GitHub Job Trends in England

GitHub
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GitHub skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 115 202
Rank change year-on-year -26 +87 -9
Permanent jobs citing GitHub 868 1,202 848
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.62% 2.50% 1.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.62% 6.85% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 703 505 688
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £48,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -10.34% +4.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £98,750 £116,250
UK median annual salary £55,200 £62,500 £71,500
% change year-on-year -11.68% -12.59% +4.36%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

GitHub falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,786 17,542 20,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.02% 36.55% 39.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,461 10,395 17,571
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,377 £47,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GitHub job vacancy trend in England

GitHub
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitHub.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitHub

GitHub
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub in England over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GitHub in England

GitHub
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the England region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +17 337 £77,500 -3.13% 223
North of England +26 228 £30,500 -55.15% 183
Yorkshire -19 108 £30,500 -55.15% 83
South East -96 93 £55,000 -8.33% 289
North West +29 85 £30,500 -56.43% 75
South West +22 85 £52,500 -19.23% 110
Midlands -35 69 £44,000 -20.00% 97
West Midlands +11 57 £31,000 -52.31% 40
North East +30 35 £30,500 -55.64% 28
East of England -69 21 £31,000 -34.74% 132
East Midlands -59 12 £57,600 +64.57% 55
GitHub
UK

