Git Job Trends in England

Git Distributed Version Control System
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Git skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 140 70
Rank change year-on-year +2 -70 -3
Permanent jobs citing Git 1,392 973 2,072
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.34% 2.28% 3.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.88% 30.36% 36.96%
Number of salaries quoted 913 646 1,116
10th Percentile £37,300 £30,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +6.25% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £93,750 £89,375
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,234 3,205 5,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.07% 7.50% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 1,983 3,146
10th Percentile £38,000 £33,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Git relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Git job vacancy trend in England

Git
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Git.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Git

Git
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Git in England over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Git in England

Git
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the England region over the 6 months to 13 October 2026. 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
London -47 422 £80,000 +6.67% 713
North of England +47 279 £62,500 +31.58% 238
South East +17 257 £60,000 -14.29% 206
South West -4 198 £52,500 +10.53% 106
Midlands -10 157 £52,500 -16.00% 126
North West +19 131 £62,500 +25.00% 122
West Midlands -36 94 £47,500 -32.14% 79
North East -14 75 £62,500 +31.58% 31
Yorkshire -3 73 £57,500 +30.68% 89
East Midlands +7 63 £60,000 +4.35% 47
East of England -28 58 £50,000 - 93
Git
UK

Git
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 49 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 43 (3.09%) Confluence
4 42 (3.02%) Apache
5 36 (2.59%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.08%) WordPress
7 14 (1.01%) IIS
7 14 (1.01%) OpenStack
8 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.79%) CMS
9 11 (0.79%) nginx
10 10 (0.72%) JBoss
11 8 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
12 7 (0.50%) Tomcat
13 6 (0.43%) Jupyter
14 4 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
14 4 (0.29%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
15 3 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 26 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.93%) Simulink
4 5 (0.36%) Stateflow
5 4 (0.29%) Lightworks
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Revit
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.072%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.072%) Elementor
7 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.86%) Shopify
3 4 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.22%) Magento
4 3 (0.22%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.14%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.072%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.072%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 642 (46.12%) Azure
2 573 (41.16%) AWS
3 281 (20.19%) GitHub
4 245 (17.60%) Azure DevOps
5 191 (13.72%) Serverless
6 190 (13.65%) GCP
7 120 (8.62%) Power Platform
8 107 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
9 86 (6.18%) Amazon S3
9 86 (6.18%) GitHub Actions
10 71 (5.10%) AWS CloudFormation
11 70 (5.03%) Amazon ECS
12 64 (4.60%) Azure Functions
13 62 (4.45%) SaaS
14 49 (3.52%) Cloud Computing
15 47 (3.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 47 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
16 44 (3.16%) Azure Key Vault
17 42 (3.02%) dbt
18 41 (2.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.37%) Internet
2 26 (1.87%) VPN
3 25 (1.80%) Wireless
4 24 (1.72%) DNS
5 23 (1.65%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.36%) Firewall
6 19 (1.36%) MQTT
7 18 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
8 17 (1.22%) WAN
9 11 (0.79%) DHCP
10 10 (0.72%) LAN
11 9 (0.65%) 5G
11 9 (0.65%) Bluetooth
11 9 (0.65%) HTTP
11 9 (0.65%) LTE
11 9 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
