GitHub Contracts in London

GitHub
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 101 112
Rank change year-on-year -30 +11 +30
Contract jobs citing GitHub 331 699 989
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.87% 2.58% 2.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.96% 6.62% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 443 660
10th Percentile £396 £430 £435
25th Percentile £450 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £577
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +8.25% +13.21%
75th Percentile £625 £734 £688
90th Percentile £725 £825 £794
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £48.78 £42.00 £53.30
25th Percentile £51.81 £52.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.75 £70.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +22.81% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62.81 £80.00 £79.50
90th Percentile £65.33 £86.00 £80.90
England median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% - -15.38%

All Cloud Skills
London

GitHub is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,676 10,565 16,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.70% 39.02% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,924 7,715 12,114
10th Percentile £341 £375 £400
25th Percentile £444 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £763
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 91 86
10th Percentile £17.78 £20.00 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.06 £24.00 £21.10
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +14.29% +5.50%
75th Percentile £38.28 £70.00 £61.44
90th Percentile £62.13 £88.30 £79.13
England median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
% change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub in London.

Daily rate trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitHub in London.

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in London

GitHub
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -12 45 £551 -14.98% 9
West London -4 5 £475 -18.63% 9
South London +14 4 £380 -23.04% 1
East London -5 2 £603 -24.59% 9
GitHub
England

