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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 117 155
Rank change year-on-year +34 +38 -30
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,266 612 568
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.92% 2.43% 1.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.32% 6.42% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 418 355
10th Percentile £380 £388 £352
25th Percentile £438 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.02%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 33
10th Percentile £47.75 £25.48 £50.65
25th Percentile £54.22 £25.81 -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £26.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.25% -62.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £75.00 £27.06 -
90th Percentile - £27.33 -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £26.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +138.25% -62.14% +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 15,208 9,531 12,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.04% 37.81% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,287 6,462 8,623
10th Percentile £325 £310 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% -2.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 241 337
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.20 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.69 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.72% +14.32% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £40.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.60 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.15
% change year-on-year +33.93% +26.41% -36.71%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +28 729 £550 - 213
North of England +25 241 £500 +4.71% 110
Yorkshire +27 176 £493 -5.24% 38
Midlands +7 97 £492 +3.61% 48
West Midlands +2 83 £496 +4.45% 20
South West +11 76 £463 -22.92% 50
South East -46 68 £513 +4.81% 129
North West -28 57 £550 +17.27% 54
East of England -14 31 £500 -9.09% 46
East Midlands 0 13 £447 -8.31% 28
North East -22 13 £450 -12.20% 19
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 (8.61%) Confluence
2 44 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (2.37%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.90%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.18%) Apache
6 13 (1.03%) Palantir Foundry
7 11 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.47%) Tuxedo
9 3 (0.24%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.24%) nginx
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) SAS
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.079%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.079%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.079%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.079%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.079%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.079%) Notion
6 1 (0.079%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.079%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.32%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.32%) Sage X3
3 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.24%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.24%) Findur
4 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.079%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.079%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 674 (53.24%) GitHub Actions
2 588 (46.45%) Azure
3 567 (44.79%) AWS
4 335 (26.46%) Azure DevOps
5 186 (14.69%) GCP
6 173 (13.67%) Serverless
7 125 (9.87%) Amazon S3
8 123 (9.72%) AWS Lambda
9 91 (7.19%) Amazon EKS
10 86 (6.79%) Power Platform
11 85 (6.71%) Azure Monitor
12 84 (6.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 81 (6.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 79 (6.24%) GitHub Copilot
15 77 (6.08%) Amazon ECS
16 69 (5.45%) Azure AKS
17 63 (4.98%) Amazon EC2
17 63 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
18 60 (4.74%) Entra ID
19 48 (3.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 66 (5.21%) Firewall
2 62 (4.90%) DNS
3 45 (3.55%) VPN
4 31 (2.45%) Network Security
5 13 (1.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 11 (0.87%) SSL
6 11 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.87%) VLAN
7 9 (0.71%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 8 (0.63%) HTTP
9 7 (0.55%) Internet
9 7 (0.55%) Wireless
10 6 (0.47%) WAN
11 5 (0.39%) BGP
12 4 (0.32%) DHCP
12 4 (0.32%) DSL
12 4 (0.32%) IPsec
12 4 (0.32%) OSPF
12 4 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (8.37%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (6.64%) SQL Server
3 69 (5.45%) Data Lake
4 64 (5.06%) NoSQL
5 58 (4.58%) Power BI
6 55 (4.34%) MongoDB
7 50 (3.95%) DynamoDB
8 46 (3.63%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 41 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
11 40 (3.16%) Delta Lake
12 39 (3.08%) Redis
13 34 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
14 31 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
15 24 (1.90%) Amazon Athena
16 22 (1.74%) Big Data
17 20 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
17 20 (1.58%) Metadata
17 20 (1.58%) MySQL
18 18 (1.42%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 404 (31.91%) Jenkins
2 260 (20.54%) GitLab
3 236 (18.64%) Git
4 164 (12.95%) JIRA
5 82 (6.48%) JUnit
6 64 (5.06%) Selenium
7 50 (3.95%) Cucumber
8 41 (3.24%) Gradle
8 41 (3.24%) JMeter
9 39 (3.08%) Gatling
10 36 (2.84%) REST Assured
11 35 (2.76%) Bitbucket
11 35 (2.76%) Cypress.io
11 35 (2.76%) Maven
11 35 (2.76%) SonarQube
12 31 (2.45%) CircleCI
13 30 (2.37%) Postman
14 25 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
15 23 (1.82%) Mockito
16 18 (1.42%) WebDriver
General
1 294 (23.22%) Social Skills
2 214 (16.90%) Finance
3 144 (11.37%) Public Sector
4 97 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (6.32%) Banking
6 28 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (2.05%) Retail
8 20 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (1.42%) Legal
9 18 (1.42%) Military
10 15 (1.18%) Law
11 14 (1.11%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.71%) Financial Institution