12 8 (0.57%) BGP
12 8 (0.57%) Multicast
13 7 (0.50%) RANAP
13 7 (0.50%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (12.07%) PostgreSQL
2 157 (11.28%) SQL Server
3 149 (10.70%) Relational Database
4 115 (8.26%) MySQL
5 107 (7.69%) NoSQL
6 103 (7.40%) Power BI
7 84 (6.03%) MongoDB
8 71 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
9 54 (3.88%) DynamoDB
10 52 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
10 52 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 48 (3.45%) Redis
12 41 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
13 38 (2.73%) Data Lake
13 38 (2.73%) Metadata
14 35 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
15 25 (1.80%) Tableau
16 24 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (1.44%) Star Schema
18 19 (1.36%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 227 (16.31%) Jenkins
2 201 (14.44%) GitLab
3 117 (8.41%) JIRA
4 63 (4.53%) Subversion
5 56 (4.02%) JUnit
6 46 (3.30%) Selenium
7 38 (2.73%) Eclipse
8 37 (2.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 34 (2.44%) Bitbucket
10 33 (2.37%) Cypress.io
11 32 (2.30%) Maven
12 30 (2.16%) Visual Studio Code
13 27 (1.94%) Postman
14 25 (1.80%) Cucumber
15 20 (1.44%) Vite
16 17 (1.22%) Visual Studio
17 14 (1.01%) GDB
17 14 (1.01%) Mockito
18 11 (0.79%) JMeter
18 11 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 504 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 284 (20.40%) Finance
3 227 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (10.13%) Public Sector
5 139 (9.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (3.88%) Law
7 45 (3.23%) Banking
7 45 (3.23%) Marketing
8 36 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.08%) Retail
10 27 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 25 (1.80%) Electronics
12 21 (1.51%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.29%) Legal
15 9 (0.65%) Tech for Good
16 8 (0.57%) Aviation
16 8 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.57%) Games
17 7 (0.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 513 (36.85%) Developer
2 288 (20.69%) Senior
3 174 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 139 (9.99%) Data Engineer
5 133 (9.55%) DevOps Engineer
6 122 (8.76%) Senior Developer
7 102 (7.33%) Software Developer
8 101 (7.26%) Lead
9 91 (6.54%) Full-Stack Developer
10 79 (5.68%) Java Developer
11 68 (4.89%) .NET Developer
12 60 (4.31%) Junior
13 44 (3.16%) Junior Developer
14 40 (2.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 40 (2.87%) Senior Software Engineer
15 37 (2.66%) Analyst
16 35 (2.51%) Data Scientist
16 35 (2.51%) Python Engineer
17 34 (2.44%) C# Developer
18 33 (2.37%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (20.98%) Terraform
2 264 (18.97%) REST
3 250 (17.96%) React
4 218 (15.66%) .NET
5 176 (12.64%) CSS
6 161 (11.57%) HTML
7 152 (10.92%) RESTful
8 131 (9.41%) Node.js
9 95 (6.82%) AngularJS
10 93 (6.68%) Kafka
11 80 (5.75%) Spring
12 71 (5.10%) .NET Core
13 67 (4.81%) ASP.NET
14 65 (4.67%) .NET Framework
15 62 (4.45%) JSON
16 61 (4.38%) Spring Boot
17 57 (4.09%) PySpark
18 54 (3.88%) Playwright
19 50 (3.59%) Entity Framework
19 50 (3.59%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 166 (11.93%) Cloud Native
2 124 (8.91%) Product Ownership
3 65 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
4 61 (4.38%) Algorithms
5 50 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
6 49 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (3.30%) Embedded Systems
7 46 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
7 46 (3.30%) Onboarding
8 45 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
9 35 (2.51%) IoT
10 32 (2.30%) Public Cloud
11 29 (2.08%) Management Information System
12 28 (2.01%) AI Agents
12 28 (2.01%) Data Structures
13 24 (1.72%) Mobile App
14 23 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
15 19 (1.36%) Social Media
15 19 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 308 (22.13%) Linux
2 116 (8.33%) Windows
3 53 (3.81%) CentOS
4 44 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (2.51%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.65%) Unix
7 18 (1.29%) VMS
