Git Contracts in the North of England

Git Distributed Version Control System
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Git skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Git 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 61 91 63
Rank change year-on-year +30 -28 -18
Contract jobs citing Git 118 99 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.58% 2.08% 3.48%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.69% 19.60% 24.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 72 156
10th Percentile £350 £383 £410
25th Percentile £390 £450 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% -4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £524 £588 £650
90th Percentile £575 £650 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £558
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.83% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £48.31 £48.85
25th Percentile - £51.51 £49.38
Median hourly rate - £58.09 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.80% -10.82%
75th Percentile - £65.92 £54.38
90th Percentile - £69.87 £55.35
England median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +8.33%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

Git falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 498 505 814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.11% 10.59% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 369 620
10th Percentile £335 £375 £350
25th Percentile £400 £419 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £582 £600
90th Percentile £625 £646 £700
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 17
10th Percentile £52.13 £44.09 £37.80
25th Percentile £54.48 £45.88 £42.81
Median hourly rate £73.75 £53.09 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year +38.92% +6.45% +17.35%
75th Percentile £77.81 £70.31 £56.00
90th Percentile £80.70 £81.15 £60.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Git in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Git in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Git in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Git in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Git in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Git in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the North of England 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
North West +15 58 £455 -13.33% 177
Yorkshire +21 46 £510 -0.49% 79
North East +5 14 £410 +7.89% 29
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (14.41%) Confluence
2 9 (7.63%) JBoss
3 6 (5.08%) WebSphere
4 4 (3.39%) Tomcat
4 4 (3.39%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.69%) Apache
6 2 (1.69%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.85%) Camunda
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (37.29%) AWS
2 23 (19.49%) Azure
3 19 (16.10%) GitHub
4 13 (11.02%) GCP
5 8 (6.78%) Slack
6 7 (5.93%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (5.08%) OpenShift
8 5 (4.24%) CloudBees
8 5 (4.24%) Kong
8 5 (4.24%) npm
8 5 (4.24%) Serverless
9 4 (3.39%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (3.39%) Azure AI
9 4 (3.39%) Google Gemini
10 3 (2.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.69%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.69%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.78%) HTTP
2 6 (5.08%) SAN
3 4 (3.39%) DNS
3 4 (3.39%) NAS
4 2 (1.69%) Calico
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (22.03%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (17.80%) MongoDB
3 16 (13.56%) MySQL
4 10 (8.47%) Apache Cassandra
4 10 (8.47%) SQL Server
5 9 (7.63%) NoSQL
6 7 (5.93%) Relational Database
7 5 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (4.24%) RDBMS
8 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (3.39%) DB2
8 4 (3.39%) Delta Lake
8 4 (3.39%) Hadoop
8 4 (3.39%) Neo4j
8 4 (3.39%) ObjectStore
9 3 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.54%) Metadata
9 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.69%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 39 (33.05%) Jenkins
2 37 (31.36%) JIRA
3 21 (17.80%) GitLab
4 20 (16.95%) Cucumber
5 18 (15.25%) Selenium
6 17 (14.41%) Maven
7 15 (12.71%) JUnit
8 13 (11.02%) Jasmine
9 11 (9.32%) SonarQube
10 10 (8.47%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (7.63%) IntelliJ
12 8 (6.78%) gulp
13 6 (5.08%) Postman
13 6 (5.08%) TeamCity
13 6 (5.08%) Visual Studio
14 5 (4.24%) Artifactory
14 5 (4.24%) Bitbucket
14 5 (4.24%) Bitbucket Server
14 5 (4.24%) CA Release Automation
14 5 (4.24%) Subversion
General
1 30 (25.42%) Public Sector
2 21 (17.80%) Finance
