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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 137 117
Rank change year-on-year -6 -20 -28
Permanent jobs citing Git 146 110 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.93% 1.96% 1.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 38.42% 28.65% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 86 83 95
10th Percentile £32,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% +23.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,488 - £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 380 384 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.42% 6.84% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 220 230 306
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,063 £42,813 £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 £72,688 £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 25 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 25 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 -42 84 £55,000 -24.14% 94
East Midlands +7 62 £60,000 +3.90% 62
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 (7.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.42%) Confluence
3 3 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.37%) Apache
4 2 (1.37%) CMS
4 2 (1.37%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.37%) IIS
5 1 (0.68%) Documentum
5 1 (0.68%) nginx
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.05%) Shopify
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.68%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 79 (54.11%) Azure
2 48 (32.88%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (29.45%) AWS
4 20 (13.70%) Power Platform
5 17 (11.64%) GCP
6 13 (8.90%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (8.90%) Serverless
7 12 (8.22%) Azure Functions
7 12 (8.22%) GitHub
8 10 (6.85%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (6.85%) Power Automate
9 8 (5.48%) SaaS
10 5 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.42%) IaaS
10 5 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.74%) Google Ads
11 4 (2.74%) PowerApps
11 4 (2.74%) SonarCloud
11 4 (2.74%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.27%) Wi-Fi
1 15 (10.27%) Wireless
2 13 (8.90%) Internet
3 9 (6.16%) Bluetooth
4 8 (5.48%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.79%) DNS
6 6 (4.11%) Firewall
6 6 (4.11%) MQTT
6 6 (4.11%) VLAN
6 6 (4.11%) ZigBee
7 5 (3.42%) VPN
8 4 (2.74%) BGP
8 4 (2.74%) DHCP
8 4 (2.74%) EIGRP
8 4 (2.74%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (2.74%) LAN
8 4 (2.74%) OSPF
8 4 (2.74%) VRRP
8 4 (2.74%) VXLAN
8 4 (2.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.01%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.53%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (7.53%) Power BI
3 9 (6.16%) Delta Lake
4 8 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.11%) Data Lake
5 6 (4.11%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.74%) Parquet
6 4 (2.74%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.37%) Power Query
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.68%) GIS
8 1 (0.68%) Metadata
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (17.12%) GitLab
2 22 (15.07%) JIRA
3 19 (13.01%) Jenkins
4 13 (8.90%) Cucumber
5 12 (8.22%) Postman
5 12 (8.22%) Selenium
5 12 (8.22%) Subversion
6 8 (5.48%) JUnit
7 7 (4.79%) Zephyr
8 6 (4.11%) Gatling
8 6 (4.11%) GDB
8 6 (4.11%) JMeter
9 5 (3.42%) SoapUI
9 5 (3.42%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.74%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (2.74%) Robot Framework
10 4 (2.74%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (2.74%) Storybook
11 3 (2.05%) Maven
12 2 (1.37%) Cypress.io
General
1 51 (34.93%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.55%) Public Sector
3 22 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (15.07%) Finance
4 15 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.90%) Electronics
6 12 (8.22%) Manufacturing
7 9 (6.16%) Marketing
8 6 (4.11%) Retail
9 5 (3.42%) Banking
9 5 (3.42%) Games
9 5 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.74%) Automotive
11 3 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Billing
12 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Police
Job Titles
1 44 (30.14%) Developer
2 42 (28.77%) Senior
3 23 (15.75%) Software Engineer
4 20 (13.70%) Embedded Engineer
5 18 (12.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (9.59%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) Data Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) Lead
8 12 (8.22%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 12 (8.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 10 (6.85%) Trainee
