GitHub Contracts with Work from Home Options

GitHub
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 118 119
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing GitHub 280 487 989
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.91% 2.04% 2.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.21% 5.16% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 345 694
10th Percentile £420 £413 £413
25th Percentile £475 £463 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +7.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £676 £650
90th Percentile £675 £725 £734
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £561
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.90% +12.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 12
10th Percentile - £40.80 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £45.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £74.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -27.76% +171.81%
75th Percentile - £56.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £46.15 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +93.10%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,373 9,439 18,224
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.66% 39.45% 41.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,880 7,029 13,660
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 132 152
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.06
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.29 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £53.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.56% +34.19% +14.29%
75th Percentile £52.31 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £39.55 £22.20
% change year-on-year -45.64% +78.15% +1.56%

GitHub
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GitHub trend for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GitHub.

GitHub daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GitHub over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

GitHub daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GitHub.

GitHub hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GitHub over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

GitHub hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitHub
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 23 (8.21%) Confluence
2 9 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.86%) WordPress
4 7 (2.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (1.43%) Apache
5 4 (1.43%) Drupal
6 3 (1.07%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.07%) IIS
7 2 (0.71%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.71%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.36%) Markit EDM
1 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 105 (37.50%) Azure
2 100 (35.71%) AWS
3 85 (30.36%) GitHub Actions
4 55 (19.64%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (11.07%) GCP
6 18 (6.43%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (5.00%) PaaS
8 13 (4.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (4.64%) IaaS
8 13 (4.64%) SaaS
9 12 (4.29%) Serverless
10 10 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (3.21%) dbt
12 8 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (2.86%) Fivetran
12 8 (2.86%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.50%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.64%) Firewall
2 11 (3.93%) HTTP
3 10 (3.57%) DNS
4 6 (2.14%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.14%) VPN
5 5 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.43%) WAN
7 3 (1.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.07%) LAN
7 3 (1.07%) Network Security
7 3 (1.07%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.71%) BGP
8 2 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.71%) Intranet
8 2 (0.71%) OSPF
8 2 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.71%) SSL
8 2 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.29%) MySQL
3 22 (7.86%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (6.43%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (6.43%) Power BI
5 16 (5.71%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.93%) BigQuery
6 11 (3.93%) Relational Database
7 10 (3.57%) NoSQL
7 10 (3.57%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.86%) Metadata
9 7 (2.50%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.14%) Apache Cassandra
10 6 (2.14%) PowerCenter
10 6 (2.14%) Redis
11 5 (1.79%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.79%) InterSystems Cache
11 5 (1.79%) Oracle ODI
11 5 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 62 (22.14%) Jenkins
2 49 (17.50%) JIRA
3 44 (15.71%) Git
4 35 (12.50%) GitLab
5 17 (6.07%) SonarQube
6 13 (4.64%) Cypress.io
7 12 (4.29%) Bitbucket
7 12 (4.29%) Maven
8 11 (3.93%) Selenium
9 10 (3.57%) CircleCI
10 7 (2.50%) Cucumber
10 7 (2.50%) Postman
11 6 (2.14%) Appium
12 5 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (1.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (1.43%) JMeter
13 4 (1.43%) TeamCity
13 4 (1.43%) Travis CI
14 3 (1.07%) Subversion
14 3 (1.07%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 50 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.57%) Finance
2 38 (13.57%) Public Sector
3 24 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.93%) Banking
5 9 (3.21%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.07%) Aviation
8 3 (1.07%) Marketing
8 3 (1.07%) Publishing
8 3 (1.07%) Retail
8 3 (1.07%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.36%) Front Office
10 1 (0.36%) Law
