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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 135 120
Rank change year-on-year -9 -15 -32
Permanent jobs citing Git 142 108 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.91% 1.93% 1.96%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.37% 27.62% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 87 81 96
10th Percentile £32,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +23.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,625 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,679 - £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 380 391 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.43% 6.97% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 230 239 316
10th Percentile £28,400 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,900 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -44 80 £55,000 -24.14% 92
East Midlands +3 62 £60,000 +4.35% 65
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 11 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.23%) Confluence
3 3 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.41%) Apache
4 2 (1.41%) CMS
4 2 (1.41%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.41%) IIS
5 1 (0.70%) Documentum
5 1 (0.70%) nginx
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.70%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.11%) Shopify
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.70%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 73 (51.41%) Azure
2 48 (33.80%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (25.35%) AWS
4 20 (14.08%) Power Platform
5 13 (9.15%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (9.15%) Serverless
6 12 (8.45%) Azure Functions
6 12 (8.45%) GitHub
7 10 (7.04%) GCP
7 10 (7.04%) Power Automate
8 8 (5.63%) SaaS
9 5 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.52%) IaaS
9 5 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.82%) Google Ads
10 4 (2.82%) Meta Ads
10 4 (2.82%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.82%) SonarCloud
10 4 (2.82%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.56%) Wi-Fi
1 15 (10.56%) Wireless
2 9 (6.34%) Bluetooth
3 8 (5.63%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.93%) DNS
5 6 (4.23%) Firewall
5 6 (4.23%) Internet
5 6 (4.23%) MQTT
5 6 (4.23%) VLAN
5 6 (4.23%) ZigBee
6 5 (3.52%) VPN
7 4 (2.82%) BGP
7 4 (2.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.82%) EIGRP
7 4 (2.82%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (2.82%) HSRP
7 4 (2.82%) OSPF
7 4 (2.82%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.82%) VRRP
7 4 (2.82%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.38%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (7.75%) Power BI
3 9 (6.34%) Delta Lake
4 8 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.23%) Data Lake
5 6 (4.23%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.82%) Parquet
6 4 (2.82%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.41%) Db2
7 2 (1.41%) Easytrieve
7 2 (1.41%) Power Query
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.70%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.70%) GIS
8 1 (0.70%) Metadata
8 1 (0.70%) Redis
8 1 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (17.61%) GitLab
2 23 (16.20%) JIRA
3 19 (13.38%) Jenkins
4 13 (9.15%) Cucumber
5 12 (8.45%) Postman
5 12 (8.45%) Selenium
5 12 (8.45%) Subversion
6 8 (5.63%) JUnit
7 7 (4.93%) Zephyr
8 6 (4.23%) Gatling
8 6 (4.23%) GDB
8 6 (4.23%) JMeter
9 5 (3.52%) SoapUI
9 5 (3.52%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (2.82%) Robot Framework
10 4 (2.82%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (2.82%) Storybook
11 3 (2.11%) Maven
12 2 (1.41%) Ant
General
1 51 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.13%) Public Sector
3 23 (16.20%) Finance
4 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (9.15%) Electronics
6 12 (8.45%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.34%) Marketing
8 8 (5.63%) Retail
9 5 (3.52%) Banking
9 5 (3.52%) Games
9 5 (3.52%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.82%) Automotive
11 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.41%) Billing
13 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.70%) Law
13 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 44 (30.99%) Developer
2 42 (29.58%) Senior
3 25 (17.61%) Software Engineer
4 20 (14.08%) Embedded Engineer
5 14 (9.86%) Lead
5 14 (9.86%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 13 (9.15%) Data Engineer
