Git Job Trends in the North of England

Git Distributed Version Control System
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Git skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 169 76
Rank change year-on-year +17 -93 -9
Permanent jobs citing Git 217 166 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 1.76% 2.72%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.37% 25.30% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 170 124 359
10th Percentile £29,675 £42,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £62,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% +13.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,751 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,778 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 765 656 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.64% 6.96% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 570 390 977
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Git relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Git job vacancy trend in the North of England

Git
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Git.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Git

Git
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Git in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Git in the North of England

Git
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
North West 0 110 £60,709 +5.58% 62
Yorkshire -15 68 £50,000 -28.57% 34
North East -18 39 £52,000 +4.00% 29
Git
England

Git
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (9.68%) WordPress
2 11 (5.07%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.23%) CMS
3 7 (3.23%) IIS
4 6 (2.76%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (1.38%) Confluence
5 3 (1.38%) nginx
6 2 (0.92%) CICS
6 2 (0.92%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.46%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.46%) Apache
7 1 (0.46%) JBoss
7 1 (0.46%) PegaRULES
7 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.46%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.76%) Shopify
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.92%) Magento
4 1 (0.46%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 130 (59.91%) AWS
2 105 (48.39%) Azure
3 79 (36.41%) GitHub
4 40 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (17.51%) Serverless
6 28 (12.90%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (12.44%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (10.60%) Amazon S3
9 21 (9.68%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (9.22%) GCP
11 15 (6.91%) Power Platform
12 14 (6.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (5.99%) AWS Step Functions
13 13 (5.99%) Datadog
14 11 (5.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 11 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (3.69%) Amazon EC2
16 8 (3.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (3.69%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.83%) Internet
2 4 (1.84%) HTTP
3 3 (1.38%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.92%) Firewall
5 1 (0.46%) Network Security
5 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.90%) NoSQL
2 27 (12.44%) MySQL
2 27 (12.44%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (12.44%) Relational Database
3 24 (11.06%) SQL Server
4 15 (6.91%) Power BI
5 14 (6.45%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (5.99%) DynamoDB
7 9 (4.15%) MongoDB
8 8 (3.69%) BigQuery
9 7 (3.23%) Redis
10 6 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.38%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (1.38%) Pinecone
12 3 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (1.38%) Tableau
13 2 (0.92%) GIS
13 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 42 (19.35%) Jenkins
2 30 (13.82%) GitLab
3 19 (8.76%) JIRA
4 11 (5.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (3.69%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.76%) PHPUnit
6 6 (2.76%) Postman
6 6 (2.76%) Selenium
7 4 (1.84%) IntelliJ
8 3 (1.38%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.38%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.38%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.38%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.38%) JUnit
8 3 (1.38%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.92%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.92%) Vite
9 2 (0.92%) XCUITest
General
1 76 (35.02%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.90%) Public Sector
3 27 (12.44%) Finance
4 17 (7.83%) Multimedia
5 15 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.99%) Marketing
7 8 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.69%) Retail
8 7 (3.23%) Tech for Good
9 6 (2.76%) Banking
9 6 (2.76%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.30%) Advertising
11 4 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.46%) Back Office
13 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 111 (51.15%) Developer
2 48 (22.12%) Senior
3 32 (14.75%) Full-Stack Developer
4 30 (13.82%) Java Developer
5 28 (12.90%) Senior Developer
6 20 (9.22%) Software Engineer
7 19 (8.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (7.83%) Trainee
9 15 (6.91%) Administrator
9 15 (6.91%) Trainee Administrator
9 15 (6.91%) Web Administrator
10 14 (6.45%) Data Engineer
11 13 (5.99%) Software Developer
12 12 (5.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 12 (5.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 11 (5.07%) Principal DevOps Engineer
13 11 (5.07%) Principal Engineer
14 9 (4.15%) AWS Developer
15 8 (3.69%) Lead
16 7 (3.23%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (30.41%) CSS
2 60 (27.65%) HTML
3 57 (26.27%) React
4 47 (21.66%) REST
5 41 (18.89%) Node.js
6 39 (17.97%) .NET
7 38 (17.51%) AngularJS
8 27 (12.44%) RESTful
9 26 (11.98%) Vue
10 24 (11.06%) Spring
11 23 (10.60%) Spring Boot
12 16 (7.37%) Laravel
13 14 (6.45%) .NET Core
13 14 (6.45%) .NET Framework
14 13 (5.99%) ASP.NET
14 13 (5.99%) Entity Framework
15 12 (5.53%) HTML5
16 10 (4.61%) JSON
17 9 (4.15%) CSS3
17 9 (4.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.06%) Cloud Native
2 19 (8.76%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.61%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (2.76%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.84%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.84%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.84%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.38%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.38%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.38%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.92%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.76%) Linux
2 11 (5.07%) CentOS
2 11 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.46%) Android
4 1 (0.46%) VMS
4 1 (0.46%) Windows
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (64.52%) CI/CD
2 100 (46.08%) DevOps
3 83 (38.25%) Agile
4 72 (33.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 49 (22.58%) Mentoring
6 47 (21.66%) Microservices
7 42 (19.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 42 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (16.13%) Software Engineering
10 34 (15.67%) Containerisation
11 33 (15.21%) Web Development
12 31 (14.29%) AI
13 29 (13.36%) Clean Code
14 28 (12.90%) Platform Engineering
15 25 (11.52%) Test Automation
15 25 (11.52%) Workflow
16 24 (11.06%) Performance Optimisation
16 24 (11.06%) Scrum
17 22 (10.14%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 103 (47.47%) JavaScript
2 86 (39.63%) SQL
3 82 (37.79%) Python
4 56 (25.81%) Java
5 53 (24.42%) TypeScript
6 41 (18.89%) C#
7 27 (12.44%) PHP
8 15 (6.91%) Kotlin
8 15 (6.91%) R
9 8 (3.69%) Bash
10 6 (2.76%) C++
10 6 (2.76%) VB.NET
11 5 (2.30%) Bicep
11 5 (2.30%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.84%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.84%) Go
12 4 (1.84%) Groovy
12 4 (1.84%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.84%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 22 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.22%) Degree
4 19 (8.76%) AWS Certification
4 19 (8.76%) Azure Certification
4 19 (8.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (7.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 14 (6.45%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.84%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.29%) QA
2 8 (3.69%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.69%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.92%) GDPR
3 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.92%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 73 (33.64%) Docker
2 3 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (19.82%) Terraform
2 41 (18.89%) Kubernetes
3 27 (12.44%) Ansible
4 4 (1.84%) Grafana
5 3 (1.38%) Istio
5 3 (1.38%) linkerd
5 3 (1.38%) Packer
5 3 (1.38%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.38%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.38%) Puppet
6 2 (0.92%) Kibana
7 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.46%) Argo
7 1 (0.46%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.46%) Nagios
7 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.69%) Splunk
3 6 (2.76%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.76%) Google
4 5 (2.30%) Databricks
4 5 (2.30%) IBM
4 5 (2.30%) Pega
4 5 (2.30%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.84%) Oracle
6 3 (1.38%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.38%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.38%) SnapLogic
6 3 (1.38%) WooCommerce
7 2 (0.92%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.92%) WSO2
8 1 (0.46%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.46%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.46%) Infor
8 1 (0.46%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.46%) VMware