Git Distributed Version Control System
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 59 45
Rank change year-on-year -17 -14 0
Contract jobs citing Git 1,197 2,274 4,629
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.75% 3.81% 5.22%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.12% 25.22% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,569 3,124
10th Percentile £350 £413 £410
25th Percentile £420 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £703 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 66 52
10th Percentile £49.38 £51.25 £37.02
25th Percentile £56.25 £56.25 £49.89
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.75% +11.63%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.31 £67.20
90th Percentile £79.38 £75.00 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £67.34 £56.00
% change year-on-year -7.19% +20.25% +4.19%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,178 9,015 15,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.10% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,476 6,340 11,249
10th Percentile £356 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.02%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 246 214
10th Percentile £32.23 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +21.78% +12.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £81.90 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +12.84% +21.11%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Git in the UK

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Git in the UK

Git
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Git in the UK

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Git in the UK

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in the UK

Git
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England -17 1,004 £538 -3.59% 820
London -12 601 £545 -9.17% 286
UK excluding London -19 454 £525 - 578
Work from Home -30 388 £500 -12.28% 441
South East +14 151 £530 -3.64% 115
North of England -31 100 £525 -4.55% 154
Scotland +8 78 £575 +15.00% 40
North West -6 60 £525 - 99
Midlands -15 58 £358 -33.46% 95
West Midlands -5 51 £358 -33.70% 62
East of England -35 35 £500 - 59
Yorkshire -4 33 £513 -10.09% 41
South West -54 29 £585 +11.43% 99
North East -12 9 £380 -33.91% 14
Wales +18 7 £475 +5.56% 23
East Midlands -4 7 £356 -25.05% 33

