GitHub Contract Job Trends in England

GitHub
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GitHub skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 117 157
Rank change year-on-year +32 +40 -31
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,254 590 570
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.91% 2.37% 1.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.31% 6.29% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 847 402 356
10th Percentile £380 £381 £363
25th Percentile £445 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -1.50% -10.79%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £533
% change year-on-year +1.01% -2.49% -9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 31
10th Percentile £50.84 £25.70 £46.75
25th Percentile £58.43 £26.38 -
Median hourly rate £66.57 £27.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +142.06% -60.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £48.13 -
90th Percentile - £60.50 -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £27.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +129.58% -60.71% +27.27%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,086 9,377 12,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.70% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,221 6,374 8,650
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 233 339
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.95 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +16.98% -36.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £38.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.23 £70.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.06 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.36% +27.27% -37.14%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GitHub job vacancy trend in England

GitHub
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitHub

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in England

GitHub
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitHub

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in England

GitHub
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 GitHub within the England region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
London +30 726 £550 - 181
North of England +25 235 £500 +3.63% 110
Yorkshire +17 171 £490 -5.72% 38
Midlands +11 95 £492 +3.58% 46
West Midlands -2 81 £492 +3.63% 20
South West +19 73 £456 -23.96% 47
South East -47 71 £500 +4.93% 124
North West -21 57 £550 +17.27% 57
East of England -13 31 £500 -9.09% 45
East Midlands -8 13 £447 -8.31% 26
North East -27 12 £450 -12.20% 16
GitHub
UK

