GitHub
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 189 176 133
Rank change year-on-year -13 -43 +109
Permanent jobs citing GitHub 978 2,665 3,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.87% 2.18% 2.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.35% 5.06% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 792 1,496 1,504
10th Percentile £46,306 £41,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,219 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,538 £69,447 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.01% +6.84% +8.33%
75th Percentile £91,934 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% +5.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

GitHub is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,497 52,651 59,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 43.04% 43.08% 47.03%
Number of salaries quoted 17,604 35,422 42,741
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,351 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +4.76% +5.00%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitHub.

Salary trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England -9 808 £72,500 +4.40% 394
Work from Home +6 527 £70,000 +3.70% 235
UK excluding London +2 484 £65,000 +8.33% 213
London -5 403 £90,000 +20.00% 217
North of England +34 150 £69,447 +15.75% 67
South East +33 91 £58,750 -6.00% 68
North West +71 89 £69,447 +16.67% 29
Scotland +35 87 £70,000 +11.63% 13
South West +16 68 £47,557 -20.74% 12
Yorkshire +14 58 £75,669 +15.09% 29
Midlands +27 54 £62,500 - 25
East Midlands +49 27 £62,500 -3.85% 3
West Midlands +23 27 £60,000 +9.09% 22
East of England +67 23 £75,000 +1.69% 21
Wales 0 15 £59,500 -0.83% 7
North East +14 3 £60,000 -14.29% 9
Northern Ireland +6 2 - - 3

