GitHub
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GitHub skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 252 187 99
Rank change year-on-year -65 -88 +105
Permanent jobs citing GitHub 1,116 2,000 5,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 2.01% 3.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.15% 4.66% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 859 1,065 1,555
10th Percentile £42,286 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £112,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,437 42,898 78,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 43.13% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,650 28,186 41,598
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

GitHub
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitHub as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitHub.

Salary trend for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitHub over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GitHub in the UK

GitHub
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -70 943 £65,000 -6.40% 482
UK excluding London -98 683 £60,000 +4.35% 301
Work from Home -24 506 £63,218 -8.97% 201
London -38 354 £85,000 +13.33% 235
North of England -61 195 £62,500 +8.70% 90
South East -84 143 £52,500 -25.00% 69
North West -17 120 £60,000 -0.41% 44
Midlands -3 105 £61,500 +6.96% 41
Scotland -93 89 £75,000 +30.43% 21
West Midlands +17 83 £61,500 +6.96% 25
South West +6 83 £57,500 -7.63% 40
Yorkshire -52 61 £63,750 +7.10% 36
East of England -23 45 £50,000 - 17
Wales -6 22 £62,500 +1.63% 17
East Midlands -23 21 £55,000 +4.76% 16
North East -16 14 £71,500 +24.35% 11
Northern Ireland -21 1 £47,500 -17.39% 12

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:

Application Platforms
1 66 (5.91%) FileNet
2 59 (5.29%) Confluence
3 33 (2.96%) Apache
4 30 (2.69%) CMS
5 28 (2.51%) Apache Spark
6 23 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
7 21 (1.88%) Captiva
7 21 (1.88%) nginx
7 21 (1.88%) WebSphere
8 17 (1.52%) Drupal
9 13 (1.16%) WordPress
10 10 (0.90%) IIS
11 9 (0.81%) SharePoint
12 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
13 6 (0.54%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.45%) Tomcat
14 5 (0.45%) Umbraco
15 4 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 3 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
17 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 44 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.72%) Trello
4 7 (0.63%) GNU Octave
5 5 (0.45%) Doxygen
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.18%) Notion
7 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.090%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.090%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.18%) Shopify
5 1 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.090%) Magento
5 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.090%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.090%) Sage 50
5 1 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.090%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 472 (42.29%) AWS
2 461 (41.31%) Azure
3 256 (22.94%) GitHub Actions
4 220 (19.71%) GCP
5 154 (13.80%) Azure DevOps
6 129 (11.56%) Serverless
7 117 (10.48%) AWS Lambda
8 107 (9.59%) Amazon S3
9 77 (6.90%) SaaS
10 69 (6.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 60 (5.38%) PaaS
12 45 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
13 43 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
14 41 (3.67%) Power Platform
15 40 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
15 40 (3.58%) Amazon SQS
15 40 (3.58%) Azure AKS
16 33 (2.96%) IaaS
17 24 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
17 24 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.30%) Firewall
2 44 (3.94%) DNS
3 21 (1.88%) VPN
4 15 (1.34%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.25%) WAN
6 13 (1.16%) Internet
7 11 (0.99%) DHCP
7 11 (0.99%) RS-232
8 10 (0.90%) 5G
9 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.54%) MQTT
10 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.45%) Bluetooth
11 5 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.45%) RS-485
11 5 (0.45%) Wireless
11 5 (0.45%) ZigBee
12 3 (0.27%) Network Security
12 3 (0.27%) SMS
12 3 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (10.57%) MySQL
2 109 (9.77%) SQL Server
3 98 (8.78%) NoSQL
4 83 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
5 61 (5.47%) Elasticsearch
6 51 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (4.39%) Apache Cassandra
8 48 (4.30%) Redis
9 40 (3.58%) Amazon RDS
10 34 (3.05%) MongoDB
10 34 (3.05%) Power BI
11 33 (2.96%) DynamoDB
12 32 (2.87%) Azure SQL Database
13 27 (2.42%) Big Data
13 27 (2.42%) Relational Database
14 25 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
15 23 (2.06%) Data Lake
16 22 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
16 22 (1.97%) BigQuery
17 19 (1.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 289 (25.90%) Git
2 237 (21.24%) Jenkins
3 182 (16.31%) JIRA
4 136 (12.19%) GitLab
5 64 (5.73%) CircleCI
6 56 (5.02%) Bitbucket
7 51 (4.57%) JUnit
8 48 (4.30%) Jasmine
9 45 (4.03%) Mockito
10 44 (3.94%) Visual Studio
11 33 (2.96%) Visual Studio Code
12 28 (2.51%) Oracle Forms
13 25 (2.24%) SonarQube
14 24 (2.15%) Sonatype Nexus
15 22 (1.97%) Selenium
16 21 (1.88%) Octopus Deploy
16 21 (1.88%) PHPUnit
17 20 (1.79%) Maven
18 19 (1.70%) Subversion
19 17 (1.52%) Artifactory
General
1 296 (26.52%) Finance
2 254 (22.76%) Social Skills
3 111 (9.95%) Banking
4 96 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (6.72%) Public Sector
7 61 (5.47%) Marketing
8 58 (5.20%) Law
9 47 (4.21%) Retail
10 46 (4.12%) Legal
11 31 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.42%) Automotive
12 27 (2.42%) Electronics
13 26 (2.33%) Games
13 26 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (2.06%) Telecoms
15 22 (1.97%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.70%) Retail Banking
17 12 (1.08%) Aviation
18 10 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 418 (37.46%) Developer
2 228 (20.43%) Senior
3 179 (16.04%) Software Engineer
4 135 (12.10%) DevOps Engineer
5 114 (10.22%) Lead
6 86 (7.71%) Senior Developer
7 73 (6.54%) Full Stack Developer
7 73 (6.54%) Software Developer
8 72 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 71 (6.36%) AWS Engineer
10 61 (5.47%) .NET Developer
11 57 (5.11%) Data Engineer
12 50 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
13 46 (4.12%) C# Developer
14 44 (3.94%) Platform Engineer
15 40 (3.58%) AWS DevOps
16 39 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 37 (3.32%) Java Engineer
18 36 (3.23%) Senior DevOps
18 36 (3.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (19.27%) React
2 192 (17.20%) .NET
3 146 (13.08%) HTML
4 142 (12.72%) CSS
5 135 (12.10%) AngularJS
6 108 (9.68%) Node.js
7 98 (8.78%) RESTful
8 89 (7.97%) GraphQL
9 88 (7.89%) Kafka
10 86 (7.71%) Spring
11 83 (7.44%) REST
12 82 (7.35%) HTML5
13 65 (5.82%) Vue
14 64 (5.73%) .NET Core
15 59 (5.29%) Laravel
16 50 (4.48%) jQuery
17 49 (4.39%) J2EE
17 49 (4.39%) Web Services
18 45 (4.03%) Hibernate
18 45 (4.03%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.26%) Public Cloud
2 70 (6.27%) Cloud Native
3 57 (5.11%) Product Ownership
4 56 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
5 46 (4.12%) IoT
6 42 (3.76%) Private Cloud
7 37 (3.32%) Mobile App
8 30 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (2.60%) Data Structures
10 24 (2.15%) Management Information System
11 23 (2.06%) Onboarding
12 22 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
13 21 (1.88%) Client/Server
13 21 (1.88%) DataPower
13 21 (1.88%) Virtual Team
14 20 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
15 15 (1.34%) Algorithms
15 15 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (1.08%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 176 (15.77%) Linux
2 103 (9.23%) Windows
3 48 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 38 (3.41%) Unix
5 34 (3.05%) Apple iOS
6 26 (2.33%) Android
7 11 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.36%) VMS
11 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.090%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.090%) Debian
13 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (41.31%) Agile
2 449 (40.23%) DevOps
3 410 (36.74%) CI/CD
4 301 (26.97%) Software Engineering
5 219 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (18.82%) Infrastructure as Code
7 188 (16.85%) Full Stack Development
8 159 (14.25%) Computer Science
9 156 (13.98%) Microservices
10 149 (13.35%) Containerisation
11 147 (13.17%) Test Automation
12 129 (11.56%) SDLC
13 127 (11.38%) Machine Learning
14 120 (10.75%) Unit Testing
15 113 (10.13%) Mentoring
16 99 (8.87%) Continuous Integration
17 89 (7.97%) Artificial Intelligence
18 87 (7.80%) Scrum
19 81 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
20 77 (6.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 337 (30.20%) Python
2 300 (26.88%) SQL
3 297 (26.61%) JavaScript
4 237 (21.24%) Java
5 170 (15.23%) C#
6 140 (12.54%) TypeScript
7 104 (9.32%) PowerShell
8 92 (8.24%) PHP
9 85 (7.62%) Bash
10 74 (6.63%) Go
11 43 (3.85%) C
11 43 (3.85%) Ruby
12 23 (2.06%) MATLAB
13 22 (1.97%) Scala
14 21 (1.88%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.79%) Apex Code
16 19 (1.70%) C++
17 16 (1.43%) Objective-C
18 15 (1.34%) PL/SQL
19 14 (1.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 184 (16.49%) Degree
2 93 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (5.47%) Security Cleared
4 53 (4.75%) Master's Degree
5 39 (3.49%) SC Cleared
6 28 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 10 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.72%) HND
10 7 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.63%) PhD
11 4 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.36%) ISEB
11 4 (0.36%) ISEB Practitioner
11 4 (0.36%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.36%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.090%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.76%) QA
2 36 (3.23%) GDPR
3 20 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.16%) NCSC
6 11 (0.99%) MISRA
7 8 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.54%) MISRA C
9 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.36%) PMO
11 3 (0.27%) NIST
11 3 (0.27%) SLA
12 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.090%) AUTOSAR
13 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.090%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.090%) WCAG
System Software
1 350 (31.36%) Docker
2 39 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 28 (2.51%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.34%) Firmware
5 11 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.99%) NFS
6 10 (0.90%) pfSense
7 8 (0.72%) HDFS
8 6 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.090%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.090%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 313 (28.05%) Kubernetes
2 306 (27.42%) Terraform
3 121 (10.84%) Ansible
4 38 (3.41%) Grafana
5 30 (2.69%) Progress Chef
6 27 (2.42%) Puppet
7 16 (1.43%) Packer
8 15 (1.34%) Argo
8 15 (1.34%) Istio
9 14 (1.25%) ZABBIX
10 13 (1.16%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (0.90%) SCDPM
12 8 (0.72%) Kibana
12 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
12 8 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
13 7 (0.63%) Foglight
13 7 (0.63%) Nagios
13 7 (0.63%) Salt
14 6 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 152 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 103 (9.23%) Oracle
3 82 (7.35%) Google
4 34 (3.05%) SAP
5 31 (2.78%) IBM
5 31 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.51%) Databricks
7 22 (1.97%) Splunk
8 21 (1.88%) Kofax
8 21 (1.88%) Pega
8 21 (1.88%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.79%) Atlassian
9 20 (1.79%) VMware
10 16 (1.43%) ForgeRock
10 16 (1.43%) Sitecore
11 15 (1.34%) McAfee
12 13 (1.16%) Dynatrace
12 13 (1.16%) HP
13 11 (0.99%) Fortinet
13 11 (0.99%) Veeam