GitHub
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 109 (8.69%) Confluence
2 44 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.91%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.20%) Apache
6 11 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
7 6 (0.48%) Tuxedo
8 3 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) SAS
9 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.080%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.080%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.080%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.080%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.080%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.080%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.080%) Notion
6 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.080%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.24%) Findur
3 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.24%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.080%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.080%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.080%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.080%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 668 (53.27%) GitHub Actions
2 577 (46.01%) Azure
3 557 (44.42%) AWS
4 331 (26.40%) Azure DevOps
5 184 (14.67%) GCP
6 176 (14.04%) Serverless
7 123 (9.81%) AWS Lambda
8 121 (9.65%) Amazon S3
9 95 (7.58%) Amazon EKS
10 90 (7.18%) Power Platform
11 82 (6.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 82 (6.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 81 (6.46%) Azure Monitor
13 79 (6.30%) Amazon ECS
14 78 (6.22%) GitHub Copilot
15 70 (5.58%) Azure AKS
16 67 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
17 63 (5.02%) Amazon EC2
18 61 (4.86%) Entra ID
19 46 (3.67%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 67 (5.34%) Firewall
2 63 (5.02%) DNS
3 43 (3.43%) VPN
4 29 (2.31%) Network Security
5 13 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 12 (0.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 10 (0.80%) SSL
7 10 (0.80%) VLAN
8 9 (0.72%) BIG-IP
8 9 (0.72%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 8 (0.64%) HTTP
10 6 (0.48%) Internet
10 6 (0.48%) WAN
10 6 (0.48%) Wireless
11 5 (0.40%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.40%) Modbus
11 5 (0.40%) RS-232
11 5 (0.40%) RS-485
12 4 (0.32%) DHCP
12 4 (0.32%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (6.46%) SQL Server
3 75 (5.98%) Data Lake
4 61 (4.86%) NoSQL
5 60 (4.78%) Power BI
6 52 (4.15%) MongoDB
7 47 (3.75%) DynamoDB
7 47 (3.75%) Relational Database
8 46 (3.67%) Azure SQL Database
9 42 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
10 41 (3.27%) Delta Lake
11 39 (3.11%) Redis
12 34 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (2.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 22 (1.75%) Big Data
14 22 (1.75%) Metadata
15 21 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
16 20 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
17 18 (1.44%) MySQL
17 18 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 393 (31.34%) Jenkins
2 257 (20.49%) GitLab
3 233 (18.58%) Git
4 158 (12.60%) JIRA
5 81 (6.46%) JUnit
6 61 (4.86%) Selenium
7 50 (3.99%) Cucumber
8 41 (3.27%) Gradle
8 41 (3.27%) JMeter
9 40 (3.19%) Gatling
10 37 (2.95%) Cypress.io
11 36 (2.87%) Bitbucket
12 35 (2.79%) SonarQube
13 34 (2.71%) Maven
13 34 (2.71%) REST Assured
14 32 (2.55%) CircleCI
15 28 (2.23%) Postman
16 22 (1.75%) Mockito
17 21 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
18 19 (1.52%) Artifactory
General
1 291 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 208 (16.59%) Finance
3 145 (11.56%) Public Sector
4 96 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (6.30%) Banking
6 28 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (1.83%) Retail
8 20 (1.59%) Military
9 18 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (1.36%) Legal
11 15 (1.20%) Law
12 13 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (0.96%) Investment Banking
14 11 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.64%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.64%) Front Office
17 7 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.48%) Marketing
19 4 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 229 (18.26%) Developer
2 217 (17.30%) Senior
3 169 (13.48%) DevOps Engineer
4 117 (9.33%) Architect
5 110 (8.77%) Data Engineer
6 90 (7.18%) Lead
7 83 (6.62%) Cloud Engineer
8 80 (6.38%) Platform Engineer
9 73 (5.82%) AWS Engineer
10 61 (4.86%) Java Developer
11 59 (4.70%) Azure Engineer
12 56 (4.47%) Software Engineer
13 50 (3.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 50 (3.99%) Senior Developer
14 43 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
15 42 (3.35%) Test Engineer
16 40 (3.19%) GCP Engineer
17 35 (2.79%) Senior DevOps
18 34 (2.71%) AWS DevOps
18 34 (2.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (11.40%) REST
2 127 (10.13%) Spring
3 123 (9.81%) Kafka
4 101 (8.05%) .NET
4 101 (8.05%) React
4 101 (8.05%) RESTful
5 99 (7.89%) Spring Boot
6 67 (5.34%) Playwright
7 65 (5.18%) Node.js
8 64 (5.10%) PySpark
9 46 (3.67%) OpenTelemetry
10 39 (3.11%) OAuth
11 36 (2.87%) YAML
12 35 (2.79%) .NET Framework
13 34 (2.71%) GraphQL
14 32 (2.55%) OAuth2
15 31 (2.47%) FastAPI
15 31 (2.47%) HTML
16 30 (2.39%) JSON
16 30 (2.39%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 250 (19.94%) Cloud Native
2 105 (8.37%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.79%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.71%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
7 27 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 26 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 24 (1.91%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.44%) Distributed Architecture
11 17 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.96%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.96%) NHS
14 12 (0.96%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (0.88%) Private Cloud
15 11 (0.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 121 (9.65%) Linux
2 61 (4.86%) Windows
3 28 (2.23%) Android
4 25 (1.99%) Apple iOS
4 25 (1.99%) Unix
5 18 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.96%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.80%) VMS
8 5 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.32%) Debian
9 4 (0.32%) Rocky
10 3 (0.24%) CentOS
11 2 (0.16%) AIX
11 2 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
11 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.16%) MVS
11 2 (0.16%) zOS
12 1 (0.080%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.080%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 946 (75.44%) CI/CD
2 726 (57.89%) DevOps
3 482 (38.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 398 (31.74%) Agile
5 284 (22.65%) Test Automation
6 265 (21.13%) Containerisation
7 256 (20.41%) Observability
8 228 (18.18%) Microservices
9 208 (16.59%) Platform Engineering
10 203 (16.19%) AI
11 165 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 164 (13.08%) Software Engineering
13 161 (12.84%) Analytics
14 154 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
15 152 (12.12%) Migration
16 123 (9.81%) Event-Driven
17 119 (9.49%) Data Pipeline
18 115 (9.17%) Data Engineering
18 115 (9.17%) Data Modelling
19 108 (8.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 535 (42.66%) Python
2 307 (24.48%) SQL
3 237 (18.90%) Java
4 156 (12.44%) Bash
5 137 (10.93%) PowerShell
6 129 (10.29%) JavaScript
7 128 (10.21%) C#
8 112 (8.93%) TypeScript
9 71 (5.66%) Bicep
10 35 (2.79%) Go
11 34 (2.71%) Scala
12 33 (2.63%) Kotlin
13 28 (2.23%) Shell Script
14 22 (1.75%) Ruby
15 19 (1.52%) Swift
16 10 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.72%) ActionScript
17 9 (0.72%) Groovy
18 8 (0.64%) C
18 8 (0.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 369 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 302 (24.08%) SC Cleared
3 51 (4.07%) Degree
4 44 (3.51%) DV Cleared
5 42 (3.35%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.87%) AWS Certification
7 28 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (0.96%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.88%) SAFe Agilist
12 10 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 8 (0.64%) CISSP
14 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (0.48%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.48%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (10.53%) QA
2 76 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 62 (4.94%) Accessibility
4 32 (2.55%) GDPR
5 28 (2.23%) WCAG
6 23 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.59%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.44%) NIST
9 8 (0.64%) GRC
10 7 (0.56%) NCSC
11 6 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.40%) PSD2
13 4 (0.32%) SEPA
14 3 (0.24%) HL7
14 3 (0.24%) SLA
14 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.16%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 347 (27.67%) Docker
2 32 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (1.59%) vSphere
6 19 (1.52%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.40%) Firmware
10 4 (0.32%) NFS
11 2 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.16%) IAG
11 2 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.16%) SRDF
11 2 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.16%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 576 (45.93%) Terraform
2 424 (33.81%) Kubernetes
3 185 (14.75%) Ansible
4 154 (12.28%) Grafana
5 136 (10.85%) Prometheus
6 49 (3.91%) Argo
7 24 (1.91%) Puppet
8 23 (1.83%) Istio
9 20 (1.59%) vCenter Server
10 16 (1.28%) Packer
11 14 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (1.04%) Kibana
12 13 (1.04%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.72%) HAProxy
13 9 (0.72%) NetBackup
14 5 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
15 4 (0.32%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.32%) Rancher
16 3 (0.24%) Consul
Vendors
1 222 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.74%) Databricks
3 84 (6.70%) Google
4 75 (5.98%) Splunk
5 47 (3.75%) Oracle
6 39 (3.11%) VMware
7 33 (2.63%) Red Hat
8 30 (2.39%) OpenAI
9 29 (2.31%) Dynatrace
10 20 (1.59%) Pure Storage
11 18 (1.44%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.28%) Informatica
12 16 (1.28%) Salesforce
13 15 (1.20%) Checkmarx
14 14 (1.12%) Atlassian
14 14 (1.12%) Cisco
14 14 (1.12%) IBM
15 13 (1.04%) F5
15 13 (1.04%) Foundry
15 13 (1.04%) SAP