Git Contracts with Work from Home Options

Git Distributed Version Control System
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 Git skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Git over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 60 41
Rank change year-on-year -18 -19 -4
Contract jobs citing Git 398 892 2,447
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.72% 3.68% 5.53%
As % of the Development Applications category 22.77% 25.35% 30.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 622 1,640
10th Percentile £350 £407 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £612 £675 £638
90th Percentile £710 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 30 33
10th Percentile £46.75 £51.25 £47.00
25th Percentile £54.00 £54.06 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.84 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year -2.76% +1.99% +29.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £67.34 £65.54
% change year-on-year -7.19% +2.75% +12.31%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,748 3,519 8,154
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.94% 14.52% 18.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 2,543 5,857
10th Percentile £360 £380 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £540 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +1.89% +7.07%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 99 104
10th Percentile £24.37 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £51.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.57
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +18.90% +14.27%
75th Percentile £81.75 £70.64 £65.32
90th Percentile £90.00 £82.96 £75.59
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +6.63%

Git
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Git trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 Git.

Git daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Git over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Git daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Git
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 Git.

Git hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Git over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Git hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Git
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 39 (9.80%) Confluence
2 17 (4.27%) CMS
3 11 (2.76%) SAS
4 9 (2.26%) CICS
5 7 (1.76%) Apache
5 7 (1.76%) nginx
6 6 (1.51%) Anypoint
6 6 (1.51%) SharePoint
7 5 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.26%) Apache Spark
7 5 (1.26%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.26%) Kentico
7 5 (1.26%) Mule
7 5 (1.26%) Mule ESB
8 3 (0.75%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.75%) JBoss
8 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) Simulink
2 2 (0.50%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.75%) Shopify
3 2 (0.50%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.50%) Endur
3 2 (0.50%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 150 (37.69%) Azure
2 130 (32.66%) AWS
3 85 (21.36%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (12.31%) GCP
5 47 (11.81%) Serverless
6 45 (11.31%) GitHub
7 28 (7.04%) PaaS
8 26 (6.53%) Amazon S3
9 25 (6.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 24 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (5.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 21 (5.28%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (5.28%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (4.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 18 (4.52%) Azure Functions
13 18 (4.52%) OpenShift
14 17 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (3.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 13 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.78%) Firewall
2 17 (4.27%) DNS
2 17 (4.27%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.02%) Network Security
4 8 (2.01%) DHCP
5 7 (1.76%) HTTP
5 7 (1.76%) VPN
6 6 (1.51%) NAS
6 6 (1.51%) SAN
6 6 (1.51%) VLAN
7 5 (1.26%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.01%) Wireless
9 3 (0.75%) OpenLDAP
10 2 (0.50%) Internet
10 2 (0.50%) MQTT
11 1 (0.25%) 5G
11 1 (0.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 1 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (0.25%) RS-232
11 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (13.07%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.04%) NoSQL
3 23 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (5.78%) Relational Database
4 17 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (4.27%) Amazon Redshift
4 17 (4.27%) MySQL
5 15 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 11 (2.76%) DB2
8 10 (2.51%) Big Data
9 9 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (2.26%) IDMS
10 8 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (2.01%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.01%) Power BI
11 7 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (1.76%) BigQuery
11 7 (1.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 100 (25.13%) Jenkins
2 82 (20.60%) JIRA
3 40 (10.05%) GitLab
4 24 (6.03%) Selenium
4 24 (6.03%) TeamCity
5 17 (4.27%) Bitbucket
6 15 (3.77%) git-flow
7 14 (3.52%) Visual Studio
8 13 (3.27%) Artifactory
8 13 (3.27%) Cucumber
8 13 (3.27%) Cypress.io
9 12 (3.02%) SonarQube
10 11 (2.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 11 (2.76%) JUnit
10 11 (2.76%) Maven
10 11 (2.76%) Postman
11 10 (2.51%) Sonatype Nexus
11 10 (2.51%) Subversion
11 10 (2.51%) Visual Studio Code
12 9 (2.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 63 (15.83%) Finance
3 36 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.29%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.78%) Banking
6 15 (3.77%) Marketing
7 13 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.01%) Front Office
9 8 (2.01%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.01%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.76%) Back Office