GitHub
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 25 (2.88%) WordPress
2 19 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.61%) Confluence
4 7 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.81%) CMS
5 6 (0.69%) Apache
6 5 (0.58%) nginx
7 4 (0.46%) Appian
7 4 (0.46%) IIS
7 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.23%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.23%) Moodle
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.58%) Adobe XD
4 5 (0.58%) InVision
4 5 (0.58%) Sketch
5 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.46%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.04%) Shopify
2 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.23%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.23%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.12%) Actimize
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) Endur
5 1 (0.12%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 573 (66.01%) Azure
2 497 (57.26%) AWS
3 266 (30.65%) GitHub Actions
4 211 (24.31%) Azure DevOps
5 112 (12.90%) GCP
6 102 (11.75%) Serverless
7 61 (7.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 58 (6.68%) SaaS
9 57 (6.57%) AWS Lambda
10 44 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 44 (5.07%) GitHub Copilot
11 43 (4.95%) Amazon S3
12 42 (4.84%) Datadog
13 40 (4.61%) Power Platform
14 35 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
15 32 (3.69%) Azure AKS
16 28 (3.23%) AWS Step Functions
17 26 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
18 23 (2.65%) Entra ID
19 22 (2.53%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 236 (27.19%) Internet
2 32 (3.69%) Firewall
3 22 (2.53%) WAN
4 19 (2.19%) HTTP
4 19 (2.19%) VPN
5 13 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.27%) DNS
7 10 (1.15%) Fibre Channel
7 10 (1.15%) Network Security
8 7 (0.81%) 5G
8 7 (0.81%) Multicast
8 7 (0.81%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.58%) LAN
10 4 (0.46%) DSL
10 4 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.46%) SAN
11 1 (0.12%) Broadband
11 1 (0.12%) RTP
11 1 (0.12%) VoIP
11 1 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 65 (7.49%) NoSQL
3 54 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (3.80%) BigQuery
4 33 (3.80%) DynamoDB
5 32 (3.69%) MongoDB
6 30 (3.46%) Power BI
7 28 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (2.88%) MySQL
9 18 (2.07%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.96%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.61%) Tableau
12 12 (1.38%) Pinecone
12 12 (1.38%) Redis
13 11 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.15%) Flink
14 10 (1.15%) Metadata
15 9 (1.04%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 396 (45.62%) Git
2 155 (17.86%) Jenkins
3 53 (6.11%) GitLab
4 45 (5.18%) JIRA
5 23 (2.65%) Selenium
5 23 (2.65%) Visual Studio
6 20 (2.30%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.38%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.38%) JUnit
8 11 (1.27%) LabVIEW
8 11 (1.27%) Vite
9 10 (1.15%) CircleCI
9 10 (1.15%) Postman
10 9 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.92%) JMeter
11 8 (0.92%) Storybook
12 7 (0.81%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (0.69%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.69%) git-flow
13 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
General
1 235 (27.07%) Multimedia
2 187 (21.54%) Social Skills
3 145 (16.71%) Finance
4 50 (5.76%) Banking
5 46 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (4.15%) Retail
7 24 (2.76%) Marketing
8 23 (2.65%) Telecoms
9 21 (2.42%) Public Sector
10 16 (1.84%) Law
11 14 (1.61%) Electronics
11 14 (1.61%) Front Office
11 14 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.04%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.92%) Advertising
14 8 (0.92%) Back Office
14 8 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 321 (36.98%) Developer
2 235 (27.07%) Trainee
3 151 (17.40%) Senior
4 132 (15.21%) Software Developer
5 109 (12.56%) Trainee Developer
5 109 (12.56%) Trainee Software Developer
6 87 (10.02%) DevOps Engineer
7 73 (8.41%) Senior Developer
8 59 (6.80%) Lead
9 54 (6.22%) Software Engineer
10 43 (4.95%) Platform Engineer
11 41 (4.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 41 (4.72%) Python Developer
12 37 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 34 (3.92%) Architect
14 30 (3.46%) Azure Engineer
15 28 (3.23%) Administrator
16 27 (3.11%) Data Engineer
17 26 (3.00%) .NET Developer
17 26 (3.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (39.06%) HTML
2 337 (38.82%) CSS
3 147 (16.94%) React
4 112 (12.90%) .NET
5 86 (9.91%) Node.js
6 68 (7.83%) REST
7 50 (5.76%) RESTful
8 47 (5.41%) AngularJS
9 44 (5.07%) YAML
10 40 (4.61%) Vue
11 37 (4.26%) Django
12 35 (4.03%) ASP.NET
13 33 (3.80%) FastAPI
14 32 (3.69%) Flask
14 32 (3.69%) pytest
15 31 (3.57%) .NET Core
16 27 (3.11%) AWS CDK
16 27 (3.11%) Kafka
17 26 (3.00%) Blazor
17 26 (3.00%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.21%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.53%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.11%) Mobile App
4 23 (2.65%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.50%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.50%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.27%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.27%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.04%) Derivative
12 9 (1.04%) Equities
13 8 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (0.81%) Self-Driving Car
15 6 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.69%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.03%) Linux
2 40 (4.61%) Windows
3 19 (2.19%) VMS
4 16 (1.84%) Unix
5 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.69%) Android
6 6 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.58%) zOS
8 3 (0.35%) SUSE
8 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (49.65%) CI/CD
2 372 (42.86%) DevOps
3 304 (35.02%) Mentoring
4 234 (26.96%) Infrastructure as Code
5 233 (26.84%) Agile
6 221 (25.46%) Cybersecurity
7 162 (18.66%) Containerisation
8 154 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
9 135 (15.55%) AI
10 114 (13.13%) Software Engineering
11 101 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (11.29%) Test Automation
13 97 (11.18%) Full-Stack Development
14 87 (10.02%) Microservices
15 86 (9.91%) Analytics
16 81 (9.33%) Front End Development
17 78 (8.99%) Computer Science
17 78 (8.99%) Observability
18 77 (8.87%) Clean Code
19 60 (6.91%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 528 (60.83%) Python
2 375 (43.20%) JavaScript
3 177 (20.39%) SQL
4 126 (14.52%) R
5 108 (12.44%) TypeScript
6 87 (10.02%) Bash
7 81 (9.33%) Java
8 77 (8.87%) C#
9 74 (8.53%) PowerShell
10 41 (4.72%) Bicep
11 39 (4.49%) Go
12 15 (1.73%) C++
13 13 (1.50%) PHP
14 11 (1.27%) MATLAB
14 11 (1.27%) T-SQL
15 10 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.15%) Ruby
16 9 (1.04%) Scala
17 8 (0.92%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.81%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 268 (30.88%) Azure Certification
2 261 (30.07%) AWS Certification
3 244 (28.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 235 (27.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 95 (10.94%) Degree
6 49 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (5.65%) Security Cleared
7 41 (4.72%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.27%) AWS Certified Developer
9 11 (1.27%) HND
10 7 (0.81%) CISSP
10 7 (0.81%) CREST Certified
10 7 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.81%) SANS
11 6 (0.69%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.46%) MCP
13 4 (0.46%) OSCP
13 4 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (6.80%) QA
2 40 (4.61%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.80%) GDPR
4 25 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (2.65%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.84%) SOC 2
7 14 (1.61%) WCAG
8 8 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.58%) PERC
11 4 (0.46%) GRC
11 4 (0.46%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) NIST
13 2 (0.23%) ECSS
13 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 219 (25.23%) Docker
2 22 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.81%) NFS
6 5 (0.58%) Time Sharing Option
6 5 (0.58%) vSphere
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 250 (28.80%) Terraform
2 202 (23.27%) Kubernetes
3 74 (8.53%) Ansible
4 56 (6.45%) Grafana
5 54 (6.22%) Prometheus
6 27 (3.11%) Argo
7 5 (0.58%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.46%) Cilium
8 4 (0.46%) logstash
8 4 (0.46%) Rancher
9 3 (0.35%) Control-M
9 3 (0.35%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.23%) Nagios
10 2 (0.23%) Puppet
10 2 (0.23%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.12%) Istio
11 1 (0.12%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 337 (38.82%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.41%) Google
3 26 (3.00%) Databricks
4 25 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.65%) VMware
6 21 (2.42%) OpenAI
7 14 (1.61%) Oracle
8 13 (1.50%) Splunk
9 10 (1.15%) Informatica
9 10 (1.15%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.15%) Zscaler
10 9 (1.04%) IBM
10 9 (1.04%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.81%) Cisco
11 7 (0.81%) Commvault
11 7 (0.81%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.81%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.81%) SAP
11 7 (0.81%) Syncfusion
11 7 (0.81%) Telerik