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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 183 97
Rank change year-on-year +43 -86 -40
Permanent jobs citing Git 271 124 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.12% 1.29% 2.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.37% 22.18% 30.31%
Number of salaries quoted 185 90 178
10th Percentile £33,250 - £35,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £28,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,985 £60,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £70,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 812 559 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.36% 5.81% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 508 316 556
10th Percentile £38,765 £28,750 £37,574
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% +2.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,269 £79,375 £75,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 4 October 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 4 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
North West +31 131 £58,750 +17.50% 187
North East -4 73 £62,500 +47.06% 72
Yorkshire -11 67 £57,500 +9.52% 151
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 20 (7.38%) Apache Airflow
2 12 (4.43%) Apache Spark
3 10 (3.69%) Apache
4 8 (2.95%) CMS
4 8 (2.95%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.95%) WordPress
5 6 (2.21%) IIS
5 6 (2.21%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.48%) OpenStack
7 3 (1.11%) Jupyter
7 3 (1.11%) nginx
7 3 (1.11%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.11%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.74%) Confluence
8 2 (0.74%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.74%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.37%) JBoss
9 1 (0.37%) Kentico
Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.37%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Shopify
2 3 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.74%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.37%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 168 (61.99%) AWS
2 130 (47.97%) Azure
3 81 (29.89%) GitHub
4 46 (16.97%) GCP
4 46 (16.97%) Serverless
5 40 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (13.65%) AWS Lambda
7 36 (13.28%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (12.92%) Amazon S3
9 28 (10.33%) Amazon ECS
10 25 (9.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (8.12%) Power Platform
12 18 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (6.27%) AWS Step Functions
14 15 (5.54%) Datadog
15 14 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
16 13 (4.80%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 11 (4.06%) dbt
18 10 (3.69%) Amazon EKS
18 10 (3.69%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.43%) Internet
2 4 (1.48%) DNS
3 3 (1.11%) DHCP
3 3 (1.11%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.11%) LAN
3 3 (1.11%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.11%) VSAN
3 3 (1.11%) WAN
4 2 (0.74%) Firewall
4 2 (0.74%) HTTP
5 1 (0.37%) Network Security
5 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.92%) SQL Server
2 33 (12.18%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (11.81%) Relational Database
4 28 (10.33%) NoSQL
5 20 (7.38%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (7.38%) Power BI
6 19 (7.01%) MongoDB
6 19 (7.01%) MySQL
7 17 (6.27%) DynamoDB
8 13 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (4.06%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (3.69%) BigQuery
11 8 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.95%) Redis
12 6 (2.21%) Data Lake
12 6 (2.21%) Metadata
13 5 (1.85%) Chroma
13 5 (1.85%) DocumentDB
13 5 (1.85%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 52 (19.19%) GitLab
2 51 (18.82%) Jenkins
3 19 (7.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 10 (3.69%) JUnit
5 9 (3.32%) Bitbucket
6 8 (2.95%) JIRA
7 7 (2.58%) Selenium
8 6 (2.21%) Cypress.io
8 6 (2.21%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (1.85%) Maven
10 4 (1.48%) IntelliJ
10 4 (1.48%) Spock
11 3 (1.11%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.11%) Mockito
11 3 (1.11%) Postman
11 3 (1.11%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.11%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.74%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.74%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.74%) Vite
General
1 112 (41.33%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
2 51 (18.82%) Public Sector
3 34 (12.55%) Finance
4 22 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (6.64%) Marketing
6 9 (3.32%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.58%) Tech for Good
8 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.85%) Retail
9 3 (1.11%) Banking
10 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.74%) Legal
10 2 (0.74%) Local Government
10 2 (0.74%) Publishing
11 1 (0.37%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) Games
11 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Law
