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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 61 50
Rank change year-on-year +22 -11 +46
Contract jobs citing GitHub 169 59 56
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 5.86% 3.79% 3.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.36% 10.23% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 38 46
10th Percentile £377 £280 £368
25th Percentile £424 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £599
90th Percentile £575 £633 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -10.64%

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 1,033 577 528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.79% 37.06% 35.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 384 364
10th Percentile £302 £235 £288
25th Percentile £413 £362 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -6.19%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £567
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 5
10th Percentile £13.45 - -
25th Percentile £14.97 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -90.50% +809.09% +3.51%
75th Percentile £35.00 - -
90th Percentile £38.38 - £26.05
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

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 September 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 September 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 89 £473 -5.45% 50
South Yorkshire +4 77 £504 -1.76% 18
East Yorkshire -2 2 - - 4
North Yorkshire -9 2 £475 - 8
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 (17.75%) Confluence
2 7 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.78%) nginx
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
4 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.18%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.59%) FactoryTalk
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 81 (47.93%) GitHub Actions
2 74 (43.79%) AWS
3 69 (40.83%) Azure
4 45 (26.63%) GCP
5 28 (16.57%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (9.47%) IaaS
6 16 (9.47%) Serverless
7 12 (7.10%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (6.51%) Amazon S3
8 11 (6.51%) Apigee
9 10 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (5.92%) Power Platform
10 9 (5.33%) Entra ID
10 9 (5.33%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (4.73%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (4.14%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (4.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (4.14%) Kong
12 7 (4.14%) Power Automate
12 7 (4.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.06%) DNS
2 14 (8.28%) Firewall
3 11 (6.51%) BIG-IP
3 11 (6.51%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 11 (6.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (3.55%) VLAN
5 5 (2.96%) Network Security
5 5 (2.96%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.78%) NAS
6 3 (1.78%) SAN
6 3 (1.78%) SSL
7 2 (1.18%) VSAN
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.59%) DMZ
8 1 (0.59%) Internet
8 1 (0.59%) Intranet
8 1 (0.59%) Modbus
8 1 (0.59%) VPN
8 1 (0.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.61%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.92%) Redis
4 9 (5.33%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.33%) Relational Database
5 8 (4.73%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.96%) Hazelcast
6 5 (2.96%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.37%) Big Data
8 3 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.78%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.78%) Power BI
9 2 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.18%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.18%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.18%) Parquet
9 2 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 80 (47.34%) Jenkins
2 51 (30.18%) JIRA
3 25 (14.79%) Git
4 23 (13.61%) GitLab
5 12 (7.10%) Bitbucket
6 10 (5.92%) Gatling
6 10 (5.92%) Selenium
6 10 (5.92%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (5.33%) Maven
8 7 (4.14%) Cucumber
8 7 (4.14%) JMeter
9 5 (2.96%) Cypress.io
9 5 (2.96%) Gradle
9 5 (2.96%) REST Assured
10 4 (2.37%) JUnit
10 4 (2.37%) LoadRunner
10 4 (2.37%) MSBuild
10 4 (2.37%) Serenity BDD
10 4 (2.37%) Snyk
10 4 (2.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.30%) Finance
3 17 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.06%) Banking
3 17 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.18%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (1.18%) Law
5 2 (1.18%) Legal
6 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (26.04%) Developer
2 26 (15.38%) Senior
3 20 (11.83%) Lead
4 18 (10.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (10.65%) Java Developer
5 12 (7.10%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (5.92%) Architect
6 10 (5.92%) Network Engineer
6 10 (5.92%) Senior Developer
6 10 (5.92%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.73%) IAM Developer
7 8 (4.73%) Python Developer
7 8 (4.73%) Python Engineer
7 8 (4.73%) Test Engineer
8 7 (4.14%) Senior Java Developer
9 6 (3.55%) .NET Developer
9 6 (3.55%) GCP DevOps
9 6 (3.55%) Lead Test Engineer
10 5 (2.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (53.25%) Terraform
2 29 (17.16%) Kafka
3 27 (15.98%) REST
4 16 (9.47%) React
5 15 (8.88%) Playwright
5 15 (8.88%) Spring
5 15 (8.88%) Spring Boot
6 14 (8.28%) HTML
7 12 (7.10%) .NET
8 10 (5.92%) JSON
9 9 (5.33%) OAuth
9 9 (5.33%) RESTful
10 8 (4.73%) JPA
10 8 (4.73%) JWT
10 8 (4.73%) Web Services
11 7 (4.14%) AngularJS
11 7 (4.14%) ASP.NET
11 7 (4.14%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (4.14%) SailPoint
11 7 (4.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.12%) Cloud Native
2 17 (10.06%) Data Centre
3 13 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.92%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.14%) NHS
5 7 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.55%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.96%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.96%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.96%) Product Ownership
8 4 (2.37%) Autonomous Agent
8 4 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.37%) Replication
9 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.18%) EMC VMAX
10 2 (1.18%) EMC VNX
10 2 (1.18%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.69%) Linux
2 9 (5.33%) Windows
3 3 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.18%) AIX
4 2 (1.18%) Android
4 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.18%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.18%) MVS
4 2 (1.18%) zOS
5 1 (0.59%) Solaris
5 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (75.15%) CI/CD
2 100 (59.17%) DevOps
3 80 (47.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 59 (34.91%) Observability
5 56 (33.14%) Agile
6 32 (18.93%) Platform Engineering
6 32 (18.93%) Test Automation
7 31 (18.34%) Microservices
8 28 (16.57%) Software Engineering
9 21 (12.43%) API Development
9 21 (12.43%) SDLC
10 20 (11.83%) Event-Driven
10 20 (11.83%) Roadmaps
11 19 (11.24%) Cloud Security
11 19 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (11.24%) Validation
12 17 (10.06%) AI
12 17 (10.06%) Full-Stack Development
12 17 (10.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 87 (51.48%) Python
2 42 (24.85%) Java
2 42 (24.85%) SQL
3 37 (21.89%) PowerShell
4 25 (14.79%) JavaScript
5 19 (11.24%) Bash
6 13 (7.69%) Kotlin
7 11 (6.51%) ActionScript
7 11 (6.51%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.14%) Scala
9 6 (3.55%) Bicep
9 6 (3.55%) C#
10 4 (2.37%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (2.37%) REXX
11 3 (1.78%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.18%) Groovy
12 2 (1.18%) JCL
12 2 (1.18%) PromQL
13 1 (0.59%) Perl
13 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (18.34%) Security Cleared
2 26 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.55%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.96%) Degree
6 4 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.18%) GSEC
7 2 (1.18%) NCDA
7 2 (1.18%) NCIE
7 2 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.59%) CISSP
8 1 (0.59%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.59%) CSSLP
8 1 (0.59%) GIAC
8 1 (0.59%) OCP
8 1 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.51%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.33%) QA
3 6 (3.55%) GDPR
4 5 (2.96%) HL7
4 5 (2.96%) WCAG
5 4 (2.37%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.37%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.78%) NIST
7 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.59%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (21.30%) Docker
2 15 (8.88%) Active Directory
3 7 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.37%) NFS
6 3 (1.78%) vSphere
7 2 (1.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (1.18%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.18%) SRDF
7 2 (1.18%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 56 (33.14%) Kubernetes
2 31 (18.34%) Ansible
3 22 (13.02%) Grafana
4 17 (10.06%) Prometheus
5 10 (5.92%) Argo
6 5 (2.96%) HAProxy
6 5 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.37%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.37%) Packer
8 3 (1.78%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.18%) Consul
9 2 (1.18%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.18%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (1.18%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.18%) SnapMirror
9 2 (1.18%) SnapVault
9 2 (1.18%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 28 (16.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.47%) Google
3 11 (6.51%) F5
3 11 (6.51%) IBM
4 10 (5.92%) Databricks
5 9 (5.33%) Dynatrace
5 9 (5.33%) Splunk
6 6 (3.55%) Centrify
6 6 (3.55%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.96%) Brocade
8 4 (2.37%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.37%) Cisco
8 4 (2.37%) Dell
8 4 (2.37%) New Relic
8 4 (2.37%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.78%) EMC
9 3 (1.78%) NetApp
9 3 (1.78%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.78%) VMware
10 2 (1.18%) Brio