GitHub CodeQL
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring CodeQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 11 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 692 | 549 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -143 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing CodeQL | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.005% | 0.012% | - |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.021% | 0.037% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £525 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.81% | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Programming Languages
UK
CodeQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 14,305 | 10,822 | 12,166 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 26.22% | 32.68% | 32.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,288 | 7,118 | 7,976 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £345 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £507 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.50% | -3.38% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £649 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £734 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 553 | 298 | 332 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.53 | £29.00 | £26.01 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.50 | £41.25 | £45.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.18% | -15.38% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £67.19 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.00 | £77.88 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
CodeQL
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CodeQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
CodeQL
Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CodeQL.
CodeQL
Top 3 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CodeQL within the UK over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -86 | 3 | £650 | +23.81% | 4 |
| England | -119 | 3 | £650 | +23.81% | 5 |
| Work from Home | - | 2 | - | - | 5 |
CodeQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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: