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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 112 47
Rank change year-on-year -25 -65 -6
Permanent jobs citing Git 164 241 431
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.71% 1.93% 5.61%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.41% 27.20% 42.42%
Number of salaries quoted 125 131 361
10th Percentile - £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £84,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 506 886 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.28% 7.09% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 348 463 840
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,350 £41,250
25th Percentile £39,938 £43,710 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £84,056
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 7 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 7 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 -11 84 £46,186 -7.63% 241
Yorkshire -18 58 £30,500 -49.17% 89
North East +9 22 £44,936 -19.76% 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 6 (3.66%) CMS
2 5 (3.05%) WordPress
3 4 (2.44%) Apache Solr
3 4 (2.44%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.83%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.83%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.83%) nginx
4 3 (1.83%) SAS
4 3 (1.83%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.22%) Confluence
5 2 (1.22%) Drupal
5 2 (1.22%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.61%) Apache
6 1 (0.61%) IIS
6 1 (0.61%) JBoss
6 1 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.83%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.61%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.61%) CANalyzer
2 1 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.61%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 110 (67.07%) Azure
2 100 (60.98%) AWS
3 73 (44.51%) GitHub
4 22 (13.41%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (11.59%) Serverless
6 10 (6.10%) SaaS
7 9 (5.49%) Amazon ECS
7 9 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (4.88%) Power Platform
9 7 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (4.27%) GCP
9 7 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (3.66%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.66%) Entra ID
11 5 (3.05%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (2.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (34.15%) Internet
2 5 (3.05%) DNS
2 5 (3.05%) Firewall
3 4 (2.44%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.44%) VPN
3 4 (2.44%) WAN
4 3 (1.83%) PuTTY
5 2 (1.22%) HTTP
6 1 (0.61%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.61%) MQTT
6 1 (0.61%) SSH
6 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 24 (14.63%) MySQL
3 18 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (10.98%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (5.49%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.88%) Data Lake
5 8 (4.88%) DynamoDB
5 8 (4.88%) Power BI
6 6 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (3.05%) Metadata
8 4 (2.44%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.44%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.83%) Apache Hive
9 3 (1.83%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.83%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.83%) HBase
9 3 (1.83%) QlikView
9 3 (1.83%) SQLite
9 3 (1.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (9.15%) JIRA
2 11 (6.71%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.66%) Bitbucket
3 6 (3.66%) GitLab
4 5 (3.05%) webpack
5 4 (2.44%) JUnit
6 3 (1.83%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.83%) Maven
6 3 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (1.22%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.22%) Grunt
7 2 (1.22%) gulp
7 2 (1.22%) Selenium
7 2 (1.22%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.61%) Ant
8 1 (0.61%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.61%) Mocha
8 1 (0.61%) NUnit
8 1 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.61%) Xcode
General
1 56 (34.15%) Multimedia
2 48 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 21 (12.80%) Finance
4 7 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.27%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.66%) Advertising
6 5 (3.05%) Marketing
7 4 (2.44%) Retail
8 2 (1.22%) Banking
8 2 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.61%) Automotive
9 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 91 (55.49%) Developer
2 56 (34.15%) Trainee
3 35 (21.34%) Software Developer
4 27 (16.46%) Trainee Developer
4 27 (16.46%) Trainee Software Developer
5 21 (12.80%) Senior
6 16 (9.76%) Senior Developer
7 10 (6.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 10 (6.10%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (5.49%) .NET Developer
8 9 (5.49%) Backend Developer
9 7 (4.27%) Analyst
9 7 (4.27%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.27%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.66%) Applications Support
10 6 (3.66%) Applications Support Analyst
10 6 (3.66%) Lead
10 6 (3.66%) Senior Backend Developer
10 6 (3.66%) Support Analyst
11 5 (3.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (54.27%) CSS
1 89 (54.27%) HTML
2 28 (17.07%) .NET
3 27 (16.46%) React
4 23 (14.02%) Node.js
5 22 (13.41%) RESTful
6 20 (12.20%) AngularJS
6 20 (12.20%) REST
7 15 (9.15%) Spring
7 15 (9.15%) Spring Boot
7 15 (9.15%) Web Services
8 12 (7.32%) ASP.NET
9 9 (5.49%) .NET Core
9 9 (5.49%) CSS3
9 9 (5.49%) Vue
10 8 (4.88%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (4.27%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (4.27%) Jest
11 7 (4.27%) Laravel
11 7 (4.27%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.49%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.44%) NHS
5 2 (1.22%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.22%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.22%) Wiki
6 1 (0.61%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.61%) Life Science
6 1 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.98%) Linux
2 16 (9.76%) Windows
3 4 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.83%) Unix
5 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (44.51%) Mentoring
2 55 (33.54%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (31.10%) DevOps
4 50 (30.49%) Agile
4 50 (30.49%) CI/CD
5 36 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (17.07%) Microservices
7 23 (14.02%) Containerisation
8 22 (13.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 20 (12.20%) Software Engineering
10 18 (10.98%) AI
11 17 (10.37%) TDD
11 17 (10.37%) User Experience
11 17 (10.37%) Web Development
12 16 (9.76%) Front End Development
13 15 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (9.15%) Scrum
13 15 (9.15%) Unit Testing
14 14 (8.54%) Computer Science
15 12 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 111 (67.68%) JavaScript
2 76 (46.34%) Python
3 37 (22.56%) SQL
4 34 (20.73%) R
5 23 (14.02%) C#
6 20 (12.20%) Java
6 20 (12.20%) TypeScript
7 14 (8.54%) PHP
8 8 (4.88%) Bash
8 8 (4.88%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.27%) Bicep
10 3 (1.83%) PROC SQL
11 2 (1.22%) Go
11 2 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.61%) C
12 1 (0.61%) C++
12 1 (0.61%) Dart
12 1 (0.61%) Delphi
12 1 (0.61%) Groovy
12 1 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 66 (40.24%) Azure Certification
2 62 (37.80%) AWS Certification
3 56 (34.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 56 (34.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (9.15%) Degree
5 12 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.44%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (1.22%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.22%) PhD
10 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.49%) QA
2 8 (4.88%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.22%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (20.12%) Docker
2 6 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.83%) Apache Flume
3 3 (1.83%) HDFS
4 2 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (14.63%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.15%) Terraform
3 11 (6.71%) Ansible
4 10 (6.10%) Grafana
5 7 (4.27%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.66%) Control-M
7 4 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.83%) Kibana
8 3 (1.83%) logstash
8 3 (1.83%) Oozie
9 1 (0.61%) Argo
9 1 (0.61%) cPanel
9 1 (0.61%) Plesk
9 1 (0.61%) Podman
9 1 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.88%) Databricks
3 5 (3.05%) Google
4 4 (2.44%) AppDynamics
4 4 (2.44%) Bloomberg
4 4 (2.44%) IBM
4 4 (2.44%) Meraki
4 4 (2.44%) Moogsoft
4 4 (2.44%) Pega
4 4 (2.44%) Splunk
4 4 (2.44%) WSO2
5 3 (1.83%) Informatica
5 3 (1.83%) MicroStrategy
5 3 (1.83%) SAP
6 2 (1.22%) Adobe
6 2 (1.22%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.22%) Oracle
7 1 (0.61%) Rollbar
7 1 (0.61%) Sage
7 1 (0.61%) Salesforce