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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 135 115
Rank change year-on-year -9 -20 -26
Permanent jobs citing Git 145 106 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.95% 1.87% 1.93%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.56% 26.63% 34.51%
Number of salaries quoted 96 79 98
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,747 £51,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,488 £74,000 £76,125
England median annual salary £60,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.31% +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 386 398 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.53% 7.01% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 243 247 329
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,438 £42,500 £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 £69,250 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,900 £72,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.40% +4.58% -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 11 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 11 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 -29 85 £47,500 -34.48% 57
East Midlands +5 60 £60,000 +4.35% 52
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 9 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.83%) Confluence
2 7 (4.83%) WordPress
3 4 (2.76%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.07%) Apache
4 3 (2.07%) IIS
5 1 (0.69%) CMS
5 1 (0.69%) Documentum
5 1 (0.69%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.69%) nginx
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.07%) Shopify
3 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.69%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 71 (48.97%) Azure
2 45 (31.03%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (28.28%) AWS
4 20 (13.79%) Power Platform
5 18 (12.41%) GitHub
6 11 (7.59%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (7.59%) Serverless
7 10 (6.90%) Azure Functions
8 9 (6.21%) SaaS
9 8 (5.52%) Power Automate
10 6 (4.14%) GCP
11 5 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (3.45%) SonarCloud
12 4 (2.76%) Google Ads
12 4 (2.76%) IaaS
12 4 (2.76%) Meta Ads
12 4 (2.76%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.76%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.66%) Wi-Fi
1 14 (9.66%) Wireless
2 10 (6.90%) Internet
3 9 (6.21%) Bluetooth
4 8 (5.52%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.83%) DNS
6 6 (4.14%) Firewall
6 6 (4.14%) MQTT
6 6 (4.14%) VLAN
6 6 (4.14%) ZigBee
7 5 (3.45%) VPN
8 4 (2.76%) BGP
8 4 (2.76%) DHCP
8 4 (2.76%) EIGRP
8 4 (2.76%) LAN
8 4 (2.76%) OSPF
8 4 (2.76%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (2.76%) VRRP
8 4 (2.76%) VXLAN
8 4 (2.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.97%) Power BI
3 10 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.83%) Delta Lake
5 7 (4.83%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.45%) Data Lake
6 5 (3.45%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.76%) Star Schema
8 3 (2.07%) MySQL
9 2 (1.38%) Db2
9 2 (1.38%) Easytrieve
9 2 (1.38%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.38%) Parquet
9 2 (1.38%) Power Query
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.69%) Metadata
10 1 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (17.93%) GitLab
2 23 (15.86%) JIRA
3 19 (13.10%) Jenkins
4 13 (8.97%) Cucumber
5 12 (8.28%) Postman
5 12 (8.28%) Selenium
5 12 (8.28%) Subversion
6 8 (5.52%) JUnit
7 7 (4.83%) Zephyr
8 6 (4.14%) Gatling
8 6 (4.14%) GDB
8 6 (4.14%) JMeter
9 5 (3.45%) SoapUI
9 5 (3.45%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.76%) Robot Framework
10 4 (2.76%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (2.76%) Storybook
11 3 (2.07%) Maven
12 2 (1.38%) Ant
12 2 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 47 (32.41%) Social Skills
2 25 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 22 (15.17%) Finance
4 14 (9.66%) Electronics
5 13 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.97%) Manufacturing
6 11 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.21%) Marketing
8 8 (5.52%) Retail
9 7 (4.83%) Multimedia
10 5 (3.45%) Banking
10 5 (3.45%) Games
10 5 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.76%) Automotive
12 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.38%) Billing
13 2 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.69%) Law
14 1 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (31.72%) Developer
2 40 (27.59%) Senior
3 26 (17.93%) Software Engineer
4 19 (13.10%) Embedded Engineer
5 13 (8.97%) Lead
5 13 (8.97%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 12 (8.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (7.59%) Data Engineer
8 10 (6.90%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 9 (6.21%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (5.52%) Administrator
10 8 (5.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (5.52%) Software Developer