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 20 (6.04%) Confluence
2 13 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.42%) WordPress
4 7 (2.11%) nginx
4 7 (2.11%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (1.81%) Apache
5 6 (1.81%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.51%) IIS
7 2 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.30%) Drupal
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.30%) InDesign
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.81%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.30%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.30%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.30%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 134 (40.48%) Azure
2 132 (39.88%) AWS
3 90 (27.19%) GitHub Actions
4 60 (18.13%) Serverless
5 51 (15.41%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (10.57%) GCP
7 29 (8.76%) Azure Functions
8 24 (7.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (6.95%) Power Platform
10 20 (6.04%) Azure Service Bus
11 17 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (5.14%) Power Automate
12 16 (4.83%) PowerApps
13 15 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (4.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (4.23%) Amazon S3
15 10 (3.02%) Amazon Kinesis
15 10 (3.02%) AWS CodePipeline
15 10 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.14%) Firewall
2 9 (2.72%) DNS
3 5 (1.51%) SSL
4 4 (1.21%) HTTP
5 3 (0.91%) DMZ
5 3 (0.91%) Internet
5 3 (0.91%) Intranet
5 3 (0.91%) Network Security
5 3 (0.91%) SNA
5 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.60%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.60%) SSH
6 2 (0.60%) VPN
7 1 (0.30%) BGP
7 1 (0.30%) DHCP
7 1 (0.30%) IPsec
7 1 (0.30%) RIP
7 1 (0.30%) SAN
7 1 (0.30%) VLAN
7 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (14.20%) SQL Server
2 43 (12.99%) NoSQL
3 37 (11.18%) MySQL
4 36 (10.88%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (6.95%) Power BI
6 20 (6.04%) Oracle Reports
7 15 (4.53%) Relational Database
8 14 (4.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (3.93%) BigQuery
9 13 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (3.93%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.72%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (2.72%) Big Data
10 9 (2.72%) MongoDB
10 9 (2.72%) RDBMS
11 7 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.51%) Amazon QuickSight
14 4 (1.21%) Flink
14 4 (1.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 65 (19.64%) Git
2 63 (19.03%) Jenkins
3 50 (15.11%) JIRA
4 40 (12.08%) GitLab
5 24 (7.25%) Cypress.io
6 22 (6.65%) CircleCI
7 12 (3.63%) Selenium
8 11 (3.32%) Gradle
8 11 (3.32%) JMeter
8 11 (3.32%) Postman
9 10 (3.02%) Maven
9 10 (3.02%) SonarQube
10 9 (2.72%) JUnit
11 8 (2.42%) TeamCity
12 7 (2.11%) Appium
13 6 (1.81%) Subversion
14 5 (1.51%) Burp Suite
14 5 (1.51%) Cucumber
14 5 (1.51%) Mercurial
15 4 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 68 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 67 (20.24%) Finance
3 30 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.16%) Banking
5 26 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.32%) Financial Institution
7 11 (3.32%) Retail
8 9 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.72%) Front Office
9 7 (2.11%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.81%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.51%) Law
11 5 (1.51%) Local Government
12 4 (1.21%) Legal
13 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.91%) Marketing
14 2 (0.60%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 104 (31.42%) Developer
2 58 (17.52%) DevOps Engineer
3 50 (15.11%) Senior
4 24 (7.25%) Senior Developer
5 22 (6.65%) Architect
6 20 (6.04%) AWS Engineer
6 20 (6.04%) Azure Engineer
6 20 (6.04%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 18 (5.44%) Lead
8 16 (4.83%) Full Stack Developer
8 16 (4.83%) Python Developer
9 13 (3.93%) AWS DevOps
10 12 (3.63%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.32%) SailPoint Engineer
12 10 (3.02%) Consultant
12 10 (3.02%) Quantitative Developer
13 9 (2.72%) Software Developer
14 8 (2.42%) SailPoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (16.62%) HTML
2 51 (15.41%) React
3 41 (12.39%) REST
4 35 (10.57%) Node.js
5 30 (9.06%) Web Services
6 29 (8.76%) XML
7 28 (8.46%) CSS
8 25 (7.55%) RESTful
9 24 (7.25%) SOAP
10 22 (6.65%) Kafka
11 20 (6.04%) .NET
11 20 (6.04%) LDAP
12 19 (5.74%) JSP
12 19 (5.74%) OAuth
12 19 (5.74%) SailPoint
12 19 (5.74%) Servlets
12 19 (5.74%) SPML
13 18 (5.44%) JDBC
14 17 (5.14%) JSON
15 14 (4.23%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.34%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.83%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.32%) Derivative
5 10 (3.02%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.72%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.42%) Machine to Machine
7 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.11%) Solar Panel
9 6 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.81%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.51%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.21%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.91%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (18.13%) Linux
2 27 (8.16%) Windows
3 15 (4.53%) Android
4 9 (2.72%) Unix
4 9 (2.72%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.11%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.60%) CentOS
7 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (46.53%) CI/CD
2 151 (45.62%) DevOps
3 103 (31.12%) Agile
4 70 (21.15%) Test Automation
5 42 (12.69%) Software Engineering
6 36 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 32 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (9.37%) Microservices
9 30 (9.06%) Full Stack Development
10 29 (8.76%) Containerisation
11 28 (8.46%) Scrum
12 27 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
12 27 (8.16%) Continuous Integration
13 26 (7.85%) Computer Science
14 24 (7.25%) Open Source
15 23 (6.95%) TDD
16 22 (6.65%) Front End Development
16 22 (6.65%) SDLC
17 21 (6.34%) Data Pipeline
17 21 (6.34%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 125 (37.76%) Python
2 89 (26.89%) SQL
3 74 (22.36%) Java
4 63 (19.03%) JavaScript
5 34 (10.27%) PowerShell
6 25 (7.55%) Bash
6 25 (7.55%) TypeScript
7 20 (6.04%) C#
8 17 (5.14%) Kotlin
9 16 (4.83%) Rust
10 15 (4.53%) Go
11 14 (4.23%) Ruby
12 12 (3.63%) C++
13 11 (3.32%) PHP
14 7 (2.11%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.51%) Perl
15 5 (1.51%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.51%) Swift
16 3 (0.91%) Korn
16 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (11.78%) Degree
2 35 (10.57%) Security Cleared
3 33 (9.97%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.81%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.60%) CEH
8 2 (0.60%) CISM
8 2 (0.60%) CISSP
8 2 (0.60%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.60%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.60%) SANS
9 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.30%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.06%) QA
2 15 (4.53%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.42%) NIST
4 6 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.51%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.21%) GDPR
6 4 (1.21%) WCAG
7 3 (0.91%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.91%) NCSC
8 2 (0.60%) COBIT
8 2 (0.60%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.60%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 77 (23.26%) Docker
2 30 (9.06%) Active Directory
3 19 (5.74%) IAG
4 18 (5.44%) ACF2
4 18 (5.44%) RACF
5 8 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.91%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.30%) Ceph
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) iptables
9 1 (0.30%) NFS
9 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (34.74%) Terraform
2 88 (26.59%) Kubernetes
3 33 (9.97%) Ansible
4 16 (4.83%) Puppet
5 13 (3.93%) Argo
5 13 (3.93%) Grafana
6 9 (2.72%) Kibana
7 7 (2.11%) Progress Chef
7 7 (2.11%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (1.51%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.21%) logstash
10 3 (0.91%) Nessus
10 3 (0.91%) Packer
10 3 (0.91%) vRealize
10 3 (0.91%) VxRail
11 2 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.60%) Graylog
11 2 (0.60%) Nagios
11 2 (0.60%) Oozie
11 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 47 (14.20%) Oracle
3 24 (7.25%) ServiceNow
4 20 (6.04%) Google
5 19 (5.74%) Sybase
6 12 (3.63%) VMware
7 10 (3.02%) Splunk
8 7 (2.11%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.81%) NEC
10 5 (1.51%) Centrify
10 5 (1.51%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.21%) Black Duck
11 4 (1.21%) Dell
11 4 (1.21%) IBM
11 4 (1.21%) New Relic
11 4 (1.21%) SAP
12 3 (0.91%) LogRhythm
12 3 (0.91%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.91%) Sun
12 3 (0.91%) TOWER Software