GitHub
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 156 130 132
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 +29
Contract jobs citing GitHub 688 1,204 1,812
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.58% 2.02% 2.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.88% 5.47% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 815 1,236
10th Percentile £398 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £498 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £623 £700 £656
90th Percentile £675 £800 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £565 £525
% change year-on-year -6.59% +7.62% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 20
10th Percentile £27.75 £31.25 £38.08
25th Percentile £31.25 £37.25 £54.06
Median hourly rate £67.00 £54.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.94% -0.91% +34.97%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.00 £65.51
90th Percentile - £87.20 £79.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £54.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +28.44% -0.91% +151.60%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,092 22,029 34,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.32% 36.91% 38.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,003 15,924 24,905
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £634 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 350 427
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -5.54%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.00 £49.46
90th Percentile £62.00 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £24.62 £18.75
% change year-on-year -28.03% +31.31% -5.06%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitHub 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 -46 535 £525 -12.50% 462
London -39 331 £525 -16.00% 207
Work from Home -6 283 £550 -7.56% 172
UK excluding London -40 210 £528 -6.59% 278
North of England -13 76 £538 -4.87% 95
South East +16 55 £500 -13.04% 47
Yorkshire +16 49 £565 +7.62% 32
Wales +42 34 £525 -10.21% 11
North West +26 23 £495 -1.10% 54
South West -56 20 £600 -2.04% 40
East of England -13 12 £550 -13.73% 20
Midlands -22 7 £400 -27.27% 42
North East -20 4 £475 -15.93% 11
West Midlands -22 4 £375 -31.82% 23
Scotland +14 3 £550 -8.33% 23
East Midlands +12 3 £440 -37.14% 19
Northern Ireland - 3 £550 - 5

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 53 (7.70%) Confluence
2 24 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.62%) WordPress
4 17 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (1.45%) Drupal
5 10 (1.45%) nginx
6 9 (1.31%) Apache
7 8 (1.16%) Apache Spark
8 7 (1.02%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.87%) IIS
10 5 (0.73%) CMS
11 2 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.44%) Trello
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.15%) InDesign
4 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.02%) NEC Housing
1 7 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.15%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.15%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 254 (36.92%) Azure
2 246 (35.76%) AWS
3 182 (26.45%) GitHub Actions
4 95 (13.81%) Azure DevOps
5 84 (12.21%) Serverless
6 80 (11.63%) GCP
7 39 (5.67%) Azure Functions
8 37 (5.38%) Power Platform
9 32 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 29 (4.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 29 (4.22%) Azure Service Bus
11 28 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
11 28 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (2.91%) Amazon S3
13 20 (2.91%) SaaS
14 19 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (2.76%) PaaS
15 18 (2.62%) IaaS
15 18 (2.62%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.67%) Firewall
2 24 (3.49%) DNS
3 16 (2.33%) HTTP
3 16 (2.33%) VPN
4 11 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.02%) DMZ
5 7 (1.02%) SSL
6 6 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (0.58%) Internet
7 4 (0.58%) SNA
8 3 (0.44%) BGP
8 3 (0.44%) Intranet
8 3 (0.44%) Network Security
8 3 (0.44%) SAN
8 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.44%) WAN
9 2 (0.29%) OSPF
9 2 (0.29%) SSH
9 2 (0.29%) VSAN
9 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (11.63%) MySQL
2 77 (11.19%) SQL Server
3 75 (10.90%) PostgreSQL
4 55 (7.99%) NoSQL
5 35 (5.09%) Oracle Reports
6 34 (4.94%) Power BI
7 33 (4.80%) Relational Database
8 32 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
9 25 (3.63%) BigQuery
10 19 (2.76%) Metadata
11 17 (2.47%) DynamoDB
12 16 (2.33%) MongoDB
13 14 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.89%) Big Data
14 13 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
14 13 (1.89%) RDBMS
15 12 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
16 11 (1.60%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.60%) Redis
17 10 (1.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 157 (22.82%) Jenkins
2 125 (18.17%) Git
3 116 (16.86%) JIRA
4 104 (15.12%) GitLab
5 48 (6.98%) Cypress.io
6 36 (5.23%) CircleCI
7 30 (4.36%) SonarQube
8 27 (3.92%) Selenium
9 25 (3.63%) Bitbucket
9 25 (3.63%) Postman
10 19 (2.76%) Cucumber
10 19 (2.76%) JUnit
10 19 (2.76%) Maven
11 17 (2.47%) Gradle
12 13 (1.89%) Appium
12 13 (1.89%) JMeter
12 13 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
13 12 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
14 10 (1.45%) Burp Suite
14 10 (1.45%) TeamCity
General
1 147 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.39%) Finance
3 67 (9.74%) Public Sector
4 51 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (4.65%) Banking
6 23 (3.34%) Financial Institution
6 23 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (1.89%) Retail
8 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.60%) Marketing
10 9 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.31%) Front Office
11 7 (1.02%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.02%) Law
