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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 127 142
Rank change year-on-year +36 +15 +6
Contract jobs citing GitHub 754 616 805
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.74% 1.88% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.29% 5.43% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 410 543
10th Percentile £360 £310 £425
25th Percentile £413 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £675
90th Percentile £725 £689 £756
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -2.38% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 32 6
10th Percentile - £66.25 £63.75
25th Percentile £100.00 - £75.31
Median hourly rate £105.00 £70.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -9.68% +6.90%
75th Percentile £110.00 - £79.69
90th Percentile - - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £105.00 £70.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year +50.00% -9.68% +10.71%

All Cloud 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 10,346 11,335 15,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.54% 34.54% 35.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,995 7,767 11,311
10th Percentile £308 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 179 305
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.23 £14.56
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -6.06% +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.30 £70.00 £79.01
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £30.73 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.64% -12.19% +62.79%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GitHub 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 14 September 2025.

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
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 14 September 2025. 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 +40 458 £550 +2.09% 390
North of England +11 114 £475 - 154
Yorkshire -10 58 £500 +5.26% 54
Midlands +25 52 £525 -2.33% 73
South East +32 48 £435 -3.33% 237
North West +19 48 £430 -4.44% 83
West Midlands +21 45 £569 +8.33% 50
South West -9 38 £600 -5.88% 47
North East +3 10 £450 - 22
East of England 0 9 £525 -5.41% 59
East Midlands -1 7 £475 -23.94% 23
GitHub
UK

