GitHub Contracts in London

GitHub
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitHub over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 107 112
Rank change year-on-year -26 +5 +31
Contract jobs citing GitHub 323 634 949
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.85% 2.45% 2.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.80% 6.29% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 407 630
10th Percentile £375 £427 £427
25th Percentile £450 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +7.76% +12.51%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £688
90th Percentile £725 £825 £788
England median daily rate £525 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile £48.78 £42.00 £53.50
25th Percentile £51.81 £52.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.75 £70.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +19.15% -11.65%
75th Percentile £62.81 £80.00 £77.67
90th Percentile £65.33 £86.00 £80.50
England median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +28.44% -22.14% +17.65%

All Cloud Skills
London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,727 10,085 15,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.54% 38.97% 41.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,962 7,407 12,018
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £769
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 83 80
10th Percentile £17.32 £19.14 £19.77
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +18.01% +20.15%
75th Percentile £38.28 £75.00 £64.81
90th Percentile £59.88 £88.30 £79.60
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% +0.76%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub in London.

Daily rate trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitHub in London.

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in London

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in London

GitHub
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Central London -12 44 £551 -11.84% 16
West London +4 9 £560 -2.61% 21
South London +9 5 £395 -20.00% 13
East London -5 2 £603 -24.59% 24
GitHub
England

