The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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
19
23
-
Rank change year-on-year
+4
-
-
Contract jobs citing GitHub
1
2
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton
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 Southampton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
26
55
42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton
24.07%
32.54%
27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted
17
21
28
10th Percentile
£356
£200
£421
25th Percentile
£400
£208
£461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£465
£450
£549
Median % change year-on-year
+3.33%
-18.00%
+14.62%
75th Percentile
£500
£634
£598
90th Percentile
£617
-
£663
Hampshire median daily rate
£539
£565
£550
% change year-on-year
-4.69%
+2.73%
+4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
0
4
10th Percentile
-
-
£27.01
25th Percentile
-
-
£32.79
Median hourly rate
-
-
£39.75
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+77.46%
75th Percentile
-
-
£47.31
90th Percentile
-
-
£54.18
Hampshire median hourly rate
£55.00
£17.69
£29.58
% change year-on-year
+210.91%
-40.19%
+47.88%
GitHub Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
GitHub Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub in Southampton.
GitHub Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing GitHub also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region with a requirement for GitHub.
GitHub Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:
