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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 109 134
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 -7
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,360 689 594
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.99% 2.49% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.54% 6.70% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 474 395
10th Percentile £400 £363 £310
25th Percentile £450 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -8.70%
75th Percentile £630 £636 £625
90th Percentile £700 £736 £696
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 34
10th Percentile £46.25 - £41.75
25th Percentile £56.32 £100.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £105.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.87% +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% -8.20%

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 15,933 10,283 11,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.22% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,621 6,982 8,009
10th Percentile £325 £308 £313
25th Percentile £421 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 265 240
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.28
Median hourly rate £37.12 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +47.59% +5.67% -29.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £52.18
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.45 £23.98
% change year-on-year +29.33% +14.49% -31.50%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +27 792 £550 - 550
North of England +28 253 £500 +4.17% 183
Yorkshire +20 174 £500 - 63
Midlands +7 110 £496 +4.45% 73
West Midlands +3 99 £492 +6.43% 47
South East -35 82 £525 +10.53% 160
South West -3 71 £500 -16.67% 68
North West -27 64 £589 +25.48% 96
East of England 0 32 £505 -8.18% 54
North East -28 17 £450 -5.26% 25
East Midlands -3 10 £500 +1.01% 26
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
1 126 (9.26%) Confluence
2 47 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.47%) Apache
6 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.81%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.51%) nginx
8 6 (0.44%) Tuxedo
9 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.074%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.074%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.074%) Mendix
11 1 (0.074%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.074%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (0.66%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.29%) Trello
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.074%) Notion
7 1 (0.074%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.37%) Sage X3
3 3 (0.22%) Findur
3 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.074%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 728 (53.53%) GitHub Actions
2 687 (50.51%) Azure
3 625 (45.96%) AWS
4 398 (29.26%) Azure DevOps
5 207 (15.22%) GCP
6 161 (11.84%) Serverless
7 133 (9.78%) Amazon S3
8 118 (8.68%) AWS Lambda
9 114 (8.38%) GitHub Copilot
10 113 (8.31%) Amazon EKS
11 98 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
12 97 (7.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 85 (6.25%) Power Platform
14 80 (5.88%) Azure AKS
15 76 (5.59%) Amazon EC2
16 75 (5.51%) Entra ID
17 72 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
18 71 (5.22%) AWS CloudFormation
19 58 (4.26%) Snowflake
20 53 (3.90%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 70 (5.15%) Firewall
2 65 (4.78%) DNS
3 56 (4.12%) VPN
4 30 (2.21%) Network Security
5 18 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 15 (1.10%) VLAN
8 14 (1.03%) SSL
9 10 (0.74%) BGP
10 9 (0.66%) BIG-IP
10 9 (0.66%) DHCP
10 9 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 9 (0.66%) OSPF
10 9 (0.66%) Wireless
11 8 (0.59%) HTTP
11 8 (0.59%) IPsec
11 8 (0.59%) WAN
12 7 (0.51%) Internet
13 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.29%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (6.62%) SQL Server
3 75 (5.51%) NoSQL
4 62 (4.56%) MongoDB
4 62 (4.56%) Power BI
5 54 (3.97%) Data Lake
6 46 (3.38%) DynamoDB
6 46 (3.38%) Relational Database
7 40 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (2.87%) Redis
9 37 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 37 (2.72%) Delta Lake
10 35 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
11 32 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (1.91%) Amazon Athena
13 24 (1.76%) Metadata
14 21 (1.54%) BigQuery
15 19 (1.40%) Big Data
16 16 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
16 16 (1.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 418 (30.74%) Jenkins
2 288 (21.18%) GitLab
3 262 (19.26%) Git
4 180 (13.24%) JIRA
5 74 (5.44%) JUnit
5 74 (5.44%) Selenium
6 55 (4.04%) Cucumber
7 47 (3.46%) Bitbucket
8 46 (3.38%) SonarQube
9 41 (3.01%) Cypress.io
10 38 (2.79%) Gatling
10 38 (2.79%) JMeter
11 37 (2.72%) Gradle
12 34 (2.50%) REST Assured
13 33 (2.43%) Maven
14 31 (2.28%) CircleCI
15 29 (2.13%) Postman
16 25 (1.84%) Claude Code
17 23 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
18 21 (1.54%) WebDriver
General
1 332 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 258 (18.97%) Finance
3 153 (11.25%) Public Sector
4 111 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (5.81%) Banking
6 42 (3.09%) Retail
7 29 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (1.76%) Legal
9 23 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.18%) Law
12 15 (1.10%) Investment Banking
13 14 (1.03%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.96%) Military
15 12 (0.88%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.59%) Manufacturing
17 8 (0.59%) Marketing
17 8 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 252 (18.53%) Senior
2 243 (17.87%) Developer
3 173 (12.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 122 (8.97%) Architect
5 120 (8.82%) Lead