14 9 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.63%) Front Office
15 8 (0.63%) Marketing
16 7 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 233 (18.40%) Developer
2 219 (17.30%) Senior
3 173 (13.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 118 (9.32%) Architect
5 108 (8.53%) Data Engineer
6 87 (6.87%) Lead
7 81 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 79 (6.24%) Platform Engineer
9 75 (5.92%) AWS Engineer
10 62 (4.90%) Java Developer
11 60 (4.74%) Azure Engineer
12 56 (4.42%) Software Engineer
13 50 (3.95%) Senior Developer
14 49 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 42 (3.32%) Full-Stack Developer
16 41 (3.24%) Test Engineer
17 40 (3.16%) GCP Engineer
18 37 (2.92%) Senior DevOps
19 36 (2.84%) AWS DevOps
19 36 (2.84%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (11.61%) REST
2 128 (10.11%) Spring
3 125 (9.87%) Kafka
4 107 (8.45%) .NET
5 104 (8.21%) RESTful
6 99 (7.82%) Spring Boot
7 96 (7.58%) React
8 71 (5.61%) Playwright
9 63 (4.98%) Node.js
9 63 (4.98%) PySpark
10 46 (3.63%) OpenTelemetry
11 41 (3.24%) OAuth
12 37 (2.92%) YAML
13 35 (2.76%) .NET Framework
13 35 (2.76%) GraphQL
14 34 (2.69%) AngularJS
15 33 (2.61%) OAuth2
16 31 (2.45%) FastAPI
16 31 (2.45%) HTML
17 30 (2.37%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 261 (20.62%) Cloud Native
2 110 (8.69%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 34 (2.69%) Data Centre
5 30 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 30 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 27 (2.13%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.05%) Mobile App
8 24 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 19 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
10 18 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
11 17 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.03%) NHS
14 12 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.95%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.95%) Replication
14 12 (0.95%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 122 (9.64%) Linux
2 60 (4.74%) Windows
3 27 (2.13%) Android
4 26 (2.05%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.90%) Unix
6 18 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.95%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.63%) VMS
9 5 (0.39%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.32%) Debian
10 4 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.32%) Rocky
11 3 (0.24%) CentOS
12 2 (0.16%) AIX
12 2 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.16%) MVS
12 2 (0.16%) zOS
13 1 (0.079%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.079%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 956 (75.51%) CI/CD
2 736 (58.14%) DevOps
3 487 (38.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 403 (31.83%) Agile
5 301 (23.78%) Test Automation
6 269 (21.25%) Containerisation
7 262 (20.70%) Observability
8 232 (18.33%) Microservices
9 211 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
10 207 (16.35%) AI
11 171 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 165 (13.03%) Software Engineering
13 164 (12.95%) Analytics
14 152 (12.01%) Migration
14 152 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
15 127 (10.03%) Event-Driven
16 121 (9.56%) Data Pipeline
17 114 (9.00%) Data Modelling
18 113 (8.93%) Data Engineering
19 112 (8.85%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 535 (42.26%) Python
2 314 (24.80%) SQL
3 239 (18.88%) Java
4 161 (12.72%) Bash
5 142 (11.22%) PowerShell
6 131 (10.35%) C#
7 128 (10.11%) JavaScript
8 113 (8.93%) TypeScript
9 71 (5.61%) Bicep
10 36 (2.84%) Go
11 34 (2.69%) Scala
12 32 (2.53%) Kotlin
13 29 (2.29%) Shell Script
14 23 (1.82%) Ruby
15 20 (1.58%) Swift
16 13 (1.03%) Groovy
17 10 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.71%) ActionScript
19 8 (0.63%) VB
20 7 (0.55%) C
Qualifications
1 371 (29.30%) Security Cleared
2 307 (24.25%) SC Cleared
3 52 (4.11%) Degree
4 45 (3.55%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.76%) AWS Certification
7 28 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (0.87%) SAFe Agilist
11 10 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 8 (0.63%) CISSP
13 7 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.47%) OCP
14 6 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.90%) QA
2 73 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 61 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 33 (2.61%) GDPR
5 25 (1.97%) WCAG
6 23 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.42%) NIST
9 8 (0.63%) GRC
10 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.47%) NCSC
11 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.32%) PSD2
13 3 (0.24%) HL7
13 3 (0.24%) SEPA
13 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.079%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 359 (28.36%) Docker
2 33 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (1.58%) vSphere
6 19 (1.50%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.32%) Firmware
9 4 (0.32%) IAG
9 4 (0.32%) NFS
10 3 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 2 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
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
1 586 (46.29%) Terraform
2 442 (34.91%) Kubernetes
3 191 (15.09%) Ansible
4 158 (12.48%) Grafana
5 139 (10.98%) Prometheus
6 48 (3.79%) Argo
7 24 (1.90%) Puppet
8 22 (1.74%) Istio
9 20 (1.58%) vCenter Server
10 16 (1.26%) Packer
11 15 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
12 14 (1.11%) Progress Chef
13 13 (1.03%) Kibana
14 9 (0.71%) HAProxy
14 9 (0.71%) NetBackup
15 5 (0.39%) FortiGate
15 5 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
15 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
16 4 (0.32%) Rancher
17 3 (0.24%) Consul
Vendors
1 221 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 97 (7.66%) Databricks
3 86 (6.79%) Google
4 78 (6.16%) Splunk
5 47 (3.71%) Oracle
6 39 (3.08%) VMware
7 35 (2.76%) Dynatrace
8 33 (2.61%) Red Hat
9 27 (2.13%) OpenAI
10 20 (1.58%) Pure Storage
10 20 (1.58%) Salesforce
11 18 (1.42%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.26%) Checkmarx
12 16 (1.26%) Informatica
13 15 (1.18%) Cisco
13 15 (1.18%) Foundry
14 14 (1.11%) F5
14 14 (1.11%) IBM
15 13 (1.03%) Atlassian
15 13 (1.03%) SAP