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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 190 88
Rank change year-on-year +58 -102 -32
Permanent jobs citing Git 274 115 320
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.14% 1.21% 2.30%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.01% 21.58% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 182 78 200
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,250 £36,125
25th Percentile £46,438 £32,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.19% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,985 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £70,375 £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 830 533 989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.45% 5.62% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 525 302 588
10th Percentile £38,984 £33,750 £37,574
25th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,008 £82,500 £76,625
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 25 September 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 25 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
North West +20 131 £60,000 +19.93% 129
Yorkshire +7 72 £61,250 +2.08% 87
North East -12 71 £63,750 +34.21% 40
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 17 (6.20%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.92%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.92%) CMS
3 7 (2.55%) Apache
3 7 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.55%) WordPress
4 6 (2.19%) IIS
4 6 (2.19%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.82%) OpenStack
6 3 (1.09%) Confluence
6 3 (1.09%) nginx
6 3 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.09%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.73%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.36%) JBoss
8 1 (0.36%) Kentico
8 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Shopify
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.73%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.36%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 170 (62.04%) AWS
2 131 (47.81%) Azure
3 81 (29.56%) GitHub
4 52 (18.98%) Serverless
5 44 (16.06%) GCP
6 42 (15.33%) AWS Lambda
7 41 (14.96%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (14.23%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (13.87%) Amazon S3
10 33 (12.04%) Amazon ECS
11 25 (9.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (7.30%) Power Platform
13 18 (6.57%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (6.20%) AWS Step Functions
14 17 (6.20%) Datadog
15 16 (5.84%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (5.47%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 14 (5.11%) Cloud Computing
18 12 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
19 10 (3.65%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.38%) Internet
2 4 (1.46%) DNS
3 3 (1.09%) DHCP
3 3 (1.09%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.09%) LAN
3 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.09%) VSAN
3 3 (1.09%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) Firewall
4 2 (0.73%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.77%) SQL Server
2 34 (12.41%) Relational Database
3 33 (12.04%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (11.31%) NoSQL
5 21 (7.66%) MySQL
6 20 (7.30%) Amazon Athena
7 19 (6.93%) DynamoDB
8 18 (6.57%) Power BI
9 16 (5.84%) MongoDB
10 11 (4.01%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.65%) BigQuery
12 9 (3.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (2.92%) Redis
14 6 (2.19%) Data Lake
15 5 (1.82%) DocumentDB
16 4 (1.46%) Flink
16 4 (1.46%) GIS
16 4 (1.46%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 55 (20.07%) Jenkins
2 49 (17.88%) GitLab
3 19 (6.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 13 (4.74%) JIRA
5 10 (3.65%) Bitbucket
5 10 (3.65%) JUnit
6 7 (2.55%) Selenium
6 7 (2.55%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (2.19%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.82%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.82%) Maven
9 4 (1.46%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.46%) Spock
10 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.09%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.09%) Mockito
10 3 (1.09%) Postman
10 3 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.09%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 115 (41.97%) Social Skills
2 50 (18.25%) Public Sector
3 48 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.77%) Finance
5 20 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (6.57%) Marketing
7 9 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.55%) Tech for Good
9 5 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.82%) Retail
10 3 (1.09%) Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.73%) Legal
11 2 (0.73%) Local Government
11 2 (0.73%) Publishing
12 1 (0.36%) Advertising
12 1 (0.36%) Back Office
12 1 (0.36%) Games
12 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 126 (45.99%) Developer
