Git Contracts with Work from Home Options

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Git skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Git over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 57 41
Rank change year-on-year -26 -16 0
Contract jobs citing Git 383 1,021 2,464
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.51% 3.94% 5.53%
As % of the Development Applications category 20.79% 25.75% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 703 1,672
10th Percentile £345 £413 £400
25th Percentile £405 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £680 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -5.83% +1.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 40 29
10th Percentile £48.70 £51.25 £46.00
25th Percentile £58.75 £56.25 £56.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £73.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £77.00 £75.00 £67.99
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +11.63%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

Git 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 WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,842 3,965 8,281
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 12.06% 15.29% 18.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 2,842 5,975
10th Percentile £360 £397 £383
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% +3.38% +8.81%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 116 102
10th Percentile £26.24 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £46.75 £53.94 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £61.61
90th Percentile - £81.25 £67.45
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +11.60%

Git
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Git trend for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Git.

Git daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Git over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Git daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Git.

Git hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Git over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Git hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 39 (10.18%) Confluence
2 17 (4.44%) CMS
3 10 (2.61%) SAS
4 9 (2.35%) CICS
5 8 (2.09%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.57%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.57%) Apache
7 5 (1.31%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.31%) Kentico
7 5 (1.31%) Mule
7 5 (1.31%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.78%) JBoss
8 3 (0.78%) nginx
8 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.78%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.52%) IIS
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.52%) Simulink
2 2 (0.52%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.04%) Shopify
3 2 (0.52%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.52%) Endur
3 2 (0.52%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 148 (38.64%) Azure
2 122 (31.85%) AWS
3 83 (21.67%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (12.53%) GitHub
5 44 (11.49%) GCP
6 42 (10.97%) Serverless
7 26 (6.79%) Azure Monitor
7 26 (6.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 26 (6.79%) PaaS
8 22 (5.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 21 (5.48%) Amazon EKS
10 20 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 20 (5.22%) Azure Functions
11 18 (4.70%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (4.70%) Amazon S3
11 18 (4.70%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (3.92%) OpenShift
13 14 (3.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (3.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.01%) Firewall
2 18 (4.70%) TCP/IP
3 17 (4.44%) DNS
4 13 (3.39%) Network Security
5 9 (2.35%) DHCP
6 8 (2.09%) HTTP
6 8 (2.09%) NAS
6 8 (2.09%) SAN
6 8 (2.09%) VLAN
7 7 (1.83%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.57%) VPN
9 4 (1.04%) Wireless
10 3 (0.78%) FTP
10 3 (0.78%) OpenLDAP
10 3 (0.78%) SNA
10 3 (0.78%) VSAN
11 2 (0.52%) MQTT
11 2 (0.52%) SNMP
11 2 (0.52%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (15.14%) SQL Server
2 26 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (6.53%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.70%) Relational Database
5 16 (4.18%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.13%) DB2
6 12 (3.13%) MySQL
7 11 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (2.35%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (2.35%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.35%) IDMS
10 7 (1.83%) Couchbase
10 7 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.83%) Power BI
10 7 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.57%) Redis
12 5 (1.31%) Big Data
12 5 (1.31%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 94 (24.54%) Jenkins
2 90 (23.50%) JIRA
3 43 (11.23%) GitLab
4 22 (5.74%) Selenium
4 22 (5.74%) TeamCity
5 17 (4.44%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.66%) Cucumber
7 13 (3.39%) Cypress.io
7 13 (3.39%) git-flow
7 13 (3.39%) Maven
7 13 (3.39%) Visual Studio
8 11 (2.87%) JUnit
8 11 (2.87%) SonarQube
8 11 (2.87%) Subversion
8 11 (2.87%) Visual Studio Code
9 10 (2.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 10 (2.61%) Postman
9 10 (2.61%) Sonatype Nexus
9 10 (2.61%) TestNG
10 9 (2.35%) Artifactory
General
1 83 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 65 (16.97%) Finance
3 32 (8.36%) Public Sector
4 31 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.27%) Banking
6 15 (3.92%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.66%) Marketing
8 10 (2.61%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.35%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.83%) Back Office
10 7 (1.83%) Electronics
10 7 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.57%) Front Office
12 5 (1.31%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.78%) German Language
