Git (software) Contracts in the North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Git (software) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Git (software) over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Git Distributed Version Control System England / North West
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	29	69	77
Rank change year-on-year	+40	+8
Contract jobs citing Git (software)	168	98	78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West	5.73%	2.55%	2.10%
As % of the Development Applications category	35.82%	20.16%	19.02%
Number of daily rates quoted	132	70	46
Median daily rate	£423	£405	£350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+4.50%	+15.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£321	£277	£300
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£483
UK excluding London median daily rate	£425	£400	£375
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	+6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	3	0
Median hourly rate	£29.00	£28.50	-
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.75%	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£47.50	£40.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+18.75%	-

Git (software) is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract Development Application Skills North West
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	469	486	410
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West	16.00%	12.65%	11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted	306	327	243
Median daily rate	£405	£400	£363
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.25%	+10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£490	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£365
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted	32	12	7
Median hourly rate	£41.13	£36.00	£38.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+14.23%	-6.49%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£35.00	£26.18	£37.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£44.50	£45.15	£43.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£42.00	£37.00
% change year-on-year	+1.19%	+13.51%

Git (software)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the North West citing Git (software) as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

Job vacancy trend for Git (software) in the North West

Git (software)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Git (software) in the North West.

Contractor daily rate trend for Git (software) in the North West

Git (software)
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Git (software) in the North West over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Git (software) in the North West

Git (software)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git (software) in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Git (software) in the North West

Git (software)
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git (software) within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Manchester	+18	76	£400	-	54
Cheshire	+37	45	£450	+5.88%	24
Merseyside	+27	35	£400	+25.00%	10
Git (software) England

Git (software)
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Git (software) also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the North West region with a requirement for Git (software).

1	157 (54.70%)	JavaScript
2	149 (51.92%)	Agile Software Development
3	141 (49.13%)	HTML
4	138 (48.08%)	CSS
5	119 (41.46%)	Java
6	112 (39.02%)	TDD
7	102 (35.54%)	Jenkins
8	94 (32.75%)	Scrum
9	84 (29.27%)	MySQL
10	81 (28.22%)	Linux
10	81 (28.22%)	Continuous Integration
11	63 (21.95%)	MVC
12	62 (21.60%)	MongoDB
13	61 (21.25%)	DevOps
13	61 (21.25%)	jQuery

14	60 (20.91%)	Test Automation
15	59 (20.56%)	HTML5
16	58 (20.21%)	Spring
17	57 (19.86%)	SQL
18	56 (19.51%)	PHP
19	49 (17.07%)	Oracle
19	49 (17.07%)	JIRA
20	48 (16.72%)	Unit Testing
21	45 (15.68%)	Kanban
21	45 (15.68%)	BDD
22	44 (15.33%)	REST
22	44 (15.33%)	Microservices
23	43 (14.98%)	Python
24	42 (14.63%)	Amazon AWS
25	41 (14.29%)	.NET

Git (software)
Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	21 (7.32%)	Drupal
2	18 (6.27%)	Confluence
3	12 (4.18%)	CMS
4	8 (2.79%)	Apache
5	7 (2.44%)	Elasticsearch
5	7 (2.44%)	nginx
5	7 (2.44%)	SAS
5	7 (2.44%)	Tomcat
6	6 (2.09%)	OpenStack
7	5 (1.74%)	Apache Solr
7	5 (1.74%)	WordPress
8	3 (1.05%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	3 (1.05%)	EPiServer
9	2 (0.70%)	JBoss
9	2 (0.70%)	Umbraco
9	2 (0.70%)	WebLogic
9	2 (0.70%)	WebSphere
10	1 (0.35%)	BizTalk Server
10	1 (0.35%)	SharePoint
10	1 (0.35%)	SilverStripe

Applications
1	4 (1.39%)	Photoshop
2	3 (1.05%)	Adobe Illustrator
3	1 (0.35%)	Fireworks
3	1 (0.35%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	18 (6.27%)	Magento
2	1 (0.35%)	Dynamics CRM
2	1 (0.35%)	Sage X3
2	1 (0.35%)	SAP CRM

Cloud Services
1	42 (14.63%)	Amazon AWS
2	18 (6.27%)	GitHub
3	16 (5.57%)	Microsoft Azure
4	6 (2.09%)	Amazon EC2
4	6 (2.09%)	Amazon S3
5	5 (1.74%)	Slack
6	4 (1.39%)	AWS CloudFormation
7	2 (0.70%)	Amazon CloudWatch
7	2 (0.70%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7	2 (0.70%)	Cloud Computing
7	2 (0.70%)	CloudFront
7	2 (0.70%)	Datadog
7	2 (0.70%)	Google Analytics
7	2 (0.70%)	IaaS
7	2 (0.70%)	PaaS
8	1 (0.35%)	Amazon ELB
8	1 (0.35%)	Amazon SQS
8	1 (0.35%)	OpenShift
8	1 (0.35%)	SaaS
8	1 (0.35%)	Trello

