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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 147 73
Rank change year-on-year +12 -74 +10
Permanent jobs citing Git 242 175 532
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.20% 2.20% 2.92%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.93% 25.66% 36.14%
Number of salaries quoted 191 130 417
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,625 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,751 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,778 £85,000
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 758 682 1,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.77% 8.58% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 568 416 1,163
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,560 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +4.65% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,985 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,510
England median annual salary £61,418 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +12 126 £60,709 +0.76% 67
Yorkshire -15 90 £50,000 -28.57% 33
North East -23 26 £48,000 -12.73% 18
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 24 (9.92%) WordPress
2 7 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.89%) OpenStack
3 6 (2.48%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (1.65%) CMS
4 4 (1.65%) IIS
4 4 (1.65%) nginx
5 3 (1.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.83%) CICS
6 2 (0.83%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) Confluence
7 1 (0.41%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (1.24%) Shopify
2 2 (0.83%) Magento
3 1 (0.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 157 (64.88%) AWS
2 140 (57.85%) Azure
3 106 (43.80%) GitHub
4 45 (18.60%) Serverless
5 40 (16.53%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (13.64%) Amazon S3
7 31 (12.81%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (12.81%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (11.98%) Amazon ECS
9 24 (9.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 24 (9.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 24 (9.92%) AWS Step Functions
10 16 (6.61%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (6.61%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 15 (6.20%) Datadog
12 14 (5.79%) GCP
13 13 (5.37%) Power Platform
14 11 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (3.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (2.48%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 59 (24.38%) Internet
2 5 (2.07%) DNS
2 5 (2.07%) HTTP
3 3 (1.24%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.83%) Firewall
4 2 (0.83%) SSL
5 1 (0.41%) DHCP
5 1 (0.41%) LAN
5 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.41%) VSAN
5 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (16.53%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (15.70%) NoSQL
3 28 (11.57%) Relational Database
4 24 (9.92%) DynamoDB
5 23 (9.50%) MySQL
6 20 (8.26%) SQL Server
7 18 (7.44%) Amazon Athena
8 13 (5.37%) Power BI
9 12 (4.96%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (2.07%) BigQuery
12 4 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.83%) Amazon QuickSight
14 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.83%) DB2
14 2 (0.83%) GIS
14 2 (0.83%) Hazelcast
14 2 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (14.46%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.50%) GitLab
3 18 (7.44%) JIRA
4 10 (4.13%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.89%) PHPUnit
6 4 (1.65%) Postman
6 4 (1.65%) Selenium
7 3 (1.24%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.24%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.24%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.24%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.24%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.24%) JUnit
7 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.83%) NUnit
8 2 (0.83%) Subversion
8 2 (0.83%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.41%) gulp
9 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 67 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.49%) Multimedia
3 19 (7.85%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.44%) Finance
5 11 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.72%) Retail
7 8 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.31%) Marketing
8 6 (2.48%) Banking
8 6 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.07%) Advertising
9 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.83%) Games
10 2 (0.83%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.41%) Back Office
11 1 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 127 (52.48%) Developer
2 52 (21.49%) Trainee
3 51 (21.07%) Senior
4 37 (15.29%) Java Developer
5 33 (13.64%) Senior Developer
6 29 (11.98%) Software Developer
7 26 (10.74%) Full-Stack Developer
8 19 (7.85%) Administrator
8 19 (7.85%) Trainee Administrator
8 19 (7.85%) Web Administrator
9 17 (7.02%) Trainee Developer
9 17 (7.02%) Trainee Software Developer
10 16 (6.61%) Software Engineer
11 12 (4.96%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 11 (4.55%) AWS Developer
13 10 (4.13%) .NET Developer
13 10 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (3.72%) Lead
15 8 (3.31%) Data Engineer
15 8 (3.31%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (41.74%) CSS
2 95 (39.26%) HTML
3 51 (21.07%) React
4 42 (17.36%) Node.js
5 41 (16.94%) AngularJS
6 37 (15.29%) REST
7 33 (13.64%) .NET
7 33 (13.64%) RESTful
8 21 (8.68%) Spring
8 21 (8.68%) Spring Boot
9 20 (8.26%) Vue
10 19 (7.85%) .NET Core
11 16 (6.61%) ASP.NET
12 12 (4.96%) Elastic Stack
13 11 (4.55%) ASP.NET Core
13 11 (4.55%) Laravel
13 11 (4.55%) Web Services
14 10 (4.13%) Entity Framework
14 10 (4.13%) HTML5
14 10 (4.13%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (5.79%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.79%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.48%) Legacy Applications
3 6 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.83%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.83%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.83%) Hedge funds
7 2 (0.83%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.44%) Linux
2 3 (1.24%) CentOS
2 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) CoreOS
4 1 (0.41%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (49.17%) CI/CD
2 88 (36.36%) DevOps
3 82 (33.88%) Agile
4 77 (31.82%) Mentoring
5 56 (23.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 50 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (17.77%) Microservices
8 39 (16.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 35 (14.46%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (14.05%) Web Development
11 32 (13.22%) Containerisation
12 30 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (10.74%) AI
14 25 (10.33%) Scrum
15 23 (9.50%) Software Engineering
16 22 (9.09%) Clean Code
17 21 (8.68%) Front End Development
18 20 (8.26%) Coaching
19 19 (7.85%) TDD
19 19 (7.85%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 137 (56.61%) JavaScript
2 108 (44.63%) Python
3 79 (32.64%) SQL
4 59 (24.38%) Java
5 51 (21.07%) TypeScript
6 35 (14.46%) R
7 30 (12.40%) C#
8 22 (9.09%) PHP
9 17 (7.02%) Kotlin
10 10 (4.13%) Go
11 7 (2.89%) C
12 6 (2.48%) C++
13 5 (2.07%) Bash
13 5 (2.07%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.65%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.65%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.24%) Groovy
15 3 (1.24%) SOQL
15 3 (1.24%) SOSL
15 3 (1.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 58 (23.97%) AWS Certification
2 53 (21.90%) Azure Certification
3 52 (21.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 52 (21.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (7.02%) Degree
5 15 (6.20%) Security Cleared
6 12 (4.96%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.65%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.83%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.57%) QA
2 7 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.83%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (26.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (17.36%) Terraform
2 34 (14.05%) Kubernetes
3 24 (9.92%) Ansible
4 3 (1.24%) Packer
5 2 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.83%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) Kibana
5 2 (0.83%) Nagios
5 2 (0.83%) Rancher
5 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.41%) Istio
6 1 (0.41%) linkerd
6 1 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.41%) Puppet
6 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 75 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.72%) Oracle
3 6 (2.48%) Splunk
4 5 (2.07%) AppDynamics
4 5 (2.07%) IBM
4 5 (2.07%) Pega
5 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.24%) Databricks
6 3 (1.24%) Google
6 3 (1.24%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.83%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.83%) New Relic
7 2 (0.83%) SnapLogic
7 2 (0.83%) WooCommerce
7 2 (0.83%) WSO2
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe
8 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.41%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.41%) McAfee