13 3 (0.78%) Publishing
13 3 (0.78%) Retail
14 2 (0.52%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 148 (38.64%) Developer
2 64 (16.71%) Senior
3 54 (14.10%) DevOps Engineer
4 31 (8.09%) Software Engineer
5 29 (7.57%) Lead
6 25 (6.53%) Azure Developer
7 23 (6.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 23 (6.01%) Senior Developer
8 22 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
9 20 (5.22%) .NET Developer
9 20 (5.22%) Full Stack Developer
10 18 (4.70%) AWS Engineer
10 18 (4.70%) React Developer
11 17 (4.44%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) JavaScript Developer
13 12 (3.13%) AWS DevOps
13 12 (3.13%) C# Developer
13 12 (3.13%) Linux Engineer
14 11 (2.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 10 (2.61%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (19.32%) React
2 67 (17.49%) CSS
3 58 (15.14%) REST
4 57 (14.88%) HTML
5 56 (14.62%) .NET
6 38 (9.92%) Node.js
7 36 (9.40%) JSON
8 30 (7.83%) SOAP
9 29 (7.57%) RESTful
10 28 (7.31%) Web Services
10 28 (7.31%) XML
11 22 (5.74%) .NET Framework
11 22 (5.74%) AngularJS
11 22 (5.74%) GraphQL
11 22 (5.74%) YAML
12 21 (5.48%) .NET Core
13 20 (5.22%) ASP.NET
14 19 (4.96%) Spring
15 17 (4.44%) Jest
16 15 (3.92%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.70%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.44%) Algorithms
3 16 (4.18%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.87%) Fixed Income
5 10 (2.61%) Clustering
6 9 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.35%) IBM Mainframe
6 9 (2.35%) Mainframe
6 9 (2.35%) Replication
7 8 (2.09%) Cloud Native
7 8 (2.09%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.83%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.57%) Equities
9 6 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 66 (17.23%) Linux
2 43 (11.23%) Windows
3 24 (6.27%) Unix
4 19 (4.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (4.44%) Android
6 15 (3.92%) Windows Server
7 12 (3.13%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.61%) zOS
9 8 (2.09%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (2.09%) Solaris
10 5 (1.31%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.78%) VMS
11 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.52%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.52%) CentOS
12 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (48.83%) DevOps
2 168 (43.86%) Agile
3 148 (38.64%) CI/CD
4 69 (18.02%) Test Automation
5 67 (17.49%) Software Engineering
6 66 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (16.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 55 (14.36%) Continuous Integration
8 55 (14.36%) Scrum
9 52 (13.58%) Microservices
10 50 (13.05%) TDD
11 44 (11.49%) Unit Testing
12 39 (10.18%) Front End Development
13 38 (9.92%) Computer Science
14 33 (8.62%) Containerisation
14 33 (8.62%) OO
15 32 (8.36%) SDLC
16 31 (8.09%) Full Stack Development
17 30 (7.83%) Open Source
18 28 (7.31%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 157 (40.99%) Python
2 102 (26.63%) JavaScript
3 80 (20.89%) SQL
4 72 (18.80%) Java
5 69 (18.02%) C#
6 55 (14.36%) Bash
6 55 (14.36%) TypeScript
7 34 (8.88%) PowerShell
8 30 (7.83%) Go
9 27 (7.05%) Perl
10 23 (6.01%) C++
11 18 (4.70%) Bicep
12 17 (4.44%) Shell Script
13 11 (2.87%) PHP
14 10 (2.61%) C
15 9 (2.35%) CLIST
15 9 (2.35%) COBOL
15 9 (2.35%) REXX
16 8 (2.09%) Ruby
16 8 (2.09%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 71 (18.54%) Security Cleared
2 58 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 52 (13.58%) Degree
4 27 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.61%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 7 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.31%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.31%) PhD
10 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.04%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.52%) CISSP
12 2 (0.52%) ISEB
13 1 (0.26%) CEH
13 1 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.27%) Accessibility
2 21 (5.48%) QA
3 11 (2.87%) WCAG
4 8 (2.09%) GDPR
4 8 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.57%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.04%) JTAG
7 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.52%) NIST
8 1 (0.26%) CDISC
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) GxP
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (22.45%) Docker
2 36 (9.40%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.57%) Firmware
5 6 (1.57%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.04%) vSphere
7 3 (0.78%) vCloud
7 3 (0.78%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.78%) zsh
8 1 (0.26%) PowerDNS
Systems Management
1 99 (25.85%) Terraform
2 84 (21.93%) Kubernetes
3 46 (12.01%) Ansible
4 24 (6.27%) Grafana
5 19 (4.96%) Prometheus
6 17 (4.44%) Puppet
7 14 (3.66%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.83%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (1.83%) Kibana
8 7 (1.83%) Netcool
8 7 (1.83%) Tivoli
8 7 (1.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (1.31%) CloudHub
10 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.78%) Autotask
11 3 (0.78%) logstash
11 3 (0.78%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.78%) vRealize
12 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.52%) Consul
Vendors
1 65 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.92%) Oracle
3 20 (5.22%) IBM
3 20 (5.22%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.96%) Google
4 19 (4.96%) VMware
5 18 (4.70%) Splunk
6 17 (4.44%) SAP
7 10 (2.61%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.35%) Syncsort
9 8 (2.09%) Cisco
9 8 (2.09%) Dell
9 8 (2.09%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.83%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.83%) CyberArk
10 7 (1.83%) EMC
10 7 (1.83%) HP
10 7 (1.83%) Isilon
10 7 (1.83%) Qualys
10 7 (1.83%) Serena