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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 129 120
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 -38
Permanent jobs citing Git 156 114 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.00% 2.06% 1.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 40.00% 31.58% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 94 86 79
10th Percentile £32,325 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £42,125 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +19.05% -9.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £64,375
90th Percentile £74,995 - £72,500
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 390 361 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.49% 6.51% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 222 222 269
10th Percentile £29,525 £34,025 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.26% +15.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -40 93 £48,750 -30.36% 72
East Midlands +9 63 £60,000 +4.35% 46
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 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.21%) Confluence
3 4 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.92%) Apache
5 2 (1.28%) CMS
5 2 (1.28%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.28%) WordPress
6 1 (0.64%) Documentum
6 1 (0.64%) IIS
6 1 (0.64%) nginx
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.64%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.64%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.64%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 9 (5.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.92%) Shopify
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.64%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 81 (51.92%) Azure
2 48 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (27.56%) AWS
4 22 (14.10%) Power Platform
5 17 (10.90%) GCP
6 15 (9.62%) GitHub
7 13 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (8.33%) Serverless
8 12 (7.69%) Azure Functions
9 10 (6.41%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (6.41%) Power Automate
10 8 (5.13%) SaaS
11 7 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (3.21%) IaaS
13 5 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (2.56%) Google Ads
14 4 (2.56%) PowerApps
14 4 (2.56%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.90%) Wi-Fi
1 17 (10.90%) Wireless
2 13 (8.33%) Internet
3 8 (5.13%) DNS
3 8 (5.13%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.49%) Bluetooth
5 6 (3.85%) Firewall
5 6 (3.85%) MQTT
5 6 (3.85%) VLAN
5 6 (3.85%) ZigBee
6 5 (3.21%) VPN
7 4 (2.56%) BGP
7 4 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.56%) EIGRP
7 4 (2.56%) HSRP
7 4 (2.56%) LAN
7 4 (2.56%) OSPF
7 4 (2.56%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.56%) VRRP
7 4 (2.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.33%) Power BI
3 12 (7.69%) Relational Database
4 11 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (5.77%) Delta Lake
6 8 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.85%) Data Lake
8 4 (2.56%) Parquet
8 4 (2.56%) Star Schema
9 3 (1.92%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.28%) MySQL
10 2 (1.28%) Power Query
11 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.64%) Looker
11 1 (0.64%) Metadata
11 1 (0.64%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (17.31%) GitLab
2 24 (15.38%) JIRA
3 21 (13.46%) Jenkins
4 13 (8.33%) Cucumber
5 12 (7.69%) Postman
5 12 (7.69%) Selenium
6 11 (7.05%) Subversion
7 9 (5.77%) Zephyr
8 8 (5.13%) JUnit
9 6 (3.85%) Gatling
9 6 (3.85%) GDB
9 6 (3.85%) JMeter
10 5 (3.21%) SoapUI
10 5 (3.21%) Visual Studio
11 4 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (2.56%) Robot Framework
11 4 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (2.56%) Storybook
12 3 (1.92%) Maven
13 2 (1.28%) Ant
General
1 55 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.87%) Public Sector
3 30 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.10%) Finance
5 15 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (7.69%) Manufacturing
7 10 (6.41%) Marketing
8 9 (5.77%) Electronics
9 8 (5.13%) Retail
10 6 (3.85%) Games
11 5 (3.21%) Banking
11 5 (3.21%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.28%) Automotive
14 1 (0.64%) Billing
14 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.64%) Law
14 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (27.56%) Developer
2 40 (25.64%) Senior
3 21 (13.46%) Data Engineer
4 19 (12.18%) Software Engineer
5 18 (11.54%) Embedded Engineer
6 17 (10.90%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (8.97%) Lead