3 15 (12.71%) Social Skills
4 13 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.78%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.08%) Banking
7 5 (4.24%) Legal
8 4 (3.39%) Electronics
8 4 (3.39%) Marketing
8 4 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.54%) French Language
10 2 (1.69%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (38.14%) Developer
2 21 (17.80%) Senior
3 14 (11.86%) DevOps Engineer
4 12 (10.17%) Senior Developer
5 11 (9.32%) Full-Stack Developer
6 9 (7.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 8 (6.78%) Java Developer
7 8 (6.78%) Senior Java Developer
7 8 (6.78%) Tester
8 7 (5.93%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Automation Tester
9 6 (5.08%) Test Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) JavaScript Developer
11 4 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) AWS DevOps
11 4 (3.39%) Lead
11 4 (3.39%) Scrum Master
11 4 (3.39%) Software Developer
11 4 (3.39%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (23.73%) Spring Boot
2 26 (22.03%) RESTful
3 24 (20.34%) CSS
4 23 (19.49%) Node.js
5 22 (18.64%) HTML
5 22 (18.64%) Spring
6 18 (15.25%) React
7 17 (14.41%) AngularJS
8 12 (10.17%) REST
9 11 (9.32%) HTML5
10 10 (8.47%) Swagger
11 9 (7.63%) OpenAPI
12 8 (6.78%) Spring Batch
12 8 (6.78%) Spring Security
13 7 (5.93%) .NET
13 7 (5.93%) Kafka
13 7 (5.93%) PySpark
13 7 (5.93%) Web Services
14 6 (5.08%) PyTorch
14 6 (5.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 8 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.08%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.08%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.39%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.54%) NHS
5 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.69%) EMC VMAX
5 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (26.27%) Linux
2 16 (13.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (8.47%) Windows
4 6 (5.08%) Unix
5 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.54%) Mac OS X
7 2 (1.69%) Android
7 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (44.92%) CI/CD
2 44 (37.29%) Agile
3 42 (35.59%) Test Automation
4 41 (34.75%) DevOps
5 29 (24.58%) TDD
6 27 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (22.03%) Microservices
8 25 (21.19%) Containerisation
9 21 (17.80%) Continuous Integration
9 21 (17.80%) Full-Stack Development
10 19 (16.10%) BDD
10 19 (16.10%) SDLC
11 16 (13.56%) Code Quality
12 15 (12.71%) Continuous Delivery
12 15 (12.71%) Migration
12 15 (12.71%) Software Engineering
13 13 (11.02%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (11.02%) Front End Development
14 12 (10.17%) Operational Stability
14 12 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 57 (48.31%) Python
2 50 (42.37%) Java
3 39 (33.05%) JavaScript
4 38 (32.20%) SQL
5 21 (17.80%) Bash
6 16 (13.56%) PowerShell
7 12 (10.17%) Shell Script
8 7 (5.93%) C#
8 7 (5.93%) TypeScript
9 6 (5.08%) Kotlin
10 5 (4.24%) Perl
10 5 (4.24%) Ruby
11 3 (2.54%) Groovy
11 3 (2.54%) R
11 3 (2.54%) Scala
12 1 (0.85%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.08%) Degree
4 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.85%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.56%) QA
2 7 (5.93%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.08%) WCAG
4 5 (4.24%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.85%) GDPR
5 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 35 (29.66%) Docker
2 9 (7.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.39%) VMware NSX
3 4 (3.39%) vSphere
4 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.54%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.85%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 42 (35.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (16.10%) Ansible
3 17 (14.41%) Terraform
4 13 (11.02%) Progress Chef
5 7 (5.93%) Puppet
6 6 (5.08%) vRealize
7 5 (4.24%) Kibana
8 4 (3.39%) Grafana
8 4 (3.39%) Prometheus
8 4 (3.39%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.69%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (1.69%) Istio
10 1 (0.85%) Graylog
10 1 (0.85%) Packer
10 1 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 18 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.47%) Oracle
3 8 (6.78%) SAP
3 8 (6.78%) Splunk
4 7 (5.93%) Databricks
4 7 (5.93%) Red Hat
5 6 (5.08%) VMware
6 5 (4.24%) AppDynamics
6 5 (4.24%) Google
7 3 (2.54%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.69%) 3PAR
8 2 (1.69%) Brio
8 2 (1.69%) Brocade
8 2 (1.69%) Cisco
8 2 (1.69%) EMC
8 2 (1.69%) HP
8 2 (1.69%) IBM
8 2 (1.69%) Mapbox
8 2 (1.69%) New Relic
9 1 (0.85%) Virgin Media