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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 171 306
Rank change year-on-year +37 +135 +47
Contract jobs citing GitHub Actions 446 222 88
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.21% 1.65% 0.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.34% 3.82% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 140 57
10th Percentile £385 £396 £425
25th Percentile £450 £477 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £626 £695 £650
90th Percentile £675 £816 £725
England median daily rate £513 £550 £544
% change year-on-year -6.82% +1.15% -9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £105.00 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £105.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -33.33% +223.08% -58.06%

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 8,347 5,811 6,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.28% 43.16% 41.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,708 3,979 4,762
10th Percentile £363 £340 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 91 51
10th Percentile £19.15 £23.00 £20.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.08 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -36.84%
75th Percentile £55.00 £47.13 £43.50
90th Percentile £76.42 £72.00 £62.50
England median hourly rate £34.23 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +30.15% -12.33% -9.09%

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 29 August 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 29 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
Central London +4 50 £594 -5.94% 18
South London -1 13 £488 +8.33% 3
West London -10 9 £650 +15.04% 14
East London - 1 £432 - 5
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 28 (6.28%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (5.61%) Confluence
3 13 (2.91%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.69%) SharePoint
5 10 (2.24%) Apache
6 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.90%) nginx
7 4 (0.90%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.45%) Mendix
9 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Trello
2 3 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.67%) Findur
3 2 (0.45%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 446 (100.00%) GitHub
2 263 (58.97%) Azure
3 237 (53.14%) AWS
4 167 (37.44%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (15.92%) Serverless
6 68 (15.25%) GCP
7 65 (14.57%) Amazon S3
8 57 (12.78%) Amazon EKS
9 55 (12.33%) Azure Monitor
10 54 (12.11%) AWS Lambda
11 49 (10.99%) Azure AKS
12 41 (9.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 41 (9.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 36 (8.07%) Entra ID
14 35 (7.85%) Amazon ECS
15 34 (7.62%) Snowflake
16 31 (6.95%) Amazon EC2
16 31 (6.95%) Power Platform
17 25 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (4.71%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.71%) VPN
2 19 (4.26%) DNS
2 19 (4.26%) Firewall
3 11 (2.47%) Network Security
4 5 (1.12%) Internet
5 3 (0.67%) OpenVPN
5 3 (0.67%) SSH
5 3 (0.67%) SSL
5 3 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.45%) DSL
6 2 (0.45%) HTTP
6 2 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.45%) WAN
7 1 (0.22%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.22%) DHCP
7 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.22%) NFC
7 1 (0.22%) VLAN
7 1 (0.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.19%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (6.28%) MongoDB
3 26 (5.83%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.61%) Power BI
5 24 (5.38%) SQL Server
6 22 (4.93%) Data Lake
7 21 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (4.71%) Redis
8 19 (4.26%) Delta Lake
9 16 (3.59%) DynamoDB
10 15 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 13 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (2.91%) Metadata
12 12 (2.69%) BigQuery
13 10 (2.24%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (2.02%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (1.79%) Big Data
15 8 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
16 7 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (1.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 166 (37.22%) Jenkins
2 120 (26.91%) GitLab
3 59 (13.23%) Git
4 28 (6.28%) JIRA
5 25 (5.61%) Selenium
6 24 (5.38%) CircleCI
6 24 (5.38%) JUnit
7 18 (4.04%) Cypress.io
8 13 (2.91%) Bitbucket
8 13 (2.91%) Gradle
8 13 (2.91%) SonarQube
9 12 (2.69%) REST Assured
10 10 (2.24%) Cucumber
10 10 (2.24%) JMeter
10 10 (2.24%) Mockito
11 9 (2.02%) Postman
11 9 (2.02%) XCUITest
12 8 (1.79%) MLflow
12 8 (1.79%) Snyk
13 7 (1.57%) Appium
General
1 89 (19.96%) Finance
1 89 (19.96%) Social Skills
2 62 (13.90%) Public Sector
3 34 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (6.73%) Banking
5 13 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (2.69%) Law
6 12 (2.69%) Retail
7 9 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.35%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.12%) Legal
10 4 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.90%) Local Government
10 4 (0.90%) Marketing
11 3 (0.67%) Back Office
11 3 (0.67%) Billing
11 3 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.67%) Police
11 3 (0.67%) Publishing
12 2 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 94 (21.08%) Senior
