GitHub
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GitHub skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GitHub over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 275 185
Rank change year-on-year -26 -90 -86
Permanent jobs citing GitHub 569 1,082 1,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 1.06% 1.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.80% 3.03% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 394 825 1,042
10th Percentile £34,500 £42,286 £45,455
25th Percentile £51,698 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £66,518
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.28% +2.34%
75th Percentile £84,688 £80,000 £89,852
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £109,987
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £59,526 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.52% +4.55%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,983 35,672 42,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.40% 34.92% 43.20%
Number of salaries quoted 9,875 26,806 27,789
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £34,723
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% +4.76%

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 May 2025. 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 -36 495 £72,500 +11.54% 4,942
UK excluding London -18 298 £62,500 +5.00% 4,680
Work from Home -11 271 £70,000 +12.00% 3,630
London +41 239 £82,500 -2.94% 874
North of England -27 103 £70,000 +16.67% 1,080
South East +8 60 £70,000 +33.33% 1,279
Yorkshire +52 51 £69,250 +16.34% 429
Scotland +83 43 £49,672 -29.04% 205
South West +79 42 £55,000 -4.35% 537
North West -68 42 £72,500 +26.09% 530
Midlands -2 40 £65,000 +5.69% 844
West Midlands +7 24 £70,000 +13.82% 457
East Midlands +34 16 £35,000 -36.36% 330
North East +44 10 £55,000 -23.08% 122
Wales +35 10 £60,000 -4.00% 124
East of England +4 5 £61,250 +22.50% 687
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 - 2

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 48 (8.44%) Confluence
2 25 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.87%) CMS
4 16 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (2.46%) WordPress
6 13 (2.28%) IIS
7 11 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (1.76%) Apache Spark
8 10 (1.76%) nginx
9 7 (1.23%) Apache
10 4 (0.70%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.53%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.35%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.18%) Drupal
13 1 (0.18%) JBoss
13 1 (0.18%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Trello
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 14 (2.46%) Sage 200
1 14 (2.46%) Sage 50
2 13 (2.28%) Shopify
3 10 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 266 (46.75%) Azure
2 212 (37.26%) AWS
3 195 (34.27%) GitHub Actions
4 132 (23.20%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (13.53%) Serverless
6 66 (11.60%) GCP
7 65 (11.42%) SaaS
8 43 (7.56%) Power Platform
9 37 (6.50%) PaaS
10 34 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (4.75%) Amazon S3
12 23 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (3.87%) Amazon EC2
13 22 (3.87%) Amazon ECS
13 22 (3.87%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
15 20 (3.51%) PowerApps
16 19 (3.34%) Azure Functions
16 19 (3.34%) Power Automate
17 18 (3.16%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.51%) VPN
2 19 (3.34%) Firewall
2 19 (3.34%) WAN
3 16 (2.81%) DNS
4 12 (2.11%) 5G
4 12 (2.11%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.23%) LAN
7 6 (1.05%) Broadband
8 5 (0.88%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (0.88%) MQTT
8 5 (0.88%) SMS
9 4 (0.70%) SAN
10 3 (0.53%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.35%) DHCP
11 2 (0.35%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.35%) HTTP
11 2 (0.35%) Internet
11 2 (0.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (13.53%) SQL Server
2 61 (10.72%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (10.37%) MySQL
4 37 (6.50%) Power BI
5 35 (6.15%) NoSQL
6 34 (5.98%) MongoDB
7 22 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (3.69%) Relational Database
9 19 (3.34%) Tableau
10 18 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (2.28%) DynamoDB
12 12 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.58%) Data Hub
13 9 (1.58%) SQL CLR
14 8 (1.41%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.23%) Big Data
15 7 (1.23%) Looker
15 7 (1.23%) Redis
15 7 (1.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 145 (25.48%) Git
2 119 (20.91%) Jenkins
3 81 (14.24%) JIRA
4 43 (7.56%) GitLab
5 37 (6.50%) Visual Studio
6 32 (5.62%) SonarQube
7 29 (5.10%) Selenium
8 25 (4.39%) TeamCity
9 16 (2.81%) CircleCI
10 15 (2.64%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (2.46%) Postman
12 13 (2.28%) Gradle
13 11 (1.93%) Bitbucket
14 9 (1.58%) Cucumber
14 9 (1.58%) Cypress.io
14 9 (1.58%) Visual Studio Code
15 7 (1.23%) Artifactory
15 7 (1.23%) JMeter
16 6 (1.05%) Maven
16 6 (1.05%) SpecFlow
General
1 195 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 153 (26.89%) Finance
3 58 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.73%) Banking
5 37 (6.50%) Public Sector
6 30 (5.27%) Retail
7 28 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (4.92%) Manufacturing
8 27 (4.75%) Games
9 23 (4.04%) Marketing
10 18 (3.16%) Back Office
10 18 (3.16%) Law
11 13 (2.28%) Front Office
12 10 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.41%) Automotive
13 8 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Legal
14 5 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 175 (30.76%) Developer
2 138 (24.25%) Senior
3 91 (15.99%) Software Engineer
