Git Contracts in England

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 58 48
Rank change year-on-year -18 -10 -4
Contract jobs citing Git 993 1,938 3,622
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.69% 3.83% 5.09%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.60% 25.56% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 1,341 2,465
10th Percentile £353 £413 £410
25th Percentile £425 £475 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +1.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £645 £688 £669
90th Percentile £719 £758 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -5.83% +1.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 64 39
10th Percentile £51.28 £51.25 £39.65
25th Percentile £56.25 £55.66 £55.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £63.09 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +5.15% +6.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.94 £68.28
90th Percentile £79.63 £75.00 £78.90
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +11.63%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,207 7,581 12,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.38% 15.00% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 5,351 9,039
10th Percentile £356 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £653
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 225 184
10th Percentile £31.71 £45.00 £38.30
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.18 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +21.14% +6.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.18
90th Percentile £84.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +11.60%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -11 593 £543 -9.58% 215
South East +15 150 £530 -3.64% 95
North of England -28 99 £525 -4.55% 122
North West -14 59 £525 - 78
Midlands -24 57 £358 -33.46% 74
West Midlands -2 50 £364 -32.59% 51
East of England -34 35 £500 - 45
Yorkshire -7 33 £513 -10.09% 35
South West -49 29 £585 +11.43% 89
North East -11 9 £380 -33.91% 9
East Midlands -8 7 £356 -25.05% 23
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 85 (8.56%) Confluence
2 31 (3.12%) Apache
3 28 (2.82%) CMS
4 27 (2.72%) Apache Spark
5 26 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (1.21%) nginx
6 12 (1.21%) OpenStack
7 11 (1.11%) CICS
7 11 (1.11%) SAS
8 10 (1.01%) Anypoint
8 10 (1.01%) JBoss
9 9 (0.91%) Drupal
9 9 (0.91%) IIS
10 6 (0.60%) SharePoint
10 6 (0.60%) WordPress
11 5 (0.50%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.50%) Mule
11 5 (0.50%) Mule ESB
12 4 (0.40%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.81%) Simulink
3 7 (0.70%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.50%) TargetLink
5 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.20%) Trello
8 1 (0.10%) Avocode
8 1 (0.10%) InVision
8 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.70%) Shopify
2 6 (0.60%) Endur
3 2 (0.20%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.20%) Magento
3 2 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 335 (33.74%) Azure
2 297 (29.91%) AWS
3 162 (16.31%) Azure DevOps
4 121 (12.19%) Serverless
5 110 (11.08%) GitHub
6 93 (9.37%) GCP
7 74 (7.45%) Amazon S3
8 68 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
9 62 (6.24%) AWS Lambda
9 62 (6.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 62 (6.24%) Azure Service Bus
10 61 (6.14%) Amazon EC2
11 46 (4.63%) PaaS
12 37 (3.73%) Azure Functions
13 36 (3.63%) Amazon EKS
13 36 (3.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 33 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
14 33 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
15 32 (3.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 23 (2.32%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.93%) Firewall
2 38 (3.83%) DNS
3 33 (3.32%) TCP/IP
4 25 (2.52%) Network Security
5 23 (2.32%) HTTP
6 21 (2.11%) BGP
7 19 (1.91%) MPLS
7 19 (1.91%) SNMP
7 19 (1.91%) VPN
8 18 (1.81%) 5G
9 17 (1.71%) Software-Defined Radio
10 15 (1.51%) DHCP
11 14 (1.41%) NAS
12 12 (1.21%) SSL
13 11 (1.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 11 (1.11%) SAN
13 11 (1.11%) VLAN
13 11 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.91%) FTP
