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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 124 123
Rank change year-on-year -16 -1 -31
Permanent jobs citing Git 138 125 200
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.93% 2.15% 1.91%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.13% 29.00% 34.42%
Number of salaries quoted 94 90 106
10th Percentile £28,700 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,247 £47,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £69,250 £73,750 £65,001
90th Percentile £73,883 £73,875 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 382 431 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.58% 7.40% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 250 270 361
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,625 £43,750 £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 £68,750 £72,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,900 £79,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.10% +7.50% -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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -35 79 £47,500 -32.14% 72
East Midlands +5 59 £60,000 +4.35% 53
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 7 (5.07%) Confluence
1 7 (5.07%) WordPress
2 4 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.90%) IIS
2 4 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) Documentum
4 1 (0.72%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.72%) nginx
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.72%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.17%) Shopify
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 68 (49.28%) Azure
2 42 (30.43%) AWS
3 41 (29.71%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (13.04%) GitHub
5 16 (11.59%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.52%) SaaS
7 7 (5.07%) Serverless
8 6 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (4.35%) Azure Functions
8 6 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (4.35%) GCP
8 6 (4.35%) SonarCloud
9 5 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.90%) IaaS
10 4 (2.90%) Meta Ads
10 4 (2.90%) npm
10 4 (2.90%) NuGet
10 4 (2.90%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.90%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.42%) Wi-Fi
1 13 (9.42%) Wireless
2 11 (7.97%) Internet
3 9 (6.52%) Bluetooth
4 6 (4.35%) MQTT
4 6 (4.35%) TCP/IP
4 6 (4.35%) ZigBee
5 5 (3.62%) DNS
5 5 (3.62%) VPN
6 4 (2.90%) Firewall
6 4 (2.90%) VLAN
7 2 (1.45%) BGP
7 2 (1.45%) DHCP
7 2 (1.45%) EIGRP
7 2 (1.45%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.45%) HTTP
7 2 (1.45%) LAN
7 2 (1.45%) OSPF
7 2 (1.45%) VRRP
7 2 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.42%) Power BI
1 13 (9.42%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.07%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.35%) Delta Lake
5 6 (4.35%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.90%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.90%) Star Schema
7 3 (2.17%) MySQL
8 2 (1.45%) Db2
8 2 (1.45%) Easytrieve
8 2 (1.45%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.45%) Power Query
9 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.72%) Metadata
9 1 (0.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (18.84%) GitLab
2 22 (15.94%) JIRA
3 19 (13.77%) Jenkins
4 13 (9.42%) Cucumber
5 12 (8.70%) Postman
5 12 (8.70%) Selenium
6 11 (7.97%) Subversion
7 8 (5.80%) JUnit
8 7 (5.07%) Zephyr
9 6 (4.35%) Gatling
9 6 (4.35%) GDB
9 6 (4.35%) JMeter
10 5 (3.62%) SoapUI
10 5 (3.62%) Visual Studio
11 4 (2.90%) Robot Framework
11 4 (2.90%) Storybook
12 3 (2.17%) Maven
13 2 (1.45%) Ant
13 2 (1.45%) Cypress.io
13 2 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.77%) Finance
3 18 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 13 (9.42%) Electronics
5 12 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.80%) Multimedia
8 7 (5.07%) Marketing
9 6 (4.35%) Retail
10 4 (2.90%) Automotive
10 4 (2.90%) Games
11 3 (2.17%) Banking
11 3 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.45%) Billing
12 2 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Law
13 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (30.43%) Developer
2 37 (26.81%) Senior
3 26 (18.84%) Software Engineer
4 18 (13.04%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (8.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (8.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 11 (7.97%) Data Engineer
7 10 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 10 (7.25%) Lead
8 9 (6.52%) Software Developer
9 8 (5.80%) Administrator
9 8 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (5.80%) Trainee
10 7 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Junior Developer
11 6 (4.35%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 6 (4.35%) Trainee Administrator
11 6 (4.35%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (21.74%) REST
2 26 (18.84%) CSS
3 23 (16.67%) React
4 22 (15.94%) .NET
4 22 (15.94%) HTML
5 19 (13.77%) Terraform
6 12 (8.70%) Playwright
6 12 (8.70%) Yocto
7 11 (7.97%) .NET Framework
8 10 (7.25%) JSON
8 10 (7.25%) RESTful
8 10 (7.25%) XML
9 9 (6.52%) SOAP
10 8 (5.80%) YAML
11 7 (5.07%) Node.js
12 6 (4.35%) ASP.NET
12 6 (4.35%) PySpark
13 5 (3.62%) ADO
13 5 (3.62%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (3.62%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.32%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (10.87%) IoT
3 13 (9.42%) Device Driver
4 11 (7.97%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (6.52%) ARM Cortex
6 8 (5.80%) Cloud Native
6 8 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (3.62%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.90%) CAN bus
9 4 (2.90%) FPGA
9 4 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (2.90%) Verilog
9 4 (2.90%) VHDL
10 3 (2.17%) Algorithms
10 3 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.17%) Mobile App
10 3 (2.17%) PMI
10 3 (2.17%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 35 (25.36%) Linux
2 13 (9.42%) Windows
3 8 (5.80%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (5.07%) Windows Server
5 6 (4.35%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (2.17%) Solaris
7 2 (1.45%) zOS
8 1 (0.72%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (53.62%) CI/CD
2 55 (39.86%) Agile
2 55 (39.86%) DevOps
3 47 (34.06%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 42 (30.43%) Test Automation
6 27 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (15.22%) Mentoring
8 17 (12.32%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (10.87%) AI
10 15 (10.87%) BDD
10 15 (10.87%) Data Modelling
10 15 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
10 15 (10.87%) Software Testing
10 15 (10.87%) Validation
11 14 (10.14%) Scrum
11 14 (10.14%) SDLC
11 14 (10.14%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 56 (40.58%) Python
2 45 (32.61%) SQL
3 39 (28.26%) JavaScript
4 27 (19.57%) C#
5 23 (16.67%) C
5 23 (16.67%) C++
6 17 (12.32%) Bash
7 16 (11.59%) Java
8 11 (7.97%) TypeScript
9 10 (7.25%) Embedded C
9 10 (7.25%) PowerShell
10 7 (5.07%) R
11 6 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (3.62%) PHP
13 4 (2.90%) Perl
14 3 (2.17%) Go
14 3 (2.17%) T-SQL
15 2 (1.45%) Assembly Language
15 2 (1.45%) COBOL
15 2 (1.45%) JCL
Qualifications
1 26 (18.84%) Degree
2 14 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 12 (8.70%) AWS Certification
4 12 (8.70%) Azure Certification
5 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (5.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 8 (5.80%) Master's Degree
8 5 (3.62%) ISEB
8 5 (3.62%) ISTQB
9 3 (2.17%) CBAP
9 3 (2.17%) IIBA
9 3 (2.17%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.45%) CISSP
10 2 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.77%) QA
2 13 (9.42%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.80%) WCAG
4 7 (5.07%) Data Quality
4 7 (5.07%) JTAG
5 6 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (3.62%) SLA
7 4 (2.90%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.17%) GDPR
9 2 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.45%) IEC 61508
9 2 (1.45%) MISRA
9 2 (1.45%) MISRA C
System Software
1 36 (26.09%) Docker
2 10 (7.25%) Firmware
3 8 (5.80%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.45%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.45%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.80%) Ansible
3 3 (2.17%) Grafana
3 3 (2.17%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.45%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.45%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.45%) Puppet
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 31 (22.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.80%) Google
3 6 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (4.35%) SAP
4 5 (3.62%) Pega
5 4 (2.90%) Altera
5 4 (2.90%) Microsemi
5 4 (2.90%) Xilinx
6 3 (2.17%) Databricks
6 3 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.17%) VMware
7 2 (1.45%) Cisco
7 2 (1.45%) HP
7 2 (1.45%) IBM
7 2 (1.45%) IFS
7 2 (1.45%) Informatica
7 2 (1.45%) Oracle
7 2 (1.45%) Veracode
8 1 (0.72%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.72%) MuleSoft