Git Contracts in England

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Git skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Git over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 69 63
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing Git 908 1,131 1,670
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.62% 3.03% 3.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.38% 25.25% 25.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 741 1,174
10th Percentile £350 £356 £400
25th Percentile £408 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £490 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -3.92% -7.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 56 56
10th Percentile £27.78 £47.38 £51.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £68.67
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -8.99% +4.43%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.40 £78.13 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £68.67
% change year-on-year -12.00% -8.99% +4.78%

All Development Application Skills
England

Git falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,577 4,479 6,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.28% 11.99% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,431 3,000 4,726
10th Percentile £338 £350 £369
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 234 199
10th Percentile £27.68 £32.10 £47.64
25th Percentile £49.00 £51.56 £53.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +24.50%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £58.38 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -10.19% +4.00% +19.62%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Git in England

Git
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Git in England.

Daily rate trend for Git in England

Git
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Git in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Git in England

Git
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Git in England.

Hourly rate trend for Git in England

Git
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Git in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Git in England

Git
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the England region over the 6 months to 24 June 2025. 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
London -4 476 £525 -0.94% 2,128
North of England +23 159 £463 -7.50% 668
South East -2 96 £500 -9.09% 776
Midlands +10 92 £475 +26.67% 368
North West +24 82 £402 -21.18% 386
Yorkshire +5 64 £500 - 226
West Midlands -12 49 £500 +36.99% 217
South West +30 45 £575 -1.46% 343
East Midlands +30 43 £405 -8.99% 148
East of England +1 16 £450 -23.40% 365
North East -2 13 £500 +16.28% 58
Git
UK

