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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 74 58
Rank change year-on-year +2 -16 -12
Contract jobs citing Git 818 1,013 1,929
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.36% 2.72% 3.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 24.75% 23.76% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 667 1,333
10th Percentile £356 £351 £413
25th Percentile £413 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £558
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.83% +1.36%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £688
90th Percentile £750 £717 £758
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 45 63
10th Percentile £47.00 £50.95 £51.25
25th Percentile £51.78 £56.25 £55.06
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £63.13 £70.00 £74.13
90th Percentile £67.25 £79.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £65.25
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.21% +8.75%

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 3,305 4,263 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.57% 11.46% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,218 2,908 5,318
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 182 222
10th Percentile £27.50 £31.84 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.00 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £82.35 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -13 435 £550 +2.09% 563
North of England +30 118 £471 -10.38% 283
South East +14 108 £500 -5.66% 299
North West +15 58 £455 -13.33% 177
Midlands +11 53 £500 +39.66% 127
South West +65 50 £575 -1.71% 120
Yorkshire +21 46 £510 -0.49% 79
West Midlands -8 33 £506 +40.95% 85
East Midlands +23 20 £483 +35.53% 35
East of England +11 17 £463 -7.50% 106
North East +5 14 £410 +7.89% 29
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 81 (9.90%) Confluence
2 40 (4.89%) Apache
3 37 (4.52%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.20%) JBoss
5 15 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.47%) Jupyter
7 11 (1.34%) nginx
7 11 (1.34%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.98%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.86%) CMS
9 7 (0.86%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.61%) Moodle
10 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
10 5 (0.61%) WordPress
11 4 (0.49%) Drupal
12 3 (0.37%) Mendix
13 2 (0.24%) Camunda
13 2 (0.24%) IIS
13 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.24%) Trello
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) Sketch
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Shopify
2 2 (0.24%) Endur
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 247 (30.20%) AWS
2 213 (26.04%) Azure
3 91 (11.12%) GitHub
4 88 (10.76%) Azure DevOps
5 56 (6.85%) GCP
6 46 (5.62%) Serverless
7 34 (4.16%) Power Platform
8 29 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
8 29 (3.55%) OpenShift
9 27 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
10 24 (2.93%) Amazon S3
10 24 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (2.44%) npm
12 20 (2.44%) Slack
13 19 (2.32%) Amazon SQS
14 17 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (2.08%) SaaS
15 15 (1.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.91%) HTTP
2 28 (3.42%) DNS
3 23 (2.81%) Firewall
4 14 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.47%) SNMP
5 12 (1.47%) Software-Defined Radio
6 10 (1.22%) VPN
7 9 (1.10%) SAN
8 8 (0.98%) DHCP
8 8 (0.98%) SSH
9 6 (0.73%) Network Security
10 5 (0.61%) NAS
10 5 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.61%) SSL
11 4 (0.49%) Internet
12 3 (0.37%) VLAN
13 2 (0.24%) IPv4
13 2 (0.24%) Telnet
13 2 (0.24%) Wireless
13 2 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (7.58%) MySQL
3 59 (7.21%) MongoDB
4 48 (5.87%) SQL Server
5 46 (5.62%) NoSQL
5 46 (5.62%) Relational Database
6 29 (3.55%) Big Data
7 27 (3.30%) Power BI
8 26 (3.18%) Apache Cassandra
9 23 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (2.57%) Redis
11 20 (2.44%) Hadoop
12 18 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
13 15 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
14 14 (1.71%) Apache Hive
14 14 (1.71%) Delta Lake
14 14 (1.71%) Tableau
15 13 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (1.47%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 208 (25.43%) Jenkins
2 199 (24.33%) JIRA
3 72 (8.80%) Bitbucket
4 66 (8.07%) GitLab
5 63 (7.70%) Selenium
6 54 (6.60%) JUnit
6 54 (6.60%) Maven
7 49 (5.99%) SonarQube
8 43 (5.26%) Postman
9 42 (5.13%) Cucumber
10 38 (4.65%) TeamCity
11 36 (4.40%) Subversion
12 30 (3.67%) REST Assured
13 24 (2.93%) Bitbucket Server
13 24 (2.93%) Jasmine
14 20 (2.44%) webpack
15 19 (2.32%) Sonatype Nexus
16 18 (2.20%) Cypress.io
17 17 (2.08%) GoogleTest
18 16 (1.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 181 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 160 (19.56%) Finance
3 123 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (9.90%) Public Sector
5 79 (9.66%) Banking
6 41 (5.01%) Investment Banking
7 19 (2.32%) Front Office
7 19 (2.32%) Marketing
8 18 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (1.71%) Financial Institution
10 14 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.34%) Retail
12 10 (1.22%) Electronics
12 10 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.10%) Games
14 5 (0.61%) Legal
15 4 (0.49%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.37%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 342 (41.81%) Developer
2 116 (14.18%) Senior
3 70 (8.56%) DevOps Engineer
4 64 (7.82%) Senior Developer
5 63 (7.70%) Java Developer
6 62 (7.58%) Full-Stack Developer
7 60 (7.33%) Lead
8 55 (6.72%) Software Engineer
9 44 (5.38%) Data Engineer
10 36 (4.40%) Test Engineer
11 34 (4.16%) Python Developer
12 27 (3.30%) Python Engineer
13 25 (3.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 24 (2.93%) AWS Engineer
15 22 (2.69%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.57%) AWS Developer
16 21 (2.57%) React Developer
17 20 (2.44%) UI Developer
18 19 (2.32%) Analyst
19 18 (2.20%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (19.07%) CSS
2 148 (18.09%) React
3 135 (16.50%) RESTful
4 134 (16.38%) HTML
5 104 (12.71%) REST
6 86 (10.51%) .NET
7 80 (9.78%) Node.js
8 77 (9.41%) AngularJS
9 71 (8.68%) Spring Boot
10 64 (7.82%) Spring
11 47 (5.75%) Web Services
12 46 (5.62%) Kafka
13 44 (5.38%) HTML5
14 42 (5.13%) JSON
14 42 (5.13%) SOAP
15 37 (4.52%) FastAPI
16 31 (3.79%) Sass
16 31 (3.79%) Vue
17 30 (3.67%) Swagger
18 28 (3.42%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.16%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 31 (3.79%) Algorithms
3 31 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (3.18%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.69%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.20%) Hedge funds
6 18 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.08%) Derivative
7 17 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 15 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
8 15 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.71%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.59%) VHDL
11 12 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
11 12 (1.47%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.22%) FPGA
14 9 (1.10%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 206 (25.18%) Linux
2 87 (10.64%) Windows
3 46 (5.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 33 (4.03%) Unix
5 32 (3.91%) Windows Server
6 25 (3.06%) Android
7 15 (1.83%) Apple iOS
8 11 (1.34%) Solaris
8 11 (1.34%) Ubuntu
9 9 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
10 7 (0.86%) CentOS
11 5 (0.61%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.37%) Debian
12 3 (0.37%) VMS
13 2 (0.24%) AIX
13 2 (0.24%) HPUX
13 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.12%) SUSE
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (45.23%) CI/CD
2 355 (43.40%) Agile
3 286 (34.96%) DevOps
4 219 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
5 197 (24.08%) Test Automation
6 144 (17.60%) Software Engineering
7 137 (16.75%) Microservices
7 137 (16.75%) Scrum
8 122 (14.91%) Continuous Integration
9 109 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
10 90 (11.00%) Containerisation
11 89 (10.88%) TDD
12 79 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
13 74 (9.05%) Code Quality
14 70 (8.56%) OO
14 70 (8.56%) SDLC
15 69 (8.44%) Unit Testing
16 65 (7.95%) Computer Science
17 59 (7.21%) Configuration Management
18 58 (7.09%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 392 (47.92%) Python
2 239 (29.22%) Java
3 235 (28.73%) JavaScript
4 228 (27.87%) SQL
5 112 (13.69%) Bash
6 107 (13.08%) C#
7 104 (12.71%) TypeScript
8 82 (10.02%) PowerShell
9 56 (6.85%) C++
10 33 (4.03%) PHP
11 31 (3.79%) Shell Script
12 25 (3.06%) Perl
13 22 (2.69%) Go
14 21 (2.57%) Scala
15 19 (2.32%) Ruby
16 18 (2.20%) Kotlin
17 14 (1.71%) C
18 12 (1.47%) Groovy
19 10 (1.22%) PL/SQL
19 10 (1.22%) R
Qualifications
1 201 (24.57%) Security Cleared
2 167 (20.42%) SC Cleared
3 82 (10.02%) Degree
4 47 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 18 (2.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 17 (2.08%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.71%) Oracle Certification
10 13 (1.59%) RHCE
11 12 (1.47%) RHCA
12 11 (1.34%) OCA
13 10 (1.22%) CCNP
13 10 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.61%) ISTQB
17 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.49%) CEH
17 4 (0.49%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.80%) QA
2 34 (4.16%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.44%) GDPR
4 13 (1.59%) WCAG
5 8 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.37%) HL7
7 2 (0.24%) DICOM
7 2 (0.24%) SLA
8 1 (0.12%) EMIR
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.12%) MiFID
8 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 165 (20.17%) Docker
2 31 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.71%) Firmware
5 12 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.98%) vSphere
7 4 (0.49%) Postfix
7 4 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.37%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.24%) FreeRADIUS
9 2 (0.24%) iptables
9 2 (0.24%) NFS
9 2 (0.24%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.24%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.12%) Ceph
10 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.12%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 173 (21.15%) Kubernetes
2 126 (15.40%) Ansible
3 125 (15.28%) Terraform
4 43 (5.26%) Progress Chef
5 41 (5.01%) Puppet
6 28 (3.42%) Prometheus
7 25 (3.06%) Grafana
8 16 (1.96%) vCenter Server
9 15 (1.83%) Kibana
10 10 (1.22%) Red Hat Satellite
11 9 (1.10%) Istio
11 9 (1.10%) Packer
12 7 (0.86%) MIIS
12 7 (0.86%) Nagios
12 7 (0.86%) QRadar
13 6 (0.73%) vRealize
14 5 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (0.61%) Tivoli
14 5 (0.61%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 4 (0.49%) Control-M
Vendors
1 79 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.72%) Oracle
3 44 (5.38%) VMware
4 38 (4.65%) Red Hat
4 38 (4.65%) Splunk
5 37 (4.52%) Databricks
6 36 (4.40%) Atlassian
7 33 (4.03%) Google
8 22 (2.69%) SAP
9 17 (2.08%) Cisco
10 16 (1.96%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.34%) IBM
12 9 (1.10%) AppDynamics
12 9 (1.10%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.10%) Zend
13 8 (0.98%) OpenAI
13 8 (0.98%) Xilinx
14 7 (0.86%) EMC
14 7 (0.86%) Qualys
15 6 (0.73%) Adobe