GitHub Actions Contract Job Trends in London

GitHub Actions
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring GitHub Actions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 148 278
Rank change year-on-year +22 +130 +78
Contract jobs citing GitHub Actions 487 269 104
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 2.01% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.79% 4.59% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 180 75
10th Percentile £378 £363 £413
25th Percentile £428 £445 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £675 £800 £715
England median daily rate £500 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.50 £100.00 -
Median hourly rate £53.00 £105.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.52% - -
75th Percentile £55.50 £110.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £105.00 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

GitHub Actions 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,411 5,856 6,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.01% 43.77% 41.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,804 3,979 4,535
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £529 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% -3.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 102 41
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.10 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.79 £24.77 £24.15
Median hourly rate £30.00 £26.40 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -16.19% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.88 £66.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%

GitHub Actions
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GitHub Actions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

GitHub Actions job vacancy trend in London

GitHub Actions
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitHub Actions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub Actions in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub Actions in London

GitHub Actions
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitHub Actions.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub Actions within the London region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Central London -6 53 £575 -8.00% 38
South London +5 18 £468 -1.58% 1
West London - 5 £738 - 9
East London - 1 - - 3
North London - 1 £650 -
GitHub Actions
England

GitHub Actions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 23 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
1 23 (4.72%) Confluence
2 10 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.82%) Apache
4 4 (0.82%) nginx
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.41%) Mendix
7 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Trello
2 3 (0.62%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.21%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 487 (100.00%) GitHub
2 279 (57.29%) Azure
3 254 (52.16%) AWS
4 170 (34.91%) Azure DevOps
5 84 (17.25%) GCP
6 83 (17.04%) Amazon EKS
7 78 (16.02%) Amazon S3
7 78 (16.02%) Serverless
8 61 (12.53%) AWS Lambda
9 52 (10.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 50 (10.27%) Azure Monitor
11 46 (9.45%) Azure AKS
12 43 (8.83%) Entra ID
13 41 (8.42%) Snowflake
14 40 (8.21%) Amazon EC2
14 40 (8.21%) AWS CloudFormation
15 36 (7.39%) Amazon ECS
16 31 (6.37%) Power Platform
17 25 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
17 25 (5.13%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.54%) DNS
2 20 (4.11%) VPN
3 17 (3.49%) Firewall
4 11 (2.26%) Network Security
5 4 (0.82%) Internet
6 3 (0.62%) OpenVPN
6 3 (0.62%) SSH
6 3 (0.62%) SSL
6 3 (0.62%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.41%) DHCP
7 2 (0.41%) HTTP
7 2 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.41%) WAN
8 1 (0.21%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.21%) INAP
8 1 (0.21%) NFC
8 1 (0.21%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.21%) RTP
8 1 (0.21%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.47%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.98%) MongoDB
3 29 (5.95%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (5.13%) Power BI
5 22 (4.52%) Redis
5 22 (4.52%) SQL Server
6 20 (4.11%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (3.08%) Amazon Redshift
8 15 (3.08%) Delta Lake
9 14 (2.87%) BigQuery
10 13 (2.67%) DynamoDB
10 13 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (2.26%) Metadata
12 10 (2.05%) Snowflake Schema
13 9 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.85%) Data Vault
14 8 (1.64%) Relational Database
15 7 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 173 (35.52%) Jenkins
2 127 (26.08%) GitLab
3 80 (16.43%) Git
4 28 (5.75%) Selenium
5 27 (5.54%) CircleCI
6 25 (5.13%) JIRA
6 25 (5.13%) JUnit
7 21 (4.31%) Gradle
8 17 (3.49%) SonarQube
9 16 (3.29%) Bitbucket
10 15 (3.08%) Cucumber
10 15 (3.08%) Cypress.io
11 13 (2.67%) JMeter
12 12 (2.46%) REST Assured
13 11 (2.26%) Postman
14 10 (2.05%) Maven
14 10 (2.05%) Mockito
14 10 (2.05%) XCTest
14 10 (2.05%) XCUITest
15 8 (1.64%) TestNG
General
1 109 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 103 (21.15%) Finance
3 66 (13.55%) Public Sector
4 48 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.78%) Banking
6 17 (3.49%) Retail
7 16 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.26%) Law
9 8 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.64%) Marketing