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (6.85%) Apache Spark
2 55 (5.62%) Confluence
3 54 (5.52%) Apache
4 31 (3.17%) WebSphere
5 24 (2.45%) Captiva
5 24 (2.45%) FileNet
6 15 (1.53%) SharePoint
7 14 (1.43%) CMS
8 12 (1.23%) Drupal
8 12 (1.23%) Tomcat
9 10 (1.02%) WordPress
10 9 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 8 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
12 5 (0.51%) nginx
12 5 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
13 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.31%) IIS
14 2 (0.20%) Appian
14 2 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
14 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Trello
4 2 (0.20%) Campfire
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Magento
1 3 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 453 (46.32%) Azure
2 413 (42.23%) AWS
3 279 (28.53%) GCP
4 241 (24.64%) GitHub Actions
5 202 (20.65%) Azure DevOps
6 127 (12.99%) Serverless
7 93 (9.51%) PaaS
8 85 (8.69%) SaaS
9 67 (6.85%) Power Platform
10 66 (6.75%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
11 48 (4.91%) AWS CloudFormation
12 47 (4.81%) Azure AKS
12 47 (4.81%) Vertex AI
13 45 (4.60%) OpenShift
14 35 (3.58%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (3.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (3.37%) Amazon S3
16 31 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.09%) Firewall
2 26 (2.66%) DNS
3 10 (1.02%) VPN
4 9 (0.92%) Internet
5 8 (0.82%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.72%) HTTP
7 5 (0.51%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.41%) DHCP
8 4 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.31%) DMZ
9 3 (0.31%) Modbus
9 3 (0.31%) MQTT
9 3 (0.31%) RS-485
10 2 (0.20%) BGP
10 2 (0.20%) IPv6
10 2 (0.20%) OSPF
11 1 (0.10%) 802.11
11 1 (0.10%) GSM
11 1 (0.10%) IPv4
11 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (12.99%) MySQL
2 92 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (7.98%) NoSQL
4 70 (7.16%) Big Data
5 67 (6.85%) Relational Database
6 64 (6.54%) Data Lake
7 62 (6.34%) Power BI
8 54 (5.52%) BigQuery
9 52 (5.32%) Tableau
10 50 (5.11%) SQL Server
11 47 (4.81%) Bigtable
11 47 (4.81%) Looker
12 43 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
13 41 (4.19%) DynamoDB
14 20 (2.04%) SQLite
15 16 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
16 15 (1.53%) MongoDB
17 13 (1.33%) Amazon Aurora
18 12 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
19 9 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 421 (43.05%) Jenkins
2 229 (23.42%) Git
3 165 (16.87%) JIRA
4 117 (11.96%) GitLab
5 65 (6.65%) Selenium
6 57 (5.83%) Cucumber
7 55 (5.62%) Maven
8 42 (4.29%) Bitbucket
9 36 (3.68%) Subversion
10 29 (2.97%) CircleCI
11 28 (2.86%) Postman
12 27 (2.76%) TeamCity
13 26 (2.66%) Oracle Forms
13 26 (2.66%) SonarQube
13 26 (2.66%) Sonatype Nexus
14 25 (2.56%) IntelliJ
14 25 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
14 25 (2.56%) Spinnaker
15 20 (2.04%) Artifactory
16 19 (1.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 393 (40.18%) Finance
2 267 (27.30%) Banking
3 181 (18.51%) Social Skills
4 72 (7.36%) Retail
5 54 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (5.52%) Public Sector
6 53 (5.42%) Investment Banking
7 37 (3.78%) Front Office
8 27 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (1.94%) Law
10 18 (1.84%) Publishing
11 15 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.43%) Marketing
13 13 (1.33%) Health Technology
13 13 (1.33%) Legal
14 12 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
15 10 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.92%) Aviation
17 7 (0.72%) Billing
17 7 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 224 (22.90%) Senior
2 206 (21.06%) DevOps Engineer
3 200 (20.45%) Developer
4 130 (13.29%) Cloud Engineer
5 119 (12.17%) Software Engineer
6 79 (8.08%) Lead
7 75 (7.67%) AWS Engineer
8 72 (7.36%) Senior Developer
9 59 (6.03%) AWS DevOps
9 59 (6.03%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 51 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
10 51 (5.21%) Java Developer
10 51 (5.21%) Security Engineer
11 48 (4.91%) Architect
11 48 (4.91%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 43 (4.40%) Data Engineer
12 43 (4.40%) Senior DevOps
13 39 (3.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 36 (3.68%) Senior Java Developer
15 35 (3.58%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (14.42%) React
2 137 (14.01%) HTML
3 126 (12.88%) CSS
4 125 (12.78%) .NET
5 88 (9.00%) Kafka
6 81 (8.28%) Node.js
7 75 (7.67%) RESTful
8 73 (7.46%) REST
9 72 (7.36%) Web Services
10 71 (7.26%) JSON
11 58 (5.93%) React Native
11 58 (5.93%) Vue
12 50 (5.11%) .NET Framework
13 47 (4.81%) AngularJS
14 41 (4.19%) SOAP
15 38 (3.89%) Sass
16 37 (3.78%) Spring
17 35 (3.58%) XML
18 33 (3.37%) HTML5
19 32 (3.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 100 (10.22%) Public Cloud
2 73 (7.46%) Product Ownership
3 41 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (3.58%) Mobile App
5 31 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
6 30 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 29 (2.97%) Private Cloud
8 24 (2.45%) DataPower
8 24 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 23 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (2.04%) Management Information System
11 18 (1.84%) Virtual Team
12 16 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.53%) Blog
13 15 (1.53%) Hedge funds
14 12 (1.23%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (1.23%) IoT
15 10 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.82%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 137 (14.01%) Linux
2 75 (7.67%) Windows
3 34 (3.48%) Unix
4 30 (3.07%) Windows Server
5 28 (2.86%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.02%) Android
7 10 (1.02%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.02%) VMS
7 10 (1.02%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.41%) CentOS
11 2 (0.20%) zOS
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (53.27%) Agile
2 508 (51.94%) CI/CD
3 502 (51.33%) DevOps
4 279 (28.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 222 (22.70%) Software Engineering
6 185 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 177 (18.10%) Test Automation
8 143 (14.62%) Continuous Integration
9 124 (12.68%) Computer Science
10 122 (12.47%) Analytics
11 120 (12.27%) Cloud Security
12 117 (11.96%) Microservices
12 117 (11.96%) Scrum
13 116 (11.86%) Containerisation
14 111 (11.35%) Mentoring
15 99 (10.12%) Coaching
16 98 (10.02%) Machine Learning
17 95 (9.71%) Data Pipeline
18 94 (9.61%) Artificial Intelligence
19 89 (9.10%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 369 (37.73%) Python
2 284 (29.04%) Java
3 250 (25.56%) JavaScript
4 208 (21.27%) SQL
5 151 (15.44%) C#
6 146 (14.93%) Bash
7 126 (12.88%) PowerShell
8 105 (10.74%) TypeScript
9 79 (8.08%) Go
10 55 (5.62%) Ruby
11 45 (4.60%) Bicep
12 36 (3.68%) PHP
13 26 (2.66%) Perl
14 23 (2.35%) C
14 23 (2.35%) C++
15 14 (1.43%) Korn
15 14 (1.43%) Shell Script
16 11 (1.12%) Rust
17 9 (0.92%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.92%) Scala
Qualifications
1 144 (14.72%) Degree
2 80 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 75 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 41 (4.19%) AWS Certification
6 34 (3.48%) Azure Certification
7 23 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.12%) ISEB
8 11 (1.12%) ISTQB
9 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 8 (0.82%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 5 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.41%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Developer
14 2 (0.20%) PhD
15 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.52%) QA
2 27 (2.76%) GDPR
3 26 (2.66%) Data Quality
4 19 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.51%) MISRA
6 5 (0.51%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.31%) NIST
7 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.31%) PSD2
8 2 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.20%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.20%) PMO
8 2 (0.20%) WCAG
9 1 (0.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 365 (37.32%) Docker
2 36 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.12%) Firmware
5 6 (0.61%) IAG
6 5 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.31%) LXC
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.20%) ACF2
8 2 (0.20%) HDFS
8 2 (0.20%) RACF
8 2 (0.20%) vSphere
9 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 396 (40.49%) Terraform
2 354 (36.20%) Kubernetes
3 115 (11.76%) Ansible
4 54 (5.52%) Grafana
5 44 (4.50%) Argo
6 35 (3.58%) Puppet
7 33 (3.37%) Rancher
8 31 (3.17%) Progress Chef
9 23 (2.35%) Prometheus
10 15 (1.53%) Packer
11 14 (1.43%) Red Hat Satellite
12 11 (1.12%) Kibana
13 8 (0.82%) Nagios
14 6 (0.61%) Istio
15 4 (0.41%) Consul
15 4 (0.41%) Salt
15 4 (0.41%) ZABBIX
16 3 (0.31%) Cacti
16 3 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
16 3 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 129 (13.19%) Google
2 93 (9.51%) Microsoft
3 50 (5.11%) Oracle
4 48 (4.91%) Splunk
5 43 (4.40%) ServiceNow
6 30 (3.07%) SAP
7 29 (2.97%) IBM
8 27 (2.76%) Dynatrace
9 24 (2.45%) Kofax
9 24 (2.45%) New Relic
9 24 (2.45%) Pega
10 21 (2.15%) Xamarin
11 20 (2.04%) Databricks
11 20 (2.04%) Salesforce
12 18 (1.84%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.53%) TOWER Software
14 14 (1.43%) Sun
15 12 (1.23%) Adobe
15 12 (1.23%) Confluent
16 10 (1.02%) Atlassian