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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 162 78
Rank change year-on-year +10 -84 -14
Permanent jobs citing Git 215 168 496
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 1.79% 2.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.18% 25.19% 34.73%
Number of salaries quoted 168 125 389
10th Percentile £29,525 £42,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +10.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,250 £82,751 £70,000
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 763 667 1,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.66% 7.09% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 567 399 1,078
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 £75,625 £69,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +12.07% -10.77%

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 15 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 15 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 +2 112 £60,709 +5.58% 107
Yorkshire -12 67 £50,000 -28.57% 74
North East -31 36 £52,000 +4.00% 39
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 (9.77%) WordPress
2 11 (5.12%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.79%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (2.33%) CMS
4 5 (2.33%) IIS
5 3 (1.40%) Confluence
5 3 (1.40%) nginx
6 2 (0.93%) CICS
6 2 (0.93%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.47%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.47%) Apache
7 1 (0.47%) JBoss
7 1 (0.47%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Shopify
2 3 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.93%) Magento
4 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 128 (59.53%) AWS
2 105 (48.84%) Azure
3 80 (37.21%) GitHub
4 40 (18.60%) Serverless
5 39 (18.14%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (13.49%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (13.49%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (11.63%) Amazon S3
8 23 (10.70%) Amazon ECS
9 19 (8.84%) GCP
10 16 (7.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (6.98%) AWS Step Functions
11 15 (6.98%) Power Platform
12 14 (6.51%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (6.51%) Datadog
13 13 (6.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 10 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (3.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (3.72%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.91%) Internet
2 4 (1.86%) HTTP
3 3 (1.40%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.93%) Firewall
5 1 (0.47%) DHCP
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) LAN
5 1 (0.47%) Network Security
5 1 (0.47%) SSL
5 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.47%) VSAN
5 1 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.95%) NoSQL
2 28 (13.02%) MySQL
3 27 (12.56%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (12.09%) Relational Database
5 21 (9.77%) SQL Server
6 16 (7.44%) Amazon Athena
6 16 (7.44%) DynamoDB
7 15 (6.98%) Power BI
8 8 (3.72%) MongoDB
9 7 (3.26%) BigQuery
10 6 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (2.33%) Redis
12 4 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon QuickSight
13 3 (1.40%) Pinecone
13 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (1.40%) Tableau
14 2 (0.93%) GIS
14 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (19.07%) Jenkins
2 30 (13.95%) GitLab
3 19 (8.84%) JIRA
4 10 (4.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (3.72%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.79%) PHPUnit
6 6 (2.79%) Postman
6 6 (2.79%) Selenium
7 4 (1.86%) IntelliJ
8 3 (1.40%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.40%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.40%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.40%) JUnit
8 3 (1.40%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.93%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.93%) NUnit
9 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.93%) Vite
9 2 (0.93%) XCUITest
General
1 74 (34.42%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.09%) Finance
2 26 (12.09%) Public Sector
3 17 (7.91%) Multimedia
4 14 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.05%) Marketing
6 10 (4.65%) Retail
7 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.79%) Banking
8 6 (2.79%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.79%) Tech for Good
9 5 (2.33%) Advertising
9 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.47%) Back Office
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (49.77%) Developer
2 47 (21.86%) Senior
3 32 (14.88%) Java Developer
4 28 (13.02%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (12.56%) Senior Developer
6 21 (9.77%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.37%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (7.91%) Trainee
9 15 (6.98%) Administrator
9 15 (6.98%) Trainee Administrator
9 15 (6.98%) Web Administrator
10 13 (6.05%) Data Engineer
10 13 (6.05%) Software Developer
11 12 (5.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 11 (5.12%) AWS Developer
12 11 (5.12%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 10 (4.65%) Principal DevOps Engineer
13 10 (4.65%) Principal Engineer
14 8 (3.72%) Lead
15 7 (3.26%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (28.84%) CSS
2 56 (26.05%) HTML
3 54 (25.12%) React
4 44 (20.47%) REST
5 41 (19.07%) AngularJS
6 40 (18.60%) Node.js
7 37 (17.21%) .NET
8 27 (12.56%) RESTful
8 27 (12.56%) Vue
9 24 (11.16%) Spring
10 23 (10.70%) Spring Boot
11 16 (7.44%) Laravel
12 14 (6.51%) .NET Core
13 13 (6.05%) .NET Framework
14 11 (5.12%) ASP.NET
14 11 (5.12%) Entity Framework
14 11 (5.12%) HTML5
15 10 (4.65%) JSON
16 9 (4.19%) Middleware
17 8 (3.72%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.70%) Cloud Native
2 18 (8.37%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.79%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.86%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.86%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.40%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.40%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.93%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.47%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.30%) Linux
2 11 (5.12%) CentOS
2 11 (5.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) CoreOS
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
4 1 (0.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (63.72%) CI/CD
2 100 (46.51%) DevOps
3 80 (37.21%) Agile
4 67 (31.16%) Full-Stack Development
5 49 (22.79%) Mentoring
6 46 (21.40%) Microservices
6 46 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (19.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 36 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (16.28%) Software Engineering
10 34 (15.81%) Containerisation
11 33 (15.35%) Web Development
12 32 (14.88%) AI
13 27 (12.56%) Clean Code
13 27 (12.56%) Platform Engineering
14 24 (11.16%) Performance Optimisation
14 24 (11.16%) Test Automation
14 24 (11.16%) Workflow
15 22 (10.23%) Front End Development
16 21 (9.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 99 (46.05%) JavaScript
2 86 (40.00%) SQL
3 83 (38.60%) Python
4 58 (26.98%) Java
5 54 (25.12%) TypeScript
6 39 (18.14%) C#
7 27 (12.56%) PHP
8 16 (7.44%) Kotlin
9 15 (6.98%) R
10 9 (4.19%) Bash
11 6 (2.79%) C++
11 6 (2.79%) VB.NET
12 5 (2.33%) Bicep
12 5 (2.33%) Go
12 5 (2.33%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.86%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.86%) Groovy
13 4 (1.86%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.86%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 25 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.30%) Degree
2 20 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.84%) AWS Certification
3 19 (8.84%) Azure Certification
4 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (7.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 13 (6.05%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.86%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.42%) QA
2 8 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.79%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.93%) GDPR
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 71 (33.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (19.53%) Terraform
2 39 (18.14%) Kubernetes
3 26 (12.09%) Ansible
4 4 (1.86%) Grafana
5 3 (1.40%) Istio
5 3 (1.40%) linkerd
5 3 (1.40%) Packer
5 3 (1.40%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.93%) Kibana
6 2 (0.93%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.93%) Puppet
7 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.47%) Argo
7 1 (0.47%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.47%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.47%) Nagios
7 1 (0.47%) Rancher
7 1 (0.47%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.72%) Splunk
3 6 (2.79%) AppDynamics
4 5 (2.33%) Databricks
4 5 (2.33%) Google
4 5 (2.33%) IBM
4 5 (2.33%) Pega
4 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.86%) Oracle
6 3 (1.40%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.40%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.40%) SnapLogic
6 3 (1.40%) WooCommerce
7 2 (0.93%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.93%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.93%) WSO2
8 1 (0.47%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.47%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.47%) Infor
8 1 (0.47%) McAfee