Communications & Networking
1	8 (2.79%)	TCP/IP
2	7 (2.44%)	HTTP
2	7 (2.44%)	SSL
3	5 (1.74%)	HTTPS
4	4 (1.39%)	AMQP
4	4 (1.39%)	Firewall
5	2 (0.70%)	Internet
5	2 (0.70%)	Network Security
5	2 (0.70%)	SSH

Database & Business Intelligence
1	84 (29.27%)	MySQL
2	62 (21.60%)	MongoDB
3	29 (10.10%)	NoSQL
4	28 (9.76%)	Oracle Database
5	25 (8.71%)	SQL Server
6	24 (8.36%)	PostgreSQL
7	17 (5.92%)	Relational Database
8	10 (3.48%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	9 (3.14%)	Apache Cassandra
9	9 (3.14%)	Big Data
10	6 (2.09%)	RDBMS
11	4 (1.39%)	Redis
12	3 (1.05%)	DB2
12	3 (1.05%)	JasperReports
12	3 (1.05%)	Oracle Reports
13	2 (0.70%)	Amazon DynamoDB
13	2 (0.70%)	CouchDB
13	2 (0.70%)	Neo4j
13	2 (0.70%)	Riak
13	2 (0.70%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	102 (35.54%)	Jenkins
2	49 (17.07%)	JIRA
3	37 (12.89%)	gulp
4	32 (11.15%)	Subversion
5	28 (9.76%)	Gradle
6	19 (6.62%)	Bitbucket
6	19 (6.62%)	Selenium
7	18 (6.27%)	IntelliJ
8	17 (5.92%)	Jasmine
8	17 (5.92%)	JUnit
9	16 (5.57%)	Grunt
10	14 (4.88%)	Atlassian Bamboo
11	13 (4.53%)	Maven
12	12 (4.18%)	Eclipse
12	12 (4.18%)	webpack
13	11 (3.83%)	Hudson
14	9 (3.14%)	Cucumber
14	9 (3.14%)	SonarQube
15	8 (2.79%)	Mocha
16	7 (2.44%)	Vagrant

General
1	36 (12.54%)	Finance
2	33 (11.50%)	Banking
3	6 (2.09%)	Marketing
4	4 (1.39%)	Pharmaceutical
5	3 (1.05%)	Games
6	2 (0.70%)	Retail
6	2 (0.70%)	Retail Banking
7	1 (0.35%)	Automotive
7	1 (0.35%)	Digital Economy
7	1 (0.35%)	Financial Institution

Job Titles
1	205 (71.43%)	Developer
2	60 (20.91%)	Java Developer
3	38 (13.24%)	DevOps Engineer
4	29 (10.10%)	PHP Developer
5	24 (8.36%)	Senior Developer
6	19 (6.62%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7	18 (6.27%)	Drupal Developer
7	18 (6.27%)	Senior Java Developer
8	17 (5.92%)	.NET Developer
8	17 (5.92%)	JavaScript Developer
9	14 (4.88%)	Linux Engineer
10	13 (4.53%)	Software Developer
11	12 (4.18%)	Java Engineer
11	12 (4.18%)	Software Engineer
12	11 (3.83%)	Android Developer
12	11 (3.83%)	Full Stack Developer
12	11 (3.83%)	Magento Developer
13	10 (3.48%)	C# Developer
13	10 (3.48%)	Linux DevOps Engineer
13	10 (3.48%)	Linux/Unix DevOps

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	141 (49.13%)	HTML
2	138 (48.08%)	CSS
3	61 (21.25%)	jQuery
4	59 (20.56%)	HTML5
5	58 (20.21%)	Spring
6	44 (15.33%)	REST
7	41 (14.29%)	.NET
8	40 (13.94%)	AngularJS
9	38 (13.24%)	RESTful
9	38 (13.24%)	Sass
10	37 (12.89%)	CSS3
11	36 (12.54%)	Node.js
11	36 (12.54%)	SOAP
12	34 (11.85%)	Web Services
13	31 (10.80%)	React
14	28 (9.76%)	ASP.NET
14	28 (9.76%)	Spring Boot
15	27 (9.41%)	Ajax
15	27 (9.41%)	J2EE
16	25 (8.71%)	JSON

