Git Job Trends in the Midlands

Git Distributed Version Control System
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Git skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 117 117
Rank change year-on-year -34 0 -43
Permanent jobs citing Git 117 133 214
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.82% 2.31% 2.00%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.79% 29.42% 36.83%
Number of salaries quoted 84 94 119
10th Percentile £27,725 £38,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £48,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,125 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +14.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £69,250 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £78,900
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Development Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 368 452 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.57% 7.84% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 248 289 387
10th Percentile £27,000 £33,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,991 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Git job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Git
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Git.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Git

Git
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Git in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Git in the Midlands

Git
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
West Midlands -61 63 £47,500 -28.30% 56
East Midlands -2 54 £45,000 -18.18% 40
Git
England

Git
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (5.98%) WordPress
2 5 (4.27%) Confluence
3 4 (3.42%) Apache
3 4 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.42%) CMS
3 4 (3.42%) IIS
4 2 (1.71%) nginx
5 1 (0.85%) Documentum
5 1 (0.85%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.85%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Shopify
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.85%) Magento
2 1 (0.85%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 55 (47.01%) Azure
2 38 (32.48%) AWS
3 31 (26.50%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (14.53%) GitHub
5 9 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.98%) SaaS
7 6 (5.13%) GCP
7 6 (5.13%) SonarCloud
8 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.42%) IaaS
9 4 (3.42%) npm
9 4 (3.42%) NuGet
10 3 (2.56%) AWS IoT
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (2.56%) Azure Functions
10 3 (2.56%) Google Ads
10 3 (2.56%) Meta Ads
10 3 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
1 13 (11.11%) Wireless
2 9 (7.69%) Bluetooth
2 9 (7.69%) Internet
3 6 (5.13%) MQTT
3 6 (5.13%) ZigBee
4 5 (4.27%) VPN
5 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.56%) DNS
7 2 (1.71%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.71%) Firewall
7 2 (1.71%) HTTP
7 2 (1.71%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (1.71%) Modbus
7 2 (1.71%) VLAN
8 1 (0.85%) Intranet
8 1 (0.85%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.40%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.84%) Power BI
3 7 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (5.98%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (5.13%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.27%) MySQL
6 4 (3.42%) Delta Lake
6 4 (3.42%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.56%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.71%) Db2
8 2 (1.71%) Easytrieve
8 2 (1.71%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.71%) Power Query
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.85%) Metadata
9 1 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.85%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (17.95%) GitLab
2 16 (13.68%) Jenkins
3 15 (12.82%) JIRA
4 11 (9.40%) Cucumber
5 10 (8.55%) Postman
5 10 (8.55%) Selenium
6 8 (6.84%) JUnit
7 6 (5.13%) Gatling
7 6 (5.13%) GDB
7 6 (5.13%) Subversion
8 5 (4.27%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.42%) JMeter
9 4 (3.42%) Robot Framework
9 4 (3.42%) Zephyr
10 3 (2.56%) Maven
10 3 (2.56%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.71%) Ant
11 2 (1.71%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (1.71%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.71%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 35 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.97%) Finance
3 10 (8.55%) Electronics
3 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.84%) Multimedia
6 4 (3.42%) Automotive
6 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.42%) Marketing
7 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Retail
8 2 (1.71%) Billing
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (29.91%) Developer
2 33 (28.21%) Senior
3 23 (19.66%) Software Engineer