11 6 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.26%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.26%) Electronics
13 4 (1.01%) Publishing
13 4 (1.01%) Retail
14 3 (0.75%) German Language
15 2 (0.50%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.50%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 142 (35.68%) Developer
2 73 (18.34%) Senior
3 60 (15.08%) DevOps Engineer
4 33 (8.29%) Software Engineer
5 25 (6.28%) Senior Developer
6 23 (5.78%) Lead
7 22 (5.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 21 (5.28%) Azure Developer
9 18 (4.52%) .NET Developer
9 18 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (4.52%) Full Stack Developer
9 18 (4.52%) React Developer
10 16 (4.02%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (4.02%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.52%) Architect
11 14 (3.52%) JavaScript Developer
11 14 (3.52%) Senior DevOps
12 13 (3.27%) JavaScript Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) C# Developer
14 11 (2.76%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (18.84%) React
2 65 (16.33%) .NET
3 64 (16.08%) CSS
4 59 (14.82%) REST
5 49 (12.31%) HTML
6 38 (9.55%) RESTful
7 34 (8.54%) JSON
8 33 (8.29%) Node.js
9 31 (7.79%) SOAP
10 26 (6.53%) Web Services
11 24 (6.03%) .NET Core
11 24 (6.03%) XML
12 21 (5.28%) .NET Framework
12 21 (5.28%) Jest
12 21 (5.28%) Spring
13 20 (5.03%) ASP.NET
13 20 (5.03%) GraphQL
13 20 (5.03%) YAML
14 18 (4.52%) AngularJS
14 18 (4.52%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.78%) Algorithms
2 20 (5.03%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.02%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.52%) Fixed Income
5 13 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.76%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.26%) IBM Mainframe
8 9 (2.26%) Mainframe
9 8 (2.01%) Clustering
9 8 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.76%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.76%) Replication
10 7 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.51%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.51%) Equities
11 6 (1.51%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 70 (17.59%) Linux
2 48 (12.06%) Windows
3 26 (6.53%) Unix
4 20 (5.03%) Android
5 15 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (3.52%) Apple iOS
7 10 (2.51%) zOS
8 9 (2.26%) Windows Server
9 6 (1.51%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (1.51%) Solaris
10 4 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (0.75%) ThreadX
11 3 (0.75%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.50%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.50%) VMS
13 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (48.74%) DevOps
2 169 (42.46%) Agile
3 148 (37.19%) CI/CD
4 78 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (19.60%) Software Engineering
5 76 (19.10%) Test Automation
6 61 (15.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 58 (14.57%) Continuous Integration
7 58 (14.57%) Scrum
8 49 (12.31%) TDD
9 48 (12.06%) Microservices
10 45 (11.31%) Computer Science
10 45 (11.31%) Containerisation
11 39 (9.80%) Unit Testing
12 38 (9.55%) Analytics
13 36 (9.05%) Front End Development
14 34 (8.54%) SDLC
15 31 (7.79%) OO
15 31 (7.79%) Open Source
16 30 (7.54%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 161 (40.45%) Python
2 97 (24.37%) JavaScript
3 89 (22.36%) SQL
4 81 (20.35%) Java
5 71 (17.84%) C#
6 56 (14.07%) TypeScript
7 50 (12.56%) Bash
8 37 (9.30%) PowerShell
9 32 (8.04%) Go
10 27 (6.78%) C++
11 23 (5.78%) Perl
12 19 (4.77%) Shell Script
13 18 (4.52%) Bicep
14 13 (3.27%) C
15 9 (2.26%) CLIST
15 9 (2.26%) COBOL
15 9 (2.26%) PHP
15 9 (2.26%) REXX
16 8 (2.01%) Rust
16 8 (2.01%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 74 (18.59%) Security Cleared
2 57 (14.32%) Degree
3 56 (14.07%) SC Cleared
4 29 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.51%) AWS Certification
5 10 (2.51%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (1.76%) PhD
9 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.01%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.75%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.25%) ISEB
13 1 (0.25%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.53%) Accessibility
2 21 (5.28%) QA
3 10 (2.51%) WCAG
4 8 (2.01%) GDPR
5 7 (1.76%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.01%) JTAG
8 3 (0.75%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.50%) NIST
10 1 (0.25%) CDISC
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) GxP
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 101 (25.38%) Docker
2 32 (8.04%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.01%) Firmware
6 4 (1.01%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.01%) vSphere
7 3 (0.75%) vCloud
7 3 (0.75%) VirtualBox
7 3 (0.75%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.75%) zsh
8 1 (0.25%) HDFS
8 1 (0.25%) Postfix
8 1 (0.25%) PowerDNS
8 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 101 (25.38%) Terraform
2 99 (24.87%) Kubernetes
3 47 (11.81%) Ansible
4 29 (7.29%) Grafana
5 21 (5.28%) Prometheus
6 19 (4.77%) Progress Chef
7 16 (4.02%) Puppet
8 8 (2.01%) Kibana
9 5 (1.26%) CloudHub
9 5 (1.26%) Consul
9 5 (1.26%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (1.26%) Netcool
9 5 (1.26%) Packer
9 5 (1.26%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.01%) Argo
10 4 (1.01%) logstash
11 3 (0.75%) Autotask
11 3 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.50%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 57 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.04%) Oracle
3 24 (6.03%) Google
4 18 (4.52%) IBM
5 16 (4.02%) Splunk
5 16 (4.02%) VMware
6 15 (3.77%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.51%) SAP
8 9 (2.26%) Syncsort
9 7 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.76%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.51%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.26%) BMC
11 5 (1.26%) Cisco
11 5 (1.26%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.26%) Databricks
11 5 (1.26%) Dell
11 5 (1.26%) EMC
11 5 (1.26%) HP
11 5 (1.26%) Remedy