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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 57 48
Rank change year-on-year +17 -9 +44
Contract jobs citing GitHub 175 66 55
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 6.13% 4.00% 3.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.17% 10.49% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 37 46
10th Percentile £399 £280 £368
25th Percentile £436 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +8.11% -21.28%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £591
90th Percentile £576 £600 £641
England median daily rate £525 £523 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -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 1,019 629 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.67% 38.10% 35.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 412 361
10th Percentile £313 £235 £300
25th Percentile £413 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% -4.90% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £573
90th Percentile £675 £608 £650
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 5
10th Percentile £13.45 - £15.58
25th Percentile £14.41 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -90.50% +852.38% -6.71%
75th Percentile £32.50 - £22.00
90th Percentile £35.00 - £26.05
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.29%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +35 97 £475 -5.00% 50
South Yorkshire +10 77 £500 - 19
East Yorkshire -2 2 - - 2
North Yorkshire -10 2 £473 - 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 30 (17.14%) Confluence
2 7 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.71%) nginx
4 2 (1.14%) Apache
4 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.14%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.57%) FactoryTalk
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 83 (47.43%) GitHub Actions
2 77 (44.00%) AWS
3 76 (43.43%) Azure
4 49 (28.00%) GCP
5 31 (17.71%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (10.29%) IaaS
7 14 (8.00%) Serverless
8 12 (6.86%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (6.86%) Microsoft Copilot
9 11 (6.29%) Amazon S3
10 10 (5.71%) Power Platform
11 9 (5.14%) Apigee
11 9 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (5.14%) Entra ID
12 8 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (4.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (4.00%) Kong
13 7 (4.00%) Power Automate
13 7 (4.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.14%) DNS
1 16 (9.14%) Firewall
2 11 (6.29%) BIG-IP
2 11 (6.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 11 (6.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 6 (3.43%) VLAN
4 5 (2.86%) Network Security
4 5 (2.86%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.71%) SSL
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.57%) DMZ
6 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.57%) Internet
6 1 (0.57%) Intranet
6 1 (0.57%) Modbus
6 1 (0.57%) NAS
6 1 (0.57%) SAN
6 1 (0.57%) VPN
6 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.71%) Redis
4 9 (5.14%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.14%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.86%) Big Data
5 5 (2.86%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.86%) Hazelcast
5 5 (2.86%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.29%) Power BI
7 3 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.71%) Tableau
8 2 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.14%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.14%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.14%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 78 (44.57%) Jenkins
2 54 (30.86%) JIRA
3 30 (17.14%) Git
4 21 (12.00%) GitLab
5 14 (8.00%) Bitbucket
6 11 (6.29%) Gatling
6 11 (6.29%) Selenium
7 10 (5.71%) Cucumber
7 10 (5.71%) Maven
7 10 (5.71%) Sonatype Nexus
8 9 (5.14%) JMeter
9 6 (3.43%) REST Assured
10 5 (2.86%) Claude Code
10 5 (2.86%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.86%) Gradle
10 5 (2.86%) JUnit
10 5 (2.86%) LoadRunner
10 5 (2.86%) Postman
11 4 (2.29%) Serenity BDD
11 4 (2.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.14%) Finance
3 20 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.71%) Banking
5 15 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.14%) 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
6 2 (1.14%) Legal
7 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (27.43%) Developer
2 31 (17.71%) Senior
3 23 (13.14%) Lead
4 19 (10.86%) Java Developer
5 17 (9.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (6.29%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Architect
7 10 (5.71%) Network Engineer
7 10 (5.71%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.14%) Python Developer