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 90 (9.91%) Confluence
2 39 (4.30%) Apache
3 35 (3.85%) Apache Spark
4 33 (3.63%) JBoss
5 23 (2.53%) nginx
5 23 (2.53%) Tomcat
6 16 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (1.32%) WebSphere
8 9 (0.99%) Jupyter
8 9 (0.99%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.88%) CMS
10 5 (0.55%) Moodle
10 5 (0.55%) SharePoint
11 4 (0.44%) Camunda
11 4 (0.44%) Drupal
11 4 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
11 4 (0.44%) WordPress
12 3 (0.33%) CICS
12 3 (0.33%) Mendix
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (0.22%) Simulink
2 2 (0.22%) Stateflow
2 2 (0.22%) Trello
3 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.11%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.11%) MadCap Flare
3 1 (0.11%) Maple
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.11%) Sketch
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.66%) Shopify
2 5 (0.55%) Endur
3 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 336 (37.00%) AWS
2 234 (25.77%) Azure
3 123 (13.55%) GitHub
4 87 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (8.48%) GCP
6 57 (6.28%) Serverless
7 48 (5.29%) Amazon S3
8 47 (5.18%) Amazon EC2
8 47 (5.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 43 (4.74%) OpenShift
10 39 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
11 38 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (4.07%) Power Platform
13 34 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
14 28 (3.08%) npm
15 25 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 23 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 21 (2.31%) dbt
18 18 (1.98%) AWS KMS
18 18 (1.98%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.74%) DNS
2 33 (3.63%) Firewall
3 29 (3.19%) HTTP
4 25 (2.75%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.43%) VPN
6 11 (1.21%) SAN
6 11 (1.21%) SSH
7 9 (0.99%) Internet
7 9 (0.99%) SSL
8 8 (0.88%) DHCP
8 8 (0.88%) HTTPS
8 8 (0.88%) SNMP
9 6 (0.66%) NAS
9 6 (0.66%) Network Security
9 6 (0.66%) SMTP
9 6 (0.66%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (0.55%) LAN
10 5 (0.55%) VLAN
11 4 (0.44%) FTP
11 4 (0.44%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (11.67%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (5.84%) MySQL
3 52 (5.73%) MongoDB
3 52 (5.73%) Relational Database
4 48 (5.29%) SQL Server
5 44 (4.85%) NoSQL
6 37 (4.07%) Big Data
7 35 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (3.19%) Power BI
9 25 (2.75%) Elasticsearch
10 24 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (2.42%) Tableau
12 20 (2.20%) DynamoDB
13 17 (1.87%) Amazon Aurora
14 16 (1.76%) Hadoop
14 16 (1.76%) RDBMS
15 13 (1.43%) Delta Lake
15 13 (1.43%) GIS
15 13 (1.43%) Redis
16 12 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 285 (31.39%) Jenkins
2 217 (23.90%) JIRA
3 92 (10.13%) GitLab
4 89 (9.80%) Maven
5 77 (8.48%) Bitbucket
6 71 (7.82%) SonarQube
7 63 (6.94%) JUnit
8 57 (6.28%) Selenium
9 47 (5.18%) Postman
10 44 (4.85%) Subversion
11 42 (4.63%) Sonatype Nexus
12 38 (4.19%) TeamCity
13 35 (3.85%) Cucumber
14 29 (3.19%) Bitbucket Server
15 26 (2.86%) webpack
16 25 (2.75%) Gradle
16 25 (2.75%) IntelliJ
17 24 (2.64%) Artifactory
18 23 (2.53%) REST Assured
19 17 (1.87%) gulp
General
1 213 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 191 (21.04%) Finance
3 143 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (10.79%) Banking
5 83 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 44 (4.85%) Investment Banking
7 21 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (2.31%) Telecoms
8 19 (2.09%) Front Office
8 19 (2.09%) Marketing
9 14 (1.54%) Retail
10 13 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.10%) Games
14 8 (0.88%) Electronics
14 8 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.66%) Back Office
15 6 (0.66%) Legal
16 5 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 396 (43.61%) Developer
2 100 (11.01%) Senior
3 83 (9.14%) Java Developer
4 73 (8.04%) Lead
5 70 (7.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 53 (5.84%) Senior Developer
7 48 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 46 (5.07%) Software Engineer
9 43 (4.74%) Data Engineer
10 40 (4.41%) Python Developer
11 34 (3.74%) AWS Developer
12 29 (3.19%) Platform Engineer
13 28 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
14 27 (2.97%) Test Engineer
15 24 (2.64%) Angular Developer
15 24 (2.64%) Architect
16 23 (2.53%) Tester
16 23 (2.53%) UI Developer
17 22 (2.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 21 (2.31%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (19.16%) REST
2 164 (18.06%) CSS
3 159 (17.51%) React
4 155 (17.07%) HTML
5 152 (16.74%) RESTful
6 104 (11.45%) Spring Boot
7 101 (11.12%) Node.js
8 99 (10.90%) AngularJS
9 97 (10.68%) Spring
10 74 (8.15%) Web Services
11 72 (7.93%) .NET
12 67 (7.38%) SOAP
13 62 (6.83%) HTML5
14 55 (6.06%) JSON
15 54 (5.95%) Kafka
16 38 (4.19%) CSS3
17 35 (3.85%) FastAPI
17 35 (3.85%) XML
18 34 (3.74%) Sass
18 34 (3.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.52%) Algorithms
