GitHub Contracts in the UK excluding London

GitHub
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 156 210
Rank change year-on-year -40 +54 -5
Contract jobs citing GitHub 213 365 380
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.04% 1.56% 1.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.03% 4.70% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 277 257
10th Percentile £389 £400 £406
25th Percentile £466 £450 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £625
90th Percentile £645 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -11.67% +6.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 20
10th Percentile £40.00 £28.40 £52.83
25th Percentile - £37.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £54.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% -22.86% +220.22%
75th Percentile - £56.75 £77.50
90th Percentile - £57.20 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £66.01
% change year-on-year +28.44% -17.43% +82.08%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

GitHub is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,290 7,758 9,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.83% 33.20% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,756 5,727 7,230
10th Percentile £213 £250 £208
25th Percentile £370 £406 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 232 292
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.44 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.71 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.18% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £26.50 £64.63 £31.69
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

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 11 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 11 May 2024. 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 -2 77 £550 -2.65% 56
Yorkshire +17 52 £565 +2.73% 22
South East +10 50 £475 -17.39% 32
Wales +44 31 £525 -10.26% 8
South West -43 30 £542 -10.68% 28
North West +19 21 £500 -2.44% 29
East of England -14 12 £550 -4.35% 10
Midlands -19 7 £400 -25.58% 20
West Midlands -33 5 £400 -25.58% 12
North East -18 4 £475 -15.93% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 £550 - 9
Scotland +21 2 - - 17
East Midlands +10 2 - - 8
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 23 (10.80%) Confluence
2 7 (3.29%) Apache
3 6 (2.82%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.41%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.94%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.94%) nginx
5 2 (0.94%) WordPress
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.47%) CMS
6 1 (0.47%) JBoss
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.29%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (34.74%) Azure
2 61 (28.64%) AWS
3 49 (23.00%) GitHub Actions
4 26 (12.21%) GCP
5 23 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.98%) Serverless
7 8 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (3.76%) Azure Functions
7 8 (3.76%) Kong
8 7 (3.29%) Apigee
8 7 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.82%) BrowserStack
9 6 (2.82%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.82%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (2.35%) Amazon Cognito
10 5 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.35%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (2.35%) Route 53
11 4 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.98%) Firewall
2 15 (7.04%) DNS
3 13 (6.10%) HTTP
4 12 (5.63%) VPN
5 10 (4.69%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.41%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.41%) SSL
7 3 (1.41%) WAN
8 2 (0.94%) BGP
8 2 (0.94%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.94%) LAN
8 2 (0.94%) OSPF
8 2 (0.94%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.94%) SAN
8 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.47%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.68%) MySQL
2 26 (12.21%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (6.10%) Relational Database
3 13 (6.10%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.16%) NoSQL
5 9 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.29%) Apache Cassandra
6 7 (3.29%) Metadata
6 7 (3.29%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.29%) Redis
7 6 (2.82%) Couchbase
8 5 (2.35%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.35%) InterSystems Cache
8 5 (2.35%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.88%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.88%) GIS
9 4 (1.88%) Power BI
9 4 (1.88%) Triplestore
10 3 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 78 (36.62%) Jenkins
2 55 (25.82%) GitLab
3 46 (21.60%) JIRA
4 44 (20.66%) Git
5 22 (10.33%) Cypress.io
6 12 (5.63%) Bitbucket
6 12 (5.63%) CircleCI
6 12 (5.63%) GoogleTest
7 10 (4.69%) Postman
8 9 (4.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 8 (3.76%) Travis CI
10 7 (3.29%) Selenium
10 7 (3.29%) SonarQube
10 7 (3.29%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (2.82%) Storybook
12 5 (2.35%) AppScan
12 5 (2.35%) Burp Suite
12 5 (2.35%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.88%) JUnit
13 4 (1.88%) Maven
General
1 47 (22.07%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.10%) Finance
3 13 (6.10%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.94%) Automotive
7 2 (0.94%) Banking
7 2 (0.94%) Law
