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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 97 131
Rank change year-on-year +12 +34 +10
Contract jobs citing GitHub 1,371 740 620
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.00% 2.67% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.64% 7.14% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 941 510 414
10th Percentile £393 £363 £310
25th Percentile £450 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -0.98% -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £625
90th Percentile £705 £725 £685
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 33
10th Percentile £46.25 - £54.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £100.00 -
Median hourly rate £68.22 £105.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.03% +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% -9.68%

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 15,874 10,360 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 37.33% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,597 7,015 7,852
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 195
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.33
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.76
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.12 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.20% -4.17% -14.29%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +18 804 £550 - 517
North of England +12 256 £488 +2.63% 169
Yorkshire +22 176 £488 -2.50% 63
Midlands +4 112 £488 -6.25% 75
West Midlands +4 95 £500 -9.09% 38
South East -36 86 £525 +15.01% 152
South West -16 62 £505 -15.83% 83
North West -38 59 £538 +25.00% 80
East of England +3 32 £505 -8.18% 64
North East -21 23 £450 -2.70% 29
East Midlands -2 17 £400 -19.19% 37
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
1 110 (8.02%) Confluence
2 48 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.84%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.68%) Apache Spark
5 21 (1.53%) Apache
6 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.58%) nginx
9 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
10 6 (0.44%) Tuxedo
11 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.15%) CMS
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
12 2 (0.15%) SAS
13 1 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle Coherence
13 1 (0.073%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (0.51%) Chatbot
1 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.29%) Trello
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.073%) Notion
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.36%) Sage X3
2 5 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.22%) Findur
3 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.15%) Front Arena
4 2 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.15%) Summit
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 748 (54.56%) GitHub Actions
2 709 (51.71%) Azure
3 633 (46.17%) AWS
4 399 (29.10%) Azure DevOps
5 204 (14.88%) GCP
6 179 (13.06%) Serverless
7 133 (9.70%) Amazon S3
8 130 (9.48%) GitHub Copilot
9 125 (9.12%) AWS Lambda
10 113 (8.24%) Amazon EKS
11 110 (8.02%) Azure Monitor
12 97 (7.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 89 (6.49%) Power Platform
14 87 (6.35%) Entra ID
15 81 (5.91%) Azure AKS
16 72 (5.25%) Amazon EC2
17 67 (4.89%) AWS CloudFormation
17 67 (4.89%) Snowflake
18 66 (4.81%) Amazon ECS
19 52 (3.79%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 68 (4.96%) Firewall
2 65 (4.74%) DNS
3 50 (3.65%) VPN
4 31 (2.26%) Network Security
5 21 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 20 (1.46%) VLAN
7 17 (1.24%) BGP
7 17 (1.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 14 (1.02%) SSL
9 13 (0.95%) DHCP
10 10 (0.73%) Wireless
11 9 (0.66%) BIG-IP
11 9 (0.66%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 9 (0.66%) OSPF
11 9 (0.66%) VXLAN
11 9 (0.66%) WAN
12 8 (0.58%) IPsec
12 8 (0.58%) NX-OS
13 7 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (6.49%) SQL Server
3 72 (5.25%) NoSQL
4 67 (4.89%) Power BI
5 65 (4.74%) MongoDB
6 55 (4.01%) Data Lake
7 50 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
7 50 (3.65%) Redis
8 48 (3.50%) Relational Database
9 46 (3.36%) DynamoDB
10 36 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (2.55%) Delta Lake
12 34 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
13 30 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
14 26 (1.90%) Metadata
15 25 (1.82%) MySQL
16 24 (1.75%) BigQuery
17 22 (1.60%) Amazon Athena
18 21 (1.53%) Big Data
19 16 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 402 (29.32%) Jenkins
2 296 (21.59%) GitLab
3 269 (19.62%) Git
4 162 (11.82%) JIRA
5 71 (5.18%) Selenium
6 68 (4.96%) JUnit
7 51 (3.72%) SonarQube
8 49 (3.57%) Cucumber
9 47 (3.43%) Bitbucket
10 40 (2.92%) Cypress.io
10 40 (2.92%) Gatling
11 36 (2.63%) JMeter
12 35 (2.55%) Gradle
13 33 (2.41%) Maven
14 30 (2.19%) Claude Code
14 30 (2.19%) Postman
15 27 (1.97%) CircleCI
15 27 (1.97%) REST Assured
16 23 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
17 17 (1.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 334 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 275 (20.06%) Finance
3 156 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 123 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (5.98%) Banking
6 39 (2.84%) Retail
7 36 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (1.75%) Legal
10 18 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.09%) Law
12 14 (1.02%) Telecoms
13 13 (0.95%) Investment Banking
14 12 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 12 (0.88%) Military
15 11 (0.80%) Financial Institution
16 10 (0.73%) Local Government
16 10 (0.73%) Marketing
17 9 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 257 (18.75%) Senior
2 249 (18.16%) Developer
3 172 (12.55%) DevOps Engineer
4 126 (9.19%) Architect
5 120 (8.75%) Lead
6 104 (7.59%) Data Engineer
7 81 (5.91%) Platform Engineer
