GNU Debugger
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GDB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GDB over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 684 842
Rank change year-on-year +109 +158 -207
Contract jobs citing GDB 4 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.027% 0.020%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.078% 0.18% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £761 -
25th Percentile - £816 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £938 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +141.94% -3.13%
75th Percentile - £1,066 £475
90th Percentile - £1,124 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £325
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.55 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £60.55 -

All Development Application Skills
UK

GDB is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,147 9,097 15,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.82% 15.17% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,462 6,399 11,224
10th Percentile £356 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.13%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 252 216
10th Percentile £31.84 £44.68 £37.25
25th Percentile £46.11 £52.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +20.00% +13.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £84.75 £77.95 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +22.22%

GDB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GDB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GDB in the UK

GDB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GDB.

Daily rate trend for GDB in the UK

GDB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GDB.

Hourly rate trend for GDB in the UK

GDB
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDB within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +106 4 - - 14
UK excluding London +69 4 - - 10
East of England - 4 - -

GDB
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 5G
1 4 (100.00%) NAS
1 4 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) gcov
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) Gradle
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 4 (100.00%) Multimedia
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Python Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Klocwork
1 4 (100.00%) Perforce