GitHub Contracts in the UK excluding London

GitHub
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 163 206 163
Rank change year-on-year +43 -43 +57
Contract jobs citing GitHub 194 208 385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.52% 1.00% 1.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.75% 3.82% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 147 291
10th Percentile £356 £396 £400
25th Percentile £417 £474 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £526 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% -6.99% +7.62%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £647
90th Percentile £625 £641 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £600
% change year-on-year -0.94% -11.67% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 4
10th Percentile - £22.50 £31.35
25th Percentile £66.25 £67.19 £44.63
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +28.44% -0.91%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £64.63
90th Percentile - - £77.45
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £67.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -59.14% +22.94% -0.91%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,086 5,443 8,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.01% 26.20% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,896 3,840 5,946
10th Percentile £236 £213 £240
25th Percentile £388 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 259 231
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £21.46 £17.72 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -28.03% +31.31%
75th Percentile £33.45 £26.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.52 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in the UK excluding London

GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GitHub in the UK excluding London

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in the UK excluding London

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitHub in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in the UK excluding London

GitHub
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the UK excluding London 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 of England +8 64 £475 -11.63% 158
South East +34 42 £500 +5.26% 179
Scotland +48 39 £525 -4.55% 36
Yorkshire -9 31 £510 -9.76% 51
North West +24 30 £475 -4.04% 90
South West +43 17 £563 -6.25% 47
Midlands +31 15 £475 +26.67% 64
East of England +32 14 £550 - 50
West Midlands +21 11 £463 +23.33% 41
Wales -24 7 £506 -3.76% 19
East Midlands +12 4 £488 - 15
North East -1 3 £419 -11.84% 18
Northern Ireland -11 1 £550 - 12
GitHub
UK

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.19%) Confluence
2 8 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.61%) Apache
4 3 (1.55%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.03%) Camunda
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle Service Bus
5 2 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.52%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.52%) CMS
6 1 (0.52%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.52%) JBoss
6 1 (0.52%) Mule
6 1 (0.52%) nginx
6 1 (0.52%) SAS
6 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.52%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (1.03%) SAP ERP
1 2 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (46.39%) AWS
2 52 (26.80%) Azure
3 48 (24.74%) GitHub Actions
4 32 (16.49%) Serverless
5 31 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (14.43%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (9.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 18 (9.28%) GCP
8 17 (8.76%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (8.25%) Amazon S3
10 11 (5.67%) Amazon Cognito
11 8 (4.12%) AWS CloudTrail
11 8 (4.12%) AWS CodePipeline
11 8 (4.12%) SaaS
12 7 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 6 (3.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.15%) DNS
2 9 (4.64%) SMTP
3 8 (4.12%) Firewall
4 6 (3.09%) Network Security
4 6 (3.09%) VSAN
5 3 (1.55%) BGP
5 3 (1.55%) OSPF
5 3 (1.55%) VPN
6 2 (1.03%) DHCP
6 2 (1.03%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (1.03%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.03%) IPv6
6 2 (1.03%) SAN
6 2 (1.03%) Spanning Tree
6 2 (1.03%) SSL
6 2 (1.03%) TACACS
6 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.52%) HTTP
7 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.82%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.70%) DynamoDB
3 10 (5.15%) MySQL
4 9 (4.64%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (4.64%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (4.12%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.61%) BigQuery
6 7 (3.61%) NoSQL
7 6 (3.09%) Amazon Aurora
7 6 (3.09%) Parquet
7 6 (3.09%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (2.58%) Big Data
8 5 (2.58%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.58%) ObjectStore
8 5 (2.58%) Power BI
8 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
9 4 (2.06%) Tableau
10 3 (1.55%) Redis
Development Applications
1 53 (27.32%) Jenkins
2 35 (18.04%) Git
2 35 (18.04%) JIRA
3 27 (13.92%) GitLab
4 9 (4.64%) Cucumber
4 9 (4.64%) JUnit
4 9 (4.64%) Maven
5 7 (3.61%) Bitbucket
6 6 (3.09%) Selenium
7 5 (2.58%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.58%) Gradle
7 5 (2.58%) IntelliJ
7 5 (2.58%) Storybook
8 4 (2.06%) HP UFT
8 4 (2.06%) Mockito
8 4 (2.06%) Postman
8 4 (2.06%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.55%) JMeter
9 3 (1.55%) LoadRunner
9 3 (1.55%) Subversion
General
1 50 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.31%) Finance
3 13 (6.70%) Banking
4 12 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.12%) Investment Banking
5 8 (4.12%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.06%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.55%) Retail
8 1 (0.52%) Aviation
8 1 (0.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 47 (24.23%) Developer
2 26 (13.40%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (10.82%) AWS Engineer
4 19 (9.79%) Senior
5 16 (8.25%) Python Developer
6 14 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (7.22%) Data Engineer
7 12 (6.19%) Architect
8 10 (5.15%) Lead
8 10 (5.15%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.61%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.09%) AWS DevOps
10 6 (3.09%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.09%) Cloud Developer
10 6 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.09%) Integration Engineer
11 5 (2.58%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.82%) Kafka
1 21 (10.82%) React
2 16 (8.25%) REST
3 15 (7.73%) AngularJS
4 14 (7.22%) JSON
4 14 (7.22%) RESTful
5 13 (6.70%) AWS CDK
6 12 (6.19%) .NET
6 12 (6.19%) Node.js
7 9 (4.64%) PySpark
8 8 (4.12%) Spring Boot
8 8 (4.12%) YAML
9 7 (3.61%) OAuth
10 6 (3.09%) Jest
11 5 (2.58%) CSS
11 5 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (2.58%) Middleware
11 5 (2.58%) SAML
11 5 (2.58%) Vue
11 5 (2.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.22%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.09%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.55%) FMCG
6 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.55%) Life Science
7 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.03%) Replication
7 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.92%) Linux
2 20 (10.31%) Windows
3 5 (2.58%) Ubuntu
3 5 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.55%) Android
4 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.55%) Unix
4 3 (1.55%) VMS
5 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (55.15%) CI/CD
2 93 (47.94%) DevOps
3 58 (29.90%) Agile
4 41 (21.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (16.49%) Containerisation
7 29 (14.95%) Microservices
8 27 (13.92%) Analytics
8 27 (13.92%) Test Automation
9 25 (12.89%) Continuous Integration
10 20 (10.31%) Software Engineering
11 19 (9.79%) Data Pipeline
12 18 (9.28%) Full-Stack Development
12 18 (9.28%) Scrum
13 17 (8.76%) TDD
13 17 (8.76%) Visualisation
14 16 (8.25%) High Availability
15 15 (7.73%) Cloud Security
16 14 (7.22%) Configuration Management
16 14 (7.22%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 90 (46.39%) Python
2 42 (21.65%) Java
3 39 (20.10%) SQL
4 28 (14.43%) PowerShell
5 22 (11.34%) TypeScript
6 18 (9.28%) JavaScript
7 14 (7.22%) Shell Script
8 13 (6.70%) Bash
9 10 (5.15%) C#
10 6 (3.09%) C++
10 6 (3.09%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.06%) Bicep
11 4 (2.06%) Go
11 4 (2.06%) Groovy
11 4 (2.06%) PHP
11 4 (2.06%) Ruby
12 2 (1.03%) R
12 2 (1.03%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
13 1 (0.52%) Clojure
13 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 40 (20.62%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.34%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.67%) AWS Certification
4 9 (4.64%) Degree
5 7 (3.61%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.55%) VCAP
7 3 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.52%) CSSLP
9 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.31%) QA
2 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.06%) GDPR
3 3 (1.55%) GxP
3 3 (1.55%) NCSC
3 3 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (17.53%) Docker
2 10 (5.15%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.58%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.06%) vSphere
5 3 (1.55%) VirtualBox
6 2 (1.03%) Ceph
6 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.52%) Firmware
7 1 (0.52%) LXC
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (28.87%) Kubernetes
2 55 (28.35%) Terraform
3 37 (19.07%) Ansible
4 12 (6.19%) Grafana
5 10 (5.15%) Prometheus
6 8 (4.12%) Puppet
7 5 (2.58%) Istio
7 5 (2.58%) VxRail
8 4 (2.06%) Argo
8 4 (2.06%) PowerCLI
8 4 (2.06%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.55%) Kustomize
10 2 (1.03%) Control-M
10 2 (1.03%) Kiali
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.52%) Nagios
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle Identity Management
11 1 (0.52%) Packer
11 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 12 (6.19%) Splunk
2 11 (5.67%) Google
3 9 (4.64%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.61%) Dell
4 7 (3.61%) Oracle
5 6 (3.09%) Red Hat
5 6 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.09%) VMware
6 5 (2.58%) Databricks
7 4 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.55%) Cisco
8 3 (1.55%) New Relic
8 3 (1.55%) SAP
9 2 (1.03%) AppDynamics
9 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.03%) Mapbox
9 2 (1.03%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.03%) Talend
9 2 (1.03%) xMatters