4 18 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (10.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (10.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Administrator
7 8 (6.84%) Data Engineer
7 8 (6.84%) Software Developer
7 8 (6.84%) Trainee
8 7 (5.98%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Junior Developer
9 6 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Quality Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 6 (5.13%) Trainee Administrator
9 6 (5.13%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (22.22%) CSS
1 26 (22.22%) REST
2 24 (20.51%) HTML
3 18 (15.38%) React
4 17 (14.53%) .NET
5 12 (10.26%) Yocto
6 11 (9.40%) RESTful
7 10 (8.55%) Playwright
8 9 (7.69%) .NET Framework
9 7 (5.98%) SOAP
9 7 (5.98%) YAML
10 6 (5.13%) JSON
10 6 (5.13%) Laravel
10 6 (5.13%) Node.js
10 6 (5.13%) XML
11 5 (4.27%) ASP.NET
11 5 (4.27%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (4.27%) pytest
12 4 (3.42%) PySpark
12 4 (3.42%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.68%) Embedded Systems
2 13 (11.11%) Device Driver
2 13 (11.11%) IoT
3 11 (9.40%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (7.69%) ARM Cortex
5 8 (6.84%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (5.98%) Cloud Native
7 6 (5.13%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (4.27%) Product Ownership
9 4 (3.42%) CAN bus
10 3 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.71%) Legacy Code
11 2 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.71%) PMI
11 2 (1.71%) SCADA
11 2 (1.71%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 36 (30.77%) Linux
2 14 (11.97%) Windows
3 8 (6.84%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (6.84%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.13%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (2.56%) Solaris
6 2 (1.71%) zOS
7 1 (0.85%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (53.85%) CI/CD
2 45 (38.46%) DevOps
3 44 (37.61%) Agile
4 43 (36.75%) Software Engineering
5 39 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (29.06%) Test Automation
7 24 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 15 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (11.97%) Collaborative Culture
10 14 (11.97%) Web Development
11 13 (11.11%) Software Delivery
12 12 (10.26%) AI
12 12 (10.26%) BDD
12 12 (10.26%) Computer Science
12 12 (10.26%) SDLC
12 12 (10.26%) Software Architecture
12 12 (10.26%) Software Testing
12 12 (10.26%) TDD
13 11 (9.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 44 (37.61%) Python
2 38 (32.48%) JavaScript
3 34 (29.06%) SQL
4 22 (18.80%) C
4 22 (18.80%) C++
5 19 (16.24%) C#
6 18 (15.38%) Bash
7 13 (11.11%) Java
8 10 (8.55%) Embedded C
8 10 (8.55%) PowerShell
9 9 (7.69%) PHP
10 8 (6.84%) TypeScript
11 7 (5.98%) R
12 5 (4.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (2.56%) Go
13 3 (2.56%) T-SQL
14 2 (1.71%) Assembly Language
14 2 (1.71%) COBOL
14 2 (1.71%) JCL
14 2 (1.71%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 20 (17.09%) Degree
2 14 (11.97%) Security Cleared
3 13 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 11 (9.40%) AWS Certification
5 10 (8.55%) Azure Certification
6 8 (6.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 8 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.98%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.56%) ISEB
8 3 (2.56%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.71%) CBAP
9 2 (1.71%) CISSP
9 2 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.71%) IIBA
9 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.11%) QA
2 9 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 7 (5.98%) JTAG
4 6 (5.13%) WCAG
5 5 (4.27%) SLA
6 4 (3.42%) Data Quality
6 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.71%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.71%) MISRA
7 2 (1.71%) MISRA C
7 2 (1.71%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 34 (29.06%) Docker
2 9 (7.69%) Firmware
3 7 (5.98%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.71%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.71%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (19.66%) Kubernetes
2 16 (13.68%) Terraform
3 6 (5.13%) Ansible
4 3 (2.56%) Grafana
4 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.71%) Functional Safety
5 2 (1.71%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.71%) Puppet
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 21 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.98%) Google
3 6 (5.13%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (4.27%) SAP
5 3 (2.56%) Pega
5 3 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.56%) VMware
6 2 (1.71%) Databricks
6 2 (1.71%) IBM
6 2 (1.71%) IFS
6 2 (1.71%) Informatica
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle
6 2 (1.71%) Veracode
7 1 (0.85%) Altera
7 1 (0.85%) OpenText
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.85%) WooCommerce
7 1 (0.85%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.85%) Yahoo!