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 20 (6.19%) Confluence
2 14 (4.33%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.79%) WordPress
4 7 (2.17%) Apache
4 7 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 7 (2.17%) nginx
4 7 (2.17%) Oracle Workflow
5 5 (1.55%) IIS
6 4 (1.24%) CMS
7 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.62%) Drupal
8 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.86%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
3 1 (0.31%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.31%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.31%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 132 (40.87%) Azure
2 125 (38.70%) AWS
3 88 (27.24%) GitHub Actions
4 56 (17.34%) Serverless
5 52 (16.10%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (11.46%) GCP
7 27 (8.36%) Azure Functions
8 24 (7.43%) Power Platform
9 23 (7.12%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (6.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 18 (5.57%) Azure Service Bus
12 17 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (5.26%) Power Automate
12 17 (5.26%) PowerApps
13 16 (4.95%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (4.02%) Amazon S3
15 10 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (3.10%) Azure AKS
15 10 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.88%) Firewall
2 9 (2.79%) DNS
3 6 (1.86%) HTTP
4 5 (1.55%) SSL
5 3 (0.93%) DMZ
5 3 (0.93%) Internet
5 3 (0.93%) Intranet
5 3 (0.93%) Network Security
5 3 (0.93%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.62%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.62%) SSH
6 2 (0.62%) VPN
7 1 (0.31%) BGP
7 1 (0.31%) DHCP
7 1 (0.31%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.31%) IGRP
7 1 (0.31%) RIP
7 1 (0.31%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.31%) SAN
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (13.31%) SQL Server
2 42 (13.00%) NoSQL
3 33 (10.22%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (9.91%) MySQL
5 24 (7.43%) Power BI
6 17 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
7 14 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (4.33%) Relational Database
8 13 (4.02%) BigQuery
9 11 (3.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (3.41%) DynamoDB
10 9 (2.79%) RDBMS
11 8 (2.48%) Big Data
12 7 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (2.17%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (1.24%) Amazon QuickSight
15 4 (1.24%) Metadata
15 4 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 65 (20.12%) Jenkins
2 62 (19.20%) Git
3 51 (15.79%) JIRA
4 38 (11.76%) GitLab
5 25 (7.74%) Cypress.io
6 20 (6.19%) CircleCI
7 14 (4.33%) Selenium
8 12 (3.72%) Postman
9 11 (3.41%) JMeter
9 11 (3.41%) SonarQube
10 9 (2.79%) Gradle
10 9 (2.79%) JUnit
11 8 (2.48%) Appium
11 8 (2.48%) Maven
12 7 (2.17%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.86%) Cucumber
13 6 (1.86%) Subversion
14 5 (1.55%) Burp Suite
14 5 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (1.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 61 (18.89%) Finance
3 32 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (8.98%) Banking
5 24 (7.43%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.10%) Retail
8 9 (2.79%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.79%) Front Office
9 8 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.86%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.55%) Local Government
12 3 (0.93%) Aviation
12 3 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.93%) Law
12 3 (0.93%) Legal
12 3 (0.93%) Wearables
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (31.27%) Developer
2 59 (18.27%) DevOps Engineer
3 50 (15.48%) Senior
4 28 (8.67%) Architect
5 22 (6.81%) Senior Developer
6 19 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
6 19 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 19 (5.88%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (4.33%) Full Stack Developer
8 14 (4.33%) Python Developer
9 13 (4.02%) AWS DevOps
9 13 (4.02%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.72%) Lead
11 10 (3.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.10%) Quantitative Developer
12 9 (2.79%) SailPoint Engineer
12 9 (2.79%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.48%) React Developer
13 8 (2.48%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (16.10%) React
2 51 (15.79%) HTML
3 41 (12.69%) REST
4 33 (10.22%) Node.js
5 26 (8.05%) CSS
6 25 (7.74%) Kafka
6 25 (7.74%) Web Services
7 24 (7.43%) RESTful
7 24 (7.43%) XML
8 21 (6.50%) .NET
9 20 (6.19%) SOAP
10 19 (5.88%) OAuth
11 17 (5.26%) LDAP
12 16 (4.95%) JSP
12 16 (4.95%) SailPoint
12 16 (4.95%) Servlets
12 16 (4.95%) SPML
13 15 (4.64%) JDBC
14 14 (4.33%) JSON
15 12 (3.72%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.64%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.41%) Derivative
3 11 (3.41%) Mobile App
4 9 (2.79%) Public Cloud
5 8 (2.48%) Machine to Machine
5 8 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (2.17%) Solar Panel
7 6 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.86%) Distributed Architecture
7 6 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.86%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.24%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.93%) PKI
10 3 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.65%) Linux
2 25 (7.74%) Windows
3 14 (4.33%) Android
4 10 (3.10%) Unix
5 7 (2.17%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.17%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.62%) CentOS
7 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (46.13%) CI/CD
2 148 (45.82%) DevOps
3 101 (31.27%) Agile
4 65 (20.12%) Test Automation
5 41 (12.69%) Software Engineering
6 35 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (8.67%) Microservices
8 28 (8.67%) Scrum
9 27 (8.36%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (8.36%) Continuous Integration
9 27 (8.36%) Full Stack Development
10 26 (8.05%) Computer Science
10 26 (8.05%) TDD
11 24 (7.43%) Containerisation
11 24 (7.43%) Open Source
12 22 (6.81%) Front End Development
13 21 (6.50%) SDLC
14 19 (5.88%) Data Pipeline
15 18 (5.57%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 122 (37.77%) Python
2 84 (26.01%) SQL
3 71 (21.98%) Java
4 57 (17.65%) JavaScript
5 34 (10.53%) PowerShell
6 27 (8.36%) TypeScript
7 22 (6.81%) Bash
8 19 (5.88%) C#
9 17 (5.26%) Go
9 17 (5.26%) Kotlin
10 16 (4.95%) Rust
11 12 (3.72%) C++
11 12 (3.72%) Ruby
12 10 (3.10%) PHP
13 6 (1.86%) Swift
14 5 (1.55%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.55%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.24%) Perl
16 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.15%) Degree
2 36 (11.15%) SC Cleared
3 16 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.24%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.62%) CEH
7 2 (0.62%) CISM
7 2 (0.62%) CISSP
7 2 (0.62%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.62%) CSSLP
7 2 (0.62%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.98%) QA
2 14 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.48%) NIST
4 6 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.86%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.24%) GDPR
6 3 (0.93%) NCSC
6 3 (0.93%) WCAG
7 2 (0.62%) COBIT
7 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 76 (23.53%) Docker
2 27 (8.36%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.95%) IAG
4 15 (4.64%) ACF2
4 15 (4.64%) RACF
5 8 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) Ceph
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) iptables
7 1 (0.31%) NFS
7 1 (0.31%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 117 (36.22%) Terraform
2 82 (25.39%) Kubernetes
3 31 (9.60%) Ansible
4 14 (4.33%) Grafana
5 11 (3.41%) Argo
5 11 (3.41%) Kibana
5 11 (3.41%) Puppet
6 6 (1.86%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.55%) Progress Chef
7 5 (1.55%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.24%) logstash
9 3 (0.93%) Nessus
9 3 (0.93%) Packer
10 2 (0.62%) Ambari
10 2 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.62%) Graylog
10 2 (0.62%) Nagios
10 2 (0.62%) Oozie
10 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.31%) Mesos
Vendors
1 53 (16.41%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.00%) Oracle
3 21 (6.50%) Google
4 18 (5.57%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.95%) Sybase
6 10 (3.10%) Splunk
6 10 (3.10%) VMware
7 6 (1.86%) NEC
8 5 (1.55%) Centrify
8 5 (1.55%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.55%) New Relic
8 5 (1.55%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.24%) Black Duck
9 4 (1.24%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.93%) Databricks
10 3 (0.93%) IBM
10 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.93%) SAP
11 2 (0.62%) Apple
11 2 (0.62%) Cisco