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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 167 80
Rank change year-on-year +33 -87 -14
Permanent jobs citing Git 262 161 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.19% 1.68% 2.56%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.83% 24.66% 34.14%
Number of salaries quoted 192 117 295
10th Percentile £29,825 £42,000 £37,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% -5.58%
75th Percentile £72,250 £82,751 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £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 823 653 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.75% 6.82% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 581 387 798
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £37,425
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,987 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £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 8 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 8 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 +28 135 £57,500 - 79
Yorkshire -10 72 £51,250 -26.79% 48
North East -6 55 £55,000 +15.79% 27
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 (8.40%) WordPress
2 16 (6.11%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.67%) CMS
3 7 (2.67%) IIS
4 6 (2.29%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.91%) Apache
5 5 (1.91%) OpenStack
6 4 (1.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (1.15%) Confluence
7 3 (1.15%) nginx
8 2 (0.76%) CICS
8 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.38%) JBoss
9 1 (0.38%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Shopify
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.76%) Magento
4 1 (0.38%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 160 (61.07%) AWS
2 126 (48.09%) Azure
3 91 (34.73%) GitHub
4 45 (17.18%) Serverless
5 43 (16.41%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (13.74%) GitHub Actions
7 34 (12.98%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (12.21%) GCP
9 31 (11.83%) Amazon S3
10 28 (10.69%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (8.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 18 (6.87%) Power Platform
13 16 (6.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (5.73%) AWS Step Functions
14 15 (5.73%) Datadog
15 13 (4.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 12 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
17 11 (4.20%) dbt
18 8 (3.05%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.49%) Internet
2 4 (1.53%) DNS
2 4 (1.53%) HTTP
3 3 (1.15%) DHCP
3 3 (1.15%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.15%) LAN
3 3 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.15%) VSAN
3 3 (1.15%) WAN
4 2 (0.76%) Firewall
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.98%) SQL Server
2 33 (12.60%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (12.21%) NoSQL
4 31 (11.83%) Relational Database
5 26 (9.92%) MySQL
6 17 (6.49%) Power BI
7 16 (6.11%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (6.11%) DynamoDB
8 13 (4.96%) MongoDB
9 12 (4.58%) BigQuery
10 11 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (3.05%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (2.67%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (2.67%) Redis
14 4 (1.53%) GIS
14 4 (1.53%) Metadata
14 4 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (1.15%) DuckDB
15 3 (1.15%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 53 (20.23%) Jenkins
2 37 (14.12%) GitLab
3 18 (6.87%) JIRA
4 13 (4.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 10 (3.82%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.67%) JUnit
6 7 (2.67%) Selenium
7 6 (2.29%) Postman
7 6 (2.29%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (1.91%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.91%) IntelliJ
8 5 (1.91%) PHPUnit
9 4 (1.53%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.15%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.15%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.15%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.15%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.76%) Maven
11 2 (0.76%) NUnit
General
1 99 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 37 (14.12%) Finance
3 34 (12.98%) Public Sector
4 30 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.49%) Marketing
5 17 (6.49%) Multimedia
6 13 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.67%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.67%) Retail
7 7 (2.67%) Tech for Good
8 5 (1.91%) Banking
8 5 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.53%) Advertising
10 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Local Government
10 2 (0.76%) Publishing
10 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.38%) Back Office
11 1 (0.38%) Games
Job Titles
1 125 (47.71%) Developer
2 49 (18.70%) Senior
3 35 (13.36%) Full-Stack Developer
