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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 195 159
Rank change year-on-year +51 -36 +45
Contract jobs citing GitHub 218 224 359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.69% 1.09% 1.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.30% 4.21% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 154 271
10th Percentile £353 £393 £400
25th Percentile £415 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% -7.04% +7.62%
75th Percentile £538 £592 £650
90th Percentile £610 £645 £700
UK median daily rate £523 £539 £600
% change year-on-year -3.02% -10.21% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 2
10th Percentile - £57.50 £52.05
25th Percentile £66.25 - £52.13
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +28.44% -27.33%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £57.13
90th Percentile - - £57.35
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.14% +27.27% -21.43%

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 4,114 5,316 7,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.98% 25.80% 32.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,880 3,760 5,529
10th Percentile £250 £213 £250
25th Percentile £380 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 264 217
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.12 £16.54
Median hourly rate £19.62 £17.72 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year +10.72% -33.08% +34.93%
75th Percentile £34.38 £34.20 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.06 £67.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £21.37 £36.50
% change year-on-year +30.46% -41.45% +64.41%

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 29 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 29 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 0 69 £475 -9.52% 1,080
South East +42 46 £500 +5.26% 1,320
Scotland +51 42 £500 - 210
Yorkshire -6 33 £500 -10.31% 437
North West +16 32 £475 -5.00% 515
Midlands +23 21 £475 +18.75% 881
South West +27 18 £563 +5.53% 554
West Midlands +28 17 £463 +15.63% 478
East of England +34 16 £550 - 715
Wales -16 9 £425 -17.48% 128
East Midlands +5 4 £488 - 344
North East -2 4 £419 -11.84% 129
Northern Ireland -21 1 £550 -6.38% 78
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 13 (5.96%) Confluence
2 11 (5.05%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.29%) Apache
4 4 (1.83%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.38%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (1.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.92%) Camunda
6 2 (0.92%) CMS
6 2 (0.92%) JBoss
6 2 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.46%) Gunicorn
7 1 (0.46%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.46%) Mule
7 1 (0.46%) SAS
7 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.46%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) MadCap Flare
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Oracle BPM
1 3 (1.38%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.92%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 111 (50.92%) AWS
2 76 (34.86%) GitHub Actions
3 68 (31.19%) Azure
4 44 (20.18%) Serverless
5 39 (17.89%) AWS Lambda
5 39 (17.89%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (10.09%) GCP
7 21 (9.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 21 (9.63%) Amazon EKS
8 20 (9.17%) Amazon S3
9 15 (6.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (6.42%) AWS CodePipeline
11 11 (5.05%) Amazon Cognito
11 11 (5.05%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (4.59%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (4.59%) Amazon SQS
12 10 (4.59%) SaaS
13 9 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (4.13%) Power Platform
14 8 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.96%) DNS
2 12 (5.50%) Firewall
3 8 (3.67%) Network Security
4 6 (2.75%) VSAN
5 5 (2.29%) SMTP
5 5 (2.29%) SSL
5 5 (2.29%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.29%) VPN
6 3 (1.38%) BGP
6 3 (1.38%) OSPF
7 2 (0.92%) DHCP
7 2 (0.92%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.92%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.92%) IPv6
7 2 (0.92%) SAN
7 2 (0.92%) Spanning Tree
7 2 (0.92%) TACACS
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.46%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.17%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.88%) DynamoDB
3 13 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (5.50%) Amazon Aurora
5 10 (4.59%) Relational Database
6 9 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 9 (4.13%) MySQL
6 9 (4.13%) Power BI
7 8 (3.67%) BigQuery
8 7 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.21%) NoSQL
9 6 (2.75%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (2.29%) Big Data
10 5 (2.29%) Data Lake
10 5 (2.29%) Delta Lake
10 5 (2.29%) GIS
10 5 (2.29%) ObjectStore
11 4 (1.83%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 70 (32.11%) Jenkins
2 43 (19.72%) Git
3 37 (16.97%) JIRA
4 31 (14.22%) GitLab
5 13 (5.96%) Cypress.io
6 10 (4.59%) JUnit
7 9 (4.13%) Storybook
8 8 (3.67%) Cucumber
8 8 (3.67%) IntelliJ
8 8 (3.67%) Selenium
9 7 (3.21%) Maven
10 6 (2.75%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.75%) Gradle
10 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio
10 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (2.29%) Postman
12 4 (1.83%) HP UFT
12 4 (1.83%) JMeter
12 4 (1.83%) LoadRunner
13 3 (1.38%) Subversion
