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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 118 94
Rank change year-on-year -43 -24 -25
Permanent jobs citing Git 105 122 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.80% 2.36% 2.41%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.38% 24.90% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 87 81 210
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -10.31%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £71,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.38% +9.13% -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 370 490 825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.82% 9.46% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 279 320 657
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £34,600
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,990 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £61,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.54% +6.50% -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 18 May 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 18 May 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 65 £47,500 -20.83% 23
East Midlands -40 38 £65,000 +73.33% 35
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 (8.57%) IIS
2 6 (5.71%) CMS
2 6 (5.71%) WordPress
3 4 (3.81%) Confluence
3 4 (3.81%) nginx
4 2 (1.90%) Apache
4 2 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (3.81%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.95%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Shopify
2 1 (0.95%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 65 (61.90%) Azure
2 44 (41.90%) AWS
3 27 (25.71%) GitHub
4 26 (24.76%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (8.57%) npm
5 9 (8.57%) NuGet
5 9 (8.57%) SonarCloud
6 7 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.76%) Serverless
8 4 (3.81%) Amazon S3
8 4 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (3.81%) SaaS
9 3 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.90%) GCP
11 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (20.00%) Internet
2 11 (10.48%) Bluetooth
3 7 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (6.67%) Wireless
4 6 (5.71%) Modbus
5 4 (3.81%) LTE
6 3 (2.86%) MQTT
6 3 (2.86%) ZigBee
7 2 (1.90%) DNS
7 2 (1.90%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.90%) HTTP
8 1 (0.95%) 4G
8 1 (0.95%) BGP
8 1 (0.95%) Broadband
8 1 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.95%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.95%) Intranet
8 1 (0.95%) IOS XR
8 1 (0.95%) MPLS
8 1 (0.95%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.57%) MySQL
2 9 (8.57%) NoSQL
3 7 (6.67%) Power BI
4 6 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.81%) Redis
6 3 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.86%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.86%) Power Query
6 3 (2.86%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.90%) DB2
7 2 (1.90%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.90%) Easytrieve
7 2 (1.90%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.95%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.95%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 9 (8.57%) GitLab
2 8 (7.62%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.76%) JIRA
3 5 (4.76%) Subversion
4 4 (3.81%) Eclipse
4 4 (3.81%) Vite
5 3 (2.86%) GDB
5 3 (2.86%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.95%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.95%) Maven
6 1 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (20.00%) Multimedia
2 14 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.48%) Finance
4 7 (6.67%) Electronics
4 7 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.81%) Automotive
7 3 (2.86%) Advertising
7 3 (2.86%) Banking
7 3 (2.86%) Billing
7 3 (2.86%) Games
7 3 (2.86%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.86%) Marketing
8 2 (1.90%) Retail
9 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (27.62%) Developer
2 25 (23.81%) Senior
3 21 (20.00%) Trainee
4 20 (19.05%) Software Engineer
5 15 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
6 13 (12.38%) Embedded Engineer
6 13 (12.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 12 (11.43%) Software Developer
8 10 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (8.57%) Senior DevOps
9 9 (8.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 8 (7.62%) Lead
10 8 (7.62%) Trainee Developer
10 8 (7.62%) Trainee Software Developer
11 6 (5.71%) Administrator
11 6 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Trainee Administrator
11 6 (5.71%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (33.33%) CSS
1 35 (33.33%) HTML
2 18 (17.14%) React
3 17 (16.19%) .NET
4 14 (13.33%) YAML
5 13 (12.38%) Node.js
6 11 (10.48%) REST
7 10 (9.52%) Laravel
8 9 (8.57%) .NET Framework
8 9 (8.57%) RESTful
9 8 (7.62%) .NET Core
9 8 (7.62%) Vue
10 6 (5.71%) Tailwind CSS
11 5 (4.76%) ASP.NET
11 5 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
12 4 (3.81%) LEMP Stack
12 4 (3.81%) pytest
13 3 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
13 3 (2.86%) Unity DI Container
13 3 (2.86%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.76%) ARM Cortex
3 5 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.81%) CAN bus
4 4 (3.81%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (3.81%) Raspberry Pi
5 3 (2.86%) Device Driver
5 3 (2.86%) IoT
5 3 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.90%) Legacy Code
6 2 (1.90%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.95%) NHS
7 1 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.10%) Linux
2 10 (9.52%) Windows
3 6 (5.71%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (1.90%) zOS
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 40 (38.10%) DevOps
3 28 (26.67%) Agile
4 27 (25.71%) Mentoring
5 25 (23.81%) Software Engineering
6 18 (17.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (17.14%) Test Automation
7 16 (15.24%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (10.48%) Web Development
10 10 (9.52%) Coaching
10 10 (9.52%) Microservices
10 10 (9.52%) Scrum
11 9 (8.57%) Decision-Making
11 9 (8.57%) DevSecOps
11 9 (8.57%) E-Commerce
11 9 (8.57%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (7.62%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 48 (45.71%) Python
2 41 (39.05%) JavaScript
3 20 (19.05%) SQL
4 18 (17.14%) Bash
5 16 (15.24%) C#
6 15 (14.29%) C
7 14 (13.33%) R
8 13 (12.38%) PHP
9 9 (8.57%) PowerShell
10 8 (7.62%) C++
10 8 (7.62%) Embedded C
10 8 (7.62%) Java
11 7 (6.67%) TypeScript
12 4 (3.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (1.90%) Assembly Language
13 2 (1.90%) COBOL
13 2 (1.90%) JCL
13 2 (1.90%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.95%) VB
14 1 (0.95%) VB6
Qualifications
1 25 (23.81%) AWS Certification
2 23 (21.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (20.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 21 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.71%) Degree
5 5 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (2.86%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.48%) QA
2 3 (2.86%) JTAG
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
3 2 (1.90%) IEC 61508
3 2 (1.90%) MISRA
3 2 (1.90%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.95%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (20.00%) Docker
2 10 (9.52%) Firmware
3 6 (5.71%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.90%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 23 (21.90%) Terraform
2 15 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.86%) Ansible
4 2 (1.90%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.95%) Nagios
5 1 (0.95%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (32.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.57%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (3.81%) Atmel
4 2 (1.90%) Databricks
4 2 (1.90%) IBM
5 1 (0.95%) Cisco
5 1 (0.95%) Google
5 1 (0.95%) Informatica
5 1 (0.95%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.95%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle
5 1 (0.95%) SAP
5 1 (0.95%) Zend