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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 110 135
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 -3
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,324 669 602
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.95% 2.43% 1.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.43% 6.51% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 908 459 396
10th Percentile £398 £364 £311
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £629
90th Percentile £700 £740 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 34
10th Percentile £46.25 - £41.75
25th Percentile £54.22 £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 15,700 10,274 11,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.35% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,475 6,952 8,104
10th Percentile £325 £311 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 268 254
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.10
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.48 £49.69
90th Percentile £84.63 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.38 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.68% +21.67% -35.71%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +25 761 £550 - 328
North of England +35 254 £500 +4.71% 146
Yorkshire +30 177 £500 - 51
Midlands +5 106 £500 +5.26% 59
West Midlands 0 94 £500 +5.26% 34
South East -48 79 £525 +10.53% 120
South West +2 69 £500 -16.67% 55
North West -17 64 £577 +23.03% 76
East of England +1 33 £500 -9.09% 43
North East -35 16 £450 -5.26% 20
East Midlands -7 11 £470 -5.05% 25
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 (9.29%) Confluence
2 40 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.74%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.28%) Apache
6 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.83%) Palantir Foundry
7 7 (0.53%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.45%) nginx
8 6 (0.45%) Tuxedo
9 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) SAS
10 2 (0.15%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.076%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.076%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.076%) Mendix
11 1 (0.076%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.076%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Chatbot
1 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.23%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) Notion
6 1 (0.076%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.38%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.23%) Findur
4 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.23%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.076%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.076%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 709 (53.55%) GitHub Actions
2 649 (49.02%) Azure
3 608 (45.92%) AWS
4 373 (28.17%) Azure DevOps
5 200 (15.11%) GCP
6 156 (11.78%) Serverless
7 126 (9.52%) Amazon S3
8 114 (8.61%) AWS Lambda
9 108 (8.16%) Amazon EKS
10 104 (7.85%) GitHub Copilot
11 94 (7.10%) Azure Monitor
12 90 (6.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 85 (6.42%) Power Platform
14 71 (5.36%) Azure AKS
14 71 (5.36%) Entra ID
15 70 (5.29%) Amazon EC2
16 68 (5.14%) Amazon ECS
16 68 (5.14%) AWS CloudFormation
17 54 (4.08%) Snowflake
18 49 (3.70%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.21%) Firewall
2 64 (4.83%) DNS
3 56 (4.23%) VPN
4 29 (2.19%) Network Security
5 17 (1.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 17 (1.28%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.13%) VLAN
7 12 (0.91%) SSL
8 10 (0.76%) BGP
9 9 (0.68%) BIG-IP
9 9 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 9 (0.68%) OSPF
9 9 (0.68%) Wireless
10 8 (0.60%) DHCP
10 8 (0.60%) IPsec
10 8 (0.60%) WAN
11 7 (0.53%) HTTP
11 7 (0.53%) Internet
12 5 (0.38%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.30%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (8.08%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (6.80%) SQL Server
3 70 (5.29%) NoSQL
4 60 (4.53%) MongoDB
4 60 (4.53%) Power BI
5 54 (4.08%) Data Lake
6 46 (3.47%) Relational Database
7 44 (3.32%) DynamoDB
8 37 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
8 37 (2.79%) Redis
9 36 (2.72%) Delta Lake
10 34 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 24 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (1.59%) Big Data
15 20 (1.51%) Metadata
16 19 (1.44%) BigQuery
17 16 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
18 15 (1.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 417 (31.50%) Jenkins
2 269 (20.32%) GitLab
3 245 (18.50%) Git
4 177 (13.37%) JIRA
5 73 (5.51%) JUnit
6 70 (5.29%) Selenium
7 52 (3.93%) Cucumber
8 44 (3.32%) Bitbucket
9 39 (2.95%) SonarQube
10 38 (2.87%) Cypress.io
10 38 (2.87%) Gradle
10 38 (2.87%) JMeter
11 35 (2.64%) Gatling
12 33 (2.49%) REST Assured
13 32 (2.42%) Maven
14 31 (2.34%) CircleCI
15 30 (2.27%) Postman
16 21 (1.59%) Claude Code
16 21 (1.59%) WebDriver
17 20 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 324 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 245 (18.50%) Finance
3 151 (11.40%) Public Sector
4 111 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (5.97%) Banking
6 39 (2.95%) Retail
7 27 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (1.74%) Legal
9 18 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (1.21%) Law
11 15 (1.13%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.13%) Military
12 13 (0.98%) Telecoms
13 10 (0.76%) Financial Institution
14 9 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.60%) Marketing
15 8 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.53%) Front Office
16 7 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 240 (18.13%) Senior
2 239 (18.05%) Developer
3 170 (12.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 118 (8.91%) Architect
