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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 107 137
Rank change year-on-year +20 +30 -7
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,339 687 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.97% 2.49% 1.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.47% 6.69% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 474 399
10th Percentile £400 £364 £310
25th Percentile £450 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £736 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -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 15,802 10,273 11,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.01% 37.21% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,537 6,977 8,026
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £423 £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 561 266 238
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.08 £18.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +48.07% +5.67% -29.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £53.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £24.15
% change year-on-year +29.56% +13.46% -31.00%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +24 777 £550 - 563
North of England +34 249 £500 +5.26% 187
Yorkshire +25 171 £496 -0.75% 68
Midlands +8 110 £492 +3.63% 76
West Midlands -2 99 £492 +6.41% 48
South East -46 81 £525 +10.53% 159
South West -3 70 £500 -16.67% 72
North West -23 64 £589 +29.48% 96
East of England +1 31 £505 -8.18% 57
North East -29 16 £450 -5.26% 24
East Midlands -4 10 £500 +1.01% 28
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
1 123 (9.19%) Confluence
2 48 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.42%) Apache
6 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.52%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.52%) nginx
8 6 (0.45%) 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 (0.075%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.075%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.075%) Mendix
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.075%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) Trello
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.075%) Notion
7 1 (0.075%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (0.45%) 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 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.075%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 719 (53.70%) GitHub Actions
2 672 (50.19%) Azure
3 618 (46.15%) AWS
4 391 (29.20%) Azure DevOps
5 204 (15.24%) GCP
6 158 (11.80%) Serverless
7 130 (9.71%) Amazon S3
8 115 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
9 113 (8.44%) GitHub Copilot
10 112 (8.36%) Amazon EKS
11 94 (7.02%) Azure Monitor
12 93 (6.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 85 (6.35%) Power Platform
14 76 (5.68%) Azure AKS
15 74 (5.53%) Amazon EC2
16 72 (5.38%) Entra ID
17 71 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
18 69 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
19 59 (4.41%) Snowflake
20 53 (3.96%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 70 (5.23%) Firewall
2 64 (4.78%) DNS
3 55 (4.11%) VPN
4 29 (2.17%) Network Security
5 17 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 17 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.12%) VLAN
7 13 (0.97%) SSL
8 10 (0.75%) BGP
9 9 (0.67%) BIG-IP
9 9 (0.67%) DHCP
9 9 (0.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 9 (0.67%) OSPF
9 9 (0.67%) Wireless
10 8 (0.60%) IPsec
10 8 (0.60%) WAN
11 7 (0.52%) HTTP
11 7 (0.52%) Internet
12 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.30%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (8.22%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (6.72%) SQL Server
3 74 (5.53%) NoSQL
4 62 (4.63%) MongoDB
4 62 (4.63%) Power BI
5 52 (3.88%) Data Lake
6 46 (3.44%) Relational Database
7 45 (3.36%) DynamoDB
8 40 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
9 39 (2.91%) Redis
10 37 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 36 (2.69%) Delta Lake
12 34 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
13 32 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
14 26 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
15 21 (1.57%) Metadata
16 20 (1.49%) BigQuery
17 19 (1.42%) Big Data
18 16 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
18 16 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 413 (30.84%) Jenkins
2 282 (21.06%) GitLab
3 259 (19.34%) Git
4 177 (13.22%) JIRA
5 74 (5.53%) JUnit
6 73 (5.45%) Selenium
7 55 (4.11%) Cucumber
8 47 (3.51%) Bitbucket
9 45 (3.36%) SonarQube
10 39 (2.91%) Cypress.io
11 38 (2.84%) Gatling
11 38 (2.84%) JMeter
12 37 (2.76%) Gradle
13 34 (2.54%) REST Assured
14 33 (2.46%) Maven
15 30 (2.24%) CircleCI
16 28 (2.09%) Postman
17 24 (1.79%) Claude Code
18 21 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
18 21 (1.57%) WebDriver
General
1 325 (24.27%) Social Skills
2 251 (18.75%) Finance
3 150 (11.20%) Public Sector
4 108 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (5.90%) Banking
6 42 (3.14%) Retail
7 27 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (1.79%) Legal
9 23 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.19%) Law
12 15 (1.12%) Investment Banking
13 13 (0.97%) Military
13 13 (0.97%) Telecoms
14 12 (0.90%) Financial Institution
15 9 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.60%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.60%) Marketing
16 8 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 248 (18.52%) Senior
2 241 (18.00%) Developer
3 171 (12.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 120 (8.96%) Architect
5 117 (8.74%) Lead
