Git Contracts in the South East

Git Distributed Version Control System
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Git skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Git 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 64 79 62
Rank change year-on-year +15 -17 -4
Contract jobs citing Git 148 148 292
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.72% 2.65% 3.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 27.72% 20.58% 29.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 94 160
10th Percentile £325 £406 £362
25th Percentile £375 £466 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £631 £623 £638
90th Percentile £674 £746 £676
England median daily rate £525 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 11
10th Percentile £55.00 £51.25 £46.25
25th Percentile £62.00 £56.25 £50.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -8.40%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.13
90th Percentile £75.00 - £65.54
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £68.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% -4.04% +18.78%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Git is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 534 719 990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 9.82% 12.87% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 476 647
10th Percentile £313 £363 £356
25th Percentile £400 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £698 £673
England median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 34 23
10th Percentile £40.55 £22.16 £41.65
25th Percentile £52.88 £50.00 £48.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £56.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% +2.46% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £62.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.43
England median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +10.53%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Git in the South East

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Git in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Git in the South East

Git
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Git in the South East

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Git in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Git in the South East

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the South East 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
Thames Valley -9 61 £613 +22.50% 32
Berkshire -8 47 £625 +29.87% 17
Hampshire +8 42 £350 -36.36% 36
West Sussex +23 22 £400 -31.03% 7
Surrey -8 13 £500 -9.09% 12
Buckinghamshire +26 8 £350 -51.72% 10
Oxfordshire -1 6 £350 -36.36% 5
East Sussex +7 3 £530 - 2
Kent - 3 £550 - 10
Sussex - 1 £350 -
Git
England

