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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 63 53
Rank change year-on-year +26 -10 +27
Contract jobs citing GitHub 179 52 49
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 6.22% 3.43% 3.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.87% 9.59% 9.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 37 38
10th Percentile £373 £348 £397
25th Percentile £421 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £624
90th Percentile £575 £641 £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 1,061 542 494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 36.87% 35.80% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 375 343
10th Percentile £313 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £369 £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 £675 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.84% -2.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 5
10th Percentile £15.93 £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 £68.75 £149.28 £22.00
90th Percentile - £179.71 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £24.59
% change year-on-year +34.98% +6.95% -23.87%

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 14 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 14 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 +27 97 £473 -5.50% 35
South Yorkshire +10 79 £503 -0.74% 10
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 3
North Yorkshire -8 1 £550 - 3
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 33 (18.44%) Confluence
2 10 (5.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.12%) nginx
4 2 (1.12%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.56%) Apache
5 1 (0.56%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (45.81%) GitHub Actions
2 75 (41.90%) AWS
3 65 (36.31%) Azure
4 47 (26.26%) GCP
5 26 (14.53%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.26%) Serverless
7 12 (6.70%) Apigee
8 11 (6.15%) IaaS
8 11 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (6.15%) OpenShift
9 10 (5.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 9 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (5.03%) Entra ID
10 9 (5.03%) Power Platform
11 8 (4.47%) Amazon S3
11 8 (4.47%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (4.47%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (4.47%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.61%) DNS
2 11 (6.15%) Firewall
3 8 (4.47%) BIG-IP
3 8 (4.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 8 (4.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (3.35%) VLAN
5 5 (2.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.23%) Network Security
6 4 (2.23%) VPN
7 3 (1.68%) NAS
7 3 (1.68%) SAN
7 3 (1.68%) SSL
8 2 (1.12%) VSAN
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.56%) DMZ
9 1 (0.56%) Internet
9 1 (0.56%) Modbus
9 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (15.64%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.50%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (6.15%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.03%) Redis
4 9 (5.03%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.35%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.79%) Hazelcast
6 5 (2.79%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.68%) Big Data
7 3 (1.68%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.68%) Parquet
8 2 (1.12%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.12%) Power BI
8 2 (1.12%) Tableau
9 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.56%) QlikView
9 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 97 (54.19%) Jenkins
2 50 (27.93%) JIRA
3 25 (13.97%) Git
4 23 (12.85%) GitLab
5 15 (8.38%) Gatling
6 12 (6.70%) Maven
7 11 (6.15%) Selenium
8 10 (5.59%) Bitbucket
8 10 (5.59%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (3.35%) Artifactory
9 6 (3.35%) Cucumber
9 6 (3.35%) JMeter
10 5 (2.79%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.79%) Gradle
10 5 (2.79%) REST Assured
10 5 (2.79%) Serenity BDD
11 4 (2.23%) JUnit
11 4 (2.23%) MSBuild
11 4 (2.23%) Snyk
11 4 (2.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.99%) Finance
3 18 (10.06%) Banking
3 18 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.12%) Law
7 1 (0.56%) Legal
7 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.56%) Military
7 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (25.14%) Developer
2 25 (13.97%) Senior
3 22 (12.29%) Lead
4 20 (11.17%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (10.06%) Java Developer
6 13 (7.26%) Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.70%) Architect
8 11 (6.15%) Software Engineer
9 10 (5.59%) Network Engineer
9 10 (5.59%) Python Engineer
10 9 (5.03%) GCP DevOps
10 9 (5.03%) Senior Developer
10 9 (5.03%) Test Engineer
11 8 (4.47%) Python Developer
12 7 (3.91%) .NET Developer
12 7 (3.91%) IAM Developer
12 7 (3.91%) Lead Test Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Senior Java Developer
13 6 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
13 6 (3.35%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.20%) REST
2 27 (15.08%) Kafka
3 19 (10.61%) Playwright
4 16 (8.94%) React
5 15 (8.38%) Spring
5 15 (8.38%) Spring Boot
6 14 (7.82%) .NET
7 13 (7.26%) HTML
8 12 (6.70%) OpenTelemetry
9 10 (5.59%) JSON
9 10 (5.59%) Web Services
10 9 (5.03%) OAuth
10 9 (5.03%) RESTful
11 8 (4.47%) JPA
11 8 (4.47%) JWT
12 7 (3.91%) OAuth2
12 7 (3.91%) YAML
13 6 (3.35%) .NET Core
13 6 (3.35%) AngularJS
13 6 (3.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 37 (20.67%) Cloud Native
2 14 (7.82%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.59%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.91%) NHS
5 7 (3.91%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.35%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.23%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.23%) Replication
9 3 (1.68%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.68%) Autonomous Agent
9 3 (1.68%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.12%) EMC VMAX
10 2 (1.12%) EMC VNX
10 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.70%) Linux
2 10 (5.59%) Windows
3 4 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.12%) AIX
4 2 (1.12%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.12%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.12%) MVS
4 2 (1.12%) zOS
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Solaris
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (74.30%) CI/CD
2 112 (62.57%) DevOps
3 80 (44.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 57 (31.84%) Observability
5 50 (27.93%) Agile
6 36 (20.11%) Test Automation
7 33 (18.44%) Platform Engineering
8 30 (16.76%) Microservices
9 26 (14.53%) Software Engineering
10 23 (12.85%) Containerisation
11 22 (12.29%) Roadmaps
12 19 (10.61%) API Development
12 19 (10.61%) Cloud Security
13 18 (10.06%) Event-Driven
14 17 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (9.50%) SDLC
14 17 (9.50%) Validation
15 16 (8.94%) AI
15 16 (8.94%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 98 (54.75%) Python
2 44 (24.58%) Java
3 38 (21.23%) SQL
4 35 (19.55%) PowerShell
5 34 (18.99%) Bash
6 22 (12.29%) JavaScript
7 11 (6.15%) Kotlin
7 11 (6.15%) Scala
8 9 (5.03%) TypeScript
9 8 (4.47%) ActionScript
10 7 (3.91%) C#
11 6 (3.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.23%) REXX
13 3 (1.68%) Bicep
13 3 (1.68%) Groovy
13 3 (1.68%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.12%) JCL
14 2 (1.12%) PromQL
15 1 (0.56%) Perl
15 1 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (21.23%) Security Cleared
2 32 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.79%) Degree
5 4 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.23%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.23%) OCP
5 4 (2.23%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.12%) GSEC
7 2 (1.12%) NCDA
7 2 (1.12%) NCIE
7 2 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CISSP
8 1 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.56%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.56%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.15%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.91%) QA
3 5 (2.79%) GDPR
3 5 (2.79%) HL7
3 5 (2.79%) WCAG
4 4 (2.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.12%) NIST
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 44 (24.58%) Docker
2 13 (7.26%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.03%) vSphere
4 7 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.91%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.23%) NFS
7 3 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (1.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.12%) SRDF
8 2 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 99 (55.31%) Terraform
2 65 (36.31%) Kubernetes
3 43 (24.02%) Ansible
4 27 (15.08%) Grafana
5 17 (9.50%) Prometheus
6 16 (8.94%) Argo
7 9 (5.03%) HAProxy
7 9 (5.03%) vCenter Server
8 7 (3.91%) NetBackup
9 5 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.79%) Puppet
9 5 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.68%) Kustomize
10 3 (1.68%) Packer
11 2 (1.12%) Consul
11 2 (1.12%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (1.12%) SnapMirror
11 2 (1.12%) SnapVault
11 2 (1.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 31 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.17%) Google
3 14 (7.82%) Splunk
4 13 (7.26%) Red Hat
5 11 (6.15%) IBM
6 9 (5.03%) Databricks
6 9 (5.03%) F5
6 9 (5.03%) Pure Storage
6 9 (5.03%) VMware
7 8 (4.47%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.79%) Brocade
8 5 (2.79%) Centrify
8 5 (2.79%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.79%) Veritas
9 4 (2.23%) Broadcom
9 4 (2.23%) Cisco
9 4 (2.23%) Commvault
9 4 (2.23%) Dell
9 4 (2.23%) New Relic
10 3 (1.68%) EMC