11 7 (1.02%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.87%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.73%) Local Government
14 4 (0.58%) Legal
14 4 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 201 (29.22%) Developer
2 97 (14.10%) DevOps Engineer
3 83 (12.06%) Senior
4 44 (6.40%) Software Engineer
5 36 (5.23%) Architect
5 36 (5.23%) Lead
6 34 (4.94%) Senior Developer
7 33 (4.80%) AWS Engineer
8 29 (4.22%) Data Engineer
9 27 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
9 27 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 26 (3.78%) Full Stack Developer
11 25 (3.63%) Python Developer
12 23 (3.34%) AWS DevOps
13 22 (3.20%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 22 (3.20%) Java Engineer
14 17 (2.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 17 (2.47%) SailPoint Developer
15 16 (2.33%) Full Stack Engineer
16 15 (2.18%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (12.94%) React
2 80 (11.63%) HTML
3 69 (10.03%) REST
4 60 (8.72%) Node.js
5 57 (8.28%) XML
6 44 (6.40%) Web Services
7 41 (5.96%) CSS
8 40 (5.81%) SOAP
9 37 (5.38%) JSON
10 34 (4.94%) RESTful
11 33 (4.80%) .NET
11 33 (4.80%) LDAP
11 33 (4.80%) YAML
12 32 (4.65%) JSP
12 32 (4.65%) SailPoint
12 32 (4.65%) Servlets
12 32 (4.65%) SPML
13 31 (4.51%) JDBC
14 29 (4.22%) Kafka
15 23 (3.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.54%) Onboarding
2 41 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.92%) Mobile App
4 23 (3.34%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.91%) Cloud Native
5 20 (2.91%) Linux Command Line
6 17 (2.47%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.74%) Replication
9 11 (1.60%) Clustering
9 11 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.60%) Derivative
10 10 (1.45%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.16%) Machine to Machine
12 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 126 (18.31%) Linux
2 45 (6.54%) Windows
3 26 (3.78%) Android
4 23 (3.34%) Unix
5 19 (2.76%) zOS
6 17 (2.47%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.16%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.87%) AIX
10 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.29%) CentOS
11 2 (0.29%) Debian
11 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (42.30%) DevOps
2 280 (40.70%) CI/CD
3 265 (38.52%) Agile
4 129 (18.75%) Test Automation
5 93 (13.52%) Software Engineering
6 83 (12.06%) Continuous Integration
7 82 (11.92%) Scrum
8 81 (11.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 75 (10.90%) Containerisation
9 75 (10.90%) Project Management
10 71 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (9.45%) Full Stack Development
12 59 (8.58%) SDLC
13 48 (6.98%) Migration
14 44 (6.40%) Microservices
14 44 (6.40%) TDD
15 43 (6.25%) Analytics
16 42 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
17 40 (5.81%) Computer Science
17 40 (5.81%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 246 (35.76%) Python
2 153 (22.24%) SQL
3 133 (19.33%) Java
4 125 (18.17%) JavaScript
5 64 (9.30%) Bash
5 64 (9.30%) PowerShell
6 62 (9.01%) TypeScript
7 35 (5.09%) C#
8 34 (4.94%) PHP
9 32 (4.65%) Kotlin
10 27 (3.92%) Go
11 22 (3.20%) C++
12 19 (2.76%) JCL
12 19 (2.76%) REXX
12 19 (2.76%) Shell Script
13 16 (2.33%) Ruby
13 16 (2.33%) Rust
14 8 (1.16%) Apex Code
14 8 (1.16%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.87%) Perl
Qualifications
1 110 (15.99%) Security Cleared
2 100 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 68 (9.88%) Degree
4 28 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.74%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.44%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.44%) SANS
11 2 (0.29%) CEH
11 2 (0.29%) CISM
11 2 (0.29%) CISSP
11 2 (0.29%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.29%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (12.50%) QA
2 29 (4.22%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.03%) NCSC
4 12 (1.74%) NIST
5 9 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.02%) MISRA
6 7 (1.02%) WCAG
7 6 (0.87%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.58%) GDPR
9 2 (0.29%) COBIT
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.29%) SLA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 127 (18.46%) Docker
2 44 (6.40%) Active Directory
3 32 (4.65%) IAG
4 28 (4.07%) ACF2
4 28 (4.07%) RACF
5 20 (2.91%) NFS
6 19 (2.76%) Time Sharing Option
7 18 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (1.45%) vSphere
9 8 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.16%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.58%) zsh
12 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
13 2 (0.29%) Varnish
13 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.15%) Ceph
14 1 (0.15%) Firmware
14 1 (0.15%) iptables
Systems Management
1 222 (32.27%) Terraform
2 146 (21.22%) Kubernetes
3 116 (16.86%) Ansible
4 35 (5.09%) Puppet
5 34 (4.94%) Grafana
6 27 (3.92%) Argo
7 23 (3.34%) Progress Chef
8 22 (3.20%) Prometheus
9 18 (2.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 16 (2.33%) Kibana
11 14 (2.03%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 10 (1.45%) logstash
13 9 (1.31%) Nessus
14 8 (1.16%) Data Guard
14 8 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (1.16%) Graylog
14 8 (1.16%) Packer
15 7 (1.02%) Red Hat Satellite
16 6 (0.87%) HP Fortify
16 6 (0.87%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 97 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 96 (13.95%) Oracle
3 50 (7.27%) Google
4 40 (5.81%) ServiceNow
5 32 (4.65%) Splunk
5 32 (4.65%) Sybase
6 26 (3.78%) Atlassian
6 26 (3.78%) Dell
6 26 (3.78%) VMware
7 23 (3.34%) Salesforce
8 22 (3.20%) IBM
9 19 (2.76%) Broadcom
9 19 (2.76%) Brocade
9 19 (2.76%) CA
10 17 (2.47%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.89%) SolarWinds
12 10 (1.45%) Cisco
13 9 (1.31%) Checkmarx
14 8 (1.16%) Palo Alto
15 7 (1.02%) Veracode