8 14 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
9 11 (0.79%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.72%) Android
11 9 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (0.43%) Apple iOS
12 6 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
13 5 (0.36%) CoreOS
13 5 (0.36%) Debian
13 5 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
14 3 (0.22%) Solaris
15 1 (0.072%) Alpine Linux
15 1 (0.072%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 906 (65.09%) CI/CD
2 641 (46.05%) Agile
3 595 (42.74%) DevOps
4 414 (29.74%) Software Engineering
5 403 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
6 336 (24.14%) AI
7 323 (23.20%) Test Automation
8 320 (22.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 302 (21.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 265 (19.04%) Containerisation
11 252 (18.10%) Mentoring
11 252 (18.10%) Microservices
12 226 (16.24%) Full-Stack Development
13 218 (15.66%) Computer Science
14 186 (13.36%) SDLC
15 175 (12.57%) Scrum
16 174 (12.50%) Analytics
17 169 (12.14%) Data Modelling
18 159 (11.42%) Data Pipeline
19 158 (11.35%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 675 (48.49%) Python
2 461 (33.12%) SQL
3 393 (28.23%) JavaScript
4 314 (22.56%) C#
5 288 (20.69%) Java
6 220 (15.80%) TypeScript
7 171 (12.28%) C++
8 117 (8.41%) Bash
9 80 (5.75%) PowerShell
10 69 (4.96%) PHP
11 66 (4.74%) C
12 50 (3.59%) Go
13 43 (3.09%) Bicep
14 40 (2.87%) Shell Script
15 37 (2.66%) Kotlin
16 32 (2.30%) Perl
17 29 (2.08%) Rust
18 27 (1.94%) Apex Code
19 26 (1.87%) T-SQL
20 23 (1.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 294 (21.12%) Degree
2 289 (20.76%) Security Cleared
3 199 (14.30%) SC Cleared
4 131 (9.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (4.89%) DV Cleared
6 54 (3.88%) Azure Certification
7 52 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 41 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.51%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.86%) ISTQB
12 10 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.65%) PhD
14 7 (0.50%) HND
15 6 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.43%) CCNA
15 6 (0.43%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.43%) OSCP
15 6 (0.43%) RHCE
15 6 (0.43%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (14.80%) QA
2 131 (9.41%) Data Quality
3 75 (5.39%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.95%) GDPR
5 38 (2.73%) WCAG
6 10 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.57%) JTAG
8 8 (0.57%) SLA
9 7 (0.50%) NCSC
10 5 (0.36%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.36%) PMO
11 4 (0.29%) ECSS
11 4 (0.29%) MiFID
11 4 (0.29%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.22%) UCITS
13 2 (0.14%) MISRA
13 2 (0.14%) MISRA C
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 522 (37.50%) Docker
2 46 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.51%) vSphere
5 19 (1.36%) Firmware
6 17 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
9 7 (0.50%) Ceph
9 7 (0.50%) Hyper-V
10 6 (0.43%) Squid
10 6 (0.43%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.072%) Oracle Clusterware
13 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 358 (25.72%) Kubernetes
2 150 (10.78%) Ansible
3 71 (5.10%) Grafana
4 46 (3.30%) Prometheus
5 32 (2.30%) Argo
6 30 (2.16%) Puppet
7 21 (1.51%) Rancher
8 18 (1.29%) Istio
9 17 (1.22%) Nagios
10 16 (1.15%) Podman
11 11 (0.79%) Kibana
12 10 (0.72%) Docker Swarm
12 10 (0.72%) linkerd
12 10 (0.72%) Packer
12 10 (0.72%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.57%) logstash
13 8 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.57%) yum
14 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 270 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.47%) Google
3 83 (5.96%) Databricks
4 51 (3.66%) Oracle
5 42 (3.02%) Splunk
6 40 (2.87%) Red Hat
7 38 (2.73%) VMware
8 36 (2.59%) Salesforce
9 32 (2.30%) OpenAI
10 20 (1.44%) Dynatrace
11 19 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 13 (0.93%) Cisco
14 12 (0.86%) Mistral
14 12 (0.86%) Sage
14 12 (0.86%) SAP
14 12 (0.86%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (0.79%) Foundry
15 11 (0.79%) HP
16 10 (0.72%) Informatica