6 99 (7.39%) Data Engineer
7 79 (5.90%) AWS Engineer
8 75 (5.60%) Platform Engineer
9 69 (5.15%) Cloud Engineer
10 63 (4.71%) Senior Developer
11 61 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
12 60 (4.48%) Java Developer
13 59 (4.41%) Software Engineer
14 46 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 45 (3.36%) Senior DevOps
16 44 (3.29%) Full-Stack Developer
17 43 (3.21%) Test Engineer
18 41 (3.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
19 35 (2.61%) Network Engineer
19 35 (2.61%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (14.94%) REST
2 125 (9.34%) Spring
3 124 (9.26%) RESTful
4 122 (9.11%) Kafka
5 111 (8.29%) .NET
5 111 (8.29%) React
6 95 (7.09%) Spring Boot
7 82 (6.12%) Playwright
8 67 (5.00%) Node.js
9 53 (3.96%) PySpark
10 42 (3.14%) OAuth
11 41 (3.06%) AngularJS
12 40 (2.99%) .NET Framework
12 40 (2.99%) OpenTelemetry
13 38 (2.84%) YAML
14 37 (2.76%) JSON
15 36 (2.69%) HTML
16 35 (2.61%) OAuth2
17 34 (2.54%) FastAPI
18 32 (2.39%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 282 (21.06%) Cloud Native
2 121 (9.04%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.44%) AI Agents
5 39 (2.91%) Mobile App
6 38 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 35 (2.61%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.54%) Onboarding
9 27 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.49%) Data Structures
12 20 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
12 20 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (1.34%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.19%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (1.12%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.12%) Public Cloud
16 14 (1.05%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 123 (9.19%) Linux
2 62 (4.63%) Windows
3 34 (2.54%) Android
4 31 (2.32%) Apple iOS
5 28 (2.09%) Unix
6 20 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.49%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.60%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.37%) VMS
9 3 (0.22%) CentOS
9 3 (0.22%) Debian
9 3 (0.22%) Rocky
10 2 (0.15%) AIX
10 2 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.15%) MVS
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (74.98%) CI/CD
2 787 (58.78%) DevOps
3 540 (40.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 476 (35.55%) Agile
5 339 (25.32%) Test Automation
6 326 (24.35%) Observability
7 294 (21.96%) Containerisation
8 268 (20.01%) AI
9 262 (19.57%) Microservices
10 210 (15.68%) Platform Engineering
11 202 (15.09%) Software Engineering
12 193 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 162 (12.10%) Analytics
14 158 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
15 155 (11.58%) Event-Driven
16 125 (9.34%) DevSecOps
17 122 (9.11%) Data Pipeline
17 122 (9.11%) Technical Leadership
18 114 (8.51%) Mentoring
18 114 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 562 (41.97%) Python
2 316 (23.60%) SQL
3 253 (18.89%) Java
4 192 (14.34%) Bash
5 167 (12.47%) PowerShell
6 133 (9.93%) C#
7 131 (9.78%) TypeScript
8 130 (9.71%) JavaScript
9 87 (6.50%) Bicep
10 47 (3.51%) Kotlin
11 41 (3.06%) Go
12 29 (2.17%) Shell Script
13 27 (2.02%) Scala
14 23 (1.72%) Ruby
15 22 (1.64%) Swift
16 13 (0.97%) Groovy
17 9 (0.67%) ActionScript
17 9 (0.67%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.67%) C
17 9 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 418 (31.22%) Security Cleared
2 365 (27.26%) SC Cleared
3 60 (4.48%) Degree
4 59 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 46 (3.44%) AWS Certification
6 41 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 17 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.82%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (0.67%) CISSP
14 9 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.45%) CCNP
17 5 (0.37%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (12.70%) QA
2 76 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 66 (4.93%) Accessibility
4 32 (2.39%) GDPR
5 24 (1.79%) WCAG
6 23 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.90%) NIST
8 10 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.60%) GRC
10 7 (0.52%) NCSC
11 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.37%) PSD2
12 4 (0.30%) HL7
12 4 (0.30%) SEPA
13 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.075%) OpenSCAP
14 1 (0.075%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 407 (30.40%) Docker
2 44 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.19%) vSphere
6 13 (0.97%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.52%) IAG
9 4 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.30%) 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
1 636 (47.50%) Terraform
2 473 (35.32%) Kubernetes
3 197 (14.71%) Ansible
4 177 (13.22%) Grafana
5 152 (11.35%) Prometheus
6 62 (4.63%) Argo
7 28 (2.09%) Puppet
8 18 (1.34%) Progress Chef
8 18 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.19%) Packer
10 15 (1.12%) Istio
11 13 (0.97%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.75%) Kibana
13 9 (0.67%) Control-M
13 9 (0.67%) HAProxy
13 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
13 9 (0.67%) NetBackup
14 7 (0.52%) FortiGate
15 6 (0.45%) SCCM
16 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 240 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 94 (7.02%) Databricks
3 90 (6.72%) Google
4 85 (6.35%) Splunk
5 53 (3.96%) Oracle
6 46 (3.44%) Dynatrace
7 38 (2.84%) VMware
8 33 (2.46%) Red Hat
8 33 (2.46%) Salesforce
9 28 (2.09%) ServiceNow
10 27 (2.02%) OpenAI
11 22 (1.64%) Informatica
12 21 (1.57%) Cisco
13 19 (1.42%) F5
14 18 (1.34%) Palo Alto
15 17 (1.27%) SAP
16 16 (1.19%) Checkmarx
16 16 (1.19%) Foundry
17 15 (1.12%) IBM
18 14 (1.05%) Zscaler