Git Contracts in the UK excluding London

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 73 53
Rank change year-on-year -11 -20 -6
Contract jobs citing Git 490 725 1,276
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.35% 3.16% 4.18%
As % of the Development Applications category 21.76% 23.61% 28.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 495 818
10th Percentile £350 £376 £396
25th Percentile £410 £448 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% - +17.14%
75th Percentile £619 £624 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £666
UK median daily rate £511 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 39 33
10th Percentile £47.09 £51.25 £47.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £52.19 £60.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.76
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -0.40% +13.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £67.34 £65.54
% change year-on-year -7.19% +2.75% +12.31%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,252 3,071 4,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.80% 13.40% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,450 2,142 3,168
10th Percentile £350 £337 £360
25th Percentile £413 £415 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.73%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £583
90th Percentile £660 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 166 110
10th Percentile £40.00 £48.13 £41.41
25th Percentile £55.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £67.84
90th Percentile £78.00 £79.00 £76.68
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +6.63%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Git in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Git in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in the UK excluding London

Git
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
South East +16 162 £550 - 87
North of England -8 131 £505 -8.18% 129
Midlands +14 76 £400 -20.79% 72
North West -11 63 £510 -2.86% 77
West Midlands +18 62 £377 -30.60% 51
Yorkshire +17 60 £500 -12.28% 40
Scotland +4 54 £463 -7.50% 25
South West -49 44 £584 +17.29% 82
East of England -33 39 £575 +16.16% 43
East Midlands -10 14 £445 -11.00% 21
North East -9 10 £380 -40.39% 15
Wales +24 8 £529 +5.75% 11
Git
UK

