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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 168 77
Rank change year-on-year +46 -91 +2
Permanent jobs citing Git 273 152 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.23% 1.58% 2.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.58% 23.79% 34.14%
Number of salaries quoted 201 107 286
10th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,250 £82,751 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 838 639 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.78% 6.64% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 581 379 782
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,650 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 15 August 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 August 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 +22 135 £57,593 +0.16% 85
Yorkshire +2 76 £52,500 -25.00% 44
North East -6 62 £62,500 +31.58% 24
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 22 (8.06%) WordPress
2 17 (6.23%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.56%) CMS
4 6 (2.20%) IIS
4 6 (2.20%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.83%) Apache
5 5 (1.83%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.83%) OpenStack
6 4 (1.47%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.10%) Confluence
7 3 (1.10%) nginx
8 2 (0.73%) CICS
8 2 (0.73%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.37%) JBoss
9 1 (0.37%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Shopify
2 3 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.73%) Magento
3 2 (0.73%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 165 (60.44%) AWS
2 134 (49.08%) Azure
3 92 (33.70%) GitHub
4 45 (16.48%) Serverless
5 43 (15.75%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (13.55%) GitHub Actions
7 35 (12.82%) GCP
8 34 (12.45%) AWS Lambda
9 31 (11.36%) Amazon S3
10 28 (10.26%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (7.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 19 (6.96%) Power Platform
13 16 (5.86%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (5.49%) AWS Step Functions
14 15 (5.49%) Datadog
15 13 (4.76%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 12 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (3.66%) dbt
18 8 (2.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.23%) Internet
2 4 (1.47%) DNS
2 4 (1.47%) HTTP
3 3 (1.10%) DHCP
3 3 (1.10%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.10%) LAN
3 3 (1.10%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.10%) VSAN
3 3 (1.10%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) Firewall
5 1 (0.37%) Network Security
5 1 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 34 (12.45%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (12.09%) Relational Database
4 32 (11.72%) NoSQL
5 26 (9.52%) MySQL
6 17 (6.23%) Power BI
7 16 (5.86%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (5.86%) DynamoDB
8 13 (4.76%) MongoDB
9 11 (4.03%) BigQuery
9 11 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (2.56%) Redis
13 4 (1.47%) GIS
13 4 (1.47%) Metadata
13 4 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (1.10%) Amazon QuickSight
14 3 (1.10%) Flink
Development Applications
1 53 (19.41%) Jenkins
2 37 (13.55%) GitLab
3 18 (6.59%) JIRA
4 13 (4.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 10 (3.66%) Bitbucket
6 8 (2.93%) JUnit
6 8 (2.93%) Selenium
7 6 (2.20%) Postman
7 6 (2.20%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (1.83%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.83%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.83%) IntelliJ
8 5 (1.83%) PHPUnit
9 3 (1.10%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.10%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.10%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.10%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.10%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.73%) Vite
10 2 (0.73%) XCUITest
General
1 103 (37.73%) Social Skills
2 41 (15.02%) Finance
3 34 (12.45%) Public Sector
4 31 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.59%) Marketing
6 17 (6.23%) Multimedia
7 13 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.93%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.56%) Retail
9 7 (2.56%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.83%) Banking
10 5 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.47%) Advertising
12 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.73%) Legal
12 2 (0.73%) Local Government
12 2 (0.73%) Publishing
12 2 (0.73%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.37%) Back Office
13 1 (0.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 126 (46.15%) Developer
2 47 (17.22%) Senior
3 36 (13.19%) Full-Stack Developer
4 31 (11.36%) Java Developer
5 29 (10.62%) Data Engineer
6 27 (9.89%) Senior Developer
7 25 (9.16%) Software Engineer
8 24 (8.79%) DevOps Engineer
9 21 (7.69%) Administrator
10 19 (6.96%) Software Developer
