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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 93 130
Rank change year-on-year +5 +37 +13
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,385 768 615
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.00% 2.77% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.70% 7.35% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 527 408
10th Percentile £381 £360 £310
25th Percentile £447 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -10.83%
75th Percentile £626 £635 £625
90th Percentile £710 £711 £686
UK median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.90% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 32
10th Percentile £46.25 - £66.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £100.00 -
Median hourly rate £68.22 £105.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.03% +50.00% -9.68%
75th Percentile £75.00 £110.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £105.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -39.87% +50.00% -9.68%

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 15,915 10,455 11,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.52% 37.65% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,616 7,071 7,707
10th Percentile £320 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 252 177
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.35
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.32 £67.23 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
% change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +4 820 £550 - 1,233
North of England +18 260 £500 +5.26% 316
Yorkshire +19 177 £500 - 102
Midlands +1 106 £479 -13.00% 125
South East -31 89 £525 +20.69% 243
West Midlands -15 87 £492 -14.06% 51
South West -27 60 £518 -15.51% 110
North West -32 60 £563 +30.81% 169
East of England -1 30 £500 -4.76% 106
North East -24 25 £425 -5.56% 46
East Midlands +2 19 £400 -15.79% 74
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
1 104 (7.51%) Confluence
2 44 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.37%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.23%) Apache
6 8 (0.58%) nginx
6 8 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.43%) Tuxedo
9 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.29%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.22%) CMS
12 2 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.14%) Mendix
12 2 (0.14%) SAS
13 1 (0.072%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.072%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.072%) FactoryTalk
13 1 (0.072%) GeoServer
13 1 (0.072%) MQSeries
Applications
1 8 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.29%) Trello
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.072%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.072%) Notion
5 1 (0.072%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.36%) Front Arena
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.36%) Sage X3
3 5 (0.36%) Summit
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.14%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.072%) Findur
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.072%) Sage 50
7 1 (0.072%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 748 (54.01%) GitHub Actions
2 698 (50.40%) Azure
3 642 (46.35%) AWS
4 370 (26.71%) Azure DevOps
5 209 (15.09%) GCP
6 181 (13.07%) Serverless
7 157 (11.34%) GitHub Copilot
8 135 (9.75%) Amazon S3
9 121 (8.74%) Amazon EKS
10 120 (8.66%) AWS Lambda
11 102 (7.36%) Azure Monitor
12 100 (7.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 86 (6.21%) Power Platform
14 84 (6.06%) Entra ID
15 76 (5.49%) Snowflake
16 74 (5.34%) Amazon EC2
16 74 (5.34%) Azure AKS
17 66 (4.77%) Amazon ECS
18 62 (4.48%) AWS CloudFormation
19 55 (3.97%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 70 (5.05%) DNS
2 66 (4.77%) Firewall
3 48 (3.47%) VPN
4 35 (2.53%) Network Security
5 22 (1.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 22 (1.59%) VLAN
6 21 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.37%) BGP
8 16 (1.16%) SSL
9 14 (1.01%) BIG-IP
9 14 (1.01%) DHCP
9 14 (1.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 12 (0.87%) Wireless
11 11 (0.79%) OSPF
12 9 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (0.65%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.58%) IPsec
13 8 (0.58%) NX-OS
14 7 (0.51%) HTTP
14 7 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (6.50%) SQL Server
3 77 (5.56%) MongoDB
4 66 (4.77%) NoSQL
5 62 (4.48%) Power BI
6 54 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
7 50 (3.61%) Redis
8 48 (3.47%) Data Lake
9 45 (3.25%) Relational Database
10 43 (3.10%) DynamoDB
11 34 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
12 33 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
13 32 (2.31%) Delta Lake
14 29 (2.09%) MySQL
15 28 (2.02%) Azure SQL Database
16 26 (1.88%) BigQuery
17 23 (1.66%) Metadata
18 21 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
19 18 (1.30%) Big Data
19 18 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 403 (29.10%) Jenkins
2 297 (21.44%) GitLab
3 274 (19.78%) Git
4 158 (11.41%) JIRA
5 66 (4.77%) Selenium
6 62 (4.48%) JUnit
7 58 (4.19%) SonarQube
8 48 (3.47%) Cucumber
9 46 (3.32%) Bitbucket
10 43 (3.10%) Gatling
11 38 (2.74%) Claude Code
12 37 (2.67%) Gradle
13 36 (2.60%) Cypress.io
13 36 (2.60%) Maven
14 33 (2.38%) JMeter
15 28 (2.02%) Postman
16 27 (1.95%) CircleCI
17 26 (1.88%) REST Assured
18 24 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
18 24 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 352 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 284 (20.51%) Finance
3 150 (10.83%) Public Sector
4 132 (9.53%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (6.06%) Banking
6 47 (3.39%) Retail
7 43 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (1.59%) Legal
9 17 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (1.16%) Law
11 15 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 13 (0.94%) Aerospace
12 13 (0.94%) Marketing
12 13 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (0.72%) Local Government
13 10 (0.72%) Military
