GitHub
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 254 191 100
Rank change year-on-year -63 -91 +118
Permanent jobs citing GitHub 1,125 2,051 5,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 1.98% 3.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.18% 4.61% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 867 1,125 1,571
10th Percentile £42,414 £45,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,548 £89,852 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £108,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £59,191 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.37% +7.62% +4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,366 44,509 75,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.89% 42.88% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 26,758 29,173 41,880
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitHub.

Salary trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -66 948 £65,000 -6.40% 442
UK excluding London -90 679 £60,000 +1.37% 275
Work from Home -24 520 £65,000 -6.40% 155
London -33 364 £85,000 +9.68% 192
North of England -67 190 £65,000 +13.04% 89
South East -72 144 £52,500 -25.00% 49
North West -10 122 £60,000 -0.21% 48
Midlands +6 104 £61,500 +6.96% 41
Scotland -82 90 £75,000 +28.18% 25
South West +5 83 £57,500 -8.00% 41
West Midlands +17 82 £61,500 +6.96% 25
Yorkshire -52 53 £68,000 +14.24% 32
East of England -11 45 £50,000 - 19
Wales +5 22 £62,500 +22.30% 12
East Midlands -13 21 £55,000 +4.76% 16
North East -21 15 £71,500 +24.35% 11
Northern Ireland -8 1 £47,500 -17.39% 5

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:

Application Platforms
1 73 (6.49%) FileNet
2 61 (5.42%) Confluence
3 38 (3.38%) Apache
4 33 (2.93%) Apache Spark
5 29 (2.58%) CMS
6 28 (2.49%) Captiva
6 28 (2.49%) WebSphere
7 23 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
8 22 (1.96%) nginx
9 18 (1.60%) Drupal
10 15 (1.33%) WordPress
11 12 (1.07%) SharePoint
12 10 (0.89%) IIS
13 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
14 7 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 6 (0.53%) OpenStack
15 6 (0.53%) Tomcat
16 5 (0.44%) Umbraco
17 3 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
18 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 45 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.71%) Trello
4 7 (0.62%) GNU Octave
5 5 (0.44%) Doxygen
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.18%) Notion
7 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.089%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
4 2 (0.18%) Shopify
5 1 (0.089%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.089%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.089%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.089%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.089%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 471 (41.87%) AWS
2 461 (40.98%) Azure
3 250 (22.22%) GitHub Actions
4 222 (19.73%) GCP
5 159 (14.13%) Azure DevOps
6 136 (12.09%) Serverless
7 122 (10.84%) AWS Lambda
8 106 (9.42%) Amazon S3
9 81 (7.20%) SaaS
10 68 (6.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 55 (4.89%) PaaS
12 48 (4.27%) Power Platform
13 47 (4.18%) Amazon EKS
14 42 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
14 42 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
15 40 (3.56%) Amazon SQS
16 37 (3.29%) Azure AKS
17 34 (3.02%) IaaS
18 25 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 24 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.18%) Firewall
2 42 (3.73%) DNS
3 21 (1.87%) VPN
4 15 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.24%) Internet
6 13 (1.16%) WAN
7 11 (0.98%) DHCP
7 11 (0.98%) RS-232
8 10 (0.89%) 5G
9 8 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.53%) MQTT
10 6 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.44%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.44%) RS-485
11 5 (0.44%) Wireless
11 5 (0.44%) ZigBee
12 3 (0.27%) Network Security
12 3 (0.27%) SMS
12 3 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (10.49%) MySQL
2 107 (9.51%) SQL Server
3 102 (9.07%) NoSQL
4 86 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (5.33%) Elasticsearch
6 50 (4.44%) Apache Cassandra
6 50 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
7 43 (3.82%) Redis
8 40 (3.56%) Power BI
9 34 (3.02%) DynamoDB
10 31 (2.76%) Big Data
11 30 (2.67%) Relational Database
12 27 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
13 26 (2.31%) Amazon Aurora
13 26 (2.31%) Data Lake
13 26 (2.31%) MongoDB
14 25 (2.22%) BigQuery
15 24 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
16 23 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 307 (27.29%) Git
2 253 (22.49%) Jenkins
3 198 (17.60%) JIRA
4 139 (12.36%) GitLab
5 61 (5.42%) Bitbucket
6 56 (4.98%) CircleCI
7 52 (4.62%) JUnit
8 49 (4.36%) Jasmine
9 45 (4.00%) Mockito
9 45 (4.00%) Visual Studio
10 34 (3.02%) Visual Studio Code
11 31 (2.76%) Oracle Forms
12 26 (2.31%) Selenium
12 26 (2.31%) Sonatype Nexus
13 22 (1.96%) Maven
13 22 (1.96%) SonarQube
14 21 (1.87%) PHPUnit
15 19 (1.69%) Artifactory
16 18 (1.60%) JMeter
16 18 (1.60%) Spinnaker
General
1 319 (28.36%) Finance
2 243 (21.60%) Social Skills
3 130 (11.56%) Banking
4 96 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 80 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (5.96%) Public Sector
7 61 (5.42%) Marketing
8 59 (5.24%) Law
9 51 (4.53%) Retail
10 47 (4.18%) Legal
11 30 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.40%) Electronics
13 26 (2.31%) Automotive
14 25 (2.22%) Games
15 23 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.96%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.87%) Retail Banking
18 20 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
19 17 (1.51%) Investment Banking
20 12 (1.07%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 422 (37.51%) Developer
2 221 (19.64%) Senior
3 173 (15.38%) Software Engineer
4 136 (12.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 118 (10.49%) Lead
6 86 (7.64%) Senior Developer
7 74 (6.58%) AWS Engineer
7 74 (6.58%) Cloud Engineer
8 72 (6.40%) Full Stack Developer
9 70 (6.22%) Software Developer
10 60 (5.33%) .NET Developer
11 54 (4.80%) Data Engineer
12 45 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 44 (3.91%) C# Developer
14 43 (3.82%) Azure Engineer
15 42 (3.73%) AWS DevOps
16 38 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
17 35 (3.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
18 34 (3.02%) Senior DevOps
18 34 (3.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (18.76%) React
2 188 (16.71%) .NET
3 145 (12.89%) HTML
4 141 (12.53%) CSS
5 130 (11.56%) AngularJS
6 107 (9.51%) Node.js
7 98 (8.71%) Kafka
8 97 (8.62%) RESTful
9 85 (7.56%) GraphQL
10 84 (7.47%) HTML5
11 83 (7.38%) Spring
12 82 (7.29%) REST
13 62 (5.51%) Vue
14 61 (5.42%) .NET Core
15 58 (5.16%) Laravel
16 51 (4.53%) jQuery
17 50 (4.44%) J2EE
18 46 (4.09%) Hibernate
18 46 (4.09%) Web Services
19 45 (4.00%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 70 (6.22%) Public Cloud
3 52 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 46 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (4.09%) Private Cloud
5 44 (3.91%) IoT
6 37 (3.29%) Mobile App
7 29 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 28 (2.49%) DataPower
9 25 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 25 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (2.13%) Onboarding
11 23 (2.04%) Virtual Team
12 21 (1.87%) Client/Server
13 20 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
14 17 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (1.42%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (1.16%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 194 (17.24%) Linux
2 110 (9.78%) Windows
3 53 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 45 (4.00%) Unix
5 33 (2.93%) Apple iOS
6 24 (2.13%) Android
7 17 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.53%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.53%) VMS
10 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (41.78%) Agile
2 459 (40.80%) DevOps
3 419 (37.24%) CI/CD
4 300 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 213 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
6 205 (18.22%) Infrastructure as Code
7 176 (15.64%) Full Stack Development
8 160 (14.22%) Computer Science
9 159 (14.13%) Microservices
10 145 (12.89%) Test Automation
11 141 (12.53%) Containerisation
12 135 (12.00%) Machine Learning
13 131 (11.64%) SDLC
14 122 (10.84%) Unit Testing
15 108 (9.60%) Mentoring
16 101 (8.98%) Continuous Integration
17 97 (8.62%) Artificial Intelligence
18 94 (8.36%) Scrum
19 83 (7.38%) Analytics
20 79 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 356 (31.64%) Python
2 307 (27.29%) SQL
3 306 (27.20%) JavaScript
4 248 (22.04%) Java
5 172 (15.29%) C#
6 141 (12.53%) TypeScript
7 103 (9.16%) PowerShell
8 91 (8.09%) PHP
9 89 (7.91%) Bash
10 76 (6.76%) Go
11 53 (4.71%) Ruby
12 43 (3.82%) C
13 23 (2.04%) MATLAB
14 21 (1.87%) C++
14 21 (1.87%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.78%) Apex Code
15 20 (1.78%) Perl
16 17 (1.51%) Scala
17 16 (1.42%) Objective-C
18 14 (1.24%) Korn
Qualifications
1 191 (16.98%) Degree
2 95 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 72 (6.40%) Security Cleared
4 56 (4.98%) Master's Degree
5 46 (4.09%) SC Cleared
6 31 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.89%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.71%) HND
10 7 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.62%) PhD
11 5 (0.44%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.36%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.27%) ISEB
13 3 (0.27%) ISEB Practitioner
13 3 (0.27%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.089%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.089%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.82%) GDPR
2 42 (3.73%) QA
3 19 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.16%) NCSC
6 11 (0.98%) MISRA
7 8 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.53%) MISRA C
9 5 (0.44%) PMO
10 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.27%) SLA
12 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.18%) NIST
13 1 (0.089%) AUTOSAR
13 1 (0.089%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.089%) WCAG
System Software
1 337 (29.96%) Docker
2 40 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.33%) Firmware
5 11 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.98%) NFS
6 10 (0.89%) pfSense
7 8 (0.71%) HDFS
8 6 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.089%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.089%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 308 (27.38%) Kubernetes
2 302 (26.84%) Terraform
3 120 (10.67%) Ansible
4 39 (3.47%) Grafana
5 31 (2.76%) Progress Chef
5 31 (2.76%) Puppet
6 16 (1.42%) Packer
7 15 (1.33%) Istio
8 14 (1.24%) Argo
8 14 (1.24%) ZABBIX
9 13 (1.16%) Prometheus
10 12 (1.07%) Red Hat Satellite
11 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (0.89%) SCDPM
12 8 (0.71%) Kibana
12 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
13 7 (0.62%) Foglight
13 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
13 7 (0.62%) Nagios
13 7 (0.62%) Salt
Vendors
1 152 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 110 (9.78%) Oracle
3 84 (7.47%) Google
4 41 (3.64%) SAP
5 39 (3.47%) IBM
6 38 (3.38%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.58%) Databricks
8 28 (2.49%) Kofax
8 28 (2.49%) Pega
9 23 (2.04%) Splunk
10 21 (1.87%) Salesforce
11 19 (1.69%) Atlassian
11 19 (1.69%) VMware
12 17 (1.51%) McAfee
12 17 (1.51%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.33%) ForgeRock
13 15 (1.33%) Sitecore
14 13 (1.16%) HP
15 12 (1.07%) Sun
15 12 (1.07%) TOWER Software