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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 58 44
Rank change year-on-year -14 -14 0
Contract jobs citing Git 1,221 2,136 4,549
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.87% 3.73% 5.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.82% 25.32% 28.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 1,487 3,054
10th Percentile £350 £409 £409
25th Percentile £418 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £650
90th Percentile £703 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £507 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -1.07% - +19.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 58 47
10th Percentile £49.93 £51.25 £45.00
25th Percentile £56.25 £53.75 £60.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -0.44% +20.26%
75th Percentile £70.47 £74.31 £75.00
90th Percentile £79.13 £75.00 £79.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.25 £65.54
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.44% +27.88%

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 5,125 8,436 15,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.05% 14.73% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,445 5,951 11,155
10th Percentile £353 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.83%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 231 207
10th Percentile £32.48 £42.81 £37.15
25th Percentile £46.50 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +14.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.89 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.30 £82.50 £76.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +19.57%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -14 1,039 £520 -5.45% 924
London -8 603 £525 -12.50% 326
UK excluding London -19 463 £507 -1.07% 671
Work from Home -16 397 £500 -11.19% 464
South East +8 148 £550 - 141
North of England -10 125 £506 -8.00% 186
Midlands -12 66 £366 -28.19% 111
North West -15 62 £510 -0.49% 95
Scotland +7 59 £525 +5.00% 38
Yorkshire +12 56 £500 -10.71% 68
West Midlands +2 52 £358 -33.70% 81
East of England -33 36 £550 +10.00% 67
South West -57 31 £590 +15.12% 102
East Midlands -4 14 £445 -11.00% 30
North East -12 9 £380 -37.96% 25
Wales +23 6 £529 -15.40% 29

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
1 113 (9.25%) Confluence
2 39 (3.19%) CMS
3 38 (3.11%) Apache
4 36 (2.95%) Apache Spark
5 32 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
6 24 (1.97%) nginx
7 15 (1.23%) SAS
8 14 (1.15%) CICS
9 12 (0.98%) JBoss
9 12 (0.98%) OpenStack
10 11 (0.90%) Anypoint
11 10 (0.82%) Headless CMS
12 9 (0.74%) Drupal
12 9 (0.74%) IIS
13 8 (0.66%) SharePoint
14 7 (0.57%) Kentico
15 6 (0.49%) WordPress
16 5 (0.41%) Mule
16 5 (0.41%) Mule ESB
17 4 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.66%) Simulink
3 7 (0.57%) Stateflow
4 5 (0.41%) TargetLink
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.25%) Trello
7 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.06%) Shopify
2 6 (0.49%) Endur
2 6 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.16%) Magento
4 1 (0.082%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 413 (33.82%) Azure
2 384 (31.45%) AWS
3 196 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
4 139 (11.38%) Serverless
5 130 (10.65%) GCP
6 127 (10.40%) GitHub
7 98 (8.03%) Amazon S3
8 78 (6.39%) Azure Monitor
9 72 (5.90%) Amazon EC2
10 70 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
11 68 (5.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 68 (5.57%) Azure Service Bus
12 58 (4.75%) Amazon EKS
13 56 (4.59%) PaaS
14 48 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
14 48 (3.93%) OpenShift
15 45 (3.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 42 (3.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 42 (3.44%) Azure Functions
17 39 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 56 (4.59%) Firewall
2 41 (3.36%) DNS
3 36 (2.95%) TCP/IP
4 29 (2.38%) Network Security
5 27 (2.21%) HTTP
6 24 (1.97%) VPN
7 23 (1.88%) SNMP
8 19 (1.56%) Software-Defined Radio
9 18 (1.47%) 5G
10 16 (1.31%) BGP
10 16 (1.31%) NAS
10 16 (1.31%) SSL
11 15 (1.23%) DHCP
12 14 (1.15%) MPLS
12 14 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (1.06%) SAN