8 12 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 12 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) Embedded Linux Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 10 (6.41%) Trainee
10 8 (5.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (4.49%) Senior Developer
12 6 (3.85%) Analyst
12 6 (3.85%) Quality Engineer
12 6 (3.85%) Software Developer
13 5 (3.21%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (19.23%) REST
2 21 (13.46%) .NET
2 21 (13.46%) React
3 20 (12.82%) Terraform
4 19 (12.18%) CSS
5 16 (10.26%) JSON
5 16 (10.26%) Yocto
6 15 (9.62%) HTML
6 15 (9.62%) XML
7 12 (7.69%) Playwright
7 12 (7.69%) RESTful
8 9 (5.77%) .NET Framework
8 9 (5.77%) PySpark
8 9 (5.77%) SOAP
9 8 (5.13%) XSLT
10 7 (4.49%) YAML
11 6 (3.85%) AngularJS
11 6 (3.85%) ASP.NET
12 5 (3.21%) ADO
12 5 (3.21%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.10%) Embedded Systems
2 19 (12.18%) IoT
3 17 (10.90%) Device Driver
4 12 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (7.05%) Cloud Native
6 9 (5.77%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 8 (5.13%) Taxonomies
8 7 (4.49%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (4.49%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.21%) FPGA
9 5 (3.21%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
9 5 (3.21%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (3.21%) Verilog
9 5 (3.21%) VHDL
10 4 (2.56%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.92%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 45 (28.85%) Linux
2 12 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (6.41%) Windows
4 7 (4.49%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.92%) Solaris
6 2 (1.28%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.64%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (58.97%) CI/CD
2 74 (47.44%) DevOps
3 63 (40.38%) Agile
4 53 (33.97%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (26.28%) Software Engineering
6 38 (24.36%) Test Automation
7 34 (21.79%) Mentoring
8 32 (20.51%) Data Modelling
9 31 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (16.03%) AI
11 24 (15.38%) Analytics
11 24 (15.38%) Decision-Making
12 23 (14.74%) Collaborative Culture
12 23 (14.74%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (14.10%) Validation
14 21 (13.46%) Containerisation
14 21 (13.46%) Continuous Integration
14 21 (13.46%) SDLC
15 19 (12.18%) Data Engineering
15 19 (12.18%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 56 (35.90%) SQL
2 55 (35.26%) Python
3 35 (22.44%) JavaScript
4 32 (20.51%) C#
5 27 (17.31%) C++
6 24 (15.38%) C
7 17 (10.90%) Java
8 13 (8.33%) Bash
9 12 (7.69%) Embedded C
9 12 (7.69%) TypeScript
10 10 (6.41%) Shell Script
11 7 (4.49%) PowerShell
12 6 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (3.21%) Perl
14 3 (1.92%) PHP
14 3 (1.92%) T-SQL
15 2 (1.28%) Go
16 1 (0.64%) R
16 1 (0.64%) Rust
16 1 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 30 (19.23%) Degree
2 14 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (6.41%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.49%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.21%) ISEB
7 5 (3.21%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.92%) CBAP
8 3 (1.92%) IIBA
8 3 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.28%) CISSP
9 2 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.74%) QA
2 21 (13.46%) Accessibility
3 18 (11.54%) Data Quality
4 14 (8.97%) WCAG
5 9 (5.77%) GDPR
6 7 (4.49%) JTAG
7 6 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (3.21%) SLA
9 4 (2.56%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.64%) GAMP
11 1 (0.64%) GMP
System Software
1 42 (26.92%) Docker
2 8 (5.13%) Firmware
3 6 (3.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (12.18%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.05%) Ansible
3 3 (1.92%) Grafana
3 3 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.28%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.28%) Puppet
5 1 (0.64%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 45 (28.85%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.18%) Google
3 6 (3.85%) SAP
4 5 (3.21%) Altera
4 5 (3.21%) Microsemi
4 5 (3.21%) Pega
4 5 (3.21%) Xilinx
5 4 (2.56%) Cisco
6 3 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.92%) Databricks
6 3 (1.92%) HP
6 3 (1.92%) Oracle
6 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.92%) VMware
7 2 (1.28%) IFS
7 2 (1.28%) Veracode
7 2 (1.28%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.64%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.64%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.64%) YouTube