14 9 (0.91%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (14.10%) SQL Server
2 111 (11.18%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (9.16%) NoSQL
4 70 (7.05%) Relational Database
5 55 (5.54%) MySQL
6 39 (3.93%) MongoDB
7 35 (3.52%) Big Data
8 34 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
9 29 (2.92%) DynamoDB
10 28 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (2.52%) Data Lake
12 23 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
13 22 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
14 20 (2.01%) Apache Cassandra
15 18 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 17 (1.71%) RDBMS
17 15 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
18 13 (1.31%) DB2
19 12 (1.21%) Couchbase
19 12 (1.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 235 (23.67%) Jenkins
2 185 (18.63%) JIRA
3 74 (7.45%) GitLab
4 60 (6.04%) JUnit
5 59 (5.94%) Bitbucket
6 58 (5.84%) Selenium
7 53 (5.34%) TeamCity
8 47 (4.73%) Cucumber
9 41 (4.13%) Maven
10 39 (3.93%) Visual Studio
11 38 (3.83%) Subversion
12 34 (3.42%) Postman
13 27 (2.72%) SonarQube
14 24 (2.42%) NUnit
15 23 (2.32%) SoapUI
16 21 (2.11%) Visual Studio Code
17 19 (1.91%) Eclipse
17 19 (1.91%) REST Assured
18 18 (1.81%) Artifactory
19 17 (1.71%) Appium
General
1 187 (18.83%) Social Skills
2 116 (11.68%) Finance
3 102 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 52 (5.24%) Banking
6 28 (2.82%) Marketing
7 26 (2.62%) Front Office
8 25 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 22 (2.22%) Investment Banking
10 21 (2.11%) Back Office
10 21 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (1.71%) Retail
12 16 (1.61%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.31%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
14 12 (1.21%) Multimedia
15 8 (0.81%) Automotive
16 7 (0.70%) Electronics
16 7 (0.70%) German Language
17 6 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 430 (43.30%) Developer
2 141 (14.20%) Senior
3 80 (8.06%) Lead
4 78 (7.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 78 (7.85%) Software Engineer
5 70 (7.05%) Full Stack Developer
6 63 (6.34%) Java Developer
7 50 (5.04%) Senior Developer
8 45 (4.53%) C# Developer
8 45 (4.53%) Data Engineer
9 41 (4.13%) Python Developer
10 39 (3.93%) Azure Developer
11 35 (3.52%) AWS Engineer
12 34 (3.42%) .NET Developer
13 30 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
14 28 (2.82%) AWS DevOps
14 28 (2.82%) React Developer
15 26 (2.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 25 (2.52%) Cloud Engineer
17 24 (2.42%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (17.93%) React
2 167 (16.82%) .NET
3 149 (15.01%) REST
4 139 (14.00%) CSS
5 134 (13.49%) HTML
6 91 (9.16%) Node.js
7 85 (8.56%) Spring
8 78 (7.85%) JSON
9 77 (7.75%) .NET Core
9 77 (7.75%) RESTful
10 67 (6.75%) ASP.NET
11 65 (6.55%) XML
12 64 (6.45%) Spring Boot
13 61 (6.14%) Web Services
14 54 (5.44%) YAML
15 50 (5.04%) .NET Framework
16 48 (4.83%) AngularJS
17 45 (4.53%) Kafka
18 43 (4.33%) SOAP
19 40 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.93%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.73%) Algorithms
3 33 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (3.12%) Public Cloud
5 30 (3.02%) Mobile App
6 27 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
7 23 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (2.11%) Cloud Native
8 21 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
9 19 (1.91%) Replication
10 18 (1.81%) Fixed Income
11 16 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.51%) Clustering
12 15 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (1.21%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.11%) IBM Mainframe
15 11 (1.11%) Mainframe
15 11 (1.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 178 (17.93%) Linux
2 103 (10.37%) Windows
3 58 (5.84%) Unix
4 38 (3.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (3.22%) Android
6 26 (2.62%) Windows Server
7 21 (2.11%) Apple iOS
8 13 (1.31%) VMS
9 12 (1.21%) zOS
10 10 (1.01%) Solaris
10 10 (1.01%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (0.81%) CentOS
12 8 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
13 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
14 4 (0.40%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.30%) Alpine Linux