11 17 (6.23%) Trainee
12 15 (5.49%) Trainee Administrator
12 15 (5.49%) Web Administrator
13 14 (5.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 13 (4.76%) Principal DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
15 11 (4.03%) AWS Developer
15 11 (4.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 11 (4.03%) Lead
16 8 (2.93%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (25.64%) CSS
2 63 (23.08%) React
3 62 (22.71%) HTML
4 57 (20.88%) REST
5 47 (17.22%) Node.js
6 43 (15.75%) .NET
7 42 (15.38%) AngularJS
8 28 (10.26%) RESTful
8 28 (10.26%) Spring
9 24 (8.79%) Spring Boot
10 23 (8.42%) Vue
11 17 (6.23%) .NET Core
12 15 (5.49%) .NET Framework
12 15 (5.49%) ASP.NET
13 14 (5.13%) Entity Framework
13 14 (5.13%) HTML5
13 14 (5.13%) Laravel
14 12 (4.40%) Kafka
15 11 (4.03%) CSS3
15 11 (4.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.82%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.42%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.13%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.93%) Legacy Applications
5 8 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.93%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.56%) Social Media
7 5 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.83%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.47%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.10%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.10%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.10%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.10%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.36%) Linux
2 16 (5.86%) CentOS
2 16 (5.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.56%) Windows
4 6 (2.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.10%) CoreOS
6 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.73%) Android
7 2 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (67.03%) CI/CD
2 123 (45.05%) DevOps
3 102 (37.36%) Agile
4 82 (30.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (21.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (20.88%) Microservices
7 56 (20.51%) Mentoring
7 56 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (20.51%) Software Engineering
8 49 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (15.38%) Containerisation
10 41 (15.02%) AI
11 38 (13.92%) Web Development
12 35 (12.82%) Clean Code
12 35 (12.82%) Test Automation
13 34 (12.45%) Collaborative Culture
13 34 (12.45%) Platform Engineering
14 31 (11.36%) Data Modelling
14 31 (11.36%) Workflow
15 29 (10.62%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 118 (43.22%) JavaScript
2 111 (40.66%) Python
3 102 (37.36%) SQL
4 70 (25.64%) Java
5 65 (23.81%) TypeScript
6 46 (16.85%) C#
7 26 (9.52%) PHP
8 18 (6.59%) Kotlin
9 15 (5.49%) R
10 14 (5.13%) Bash
11 9 (3.30%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.93%) C++
13 7 (2.56%) VB.NET
14 6 (2.20%) Go
15 5 (1.83%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.83%) Bicep
15 5 (1.83%) Groovy
15 5 (1.83%) PL/SQL
16 4 (1.47%) Swift
16 4 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.62%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.42%) Degree
4 21 (7.69%) AWS Certification
5 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (6.96%) Azure Certification
7 17 (6.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (6.23%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.47%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.73%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.82%) QA
2 21 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.03%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.10%) WCAG
5 2 (0.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 101 (37.00%) Docker
2 7 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.10%) Ceph
4 3 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 57 (20.88%) Terraform
2 55 (20.15%) Kubernetes
3 34 (12.45%) Ansible
4 7 (2.56%) Istio
4 7 (2.56%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.83%) Grafana
5 5 (1.83%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.83%) Puppet
6 4 (1.47%) Argo
6 4 (1.47%) linkerd
7 3 (1.10%) Check_MK
7 3 (1.10%) Kibana
7 3 (1.10%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (1.10%) Packer
7 3 (1.10%) Podman
7 3 (1.10%) SCVMM
8 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.37%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 49 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.40%) Google
3 10 (3.66%) Databricks
4 9 (3.30%) Splunk
5 7 (2.56%) AppDynamics
5 7 (2.56%) IBM
5 7 (2.56%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.20%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.83%) Pega
8 4 (1.47%) Oracle
9 3 (1.10%) Dell
9 3 (1.10%) McAfee
9 3 (1.10%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.10%) SnapLogic
9 3 (1.10%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.73%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.73%) Confluent
10 2 (0.73%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.73%) WSO2