GitHub Contracts with Work from Home Options

GitHub
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 GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 121 113
Rank change year-on-year +6 -8 +25
Contract jobs citing GitHub 278 521 1,019
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.83% 2.04% 2.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.08% 5.16% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 365 722
10th Percentile £425 £413 £419
25th Percentile £475 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +8.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £622 £675 £638
90th Percentile £650 £713 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -12.50% +6.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 9
10th Percentile - £26.25 £48.15
25th Percentile £22.50 £31.88 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -33.64% +100.00%
75th Percentile - £42.50 -
90th Percentile £46.15 £50.60 £67.17
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £54.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -1.82% +51.72%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

GitHub is in the Cloud Services 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 cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,468 10,096 18,475
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.09% 39.53% 41.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,930 7,416 13,801
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 129 172
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.33
25th Percentile £16.82 £21.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +87.83% -27.22%
75th Percentile £46.88 £70.00 £62.24
90th Percentile £66.25 £75.20 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -4.72%

GitHub
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

GitHub trend for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
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 GitHub.

GitHub daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GitHub over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

GitHub daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
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 GitHub.

GitHub hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GitHub over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

GitHub hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
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 22 (7.91%) Confluence
2 10 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.24%) WordPress
4 7 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.80%) Drupal
6 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.08%) IIS
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.72%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.36%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 98 (35.25%) Azure
2 95 (34.17%) AWS
3 75 (26.98%) GitHub Actions
4 45 (16.19%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (9.35%) GCP
6 15 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.04%) SaaS
7 14 (5.04%) Serverless
8 13 (4.68%) IaaS
8 13 (4.68%) PaaS
9 10 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (3.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (3.24%) Azure Functions
10 9 (3.24%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.88%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.88%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.52%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.91%) Firewall
2 9 (3.24%) DNS
2 9 (3.24%) HTTP
3 6 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (1.80%) VPN
5 4 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.08%) Intranet
7 2 (0.72%) BGP
7 2 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.72%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 2 (0.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.72%) LAN
7 2 (0.72%) Network Security
7 2 (0.72%) OSPF
7 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.72%) SNA
7 2 (0.72%) SSL
7 2 (0.72%) WAN
7 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.36%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.43%) MySQL
2 25 (8.99%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (6.47%) Oracle Reports
5 15 (5.40%) Power BI
6 12 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.60%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.60%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.24%) Relational Database
9 8 (2.88%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.88%) Metadata
10 7 (2.52%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.16%) Apache Cassandra
11 6 (2.16%) PowerCenter
11 6 (2.16%) Redis
12 5 (1.80%) Couchbase
12 5 (1.80%) InterSystems Cache
12 5 (1.80%) Oracle ODI
13 4 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (1.44%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 61 (21.94%) Jenkins
2 51 (18.35%) JIRA
3 48 (17.27%) Git
4 38 (13.67%) GitLab
5 16 (5.76%) SonarQube
6 14 (5.04%) Cypress.io
7 13 (4.68%) Bitbucket
8 11 (3.96%) CircleCI
9 10 (3.60%) Maven
10 9 (3.24%) Selenium
11 8 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (2.52%) Postman
13 6 (2.16%) Cucumber
13 6 (2.16%) TeamCity
14 5 (1.80%) Appium
14 5 (1.80%) Gradle
14 5 (1.80%) LoadRunner
14 5 (1.80%) Visual Studio Code
15 4 (1.44%) JMeter
16 3 (1.08%) Subversion
General
1 48 (17.27%) Social Skills
2 42 (15.11%) Finance
3 35 (12.59%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.96%) Banking
6 9 (3.24%) Financial Institution
6 9 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.80%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.80%) Marketing
8 4 (1.44%) Law
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Publishing
9 3 (1.08%) Retail
