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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 110 95
Rank change year-on-year -40 -15 -29
Permanent jobs citing Git 113 112 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.90% 2.28% 2.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 29.66% 26.23% 34.41%
Number of salaries quoted 98 82 219
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £58,228
% change year-on-year -8.00% +7.34% -10.42%

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 381 427 837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.04% 8.71% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 293 322 678
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £54,344 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% +8.69% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -18 75 £43,000 -25.22% 31
East Midlands -69 36 £55,200 +47.20% 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 8 (7.08%) IIS
1 8 (7.08%) WordPress
2 7 (6.19%) CMS
3 5 (4.42%) nginx
4 4 (3.54%) Confluence
5 3 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.77%) Apache
7 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (4.42%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.88%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Shopify
2 1 (0.88%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 69 (61.06%) Azure
2 59 (52.21%) AWS
3 40 (35.40%) GitHub
4 20 (17.70%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (7.08%) npm
5 8 (7.08%) NuGet
5 8 (7.08%) SonarCloud
6 6 (5.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.31%) Serverless
7 5 (4.42%) Amazon S3
7 5 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.65%) GCP
8 3 (2.65%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.65%) SaaS
8 3 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.55%) Internet
2 8 (7.08%) Bluetooth
3 6 (5.31%) Modbus
4 4 (3.54%) LTE
4 4 (3.54%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.54%) Wireless
5 2 (1.77%) DNS
5 2 (1.77%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.77%) HTTP
6 1 (0.88%) 4G
6 1 (0.88%) BGP
6 1 (0.88%) Broadband
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.88%) Intranet
6 1 (0.88%) IOS XR
6 1 (0.88%) MPLS
6 1 (0.88%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.27%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.73%) MySQL
2 11 (9.73%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (7.96%) NoSQL
4 6 (5.31%) Power BI
5 5 (4.42%) Redis
6 3 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.65%) Power Query
6 3 (2.65%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.77%) DB2
7 2 (1.77%) Easytrieve
7 2 (1.77%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.77%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.88%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.88%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.88%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) GitLab
1 9 (7.96%) Jenkins
2 7 (6.19%) JIRA
3 5 (4.42%) Subversion
3 5 (4.42%) Vite
4 4 (3.54%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.65%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.65%) JUnit
5 3 (2.65%) Selenium
6 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.88%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.88%) Maven
6 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (26.55%) Multimedia
2 17 (15.04%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.85%) Finance
4 7 (6.19%) Electronics
5 6 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.31%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.54%) Automotive
7 3 (2.65%) Advertising
7 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Banking
7 3 (2.65%) Billing
7 3 (2.65%) Games
7 3 (2.65%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.77%) Marketing
8 2 (1.77%) Retail
9 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (30.09%) Developer
2 30 (26.55%) Trainee
3 26 (23.01%) Senior
4 18 (15.93%) Software Developer
4 18 (15.93%) Software Engineer
5 14 (12.39%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Trainee Developer
6 12 (10.62%) Trainee Software Developer
7 10 (8.85%) Embedded Engineer
7 10 (8.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (8.85%) Senior Software Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Lead
9 8 (7.08%) Administrator
9 8 (7.08%) Senior DevOps
9 8 (7.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 8 (7.08%) Trainee Administrator
9 8 (7.08%) Web Administrator
10 6 (5.31%) Data Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Senior Developer
10 6 (5.31%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (37.17%) CSS
1 42 (37.17%) HTML
2 16 (14.16%) React
3 15 (13.27%) .NET
4 14 (12.39%) YAML
5 12 (10.62%) Laravel
5 12 (10.62%) Node.js
6 9 (7.96%) .NET Core
6 9 (7.96%) Vue
7 8 (7.08%) .NET Framework
8 7 (6.19%) REST
8 7 (6.19%) RESTful
8 7 (6.19%) Spring
8 7 (6.19%) Tailwind CSS
9 6 (5.31%) Spring Boot
10 5 (4.42%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (3.54%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (2.65%) Django
12 3 (2.65%) JPA
12 3 (2.65%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.50%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.54%) CAN bus
3 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.54%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (2.65%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.77%) ARM Cortex
5 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.77%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.88%) NHS
6 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.16%) Linux
2 9 (7.96%) Windows
3 6 (5.31%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.77%) zOS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (36.28%) CI/CD
2 39 (34.51%) DevOps
3 37 (32.74%) Mentoring
4 31 (27.43%) Agile
5 25 (22.12%) Software Engineering
6 23 (20.35%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (15.04%) Test Automation
9 16 (14.16%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (10.62%) Scrum
11 12 (10.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (9.73%) Microservices
12 11 (9.73%) Web Development
13 9 (7.96%) Coaching
13 9 (7.96%) Data Modelling
13 9 (7.96%) Decision-Making
13 9 (7.96%) E-Commerce
13 9 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (7.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 56 (49.56%) Python
2 48 (42.48%) JavaScript
3 20 (17.70%) SQL
4 19 (16.81%) R
5 15 (13.27%) Bash
5 15 (13.27%) PHP
6 14 (12.39%) C#
7 12 (10.62%) C
8 11 (9.73%) Java
9 8 (7.08%) Embedded C
9 8 (7.08%) PowerShell
10 6 (5.31%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.65%) C++
11 3 (2.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (2.65%) Delphi
12 2 (1.77%) Assembly Language
12 2 (1.77%) COBOL
12 2 (1.77%) JCL
12 2 (1.77%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.88%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (30.09%) AWS Certification
2 32 (28.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (26.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 30 (26.55%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.54%) Degree
5 3 (2.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 3 (2.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (2.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.62%) QA
2 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.77%) GDPR
2 2 (1.77%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.77%) MISRA
2 2 (1.77%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (21.24%) Docker
2 10 (8.85%) Firmware
3 6 (5.31%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.77%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 21 (18.58%) Terraform
2 18 (15.93%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.65%) Ansible
3 3 (2.65%) Grafana
4 2 (1.77%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.88%) Nagios
5 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (37.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.08%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (4.42%) Oracle
4 4 (3.54%) Atmel
5 2 (1.77%) Databricks
5 2 (1.77%) IBM
5 2 (1.77%) Zend
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) Denodo
6 1 (0.88%) Informatica
6 1 (0.88%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.88%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.88%) SAP
6 1 (0.88%) Talend