9 8 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.44%) Back Office
10 7 (1.44%) Local Government
11 5 (1.03%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.82%) Billing
12 4 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.82%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.62%) Military
13 3 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 118 (24.23%) Senior
2 101 (20.74%) DevOps Engineer
3 73 (14.99%) Developer
4 42 (8.62%) Cloud Engineer
5 41 (8.42%) Azure Engineer
5 41 (8.42%) Lead
6 40 (8.21%) AWS Engineer
7 34 (6.98%) Architect
8 30 (6.16%) Data Engineer
9 27 (5.54%) Platform Engineer
10 25 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
10 25 (5.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 22 (4.52%) Automation Engineer
11 22 (4.52%) Software Engineer
12 20 (4.11%) Senior Developer
13 19 (3.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
14 18 (3.70%) Senior Data Engineer
15 17 (3.49%) GCP Engineer
16 16 (3.29%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 288 (59.14%) Terraform
2 100 (20.53%) REST
3 69 (14.17%) Kafka
4 60 (12.32%) RESTful
5 42 (8.62%) React
6 40 (8.21%) Spring
7 36 (7.39%) Spring Boot
8 33 (6.78%) .NET
9 27 (5.54%) Playwright
10 26 (5.34%) FastAPI
10 26 (5.34%) PySpark
11 21 (4.31%) OAuth
12 19 (3.90%) pytest
12 19 (3.90%) RabbitMQ
13 18 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
13 18 (3.70%) Loki
13 18 (3.70%) OAuth2
14 16 (3.29%) Flask
14 16 (3.29%) Node.js
14 16 (3.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 121 (24.85%) Cloud Native
2 48 (9.86%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (3.90%) Mobile App
5 18 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 15 (3.08%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.26%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.85%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.03%) PKI
12 5 (1.03%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (11.09%) Linux
2 22 (4.52%) Windows
3 16 (3.29%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.46%) Android
5 7 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.44%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.23%) Unix
7 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.41%) VMS
9 1 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.21%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (91.17%) CI/CD
2 334 (68.58%) DevOps
3 256 (52.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 173 (35.52%) Agile
5 141 (28.95%) Observability
6 130 (26.69%) Test Automation
7 129 (26.49%) Containerisation
8 106 (21.77%) AI
9 100 (20.53%) Microservices
10 96 (19.71%) Platform Engineering
11 82 (16.84%) Software Engineering
12 71 (14.58%) Event-Driven
13 66 (13.55%) Deployment Automation
14 65 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (12.94%) DevSecOps
16 59 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
17 58 (11.91%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 57 (11.70%) RBAC
18 57 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
19 54 (11.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 249 (51.13%) Python
2 110 (22.59%) SQL
3 94 (19.30%) Bash
4 87 (17.86%) Java
5 62 (12.73%) PowerShell
6 59 (12.11%) TypeScript
7 49 (10.06%) Bicep
8 46 (9.45%) JavaScript
9 42 (8.62%) C#
10 21 (4.31%) Kotlin
11 19 (3.90%) Go
12 14 (2.87%) Swift
13 12 (2.46%) Objective-C
14 11 (2.26%) Shell Script
15 8 (1.64%) Ruby
16 5 (1.03%) Groovy
17 4 (0.82%) C
17 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.82%) Scala
18 3 (0.62%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 185 (37.99%) Security Cleared
2 174 (35.73%) SC Cleared
3 35 (7.19%) Azure Certification
4 23 (4.72%) AWS Certification
5 15 (3.08%) Degree
5 15 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.41%) OCP
12 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.21%) MOS
13 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (16.22%) QA
2 34 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.11%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.64%) GDPR
4 8 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.64%) NIST
5 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.82%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.82%) WCAG
6 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.21%) PSD2
7 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 201 (41.27%) Docker
2 14 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 231 (47.43%) Kubernetes
2 84 (17.25%) Grafana
3 71 (14.58%) Prometheus
4 50 (10.27%) Ansible
5 28 (5.75%) Argo
6 8 (1.64%) Karpenter
6 8 (1.64%) Puppet
7 7 (1.44%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.82%) Cilium
8 4 (0.82%) Istio
8 4 (0.82%) Kibana
9 3 (0.62%) Packer
9 3 (0.62%) SELinux
9 3 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (0.41%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.21%) logstash
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.21%) systemd
Vendors
1 92 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.24%) Databricks
3 32 (6.57%) Google
4 25 (5.13%) Oracle
5 22 (4.52%) Dynatrace
5 22 (4.52%) Splunk
6 19 (3.90%) OpenAI
7 13 (2.67%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.46%) Red Hat
9 11 (2.26%) New Relic
10 10 (2.05%) Foundry
11 9 (1.85%) VMware
12 8 (1.64%) AppDynamics
13 7 (1.44%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.44%) SAP
14 5 (1.03%) Checkmarx
14 5 (1.03%) IBM
14 5 (1.03%) MicroStrategy
15 4 (0.82%) Confluent
15 4 (0.82%) Okta