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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 135 118
Rank change year-on-year -7 -17 -30
Permanent jobs citing Git 138 106 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.91% 1.87% 1.95%
As % of the Development Applications category 36.90% 26.70% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 88 79 99
10th Percentile £32,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,628 £74,000 £75,750
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 374 397 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.45% 7.01% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 231 245 328
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £42,500 £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 £69,250 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,900 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -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 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 12 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 -41 80 £50,000 -31.03% 62
East Midlands +1 58 £60,000 +4.35% 51
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 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.07%) Confluence
3 4 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.17%) Apache
4 3 (2.17%) IIS
5 1 (0.72%) CMS
5 1 (0.72%) Documentum
5 1 (0.72%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.72%) nginx
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.72%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.17%) Shopify
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.72%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 64 (46.38%) Azure
2 45 (32.61%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (24.64%) AWS
4 19 (13.77%) Power Platform
5 12 (8.70%) GitHub
6 11 (7.97%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (7.97%) Serverless
7 10 (7.25%) Azure Functions
8 9 (6.52%) SaaS
9 8 (5.80%) Power Automate
10 6 (4.35%) GCP
11 5 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (3.62%) SonarCloud
12 4 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (2.90%) Google Ads
12 4 (2.90%) IaaS
12 4 (2.90%) Meta Ads
12 4 (2.90%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.90%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
1 14 (10.14%) Wireless
2 9 (6.52%) Bluetooth
3 8 (5.80%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.07%) DNS
5 6 (4.35%) Firewall
5 6 (4.35%) MQTT
5 6 (4.35%) VLAN
5 6 (4.35%) ZigBee
6 5 (3.62%) VPN
7 4 (2.90%) BGP
7 4 (2.90%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.90%) EIGRP
7 4 (2.90%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (2.90%) HSRP
7 4 (2.90%) LAN
7 4 (2.90%) OSPF
7 4 (2.90%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.90%) VRRP
7 4 (2.90%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.59%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.70%) Power BI
3 10 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (5.80%) Delta Lake
6 7 (5.07%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.62%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.62%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.90%) Star Schema
9 3 (2.17%) MySQL
9 3 (2.17%) Parquet
10 2 (1.45%) Db2
10 2 (1.45%) Easytrieve
10 2 (1.45%) MariaDB
10 2 (1.45%) Power Query
11 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.72%) GIS
11 1 (0.72%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 26 (18.84%) GitLab
2 23 (16.67%) JIRA
3 19 (13.77%) Jenkins
4 13 (9.42%) Cucumber
5 12 (8.70%) Postman
5 12 (8.70%) Selenium
5 12 (8.70%) Subversion
6 8 (5.80%) JUnit
7 7 (5.07%) Zephyr
8 6 (4.35%) Gatling
8 6 (4.35%) GDB
8 6 (4.35%) JMeter
9 5 (3.62%) SoapUI
9 5 (3.62%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.90%) Robot Framework
10 4 (2.90%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (2.90%) Storybook
11 3 (2.17%) Maven
11 3 (2.17%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (1.45%) Ant
General
1 48 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.84%) Public Sector
3 22 (15.94%) Finance
4 14 (10.14%) Electronics
5 13 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (9.42%) Manufacturing
6 12 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.52%) Marketing
8 8 (5.80%) Retail
9 5 (3.62%) Banking
9 5 (3.62%) Games
9 5 (3.62%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.90%) Automotive
11 3 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.45%) Billing
12 2 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.72%) Law
13 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (32.61%) Developer
2 39 (28.26%) Senior
3 26 (18.84%) Software Engineer
4 19 (13.77%) Embedded Engineer
5 13 (9.42%) Lead
5 13 (9.42%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 12 (8.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (7.97%) Data Engineer
8 10 (7.25%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 9 (6.52%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (5.80%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (5.07%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) Linux Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (5.07%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.35%) Junior
12 6 (4.35%) Quality Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Senior Developer
12 6 (4.35%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (21.74%) REST
2 22 (15.94%) React
3 21 (15.22%) .NET
4 20 (14.49%) Terraform
5 18 (13.04%) CSS
6 14 (10.14%) HTML
6 14 (10.14%) JSON
6 14 (10.14%) XML
7 13 (9.42%) Yocto
8 12 (8.70%) Playwright
9 10 (7.25%) .NET Framework
9 10 (7.25%) RESTful
10 9 (6.52%) SOAP
10 9 (6.52%) YAML
11 8 (5.80%) PySpark
12 7 (5.07%) XSLT
13 6 (4.35%) ASP.NET
13 6 (4.35%) Node.js
14 5 (3.62%) pytest
14 5 (3.62%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (11.59%) IoT
3 14 (10.14%) Device Driver
4 10 (7.25%) Cloud Native
4 10 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (6.52%) ARM Cortex
6 8 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (4.35%) Management Information System
7 6 (4.35%) Taxonomies
8 5 (3.62%) FPGA
8 5 (3.62%) Product Ownership
8 5 (3.62%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (3.62%) Verilog
8 5 (3.62%) VHDL
8 5 (3.62%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.90%) CAN bus
9 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.17%) Algorithms
10 3 (2.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (25.36%) Linux
2 12 (8.70%) Windows
3 9 (6.52%) 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 78 (56.52%) CI/CD
2 60 (43.48%) Agile
3 59 (42.75%) DevOps
4 47 (34.06%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (34.06%) Software Engineering
5 41 (29.71%) Test Automation
6 29 (21.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (15.22%) AI
7 21 (15.22%) Data Modelling
7 21 (15.22%) Mentoring
8 19 (13.77%) Validation
9 18 (13.04%) Collaborative Culture
10 17 (12.32%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (10.87%) BDD
11 15 (10.87%) Decision-Making
11 15 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
11 15 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (10.87%) Software Testing
12 14 (10.14%) SDLC
13 13 (9.42%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (38.41%) Python
2 45 (32.61%) SQL
3 35 (25.36%) JavaScript
4 31 (22.46%) C#
5 24 (17.39%) C
5 24 (17.39%) C++
6 16 (11.59%) Bash
6 16 (11.59%) Java
7 11 (7.97%) Embedded C
7 11 (7.97%) TypeScript
8 9 (6.52%) PowerShell
9 6 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (3.62%) Perl
10 5 (3.62%) PHP
11 3 (2.17%) Go
11 3 (2.17%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.45%) Assembly Language
12 2 (1.45%) COBOL
12 2 (1.45%) JCL
12 2 (1.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (21.01%) Degree
2 14 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.80%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.62%) ISEB
7 5 (3.62%) ISTQB
8 4 (2.90%) AWS Certification
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 17 (12.32%) Accessibility
3 12 (8.70%) WCAG
4 9 (6.52%) Data Quality
5 7 (5.07%) GDPR
5 7 (5.07%) JTAG
6 6 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (3.62%) SLA
8 4 (2.90%) SOC 2
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 35 (25.36%) 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 22 (15.94%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.25%) 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 30 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.80%) Google
3 6 (4.35%) SAP
4 5 (3.62%) Altera
4 5 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (3.62%) Microsemi
4 5 (3.62%) Pega
4 5 (3.62%) Xilinx
5 4 (2.90%) Cisco
6 3 (2.17%) Databricks
6 3 (2.17%) HP
6 3 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.17%) VMware
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%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.72%) Salesforce