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 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 | 145 | 137 | 133 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -4 | +27 |
| Contract jobs citing GitHub | 699 | 1,102 | 1,791 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.64% | 1.92% | 2.03% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.05% | 5.24% | 5.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 448 | 747 | 1,202 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £413 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £455 | £480 | £497 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £528 | £600 | £560 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.04% | +7.14% | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £700 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £800 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £565 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.04% | +7.62% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 8 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £31.25 | £54.18 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £37.25 | £55.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £54.50 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.44% | -22.14% | +93.10% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60.63 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76.00 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £54.00 | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.63% | -25.52% | +231.66% |
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 | 13,842 | 21,041 | 34,006 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.54% | 36.74% | 38.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,846 | 15,232 | 24,816 |
| 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 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 332 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.13 | £66.00 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +29.89% | -3.76% |
GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
GitHub
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitHub.
GitHub
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
GitHub
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitHub.
GitHub
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
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 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 | -39 | 538 | £525 | -12.50% | 474 |
| London | -29 | 328 | £525 | -16.00% | 228 |
| Work from Home | +7 | 280 | £550 | -8.33% | 195 |
| UK excluding London | -35 | 220 | £525 | -7.04% | 299 |
| North of England | -1 | 77 | £538 | -3.59% | 90 |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 52 | £558 | +6.19% | 36 |
| South East | +9 | 48 | £475 | -17.39% | 69 |
| South West | -39 | 33 | £533 | -11.17% | 40 |
| Wales | +43 | 29 | £515 | -11.97% | 17 |
| North West | +15 | 21 | £500 | -2.44% | 44 |
| East of England | -19 | 13 | £550 | -13.73% | 17 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 11 | £600 | - | 12 |
| Midlands | -23 | 7 | £400 | -30.43% | 40 |
| West Midlands | -20 | 5 | £400 | -30.43% | 25 |
| North East | -20 | 4 | £475 | -15.93% | 11 |
| Scotland | +19 | 2 | - | - | 20 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 2 | - | - | 15 |
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:
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