Git Contracts in England

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Git skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Git over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 71 63
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 -14
Contract jobs citing Git 925 1,139 1,681
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.61% 3.07% 3.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.41% 25.31% 25.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 747 1,179
10th Percentile £340 £356 £399
25th Percentile £404 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £589 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £489 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.27% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 56 55
10th Percentile £28.41 £47.38 £51.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.75 £67.34
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% -5.33% +2.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £78.13 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £67.34
% change year-on-year -12.00% -7.19% +2.75%

All Development Application Skills
England

Git falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,641 4,500 6,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.20% 12.12% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,477 3,012 4,731
10th Percentile £335 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £709 £730 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 234 202
10th Percentile £28.27 £33.02 £48.20
25th Percentile £50.00 £52.50 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +18.10%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +19.05%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Git in England

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Git in England

Git
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Git in England

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Git in England

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in England

Git
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the England region over the 6 months to 1 July 2025. 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
London -3 489 £525 -2.78% 2,125
North of England +14 156 £460 -8.00% 713
South East +2 100 £500 -9.09% 814
Midlands +12 93 £475 +26.16% 336
North West +24 78 £402 -21.18% 434
Yorkshire +6 65 £500 - 223
West Midlands -10 50 £500 +36.05% 206
South West +25 44 £575 -1.20% 358
East Midlands +28 43 £405 -8.99% 130
East of England +2 17 £450 -23.40% 343
North East -1 13 £500 +16.28% 62
Git
UK

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 90 (9.73%) Confluence
2 40 (4.32%) Apache
3 36 (3.89%) Apache Spark
3 36 (3.89%) JBoss
4 24 (2.59%) Tomcat
5 23 (2.49%) nginx
6 16 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
7 13 (1.41%) WebSphere
8 10 (1.08%) WebLogic
9 9 (0.97%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.86%) CMS
11 5 (0.54%) Moodle
11 5 (0.54%) SharePoint
12 4 (0.43%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.43%) Camunda
12 4 (0.43%) Drupal
12 4 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
12 4 (0.43%) WordPress
13 3 (0.32%) Mendix
13 3 (0.32%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.22%) Simulink
3 2 (0.22%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.22%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.11%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.11%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.11%) Maple
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Sketch
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.76%) Shopify
2 5 (0.54%) Endur
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 346 (37.41%) AWS
2 241 (26.05%) Azure
3 123 (13.30%) GitHub
4 91 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
5 81 (8.76%) GCP
6 59 (6.38%) Serverless
7 51 (5.51%) Amazon S3
8 50 (5.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 49 (5.30%) Amazon EC2
10 45 (4.86%) OpenShift
11 41 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
12 38 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
13 37 (4.00%) Power Platform
14 34 (3.68%) Amazon SQS
15 28 (3.03%) npm
16 27 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 24 (2.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 21 (2.27%) dbt
19 19 (2.05%) AWS KMS
20 18 (1.95%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.68%) DNS
1 34 (3.68%) Firewall
2 29 (3.14%) HTTP
3 24 (2.59%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.41%) VPN
5 12 (1.30%) SSH
6 11 (1.19%) SAN
7 9 (0.97%) Internet
7 9 (0.97%) SSL
8 8 (0.86%) DHCP
8 8 (0.86%) HTTPS
8 8 (0.86%) SNMP
9 7 (0.76%) Network Security
9 7 (0.76%) SMTP
10 6 (0.65%) NAS
10 6 (0.65%) Software-Defined Radio
11 5 (0.54%) FTP
11 5 (0.54%) LAN
11 5 (0.54%) VLAN
12 4 (0.43%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (11.68%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.05%) Relational Database
3 52 (5.62%) MongoDB
3 52 (5.62%) MySQL
4 46 (4.97%) SQL Server
5 45 (4.86%) NoSQL
6 37 (4.00%) Big Data
7 36 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (3.14%) Power BI
9 27 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (2.49%) Tableau
12 20 (2.16%) DynamoDB
13 18 (1.95%) RDBMS
14 17 (1.84%) Amazon Aurora
14 17 (1.84%) Delta Lake
15 16 (1.73%) Hadoop
16 14 (1.51%) Data Lake
17 13 (1.41%) Redis
18 12 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 299 (32.32%) Jenkins
2 220 (23.78%) JIRA
3 92 (9.95%) GitLab
4 89 (9.62%) Maven
5 76 (8.22%) Bitbucket
6 73 (7.89%) SonarQube
7 60 (6.49%) JUnit
8 56 (6.05%) Selenium
9 47 (5.08%) Postman
10 45 (4.86%) Sonatype Nexus
11 39 (4.22%) Subversion
11 39 (4.22%) TeamCity
12 34 (3.68%) Cucumber
13 31 (3.35%) Bitbucket Server
14 26 (2.81%) webpack
15 25 (2.70%) Artifactory
15 25 (2.70%) Gradle
15 25 (2.70%) IntelliJ
16 20 (2.16%) REST Assured
17 17 (1.84%) Mockito
General
1 220 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 200 (21.62%) Finance
3 148 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (11.03%) Banking
5 85 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 45 (4.86%) Investment Banking
7 22 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.16%) Marketing
10 19 (2.05%) Front Office
11 17 (1.84%) Retail
12 14 (1.51%) Financial Institution
13 12 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.08%) Games
15 8 (0.86%) Electronics
16 7 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (0.65%) Back Office
17 6 (0.65%) Legal
18 5 (0.54%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 393 (42.49%) Developer
2 98 (10.59%) Senior
3 83 (8.97%) Java Developer
4 74 (8.00%) Lead
5 73 (7.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 49 (5.30%) Full-Stack Developer
6 49 (5.30%) Senior Developer
7 47 (5.08%) Data Engineer
8 46 (4.97%) Software Engineer
9 41 (4.43%) Python Developer
10 35 (3.78%) AWS Developer
11 30 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
12 29 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
13 28 (3.03%) Architect
14 27 (2.92%) Test Engineer
15 26 (2.81%) Angular Developer
16 23 (2.49%) Tester
16 23 (2.49%) UI Developer
17 21 (2.27%) AWS DevOps
17 21 (2.27%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (19.24%) REST
2 161 (17.41%) CSS
3 159 (17.19%) React
4 152 (16.43%) HTML
5 151 (16.32%) RESTful
6 106 (11.46%) Spring Boot
7 100 (10.81%) AngularJS
8 97 (10.49%) Spring
9 95 (10.27%) Node.js
10 75 (8.11%) Web Services
11 70 (7.57%) SOAP
12 69 (7.46%) .NET
13 58 (6.27%) Kafka
14 57 (6.16%) HTML5
14 57 (6.16%) JSON
15 39 (4.22%) CSS3
16 38 (4.11%) XML
17 36 (3.89%) FastAPI
17 36 (3.89%) Vue
18 32 (3.46%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 42 (4.54%) Algorithms
