GitHub Contracts in London

GitHub
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring GitHub skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GitHub over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 129 98
Rank change year-on-year +23 -31 +12
Contract jobs citing GitHub 332 330 695
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.65% 1.85% 2.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.25% 4.89% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 218 442
10th Percentile £400 £381 £429
25th Percentile £450 £462 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -16.00% +7.78%
75th Percentile £644 £624 £736
90th Percentile £799 £725 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £48.78 £42.00
25th Percentile - £51.81 £52.50
Median hourly rate - £57.75 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -17.50% +20.95%
75th Percentile - £62.81 £80.00
90th Percentile - £65.33 £86.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.89% +27.27% -1.79%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,314 6,744 10,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.35% 37.82% 39.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,693 4,977 7,700
10th Percentile £358 £350 £375
25th Percentile £440 £445 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £775 £782
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 71 90
10th Percentile £22.40 £17.78 £20.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -37.50% +1.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £38.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.13 £58.75 £88.30
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

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 1 May 2025.

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
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 1 May 2025. 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 +9 49 £558 +1.27% 60
West London +15 8 £520 +9.47% 13
East London +18 5 £630 +4.43% 9
South London +5 2 £380 - 1
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 22 (6.63%) Apache Airflow
1 22 (6.63%) Confluence
2 10 (3.01%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.11%) Apache
4 5 (1.51%) CMS
5 3 (0.90%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.90%) WordPress
6 2 (0.60%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) nginx
7 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Trello
2 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.60%) Shopify
2 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 153 (46.08%) AWS
2 148 (44.58%) Azure
3 133 (40.06%) GitHub Actions
4 58 (17.47%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (11.14%) Serverless
6 35 (10.54%) dbt
7 34 (10.24%) GCP
8 29 (8.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (8.73%) Power Platform
9 28 (8.43%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (6.63%) Entra ID
11 20 (6.02%) Azure Monitor
12 19 (5.72%) Amazon S3
13 17 (5.12%) Snowflake
14 16 (4.82%) PowerApps
15 15 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (4.52%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (4.22%) Azure AKS
16 14 (4.22%) Power Automate
16 14 (4.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.94%) DNS
2 17 (5.12%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.92%) Firewall
4 12 (3.61%) HTTP
5 8 (2.41%) SMTP
6 7 (2.11%) VPN
7 6 (1.81%) DHCP
8 5 (1.51%) SSL
9 4 (1.20%) FTP
9 4 (1.20%) Network Security
10 3 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.90%) Kerberos
11 2 (0.60%) DSL
11 2 (0.60%) SSH
12 1 (0.30%) BGP
12 1 (0.30%) Broadband
12 1 (0.30%) EIGRP
12 1 (0.30%) IPsec
12 1 (0.30%) OSPF
12 1 (0.30%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.04%) Data Warehouse
1 30 (9.04%) SQL Server
2 25 (7.53%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (7.23%) Power BI
4 18 (5.42%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.61%) DynamoDB
6 11 (3.31%) Metadata
7 7 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (2.11%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.11%) Redis
8 6 (1.81%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.81%) Data Vault
8 6 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.20%) Apache Iceberg
10 4 (1.20%) Big Data
10 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (18.07%) Jenkins
2 46 (13.86%) Git
3 40 (12.05%) JIRA
4 30 (9.04%) GitLab
5 18 (5.42%) Subversion
6 15 (4.52%) CircleCI
7 13 (3.92%) Bitbucket
8 11 (3.31%) Postman
8 11 (3.31%) TeamCity
9 10 (3.01%) Cypress.io
10 8 (2.41%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.41%) Selenium
10 8 (2.41%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (2.11%) Artifactory
11 7 (2.11%) Terragrunt
12 6 (1.81%) git-flow
12 6 (1.81%) JMeter
12 6 (1.81%) MLflow
13 4 (1.20%) SonarQube
13 4 (1.20%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 99 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 76 (22.89%) Finance
3 41 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.13%) Banking
6 12 (3.61%) Marketing
7 10 (3.01%) Investment Banking
7 10 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.41%) Retail
9 6 (1.81%) Front Office
9 6 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.90%) Legal
12 3 (0.90%) Military
13 1 (0.30%) Advertising
13 1 (0.30%) Automotive
13 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.30%) Games
13 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (25.90%) Developer
2 54 (16.27%) Senior
3 39 (11.75%) Lead
4 35 (10.54%) Architect
5 33 (9.94%) Data Engineer
6 30 (9.04%) DevOps Engineer
