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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 178 77
Rank change year-on-year +51 -101 -11
Permanent jobs citing Git 266 127 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.16% 1.36% 2.52%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.17% 22.40% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 193 88 251
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £91,934 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.92% +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 802 567 1,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.50% 6.09% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 541 329 695
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,574
25th Percentile £45,250 £43,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,950 £78,750
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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +25 130 £57,500 +4.55% 117
Yorkshire -7 71 £55,000 -21.43% 56
North East -9 65 £62,500 +38.89% 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 22 (8.27%) WordPress
2 16 (6.02%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.63%) CMS
4 6 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 6 (2.26%) IIS
4 6 (2.26%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (1.88%) Apache
5 5 (1.88%) OpenStack
6 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.13%) Confluence
7 3 (1.13%) nginx
8 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.75%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.38%) JBoss
Applications
1 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Shopify
2 3 (1.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.75%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.38%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 162 (60.90%) AWS
2 132 (49.62%) Azure
3 92 (34.59%) GitHub
4 45 (16.92%) Serverless
5 40 (15.04%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (13.91%) GitHub Actions
7 34 (12.78%) AWS Lambda
8 31 (11.65%) GCP
9 30 (11.28%) Amazon S3
10 28 (10.53%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 18 (6.77%) Power Platform
13 16 (6.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (5.64%) Datadog
15 13 (4.89%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (4.89%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 13 (4.89%) AWS Step Functions
16 12 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (3.38%) dbt
18 8 (3.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.39%) Internet
2 4 (1.50%) DNS
3 3 (1.13%) DHCP
3 3 (1.13%) HTTP
3 3 (1.13%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.13%) LAN
3 3 (1.13%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.13%) VSAN
3 3 (1.13%) WAN
4 2 (0.75%) Firewall
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.41%) PostgreSQL
1 33 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 31 (11.65%) NoSQL
2 31 (11.65%) Relational Database
3 22 (8.27%) MySQL
4 16 (6.02%) Amazon Athena
4 16 (6.02%) DynamoDB
4 16 (6.02%) Power BI
5 13 (4.89%) MongoDB
6 11 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (3.76%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (3.76%) BigQuery
8 8 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (3.01%) Redis
9 7 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.50%) Flink
10 4 (1.50%) GIS
10 4 (1.50%) Metadata
10 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (1.13%) Chroma
Development Applications
1 53 (19.92%) Jenkins
2 42 (15.79%) GitLab
3 16 (6.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 16 (6.02%) JIRA
4 11 (4.14%) Bitbucket
5 9 (3.38%) JUnit
6 8 (3.01%) Selenium
7 6 (2.26%) Cypress.io
7 6 (2.26%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (1.88%) Maven
8 5 (1.88%) Postman
9 4 (1.50%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.50%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.50%) Spock
10 3 (1.13%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.13%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.75%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.75%) NUnit
General
1 106 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.66%) Finance
3 38 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 31 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.77%) Marketing
6 17 (6.39%) Multimedia
7 13 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.38%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.63%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.88%) Retail
11 3 (1.13%) Advertising
11 3 (1.13%) Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.75%) Legal
12 2 (0.75%) Local Government
12 2 (0.75%) Publishing
13 1 (0.38%) Back Office
13 1 (0.38%) Games
13 1 (0.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 117 (43.98%) Developer
2 38 (14.29%) Senior
3 33 (12.41%) Full-Stack Developer
4 28 (10.53%) Data Engineer
5 27 (10.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (10.15%) Java Developer
6 26 (9.77%) Software Engineer
