Git Contracts in the South East

Git Distributed Version Control System
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 63 82
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -27
Contract jobs citing Git 107 166 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.25% 2.92% 2.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.16% 28.28% 19.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 105 101
10th Percentile £288 £338 £325
25th Percentile £377 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £538 £625 £623
90th Percentile £600 £650 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 16
10th Percentile - £57.00 £51.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £52.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £65.84
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +6.31% +5.35%
75th Percentile £58.72 - £74.06
90th Percentile £59.58 £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £67.34
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.47% +3.60%

All Development Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 394 587 750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.98% 10.33% 12.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 355 493
10th Percentile £334 £325 £363
25th Percentile £409 £399 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £623
90th Percentile £614 £675 £698
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 42 42
10th Percentile £47.50 £44.67 £44.98
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.87 £51.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -6.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £74.50 £75.00 £74.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +16.82%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Git in the South East

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Git in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Git in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Git in the South East

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Git in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Git in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git in the South East over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Thames Valley 0 44 £500 -18.37% 120
Berkshire +12 37 £500 -19.19% 53
Hampshire +14 33 £520 -8.77% 54
Surrey +13 13 £475 -5.00% 40
West Sussex -4 13 £315 -21.25% 23
Buckinghamshire +5 7 £311 -43.55% 18
Kent +3 3 £630 +14.55% 22
Home Counties - 1 - -
Git
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (11.21%) Confluence
2 5 (4.67%) Apache
3 4 (3.74%) CMS
3 4 (3.74%) Drupal
3 4 (3.74%) JBoss
3 4 (3.74%) WordPress
4 3 (2.80%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.93%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.93%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (32.71%) Azure
2 21 (19.63%) AWS
3 20 (18.69%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (16.82%) GitHub
5 6 (5.61%) GCP
6 4 (3.74%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.80%) npm
7 3 (2.80%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.80%) SaaS
7 3 (2.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (1.87%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.87%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (1.87%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.87%) Firebase
8 2 (1.87%) Google Play
8 2 (1.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.87%) Serverless
9 1 (0.93%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.61%) SNMP
1 6 (5.61%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (3.74%) HTTPS
2 4 (3.74%) Internet
3 3 (2.80%) Firewall
3 3 (2.80%) HTTP
4 2 (1.87%) DHCP
4 2 (1.87%) DNS
5 1 (0.93%) IPFIX
5 1 (0.93%) Network Security
5 1 (0.93%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.93%) SAN
5 1 (0.93%) SSL
5 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.93%) VPN
5 1 (0.93%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.02%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (12.15%) MySQL
2 13 (12.15%) Relational Database
3 7 (6.54%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.61%) Big Data
4 6 (5.61%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.67%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.87%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.87%) DocumentDB
7 2 (1.87%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.93%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.93%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.93%) ObjectStore
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.93%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 33 (30.84%) JIRA
2 31 (28.97%) Jenkins
3 12 (11.21%) Selenium
4 10 (9.35%) Bitbucket
5 9 (8.41%) Cucumber
5 9 (8.41%) GoogleTest
5 9 (8.41%) Subversion
6 7 (6.54%) Bitbucket Server
6 7 (6.54%) GitLab
6 7 (6.54%) Postman
7 6 (5.61%) Robot Framework
7 6 (5.61%) WebDriver
8 5 (4.67%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (3.74%) Eclipse
9 4 (3.74%) Maven
10 3 (2.80%) JUnit
10 3 (2.80%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (2.80%) SonarQube
10 3 (2.80%) TestRail
