GitHub Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

GitHub
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring GitHub skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	30	34	-
Rank change year-on-year	+4	-	-
Contract jobs citing GitHub	11	12	0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire	2.86%	3.34%	-
As % of the Cloud Services category	12.09%	10.26%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	8	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	£550	-
East of England median daily rate	£450	£550	£525
% change year-on-year	-18.18%	+4.76%	+5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£60.00	-	-
Median hourly rate	£65.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£70.00	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
East of England median hourly rate	£65.00	-	-

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cambridgeshire

GitHub falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Cambridgeshire.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills	91	117	92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire	23.64%	32.59%	23.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	36	62	51
10^th Percentile	£185	£301	£300
25^th Percentile	£291	£400	£340
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£510	£503	£420
Median % change year-on-year	+1.39%	+19.64%	-6.67%
75^th Percentile	£625	£622	£588
90^th Percentile	£704	£700	£625
East of England median daily rate	£480	£500	£420
% change year-on-year	-4.00%	+19.05%	-9.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	12	5
10^th Percentile	-	£15.09	-
25^th Percentile	£60.00	£16.00	£14.16
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£16.30	£16.30
Median % change year-on-year	+298.77%	-	-13.57%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£43.75	£21.37
90^th Percentile	-	-	£21.42
East of England median hourly rate	£18.00	£25.00	£20.69
% change year-on-year	-28.00%	+20.86%	+3.43%

GitHub Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GitHub relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

GitHub Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing GitHub.

GitHub Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing GitHub.

GitHub Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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
Cambridge	+3	4	-	-	36
Peterborough	-	1	-	-	4
GitHub East of England

GitHub Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing GitHub also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for GitHub.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	81.8%	9
2	CI/CD	72.7%	8
3	Software Engineering	63.6%	7
4	GitHub Actions	54.5%	6
4	Jenkins	54.5%	6
6	Git	45.5%	5
7	GitHub Copilot	36.4%	4
8	Azure	27.3%	3
8	Problem-Solving	27.3%	3
8	Validation	27.3%	3
11	C	18.2%	2
11	C++	18.2%	2
11	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	2
11	Data Governance	18.2%	2
11	Data Modelling	18.2%	2
11	Data Quality	18.2%	2
11	Embedded C	18.2%	2
11	Embedded C++	18.2%	2
11	Firmware	18.2%	2
11	LoRaWAN	18.2%	2
11	Metadata	18.2%	2
11	Wireless	18.2%	2
23	Accessibility	9.1%	1
23	Actionable Insight	9.1%	1
23	Actionable Recommendations	9.1%	1
23	AI	9.1%	1
23	AI Transformation	9.1%	1
23	Analytics	9.1%	1
23	Ansible	9.1%	1
23	AWS	9.1%	1

GitHub Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	GitHub Actions	54.5%	6
2	GitHub Copilot	36.4%	4
3	Azure	27.3%	3
4	AWS	9.1%	1
4	Azure DevOps	9.1%	1
4	Azure Monitor	9.1%	1
4	ChatGPT	9.1%	1
4	Microsoft Copilot	9.1%	1
4	Power Automate	9.1%	1
4	Power Platform	9.1%	1