9 8 (4.57%) IAM Developer
9 8 (4.57%) Python Engineer
9 8 (4.57%) Test Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (4.00%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (4.00%) Senior Java Developer
10 7 (4.00%) Software Engineer
11 6 (3.43%) .NET Developer
11 6 (3.43%) GCP DevOps
11 6 (3.43%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (46.29%) Terraform
2 31 (17.71%) REST
3 29 (16.57%) Kafka
4 19 (10.86%) Playwright
5 18 (10.29%) HTML
5 18 (10.29%) React
6 15 (8.57%) Spring
6 15 (8.57%) Spring Boot
7 13 (7.43%) AngularJS
8 12 (6.86%) .NET
9 11 (6.29%) RESTful
10 9 (5.14%) OAuth
11 8 (4.57%) Jest
11 8 (4.57%) JPA
11 8 (4.57%) JWT
11 8 (4.57%) Node.js
11 8 (4.57%) Web Services
12 7 (4.00%) FHIR
12 7 (4.00%) OpenTelemetry
12 7 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.71%) Cloud Native
2 16 (9.14%) Data Centre
3 14 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (6.86%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (5.14%) Public Cloud
6 7 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.43%) AI Agents
7 6 (3.43%) NHS
7 6 (3.43%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.29%) Autonomous Agent
8 4 (2.29%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.29%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.14%) Replication
11 1 (0.57%) Clustering
11 1 (0.57%) PKI
11 1 (0.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.43%) Linux
2 9 (5.14%) Windows
3 3 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.14%) AIX
4 2 (1.14%) Android
4 2 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.14%) MVS
4 2 (1.14%) zOS
5 1 (0.57%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.57%) Solaris
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (77.14%) CI/CD
2 98 (56.00%) DevOps
3 76 (43.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 67 (38.29%) Agile
5 58 (33.14%) Observability
6 41 (23.43%) Test Automation
7 39 (22.29%) Microservices
8 29 (16.57%) Platform Engineering
9 27 (15.43%) Software Engineering
10 23 (13.14%) API Development
11 22 (12.57%) AI
12 20 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (11.43%) Full-Stack Development
12 20 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (11.43%) SDLC
12 20 (11.43%) Validation
13 18 (10.29%) Event-Driven
13 18 (10.29%) Roadmaps
13 18 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (10.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 85 (48.57%) Python
2 48 (27.43%) SQL
3 45 (25.71%) Java
4 39 (22.29%) PowerShell
5 32 (18.29%) JavaScript
6 18 (10.29%) Bash
7 15 (8.57%) TypeScript
8 14 (8.00%) Kotlin
9 11 (6.29%) ActionScript
10 9 (5.14%) C#
11 7 (4.00%) Scala
12 6 (3.43%) Bicep
13 4 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (2.29%) REXX
14 2 (1.14%) Groovy
14 2 (1.14%) JCL
14 2 (1.14%) PromQL
14 2 (1.14%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.57%) Go
15 1 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.00%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.86%) Degree
6 4 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.14%) GSEC
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
8 1 (0.57%) NCDA
8 1 (0.57%) NCIE
8 1 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.43%) Accessibility
2 12 (6.86%) QA
3 8 (4.57%) GDPR
4 6 (3.43%) HL7
5 5 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.86%) WCAG
6 4 (2.29%) NIST
7 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.57%) GRC
8 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (20.57%) Docker
2 16 (9.14%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.71%) NFS
6 2 (1.14%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.57%) SRDF
7 1 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (30.29%) Kubernetes
2 26 (14.86%) Ansible
3 21 (12.00%) Grafana
4 15 (8.57%) Prometheus
5 8 (4.57%) Argo
6 5 (2.86%) HAProxy
6 5 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.29%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.29%) Packer
8 2 (1.14%) Consul
8 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.14%) Tivoli NetView
8 2 (1.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (1.14%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.57%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.57%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.57%) QRadar
9 1 (0.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.57%) Google
3 13 (7.43%) IBM
4 12 (6.86%) Dynatrace
5 11 (6.29%) F5
6 10 (5.71%) Databricks
6 10 (5.71%) Splunk
7 6 (3.43%) Centrify
7 6 (3.43%) CyberArk
8 5 (2.86%) New Relic
9 4 (2.29%) Broadcom
10 3 (1.71%) Brio
10 3 (1.71%) Brocade
10 3 (1.71%) Dell
10 3 (1.71%) Fujitsu
11 2 (1.14%) Cisco
11 2 (1.14%) Oracle
11 2 (1.14%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.14%) SAP
11 2 (1.14%) Solace