11 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (43.91%) Developer
2 39 (14.39%) DevOps Engineer
2 39 (14.39%) Senior
3 33 (12.18%) Data Engineer
4 28 (10.33%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (9.96%) Software Engineer
6 23 (8.49%) Software Developer
7 22 (8.12%) Senior Developer
8 20 (7.38%) Java Developer
9 19 (7.01%) Principal DevOps Engineer
9 19 (7.01%) Principal Engineer
10 16 (5.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 12 (4.43%) AWS Developer
11 12 (4.43%) Trainee
12 10 (3.69%) Lead
12 10 (3.69%) Python Developer
13 8 (2.95%) Junior
14 7 (2.58%) .NET Developer
14 7 (2.58%) Angular Developer
14 7 (2.58%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (24.35%) Terraform
2 63 (23.25%) React
3 57 (21.03%) REST
4 53 (19.56%) Node.js
5 45 (16.61%) CSS
6 42 (15.50%) .NET
7 36 (13.28%) HTML
8 33 (12.18%) AngularJS
9 26 (9.59%) Spring
10 20 (7.38%) RESTful
11 19 (7.01%) Spring Boot
12 17 (6.27%) Kafka
13 16 (5.90%) .NET Core
14 14 (5.17%) ASP.NET
15 12 (4.43%) .NET Framework
15 12 (4.43%) Entity Framework
15 12 (4.43%) Flask
15 12 (4.43%) Vue
16 11 (4.06%) Middleware
17 10 (3.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 47 (17.34%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.01%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.64%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.43%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.95%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.95%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.95%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.58%) Social Media
8 6 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.85%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.85%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.48%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.48%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.11%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.11%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.71%) Linux
2 22 (8.12%) CentOS
2 22 (8.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.95%) Windows
4 7 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.48%) VMS
6 3 (1.11%) CoreOS
6 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.74%) Android
7 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (75.28%) CI/CD
2 139 (51.29%) DevOps
3 90 (33.21%) Agile
4 83 (30.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 77 (28.41%) Full-Stack Development
6 73 (26.94%) Mentoring
7 65 (23.99%) Software Engineering
8 63 (23.25%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (21.77%) Microservices
10 54 (19.93%) Containerisation
11 51 (18.82%) Platform Engineering
12 50 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (17.71%) AI
13 48 (17.71%) Test Automation
14 35 (12.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 34 (12.55%) Collaborative Culture
15 34 (12.55%) Data Modelling
15 34 (12.55%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (12.55%) SDLC
16 32 (11.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 99 (36.53%) Python
1 99 (36.53%) SQL
2 93 (34.32%) JavaScript
3 77 (28.41%) TypeScript
4 63 (23.25%) Java
5 48 (17.71%) C#
6 20 (7.38%) PHP
7 18 (6.64%) Kotlin
8 14 (5.17%) Bash
8 14 (5.17%) Shell Script
9 10 (3.69%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.32%) C++
11 7 (2.58%) VB.NET
12 6 (2.21%) Go
13 5 (1.85%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.48%) Groovy
15 3 (1.11%) Bicep
15 3 (1.11%) SOQL
15 3 (1.11%) SOSL
15 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (17.34%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.49%) Degree
3 23 (8.49%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.32%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.48%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.55%) QA
2 26 (9.59%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.90%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.85%) WCAG
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 128 (47.23%) Docker
2 10 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.11%) Ceph
4 3 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 64 (23.62%) Kubernetes
2 34 (12.55%) Ansible
3 8 (2.95%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.58%) Istio
5 6 (2.21%) Grafana
5 6 (2.21%) Progress Chef
5 6 (2.21%) Puppet
6 4 (1.48%) Argo
6 4 (1.48%) linkerd
7 3 (1.11%) Check_MK
7 3 (1.11%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.11%) Podman
7 3 (1.11%) SCVMM
8 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.37%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 46 (16.97%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.49%) Google
3 11 (4.06%) Databricks
3 11 (4.06%) Splunk
4 9 (3.32%) Dynatrace
5 7 (2.58%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.85%) Confluent
7 5 (1.85%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.48%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.48%) Mistral
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco
9 3 (1.11%) Dell
9 3 (1.11%) IBM
9 3 (1.11%) McAfee
9 3 (1.11%) SnapLogic
9 3 (1.11%) VMware
10 2 (0.74%) Apple
10 2 (0.74%) Foundry
10 2 (0.74%) HP