2 80 (17.94%) DevOps Engineer
3 79 (17.71%) Developer
4 43 (9.64%) Lead
5 39 (8.74%) Azure Engineer
5 39 (8.74%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (7.62%) AWS Engineer
7 32 (7.17%) Architect
8 29 (6.50%) Data Engineer
9 27 (6.05%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (5.38%) Senior Developer
11 22 (4.93%) Software Engineer
12 19 (4.26%) Python Developer
13 18 (4.04%) Java Developer
14 17 (3.81%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 15 (3.36%) AWS DevOps
17 14 (3.14%) Automation Engineer
17 14 (3.14%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 261 (58.52%) Terraform
2 80 (17.94%) REST
3 68 (15.25%) Kafka
4 60 (13.45%) RESTful
5 43 (9.64%) React
6 40 (8.97%) Spring
7 36 (8.07%) Spring Boot
8 34 (7.62%) .NET
9 28 (6.28%) PySpark
10 24 (5.38%) Playwright
11 22 (4.93%) FastAPI
12 18 (4.04%) Node.js
13 17 (3.81%) OAuth
14 15 (3.36%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (3.36%) Flask
14 15 (3.36%) OAuth2
15 14 (3.14%) ARM Templates
15 14 (3.14%) Loki
15 14 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
15 14 (3.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (24.22%) Cloud Native
2 50 (11.21%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.36%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.69%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.47%) Virtual Team
6 9 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
7 8 (1.79%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.57%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.12%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.67%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 46 (10.31%) Linux
2 19 (4.26%) Windows
3 16 (3.59%) Unix
4 13 (2.91%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.47%) Android
6 7 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.57%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.45%) VMS
9 1 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (91.03%) CI/CD
2 297 (66.59%) DevOps
3 233 (52.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 167 (37.44%) Agile
5 127 (28.48%) Containerisation
6 125 (28.03%) Test Automation
7 120 (26.91%) Observability
8 94 (21.08%) Microservices
9 79 (17.71%) Platform Engineering
10 75 (16.82%) AI
11 63 (14.13%) Software Engineering
12 62 (13.90%) Event-Driven
13 56 (12.56%) DevSecOps
14 55 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (12.11%) Analytics
15 54 (12.11%) Data Pipeline
15 54 (12.11%) Mentoring
16 49 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
17 47 (10.54%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 46 (10.31%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 223 (50.00%) Python
2 121 (27.13%) SQL
3 85 (19.06%) Java
4 82 (18.39%) Bash
5 65 (14.57%) PowerShell
6 58 (13.00%) TypeScript
7 49 (10.99%) C#
8 48 (10.76%) Bicep
9 45 (10.09%) JavaScript
10 20 (4.48%) Shell Script
11 17 (3.81%) Kotlin
12 15 (3.36%) Go
13 11 (2.47%) Swift
14 9 (2.02%) Objective-C
14 9 (2.02%) Ruby
15 5 (1.12%) Groovy
15 5 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.90%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 171 (38.34%) Security Cleared
2 161 (36.10%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.52%) Azure Certification
4 15 (3.36%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.14%) Degree
6 13 (2.91%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.22%) CCNA
12 1 (0.22%) CCNP
12 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.22%) PMP
12 1 (0.22%) SAFe Agilist
12 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (14.13%) QA
2 30 (6.73%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.04%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.79%) NIST
5 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.35%) GDPR
7 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.90%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.90%) WCAG
8 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.45%) GRC
8 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) PSD2
9 1 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 186 (41.70%) Docker
2 14 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.45%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 203 (45.52%) Kubernetes
2 76 (17.04%) Grafana
3 68 (15.25%) Prometheus
4 44 (9.87%) Ansible
5 22 (4.93%) Argo
6 8 (1.79%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.79%) Puppet
7 4 (0.90%) Karpenter
7 4 (0.90%) Kibana
8 3 (0.67%) Cilium
8 3 (0.67%) Istio
8 3 (0.67%) Packer
8 3 (0.67%) SELinux
8 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.45%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.22%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.22%) linkerd
10 1 (0.22%) logstash
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 80 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.54%) Databricks
3 25 (5.61%) Splunk
4 22 (4.93%) Google
5 19 (4.26%) Oracle
6 17 (3.81%) Dynatrace
7 13 (2.91%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.47%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.24%) New Relic
10 9 (2.02%) Foundry
11 8 (1.79%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.79%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.57%) VMware
13 6 (1.35%) Checkmarx
13 6 (1.35%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.12%) SAP
15 4 (0.90%) Cloudera
15 4 (0.90%) Hortonworks
15 4 (0.90%) MicroStrategy
15 4 (0.90%) Palantir