9 3 (1.08%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.36%) Legal
11 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (29.50%) Developer
2 44 (15.83%) DevOps Engineer
3 42 (15.11%) Senior
4 18 (6.47%) Senior Developer
5 17 (6.12%) Software Engineer
6 16 (5.76%) Data Engineer
7 14 (5.04%) AWS Engineer
7 14 (5.04%) Lead
8 12 (4.32%) Architect
9 11 (3.96%) AWS DevOps
9 11 (3.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 11 (3.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 10 (3.60%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (3.60%) Senior DevOps
10 10 (3.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.24%) SailPoint Developer
12 8 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (2.88%) DBA
12 8 (2.88%) Oracle DBA
13 7 (2.52%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (13.31%) HTML
2 31 (11.15%) XML
3 29 (10.43%) React
4 26 (9.35%) REST
5 22 (7.91%) Node.js
5 22 (7.91%) SOAP
6 19 (6.83%) CSS
7 18 (6.47%) Web Services
8 17 (6.12%) JSON
9 16 (5.76%) JSP
9 16 (5.76%) LDAP
9 16 (5.76%) SailPoint
9 16 (5.76%) Servlets
9 16 (5.76%) SPML
10 15 (5.40%) JDBC
10 15 (5.40%) YAML
11 10 (3.60%) .NET
11 10 (3.60%) ARM Templates
11 10 (3.60%) Azure Blueprints
12 8 (2.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.71%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.40%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.96%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.96%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.24%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.80%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.08%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.08%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.08%) Social Media
8 2 (0.72%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.72%) Life Science
8 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.72%) Machine to Machine
8 2 (0.72%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.72%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.27%) Linux
2 16 (5.76%) Windows
3 12 (4.32%) zOS
4 8 (2.88%) Unix
5 7 (2.52%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.16%) AIX
7 5 (1.80%) Android
8 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (45.32%) DevOps
2 97 (34.89%) CI/CD
3 90 (32.37%) Agile
4 51 (18.35%) Test Automation
5 36 (12.95%) Software Engineering
6 33 (11.87%) Project Management
7 31 (11.15%) Continuous Integration
8 29 (10.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (9.71%) Containerisation
10 23 (8.27%) Full Stack Development
10 23 (8.27%) Mentoring
11 22 (7.91%) Scrum
12 21 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (6.47%) Analytics
14 17 (6.12%) DevSecOps
14 17 (6.12%) Front End Development
15 15 (5.40%) Migration
15 15 (5.40%) RBAC
15 15 (5.40%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (33.45%) Python
2 65 (23.38%) JavaScript
3 59 (21.22%) SQL
4 48 (17.27%) Java
5 30 (10.79%) TypeScript
6 19 (6.83%) Bash
7 18 (6.47%) PowerShell
8 13 (4.68%) Go
8 13 (4.68%) PHP
9 12 (4.32%) JCL
9 12 (4.32%) REXX
10 10 (3.60%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.52%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.16%) Apex Code
12 6 (2.16%) C#
12 6 (2.16%) Ruby
13 4 (1.44%) R
13 4 (1.44%) SOQL
14 3 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.08%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (20.86%) Security Cleared
2 51 (18.35%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.91%) Degree
4 13 (4.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.44%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.72%) CEH
7 2 (0.72%) CISM
7 2 (0.72%) CISSP
7 2 (0.72%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.72%) CSSLP
7 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.63%) QA
2 12 (4.32%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.32%) NCSC
3 8 (2.88%) NIST
4 7 (2.52%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.44%) WCAG
7 2 (0.72%) COBIT
7 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.72%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
System Software
1 46 (16.55%) Docker
2 19 (6.83%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.76%) IAG
4 15 (5.40%) ACF2
4 15 (5.40%) RACF
5 12 (4.32%) NFS
5 12 (4.32%) Time Sharing Option
6 6 (2.16%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.08%) zsh
8 2 (0.72%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.72%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.36%) iptables
9 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 97 (34.89%) Terraform
2 53 (19.06%) Ansible
3 45 (16.19%) Kubernetes
4 11 (3.96%) Grafana
4 11 (3.96%) Puppet
4 11 (3.96%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 9 (3.24%) Kibana
6 8 (2.88%) Data Guard
6 8 (2.88%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.52%) Argo
7 7 (2.52%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.16%) logstash
8 6 (2.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 5 (1.80%) Packer
10 4 (1.44%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (1.08%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (1.08%) Nessus
11 3 (1.08%) SCOM
11 3 (1.08%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.72%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (15.47%) Oracle
2 29 (10.43%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.83%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.76%) Sybase
5 14 (5.04%) Dell
5 14 (5.04%) IBM
5 14 (5.04%) Splunk
6 12 (4.32%) Atlassian
6 12 (4.32%) Broadcom
6 12 (4.32%) Brocade
6 12 (4.32%) CA
6 12 (4.32%) Google
6 12 (4.32%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.88%) Palo Alto
8 7 (2.52%) Informatica
9 6 (2.16%) Cisco
9 6 (2.16%) VMware
10 4 (1.44%) F5
10 4 (1.44%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.08%) Facebook