4 31 (11.83%) Java Developer
5 28 (10.69%) Senior Developer
6 27 (10.31%) Data Engineer
7 24 (9.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (8.40%) Software Engineer
9 21 (8.02%) Administrator
10 19 (7.25%) Software Developer
11 17 (6.49%) Trainee
12 15 (5.73%) Trainee Administrator
12 15 (5.73%) Web Administrator
13 14 (5.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 13 (4.96%) Principal DevOps Engineer
14 13 (4.96%) Principal Engineer
15 11 (4.20%) AWS Developer
15 11 (4.20%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 11 (4.20%) Lead
16 8 (3.05%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (26.34%) CSS
2 62 (23.66%) HTML
3 60 (22.90%) React
4 55 (20.99%) REST
5 46 (17.56%) Node.js
6 43 (16.41%) .NET
7 42 (16.03%) AngularJS
8 28 (10.69%) RESTful
9 27 (10.31%) Spring
10 24 (9.16%) Spring Boot
11 23 (8.78%) Vue
12 17 (6.49%) .NET Core
13 15 (5.73%) .NET Framework
13 15 (5.73%) ASP.NET
14 14 (5.34%) Entity Framework
14 14 (5.34%) HTML5
14 14 (5.34%) Laravel
15 12 (4.58%) JSON
16 11 (4.20%) CSS3
16 11 (4.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.36%) Cloud Native
2 22 (8.40%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.05%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (2.67%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (2.67%) Social Media
6 6 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.53%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.53%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.15%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.15%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.15%) Replication
9 2 (0.76%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.45%) Linux
2 16 (6.11%) CentOS
2 16 (6.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.29%) Windows
4 5 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.53%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.15%) CoreOS
6 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.76%) Android
7 2 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (67.18%) CI/CD
2 122 (46.56%) DevOps
3 103 (39.31%) Agile
4 81 (30.92%) Full-Stack Development
5 56 (21.37%) Mentoring
5 56 (21.37%) Microservices
6 54 (20.61%) Infrastructure as Code
7 53 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 48 (18.32%) Software Engineering
9 40 (15.27%) AI
9 40 (15.27%) Containerisation
10 37 (14.12%) Web Development
11 34 (12.98%) Clean Code
11 34 (12.98%) Platform Engineering
12 33 (12.60%) Collaborative Culture
12 33 (12.60%) Test Automation
13 31 (11.83%) Workflow
14 29 (11.07%) Data Modelling
15 28 (10.69%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 115 (43.89%) JavaScript
2 103 (39.31%) Python
3 99 (37.79%) SQL
4 67 (25.57%) Java
5 62 (23.66%) TypeScript
6 46 (17.56%) C#
7 26 (9.92%) PHP
8 18 (6.87%) Kotlin
9 15 (5.73%) R
10 13 (4.96%) Bash
11 8 (3.05%) C++
11 8 (3.05%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.67%) VB.NET
13 6 (2.29%) Go
14 5 (1.91%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.91%) Bicep
14 5 (1.91%) Groovy
14 5 (1.91%) PL/SQL
15 4 (1.53%) Swift
15 4 (1.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.78%) Degree
4 21 (8.02%) AWS Certification
5 19 (7.25%) Azure Certification
5 19 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (6.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 17 (6.49%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.76%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.12%) QA
2 18 (6.87%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.76%) GDPR
4 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 99 (37.79%) Docker
2 6 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.15%) Ceph
4 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 54 (20.61%) Kubernetes
1 54 (20.61%) Terraform
2 32 (12.21%) Ansible
3 7 (2.67%) Istio
3 7 (2.67%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.91%) Grafana
5 4 (1.53%) Argo
5 4 (1.53%) linkerd
5 4 (1.53%) Progress Chef
5 4 (1.53%) Puppet
6 3 (1.15%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.15%) Kibana
6 3 (1.15%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.15%) Packer
6 3 (1.15%) Podman
6 3 (1.15%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.38%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.38%) Nagios
Vendors
1 49 (18.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.58%) Google
3 9 (3.44%) Splunk
4 8 (3.05%) Databricks
5 7 (2.67%) AppDynamics
5 7 (2.67%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.29%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.29%) IBM
6 6 (2.29%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.91%) Pega
8 4 (1.53%) Oracle
9 3 (1.15%) Dell
9 3 (1.15%) McAfee
9 3 (1.15%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.15%) SnapLogic
9 3 (1.15%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.76%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.76%) Apple
10 2 (0.76%) Confluent
10 2 (0.76%) WSO2