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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 148 | 134 | 132 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | -2 | +24 |
| Contract jobs citing GitHub | 691 | 1,107 | 1,783 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.62% | 1.94% | 2.04% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.00% | 5.28% | 5.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 443 | 746 | 1,206 |
| 10th Percentile | £376 | £413 | £419 |
| 25th Percentile | £459 | £480 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £600 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | +6.67% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £700 | £654 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £800 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £570 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.85% | +8.57% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 23 | 8 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £31.25 | £53.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.00 | £37.25 | £55.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £54.50 | £66.01 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.44% | -17.43% | +82.08% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60.63 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76.00 | £80.95 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £54.00 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.63% | -22.86% | +220.22% |
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 | 13,823 | 20,974 | 33,690 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.48% | 36.73% | 38.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,820 | 15,173 | 24,585 |
| 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 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 334 | 420 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.31 | £15.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.50 | £66.00 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +25.00% | - |
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 15 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 15 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 15 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 | -46 | 533 | £525 | -12.50% | 422 |
| London | -24 | 325 | £525 | -16.00% | 186 |
| Work from Home | +8 | 277 | £550 | -8.33% | 182 |
| UK excluding London | -36 | 215 | £525 | -7.85% | 268 |
| North of England | -9 | 77 | £538 | -4.87% | 89 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 52 | £558 | +3.72% | 33 |
| South East | +10 | 48 | £475 | -17.39% | 42 |
| South West | -33 | 31 | £533 | -12.08% | 41 |
| Wales | +44 | 28 | £515 | -11.97% | 15 |
| North West | +21 | 21 | £500 | -2.44% | 45 |
| East of England | -16 | 13 | £550 | -4.35% | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 9 | £600 | - | 11 |
| Midlands | -17 | 7 | £400 | -25.58% | 39 |
| West Midlands | -28 | 5 | £400 | -25.58% | 22 |
| North East | -23 | 4 | £475 | -15.93% | 13 |
| Scotland | +25 | 2 | - | - | 20 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 2 | - | - | 17 |
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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