2 41 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (4.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 37 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.78%) Mobile App
6 27 (2.92%) Data Structures
7 26 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.70%) Cloud Native
8 25 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (2.49%) Hedge funds
10 18 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.84%) Distributed Computing
11 17 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.30%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.30%) Replication
13 11 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.19%) Derivative
14 10 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 226 (24.43%) Linux
2 106 (11.46%) Windows
3 66 (7.14%) Unix
4 39 (4.22%) Android
4 39 (4.22%) Windows Server
5 35 (3.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.19%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.08%) VMS
9 9 (0.97%) Solaris
10 7 (0.76%) Amazon Linux
11 6 (0.65%) CentOS
12 5 (0.54%) Debian
13 4 (0.43%) AIX
13 4 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
14 3 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
16 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
16 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
16 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (46.05%) CI/CD
2 425 (45.95%) Agile
3 333 (36.00%) DevOps
4 243 (26.27%) Problem-Solving
5 181 (19.57%) Scrum
6 179 (19.35%) Test Automation
7 176 (19.03%) Microservices
8 138 (14.92%) Software Engineering
9 111 (12.00%) Continuous Integration
10 109 (11.78%) TDD
11 103 (11.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 96 (10.38%) Containerisation
13 87 (9.41%) Code Quality
13 87 (9.41%) Full-Stack Development
14 86 (9.30%) Configuration Management
15 82 (8.86%) Clean Code
16 77 (8.32%) Mentoring
17 76 (8.22%) Design Patterns
18 75 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
19 74 (8.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 428 (46.27%) Python
2 315 (34.05%) Java
3 265 (28.65%) JavaScript
4 239 (25.84%) SQL
5 110 (11.89%) C#
6 104 (11.24%) TypeScript
7 95 (10.27%) PowerShell
8 92 (9.95%) Bash
9 79 (8.54%) C++
10 56 (6.05%) Shell Script
11 40 (4.32%) Go
12 30 (3.24%) Kotlin
12 30 (3.24%) Perl
13 29 (3.14%) Groovy
13 29 (3.14%) PHP
14 27 (2.92%) Scala
15 20 (2.16%) C
16 19 (2.05%) Ruby
17 14 (1.51%) PL/SQL
18 13 (1.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 205 (22.16%) Security Cleared
2 173 (18.70%) SC Cleared
3 74 (8.00%) Degree
4 48 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.49%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (1.73%) CCNP
8 16 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.62%) Oracle Certification
10 12 (1.30%) OCA
11 11 (1.19%) RHCE
12 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.08%) RHCA
13 8 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.86%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.65%) CISSP
16 5 (0.54%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.32%) QA
2 33 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.73%) GDPR
5 7 (0.76%) WCAG
6 5 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.32%) EMIR
7 3 (0.32%) HL7
7 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.32%) MiFID
8 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.22%) DICOM
8 2 (0.22%) NIST
8 2 (0.22%) SLA
8 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 227 (24.54%) Docker
2 35 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (1.08%) Postfix
5 9 (0.97%) Firmware
6 8 (0.86%) vSphere
7 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.65%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.54%) DFS Replication
8 5 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 5 (0.54%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.22%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.22%) FreeRADIUS
9 2 (0.22%) iptables
9 2 (0.22%) Squid
9 2 (0.22%) zsh
10 1 (0.11%) Ceph
10 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 211 (22.81%) Kubernetes
2 167 (18.05%) Terraform
3 155 (16.76%) Ansible
4 66 (7.14%) Puppet
5 47 (5.08%) Progress Chef
6 43 (4.65%) Prometheus
7 40 (4.32%) Grafana
8 21 (2.27%) Packer
9 18 (1.95%) Kibana
9 18 (1.95%) vCenter Server
10 15 (1.62%) Consul
11 9 (0.97%) Istio
12 7 (0.76%) MIIS
12 7 (0.76%) Nagios
13 6 (0.65%) Control-M
13 6 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.65%) vRealize
14 5 (0.54%) Kustomize
14 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 109 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 72 (7.78%) Oracle
3 56 (6.05%) VMware
4 50 (5.41%) Splunk
5 44 (4.76%) Databricks
6 36 (3.89%) Google
7 35 (3.78%) Red Hat
8 33 (3.57%) Atlassian
9 22 (2.38%) Cisco
10 20 (2.16%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.62%) SAP
12 13 (1.41%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.30%) AppDynamics
13 12 (1.30%) IBM
13 12 (1.30%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.08%) CA Agile Central
14 10 (1.08%) Jaspersoft
15 9 (0.97%) Dynatrace
16 8 (0.86%) Adobe
16 8 (0.86%) Zend