7 21 (7.89%) Administrator
7 21 (7.89%) Senior Developer
8 20 (7.52%) Software Developer
9 17 (6.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 17 (6.39%) Trainee
10 16 (6.02%) Principal DevOps Engineer
10 16 (6.02%) Principal Engineer
11 15 (5.64%) Trainee Administrator
11 15 (5.64%) Web Administrator
12 12 (4.51%) Lead
13 11 (4.14%) AWS Developer
14 8 (3.01%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 8 (3.01%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (23.68%) CSS
2 60 (22.56%) React
3 59 (22.18%) Terraform
4 58 (21.80%) REST
5 54 (20.30%) HTML
6 48 (18.05%) Node.js
7 44 (16.54%) .NET
8 40 (15.04%) AngularJS
9 30 (11.28%) Spring
10 25 (9.40%) RESTful
11 24 (9.02%) Spring Boot
12 18 (6.77%) Vue
13 16 (6.02%) .NET Core
13 16 (6.02%) ASP.NET
14 14 (5.26%) .NET Framework
14 14 (5.26%) Entity Framework
15 11 (4.14%) JSON
15 11 (4.14%) Kafka
16 10 (3.76%) Flask
16 10 (3.76%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 25 (9.40%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.02%) Product Ownership
4 15 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.01%) Legacy Applications
5 8 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.01%) Renewable Energy
6 7 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.63%) Social Media
7 6 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.88%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.88%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.50%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.13%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.13%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.13%) Replication
11 2 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.16%) Linux
2 19 (7.14%) CentOS
2 19 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (2.63%) Windows
4 6 (2.26%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.50%) VMS
6 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.13%) CoreOS
6 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.75%) Android
8 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (68.42%) CI/CD
2 123 (46.24%) DevOps
3 92 (34.59%) Agile
4 81 (30.45%) Full-Stack Development
5 65 (24.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (22.93%) Software Engineering
7 60 (22.56%) Microservices
8 57 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (21.05%) Mentoring
10 50 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (16.17%) AI
12 41 (15.41%) Containerisation
13 39 (14.66%) Test Automation
14 36 (13.53%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (13.53%) Web Development
15 33 (12.41%) Collaborative Culture
16 32 (12.03%) Clean Code
17 30 (11.28%) Workflow
18 29 (10.90%) Data Modelling
19 28 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 112 (42.11%) JavaScript
2 108 (40.60%) Python
3 97 (36.47%) SQL
4 70 (26.32%) Java
4 70 (26.32%) TypeScript
5 46 (17.29%) C#
6 22 (8.27%) PHP
7 18 (6.77%) Kotlin
8 15 (5.64%) R
9 14 (5.26%) Bash
10 9 (3.38%) C++
10 9 (3.38%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.63%) Groovy
11 7 (2.63%) VB.NET
12 6 (2.26%) Go
13 5 (1.88%) Apex Code
13 5 (1.88%) Bicep
14 3 (1.13%) Scala
14 3 (1.13%) SOQL
14 3 (1.13%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 41 (15.41%) Security Cleared
2 32 (12.03%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.89%) AWS Certification
3 21 (7.89%) Degree
4 20 (7.52%) DV Cleared
4 20 (7.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 17 (6.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.50%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.78%) QA
2 21 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.51%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.13%) WCAG
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.38%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 107 (40.23%) Docker
2 7 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.13%) Ceph
4 3 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 60 (22.56%) Kubernetes
2 37 (13.91%) Ansible
3 7 (2.63%) Istio
3 7 (2.63%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.88%) Grafana
4 5 (1.88%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.88%) Puppet
5 4 (1.50%) Argo
5 4 (1.50%) linkerd
6 3 (1.13%) Check_MK
6 3 (1.13%) Kibana
6 3 (1.13%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.13%) Packer
6 3 (1.13%) Podman
6 3 (1.13%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.38%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 50 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.14%) Google
2 11 (4.14%) Splunk
3 10 (3.76%) Databricks
4 9 (3.38%) AppDynamics
5 7 (2.63%) IBM
5 7 (2.63%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.26%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.13%) Dell
7 3 (1.13%) McAfee
7 3 (1.13%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.13%) Oracle
7 3 (1.13%) SnapLogic
8 2 (0.75%) Apple
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco
8 2 (0.75%) Confluent
8 2 (0.75%) Mistral
8 2 (0.75%) Sage
8 2 (0.75%) WooCommerce