GitHub Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

GitHub
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring GitHub skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 63 57
Rank change year-on-year +25 -6 +23
Contract jobs citing GitHub 175 55 49
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 6.12% 3.62% 3.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.78% 10.00% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 39 38
10th Percentile £371 £351 £397
25th Percentile £424 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £624
90th Percentile £575 £626 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Yorkshire

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 in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,043 550 498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 36.48% 36.16% 32.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 384 343
10th Percentile £306 £263 £283
25th Percentile £407 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £669 £600 £655
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 5
10th Percentile £15.85 £42.37 £16.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £58.29 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £91.69 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.83% +336.62% -1.20%
75th Percentile £51.88 £149.28 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £179.71 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +34.62% +4.00% -22.86%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GitHub relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

GitHub job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

GitHub
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GitHub.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GitHub

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in Yorkshire

GitHub
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GitHub.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing GitHub

GitHub
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
West Yorkshire +28 94 £473 -5.50% 26
South Yorkshire +12 78 £500 -2.44% 10
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
North Yorkshire -7 1 £550 - 4
GitHub
England

GitHub
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (19.43%) Confluence
2 10 (5.71%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.14%) nginx
4 2 (1.14%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.57%) Apache
5 1 (0.57%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (46.86%) GitHub Actions
2 75 (42.86%) AWS
3 66 (37.71%) Azure
4 45 (25.71%) GCP
5 26 (14.86%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.43%) Serverless
7 11 (6.29%) Apigee
7 11 (6.29%) IaaS
7 11 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (5.14%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.14%) OpenShift
8 9 (5.14%) Power Platform
9 8 (4.57%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.57%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (4.57%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (4.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 8 (4.57%) PowerApps
10 7 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (4.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.14%) DNS
2 10 (5.71%) Firewall
3 8 (4.57%) BIG-IP
3 8 (4.57%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 8 (4.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (3.43%) VLAN
5 5 (2.86%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.29%) Network Security
7 3 (1.71%) NAS
7 3 (1.71%) SAN
7 3 (1.71%) SSL
7 3 (1.71%) VPN
8 2 (1.14%) VSAN
9 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.57%) DMZ
9 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.57%) Internet
9 1 (0.57%) Modbus
9 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.57%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.71%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.71%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.14%) Redis
5 8 (4.57%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.43%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.86%) Hazelcast
7 5 (2.86%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.71%) Big Data
8 3 (1.71%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.71%) Parquet
9 2 (1.14%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.14%) Power BI
9 2 (1.14%) Tableau
10 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.57%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.57%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 92 (52.57%) Jenkins
2 51 (29.14%) JIRA
3 24 (13.71%) Git
4 22 (12.57%) GitLab
5 14 (8.00%) Gatling
6 12 (6.86%) Maven
7 11 (6.29%) Bitbucket
8 10 (5.71%) Selenium
8 10 (5.71%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (3.43%) Artifactory
9 6 (3.43%) Cucumber
9 6 (3.43%) JMeter
10 5 (2.86%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.86%) Gradle
11 4 (2.29%) JUnit
11 4 (2.29%) LoadRunner
11 4 (2.29%) MSBuild
11 4 (2.29%) REST Assured
11 4 (2.29%) Serenity BDD
11 4 (2.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (26.86%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.43%) Finance
3 18 (10.29%) Banking
3 18 (10.29%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.14%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.14%) Law
7 1 (0.57%) Legal
7 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (26.29%) Developer
2 24 (13.71%) Senior
3 21 (12.00%) Lead
4 20 (11.43%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (10.29%) Java Developer
6 13 (7.43%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (6.29%) Architect
7 11 (6.29%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.71%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.71%) Python Engineer
9 9 (5.14%) Senior Developer
10 8 (4.57%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.57%) GCP DevOps
10 8 (4.57%) IAM Developer
10 8 (4.57%) Python Developer
10 8 (4.57%) Test Engineer
11 7 (4.00%) Senior Java Developer
12 6 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
12 6 (3.43%) Lead Test Engineer
13 5 (2.86%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (54.29%) Terraform
2 30 (17.14%) REST
3 27 (15.43%) Kafka
4 18 (10.29%) Playwright
5 16 (9.14%) React
6 15 (8.57%) .NET
7 14 (8.00%) HTML
7 14 (8.00%) Spring
7 14 (8.00%) Spring Boot
8 11 (6.29%) OpenTelemetry
8 11 (6.29%) Web Services
9 10 (5.71%) JSON
10 9 (5.14%) OAuth
10 9 (5.14%) RESTful
11 8 (4.57%) JPA
11 8 (4.57%) JWT
12 7 (4.00%) AngularJS
12 7 (4.00%) ASP.NET
12 7 (4.00%) OAuth2
12 7 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.43%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.86%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (6.29%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.00%) NHS
5 7 (4.00%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.29%) Replication
9 3 (1.71%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.71%) Autonomous Agent
9 3 (1.71%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.14%) EMC VMAX
10 2 (1.14%) EMC VNX
10 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.86%) Linux
2 10 (5.71%) Windows
3 4 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.14%) AIX
4 2 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.14%) MVS
4 2 (1.14%) zOS
5 1 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) Solaris
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (73.71%) CI/CD
2 106 (60.57%) DevOps
3 77 (44.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 56 (32.00%) Observability
5 51 (29.14%) Agile
6 35 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 33 (18.86%) Platform Engineering
8 30 (17.14%) Microservices
9 26 (14.86%) Software Engineering
10 22 (12.57%) Roadmaps
11 21 (12.00%) Containerisation
12 20 (11.43%) API Development
13 19 (10.86%) Cloud Security
13 19 (10.86%) Event-Driven
14 17 (9.71%) SDLC
14 17 (9.71%) Validation
15 16 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (9.14%) Full-Stack Development
15 16 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (9.14%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 93 (53.14%) Python
2 44 (25.14%) Java
3 39 (22.29%) SQL
4 35 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 30 (17.14%) Bash
6 23 (13.14%) JavaScript
7 12 (6.86%) Kotlin
8 11 (6.29%) Scala
9 9 (5.14%) TypeScript
10 8 (4.57%) ActionScript
10 8 (4.57%) C#
11 6 (3.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.29%) REXX
13 3 (1.71%) Bicep
13 3 (1.71%) Groovy
13 3 (1.71%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.14%) JCL
14 2 (1.14%) PromQL
15 1 (0.57%) ABAP
15 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (21.14%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.71%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.86%) Degree
5 4 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.29%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.71%) OCP
6 3 (1.71%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.14%) GSEC
7 2 (1.14%) NCDA
7 2 (1.14%) NCIE
7 2 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CISSP
8 1 (0.57%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.57%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.57%) QA
3 5 (2.86%) GDPR
3 5 (2.86%) HL7
3 5 (2.86%) WCAG
4 4 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.14%) NIST
6 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
System Software
1 44 (25.14%) Docker
2 14 (8.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.00%) vSphere
4 6 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.86%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.29%) NFS
7 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.14%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (1.14%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.14%) SRDF
8 2 (1.14%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (36.00%) Kubernetes
2 41 (23.43%) Ansible
3 25 (14.29%) Grafana
4 16 (9.14%) Prometheus
5 14 (8.00%) Argo
6 9 (5.14%) HAProxy
7 7 (4.00%) vCenter Server
8 6 (3.43%) NetBackup
9 5 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (2.29%) Puppet
11 3 (1.71%) Kustomize
11 3 (1.71%) Packer
12 2 (1.14%) Consul
12 2 (1.14%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (1.14%) SnapMirror
12 2 (1.14%) SnapVault
12 2 (1.14%) Tivoli NetView
12 2 (1.14%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 32 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.29%) Google
3 12 (6.86%) Splunk
4 11 (6.29%) IBM
4 11 (6.29%) Red Hat
5 9 (5.14%) Databricks
5 9 (5.14%) F5
6 8 (4.57%) Dynatrace
7 7 (4.00%) Pure Storage
7 7 (4.00%) VMware
8 6 (3.43%) Centrify
8 6 (3.43%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.86%) Brocade
10 4 (2.29%) Broadcom
10 4 (2.29%) Cisco
10 4 (2.29%) Dell
10 4 (2.29%) New Relic
10 4 (2.29%) Veritas
11 3 (1.71%) Commvault
11 3 (1.71%) EMC