10 3 (2.80%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (17.76%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.02%) Finance
3 9 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.67%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.74%) Electronics
6 4 (3.74%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.74%) Marketing
7 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.93%) Automotive
8 1 (0.93%) Games
8 1 (0.93%) Legal
8 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (36.45%) Developer
2 12 (11.21%) Senior
2 12 (11.21%) Software Engineer
3 10 (9.35%) Software Test Engineer
3 10 (9.35%) Test Engineer
4 7 (6.54%) Architect
4 7 (6.54%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (6.54%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 7 (6.54%) Senior Developer
5 6 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
5 6 (5.61%) Python Developer
6 5 (4.67%) AWS Engineer
6 5 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (4.67%) Cloud Developer
6 5 (4.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 5 (4.67%) Lead
6 5 (4.67%) Linux Engineer
7 4 (3.74%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 4 (3.74%) AWS Platform Engineer
7 4 (3.74%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (24.30%) REST
2 25 (23.36%) CSS
2 25 (23.36%) HTML
3 19 (17.76%) RESTful
4 15 (14.02%) Web Services
5 14 (13.08%) React
6 10 (9.35%) AngularJS
6 10 (9.35%) JSON
6 10 (9.35%) Kafka
7 9 (8.41%) .NET
7 9 (8.41%) jQuery
8 8 (7.48%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (7.48%) Spring
8 8 (7.48%) Spring Boot
9 7 (6.54%) .NET Core
9 7 (6.54%) GraphQL
9 7 (6.54%) gRPC
9 7 (6.54%) Node.js
9 7 (6.54%) SOAP
9 7 (6.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (6.54%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.67%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.74%) Legacy Code
4 4 (3.74%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.87%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.87%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.87%) Wiki
7 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.93%) GNSS
7 1 (0.93%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 29 (27.10%) Linux
2 17 (15.89%) Windows
3 8 (7.48%) Unix
4 7 (6.54%) Windows Server
5 6 (5.61%) Ubuntu
6 5 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.80%) Android
7 3 (2.80%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (1.87%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.87%) Solaris
9 1 (0.93%) Debian
9 1 (0.93%) VMS
9 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (56.07%) Agile
2 55 (51.40%) CI/CD
3 37 (34.58%) Scrum
4 36 (33.64%) Test Automation
5 35 (32.71%) DevOps
6 29 (27.10%) Software Engineering
7 25 (23.36%) Microservices
8 21 (19.63%) Continuous Integration
9 19 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (17.76%) TDD
10 16 (14.95%) Kanban
10 16 (14.95%) OO
11 15 (14.02%) Design Patterns
12 14 (13.08%) Code Quality
12 14 (13.08%) SDLC
12 14 (13.08%) Software Testing
13 13 (12.15%) BDD
13 13 (12.15%) Computer Science
13 13 (12.15%) Sprint Planning
14 11 (10.28%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 39 (36.45%) Python
2 29 (27.10%) Java
3 27 (25.23%) JavaScript
4 18 (16.82%) SQL
5 13 (12.15%) C++
5 13 (12.15%) PowerShell
6 12 (11.21%) C#
7 11 (10.28%) Bash
7 11 (10.28%) TypeScript
8 8 (7.48%) Go
9 6 (5.61%) PHP
10 4 (3.74%) Perl
10 4 (3.74%) R
11 3 (2.80%) Apex Code
11 3 (2.80%) C
11 3 (2.80%) SOQL
12 2 (1.87%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.93%) Bicep
13 1 (0.93%) Ruby
13 1 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (18.69%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 13 (12.15%) Degree
4 11 (10.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.54%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.93%) OCP
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.93%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) GDPR
2 5 (4.67%) QA
3 4 (3.74%) EU AI Act
3 4 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (19.63%) Docker
2 4 (3.74%) Firmware
3 3 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.80%) vSphere
4 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.93%) Postfix
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (15.89%) Kubernetes
2 11 (10.28%) Terraform
3 9 (8.41%) Ansible
4 2 (1.87%) Kibana
4 2 (1.87%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.87%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (1.87%) SELinux
5 1 (0.93%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.93%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.35%) Google
3 8 (7.48%) Red Hat
4 7 (6.54%) CA Agile Central
4 7 (6.54%) Databricks
5 6 (5.61%) Atlassian
5 6 (5.61%) Splunk
5 6 (5.61%) Zend
6 4 (3.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.74%) SAP
7 3 (2.80%) Oracle
7 3 (2.80%) VMware
8 2 (1.87%) AppDynamics
8 2 (1.87%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.87%) Symantec
8 2 (1.87%) Veritas
9 1 (0.93%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.93%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.93%) MuleSoft