TDD
12 47 (11.99%) Unit Testing
13 42 (10.71%) Computer Science
14 39 (9.95%) Front End Development
15 36 (9.18%) Containerisation
15 36 (9.18%) SDLC
16 35 (8.93%) OO
17 34 (8.67%) Analytics
18 32 (8.16%) Full Stack Development
19 30 (7.65%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 156 (39.80%) Python
2 104 (26.53%) JavaScript
3 85 (21.68%) SQL
4 78 (19.90%) C#
5 73 (18.62%) Java
6 58 (14.80%) TypeScript
7 54 (13.78%) Bash
8 35 (8.93%) PowerShell
9 33 (8.42%) Go
10 26 (6.63%) Perl
11 24 (6.12%) C++
12 18 (4.59%) Bicep
13 14 (3.57%) Shell Script
14 10 (2.55%) C
15 9 (2.30%) CLIST
15 9 (2.30%) COBOL
15 9 (2.30%) PHP
15 9 (2.30%) REXX
16 8 (2.04%) SELCOPY
17 7 (1.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 77 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 63 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 55 (14.03%) Degree
4 29 (7.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.55%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 8 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.53%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.53%) PhD
9 5 (1.28%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.02%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.51%) ISEB
13 1 (0.26%) CEH
13 1 (0.26%) CISSP
13 1 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.12%) Accessibility
2 23 (5.87%) QA
3 11 (2.81%) WCAG
4 8 (2.04%) GDPR
4 8 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.53%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.02%) JTAG
7 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.51%) NIST
8 1 (0.26%) CDISC
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 93 (23.72%) Docker
2 36 (9.18%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.32%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.53%) Firmware
5 6 (1.53%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.02%) vSphere
7 3 (0.77%) vCloud
7 3 (0.77%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.77%) zsh
8 1 (0.26%) PowerDNS
Systems Management
1 103 (26.28%) Terraform
2 89 (22.70%) Kubernetes
3 47 (11.99%) Ansible
4 27 (6.89%) Grafana
5 19 (4.85%) Prometheus
6 15 (3.83%) Puppet
7 14 (3.57%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.79%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (1.79%) Kibana
8 7 (1.79%) Netcool
8 7 (1.79%) Tivoli
8 7 (1.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (1.28%) CloudHub
9 5 (1.28%) Packer
10 4 (1.02%) Consul
11 3 (0.77%) Autotask
11 3 (0.77%) logstash
11 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.77%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.77%) vRealize
Vendors
1 60 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.18%) Oracle
3 20 (5.10%) Google
3 20 (5.10%) IBM
4 18 (4.59%) Splunk
4 18 (4.59%) VMware
5 16 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.32%) SAP
7 10 (2.55%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.30%) Syncsort
9 8 (2.04%) Cisco
9 8 (2.04%) Dell
10 7 (1.79%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.79%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.79%) EMC
10 7 (1.79%) HP
10 7 (1.79%) Isilon
10 7 (1.79%) Qualys
10 7 (1.79%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.79%) Serena