4 78 (13.71%) DevOps Engineer
5 71 (12.48%) Lead
6 39 (6.85%) Senior Developer
7 36 (6.33%) Azure Engineer
8 34 (5.98%) Full-Stack Developer
9 28 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (4.04%) Architect
12 22 (3.87%) .NET Developer
13 19 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (3.34%) Data Engineer
13 19 (3.34%) Lead Developer
13 19 (3.34%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.16%) Android Developer
14 18 (3.16%) Senior DevOps
15 17 (2.99%) Senior DevOps Engineer
16 16 (2.81%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (18.80%) React
2 106 (18.63%) .NET
3 80 (14.06%) CSS
4 76 (13.36%) HTML
5 52 (9.14%) .NET Core
6 50 (8.79%) .NET Framework
7 48 (8.44%) RESTful
8 45 (7.91%) Node.js
9 43 (7.56%) REST
10 36 (6.33%) Kafka
11 33 (5.80%) React Native
12 30 (5.27%) GraphQL
13 29 (5.10%) AngularJS
14 27 (4.75%) JSON
14 27 (4.75%) Web Services
15 24 (4.22%) HTML5
15 24 (4.22%) Spring
15 24 (4.22%) YAML
16 23 (4.04%) Django
17 20 (3.51%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 77 (13.53%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.50%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.87%) Mobile App
3 22 (3.87%) Mobile Games
4 21 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.34%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.11%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.93%) Client/Server
9 11 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.76%) Educational Technology
10 10 (1.76%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 9 (1.58%) Wiki
12 8 (1.41%) IoT
12 8 (1.41%) Robotics
12 8 (1.41%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 82 (14.41%) Linux
2 33 (5.80%) Windows
3 27 (4.75%) Apple iOS
4 25 (4.39%) Android
5 17 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (2.64%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.41%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.41%) Unix
8 5 (0.88%) Robot Operating System
9 4 (0.70%) VMS
9 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.53%) Debian
11 2 (0.35%) Solaris
12 1 (0.18%) CentOS
12 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (56.77%) CI/CD
2 272 (47.80%) DevOps
3 238 (41.83%) Agile
4 177 (31.11%) Software Engineering
5 139 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
6 123 (21.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 108 (18.98%) Mentoring
8 92 (16.17%) Test Automation
9 87 (15.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 86 (15.11%) Containerisation
11 82 (14.41%) Microservices
12 60 (10.54%) Computer Science
13 57 (10.02%) Platform Engineering
14 55 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (9.14%) Continuous Integration
15 52 (9.14%) Migration
15 52 (9.14%) User Experience
16 51 (8.96%) TDD
17 50 (8.79%) Analytics
18 48 (8.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 237 (41.65%) Python
2 195 (34.27%) SQL
3 134 (23.55%) JavaScript
4 114 (20.04%) Java
5 106 (18.63%) C#
6 82 (14.41%) TypeScript
7 64 (11.25%) PowerShell
8 54 (9.49%) Bash
9 29 (5.10%) PHP
10 26 (4.57%) Kotlin
11 22 (3.87%) Swift
12 21 (3.69%) Bicep
13 18 (3.16%) C++
13 18 (3.16%) Objective-C
13 18 (3.16%) Ruby
14 17 (2.99%) Go
15 14 (2.46%) T-SQL
16 11 (1.93%) C
17 9 (1.58%) R
18 8 (1.41%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 100 (17.57%) Degree
2 40 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.34%) Azure Certification
4 19 (3.34%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.76%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.41%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.23%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.70%) HND
13 3 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.53%) CCSP
13 3 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.53%) CISSP
13 3 (0.53%) OCP
13 3 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.91%) QA
2 17 (2.99%) GDPR
2 17 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.46%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.58%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.58%) SOC 2
5 8 (1.41%) NIST
5 8 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.05%) NCSC
7 4 (0.70%) PMO
7 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.35%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 139 (24.43%) Docker
2 38 (6.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.41%) NFS
6 7 (1.23%) vSphere
7 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.35%) Firmware
9 2 (0.35%) KVM
9 2 (0.35%) SRDF
9 2 (0.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (0.35%) Xen
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.18%) HDFS
10 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 187 (32.86%) Terraform
2 146 (25.66%) Kubernetes
3 81 (14.24%) Ansible
4 43 (7.56%) Prometheus
5 36 (6.33%) Grafana
6 30 (5.27%) Progress Chef
7 21 (3.69%) Puppet
8 16 (2.81%) Argo
9 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.88%) Packer
11 4 (0.70%) HAProxy
12 3 (0.53%) Istio
12 3 (0.53%) Oozie
12 3 (0.53%) SCOM
13 2 (0.35%) Consul
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.35%) SCCM
14 1 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
14 1 (0.18%) Rancher
14 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 119 (20.91%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.21%) Databricks
3 39 (6.85%) VMware
4 32 (5.62%) Google
5 18 (3.16%) Red Hat
6 17 (2.99%) Sage
7 16 (2.81%) Oracle
8 14 (2.46%) Atlassian
8 14 (2.46%) Cisco
9 13 (2.28%) Splunk
10 12 (2.11%) Citrix
10 12 (2.11%) New Relic
11 11 (1.93%) IBM
12 10 (1.76%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.76%) WooCommerce
13 7 (1.23%) Commvault
13 7 (1.23%) Pure Storage
14 6 (1.05%) F5
15 5 (0.88%) Dynatrace
15 5 (0.88%) SAP