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 60 (12.24%) Confluence
2 19 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 17 (3.47%) Apache
4 12 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (2.24%) CICS
5 11 (2.24%) SAS
6 9 (1.84%) Drupal
7 7 (1.43%) JBoss
8 5 (1.02%) CMS
9 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.61%) nginx
11 2 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.41%) Kentico
11 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.41%) Traefik
12 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
12 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (1.63%) Simulink
2 7 (1.43%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.02%) TargetLink
4 3 (0.61%) Trello
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 138 (28.16%) Azure
2 129 (26.33%) AWS
3 58 (11.84%) Serverless
4 56 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (9.39%) GCP
6 45 (9.18%) GitHub
7 34 (6.94%) Amazon S3
8 29 (5.92%) Azure Monitor
9 28 (5.71%) Amazon EC2
9 28 (5.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 26 (5.31%) OpenShift
11 25 (5.10%) Azure Functions
12 23 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (4.69%) Entra ID
13 20 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.67%) PaaS
15 16 (3.27%) Snowflake
16 15 (3.06%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 12 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.69%) DNS
2 22 (4.49%) Firewall
3 20 (4.08%) SNMP
3 20 (4.08%) Software-Defined Radio
4 19 (3.88%) HTTP
5 16 (3.27%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.65%) VPN
7 10 (2.04%) SSL
8 7 (1.43%) NAS
9 6 (1.22%) 5G
9 6 (1.22%) Kerberos
9 6 (1.22%) Network Security
9 6 (1.22%) Wireless
10 5 (1.02%) FTP
10 5 (1.02%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.82%) SAN
11 4 (0.82%) Wireshark
12 3 (0.61%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.61%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 3 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (9.39%) NoSQL
3 43 (8.78%) MySQL
4 42 (8.57%) Relational Database
5 32 (6.53%) Amazon Redshift
5 32 (6.53%) SQL Server
6 27 (5.51%) Data Lake
7 22 (4.49%) Big Data
8 20 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (3.06%) MongoDB
11 14 (2.86%) Hadoop
12 12 (2.45%) BigQuery
12 12 (2.45%) RDBMS
13 11 (2.24%) DB2
13 11 (2.24%) IDMS
14 8 (1.63%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
15 7 (1.43%) DynamoDB
15 7 (1.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 143 (29.18%) Jenkins
2 120 (24.49%) JIRA
3 49 (10.00%) Bitbucket
4 44 (8.98%) GitLab
5 36 (7.35%) JUnit
6 34 (6.94%) Visual Studio
7 33 (6.73%) Selenium
8 31 (6.33%) Subversion
9 23 (4.69%) Cucumber
10 21 (4.29%) Eclipse
11 19 (3.88%) GoogleTest
12 18 (3.67%) Robot Framework
12 18 (3.67%) SonarQube
13 14 (2.86%) Maven
13 14 (2.86%) Postman
14 12 (2.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 11 (2.24%) Sonatype Nexus
15 11 (2.24%) TeamCity
16 10 (2.04%) Gradle
16 10 (2.04%) NUnit
General
1 71 (14.49%) Social Skills
2 51 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (8.16%) Public Sector
4 26 (5.31%) Banking
4 26 (5.31%) Finance
5 18 (3.67%) Aerospace
6 12 (2.45%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.84%) Automotive
8 9 (1.84%) Multimedia
9 6 (1.22%) Retail
10 4 (0.82%) Electronics
10 4 (0.82%) Marketing
10 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.61%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Wearables
13 1 (0.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 188 (38.37%) Developer
2 59 (12.04%) Software Engineer
3 38 (7.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 36 (7.35%) Java Developer
5 35 (7.14%) Senior
6 30 (6.12%) Full Stack Developer
7 24 (4.90%) Architect
8 22 (4.49%) Lead
9 21 (4.29%) Azure Developer
9 21 (4.29%) C++ Software Engineer
10 18 (3.67%) Python Developer
10 18 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.47%) Linux Engineer
11 17 (3.47%) Test Engineer
12 15 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (3.06%) Data Engineer
12 15 (3.06%) Embedded Engineer
12 15 (3.06%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (2.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 13 (2.65%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (15.10%) React
2 65 (13.27%) REST
3 61 (12.45%) .NET
4 50 (10.20%) CSS
5 48 (9.80%) Spring
5 48 (9.80%) Spring Boot
6 43 (8.78%) RESTful
7 42 (8.57%) JSON
7 42 (8.57%) Kafka
8 40 (8.16%) HTML
9 34 (6.94%) XML
10 32 (6.53%) YAML
11 28 (5.71%) Node.js
12 23 (4.69%) Elastic Stack
13 20 (4.08%) ASP.NET
13 20 (4.08%) Web Services
14 19 (3.88%) .NET Framework
14 19 (3.88%) AngularJS
15 17 (3.47%) .NET Core
15 17 (3.47%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.49%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.67%) Algorithms
3 16 (3.27%) Mobile App
4 15 (3.06%) Data Protection Act
4 15 (3.06%) Data Structures
5 13 (2.65%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.24%) IBM Mainframe
6 11 (2.24%) Mainframe
7 8 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.63%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.43%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.22%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.22%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.02%) ASIC
10 5 (1.02%) Device Driver
10 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.02%) PKI
10 5 (1.02%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 117 (23.88%) Linux
2 76 (15.51%) Windows
3 36 (7.35%) Unix
4 33 (6.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (2.65%) VMS
6 11 (2.24%) zOS
7 7 (1.43%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (1.43%) Windows Server
8 6 (1.22%) Android
9 4 (0.82%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.41%) CentOS
11 2 (0.41%) Solaris
11 2 (0.41%) ThreadX
11 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.20%) Debian
12 1 (0.20%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (48.78%) Agile
2 208 (42.45%) DevOps
3 171 (34.90%) CI/CD
4 135 (27.55%) Scrum
5 129 (26.33%) Software Engineering
6 107 (21.84%) Continuous Integration
7 95 (19.39%) Test Automation
8 90 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
9 79 (16.12%) Containerisation
10 72 (14.69%) Microservices
11 66 (13.47%) Infrastructure as Code
12 58 (11.84%) TDD
13 55 (11.22%) Unit Testing
14 52 (10.61%) Full Stack Development
14 52 (10.61%) Validation
15 45 (9.18%) Configuration Management
16 44 (8.98%) OO
17 43 (8.78%) Computer Science
17 43 (8.78%) Software Testing
18 40 (8.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 185 (37.76%) Python
2 121 (24.69%) Java
3 108 (22.04%) SQL
4 78 (15.92%) C#
4 78 (15.92%) JavaScript
5 74 (15.10%) Bash
6 56 (11.43%) PowerShell
7 55 (11.22%) C++
8 42 (8.57%) C
9 35 (7.14%) TypeScript
10 30 (6.12%) Shell Script
11 26 (5.31%) Go
12 21 (4.29%) Perl
13 14 (2.86%) MATLAB
14 13 (2.65%) PHP
14 13 (2.65%) Ruby
15 11 (2.24%) CLIST
15 11 (2.24%) COBOL
15 11 (2.24%) REXX
16 10 (2.04%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 138 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 115 (23.47%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.63%) Degree
4 28 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 27 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.67%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.63%) PhD
8 7 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.41%) HND
11 2 (0.41%) ISEB
11 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.20%) OCP
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.71%) QA
2 8 (1.63%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.63%) GDPR
3 7 (1.43%) JTAG
4 6 (1.22%) MISRA
4 6 (1.22%) MISRA C
5 5 (1.02%) AUTOSAR
5 5 (1.02%) HIPAA
5 5 (1.02%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.61%) SLA
8 2 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.41%) NCSC
9 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 113 (23.06%) Docker
2 39 (7.96%) Active Directory
3 26 (5.31%) Firmware
4 21 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.43%) vSphere
6 6 (1.22%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (1.22%) VirtualBox
7 4 (0.82%) zsh
8 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.41%) HDFS
9 2 (0.41%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.20%) LXC
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.20%) Varnish
10 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 118 (24.08%) Kubernetes
2 89 (18.16%) Ansible
3 85 (17.35%) Terraform
4 40 (8.16%) Progress Chef
5 33 (6.73%) Puppet
6 30 (6.12%) Grafana
7 22 (4.49%) Kibana
8 16 (3.27%) Prometheus
9 13 (2.65%) Salt
10 12 (2.45%) logstash
11 11 (2.24%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (1.63%) Packer
13 7 (1.43%) HP Fortify
14 6 (1.22%) vRealize
15 3 (0.61%) Argo
15 3 (0.61%) HAProxy
15 3 (0.61%) Istio
15 3 (0.61%) NetBackup
15 3 (0.61%) Rancher
16 2 (0.41%) Control-M
Vendors
1 47 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.57%) Google
3 30 (6.12%) Oracle
3 30 (6.12%) VMware
4 26 (5.31%) Red Hat
5 25 (5.10%) Splunk
6 23 (4.69%) Atlassian
7 21 (4.29%) Talend
8 16 (3.27%) Denodo
9 13 (2.65%) IBM
10 12 (2.45%) SaltStack
11 11 (2.24%) Cadence
11 11 (2.24%) Syncsort
12 10 (2.04%) Veritas
13 8 (1.63%) Informatica
14 7 (1.43%) Salesforce
15 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
15 5 (1.02%) Arqiva
15 5 (1.02%) ServiceNow
16 4 (0.82%) Klocwork