14 12 (0.98%) Kerberos
15 10 (0.82%) VLAN
16 8 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 8 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (11.30%) SQL Server
2 105 (8.60%) NoSQL
3 100 (8.19%) PostgreSQL
4 82 (6.72%) Relational Database
5 70 (5.73%) MySQL
6 50 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
7 49 (4.01%) Amazon Redshift
8 44 (3.60%) Big Data
9 42 (3.44%) Data Lake
10 37 (3.03%) MongoDB
11 32 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
12 26 (2.13%) DynamoDB
13 23 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
14 20 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
15 19 (1.56%) BigQuery
15 19 (1.56%) Hadoop
15 19 (1.56%) RDBMS
16 18 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
17 16 (1.31%) DB2
Development Applications
1 327 (26.78%) Jenkins
2 231 (18.92%) JIRA
3 92 (7.53%) GitLab
4 75 (6.14%) Bitbucket
5 70 (5.73%) Selenium
6 69 (5.65%) JUnit
7 60 (4.91%) TeamCity
8 57 (4.67%) Cucumber
9 47 (3.85%) Maven
9 47 (3.85%) Visual Studio
10 45 (3.69%) Subversion
11 38 (3.11%) Postman
12 35 (2.87%) SonarQube
13 28 (2.29%) Visual Studio Code
14 27 (2.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 26 (2.13%) Cypress.io
16 25 (2.05%) Artifactory
16 25 (2.05%) NUnit
17 23 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
18 21 (1.72%) Eclipse
General
1 260 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 149 (12.20%) Finance
3 125 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 83 (6.80%) Banking
6 29 (2.38%) Front Office
7 27 (2.21%) Marketing
8 25 (2.05%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 24 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (1.88%) Retail
11 22 (1.80%) Back Office
12 21 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.39%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.74%) Automotive
15 9 (0.74%) Multimedia
16 7 (0.57%) German Language
17 6 (0.49%) Electronics
17 6 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 492 (40.29%) Developer
2 165 (13.51%) Senior
3 132 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 91 (7.45%) Software Engineer
5 80 (6.55%) Lead
6 73 (5.98%) Java Developer
7 72 (5.90%) Full Stack Developer
8 62 (5.08%) Senior Developer
9 55 (4.50%) Data Engineer
10 51 (4.18%) C# Developer
11 47 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
12 45 (3.69%) Architect
12 45 (3.69%) Azure Developer
12 45 (3.69%) Python Developer
13 39 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
14 37 (3.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 36 (2.95%) .NET Developer
16 34 (2.78%) React Developer
17 33 (2.70%) AWS DevOps
18 30 (2.46%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (17.77%) React
2 196 (16.05%) .NET
3 187 (15.32%) REST
4 168 (13.76%) CSS
5 157 (12.86%) HTML
6 105 (8.60%) Spring
7 101 (8.27%) RESTful
8 94 (7.70%) JSON
9 89 (7.29%) Node.js
10 83 (6.80%) Spring Boot
11 79 (6.47%) .NET Core
12 77 (6.31%) XML
13 70 (5.73%) Web Services
14 69 (5.65%) ASP.NET
14 69 (5.65%) Kafka
15 61 (5.00%) AngularJS
16 58 (4.75%) YAML
17 54 (4.42%) .NET Framework
18 51 (4.18%) SOAP
19 44 (3.60%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.01%) Product Ownership
2 41 (3.36%) Algorithms
3 37 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 36 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (2.95%) Mobile App
5 34 (2.78%) Public Cloud
6 27 (2.21%) Cloud Native
7 25 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
8 20 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.56%) Fixed Income
10 17 (1.39%) Replication
11 16 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.15%) IBM Mainframe
12 14 (1.15%) Mainframe
13 13 (1.06%) Clustering
13 13 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 12 (0.98%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 215 (17.61%) Linux
2 120 (9.83%) Windows
3 86 (7.04%) Unix
4 34 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (2.62%) Android
6 23 (1.88%) Windows Server
7 22 (1.80%) Apple iOS
8 18 (1.47%) VMS
9 15 (1.23%) zOS
10 8 (0.66%) CentOS
10 8 (0.66%) Solaris
11 7 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
11 7 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
11 7 (0.57%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.41%) Windows 10