Git
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
1 115 (9.61%) Confluence
2 36 (3.01%) Apache
2 36 (3.01%) CMS
3 32 (2.67%) Apache Spark
4 26 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.25%) SAS
6 14 (1.17%) CICS
7 13 (1.09%) OpenStack
8 12 (1.00%) IIS
8 12 (1.00%) nginx
9 11 (0.92%) Anypoint
9 11 (0.92%) SharePoint
10 10 (0.84%) Headless CMS
10 10 (0.84%) JBoss
11 9 (0.75%) Drupal
12 7 (0.58%) Kentico
12 7 (0.58%) WordPress
13 5 (0.42%) Mule
13 5 (0.42%) Mule ESB
14 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.67%) Simulink
3 7 (0.58%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.42%) TargetLink
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.17%) Trello
8 1 (0.084%) Avocode
8 1 (0.084%) InVision
8 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (1.25%) Shopify
2 6 (0.50%) Endur
2 6 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.17%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.17%) Magento
4 1 (0.084%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 395 (33.00%) Azure
2 361 (30.16%) AWS
3 190 (15.87%) Azure DevOps
4 133 (11.11%) Serverless
5 125 (10.44%) GitHub
6 115 (9.61%) GCP
7 85 (7.10%) Amazon S3
8 75 (6.27%) Azure Monitor
9 72 (6.02%) Amazon EC2
10 68 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
11 66 (5.51%) Azure Service Bus
12 64 (5.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 59 (4.93%) Amazon EKS
14 53 (4.43%) PaaS
15 43 (3.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 43 (3.59%) OpenShift
16 42 (3.51%) Azure Functions
16 42 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 37 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
18 34 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 60 (5.01%) Firewall
2 42 (3.51%) DNS
2 42 (3.51%) TCP/IP
3 34 (2.84%) Network Security
4 33 (2.76%) HTTP
5 26 (2.17%) 5G
6 24 (2.01%) BGP
7 22 (1.84%) MPLS
8 21 (1.75%) SSL
8 21 (1.75%) VPN
9 20 (1.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 20 (1.67%) SNMP
10 18 (1.50%) NAS
11 17 (1.42%) Software-Defined Radio
12 16 (1.34%) DHCP
13 15 (1.25%) SAN
14 14 (1.17%) Kerberos
15 12 (1.00%) VLAN
15 12 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
16 10 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (12.87%) SQL Server
2 120 (10.03%) PostgreSQL
3 100 (8.35%) NoSQL
4 82 (6.85%) Relational Database
5 60 (5.01%) MySQL
6 41 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
7 39 (3.26%) MongoDB
8 38 (3.17%) Big Data
9 35 (2.92%) Amazon Redshift
10 29 (2.42%) Data Lake
10 29 (2.42%) DynamoDB
11 26 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
12 25 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
13 22 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (1.67%) Apache Cassandra
15 18 (1.50%) DB2
15 18 (1.50%) RDBMS
16 15 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
17 14 (1.17%) Power BI
17 14 (1.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 328 (27.40%) Jenkins
2 241 (20.13%) JIRA
3 93 (7.77%) GitLab
4 77 (6.43%) JUnit
5 72 (6.02%) Bitbucket
6 68 (5.68%) Selenium
7 64 (5.35%) Cucumber
8 61 (5.10%) TeamCity
9 59 (4.93%) Maven
10 53 (4.43%) Postman
11 44 (3.68%) Subversion
12 40 (3.34%) Visual Studio
13 34 (2.84%) SonarQube
14 29 (2.42%) Visual Studio Code
15 27 (2.26%) SoapUI
16 24 (2.01%) Cypress.io
16 24 (2.01%) NUnit
17 22 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
17 22 (1.84%) webpack
18 21 (1.75%) REST Assured
General
1 268 (22.39%) Social Skills
2 136 (11.36%) Finance
3 117 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 71 (5.93%) Banking
6 28 (2.34%) Marketing
6 28 (2.34%) Telecoms
7 27 (2.26%) Front Office
8 26 (2.17%) Investment Banking
9 25 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (1.84%) Back Office
10 22 (1.84%) Retail
11 21 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 16 (1.34%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.00%) Multimedia
15 11 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.75%) Automotive
17 8 (0.67%) German Language
18 7 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 517 (43.19%) Developer
2 161 (13.45%) Senior
3 109 (9.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 87 (7.27%) Lead
4 87 (7.27%) Software Engineer
5 85 (7.10%) Java Developer
6 71 (5.93%) Full Stack Developer
7 61 (5.10%) Senior Developer
8 55 (4.59%) Data Engineer
9 52 (4.34%) C# Developer
10 46 (3.84%) Python Developer
11 45 (3.76%) Azure Developer
12 43 (3.59%) AWS Engineer
13 40 (3.34%) Azure Engineer
14 37 (3.09%) .NET Developer
14 37 (3.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 37 (3.09%) React Developer
15 30 (2.51%) AWS DevOps
16 28 (2.34%) Cloud Engineer
16 28 (2.34%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (17.54%) React
2 199 (16.62%) REST
3 183 (15.29%) .NET
4 168 (14.04%) CSS
5 158 (13.20%) HTML
6 115 (9.61%) Spring
7 113 (9.44%) Node.js
8 101 (8.44%) JSON
9 95 (7.94%) RESTful
10 91 (7.60%) Spring Boot
11 82 (6.85%) XML
12 79 (6.60%) .NET Core
13 73 (6.10%) Web Services
14 70 (5.85%) ASP.NET
15 67 (5.60%) Kafka
16 63 (5.26%) AngularJS
17 59 (4.93%) YAML
18 54 (4.51%) .NET Framework
18 54 (4.51%) SOAP
19 47 (3.93%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.51%) Algorithms