7 24 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
7 24 (7.23%) Software Engineer
8 21 (6.33%) AWS Engineer
9 20 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 19 (5.72%) Python Developer
11 17 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (4.22%) Python Engineer
13 13 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
14 11 (3.31%) Analyst
14 11 (3.31%) AWS DevOps
14 11 (3.31%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 11 (3.31%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.31%) Senior Developer
15 9 (2.71%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (15.66%) REST
2 37 (11.14%) React
3 35 (10.54%) Node.js
4 26 (7.83%) Kafka
5 21 (6.33%) HTML
5 21 (6.33%) OAuth
6 20 (6.02%) CSS
7 19 (5.72%) Jinja
8 17 (5.12%) .NET
8 17 (5.12%) Pandas
8 17 (5.12%) pytest
8 17 (5.12%) RESTful
9 16 (4.82%) NumPy
9 16 (4.82%) OpenTelemetry
10 15 (4.52%) FastAPI
10 15 (4.52%) OAuth2
11 14 (4.22%) Spring
11 14 (4.22%) Spring Boot
12 13 (3.92%) Jest
12 13 (3.92%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.12%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.22%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (3.31%) Algorithms
5 10 (3.01%) Clustering
6 8 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.11%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.11%) Replication
8 6 (1.81%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.51%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.90%) Derivative
11 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.90%) Vector Graphics
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.65%) Linux
2 18 (5.42%) Windows
3 16 (4.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (3.31%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.41%) Solaris
6 5 (1.51%) VMS
7 4 (1.20%) Android
8 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.90%) CentOS
8 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.90%) Unix
8 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.60%) SUSE
10 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (57.83%) CI/CD
2 137 (41.27%) DevOps
3 105 (31.63%) Agile
4 77 (23.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 65 (19.58%) Analytics
6 64 (19.28%) Test Automation
7 53 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (14.76%) Software Engineering
9 40 (12.05%) Data Modelling
10 35 (10.54%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (10.24%) Containerisation
12 32 (9.64%) Data Engineering
13 31 (9.34%) Artificial Intelligence
13 31 (9.34%) Microservices
14 27 (8.13%) Data Pipeline
14 27 (8.13%) Data Science
15 26 (7.83%) Scrum
16 25 (7.53%) ETL
17 24 (7.23%) API Integration
18 23 (6.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 157 (47.29%) Python
2 88 (26.51%) SQL
3 55 (16.57%) JavaScript
4 44 (13.25%) Java
5 36 (10.84%) TypeScript
6 31 (9.34%) PowerShell
7 29 (8.73%) Bash
8 27 (8.13%) C#
9 14 (4.22%) Kotlin
10 13 (3.92%) Perl
11 11 (3.31%) Go
11 11 (3.31%) Scala
12 10 (3.01%) Bicep
13 7 (2.11%) R
14 6 (1.81%) C++
14 6 (1.81%) PHP
14 6 (1.81%) Rust
15 5 (1.51%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.51%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.87%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.53%) Degree
4 9 (2.71%) AWS Certification
4 9 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.11%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.90%) OCP
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.60%) SAFe Agilist
9 2 (0.60%) Sun Certification
9 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.30%) CEH
10 1 (0.30%) CISSP
10 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.30%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.13%) QA
2 15 (4.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (3.31%) GDPR
4 10 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.41%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.90%) WCAG
8 2 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.30%) GxP
9 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.30%) HL7
9 1 (0.30%) NIST
9 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (21.39%) Docker
2 14 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.01%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.90%) Lustre
5 3 (0.90%) NFS
5 3 (0.90%) Veritas File System
5 3 (0.90%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 126 (37.95%) Terraform
2 96 (28.92%) Kubernetes
3 45 (13.55%) Ansible
4 24 (7.23%) Grafana
5 14 (4.22%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.71%) Red Hat Satellite
7 8 (2.41%) Progress Chef
7 8 (2.41%) QRadar
8 6 (1.81%) Puppet
8 6 (1.81%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.51%) Argo
9 5 (1.51%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (1.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (0.90%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.90%) Podman
11 2 (0.60%) Control-M
11 2 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.60%) Salt
11 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (9.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.23%) Databricks
3 22 (6.63%) Google
4 18 (5.42%) Red Hat
4 18 (5.42%) VMware
5 14 (4.22%) Splunk
6 12 (3.61%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.31%) Oracle
8 9 (2.71%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.71%) Qualys
9 8 (2.41%) IBM
9 8 (2.41%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.11%) SaltStack
11 6 (1.81%) Adobe
11 6 (1.81%) SAP
12 5 (1.51%) EMC
12 5 (1.51%) Virgin Media
13 4 (1.20%) Cisco
13 4 (1.20%) Confluent
13 4 (1.20%) MicroStrategy