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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 110 140
Rank change year-on-year +24 +30 -9
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,365 672 603
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.00% 2.43% 1.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.55% 6.54% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 462 401
10th Percentile £395 £364 £310
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 34
10th Percentile £46.25 - £41.75
25th Percentile £52.11 £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 15,958 10,279 11,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.07% 37.24% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,654 6,968 8,061
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 267 246
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.10
Median hourly rate £37.37 £26.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.73% +18.18% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £51.43
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year +29.09% +15.55% -32.00%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +27 788 £550 - 422
North of England +38 260 £500 +5.26% 163
Yorkshire +36 180 £493 -1.50% 66
Midlands +14 113 £500 +5.26% 62
West Midlands +1 101 £500 +5.26% 37
South East -48 79 £525 +10.53% 137
South West +4 70 £500 -16.67% 63
North West -19 66 £589 +27.45% 78
East of England +3 33 £500 -9.09% 45
North East -28 16 £450 -5.26% 20
East Midlands -10 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
1 125 (9.16%) Confluence
2 49 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
3 38 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 19 (1.39%) 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 (0.073%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.073%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.073%) Mendix
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Chatbot
1 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.29%) Trello
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.073%) Notion
6 1 (0.073%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.37%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.22%) Findur
4 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.22%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 729 (53.41%) GitHub Actions
2 675 (49.45%) Azure
3 626 (45.86%) AWS
4 392 (28.72%) Azure DevOps
5 207 (15.16%) GCP
6 158 (11.58%) Serverless
7 130 (9.52%) Amazon S3
8 115 (8.42%) GitHub Copilot
9 114 (8.35%) AWS Lambda
10 112 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
11 96 (7.03%) Azure Monitor
12 93 (6.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 87 (6.37%) Power Platform
14 76 (5.57%) Azure AKS
15 73 (5.35%) Amazon EC2
15 73 (5.35%) Entra ID
16 71 (5.20%) AWS CloudFormation
17 69 (5.05%) Amazon ECS
18 60 (4.40%) Snowflake
19 53 (3.88%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 71 (5.20%) Firewall
2 67 (4.91%) DNS
3 57 (4.18%) VPN
4 29 (2.12%) Network Security
5 17 (1.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 17 (1.25%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.10%) VLAN
7 13 (0.95%) SSL
8 10 (0.73%) BGP
9 9 (0.66%) BIG-IP
9 9 (0.66%) DHCP
9 9 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 9 (0.66%) OSPF
9 9 (0.66%) Wireless
10 8 (0.59%) IPsec
10 8 (0.59%) WAN
11 7 (0.51%) HTTP
11 7 (0.51%) Internet
12 5 (0.37%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.29%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (6.59%) SQL Server
3 73 (5.35%) NoSQL
4 62 (4.54%) MongoDB
4 62 (4.54%) Power BI
5 55 (4.03%) Data Lake
6 46 (3.37%) DynamoDB
6 46 (3.37%) Relational Database
7 40 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
7 40 (2.93%) Redis
8 37 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 36 (2.64%) Delta Lake
10 34 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 33 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
12 25 (1.83%) Amazon Athena
13 22 (1.61%) Metadata
14 21 (1.54%) Big Data
15 20 (1.47%) BigQuery
16 16 (1.17%) MySQL
16 16 (1.17%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 429 (31.43%) Jenkins
2 281 (20.59%) GitLab
3 262 (19.19%) Git
4 182 (13.33%) JIRA
5 76 (5.57%) JUnit
6 75 (5.49%) Selenium
7 55 (4.03%) Cucumber
8 46 (3.37%) Bitbucket
9 45 (3.30%) SonarQube
10 41 (3.00%) Cypress.io
11 38 (2.78%) Gatling
11 38 (2.78%) Gradle
11 38 (2.78%) JMeter
12 34 (2.49%) REST Assured
13 33 (2.42%) Maven
14 31 (2.27%) CircleCI
14 31 (2.27%) Postman
15 24 (1.76%) Claude Code
16 21 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
16 21 (1.54%) WebDriver
General
1 328 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 255 (18.68%) Finance
3 156 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 113 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (5.93%) Banking
6 42 (3.08%) Retail
7 27 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (1.68%) Legal
9 18 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (1.17%) Law
11 15 (1.10%) Investment Banking
11 15 (1.10%) Military
12 13 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 12 (0.88%) Financial Institution
14 9 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.59%) Marketing
15 8 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.59%) Publishing
16 7 (0.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 248 (18.17%) Senior
2 246 (18.02%) Developer
3 173 (12.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 122 (8.94%) Architect
5 121 (8.86%) Lead