11 7 (4.83%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.83%) Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.83%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 7 (4.83%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (4.83%) Trainee
12 6 (4.14%) Trainee Administrator
12 6 (4.14%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (20.69%) REST
2 25 (17.24%) CSS
3 22 (15.17%) React
4 21 (14.48%) .NET
4 21 (14.48%) HTML
5 20 (13.79%) Terraform
6 14 (9.66%) JSON
6 14 (9.66%) XML
7 13 (8.97%) Yocto
8 12 (8.28%) Playwright
9 10 (6.90%) .NET Framework
9 10 (6.90%) RESTful
10 9 (6.21%) SOAP
10 9 (6.21%) YAML
11 7 (4.83%) PySpark
11 7 (4.83%) XSLT
12 6 (4.14%) ASP.NET
12 6 (4.14%) Node.js
13 5 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (3.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.41%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (11.03%) IoT
3 14 (9.66%) Device Driver
4 10 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (6.21%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (6.21%) Cloud Native
6 8 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (4.14%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
7 6 (4.14%) Taxonomies
8 5 (3.45%) FPGA
8 5 (3.45%) Product Ownership
8 5 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (3.45%) Verilog
8 5 (3.45%) VHDL
8 5 (3.45%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.76%) CAN bus
9 4 (2.76%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.07%) Algorithms
10 3 (2.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (24.14%) Linux
2 12 (8.28%) Windows
3 9 (6.21%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (4.83%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.14%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (2.07%) Solaris
7 2 (1.38%) zOS
8 1 (0.69%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (53.79%) CI/CD
2 60 (41.38%) Agile
3 59 (40.69%) DevOps
4 47 (32.41%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (32.41%) Software Engineering
5 41 (28.28%) Test Automation
6 29 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (15.17%) Mentoring
8 20 (13.79%) AI
8 20 (13.79%) Data Modelling
9 18 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (12.41%) Collaborative Culture
9 18 (12.41%) Validation
10 15 (10.34%) BDD
10 15 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
10 15 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (10.34%) Software Testing
11 14 (9.66%) Scrum
11 14 (9.66%) SDLC
11 14 (9.66%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 59 (40.69%) Python
2 45 (31.03%) SQL
3 42 (28.97%) JavaScript
4 31 (21.38%) C#
5 24 (16.55%) C
5 24 (16.55%) C++
6 16 (11.03%) Bash
6 16 (11.03%) Java
7 11 (7.59%) Embedded C
7 11 (7.59%) TypeScript
8 9 (6.21%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.83%) R
10 6 (4.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (3.45%) Perl
11 5 (3.45%) PHP
12 3 (2.07%) Go
12 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
13 2 (1.38%) COBOL
13 2 (1.38%) JCL
13 2 (1.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (20.00%) Degree
2 14 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.97%) Azure Certification
3 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.59%) AWS Certification
5 9 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.52%) Master's Degree
7 7 (4.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (3.45%) ISEB
8 5 (3.45%) ISTQB
9 3 (2.07%) CBAP
9 3 (2.07%) IIBA
9 3 (2.07%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.38%) CISSP
10 2 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.10%) QA
2 17 (11.72%) Accessibility
3 12 (8.28%) WCAG
4 8 (5.52%) Data Quality
5 7 (4.83%) GDPR
5 7 (4.83%) JTAG
6 6 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (3.45%) SLA
8 4 (2.76%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.38%) IEC 61508
9 2 (1.38%) MISRA
9 2 (1.38%) MISRA C
System Software
1 35 (24.14%) Docker
2 10 (6.90%) Firmware
3 8 (5.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.38%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (15.17%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.90%) Ansible
3 3 (2.07%) Grafana
3 3 (2.07%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.38%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.38%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.38%) Puppet
5 1 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 36 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.52%) Google
3 6 (4.14%) SAP
4 5 (3.45%) Altera
4 5 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (3.45%) Microsemi
4 5 (3.45%) Pega
4 5 (3.45%) Xilinx
5 4 (2.76%) Cisco
6 3 (2.07%) Databricks
6 3 (2.07%) HP
6 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.07%) VMware
7 2 (1.38%) IBM
7 2 (1.38%) IFS
7 2 (1.38%) Informatica
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle
7 2 (1.38%) Veracode
8 1 (0.69%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.69%) Salesforce