10 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (28.57%) Developer
2 48 (17.14%) Senior
3 46 (16.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 24 (8.57%) Data Engineer
5 23 (8.21%) Architect
6 18 (6.43%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.36%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (5.36%) Software Engineer
8 14 (5.00%) Senior DevOps
9 13 (4.64%) AWS DevOps
9 13 (4.64%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.93%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.21%) SailPoint Developer
13 8 (2.86%) DBA
13 8 (2.86%) Lead
13 8 (2.86%) Oracle DBA
13 8 (2.86%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.57%) HTML
2 37 (13.21%) REST
3 28 (10.00%) XML
4 25 (8.93%) React
5 23 (8.21%) SOAP
6 21 (7.50%) Node.js
6 21 (7.50%) Web Services
7 20 (7.14%) CSS
8 16 (5.71%) JSP
8 16 (5.71%) LDAP
8 16 (5.71%) SailPoint
8 16 (5.71%) Servlets
8 16 (5.71%) SPML
9 15 (5.36%) JDBC
10 14 (5.00%) JSON
10 14 (5.00%) YAML
11 13 (4.64%) Spring Boot
12 12 (4.29%) ARM Templates
13 10 (3.57%) Azure Blueprints
13 10 (3.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.29%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.93%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.57%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.14%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.79%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.07%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.07%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.07%) Social Media
8 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.71%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.71%) Machine to Machine
8 2 (0.71%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.29%) Linux
2 13 (4.64%) Windows
3 10 (3.57%) zOS
4 6 (2.14%) AIX
4 6 (2.14%) Android
5 5 (1.79%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.43%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.07%) Unix
8 2 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (50.71%) DevOps
2 95 (33.93%) CI/CD
3 81 (28.93%) Agile
4 44 (15.71%) Test Automation
5 36 (12.86%) Software Engineering
6 31 (11.07%) Continuous Integration
7 30 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (10.71%) Project Management
8 29 (10.36%) Containerisation
8 29 (10.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 22 (7.86%) Mentoring
10 21 (7.50%) Scrum
11 20 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (7.14%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (7.14%) Software Testing
12 19 (6.79%) Analytics
13 18 (6.43%) DevSecOps
14 16 (5.71%) RBAC
15 15 (5.36%) Continuous Deployment
15 15 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 90 (32.14%) Python
2 69 (24.64%) SQL
3 59 (21.07%) JavaScript
4 56 (20.00%) Java
5 29 (10.36%) TypeScript
6 18 (6.43%) PowerShell
7 14 (5.00%) Bash
7 14 (5.00%) Go
8 11 (3.93%) PHP
8 11 (3.93%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.57%) JCL
9 10 (3.57%) REXX
10 7 (2.50%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.14%) C#
12 5 (1.79%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.43%) Bicep
13 4 (1.43%) Ruby
14 3 (1.07%) R
14 3 (1.07%) Rust
14 3 (1.07%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 66 (23.57%) Security Cleared
2 51 (18.21%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.43%) Degree
4 12 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.21%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.79%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) CEH
8 2 (0.71%) CISM
8 2 (0.71%) CISSP
8 2 (0.71%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.71%) CSSLP
8 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.36%) CCIE
9 1 (0.36%) CCNP
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.57%) QA
2 11 (3.93%) NCSC
3 8 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.86%) NIST
4 7 (2.50%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.71%) COBIT
6 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.71%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.71%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 49 (17.50%) Docker
2 21 (7.50%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.71%) IAG
4 15 (5.36%) ACF2
4 15 (5.36%) RACF
5 10 (3.57%) NFS
5 10 (3.57%) Time Sharing Option
6 6 (2.14%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.71%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.71%) zsh
8 1 (0.36%) iptables
8 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 103 (36.79%) Terraform
2 48 (17.14%) Ansible
2 48 (17.14%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.64%) Grafana
4 10 (3.57%) Kibana
4 10 (3.57%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 8 (2.86%) Data Guard
7 7 (2.50%) Argo
7 7 (2.50%) logstash
7 7 (2.50%) Puppet
8 6 (2.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 6 (2.14%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.43%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (1.43%) Packer
10 3 (1.07%) Nessus
10 3 (1.07%) SCOM
11 2 (0.71%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 38 (13.57%) Oracle
2 29 (10.36%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.71%) ServiceNow
3 16 (5.71%) Sybase
4 15 (5.36%) Google
4 15 (5.36%) Splunk
5 14 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.29%) IBM
7 10 (3.57%) Atlassian
7 10 (3.57%) Broadcom
7 10 (3.57%) Brocade
7 10 (3.57%) CA
7 10 (3.57%) Dell
8 8 (2.86%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.50%) Cisco
9 7 (2.50%) Informatica
10 5 (1.79%) F5
11 4 (1.43%) VMware
12 3 (1.07%) Computacenter
12 3 (1.07%) Genesys