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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 109 48
Rank change year-on-year -3 -61 -6
Permanent jobs citing Git 184 248 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.94% 1.98% 5.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 37.63% 27.83% 42.75%
Number of salaries quoted 146 135 340
10th Percentile - £33,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £58,563 £65,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £65,625 £85,000 £91,934
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -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 489 891 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.16% 7.13% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 363 479 790
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £42,500 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £59,263
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -11.41% +7.75%
75th Percentile £64,875 £67,000 £72,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 +15 93 £45,000 -10.00% 133
Yorkshire -11 65 £30,500 -49.17% 58
North East +17 26 £30,500 -44.55% 21
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 6 (3.26%) CMS
1 6 (3.26%) WordPress
2 4 (2.17%) Apache Solr
2 4 (2.17%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.63%) nginx
3 3 (1.63%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.09%) Confluence
4 2 (1.09%) Drupal
4 2 (1.09%) EPiServer
4 2 (1.09%) SAS
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.54%) Apache
5 1 (0.54%) IIS
5 1 (0.54%) JBoss
5 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.54%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.54%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.54%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 128 (69.57%) Azure
2 119 (64.67%) AWS
3 94 (51.09%) GitHub
4 19 (10.33%) Serverless
5 18 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.89%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (4.89%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.35%) Amazon S3
7 8 (4.35%) GCP
8 7 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon EventBridge
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.72%) AWS Step Functions
10 5 (2.72%) SaaS
11 4 (2.17%) npm
12 3 (1.63%) Cloudflare
12 3 (1.63%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 76 (41.30%) Internet
2 3 (1.63%) SSH
3 2 (1.09%) OpenVPN
3 2 (1.09%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.54%) DNS
4 1 (0.54%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.54%) Firewall
4 1 (0.54%) HTTP
4 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (15.76%) SQL Server
2 21 (11.41%) MySQL
3 19 (10.33%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (9.24%) Relational Database
5 11 (5.98%) NoSQL
6 8 (4.35%) DynamoDB
7 6 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (2.17%) Metadata
8 4 (2.17%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.63%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.09%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.09%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.09%) HBase
10 2 (1.09%) QlikView
10 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.09%) SQLite
10 2 (1.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.15%) JIRA
2 11 (5.98%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.80%) Bitbucket
4 6 (3.26%) GitLab
5 5 (2.72%) webpack
6 3 (1.63%) JUnit
6 3 (1.63%) Maven
6 3 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.09%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.09%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.09%) Grunt
7 2 (1.09%) gulp
7 2 (1.09%) Selenium
7 2 (1.09%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.54%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.54%) CANoe
8 1 (0.54%) ESLint
8 1 (0.54%) git-flow
8 1 (0.54%) Sinon.JS
8 1 (0.54%) Storybook
General
1 76 (41.30%) Multimedia
2 49 (26.63%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.33%) Finance
4 7 (3.80%) Marketing
5 6 (3.26%) Advertising
5 6 (3.26%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.17%) Retail
8 3 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Banking
9 2 (1.09%) Electronics
9 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.54%) Automotive
10 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 107 (58.15%) Developer
2 76 (41.30%) Trainee
3 46 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 38 (20.65%) Trainee Developer
4 38 (20.65%) Trainee Software Developer
5 24 (13.04%) Senior
6 19 (10.33%) Senior Developer
7 12 (6.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 11 (5.98%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (5.43%) .NET Developer
9 10 (5.43%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Java Developer
10 8 (4.35%) Lead
11 7 (3.80%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.80%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (3.80%) Backend Developer
11 7 (3.80%) PHP Developer
11 7 (3.80%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.26%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (61.41%) CSS
1 113 (61.41%) HTML
2 30 (16.30%) React
3 29 (15.76%) .NET
4 24 (13.04%) Node.js
5 21 (11.41%) RESTful
6 19 (10.33%) AngularJS
7 16 (8.70%) REST
8 15 (8.15%) Web Services
9 13 (7.07%) ASP.NET
9 13 (7.07%) Spring
9 13 (7.07%) Spring Boot
10 10 (5.43%) .NET Core
11 9 (4.89%) ASP.NET Core
11 9 (4.89%) CSS3
12 8 (4.35%) Laravel
12 8 (4.35%) Vue
13 7 (3.80%) .NET Framework
13 7 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (3.80%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.35%) Cloud Native
1 8 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.63%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.09%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.09%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.09%) NHS
6 2 (1.09%) Wiki
7 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.54%) Life Science
7 1 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.41%) Linux
2 16 (8.70%) Windows
3 4 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (52.72%) Mentoring
2 75 (40.76%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (27.72%) Agile
4 46 (25.00%) DevOps
5 45 (24.46%) CI/CD
6 43 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (15.76%) Microservices
8 27 (14.67%) Containerisation
9 21 (11.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (11.41%) Software Engineering
10 20 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (10.33%) User Experience
12 18 (9.78%) Front End Development
12 18 (9.78%) TDD
13 15 (8.15%) Web Development
14 14 (7.61%) AI
15 13 (7.07%) Clean Code
15 13 (7.07%) Computer Science
16 12 (6.52%) Scrum
17 11 (5.98%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 139 (75.54%) JavaScript
2 94 (51.09%) Python
3 42 (22.83%) R
4 32 (17.39%) SQL
5 23 (12.50%) C#
6 20 (10.87%) TypeScript
7 17 (9.24%) Java
8 16 (8.70%) PHP
9 7 (3.80%) Bash
10 4 (2.17%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.63%) Bicep
11 3 (1.63%) C
12 2 (1.09%) Go
12 2 (1.09%) PROC SQL
12 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.54%) C++
13 1 (0.54%) Dart
13 1 (0.54%) Delphi
13 1 (0.54%) Groovy
13 1 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 83 (45.11%) AWS Certification
2 81 (44.02%) Azure Certification
3 76 (41.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 76 (41.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (7.07%) Degree
5 11 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.72%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.54%) PhD
8 1 (0.54%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) QA
2 7 (3.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.09%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.09%) GDPR
4 1 (0.54%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (19.57%) Docker
2 2 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.09%) Apache Flume
2 2 (1.09%) HDFS
2 2 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (14.67%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.70%) Terraform
3 11 (5.98%) Ansible
3 11 (5.98%) Grafana
4 8 (4.35%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.80%) Control-M
6 3 (1.63%) cPanel
6 3 (1.63%) Plesk
7 2 (1.09%) Kibana
7 2 (1.09%) logstash
7 2 (1.09%) Oozie
8 1 (0.54%) Argo
8 1 (0.54%) Podman
8 1 (0.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 86 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.72%) Google
3 4 (2.17%) Pega
3 4 (2.17%) WSO2
4 3 (1.63%) Oracle
5 2 (1.09%) Adobe
5 2 (1.09%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.09%) Databricks
5 2 (1.09%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.09%) IBM
5 2 (1.09%) Informatica
5 2 (1.09%) MicroStrategy
5 2 (1.09%) Moogsoft
5 2 (1.09%) SAP
5 2 (1.09%) Splunk
6 1 (0.54%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.54%) Rollbar
6 1 (0.54%) Sage
6 1 (0.54%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.54%) TOWER Software