14 9 (0.65%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 279 (20.14%) Senior
2 252 (18.19%) Developer
3 177 (12.78%) DevOps Engineer
4 121 (8.74%) Architect
5 119 (8.59%) Lead
6 103 (7.44%) Data Engineer
7 79 (5.70%) Platform Engineer
8 77 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
9 69 (4.98%) Senior Developer
10 68 (4.91%) Azure Engineer
10 68 (4.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 64 (4.62%) Software Engineer
12 62 (4.48%) Java Developer
13 50 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
13 50 (3.61%) Senior DevOps
14 46 (3.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 45 (3.25%) Test Engineer
16 38 (2.74%) Python Developer
17 36 (2.60%) Automation Engineer
17 36 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 665 (48.01%) Terraform
2 230 (16.61%) REST
3 149 (10.76%) Kafka
4 143 (10.32%) RESTful
5 124 (8.95%) Spring
6 120 (8.66%) .NET
7 117 (8.45%) React
8 107 (7.73%) Spring Boot
9 85 (6.14%) Playwright
10 68 (4.91%) Node.js
11 57 (4.12%) OAuth
12 50 (3.61%) JSON
13 49 (3.54%) HTML
13 49 (3.54%) YAML
14 47 (3.39%) FastAPI
15 46 (3.32%) PySpark
16 44 (3.18%) OAuth2
17 41 (2.96%) OpenTelemetry
18 40 (2.89%) AngularJS
19 35 (2.53%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 296 (21.37%) Cloud Native
2 104 (7.51%) Distributed Systems
3 79 (5.70%) Product Ownership
4 77 (5.56%) AI Agents
5 51 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (3.32%) Data Centre
7 39 (2.82%) Onboarding
8 38 (2.74%) Mobile App
9 37 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 28 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 25 (1.81%) Security Posture
12 22 (1.59%) Data Structures
12 22 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.52%) Public Cloud
14 20 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
15 17 (1.23%) Distributed Architecture
15 17 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 17 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 131 (9.46%) Linux
2 61 (4.40%) Windows
3 32 (2.31%) Unix
4 26 (1.88%) Android
5 24 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 22 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (1.44%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.58%) VMS
9 7 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.29%) CentOS
11 3 (0.22%) Debian
11 3 (0.22%) Rocky
12 2 (0.14%) AIX
12 2 (0.14%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) MVS
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.14%) zOS
13 1 (0.072%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,046 (75.52%) CI/CD
2 814 (58.77%) DevOps
3 571 (41.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 506 (36.53%) Agile
5 351 (25.34%) Observability
6 339 (24.48%) Test Automation
7 332 (23.97%) AI
8 293 (21.16%) Containerisation
9 268 (19.35%) Microservices
10 238 (17.18%) Software Engineering
11 214 (15.45%) Platform Engineering
12 198 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 179 (12.92%) Event-Driven
14 173 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
15 167 (12.06%) Stakeholder Management
16 150 (10.83%) Analytics
17 145 (10.47%) Technical Leadership
18 139 (10.04%) Scrum
19 128 (9.24%) Data Modelling
19 128 (9.24%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 619 (44.69%) Python
2 305 (22.02%) SQL
3 273 (19.71%) Java
4 191 (13.79%) Bash
5 180 (13.00%) PowerShell
6 157 (11.34%) TypeScript
7 143 (10.32%) JavaScript
8 127 (9.17%) C#
9 99 (7.15%) Bicep
10 46 (3.32%) Kotlin
11 43 (3.10%) Go
12 34 (2.45%) Shell Script
13 31 (2.24%) Scala
14 19 (1.37%) Ruby
15 18 (1.30%) Swift
16 15 (1.08%) ActionScript
17 11 (0.79%) C
18 10 (0.72%) Groovy
18 10 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
18 10 (0.72%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 409 (29.53%) Security Cleared
2 357 (25.78%) SC Cleared
3 69 (4.98%) Azure Certification
4 62 (4.48%) Degree
5 43 (3.10%) AWS Certification
6 40 (2.89%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 14 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.79%) CISSP
12 11 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 9 (0.65%) SAFe Agilist
13 9 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 7 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (14.44%) QA
2 79 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 77 (5.56%) Accessibility
4 31 (2.24%) WCAG
5 28 (2.02%) GDPR
6 24 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.52%) NIST
8 12 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.72%) NCSC
10 7 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.43%) PSD2
12 5 (0.36%) GRC
12 5 (0.36%) HL7
12 5 (0.36%) SEPA
13 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
16 1 (0.072%) IFRS
System Software
1 440 (31.77%) Docker
2 46 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.79%) IAG
7 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.72%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 4 (0.29%) NFS
9 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.14%) Firmware
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.14%) SRDF
10 2 (0.14%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 500 (36.10%) Kubernetes
2 217 (15.67%) Ansible
3 190 (13.72%) Grafana
4 147 (10.61%) Prometheus
5 56 (4.04%) Argo
6 26 (1.88%) Puppet
7 22 (1.59%) Progress Chef
8 21 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (1.30%) Packer
10 13 (0.94%) Control-M
10 13 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (0.79%) Kibana
12 9 (0.65%) HAProxy
13 8 (0.58%) Istio
13 8 (0.58%) Karpenter
14 7 (0.51%) FortiGate
14 7 (0.51%) SCCM
14 7 (0.51%) vCenter Server
15 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.36%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 259 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 102 (7.36%) Databricks
3 97 (7.00%) Splunk
4 91 (6.57%) Google
5 60 (4.33%) Dynatrace
6 54 (3.90%) Oracle
7 45 (3.25%) OpenAI
7 45 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 39 (2.82%) VMware
9 34 (2.45%) Cisco
10 33 (2.38%) Red Hat
11 29 (2.09%) Salesforce
12 25 (1.81%) Foundry
13 23 (1.66%) F5
14 22 (1.59%) IBM
15 21 (1.52%) New Relic
16 17 (1.23%) Informatica
16 17 (1.23%) Palo Alto
17 15 (1.08%) SAP
18 14 (1.01%) Checkmarx