Git Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Git Distributed Version Control System
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Git skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 36 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -10
Contract jobs citing Git 13 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.58% 0.64% 2.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 22.03% 3.13% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £75
Median % change year-on-year - - -86.36%
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £440 £488 £363
% change year-on-year -9.74% +34.48% -34.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile £66.93 - £58.75
25th Percentile - £66.25 £64.38
Median hourly rate £67.00 £67.50 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -5.26% +8.78%
75th Percentile £69.69 £68.75 £74.06
90th Percentile £70.00 - £74.63
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £67.00 £67.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year -0.74% -6.90% +10.69%

All Development Application Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 59 32 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 20.77% 20.38% 24.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £367 £311 £129
25th Percentile £373 £311 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +7.14% -34.85%
75th Percentile £411 £459 £497
90th Percentile £416 £472 £581
Hertfordshire median daily rate £440 £400 £431
% change year-on-year +10.14% -7.36% -21.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 47
10th Percentile - £62.50 £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £68.28
Median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -17.43% +21.12%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.38 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £66.50 £65.00 £78.73
% change year-on-year +2.31% -17.43% +21.12%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Git relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Git job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Git
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Git.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Git

Git
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Git.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing Git

Git
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (30.77%) JIRA
2 4 (30.77%) PVCS
General
1 7 (53.85%) Aerospace
2 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 5 (38.46%) Electronics
4 2 (15.38%) Law
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Software Engineer
2 9 (69.23%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Embedded Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) FastAPI
1 1 (7.69%) Jest
1 1 (7.69%) Next.js
1 1 (7.69%) pytest
1 1 (7.69%) React
1 1 (7.69%) REST
1 1 (7.69%) RESTful
1 1 (7.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) FPGA
1 6 (46.15%) PCIe
1 6 (46.15%) State Machine
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Linux
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Software Engineering
2 10 (76.92%) Unit Testing
3 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
4 6 (46.15%) Concurrent Programming
4 6 (46.15%) Data Acquisition
4 6 (46.15%) Data Pipeline
4 6 (46.15%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 6 (46.15%) Memory Management
4 6 (46.15%) Multithreading
4 6 (46.15%) Performance Analysis
4 6 (46.15%) Performance Optimisation
4 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
4 6 (46.15%) Validation
5 4 (30.77%) Code Coverage
5 4 (30.77%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Workflow
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) DevOps
6 1 (7.69%) SDLC
6 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) C++
2 6 (46.15%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) C
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C
4 3 (23.08%) Embedded C++
4 3 (23.08%) Python
5 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.69%) SQL
5 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) ANSYS
1 4 (30.77%) IBM
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) MuleSoft
2 1 (7.69%) Pega
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow