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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 62 58
Rank change year-on-year +27 -4 +18
Contract jobs citing GitHub 187 45 48
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 6.54% 3.32% 2.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.27% 9.15% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 34 34
10th Percentile £366 £367 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £558
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -6.77% +6.19%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £625
90th Percentile £575 £696 £649
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £26.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +138.25% -62.14% -9.68%

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 1,083 492 522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.87% 36.31% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 700 338 362
10th Percentile £313 £263 £263
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £542 £575
90th Percentile £676 £614 £645
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £27.82 £13.48
25th Percentile £23.00 £30.17 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.96 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +119.73% -33.36%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.48 £21.50
90th Percentile - £79.33 £22.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +29 95 £481 -3.75% 25
South Yorkshire +6 88 £500 -3.80% 7
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
North Yorkshire -9 1 £550 - 2
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 36 (19.25%) Confluence
2 10 (5.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.07%) nginx
4 2 (1.07%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (41.18%) GitHub Actions
2 68 (36.36%) AWS
3 56 (29.95%) Azure
4 46 (24.60%) GCP
5 23 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (11.23%) OpenShift
7 15 (8.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 13 (6.95%) Apigee
8 13 (6.95%) Serverless
9 11 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (5.35%) IaaS
10 10 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (4.81%) Power Platform
12 8 (4.28%) Amazon S3
12 8 (4.28%) Azure Key Vault
12 8 (4.28%) Entra ID
12 8 (4.28%) PowerApps
13 7 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (3.74%) Power Automate
14 6 (3.21%) CloudBees
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.83%) DNS
2 13 (6.95%) Firewall
3 8 (4.28%) BIG-IP
3 8 (4.28%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 8 (4.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (3.21%) Network Security
5 5 (2.67%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.67%) VLAN
5 5 (2.67%) VPN
6 4 (2.14%) NAS
6 4 (2.14%) SAN
7 3 (1.60%) SSL
8 2 (1.07%) VSAN
9 1 (0.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (13.90%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (6.42%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.81%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.21%) Redis
6 5 (2.67%) DynamoDB
7 4 (2.14%) Hazelcast
7 4 (2.14%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.60%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.60%) Parquet
9 2 (1.07%) Power BI
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.53%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 123 (65.78%) Jenkins
2 53 (28.34%) JIRA
3 22 (11.76%) GitLab
4 19 (10.16%) Git
5 17 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
6 16 (8.56%) Gatling
7 11 (5.88%) Maven
8 9 (4.81%) Bitbucket
8 9 (4.81%) Selenium
9 7 (3.74%) REST Assured
9 7 (3.74%) Serenity BDD
10 6 (3.21%) Artifactory
11 4 (2.14%) Cucumber
11 4 (2.14%) Gradle
11 4 (2.14%) JUnit
11 4 (2.14%) MSBuild
11 4 (2.14%) Snyk
11 4 (2.14%) Visual Studio
12 2 (1.07%) Claude Code
12 2 (1.07%) JMeter
General
1 54 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.18%) Finance
3 21 (11.23%) Banking
4 16 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.07%) Law
7 2 (1.07%) Military
8 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (21.39%) Developer
2 25 (13.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (12.83%) Senior
4 20 (10.70%) Architect
4 20 (10.70%) Platform Engineer
5 17 (9.09%) Lead
6 14 (7.49%) Java Developer
7 13 (6.95%) GCP Engineer
8 10 (5.35%) GCP DevOps
8 10 (5.35%) Network Engineer
9 9 (4.81%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.28%) Analyst
10 8 (4.28%) Senior Developer
10 8 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.74%) .NET Developer
11 7 (3.74%) IAM Developer
11 7 (3.74%) Python Developer
11 7 (3.74%) Python Engineer
11 7 (3.74%) Technical Business Analyst
11 7 (3.74%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (14.97%) REST
2 19 (10.16%) Kafka
3 18 (9.63%) Playwright
4 16 (8.56%) OpenTelemetry
5 13 (6.95%) .NET
5 13 (6.95%) Spring
5 13 (6.95%) Spring Boot
6 10 (5.35%) HTML
7 9 (4.81%) React
8 8 (4.28%) JSON
8 8 (4.28%) Web Services
9 7 (3.74%) OAuth
9 7 (3.74%) OpenAPI
9 7 (3.74%) Spring Cloud
9 7 (3.74%) Swagger
9 7 (3.74%) YAML
10 6 (3.21%) Flask
10 6 (3.21%) JWT
10 6 (3.21%) OAuth2
10 6 (3.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 40 (21.39%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.02%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (4.28%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.28%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.74%) NHS
5 7 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.67%) Replication
8 3 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.60%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.07%) CMDB
9 2 (1.07%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.07%) EMC VMAX
9 2 (1.07%) EMC VNX
9 2 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.07%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.56%) Linux
2 11 (5.88%) Windows
3 5 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.07%) AIX
4 2 (1.07%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.07%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.07%) MVS
4 2 (1.07%) zOS
5 1 (0.53%) Solaris
5 1 (0.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (78.07%) CI/CD
2 123 (65.78%) DevOps
3 75 (40.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (27.81%) Observability
5 44 (23.53%) Agile
6 34 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
7 33 (17.65%) Migration
8 31 (16.58%) Test Automation
9 28 (14.97%) Containerisation
9 28 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (14.44%) Microservices
11 24 (12.83%) Cloud Security
12 23 (12.30%) High Availability
12 23 (12.30%) Software Engineering
13 20 (10.70%) Roadmaps
14 18 (9.63%) API Development
14 18 (9.63%) Performance Optimisation
14 18 (9.63%) RBAC
15 17 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
15 17 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 109 (58.29%) Python
2 43 (22.99%) Bash
3 35 (18.72%) Java
3 35 (18.72%) PowerShell
4 31 (16.58%) SQL
5 15 (8.02%) JavaScript
6 11 (5.88%) Scala
7 10 (5.35%) Kotlin
8 8 (4.28%) ActionScript
9 6 (3.21%) Groovy
9 6 (3.21%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.67%) C#
11 4 (2.14%) REXX
12 3 (1.60%) Bicep
12 3 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.60%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.07%) JCL
13 2 (1.07%) PromQL
14 1 (0.53%) Perl
14 1 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (14.44%) Security Cleared
2 21 (11.23%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.14%) Degree
4 4 (2.14%) OCP
4 4 (2.14%) Oracle Certification
5 3 (1.60%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.07%) CISSP
6 2 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.07%) GSEC
6 2 (1.07%) NCDA
6 2 (1.07%) NCIE
6 2 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.53%) CISM
7 1 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.53%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.53%) GIAC
7 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.95%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.21%) QA
3 5 (2.67%) GDPR
3 5 (2.67%) WCAG
4 4 (2.14%) HL7
5 2 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 39 (20.86%) Docker
2 17 (9.09%) vSphere
3 15 (8.02%) VMware NSX
4 11 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (5.35%) Active Directory
6 5 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (2.14%) NFS
7 4 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.07%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.07%) SRDF
8 2 (1.07%) Time Sharing Option
8 2 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 101 (54.01%) Terraform
2 69 (36.90%) Kubernetes
3 63 (33.69%) Ansible
4 26 (13.90%) Grafana
5 23 (12.30%) Argo
6 17 (9.09%) vCenter Server
7 16 (8.56%) Prometheus
8 9 (4.81%) HAProxy
9 8 (4.28%) NetBackup
10 7 (3.74%) Istio
11 6 (3.21%) Puppet
12 5 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.60%) Packer
14 2 (1.07%) Consul
14 2 (1.07%) EMC VPLEX
14 2 (1.07%) SnapMirror
14 2 (1.07%) SnapVault
14 2 (1.07%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 28 (14.97%) Google
1 28 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.76%) Splunk
3 20 (10.70%) Red Hat
4 17 (9.09%) Pure Storage
4 17 (9.09%) VMware
5 9 (4.81%) F5
5 9 (4.81%) Sonatype
6 7 (3.74%) Databricks
7 6 (3.21%) Brocade
7 6 (3.21%) Dynatrace
7 6 (3.21%) IBM
7 6 (3.21%) Veritas
8 5 (2.67%) Commvault
9 4 (2.14%) Broadcom
9 4 (2.14%) Cisco
9 4 (2.14%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.14%) Dell
9 4 (2.14%) EMC
9 4 (2.14%) NetApp