10 8 (5.48%) Embedded Linux Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (5.48%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.79%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (4.79%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.11%) Quality Engineer
12 6 (4.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (20.55%) REST
2 21 (14.38%) .NET
2 21 (14.38%) React
3 20 (13.70%) Terraform
4 17 (11.64%) CSS
5 15 (10.27%) JSON
5 15 (10.27%) XML
6 14 (9.59%) Yocto
7 13 (8.90%) HTML
8 12 (8.22%) Playwright
9 11 (7.53%) RESTful
10 10 (6.85%) .NET Framework
11 9 (6.16%) PySpark
11 9 (6.16%) SOAP
12 8 (5.48%) XSLT
12 8 (5.48%) YAML
13 7 (4.79%) ASP.NET
14 6 (4.11%) ASP.NET Core
15 5 (3.42%) pytest
15 5 (3.42%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.33%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (11.64%) IoT
3 15 (10.27%) Device Driver
4 12 (8.22%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (6.85%) Cloud Native
6 9 (6.16%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (6.16%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (5.48%) Management Information System
7 8 (5.48%) Taxonomies
8 6 (4.11%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.42%) FPGA
9 5 (3.42%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
9 5 (3.42%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (3.42%) Verilog
9 5 (3.42%) VHDL
10 4 (2.74%) CAN bus
10 4 (2.74%) Data Centre
11 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (30.82%) Linux
2 11 (7.53%) Windows
3 10 (6.85%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (4.79%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.11%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (2.05%) Solaris
7 1 (0.68%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (60.27%) CI/CD
2 73 (50.00%) DevOps
3 62 (42.47%) Agile
4 45 (30.82%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (30.14%) Software Engineering
6 38 (26.03%) Test Automation
7 33 (22.60%) Mentoring
8 29 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (17.12%) Data Modelling
10 24 (16.44%) AI
11 23 (15.75%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (14.38%) Continuous Integration
12 21 (14.38%) SDLC
13 20 (13.70%) Containerisation
13 20 (13.70%) Validation
14 19 (13.01%) Collaborative Culture
14 19 (13.01%) Platform Engineering
15 18 (12.33%) DevSecOps
16 17 (11.64%) Business Intelligence
17 16 (10.96%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 54 (36.99%) Python
2 47 (32.19%) SQL
3 34 (23.29%) JavaScript
4 33 (22.60%) C#
5 25 (17.12%) C++
6 24 (16.44%) C
7 14 (9.59%) Bash
7 14 (9.59%) Java
8 12 (8.22%) Embedded C
9 11 (7.53%) TypeScript
10 10 (6.85%) Shell Script
11 8 (5.48%) PowerShell
12 6 (4.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (3.42%) Perl
14 3 (2.05%) Go
14 3 (2.05%) T-SQL
15 2 (1.37%) MATLAB
15 2 (1.37%) PHP
16 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (19.18%) Degree
2 14 (9.59%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (5.48%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.79%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.42%) ISEB
6 5 (3.42%) ISTQB
7 3 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.05%) CBAP
7 3 (2.05%) IIBA
7 3 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.37%) CISSP
8 2 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.01%) Accessibility
1 19 (13.01%) QA
2 14 (9.59%) WCAG
3 11 (7.53%) Data Quality
4 9 (6.16%) GDPR
5 7 (4.79%) JTAG
6 6 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (3.42%) SLA
8 4 (2.74%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.37%) IEC 61508
9 2 (1.37%) MISRA
9 2 (1.37%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (28.77%) Docker
2 10 (6.85%) Firmware
3 8 (5.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (13.70%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.53%) Ansible
3 3 (2.05%) Grafana
3 3 (2.05%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.37%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.37%) Puppet
5 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 45 (30.82%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.33%) Google
3 6 (4.11%) SAP
4 5 (3.42%) Altera
4 5 (3.42%) Microsemi
4 5 (3.42%) Pega
4 5 (3.42%) Xilinx
5 4 (2.74%) Cisco
5 4 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.05%) HP
6 3 (2.05%) Oracle
6 3 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.05%) VMware
7 2 (1.37%) Databricks
7 2 (1.37%) IFS
7 2 (1.37%) Veracode
8 1 (0.68%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.68%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.68%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.68%) YouTube