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Skill in demand · Lightcast

Github is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 12 occupations that together employ about 4,717,740 workers, with a median wage of $106,795. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 91st percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Github, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Project Management Specialists 1,006,160 $100,750
Blockchain Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Penetration Testers 439,380 $108,970
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Bioinformatics Scientists 59,710 $93,330
Technical Writers 55,530 $91,670
Computer and Information Research Scientists 38,480 $140,910
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 12 occupations in occupations that need Github. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Computer and Information Research Scientists Project Management Specialists Bioinformatics Scientists Penetration Testers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Github, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

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Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Github." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/github

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Github. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/github

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-github,
  title  = {Github},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/github}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.