GitHub Contracts with Work from Home Options

GitHub
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring GitHub skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GitHub over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 121 115
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing GitHub 284 482 982
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.92% 2.02% 2.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.26% 5.12% 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 342 690
10th Percentile £413 £413 £413
25th Percentile £466 £459 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £675 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £535 £600 £561
% change year-on-year -10.79% +6.90% +12.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile - £40.80 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £45.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -28.00% +188.46%
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% +164.15%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

GitHub falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,402 9,416 18,029
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 39.44% 41.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,898 7,013 13,524
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 £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 131 149
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.03
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.28 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +25.00% +41.02%
75th Percentile £50.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.19 £75.00 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

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 12 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 12 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 24 (8.45%) Confluence
2 9 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.82%) WordPress
4 7 (2.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (1.41%) Apache
5 4 (1.41%) Drupal
6 3 (1.06%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.06%) IIS
7 2 (0.70%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.70%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.35%) Markit EDM
1 1 (0.35%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 111 (39.08%) Azure
2 104 (36.62%) AWS
3 87 (30.63%) GitHub Actions
4 57 (20.07%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (11.27%) GCP
6 18 (6.34%) Power Platform
7 15 (5.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (5.28%) Serverless
8 14 (4.93%) IaaS
8 14 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (4.93%) PaaS
8 14 (4.93%) SaaS
9 13 (4.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (3.17%) dbt
12 8 (2.82%) Fivetran
12 8 (2.82%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.46%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (9.51%) Firewall
2 11 (3.87%) HTTP
3 10 (3.52%) DNS
4 6 (2.11%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (2.11%) VPN
5 5 (1.76%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.41%) WAN
7 3 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (1.06%) LAN
7 3 (1.06%) Network Security
7 3 (1.06%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.70%) BGP
8 2 (0.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (0.70%) Intranet
8 2 (0.70%) OSPF
8 2 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.70%) SSL
8 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (10.21%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.15%) MySQL
3 22 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (6.34%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (6.34%) Power BI
5 17 (5.99%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (3.87%) BigQuery
6 11 (3.87%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.87%) Relational Database
7 10 (3.52%) Oracle Database
8 8 (2.82%) Metadata
9 7 (2.46%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.11%) PowerCenter
10 6 (2.11%) Redis
11 5 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.76%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.76%) InterSystems Cache
11 5 (1.76%) Oracle ODI
11 5 (1.76%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (23.24%) Jenkins
2 53 (18.66%) JIRA
3 48 (16.90%) Git
4 34 (11.97%) GitLab
5 19 (6.69%) SonarQube
6 16 (5.63%) Maven
7 13 (4.58%) Bitbucket
7 13 (4.58%) Cypress.io
7 13 (4.58%) Selenium
8 10 (3.52%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.17%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.82%) Postman
11 7 (2.46%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (2.11%) Appium
13 5 (1.76%) TeamCity
13 5 (1.76%) Travis CI
14 4 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 4 (1.41%) JMeter
15 3 (1.06%) JUnit
15 3 (1.06%) SoapUI
General
1 52 (18.31%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.08%) Public Sector
3 39 (13.73%) Finance
4 26 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.58%) Banking
6 9 (3.17%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.41%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.06%) Aviation
9 3 (1.06%) Marketing
9 3 (1.06%) Publishing
9 3 (1.06%) Retail
9 3 (1.06%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.35%) Front Office
11 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.35%) Law
11 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 79 (27.82%) Developer
2 49 (17.25%) Senior