6 100 (7.35%) Data Engineer
7 80 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
8 75 (5.51%) Platform Engineer
9 71 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
10 64 (4.71%) Azure Engineer
10 64 (4.71%) Senior Developer
11 62 (4.56%) Software Engineer
12 60 (4.41%) Java Developer
13 46 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 45 (3.31%) Senior DevOps
15 44 (3.24%) Full-Stack Developer
16 43 (3.16%) Test Engineer
17 41 (3.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 36 (2.65%) AWS DevOps
19 35 (2.57%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (15.07%) REST
2 127 (9.34%) RESTful
3 126 (9.26%) Spring
4 125 (9.19%) Kafka
5 115 (8.46%) .NET
6 112 (8.24%) React
7 96 (7.06%) Spring Boot
8 84 (6.18%) Playwright
9 67 (4.93%) Node.js
10 53 (3.90%) PySpark
11 44 (3.24%) OAuth
12 42 (3.09%) AngularJS
13 40 (2.94%) .NET Framework
13 40 (2.94%) OpenTelemetry
14 38 (2.79%) YAML
15 37 (2.72%) HTML
15 37 (2.72%) JSON
16 36 (2.65%) OAuth2
17 34 (2.50%) FastAPI
18 32 (2.35%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 288 (21.18%) Cloud Native
2 120 (8.82%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 48 (3.53%) AI Agents
5 40 (2.94%) Mobile App
6 38 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 35 (2.57%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.50%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.54%) Security Posture
13 20 (1.47%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.47%) Distributed Architecture
13 20 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
14 17 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (1.18%) Algorithms
16 15 (1.10%) NHS
16 15 (1.10%) Private Cloud
16 15 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 124 (9.12%) Linux
2 62 (4.56%) Windows
3 34 (2.50%) Android
4 32 (2.35%) Apple iOS
5 29 (2.13%) Unix
6 21 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (1.47%) Windows Server
8 9 (0.66%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.37%) VMS
10 4 (0.29%) Debian
10 4 (0.29%) Rocky
11 3 (0.22%) CentOS
12 2 (0.15%) AIX
12 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.15%) MVS
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,021 (75.07%) CI/CD
2 801 (58.90%) DevOps
3 545 (40.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 483 (35.51%) Agile
5 348 (25.59%) Test Automation
6 330 (24.26%) Observability
7 301 (22.13%) Containerisation
8 274 (20.15%) AI
9 267 (19.63%) Microservices
10 211 (15.51%) Platform Engineering
11 209 (15.37%) Software Engineering
12 197 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 164 (12.06%) Analytics
14 160 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
15 158 (11.62%) Event-Driven
16 126 (9.26%) DevSecOps
17 125 (9.19%) Technical Leadership
18 123 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
19 118 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
20 117 (8.60%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 572 (42.06%) Python
2 318 (23.38%) SQL
3 256 (18.82%) Java
4 196 (14.41%) Bash
5 170 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 138 (10.15%) C#
7 134 (9.85%) TypeScript
8 132 (9.71%) JavaScript
9 89 (6.54%) Bicep
10 47 (3.46%) Kotlin
11 44 (3.24%) Go
12 30 (2.21%) Shell Script
13 28 (2.06%) Scala
14 23 (1.69%) Ruby
14 23 (1.69%) Swift
15 14 (1.03%) Groovy
16 9 (0.66%) ActionScript
16 9 (0.66%) Apex Code
16 9 (0.66%) C
16 9 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 423 (31.10%) Security Cleared
2 369 (27.13%) SC Cleared
3 62 (4.56%) Azure Certification
3 62 (4.56%) Degree
4 47 (3.46%) AWS Certification
5 41 (3.01%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.81%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (0.66%) CISSP
14 9 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.44%) CCNP
17 5 (0.37%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (12.94%) QA
2 76 (5.59%) Data Quality
3 66 (4.85%) Accessibility
4 34 (2.50%) GDPR
5 24 (1.76%) WCAG
6 23 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.88%) NIST
8 10 (0.74%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.59%) GRC
10 7 (0.51%) NCSC
11 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.37%) HL7
11 5 (0.37%) PSD2
12 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.29%) SEPA
13 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.074%) OpenSCAP
14 1 (0.074%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 415 (30.51%) Docker
2 45 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.18%) vSphere
6 13 (0.96%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.59%) IAG
9 4 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.29%) NFS
10 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.15%) Firmware
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.15%) SRDF
10 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.15%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 644 (47.35%) Terraform
2 482 (35.44%) Kubernetes
3 201 (14.78%) Ansible
4 180 (13.24%) Grafana
5 154 (11.32%) Prometheus
6 62 (4.56%) Argo
7 28 (2.06%) Puppet
8 20 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (1.32%) Progress Chef
10 17 (1.25%) Packer
11 15 (1.10%) Istio
12 13 (0.96%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.74%) Kibana
14 9 (0.66%) Control-M
14 9 (0.66%) HAProxy
14 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
14 9 (0.66%) NetBackup
15 7 (0.51%) FortiGate
16 6 (0.44%) SCCM
17 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 248 (18.24%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.99%) Databricks
3 92 (6.76%) Google
4 86 (6.32%) Splunk
5 52 (3.82%) Oracle
6 49 (3.60%) Dynatrace
7 38 (2.79%) VMware
8 33 (2.43%) Red Hat
8 33 (2.43%) Salesforce
9 29 (2.13%) ServiceNow
10 28 (2.06%) OpenAI
11 22 (1.62%) Informatica
12 21 (1.54%) Cisco
13 19 (1.40%) F5
14 18 (1.32%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.25%) Foundry
15 17 (1.25%) SAP
16 16 (1.18%) Checkmarx
17 15 (1.10%) IBM
18 14 (1.03%) Zscaler