GitHub Contracts

GitHub
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 152 129
Rank change year-on-year +29 -23 -2
Contract jobs citing GitHub 743 825 1,696
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 1.72% 2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.70% 4.85% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 563 1,098
10th Percentile £324 £413 £425
25th Percentile £425 £478 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £685 £738 £752
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £542
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.52% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 19
10th Percentile £66.25 £61.50 £56.00
25th Percentile - £75.00 £64.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £77.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £78.75 £77.50
90th Percentile - £79.50 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +36.36%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,038 17,020 31,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.79% 35.45% 38.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,628 12,232 22,323
10th Percentile £313 £300 £345
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 326 350
10th Percentile £16.30 £14.57 £13.41
25th Percentile £23.15 £18.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.41 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.99% +44.04% +6.89%
75th Percentile £67.38 £63.00 £51.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £70.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.47 £22.51 £19.71
% change year-on-year +53.11% +14.21% +4.42%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 16 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 16 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 October 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 +23 616 £525 -8.70% 467
London +19 358 £550 -8.33% 224
UK excluding London +35 277 £525 -4.55% 278
Work from Home +49 276 £550 -4.35% 638
South West +22 84 £638 +21.43% 36
North of England +44 79 £463 -19.57% 61
Yorkshire +34 55 £463 -22.92% 22
South East -12 27 £450 -23.73% 60
Scotland +15 20 £450 -5.26% 20
Midlands +7 19 £538 +26.47% 41
Wales +9 18 £538 - 10
North West +7 18 £414 -21.10% 33
East of England +11 17 £550 +10.00% 47
Northern Ireland - 13 £575 - 6
West Midlands -3 11 £525 +23.53% 25
East Midlands - 8 £625 - 16
North East -8 6 - - 6

GitHub
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:

Application Platforms
1 108 (14.54%) Confluence
2 26 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.02%) Apache
4 11 (1.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 9 (1.21%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.67%) CMS
7 4 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 4 (0.54%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.40%) Camunda
8 3 (0.40%) WordPress
9 2 (0.27%) Drupal
9 2 (0.27%) nginx
9 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) JBoss
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.67%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.67%) InVision
3 5 (0.67%) OmniGraffle
3 5 (0.67%) Sketch
3 5 (0.67%) Trello
3 5 (0.67%) Zeplin
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Doxygen
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.13%) Endur
2 1 (0.13%) Magento
2 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 295 (39.70%) AWS
2 292 (39.30%) Azure
3 204 (27.46%) GitHub Actions
4 103 (13.86%) GCP
5 96 (12.92%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (10.09%) Serverless
7 51 (6.86%) Power Platform
8 34 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
9 31 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 30 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
11 29 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (3.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 27 (3.63%) Apigee
13 26 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
13 26 (3.50%) AWS CodePipeline
13 26 (3.50%) Azure Functions
13 26 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
14 24 (3.23%) Amazon S3
14 24 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (3.23%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 48 (6.46%) Firewall
2 32 (4.31%) DNS
3 26 (3.50%) TCP/IP
4 25 (3.36%) SSL
5 21 (2.83%) HTTP
6 20 (2.69%) Kerberos
7 18 (2.42%) VPN
8 16 (2.15%) WAN
9 11 (1.48%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (1.48%) Network Security
10 8 (1.08%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (0.81%) BGP
12 6 (0.81%) OSPF
13 5 (0.67%) LAN
14 4 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
14 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.40%) BIG-IP
15 3 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 3 (0.40%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.29%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (7.00%) NoSQL
3 50 (6.73%) Power BI
4 46 (6.19%) SQL Server
5 35 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 33 (4.44%) Relational Database
7 30 (4.04%) MySQL
8 27 (3.63%) Data Warehouse
9 26 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (3.36%) Redis
11 21 (2.83%) Big Data
12 19 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (2.15%) BigQuery
14 15 (2.02%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.62%) Tableau
16 11 (1.48%) DynamoDB
17 10 (1.35%) Couchbase
17 10 (1.35%) Data Lake
18 9 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
18 9 (1.21%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 203 (27.32%) Jenkins
2 189 (25.44%) JIRA
3 179 (24.09%) Git
4 116 (15.61%) GitLab
5 40 (5.38%) CircleCI
6 38 (5.11%) Cypress.io
7 32 (4.31%) GoogleTest
8 31 (4.17%) Maven
9 28 (3.77%) Selenium
10 25 (3.36%) Bitbucket
11 24 (3.23%) TeamCity
12 22 (2.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 22 (2.96%) Cucumber
12 22 (2.96%) JUnit
13 20 (2.69%) Postman
14 17 (2.29%) SonarQube
15 16 (2.15%) Travis CI
16 12 (1.62%) Artifactory
17 11 (1.48%) JMeter
17 11 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 181 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 86 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 77 (10.36%) Finance
5 54 (7.27%) Banking
6 12 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (1.21%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.08%) Retail
9 7 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.67%) Marketing
11 5 (0.67%) Wearables
12 4 (0.54%) Legal
12 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.54%) Publishing
12 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.40%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.40%) Automotive
13 3 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.40%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 191 (25.71%) Developer
2 93 (12.52%) Senior
3 86 (11.57%) DevOps Engineer
4 74 (9.96%) Architect
5 65 (8.75%) Azure Engineer
6 64 (8.61%) Software Engineer
7 51 (6.86%) Data Engineer
8 47 (6.33%) Java Developer
9 43 (5.79%) Java Engineer
10 36 (4.85%) Java Software Engineer
11 30 (4.04%) Lead
11 30 (4.04%) Python Developer
12 29 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
13 28 (3.77%) Technical Architect
14 27 (3.63%) Senior Developer
15 24 (3.23%) Automation Engineer
15 24 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
16 21 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (2.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 19 (2.56%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (13.59%) REST
2 56 (7.54%) Kafka
3 52 (7.00%) Spring Boot
4 49 (6.59%) React
5 47 (6.33%) RESTful
6 45 (6.06%) HTML
7 44 (5.92%) Spring
8 43 (5.79%) JSON
9 42 (5.65%) CSS
10 41 (5.52%) Node.js
11 38 (5.11%) YAML
12 36 (4.85%) .NET
13 34 (4.58%) Qt
14 33 (4.44%) Django
15 27 (3.63%) ARM Templates
15 27 (3.63%) GraphQL
16 25 (3.36%) XML
17 23 (3.10%) Web Services
18 21 (2.83%) Laravel
18 21 (2.83%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.11%) Linux Command Line
2 37 (4.98%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.98%) Public Cloud
3 34 (4.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 28 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.29%) Replication
6 16 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (1.88%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.75%) Clustering
10 12 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.48%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.08%) Onboarding
14 7 (0.94%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 138 (18.57%) Linux
2 52 (7.00%) Windows
3 31 (4.17%) Unix
4 15 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.88%) Android
5 14 (1.88%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (1.08%) Solaris
8 7 (0.94%) VMS
9 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.40%) AIX
12 2 (0.27%) CentOS
12 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.27%) zOS
13 1 (0.13%) Debian
13 1 (0.13%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (52.76%) CI/CD
2 337 (45.36%) DevOps
3 286 (38.49%) Agile
4 150 (20.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 123 (16.55%) Software Engineering
6 112 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (13.19%) Continuous Integration
8 97 (13.06%) Test Automation
9 77 (10.36%) Microservices
10 74 (9.96%) Containerisation
10 74 (9.96%) Scrum
11 57 (7.67%) Analytics
12 51 (6.86%) Full-Stack Development
13 50 (6.73%) TDD
14 48 (6.46%) Continuous Deployment
15 47 (6.33%) Observability
16 46 (6.19%) SDLC
17 44 (5.92%) Data Modelling
18 43 (5.79%) Project Management
19 40 (5.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 315 (42.40%) Python
2 195 (26.24%) Java
3 162 (21.80%) SQL
4 98 (13.19%) PowerShell
5 86 (11.57%) JavaScript
6 83 (11.17%) Bash
7 65 (8.75%) C++
7 65 (8.75%) TypeScript
8 40 (5.38%) Go
9 32 (4.31%) C#
10 28 (3.77%) Shell Script
11 27 (3.63%) Ruby
12 26 (3.50%) R
13 24 (3.23%) Kotlin
14 23 (3.10%) PHP
15 15 (2.02%) VB.NET
16 14 (1.88%) Bicep
16 14 (1.88%) C
17 11 (1.48%) Groovy
18 10 (1.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 169 (22.75%) Security Cleared
2 141 (18.98%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.54%) Degree
4 23 (3.10%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.15%) AWS Certification
6 16 (2.15%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.40%) CCIE
10 3 (0.40%) CCNP
10 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.27%) CSSLP
11 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.27%) MCSA
11 2 (0.27%) MCSE
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.00%) QA
2 34 (4.58%) MISRA
3 19 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.15%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.62%) GDPR
6 9 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.67%) NIST
9 3 (0.40%) NCSC
10 2 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.27%) SLA
10 2 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 173 (23.28%) Docker
2 20 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.21%) NFS
6 8 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.94%) Veritas File System
7 7 (0.94%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 4 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.40%) Lustre
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.27%) Firmware
10 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.13%) LXC
Systems Management
1 245 (32.97%) Terraform
2 189 (25.44%) Kubernetes
3 111 (14.94%) Ansible
4 73 (9.83%) Grafana
5 57 (7.67%) Prometheus
6 48 (6.46%) Puppet
7 27 (3.63%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.88%) Argo
9 13 (1.75%) Kibana
10 12 (1.62%) Docker Swarm
11 10 (1.35%) QRadar
12 9 (1.21%) logstash
13 8 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
13 8 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 7 (0.94%) Data Guard
14 7 (0.94%) EMC NetWorker
14 7 (0.94%) Tivoli
15 6 (0.81%) Nessus
15 6 (0.81%) Netcool
15 6 (0.81%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 141 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 94 (12.65%) Google
3 51 (6.86%) Oracle
4 49 (6.59%) Splunk
5 29 (3.90%) VMware
6 26 (3.50%) Databricks
6 26 (3.50%) Red Hat
7 23 (3.10%) Atlassian
8 22 (2.96%) Salesforce
9 21 (2.83%) Confluent
10 18 (2.42%) New Relic
11 15 (2.02%) Cisco
12 14 (1.88%) WSO2
13 12 (1.62%) Palo Alto
13 12 (1.62%) Qualys
13 12 (1.62%) SAP
14 11 (1.48%) Checkmarx
15 10 (1.35%) CyberArk
16 9 (1.21%) F5
16 9 (1.21%) IBM