2 42 (15.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (14.60%) Senior
4 31 (11.31%) Full-Stack Developer
5 29 (10.58%) Data Engineer
6 27 (9.85%) Java Developer
6 27 (9.85%) Software Engineer
7 23 (8.39%) Software Developer
8 21 (7.66%) Senior Developer
9 19 (6.93%) Principal DevOps Engineer
9 19 (6.93%) Principal Engineer
10 16 (5.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 13 (4.74%) AWS Developer
12 12 (4.38%) Trainee
13 11 (4.01%) Lead
14 8 (2.92%) Angular Developer
14 8 (2.92%) Junior
14 8 (2.92%) Python Developer
15 7 (2.55%) .NET Developer
15 7 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (24.82%) Terraform
2 63 (22.99%) React
2 63 (22.99%) REST
3 55 (20.07%) Node.js
4 45 (16.42%) CSS
5 43 (15.69%) .NET
6 40 (14.60%) AngularJS
7 36 (13.14%) HTML
8 29 (10.58%) Spring
9 25 (9.12%) RESTful
10 22 (8.03%) Spring Boot
11 16 (5.84%) .NET Core
12 15 (5.47%) ASP.NET
12 15 (5.47%) Kafka
13 13 (4.74%) .NET Framework
13 13 (4.74%) Entity Framework
13 13 (4.74%) JSON
13 13 (4.74%) Vue
14 12 (4.38%) Flask
15 11 (4.01%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (17.15%) Cloud Native
2 24 (8.76%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.57%) Product Ownership
4 15 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.38%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (2.92%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.92%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.55%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.55%) Social Media
8 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.82%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.46%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.09%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.09%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.09%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (18.61%) Linux
2 22 (8.03%) CentOS
2 22 (8.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.55%) Windows
4 6 (2.19%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.46%) VMS
6 3 (1.09%) CoreOS
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.73%) Android
7 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (75.18%) CI/CD
2 146 (53.28%) DevOps
3 93 (33.94%) Agile
4 84 (30.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (29.56%) Full-Stack Development
6 71 (25.91%) Mentoring
7 64 (23.36%) Microservices
8 63 (22.99%) Software Engineering
9 60 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (19.71%) Containerisation
11 51 (18.61%) Platform Engineering
12 50 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (16.79%) AI
14 45 (16.42%) Test Automation
15 35 (12.77%) Collaborative Culture
15 35 (12.77%) SDLC
15 35 (12.77%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 34 (12.41%) Continuous Integration
16 34 (12.41%) Workflow
17 31 (11.31%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 100 (36.50%) SQL
2 94 (34.31%) JavaScript
2 94 (34.31%) Python
3 78 (28.47%) TypeScript
4 72 (26.28%) Java
5 48 (17.52%) C#
6 21 (7.66%) PHP
7 20 (7.30%) Kotlin
8 14 (5.11%) Bash
8 14 (5.11%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.28%) C++
9 9 (3.28%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.55%) Groovy
10 7 (2.55%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.19%) Go
12 5 (1.82%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.46%) Bicep
14 3 (1.09%) SOQL
14 3 (1.09%) SOSL
14 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.39%) DV Cleared
4 21 (7.66%) Degree
5 6 (2.19%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.46%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.14%) QA
2 23 (8.39%) Data Quality
3 15 (5.47%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.46%) WCAG
5 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 129 (47.08%) Docker
2 9 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.09%) Ceph
4 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 67 (24.45%) Kubernetes
2 40 (14.60%) Ansible
3 8 (2.92%) Prometheus
4 7 (2.55%) Istio
5 6 (2.19%) Grafana
6 5 (1.82%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.82%) Puppet
7 4 (1.46%) Argo
7 4 (1.46%) linkerd
8 3 (1.09%) Check_MK
8 3 (1.09%) Kibana
8 3 (1.09%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (1.09%) Packer
8 3 (1.09%) Podman
8 3 (1.09%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.36%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 46 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.39%) Google
3 11 (4.01%) Splunk
4 9 (3.28%) AppDynamics
4 9 (3.28%) Databricks
4 9 (3.28%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.92%) IBM
6 7 (2.55%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.19%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.82%) Confluent
9 3 (1.09%) Dell
9 3 (1.09%) McAfee
9 3 (1.09%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.09%) Oracle
9 3 (1.09%) SnapLogic
10 2 (0.73%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.73%) Cisco
10 2 (0.73%) HP
10 2 (0.73%) VMware
10 2 (0.73%) YouTube