8 77 (5.62%) AWS Engineer
9 71 (5.18%) Azure Engineer
9 71 (5.18%) Cloud Engineer
10 64 (4.67%) Senior Developer
11 63 (4.60%) Software Engineer
12 62 (4.52%) Java Developer
13 49 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
13 49 (3.57%) Test Engineer
14 45 (3.28%) Senior DevOps
15 44 (3.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 41 (2.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 36 (2.63%) AWS DevOps
17 36 (2.63%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 661 (48.21%) Terraform
2 220 (16.05%) REST
3 145 (10.58%) Kafka
4 138 (10.07%) RESTful
5 127 (9.26%) Spring
6 120 (8.75%) .NET
7 116 (8.46%) React
8 103 (7.51%) Spring Boot
9 85 (6.20%) Playwright
10 68 (4.96%) Node.js
11 54 (3.94%) OAuth
12 48 (3.50%) PySpark
12 48 (3.50%) YAML
13 47 (3.43%) JSON
14 46 (3.36%) HTML
15 42 (3.06%) OAuth2
16 41 (2.99%) AngularJS
17 40 (2.92%) .NET Framework
17 40 (2.92%) FastAPI
18 37 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 296 (21.59%) Cloud Native
2 111 (8.10%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (5.25%) Product Ownership
4 64 (4.67%) AI Agents
5 42 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
6 39 (2.84%) Mobile App
7 36 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 28 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 24 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.46%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
12 19 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
13 18 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
14 16 (1.17%) Algorithms
14 16 (1.17%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.41%) Linux
2 60 (4.38%) Windows
3 34 (2.48%) Unix
4 28 (2.04%) Android
5 26 (1.90%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (1.53%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.58%) VMS
8 3 (0.22%) CentOS
8 3 (0.22%) Debian
8 3 (0.22%) Rocky
9 2 (0.15%) AIX
9 2 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.15%) MVS
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.15%) zOS
10 1 (0.073%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,036 (75.57%) CI/CD
2 816 (59.52%) DevOps
3 559 (40.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 510 (37.20%) Agile
5 354 (25.82%) Observability
6 349 (25.46%) Test Automation
7 300 (21.88%) AI
8 295 (21.52%) Containerisation
9 265 (19.33%) Microservices
10 225 (16.41%) Software Engineering
11 220 (16.05%) Platform Engineering
12 196 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 166 (12.11%) Event-Driven
14 161 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
15 159 (11.60%) Analytics
16 145 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
17 140 (10.21%) DevSecOps
18 139 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
19 127 (9.26%) Scrum
20 122 (8.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 596 (43.47%) Python
2 324 (23.63%) SQL
3 277 (20.20%) Java
4 195 (14.22%) Bash
5 184 (13.42%) PowerShell
6 148 (10.80%) TypeScript
7 137 (9.99%) JavaScript
8 136 (9.92%) C#
9 100 (7.29%) Bicep
10 46 (3.36%) Kotlin
11 43 (3.14%) Go
12 32 (2.33%) Shell Script
13 29 (2.12%) Scala
14 21 (1.53%) Ruby
15 20 (1.46%) Swift
16 14 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.88%) Groovy
18 10 (0.73%) ActionScript
19 9 (0.66%) Apex Code
19 9 (0.66%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 427 (31.15%) Security Cleared
2 373 (27.21%) SC Cleared
3 66 (4.81%) Azure Certification
4 60 (4.38%) Degree
5 43 (3.14%) AWS Certification
6 39 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 34 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 13 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.80%) CISSP
12 11 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (0.80%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 9 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (0.58%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 6 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (13.93%) QA
2 77 (5.62%) Data Quality
3 74 (5.40%) Accessibility
4 32 (2.33%) GDPR
5 29 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (2.04%) WCAG
7 21 (1.53%) NIST
8 12 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.73%) NCSC
10 8 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.44%) GRC
13 5 (0.36%) HL7
13 5 (0.36%) PSD2
14 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.29%) SEPA
14 4 (0.29%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 1 (0.073%) NIST 800
System Software
1 433 (31.58%) Docker
2 48 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.88%) Hyper-V
6 11 (0.80%) IAG
6 11 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (0.80%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.80%) vSphere
7 4 (0.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 4 (0.29%) NFS
8 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.15%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.15%) SRDF
9 2 (0.15%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 499 (36.40%) Kubernetes
2 209 (15.24%) Ansible
3 189 (13.79%) Grafana
4 151 (11.01%) Prometheus
5 57 (4.16%) Argo
6 25 (1.82%) Puppet
7 23 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.46%) Progress Chef
9 19 (1.39%) Packer
10 12 (0.88%) Control-M
11 11 (0.80%) Istio
12 10 (0.73%) Kibana
12 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
13 9 (0.66%) HAProxy
14 8 (0.58%) vCenter Server
15 7 (0.51%) FortiGate
15 7 (0.51%) SCCM
16 5 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
16 5 (0.36%) Podman
17 4 (0.29%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 271 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 102 (7.44%) Databricks
3 92 (6.71%) Splunk
4 91 (6.64%) Google
5 57 (4.16%) Oracle
6 56 (4.08%) Dynatrace
7 43 (3.14%) ServiceNow
8 39 (2.84%) VMware
9 36 (2.63%) OpenAI
10 35 (2.55%) Red Hat
11 30 (2.19%) Cisco
11 30 (2.19%) Salesforce
12 25 (1.82%) Informatica
13 22 (1.60%) IBM
14 19 (1.39%) Foundry
14 19 (1.39%) New Relic
15 18 (1.31%) Checkmarx
15 18 (1.31%) F5
16 15 (1.09%) Palo Alto
17 14 (1.02%) SAP