15 3 (0.30%) Debian
16 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.10%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (49.24%) Agile
2 422 (42.50%) DevOps
3 370 (37.26%) CI/CD
4 210 (21.15%) Scrum
5 200 (20.14%) Software Engineering
6 188 (18.93%) Test Automation
7 181 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
8 165 (16.62%) Microservices
9 159 (16.01%) Continuous Integration
10 152 (15.31%) TDD
11 134 (13.49%) Containerisation
12 128 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
13 112 (11.28%) Unit Testing
14 109 (10.98%) OO
15 105 (10.57%) Full Stack Development
16 87 (8.76%) SDLC
17 81 (8.16%) Computer Science
18 79 (7.96%) Front End Development
18 79 (7.96%) Software Testing
19 76 (7.65%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 400 (40.28%) Python
2 245 (24.67%) Java
3 237 (23.87%) SQL
4 214 (21.55%) JavaScript
5 201 (20.24%) C#
6 119 (11.98%) TypeScript
7 118 (11.88%) Bash
8 86 (8.66%) PowerShell
9 76 (7.65%) C++
10 58 (5.84%) Go
11 48 (4.83%) C
12 45 (4.53%) Shell Script
13 42 (4.23%) Bicep
14 37 (3.73%) Perl
15 26 (2.62%) PHP
15 26 (2.62%) Scala
16 15 (1.51%) MATLAB
16 15 (1.51%) Ruby
17 14 (1.41%) Kotlin
17 14 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 239 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 212 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 111 (11.18%) Degree
4 62 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.93%) DV Cleared
6 21 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (0.70%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.70%) PhD
10 6 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.60%) CCNP
10 6 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.30%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.20%) ISEB
14 2 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.24%) QA
2 44 (4.43%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.22%) WCAG
4 15 (1.51%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.11%) GDPR
6 9 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.70%) JTAG
8 6 (0.60%) MISRA
8 6 (0.60%) MISRA C
9 5 (0.50%) AUTOSAR
9 5 (0.50%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.50%) NCSC
9 5 (0.50%) SLA
10 3 (0.30%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.20%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.20%) MiFID
11 2 (0.20%) NIST
12 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 244 (24.57%) Docker
2 77 (7.75%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.91%) Firmware
4 19 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.11%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.81%) HDFS
7 8 (0.81%) vSphere
8 6 (0.60%) VirtualBox
9 4 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.40%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.40%) zsh
10 3 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.20%) PowerDNS
11 2 (0.20%) Varnish
12 1 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.10%) LXC
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.10%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 230 (23.16%) Kubernetes
2 199 (20.04%) Terraform
3 150 (15.11%) Ansible
4 47 (4.73%) Grafana
5 38 (3.83%) Puppet
6 37 (3.73%) Prometheus
7 28 (2.82%) Progress Chef
8 15 (1.51%) Kibana
8 15 (1.51%) Packer
9 14 (1.41%) vRealize
10 8 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
10 8 (0.81%) logstash
10 8 (0.81%) Netcool
10 8 (0.81%) Tivoli
10 8 (0.81%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 8 (0.81%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.70%) HP Fortify
11 7 (0.70%) ZABBIX
12 6 (0.60%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 132 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 83 (8.36%) Oracle
3 47 (4.73%) Google
4 44 (4.43%) Splunk
5 38 (3.83%) VMware
6 30 (3.02%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.42%) Cisco
7 24 (2.42%) IBM
7 24 (2.42%) SAP
8 23 (2.32%) Atlassian
9 22 (2.22%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.91%) Talend
11 17 (1.71%) Nokia
12 16 (1.61%) Databricks
12 16 (1.61%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.41%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.41%) TIBCO
14 13 (1.31%) Dell
14 13 (1.31%) F5
15 12 (1.21%) Palo Alto