6 103 (7.55%) Data Engineer
7 82 (6.01%) Platform Engineer
8 79 (5.79%) AWS Engineer
9 71 (5.20%) Cloud Engineer
10 63 (4.62%) Java Developer
10 63 (4.62%) Senior Developer
11 61 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
12 59 (4.32%) Software Engineer
13 47 (3.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 45 (3.30%) Senior DevOps
15 44 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
15 44 (3.22%) Test Engineer
16 41 (3.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 36 (2.64%) GCP Engineer
17 36 (2.64%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (14.80%) REST
2 126 (9.23%) Spring
3 125 (9.16%) RESTful
4 124 (9.08%) Kafka
5 112 (8.21%) .NET
6 111 (8.13%) React
7 96 (7.03%) Spring Boot
8 83 (6.08%) Playwright
9 69 (5.05%) Node.js
10 56 (4.10%) PySpark
11 43 (3.15%) OpenTelemetry
12 41 (3.00%) .NET Framework
12 41 (3.00%) AngularJS
12 41 (3.00%) OAuth
13 38 (2.78%) YAML
14 37 (2.71%) JSON
15 36 (2.64%) HTML
16 35 (2.56%) OAuth2
17 34 (2.49%) FastAPI
18 33 (2.42%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 288 (21.10%) Cloud Native
2 122 (8.94%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.37%) AI Agents
5 40 (2.93%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (2.78%) Mobile App
7 36 (2.64%) Data Centre
8 35 (2.56%) Onboarding
9 27 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
11 23 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 20 (1.47%) Distributed Architecture
12 20 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (1.32%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (1.10%) Private Cloud
15 15 (1.10%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 127 (9.30%) Linux
2 62 (4.54%) Windows
3 36 (2.64%) Android
4 30 (2.20%) Apple iOS
5 28 (2.05%) Unix
6 20 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (1.47%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.59%) 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 1,023 (74.95%) CI/CD
2 800 (58.61%) DevOps
3 544 (39.85%) Infrastructure as Code
4 486 (35.60%) Agile
5 344 (25.20%) Test Automation
6 328 (24.03%) Observability
7 298 (21.83%) Containerisation
8 269 (19.71%) AI
9 264 (19.34%) Microservices
10 215 (15.75%) Platform Engineering
11 203 (14.87%) Software Engineering
12 199 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 166 (12.16%) Analytics
14 164 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
15 155 (11.36%) Event-Driven
16 125 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
17 123 (9.01%) Data Pipeline
17 123 (9.01%) DevSecOps
18 117 (8.57%) Mentoring
18 117 (8.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 581 (42.56%) Python
2 322 (23.59%) SQL
3 260 (19.05%) Java
4 198 (14.51%) Bash
5 167 (12.23%) PowerShell
6 134 (9.82%) C#
7 132 (9.67%) JavaScript
7 132 (9.67%) TypeScript
8 84 (6.15%) Bicep
9 48 (3.52%) Kotlin
10 42 (3.08%) Go
11 29 (2.12%) Scala
12 28 (2.05%) Shell Script
13 23 (1.68%) Ruby
14 22 (1.61%) Swift
15 14 (1.03%) Groovy
16 10 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.66%) ActionScript
17 9 (0.66%) Apex Code
17 9 (0.66%) C
Qualifications
1 422 (30.92%) Security Cleared
2 366 (26.81%) SC Cleared
3 60 (4.40%) Degree
4 59 (4.32%) Azure Certification
5 45 (3.30%) AWS Certification
6 42 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 33 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 14 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.81%) SAFe Agilist
12 10 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (0.59%) CISSP
15 7 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.44%) CCNP
16 6 (0.44%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (12.67%) QA
2 77 (5.64%) Data Quality
3 68 (4.98%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.20%) GDPR
5 24 (1.76%) WCAG
6 21 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.81%) NIST
8 10 (0.73%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.59%) GRC
10 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.44%) NCSC
12 5 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.37%) PSD2
13 4 (0.29%) HL7
13 4 (0.29%) SEPA
14 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.073%) OpenSCAP
15 1 (0.073%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 409 (29.96%) Docker
2 43 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.54%) vSphere
6 18 (1.32%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.51%) 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 (47.18%) Terraform
2 482 (35.31%) Kubernetes
3 203 (14.87%) Ansible
4 183 (13.41%) Grafana
5 154 (11.28%) Prometheus
6 68 (4.98%) Argo
7 28 (2.05%) Puppet
8 18 (1.32%) Progress Chef
8 18 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 16 (1.17%) Istio
9 16 (1.17%) Packer
10 13 (0.95%) Kibana
11 9 (0.66%) Control-M
11 9 (0.66%) HAProxy
11 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.66%) NetBackup
12 7 (0.51%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.44%) SCCM
14 5 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 239 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 95 (6.96%) Databricks
3 91 (6.67%) Google
4 88 (6.45%) Splunk
5 54 (3.96%) Oracle
6 47 (3.44%) Dynatrace
7 43 (3.15%) VMware
8 36 (2.64%) Red Hat
9 33 (2.42%) Salesforce
10 28 (2.05%) OpenAI
10 28 (2.05%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.54%) Cisco
11 21 (1.54%) Informatica
12 19 (1.39%) F5
13 18 (1.32%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.32%) Pure Storage
14 16 (1.17%) Checkmarx
14 16 (1.17%) Foundry
14 16 (1.17%) SAP
15 15 (1.10%) IBM