7 12 (8.45%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 12 (8.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 11 (7.75%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (5.63%) Linux Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Senior Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Software Developer
11 6 (4.23%) Quality Engineer
11 6 (4.23%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 5 (3.52%) FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (21.13%) REST
2 21 (14.79%) .NET
2 21 (14.79%) React
2 21 (14.79%) Terraform
3 17 (11.97%) CSS
4 15 (10.56%) JSON
4 15 (10.56%) XML
5 14 (9.86%) Yocto
6 13 (9.15%) HTML
7 12 (8.45%) Playwright
8 11 (7.75%) RESTful
9 10 (7.04%) .NET Framework
10 9 (6.34%) PySpark
10 9 (6.34%) SOAP
11 8 (5.63%) XSLT
11 8 (5.63%) YAML
12 7 (4.93%) ASP.NET
13 6 (4.23%) ASP.NET Core
14 5 (3.52%) pytest
14 5 (3.52%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.68%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (11.97%) IoT
3 15 (10.56%) Device Driver
4 10 (7.04%) Cloud Native
5 9 (6.34%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (6.34%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (5.63%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.63%) Taxonomies
7 7 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (4.23%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.52%) FPGA
9 5 (3.52%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (3.52%) Product Ownership
9 5 (3.52%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (3.52%) Verilog
9 5 (3.52%) VHDL
10 4 (2.82%) CAN bus
10 4 (2.82%) Data Centre
11 3 (2.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (26.76%) Linux
2 11 (7.75%) Windows
3 10 (7.04%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (4.93%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.23%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (2.11%) Solaris
7 2 (1.41%) zOS
8 1 (0.70%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (57.04%) CI/CD
2 66 (46.48%) DevOps
3 63 (44.37%) Agile
4 46 (32.39%) Software Engineering
5 45 (31.69%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (26.76%) Test Automation
7 29 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (18.31%) Mentoring
9 25 (17.61%) Data Modelling
10 24 (16.90%) AI
11 20 (14.08%) Validation
12 19 (13.38%) Collaborative Culture
13 17 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (11.27%) Decision-Making
14 16 (11.27%) Full-Stack Development
14 16 (11.27%) SDLC
15 15 (10.56%) Analytics
15 15 (10.56%) BDD
15 15 (10.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (38.03%) Python
2 49 (34.51%) SQL
3 34 (23.94%) JavaScript
4 33 (23.24%) C#
5 25 (17.61%) C++
6 24 (16.90%) C
7 14 (9.86%) Bash
7 14 (9.86%) Java
8 12 (8.45%) Embedded C
9 11 (7.75%) TypeScript
10 8 (5.63%) PowerShell
11 6 (4.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (3.52%) Perl
13 3 (2.11%) Go
13 3 (2.11%) Shell Script
13 3 (2.11%) T-SQL
14 2 (1.41%) Assembly Language
14 2 (1.41%) JCL
14 2 (1.41%) MATLAB
14 2 (1.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (19.72%) Degree
2 14 (9.86%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (5.63%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.93%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.52%) ISEB
6 5 (3.52%) ISTQB
7 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.11%) CBAP
7 3 (2.11%) IIBA
7 3 (2.11%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.41%) CISSP
8 2 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.38%) Accessibility
1 19 (13.38%) QA
2 14 (9.86%) WCAG
3 11 (7.75%) Data Quality
4 9 (6.34%) GDPR
5 7 (4.93%) JTAG
6 6 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (3.52%) SLA
8 4 (2.82%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.41%) IEC 61508
9 2 (1.41%) MISRA
9 2 (1.41%) MISRA C
System Software
1 35 (24.65%) Docker
2 10 (7.04%) Firmware
3 8 (5.63%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.41%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (14.08%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.75%) Ansible
3 3 (2.11%) Grafana
3 3 (2.11%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.41%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.41%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.41%) Puppet
5 1 (0.70%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 39 (27.46%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.75%) Google
3 6 (4.23%) SAP
4 5 (3.52%) Altera
4 5 (3.52%) Microsemi
4 5 (3.52%) Pega
4 5 (3.52%) Xilinx
5 4 (2.82%) Cisco
5 4 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.11%) HP
6 3 (2.11%) Oracle
6 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.11%) VMware
7 2 (1.41%) Databricks
7 2 (1.41%) IBM
7 2 (1.41%) IFS
7 2 (1.41%) Veracode
8 1 (0.70%) Informatica
8 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.70%) Salesforce