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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 116 108
Rank change year-on-year -46 -8 -40
Permanent jobs citing Git 104 128 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.76% 2.27% 2.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.80% 28.32% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 82 91 152
10th Percentile £29,900 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,125 £47,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £69,125 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £79,425
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 349 452 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.56% 8.01% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 250 291 483
10th Percentile £26,613 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,438 £71,250 £62,350
90th Percentile £74,985 £75,000 £79,900
England median annual salary £61,700 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.08% +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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -64 57 £47,500 -26.92% 56
East Midlands -12 47 £57,000 +3.64% 36
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 (6.73%) WordPress
2 5 (4.81%) Confluence
2 5 (4.81%) IIS
3 4 (3.85%) Apache
3 4 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.96%) Documentum
4 1 (0.96%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.96%) nginx
4 1 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.96%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.96%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.96%) Magento
1 1 (0.96%) SAP Business One
1 1 (0.96%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (44.23%) Azure
2 37 (35.58%) AWS
3 23 (22.12%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (15.38%) GitHub
5 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.77%) GCP
7 5 (4.81%) npm
7 5 (4.81%) NuGet
7 5 (4.81%) SaaS
7 5 (4.81%) SonarCloud
8 4 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.88%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.88%) AWS IoT
9 3 (2.88%) Google Ads
9 3 (2.88%) Meta Ads
9 3 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.88%) Serverless
10 2 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
1 14 (13.46%) Wireless
2 11 (10.58%) Bluetooth
3 9 (8.65%) Internet
4 6 (5.77%) MQTT
4 6 (5.77%) ZigBee
5 4 (3.85%) Modbus
5 4 (3.85%) VPN
6 3 (2.88%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.92%) DNS
7 2 (1.92%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.92%) Firewall
7 2 (1.92%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (1.92%) LTE
7 2 (1.92%) VLAN
8 1 (0.96%) HTTP
8 1 (0.96%) Intranet
8 1 (0.96%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (6.73%) Power BI
1 7 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.81%) MySQL
2 5 (4.81%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.85%) Delta Lake
3 4 (3.85%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.88%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.92%) Db2
5 2 (1.92%) Easytrieve
5 2 (1.92%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.96%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.96%) Metadata
6 1 (0.96%) Power Query
6 1 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.96%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (20.19%) GitLab
2 15 (14.42%) Jenkins
3 11 (10.58%) JIRA
4 10 (9.62%) Cucumber
5 9 (8.65%) Postman
5 9 (8.65%) Selenium
6 7 (6.73%) JUnit
7 6 (5.77%) GDB
8 5 (4.81%) Gatling
8 5 (4.81%) Subversion
9 4 (3.85%) JMeter
9 4 (3.85%) Robot Framework
9 4 (3.85%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.85%) Zephyr
10 3 (2.88%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.92%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.92%) Eclipse
11 2 (1.92%) Maven
11 2 (1.92%) Storybook
11 2 (1.92%) Vite
General
1 26 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.62%) Finance
3 9 (8.65%) Electronics
4 8 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.69%) Multimedia
5 7 (6.73%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Automotive
7 4 (3.85%) Marketing
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Banking
9 2 (1.92%) Billing
9 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Advertising
10 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Games
10 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (27.88%) Developer
1 29 (27.88%) Senior
2 22 (21.15%) Software Engineer
3 19 (18.27%) Embedded Engineer
4 14 (13.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 11 (10.58%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 9 (8.65%) Data Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) Software Developer
7 8 (7.69%) Trainee
8 7 (6.73%) Administrator
8 7 (6.73%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Quality Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) Trainee Administrator
9 6 (5.77%) Web Administrator
10 5 (4.81%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 5 (4.81%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (4.81%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (23.08%) REST
2 23 (22.12%) CSS
3 21 (20.19%) HTML
4 18 (17.31%) React
5 12 (11.54%) .NET
6 11 (10.58%) RESTful
6 11 (10.58%) Yocto
7 9 (8.65%) Playwright
8 7 (6.73%) Node.js
9 6 (5.77%) .NET Framework
9 6 (5.77%) JSON
9 6 (5.77%) Laravel
9 6 (5.77%) XML
9 6 (5.77%) YAML
10 5 (4.81%) pytest
10 5 (4.81%) SOAP
11 4 (3.85%) PySpark
11 4 (3.85%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (3.85%) Unity DI Container
11 4 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.42%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (11.54%) Device Driver
2 12 (11.54%) IoT
2 12 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (8.65%) ARM Cortex
4 8 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.85%) CAN bus
7 3 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.88%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (2.88%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.88%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.92%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.92%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.92%) SCADA
9 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 31 (29.81%) Linux
2 11 (10.58%) Windows
3 7 (6.73%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (5.77%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (5.77%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.92%) zOS
6 1 (0.96%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.96%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (57.69%) CI/CD
2 40 (38.46%) Software Engineering
3 37 (35.58%) DevOps
4 35 (33.65%) Test Automation
5 34 (32.69%) Agile
6 30 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (16.35%) Mentoring
9 14 (13.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (12.50%) BDD
11 12 (11.54%) Computer Science
11 12 (11.54%) Software Delivery
11 12 (11.54%) Software Testing
12 11 (10.58%) Coaching
12 11 (10.58%) Full-Stack Development
12 11 (10.58%) Validation
12 11 (10.58%) Web Development
13 10 (9.62%) Data Modelling
13 10 (9.62%) Software Architecture
13 10 (9.62%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 44 (42.31%) Python
2 34 (32.69%) JavaScript
3 29 (27.88%) SQL
4 22 (21.15%) C
5 20 (19.23%) C++
6 16 (15.38%) Bash
7 14 (13.46%) C#
8 13 (12.50%) Java
9 11 (10.58%) Embedded C
10 9 (8.65%) PHP
11 8 (7.69%) PowerShell
11 8 (7.69%) R
11 8 (7.69%) TypeScript
12 4 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (2.88%) Go
14 2 (1.92%) Assembly Language
14 2 (1.92%) COBOL
14 2 (1.92%) JCL
14 2 (1.92%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (16.35%) Degree
2 11 (10.58%) AWS Certification
2 11 (10.58%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.65%) Azure Certification
5 8 (7.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 8 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (6.73%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.88%) ISEB
7 3 (2.88%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.92%) CISSP
8 2 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.96%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.62%) QA
2 9 (8.65%) Accessibility
3 7 (6.73%) JTAG
4 5 (4.81%) WCAG
5 4 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.88%) SLA
7 2 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.92%) GDPR
7 2 (1.92%) IEC 61508
7 2 (1.92%) MISRA
7 2 (1.92%) MISRA C
7 2 (1.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (29.81%) Docker
2 11 (10.58%) Firmware
3 7 (6.73%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.92%) Time Sharing Option
4 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (20.19%) Kubernetes
2 14 (13.46%) Terraform
3 5 (4.81%) Ansible
4 3 (2.88%) Grafana
4 3 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.92%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.96%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.96%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.73%) Google
3 5 (4.81%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (4.81%) SAP
4 3 (2.88%) Pega
5 2 (1.92%) Atmel
5 2 (1.92%) Databricks
5 2 (1.92%) IBM
5 2 (1.92%) Informatica
5 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.92%) VMware
6 1 (0.96%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.96%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.96%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.96%) OpenText
6 1 (0.96%) Oracle
6 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.96%) WooCommerce
6 1 (0.96%) Yahoo!