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (20.27%) Confluence
2 6 (4.05%) Drupal
3 5 (3.38%) Apache
4 4 (2.70%) CICS
4 4 (2.70%) SAS
5 3 (2.03%) OpenStack
6 2 (1.35%) CMS
6 2 (1.35%) Headless CMS
6 2 (1.35%) JBoss
6 2 (1.35%) Kentico
6 2 (1.35%) nginx
7 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.68%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Magento
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (33.78%) Azure
2 26 (17.57%) Azure Monitor
3 22 (14.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 22 (14.86%) Azure Data Factory
3 22 (14.86%) Serverless
4 20 (13.51%) Entra ID
5 18 (12.16%) AWS
6 17 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (11.49%) Azure Functions
7 15 (10.14%) GitHub
8 10 (6.76%) PaaS
9 7 (4.73%) IaaS
10 6 (4.05%) Amazon S3
10 6 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.70%) GCP
11 4 (2.70%) Route 53
11 4 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.84%) Software-Defined Radio
2 18 (12.16%) SNMP
3 6 (4.05%) DNS
4 5 (3.38%) Firewall
4 5 (3.38%) Wireless
5 4 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.03%) SSL
7 2 (1.35%) OpenLDAP
8 1 (0.68%) DHCP
8 1 (0.68%) HTTP
8 1 (0.68%) SAN
8 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.57%) NoSQL
2 22 (14.86%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (9.46%) MySQL
4 10 (6.76%) MongoDB
5 9 (6.08%) Relational Database
6 7 (4.73%) SQL Server
7 6 (4.05%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (4.05%) Couchbase
8 5 (3.38%) RDBMS
9 4 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.70%) DB2
9 4 (2.70%) IDMS
10 3 (2.03%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (1.35%) Big Data
11 2 (1.35%) CouchDB
11 2 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.35%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.68%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 41 (27.70%) Jenkins
2 40 (27.03%) JIRA
3 27 (18.24%) Bitbucket
4 19 (12.84%) Eclipse
5 17 (11.49%) GoogleTest
5 17 (11.49%) Robot Framework
6 15 (10.14%) GitLab
7 14 (9.46%) Visual Studio
8 11 (7.43%) Selenium
8 11 (7.43%) Subversion
9 5 (3.38%) Artifactory
10 4 (2.70%) JMeter
10 4 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (2.03%) JUnit
12 2 (1.35%) Appium
12 2 (1.35%) Cucumber
12 2 (1.35%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 1 (0.68%) MagicDraw
13 1 (0.68%) Maven
General
1 15 (10.14%) Aerospace
1 15 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (8.78%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.76%) Finance
4 6 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.35%) Automotive
7 2 (1.35%) Banking
7 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.35%) Marketing
7 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) French Language
8 1 (0.68%) Legal
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.68%) Retail
8 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 74 (50.00%) Developer
2 32 (21.62%) Software Engineer
3 27 (18.24%) Full Stack Developer
4 19 (12.84%) Azure Developer
5 17 (11.49%) C++ Software Engineer
6 15 (10.14%) Linux Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (6.76%) Full Stack Python Developer
7 10 (6.76%) Python Developer
8 9 (6.08%) Senior
9 8 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Java Engineer
10 7 (4.73%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (4.05%) Drupal Developer
12 5 (3.38%) C# Software Engineer
13 4 (2.70%) C# Developer
13 4 (2.70%) Software Development Engineer
13 4 (2.70%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (22.97%) CSS
2 32 (21.62%) React
3 29 (19.59%) HTML
4 18 (12.16%) .NET
5 15 (10.14%) REST
6 14 (9.46%) ASP.NET
7 13 (8.78%) Node.js
8 9 (6.08%) Kafka
8 9 (6.08%) RESTful
9 7 (4.73%) AngularJS
9 7 (4.73%) SOAP
9 7 (4.73%) Spring
9 7 (4.73%) Spring Boot
9 7 (4.73%) XML
10 5 (3.38%) GraphQL
10 5 (3.38%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (3.38%) Sass
11 4 (2.70%) .NET Core
11 4 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.49%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.05%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (3.38%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.38%) Device Driver
3 5 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.70%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (2.70%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.70%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.03%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.03%) Smart Meter
6 2 (1.35%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.35%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.35%) PKI
6 2 (1.35%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (38.51%) Linux
2 30 (20.27%) Windows
3 12 (8.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (5.41%) Unix
4 8 (5.41%) VMS
5 7 (4.73%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.70%) Android
6 4 (2.70%) zOS
7 3 (2.03%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.35%) Debian
8 2 (1.35%) Solaris
9 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.68%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (54.73%) Agile
2 52 (35.14%) CI/CD
2 52 (35.14%) DevOps
3 49 (33.11%) Scrum
4 47 (31.76%) Software Engineering
5 34 (22.97%) Full Stack Development
6 30 (20.27%) Microservices
6 30 (20.27%) Test Automation
7 28 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (15.54%) Unit Testing
9 21 (14.19%) UML
10 20 (13.51%) Computer Science
10 20 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (13.51%) SDLC
10 20 (13.51%) Validation
11 19 (12.84%) Software Testing
12 17 (11.49%) Continuous Integration
12 17 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (10.81%) Product Backlog
13 16 (10.81%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 54 (36.49%) Python
2 41 (27.70%) JavaScript
3 31 (20.95%) C++
4 27 (18.24%) C#
4 27 (18.24%) Java
5 21 (14.19%) PowerShell
6 20 (13.51%) Bash
7 19 (12.84%) SQL
8 12 (8.11%) C
9 11 (7.43%) Shell Script
10 9 (6.08%) Go
10 9 (6.08%) PHP
11 6 (4.05%) Perl
12 5 (3.38%) Assembly Language
12 5 (3.38%) MATLAB
13 4 (2.70%) CLIST
13 4 (2.70%) COBOL
13 4 (2.70%) Kotlin
13 4 (2.70%) REXX
14 3 (2.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 37 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 21 (14.19%) Degree
4 11 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (6.08%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.70%) PhD
7 2 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.70%) JTAG
2 3 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.35%) GDPR
3 2 (1.35%) QA
4 1 (0.68%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.68%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.68%) MISRA
4 1 (0.68%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.68%) NCSC
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 21 (14.19%) Firmware
3 17 (11.49%) Docker
4 7 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (4.73%) vSphere
5 6 (4.05%) VirtualBox
6 4 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (1.35%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.35%) Varnish
7 2 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.68%) LXC
8 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (19.59%) Ansible
2 22 (14.86%) Kubernetes
3 15 (10.14%) Terraform
4 6 (4.05%) Packer
4 6 (4.05%) vRealize
5 3 (2.03%) Grafana
5 3 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.35%) Argo
6 2 (1.35%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.35%) Kustomize
6 2 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (1.35%) SELinux
7 1 (0.68%) Kibana
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
7 1 (0.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 19 (12.84%) Atlassian
1 19 (12.84%) Google
2 18 (12.16%) Oracle
3 11 (7.43%) VMware
4 8 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 7 (4.73%) Veritas
6 5 (3.38%) Arqiva
7 4 (2.70%) IBM
7 4 (2.70%) Syncsort
8 3 (2.03%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (2.03%) SAP
8 3 (2.03%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.35%) Cisco
9 2 (1.35%) Databricks
9 2 (1.35%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.68%) BMC
10 1 (0.68%) Compaq
10 1 (0.68%) Dell
10 1 (0.68%) Splunk