8 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.47%) Back Office
8 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.47%) Marketing
8 1 (0.47%) Retail
8 1 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 64 (30.05%) Developer
2 24 (11.27%) DevOps Engineer
2 24 (11.27%) Software Engineer
3 17 (7.98%) Java Engineer
4 15 (7.04%) Java Software Engineer
5 13 (6.10%) Storage Manager
6 11 (5.16%) Architect
6 11 (5.16%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.69%) C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (4.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 9 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
8 9 (4.23%) Full Stack Engineer
8 9 (4.23%) Migration Manager
8 9 (4.23%) Migration Project Manager
9 8 (3.76%) Data Engineer
9 8 (3.76%) Senior
10 7 (3.29%) Full Stack Developer
10 7 (3.29%) Site Engineer
10 7 (3.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 6 (2.82%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.80%) React
1 23 (10.80%) YAML
2 22 (10.33%) REST
3 15 (7.04%) JSON
3 15 (7.04%) Vue
4 14 (6.57%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (6.57%) Node.js
5 13 (6.10%) Qt
6 12 (5.63%) XML
7 11 (5.16%) CSS
7 11 (5.16%) HTML
8 10 (4.69%) Kafka
8 10 (4.69%) Laravel
8 10 (4.69%) Playwright
8 10 (4.69%) Spring Boot
9 8 (3.76%) Jest
10 7 (3.29%) Spring
11 6 (2.82%) PostGIS
11 6 (2.82%) RESTful
12 5 (2.35%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.92%) Product Ownership
2 17 (7.98%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (7.04%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (4.23%) Clustering
5 9 (4.23%) Replication
6 8 (3.76%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.29%) Mobile App
7 7 (3.29%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.94%) IoT
10 2 (0.94%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.94%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.47%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.47%) Mashup
11 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 58 (27.23%) Linux
2 15 (7.04%) zOS
3 10 (4.69%) Windows
4 5 (2.35%) Android
4 5 (2.35%) Unix
5 4 (1.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.41%) AIX
6 3 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.94%) Debian
7 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.47%) VMS
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (53.99%) Agile
2 100 (46.95%) CI/CD
3 83 (38.97%) DevOps
4 45 (21.13%) Continuous Integration
5 42 (19.72%) Project Management
5 42 (19.72%) Test Automation
6 36 (16.90%) Containerisation
6 36 (16.90%) Scrum
6 36 (16.90%) Software Engineering
7 35 (16.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (12.68%) Full Stack Development
9 25 (11.74%) Migration
10 23 (10.80%) Storage Management
11 21 (9.86%) SDLC
11 21 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (9.39%) Software Testing
13 18 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (8.45%) TDD
14 16 (7.51%) Task Automation
15 15 (7.04%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 78 (36.62%) Python
2 40 (18.78%) Java
3 33 (15.49%) Bash
4 30 (14.08%) JavaScript
5 28 (13.15%) SQL
6 24 (11.27%) PowerShell
6 24 (11.27%) TypeScript
7 20 (9.39%) PHP
8 16 (7.51%) C++
9 15 (7.04%) JCL
9 15 (7.04%) REXX
10 8 (3.76%) Go
10 8 (3.76%) Shell Script
11 7 (3.29%) C#
11 7 (3.29%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.88%) Bicep
12 4 (1.88%) C
12 4 (1.88%) SPARQL
13 3 (1.41%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.41%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 40 (18.78%) Security Cleared
2 33 (15.49%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.98%) Degree
4 6 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.25%) QA
2 13 (6.10%) MISRA
3 9 (4.23%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.41%) NIST
4 3 (1.41%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.47%) NCSC
6 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (15.96%) Docker
2 15 (7.04%) NFS
2 15 (7.04%) Time Sharing Option
3 10 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.23%) vSphere
5 5 (2.35%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.35%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.88%) zsh
7 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.41%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.94%) Varnish
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 61 (28.64%) Terraform
2 52 (24.41%) Ansible
3 39 (18.31%) Kubernetes
4 18 (8.45%) Grafana
5 17 (7.98%) Puppet
6 15 (7.04%) Progress Chef
6 15 (7.04%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 13 (6.10%) Prometheus
8 11 (5.16%) Argo
9 10 (4.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 9 (4.23%) Kibana
11 8 (3.76%) Docker Swarm
11 8 (3.76%) logstash
12 6 (2.82%) Nessus
13 5 (2.35%) Graylog
13 5 (2.35%) HP Fortify
13 5 (2.35%) WebInspect
14 3 (1.41%) Data Guard
14 3 (1.41%) Packer
14 3 (1.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.33%) Google
2 22 (10.33%) Oracle
3 18 (8.45%) Dell
3 18 (8.45%) Splunk
4 17 (7.98%) Atlassian
5 15 (7.04%) Broadcom
5 15 (7.04%) Brocade
5 15 (7.04%) CA
5 15 (7.04%) IBM
5 15 (7.04%) VMware
6 11 (5.16%) Red Hat
7 10 (4.69%) SolarWinds
8 8 (3.76%) Cisco
9 6 (2.82%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.35%) Checkmarx
10 5 (2.35%) F5
10 5 (2.35%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.35%) Veracode
11 3 (1.41%) Informatica