General
1 56 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.47%) Finance
3 15 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.05%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.59%) Banking
6 6 (2.75%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.29%) Retail
8 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Aviation
10 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Law
10 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (25.69%) Developer
2 33 (15.14%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (11.01%) AWS Engineer
4 19 (8.72%) Architect
5 18 (8.26%) Senior
6 15 (6.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 15 (6.88%) Lead
7 14 (6.42%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (6.42%) Python Developer
8 12 (5.50%) Senior Developer
9 9 (4.13%) AWS DevOps
9 9 (4.13%) React Developer
10 8 (3.67%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.67%) Data Architect
10 8 (3.67%) Data Engineer
10 8 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.67%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.39%) React
2 23 (10.55%) Kafka
3 20 (9.17%) Node.js
3 20 (9.17%) RESTful
4 17 (7.80%) REST
5 15 (6.88%) Jest
5 15 (6.88%) JSON
6 14 (6.42%) AngularJS
6 14 (6.42%) AWS CDK
7 13 (5.96%) .NET
8 12 (5.50%) CSS
9 10 (4.59%) HTML
10 8 (3.67%) PySpark
10 8 (3.67%) Tailwind CSS
10 8 (3.67%) YAML
11 7 (3.21%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (3.21%) Middleware
11 7 (3.21%) OAuth
12 6 (2.75%) GraphQL
12 6 (2.75%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.47%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.59%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.75%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.38%) FMCG
7 3 (1.38%) IoT
7 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.38%) Life Science
7 3 (1.38%) SCADA
8 2 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.22%) Linux
2 20 (9.17%) Windows
3 5 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.29%) Ubuntu
3 5 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.83%) Unix
4 4 (1.83%) VMS
5 3 (1.38%) Android
5 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (62.39%) CI/CD
2 114 (52.29%) DevOps
3 72 (33.03%) Agile
4 54 (24.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 43 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (16.51%) Containerisation
7 34 (15.60%) Microservices
7 34 (15.60%) Test Automation
8 29 (13.30%) Analytics
9 26 (11.93%) Continuous Integration
9 26 (11.93%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (10.09%) Scrum
11 20 (9.17%) Data Pipeline
11 20 (9.17%) Software Engineering
12 19 (8.72%) High Availability
12 19 (8.72%) Visualisation
13 17 (7.80%) Artificial Intelligence
13 17 (7.80%) Cost Optimisation
14 16 (7.34%) Cloud Security
14 16 (7.34%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 94 (43.12%) Python
2 41 (18.81%) Java
2 41 (18.81%) SQL
3 36 (16.51%) TypeScript
4 31 (14.22%) JavaScript
5 25 (11.47%) PowerShell
6 19 (8.72%) Shell Script
7 16 (7.34%) Bash
8 11 (5.05%) C#
9 9 (4.13%) Bicep
10 6 (2.75%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.29%) C++
11 5 (2.29%) Groovy
12 3 (1.38%) Go
12 3 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.38%) Perl
12 3 (1.38%) Ruby
12 3 (1.38%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
13 2 (0.92%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.30%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.50%) AWS Certification
4 10 (4.59%) Degree
5 5 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.38%) VCAP
7 3 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.46%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.01%) QA
2 9 (4.13%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.13%) GDPR
3 6 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.38%) GxP
4 3 (1.38%) NCSC
4 3 (1.38%) NIST
4 3 (1.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.38%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.46%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (19.72%) Docker
2 7 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.29%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.83%) vSphere
5 3 (1.38%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.92%) Ceph
6 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.46%) LXC
7 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (33.49%) Terraform
2 61 (27.98%) Kubernetes
3 41 (18.81%) Ansible
4 15 (6.88%) Grafana
5 12 (5.50%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.59%) Puppet
7 6 (2.75%) Istio
8 5 (2.29%) Kustomize
8 5 (2.29%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.29%) VxRail
9 4 (1.83%) Argo
9 4 (1.83%) PowerCLI
10 3 (1.38%) Control-M
10 3 (1.38%) Kiali
11 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.46%) Nagios
12 1 (0.46%) Oracle Identity Management
12 1 (0.46%) Packer
12 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.46%) vRealize
Vendors
1 16 (7.34%) Microsoft
1 16 (7.34%) Splunk
2 14 (6.42%) Oracle
3 11 (5.05%) Google
4 9 (4.13%) Databricks
5 8 (3.67%) Dell
6 7 (3.21%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.21%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.75%) SAP
7 6 (2.75%) VMware
8 4 (1.83%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.83%) Cisco
9 3 (1.38%) Informatica
9 3 (1.38%) xMatters
10 2 (0.92%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.92%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.92%) IBM
10 2 (0.92%) Mapbox
10 2 (0.92%) SolarWinds