5 116 (8.76%) Lead
6 99 (7.48%) Data Engineer
7 81 (6.12%) Platform Engineer
8 78 (5.89%) AWS Engineer
9 69 (5.21%) Cloud Engineer
10 62 (4.68%) Java Developer
10 62 (4.68%) Senior Developer
11 59 (4.46%) Software Engineer
12 57 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
13 47 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 43 (3.25%) Test Engineer
15 42 (3.17%) Senior DevOps
16 41 (3.10%) Full-Stack Developer
17 38 (2.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
18 36 (2.72%) GCP Engineer
18 36 (2.72%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (14.95%) REST
2 124 (9.37%) Kafka
3 121 (9.14%) Spring
4 119 (8.99%) RESTful
5 108 (8.16%) .NET
6 107 (8.08%) React
7 94 (7.10%) Spring Boot
8 76 (5.74%) Playwright
9 62 (4.68%) Node.js
10 54 (4.08%) PySpark
11 42 (3.17%) OpenTelemetry
12 40 (3.02%) .NET Framework
12 40 (3.02%) AngularJS
12 40 (3.02%) OAuth
13 36 (2.72%) HTML
13 36 (2.72%) YAML
14 35 (2.64%) JSON
14 35 (2.64%) OAuth2
15 34 (2.57%) FastAPI
16 33 (2.49%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 279 (21.07%) Cloud Native
2 121 (9.14%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (5.14%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.40%) AI Agents
5 40 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (2.87%) Mobile App
7 36 (2.72%) Data Centre
8 34 (2.57%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.51%) Data Structures
12 20 (1.51%) Distributed Architecture
13 17 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.28%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (1.13%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.13%) Public Cloud
16 14 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 126 (9.52%) Linux
2 60 (4.53%) Windows
3 34 (2.57%) Android
4 29 (2.19%) Apple iOS
5 26 (1.96%) Unix
6 19 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (1.44%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.38%) VMS
9 3 (0.23%) CentOS
9 3 (0.23%) Debian
9 3 (0.23%) Rocky
10 2 (0.15%) AIX
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
11 1 (0.076%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 987 (74.55%) CI/CD
2 772 (58.31%) DevOps
3 524 (39.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 469 (35.42%) Agile
5 327 (24.70%) Test Automation
6 321 (24.24%) Observability
7 290 (21.90%) Containerisation
8 255 (19.26%) Microservices
9 253 (19.11%) AI
10 207 (15.63%) Platform Engineering
11 196 (14.80%) Software Engineering
12 190 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 161 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
14 158 (11.93%) Analytics
15 153 (11.56%) Event-Driven
16 120 (9.06%) Technical Leadership
17 118 (8.91%) Data Pipeline
17 118 (8.91%) DevSecOps
18 115 (8.69%) Migration
18 115 (8.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 564 (42.60%) Python
2 310 (23.41%) SQL
3 252 (19.03%) Java
4 192 (14.50%) Bash
5 163 (12.31%) PowerShell
6 131 (9.89%) C#
7 127 (9.59%) JavaScript
8 126 (9.52%) TypeScript
9 82 (6.19%) Bicep
10 45 (3.40%) Kotlin
11 42 (3.17%) Go
12 29 (2.19%) Scala
13 27 (2.04%) Shell Script
14 23 (1.74%) Ruby
15 22 (1.66%) Swift
16 14 (1.06%) Groovy
17 10 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.68%) ActionScript
18 9 (0.68%) Apex Code
18 9 (0.68%) C
Qualifications
1 407 (30.74%) Security Cleared
2 353 (26.66%) SC Cleared
3 58 (4.38%) Degree
4 57 (4.31%) Azure Certification
5 43 (3.25%) AWS Certification
5 43 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 31 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 14 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.83%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.83%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (0.60%) CISSP
16 7 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.45%) OCP
17 6 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (12.54%) QA
2 73 (5.51%) Data Quality
3 64 (4.83%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.27%) GDPR
5 22 (1.66%) WCAG
6 20 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.83%) NIST
8 10 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.60%) GRC
10 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.38%) NCSC
11 5 (0.38%) 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 (0.076%) IFRS
14 1 (0.076%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 390 (29.46%) Docker
2 39 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.51%) vSphere
6 18 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (0.76%) Hyper-V
9 7 (0.53%) IAG
10 4 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 4 (0.30%) NFS
11 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.15%) Firmware
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.15%) SRDF
11 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.15%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 624 (47.13%) Terraform
2 460 (34.74%) Kubernetes
3 201 (15.18%) Ansible
4 181 (13.67%) Grafana
5 152 (11.48%) Prometheus
6 67 (5.06%) Argo
7 28 (2.11%) Puppet
8 18 (1.36%) Progress Chef
8 18 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.36%) vCenter Server
9 16 (1.21%) Istio
9 16 (1.21%) Packer
10 13 (0.98%) Kibana
11 9 (0.68%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.68%) NetBackup
12 8 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
13 7 (0.53%) Control-M
13 7 (0.53%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 233 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.87%) Databricks
3 90 (6.80%) Google
4 88 (6.65%) Splunk
5 53 (4.00%) Oracle
6 47 (3.55%) Dynatrace
7 42 (3.17%) VMware
8 35 (2.64%) Red Hat
9 33 (2.49%) Salesforce
10 27 (2.04%) OpenAI
10 27 (2.04%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.59%) Cisco
12 19 (1.44%) F5
13 18 (1.36%) Informatica
13 18 (1.36%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.36%) Pure Storage
14 16 (1.21%) Checkmarx
14 16 (1.21%) Foundry
14 16 (1.21%) SAP
15 15 (1.13%) IBM