13 4 (0.33%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.25%) Alpine Linux
14 3 (0.25%) Debian
15 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.082%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (48.40%) Agile
2 532 (43.57%) DevOps
3 465 (38.08%) CI/CD
4 247 (20.23%) Test Automation
5 236 (19.33%) Scrum
6 234 (19.16%) Software Engineering
7 229 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
8 205 (16.79%) Continuous Integration
9 182 (14.91%) Microservices
10 174 (14.25%) TDD
11 170 (13.92%) Containerisation
12 158 (12.94%) Infrastructure as Code
13 128 (10.48%) OO
13 128 (10.48%) Unit Testing
14 113 (9.25%) Computer Science
15 106 (8.68%) SDLC
16 105 (8.60%) Full Stack Development
17 97 (7.94%) Front End Development
18 85 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
18 85 (6.96%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 487 (39.89%) Python
2 301 (24.65%) Java
3 296 (24.24%) SQL
4 252 (20.64%) JavaScript
5 225 (18.43%) C#
6 147 (12.04%) Bash
7 135 (11.06%) TypeScript
8 94 (7.70%) PowerShell
9 83 (6.80%) C++
10 78 (6.39%) Go
11 62 (5.08%) C
11 62 (5.08%) Shell Script
12 51 (4.18%) Perl
13 41 (3.36%) Bicep
14 31 (2.54%) Scala
15 25 (2.05%) PHP
16 24 (1.97%) Ruby
17 19 (1.56%) T-SQL
18 17 (1.39%) Kotlin
19 15 (1.23%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 264 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 231 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 144 (11.79%) Degree
4 83 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (3.69%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 18 (1.47%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (0.74%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (0.66%) PhD
11 7 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.33%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.33%) CISSP
14 4 (0.33%) ISEB
14 4 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.25%) CCNP
15 3 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (6.80%) QA
2 53 (4.34%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.05%) WCAG
4 15 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.06%) GDPR
6 7 (0.57%) JTAG
6 7 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.49%) MISRA
7 6 (0.49%) MISRA C
7 6 (0.49%) NCSC
8 5 (0.41%) AUTOSAR
8 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.41%) ISO 26262
8 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.41%) SLA
9 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.25%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.16%) MiFID
10 2 (0.16%) NIST
11 1 (0.082%) CDISC
System Software
1 317 (25.96%) Docker
2 97 (7.94%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.80%) Firmware
4 20 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.82%) vSphere
7 8 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.57%) HDFS
9 6 (0.49%) VirtualBox
10 5 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
11 4 (0.33%) zsh
12 3 (0.25%) vCloud
12 3 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.16%) PowerDNS
13 2 (0.16%) Varnish
14 1 (0.082%) LXC
14 1 (0.082%) Postfix
14 1 (0.082%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 307 (25.14%) Kubernetes
2 255 (20.88%) Terraform
3 180 (14.74%) Ansible
4 74 (6.06%) Grafana
5 52 (4.26%) Prometheus
6 51 (4.18%) Puppet
7 47 (3.85%) Progress Chef
8 24 (1.97%) Kibana
8 24 (1.97%) Packer
9 15 (1.23%) Consul
10 12 (0.98%) logstash
11 11 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
12 10 (0.82%) vRealize
13 9 (0.74%) Podman
14 8 (0.66%) Argo
14 8 (0.66%) HP Fortify
15 7 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
15 7 (0.57%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.49%) Tivoli
16 6 (0.49%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 155 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 102 (8.35%) Oracle
3 72 (5.90%) Google
4 50 (4.10%) Splunk
5 32 (2.62%) VMware
6 29 (2.38%) IBM
6 29 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.21%) SAP
8 26 (2.13%) Atlassian
9 25 (2.05%) Talend
10 21 (1.72%) Databricks
11 19 (1.56%) Red Hat
12 18 (1.47%) Cisco
12 18 (1.47%) Denodo
13 15 (1.23%) MuleSoft
14 14 (1.15%) Syncsort
15 13 (1.06%) F5
15 13 (1.06%) ServiceNow
16 12 (0.98%) TIBCO
16 12 (0.98%) Veritas