3 48 (16.90%) DevOps Engineer
4 25 (8.80%) Data Engineer
5 24 (8.45%) Architect
6 19 (6.69%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (5.28%) Senior DevOps
7 15 (5.28%) Software Engineer
8 14 (4.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.58%) AWS DevOps
9 13 (4.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 11 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (3.87%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.17%) SailPoint Developer
13 8 (2.82%) DBA
13 8 (2.82%) Java Developer
13 8 (2.82%) Lead
13 8 (2.82%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.38%) REST
2 35 (12.32%) HTML
3 28 (9.86%) XML
4 25 (8.80%) React
5 23 (8.10%) SOAP
6 21 (7.39%) Node.js
6 21 (7.39%) Web Services
7 20 (7.04%) CSS
8 16 (5.63%) JSP
8 16 (5.63%) LDAP
8 16 (5.63%) SailPoint
8 16 (5.63%) Servlets
8 16 (5.63%) SPML
9 15 (5.28%) JDBC
9 15 (5.28%) Spring Boot
10 14 (4.93%) JSON
11 12 (4.23%) ARM Templates
11 12 (4.23%) YAML
12 11 (3.87%) .NET
12 11 (3.87%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.15%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 11 (3.87%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.52%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.11%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.76%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.41%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.06%) Social Media
9 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.70%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.70%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.70%) Machine to Machine
9 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.68%) Linux
2 11 (3.87%) Windows
3 8 (2.82%) zOS
4 6 (2.11%) AIX
4 6 (2.11%) Android
5 5 (1.76%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.41%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.06%) Unix
8 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (51.06%) DevOps
2 98 (34.51%) CI/CD
3 82 (28.87%) Agile
4 46 (16.20%) Test Automation
5 37 (13.03%) Software Engineering
6 34 (11.97%) Continuous Integration
7 31 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 31 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (10.21%) Containerisation
9 28 (9.86%) Project Management
10 25 (8.80%) Scrum
11 22 (7.75%) Mentoring
12 20 (7.04%) Analytics
12 20 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.04%) Full Stack Development
13 19 (6.69%) Software Testing
14 18 (6.34%) DevSecOps
15 16 (5.63%) RBAC
16 15 (5.28%) Continuous Deployment
16 15 (5.28%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 90 (31.69%) Python
2 69 (24.30%) SQL
3 59 (20.77%) JavaScript
4 57 (20.07%) Java
5 29 (10.21%) TypeScript
6 18 (6.34%) PowerShell
7 14 (4.93%) Bash
8 13 (4.58%) Go
9 11 (3.87%) PHP
9 11 (3.87%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.82%) JCL
10 8 (2.82%) REXX
11 7 (2.46%) C#
12 5 (1.76%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.76%) Ruby
13 4 (1.41%) Bicep
13 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.06%) C
14 3 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (1.06%) Rust
Qualifications
1 68 (23.94%) Security Cleared
2 52 (18.31%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.34%) Degree
4 12 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.52%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.76%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.70%) CEH
9 2 (0.70%) CISM
9 2 (0.70%) CISSP
9 2 (0.70%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.70%) CSSLP
9 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.35%) JNCIE
10 1 (0.35%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.80%) QA
2 11 (3.87%) NCSC
3 8 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.82%) NIST
4 7 (2.46%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.70%) COBIT
6 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.70%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.70%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 50 (17.61%) Docker
2 21 (7.39%) Active Directory
3 16 (5.63%) IAG
4 15 (5.28%) ACF2
4 15 (5.28%) RACF
5 8 (2.82%) NFS
5 8 (2.82%) Time Sharing Option
6 6 (2.11%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.70%) zsh
8 1 (0.35%) iptables
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 106 (37.32%) Terraform
2 49 (17.25%) Kubernetes
3 48 (16.90%) Ansible
4 13 (4.58%) Grafana
5 10 (3.52%) Kibana
5 10 (3.52%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.82%) Data Guard
7 7 (2.46%) Argo
7 7 (2.46%) logstash
7 7 (2.46%) Puppet
7 7 (2.46%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (2.11%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (2.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 6 (2.11%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.41%) Packer
10 3 (1.06%) Nessus
10 3 (1.06%) SCOM
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle Flashback
11 2 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 39 (13.73%) Oracle
2 32 (11.27%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.63%) ServiceNow
3 16 (5.63%) Sybase
4 15 (5.28%) Google
4 15 (5.28%) Splunk
5 14 (4.93%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.52%) IBM
7 9 (3.17%) Atlassian
8 8 (2.82%) Broadcom
8 8 (2.82%) Brocade
8 8 (2.82%) CA
8 8 (2.82%) Cisco
8 8 (2.82%) Dell
8 8 (2.82%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.46%) Informatica
10 5 (1.76%) F5
11 4 (1.41%) VMware
12 3 (1.06%) Computacenter
12 3 (1.06%) Genesys