2 39 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (4.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 35 (3.85%) Mobile App
5 34 (3.74%) Product Ownership
6 25 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 25 (2.75%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (2.42%) Hedge funds
9 19 (2.09%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.87%) Distributed Computing
10 17 (1.87%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.32%) Replication
13 11 (1.21%) Derivative
13 11 (1.21%) Private Cloud
14 10 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
14 10 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 229 (25.22%) Linux
2 103 (11.34%) Windows
3 68 (7.49%) Unix
4 39 (4.30%) Windows Server
5 38 (4.19%) Android
6 34 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 21 (2.31%) Apple iOS
8 11 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.10%) Solaris
10 9 (0.99%) VMS
11 7 (0.77%) CentOS
12 6 (0.66%) Amazon Linux
13 5 (0.55%) Debian
13 5 (0.55%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.44%) AIX
14 4 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
17 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (45.15%) CI/CD
2 409 (45.04%) Agile
3 315 (34.69%) DevOps
4 237 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
5 182 (20.04%) Test Automation
6 169 (18.61%) Microservices
7 168 (18.50%) Scrum
8 136 (14.98%) Software Engineering
9 111 (12.22%) Continuous Integration
9 111 (12.22%) TDD
10 94 (10.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 92 (10.13%) Containerisation
12 87 (9.58%) Full-Stack Development
13 82 (9.03%) Configuration Management
14 80 (8.81%) Code Quality
15 77 (8.48%) Design Patterns
16 75 (8.26%) Clean Code
17 74 (8.15%) Mentoring
18 73 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
19 69 (7.60%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 420 (46.26%) Python
2 310 (34.14%) Java
3 269 (29.63%) JavaScript
4 233 (25.66%) SQL
5 111 (12.22%) C#
6 106 (11.67%) TypeScript
7 93 (10.24%) Bash
7 93 (10.24%) PowerShell
8 75 (8.26%) C++
9 53 (5.84%) Shell Script
10 34 (3.74%) Go
11 30 (3.30%) Kotlin
12 29 (3.19%) PHP
13 28 (3.08%) Perl
14 27 (2.97%) Groovy
15 24 (2.64%) Scala
16 20 (2.20%) C
17 19 (2.09%) Ruby
18 14 (1.54%) PL/SQL
19 12 (1.32%) Rust
Qualifications
1 202 (22.25%) Security Cleared
2 169 (18.61%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.82%) Degree
4 47 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.42%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.31%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.65%) CCNP
9 15 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
11 12 (1.32%) OCA
12 11 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 11 (1.21%) RHCE
13 10 (1.10%) RHCA
14 8 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 8 (0.88%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (0.66%) CISSP
17 5 (0.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.48%) QA
2 38 (4.19%) Accessibility
3 26 (2.86%) Data Quality
4 17 (1.87%) GDPR
5 13 (1.43%) WCAG
6 6 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.33%) EMIR
7 3 (0.33%) HL7
7 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.33%) MiFID
8 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.22%) DICOM
8 2 (0.22%) NIST
8 2 (0.22%) SLA
8 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 211 (23.24%) Docker
2 35 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (3.52%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (1.10%) Postfix
6 9 (0.99%) Firmware
7 8 (0.88%) vSphere
8 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.66%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.55%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 5 (0.55%) VirtualBox
10 4 (0.44%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.22%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.22%) FreeRADIUS
11 2 (0.22%) iptables
11 2 (0.22%) Squid
11 2 (0.22%) zsh
12 1 (0.11%) Ceph
12 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
12 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 201 (22.14%) Kubernetes
2 157 (17.29%) Terraform
3 148 (16.30%) Ansible
4 63 (6.94%) Puppet
5 43 (4.74%) Progress Chef
6 39 (4.30%) Prometheus
7 38 (4.19%) Grafana
8 21 (2.31%) Packer
9 18 (1.98%) vCenter Server
10 16 (1.76%) Kibana
11 15 (1.65%) Consul
12 9 (0.99%) Istio
13 7 (0.77%) MIIS
13 7 (0.77%) Nagios
13 7 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
14 6 (0.66%) Control-M
14 6 (0.66%) vRealize
15 5 (0.55%) Kustomize
15 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
15 5 (0.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 106 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.71%) Oracle
3 57 (6.28%) VMware
4 46 (5.07%) Splunk
5 40 (4.41%) Databricks
6 36 (3.96%) Google
7 35 (3.85%) Red Hat
8 33 (3.63%) Atlassian
9 21 (2.31%) Cisco
10 20 (2.20%) ServiceNow
11 14 (1.54%) SAP
12 13 (1.43%) IBM
13 11 (1.21%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.21%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.10%) AppDynamics
14 10 (1.10%) Jaspersoft
15 9 (0.99%) CA Agile Central
15 9 (0.99%) Dynatrace
16 8 (0.88%) Zend
17 7 (0.77%) Adobe
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