Miscellaneous
1	30 (10.45%)	Greenfield Project
2	13 (4.53%)	User Experience
3	11 (3.83%)	Analytical Skills
4	10 (3.48%)	Client/Server
5	8 (2.79%)	Mobile App
6	7 (2.44%)	Linux Command Line
7	5 (1.74%)	Clustering
7	5 (1.74%)	Smartphone
8	4 (1.39%)	Life Science
9	3 (1.05%)	CCTV
9	3 (1.05%)	Public Cloud
10	2 (0.70%)	Algorithms
10	2 (0.70%)	Mobile Banking
10	2 (0.70%)	Wiki
11	1 (0.35%)	3D Graphics
11	1 (0.35%)	Internet of Things
11	1 (0.35%)	iPhone
11	1 (0.35%)	PMI
11	1 (0.35%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	81 (28.22%)	Linux
2	21 (7.32%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3	16 (5.57%)	Android
4	15 (5.23%)	Windows
5	13 (4.53%)	CentOS
6	10 (3.48%)	Apple iOS
7	7 (2.44%)	Debian
7	7 (2.44%)	Ubuntu
7	7 (2.44%)	Unix
8	5 (1.74%)	Fedora
8	5 (1.74%)	Mac OS X
9	4 (1.39%)	Windows 7
9	4 (1.39%)	Windows 8
10	3 (1.05%)	Windows Server
11	1 (0.35%)	Windows 10

Processes & Methodologies
1	149 (51.92%)	Agile Software Development
2	112 (39.02%)	TDD
3	94 (32.75%)	Scrum
4	81 (28.22%)	Continuous Integration
5	63 (21.95%)	MVC
6	61 (21.25%)	DevOps
7	60 (20.91%)	Test Automation
8	48 (16.72%)	Unit Testing
9	45 (15.68%)	BDD
9	45 (15.68%)	Kanban
10	44 (15.33%)	Microservices
11	40 (13.94%)	Configuration Management
12	39 (13.59%)	Front End Development
13	31 (10.80%)	Continuous Delivery
14	28 (9.76%)	Open Source
15	27 (9.41%)	Coaching
16	23 (8.01%)	Data Protection
16	23 (8.01%)	Software Engineering
17	22 (7.67%)	OO
18	21 (7.32%)	Refactoring

Programming Languages
1	157 (54.70%)	JavaScript
2	119 (41.46%)	Java
3	57 (19.86%)	SQL
4	56 (19.51%)	PHP
5	43 (14.98%)	Python
6	40 (13.94%)	C#
7	18 (6.27%)	Ruby
8	17 (5.92%)	Bash Shell
9	10 (3.48%)	Groovy
10	8 (2.79%)	C++
11	7 (2.44%)	Apple Swift
11	7 (2.44%)	C
11	7 (2.44%)	ES6
11	7 (2.44%)	Objective-C
11	7 (2.44%)	Scala
12	6 (2.09%)	PL/SQL
12	6 (2.09%)	PowerShell
12	6 (2.09%)	Shell Script
13	5 (1.74%)	Prolog
13	5 (1.74%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	4 (1.39%)	Degree
2	3 (1.05%)	BPSS Clearance
3	1 (0.35%)	AWS Certification
3	1 (0.35%)	Computer Science Degree
3	1 (0.35%)	PMI Certification
3	1 (0.35%)	SC Cleared
3	1 (0.35%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	28 (9.76%)	QA

System Software
1	31 (10.80%)	Docker
2	8 (2.79%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	7 (2.44%)	KVM
3	7 (2.44%)	LXC
4	4 (1.39%)	Xen
5	2 (0.70%)	OpenSSH
6	1 (0.35%)	Active Directory
6	1 (0.35%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	32 (11.15%)	Ansible
2	31 (10.80%)	Puppet
3	27 (9.41%)	Opscode Chef
4	11 (3.83%)	Nagios
5	9 (3.14%)	Kibana
6	8 (2.79%)	Packer
7	7 (2.44%)	Graphite
8	6 (2.09%)	Kubernetes
9	5 (1.74%)	Ganglia
9	5 (1.74%)	Riemann
10	4 (1.39%)	logstash
10	4 (1.39%)	Rancher
10	4 (1.39%)	Terraform
11	3 (1.05%)	Capistrano
12	2 (0.70%)	Nmap
13	1 (0.35%)	Dollar Universe
13	1 (0.35%)	Microsoft Clustering
13	1 (0.35%)	Plesk
13	1 (0.35%)	Wonderware InTouch

Vendors
1	49 (17.07%)	Oracle
2	25 (8.71%)	Red Hat
3	16 (5.57%)	VMware
4	10 (3.48%)	Perforce
5	7 (2.44%)	Pega
6	6 (2.09%)	Microsoft
6	6 (2.09%)	Splunk
6	6 (2.09%)	Zend
7	5 (1.74%)	PayPal
8	4 (1.39%)	AppDynamics
8	4 (1.39%)	Apple
8	4 (1.39%)	Google
9	3 (1.05%)	SaltStack
10	2 (0.70%)	Guidewire
10	2 (0.70%)	ServiceNow
11	1 (0.35%)	New Relic
11	1 (0.35%)	Sage
11	1 (0.35%)	Sitecore
11	1 (0.35%)	TIBCO
11	1 (0.35%)	Twitter