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (7.43%) Confluence
2 49 (6.50%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.33%) nginx
5 8 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.93%) Apache
7 6 (0.80%) Mule
8 5 (0.66%) SAS
9 4 (0.53%) CMS
9 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.40%) JBoss
10 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.40%) WordPress
11 2 (0.27%) CICS
11 2 (0.27%) IBM Domino
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.27%) Traefik
11 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.27%) Trello
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.27%) Shopify
3 1 (0.13%) Endur
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 381 (50.53%) AWS
2 349 (46.29%) GitHub Actions
3 296 (39.26%) Azure
4 136 (18.04%) GCP
5 129 (17.11%) Azure DevOps
6 99 (13.13%) Serverless
7 83 (11.01%) Amazon S3
8 73 (9.68%) AWS Lambda
9 72 (9.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 49 (6.50%) Amazon ECS
11 43 (5.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 37 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
13 36 (4.77%) SaaS
14 30 (3.98%) Datadog
14 30 (3.98%) Power Platform
15 29 (3.85%) Entra ID
16 28 (3.71%) Amazon EKS
17 26 (3.45%) dbt
18 23 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
18 23 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.38%) DNS
2 27 (3.58%) Firewall
3 20 (2.65%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.12%) VPN
5 14 (1.86%) HTTP
6 12 (1.59%) SSL
7 11 (1.46%) Network Security
8 6 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (0.66%) OpenLDAP
9 5 (0.66%) SSH
10 4 (0.53%) BGP
10 4 (0.53%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.53%) FTP
10 4 (0.53%) LAN
10 4 (0.53%) Multicast
10 4 (0.53%) OSPF
10 4 (0.53%) SMTP
10 4 (0.53%) WAN
11 3 (0.40%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.48%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (5.84%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (5.17%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.51%) SQL Server
5 29 (3.85%) DynamoDB
6 26 (3.45%) MongoDB
6 26 (3.45%) Redis
6 26 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 22 (2.92%) BigQuery
7 22 (2.92%) Power BI
8 20 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
8 20 (2.65%) Delta Lake
9 17 (2.25%) MySQL
10 16 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 14 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.72%) Big Data
12 13 (1.72%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.46%) Metadata
13 11 (1.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 198 (26.26%) Jenkins
2 165 (21.88%) Git
3 125 (16.58%) JIRA
4 117 (15.52%) GitLab
5 44 (5.84%) SonarQube
6 38 (5.04%) CircleCI
7 35 (4.64%) Cypress.io
8 34 (4.51%) Gradle
9 29 (3.85%) Bitbucket
10 25 (3.32%) Artifactory
11 24 (3.18%) JUnit
12 22 (2.92%) Cucumber
12 22 (2.92%) Postman
12 22 (2.92%) Selenium
13 21 (2.79%) Maven
14 18 (2.39%) Sonatype Nexus
15 16 (2.12%) TeamCity
16 14 (1.86%) Burp Suite
16 14 (1.86%) Metasploit
16 14 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 188 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 133 (17.64%) Finance
3 74 (9.81%) Public Sector
4 61 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (7.56%) Banking
6 18 (2.39%) Investment Banking
7 14 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.72%) Marketing
9 10 (1.33%) Front Office
9 10 (1.33%) Military
10 8 (1.06%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 7 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.93%) Retail
12 6 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.66%) Legal
13 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.53%) Digital Healthcare
14 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 178 (23.61%) Developer
2 107 (14.19%) Senior
3 94 (12.47%) DevOps Engineer
4 71 (9.42%) Architect
5 58 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
6 52 (6.90%) Data Engineer
6 52 (6.90%) Lead
7 41 (5.44%) Software Engineer
8 34 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
10 32 (4.24%) Senior Developer
11 29 (3.85%) AWS DevOps
12 28 (3.71%) Platform Engineer
12 28 (3.71%) Python Developer
13 27 (3.58%) Python Engineer
14 26 (3.45%) DevSecOps Engineer
15 25 (3.32%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 24 (3.18%) Java Developer
17 22 (2.92%) Security Engineer
18 21 (2.79%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (12.47%) REST
2 76 (10.08%) React
3 72 (9.55%) Node.js
4 56 (7.43%) .NET
4 56 (7.43%) Kafka
4 56 (7.43%) RESTful
5 47 (6.23%) HTML
6 43 (5.70%) AngularJS
7 38 (5.04%) YAML
8 34 (4.51%) OAuth
9 33 (4.38%) GraphQL
10 32 (4.24%) Playwright
11 30 (3.98%) Spring Boot
12 29 (3.85%) CSS
13 26 (3.45%) FastAPI
13 26 (3.45%) Spring
14 25 (3.32%) pytest
15 24 (3.18%) JSON
16 23 (3.05%) Jest
16 23 (3.05%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.33%) Cloud Native
2 27 (3.58%) Public Cloud
3 25 (3.32%) Data Protection Act
3 25 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (2.92%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.25%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 13 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.33%) Clustering
11 9 (1.19%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.93%) Life Science
12 7 (0.93%) PKI
12 7 (0.93%) Replication
13 6 (0.80%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (0.80%) Private Cloud
13 6 (0.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 84 (11.14%) Linux
2 31 (4.11%) Windows
3 25 (3.32%) Unix
4 22 (2.92%) Android
5 11 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 10 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.80%) Solaris
9 4 (0.53%) VMS
10 3 (0.40%) CentOS
11 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.27%) zOS
12 1 (0.13%) MVS
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (65.65%) CI/CD
2 379 (50.27%) DevOps
3 281 (37.27%) Agile
4 258 (34.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 145 (19.23%) Microservices
6 144 (19.10%) Containerisation
7 142 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (14.72%) Test Automation
9 99 (13.13%) Scrum
10 98 (13.00%) Artificial Intelligence
11 91 (12.07%) Software Engineering
12 89 (11.80%) Migration
13 78 (10.34%) TDD
14 74 (9.81%) Observability
15 70 (9.28%) Full-Stack Development
16 69 (9.15%) DevSecOps
17 62 (8.22%) Analytics
18 59 (7.82%) Data Pipeline
19 55 (7.29%) SDLC
20 52 (6.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 308 (40.85%) Python
2 150 (19.89%) SQL
3 125 (16.58%) Java
4 111 (14.72%) TypeScript
5 110 (14.59%) JavaScript
6 97 (12.86%) Bash
7 78 (10.34%) C#
8 67 (8.89%) PowerShell
9 59 (7.82%) Go
10 34 (4.51%) Bicep
11 27 (3.58%) Shell Script
12 24 (3.18%) Kotlin
13 22 (2.92%) Groovy
14 20 (2.65%) C++
15 12 (1.59%) Ruby
16 11 (1.46%) PHP
16 11 (1.46%) Scala
17 9 (1.19%) Apex Code
17 9 (1.19%) Perl
18 8 (1.06%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 173 (22.94%) Security Cleared
2 144 (19.10%) SC Cleared
3 59 (7.82%) Degree
4 34 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.45%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.86%) CREST Certified
7 14 (1.86%) OSCP
8 13 (1.72%) Tigerscheme
9 12 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.33%) CHECK Team Member
10 10 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.66%) CISSP
13 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.53%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.27%) SAFe Agilist
14 2 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.42%) QA
2 37 (4.91%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.64%) GDPR
4 26 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (3.32%) Accessibility
6 22 (2.92%) NCSC
7 20 (2.65%) NIST
8 13 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (1.46%) PCI DSS
10 9 (1.19%) HIPAA
11 8 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.80%) WCAG
13 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.53%) GxP
15 3 (0.40%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.40%) ITGC
16 2 (0.27%) GRC
16 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 201 (26.66%) Docker
2 29 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.66%) NFS
7 4 (0.53%) Veritas File System
7 4 (0.53%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 3 (0.40%) QEMU
9 2 (0.27%) Ceph
9 2 (0.27%) Firmware
9 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.27%) KVM
9 2 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.13%) SRDF
10 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.13%) vSphere
10 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 321 (42.57%) Terraform
2 248 (32.89%) Kubernetes
3 84 (11.14%) Ansible
4 80 (10.61%) Grafana
5 78 (10.34%) Prometheus
6 38 (5.04%) Puppet
7 16 (2.12%) Argo
7 16 (2.12%) Istio
8 14 (1.86%) Nmap
8 14 (1.86%) Progress Chef
9 13 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.19%) Packer
11 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.80%) Nessus
12 5 (0.66%) Control-M
12 5 (0.66%) HP Fortify
12 5 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
13 4 (0.53%) QRadar
13 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 95 (12.60%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.82%) Google
3 46 (6.10%) Splunk
4 36 (4.77%) Databricks
5 25 (3.32%) Oracle
6 23 (3.05%) VMware
7 20 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 19 (2.52%) Red Hat
9 17 (2.25%) Atlassian
10 14 (1.86%) Veracode
11 13 (1.72%) OpenAI
12 10 (1.33%) CyberArk
12 10 (1.33%) IBM
12 10 (1.33%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.19%) Cisco
13 9 (1.19%) Qualys
13 9 (1.19%) SAP
14 7 (0.93%) NetApp
14 7 (0.93%) Okta
15 5 (0.66%) CrowdStrike