1 42 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
1 42 (3.51%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (3.09%) Mobile App
4 34 (2.84%) Public Cloud
5 30 (2.51%) Cloud Native
6 26 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (1.84%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
9 20 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.59%) Replication
11 18 (1.50%) Fixed Income
12 16 (1.34%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.25%) Clustering
14 14 (1.17%) IBM Mainframe
14 14 (1.17%) Mainframe
15 13 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 12 (1.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 211 (17.63%) Linux
2 124 (10.36%) Windows
3 90 (7.52%) Unix
4 39 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (2.92%) Android
6 34 (2.84%) Windows Server
7 24 (2.01%) Apple iOS
8 17 (1.42%) VMS
9 15 (1.25%) zOS
10 10 (0.84%) Solaris
10 10 (0.84%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.75%) Oracle Linux
12 8 (0.67%) CentOS
12 8 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
13 5 (0.42%) Windows 10
14 4 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.25%) Alpine Linux
15 3 (0.25%) Debian
16 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.084%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (49.46%) Agile
2 509 (42.52%) DevOps
3 449 (37.51%) CI/CD
4 233 (19.47%) Scrum
5 227 (18.96%) Test Automation
6 216 (18.05%) Software Engineering
7 214 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
8 202 (16.88%) Continuous Integration
9 184 (15.37%) Microservices
10 170 (14.20%) TDD
11 164 (13.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 153 (12.78%) Containerisation
13 131 (10.94%) Unit Testing
14 127 (10.61%) OO
15 109 (9.11%) Full Stack Development
16 101 (8.44%) SDLC
17 100 (8.35%) Computer Science
18 98 (8.19%) Front End Development
19 86 (7.18%) Software Testing
20 81 (6.77%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 474 (39.60%) Python
2 305 (25.48%) Java
3 285 (23.81%) SQL
4 262 (21.89%) JavaScript
5 217 (18.13%) C#
6 143 (11.95%) Bash
7 129 (10.78%) TypeScript
8 97 (8.10%) PowerShell
9 80 (6.68%) C++
10 76 (6.35%) Go
11 62 (5.18%) Perl
12 59 (4.93%) C
12 59 (4.93%) Shell Script
13 43 (3.59%) Bicep
14 29 (2.42%) PHP
15 27 (2.26%) Ruby
15 27 (2.26%) Scala
16 19 (1.59%) T-SQL
17 15 (1.25%) Groovy
17 15 (1.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 265 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 235 (19.63%) SC Cleared
3 134 (11.19%) Degree
4 80 (6.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 21 (1.75%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.25%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (0.75%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.58%) PhD
12 6 (0.50%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.50%) CCNP
12 6 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.33%) ISEB
14 4 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.93%) QA
2 50 (4.18%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.84%) WCAG
4 16 (1.34%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.92%) GDPR
6 9 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.58%) JTAG
8 6 (0.50%) MISRA
8 6 (0.50%) MISRA C
8 6 (0.50%) NCSC
9 5 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
9 5 (0.42%) ISO 26262
9 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.42%) SLA
10 3 (0.25%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.17%) MiFID
11 2 (0.17%) NIST
12 1 (0.084%) GxP
12 1 (0.084%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 302 (25.23%) Docker
2 91 (7.60%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.59%) Firmware
6 14 (1.17%) VMware NSX
7 11 (0.92%) vSphere
8 10 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.75%) HDFS
10 6 (0.50%) VirtualBox
11 4 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
11 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
11 4 (0.33%) zsh
12 3 (0.25%) vCloud
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 2 (0.17%) PowerDNS
13 2 (0.17%) Varnish
14 1 (0.084%) LXC
14 1 (0.084%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 277 (23.14%) Kubernetes
2 242 (20.22%) Terraform
3 176 (14.70%) Ansible
4 63 (5.26%) Grafana
5 47 (3.93%) Prometheus
5 47 (3.93%) Puppet
6 35 (2.92%) Progress Chef
7 26 (2.17%) Kibana
8 15 (1.25%) Packer
9 14 (1.17%) vRealize
10 8 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
10 8 (0.67%) EMC NetWorker
10 8 (0.67%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.67%) HP Fortify
10 8 (0.67%) logstash
10 8 (0.67%) Netcool
10 8 (0.67%) Tivoli
10 8 (0.67%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 8 (0.67%) vCenter Server
11 7 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 151 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.86%) Oracle
3 54 (4.51%) Google
4 48 (4.01%) Splunk
5 42 (3.51%) VMware
6 37 (3.09%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.84%) SAP
8 29 (2.42%) IBM
9 26 (2.17%) Cisco
10 24 (2.01%) Atlassian
11 22 (1.84%) F5
11 22 (1.84%) Red Hat
12 21 (1.75%) Talend
13 20 (1.67%) Databricks
14 19 (1.59%) Nokia
15 17 (1.42%) ServiceNow
16 15 (1.25%) MuleSoft
17 14 (1.17%) Palo Alto
17 14 (1.17%) Syncsort
17 14 (1.17%) TIBCO