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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 156 77
Rank change year-on-year +14 -79 +4
Permanent jobs citing Git 223 171 533
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 2.00% 2.78%
As % of the Development Applications category 28.70% 25.48% 35.89%
Number of salaries quoted 176 127 418
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,625 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,751 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,778 £83,250
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 777 671 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.83% 7.86% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 579 401 1,131
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,985 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +11.11% -10.00%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +11 117 £60,000 - 54
Yorkshire -12 74 £50,000 -28.57% 28
North East -19 32 £52,000 +4.00% 19
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 (9.42%) WordPress
2 10 (4.48%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.69%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (2.24%) CMS
4 5 (2.24%) IIS
5 3 (1.35%) Confluence
5 3 (1.35%) nginx
5 3 (1.35%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.90%) CICS
7 1 (0.45%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.45%) Apache
7 1 (0.45%) JBoss
7 1 (0.45%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Shopify
2 3 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.90%) Magento
4 1 (0.45%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 135 (60.54%) AWS
2 118 (52.91%) Azure
3 88 (39.46%) GitHub
4 42 (18.83%) Serverless
5 39 (17.49%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (13.45%) AWS Lambda
7 29 (13.00%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (12.11%) Amazon S3
9 26 (11.66%) Amazon ECS
10 19 (8.52%) GCP
11 18 (8.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (7.62%) AWS Step Functions
13 16 (7.17%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (6.73%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 14 (6.28%) Datadog
15 14 (6.28%) Power Platform
16 11 (4.93%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (3.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 8 (3.59%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.35%) Internet
2 4 (1.79%) HTTP
3 3 (1.35%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.90%) Firewall
5 1 (0.45%) DHCP
5 1 (0.45%) DNS
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) Network Security
5 1 (0.45%) SSL
5 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.45%) VSAN
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.35%) NoSQL
2 29 (13.00%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (12.56%) MySQL
4 27 (12.11%) Relational Database
5 21 (9.42%) SQL Server
6 18 (8.07%) DynamoDB
7 17 (7.62%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (6.28%) Power BI
9 10 (4.48%) MongoDB
10 7 (3.14%) BigQuery
11 6 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (2.24%) Redis
13 3 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.35%) Pinecone
13 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.90%) Db2
14 2 (0.90%) GIS
14 2 (0.90%) Metadata
14 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (17.04%) Jenkins
2 23 (10.31%) GitLab
3 19 (8.52%) JIRA
4 8 (3.59%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.69%) PHPUnit
5 6 (2.69%) Postman
5 6 (2.69%) Selenium
6 4 (1.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.35%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.35%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.35%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.35%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.35%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.90%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.90%) JUnit
8 2 (0.90%) NUnit
8 2 (0.90%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.90%) Vite
8 2 (0.90%) XCUITest
General
1 70 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.00%) Multimedia
3 24 (10.76%) Finance
4 20 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.38%) Retail
7 10 (4.48%) Marketing
8 9 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.69%) Banking
9 6 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.24%) Advertising
10 5 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.35%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.90%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.45%) Back Office
13 1 (0.45%) Games
13 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (52.02%) Developer
2 50 (22.42%) Senior
3 35 (15.70%) Java Developer
4 30 (13.45%) Senior Developer
5 29 (13.00%) Trainee
6 28 (12.56%) Full-Stack Developer
7 20 (8.97%) Software Developer
7 20 (8.97%) Software Engineer
8 15 (6.73%) Administrator
8 15 (6.73%) Trainee Administrator
8 15 (6.73%) Web Administrator
9 12 (5.38%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) AWS Developer
10 11 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 10 (4.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (4.04%) Trainee Developer
12 9 (4.04%) Trainee Software Developer
13 8 (3.59%) Lead
13 8 (3.59%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (33.18%) CSS
2 68 (30.49%) HTML
3 53 (23.77%) React
4 44 (19.73%) REST
5 43 (19.28%) Node.js
6 42 (18.83%) AngularJS
7 35 (15.70%) .NET
8 27 (12.11%) RESTful
8 27 (12.11%) Vue
9 23 (10.31%) Spring
9 23 (10.31%) Spring Boot
10 16 (7.17%) Laravel
11 14 (6.28%) .NET Core
12 12 (5.38%) .NET Framework
13 11 (4.93%) ASP.NET
13 11 (4.93%) Entity Framework
13 11 (4.93%) HTML5
14 10 (4.48%) JSON
15 9 (4.04%) Middleware
16 8 (3.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 16 (7.17%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.79%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.35%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.45%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.17%) Linux
2 5 (2.24%) CentOS
2 5 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) CoreOS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (56.95%) CI/CD
2 93 (41.70%) DevOps
3 79 (35.43%) Agile
4 62 (27.80%) Full-Stack Development
5 58 (26.01%) Mentoring
6 50 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (17.49%) Microservices
8 38 (17.04%) Infrastructure as Code
9 36 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (14.80%) AI
10 33 (14.80%) Software Engineering
11 31 (13.90%) Containerisation
12 30 (13.45%) Web Development
13 27 (12.11%) Clean Code
14 24 (10.76%) Workflow
15 23 (10.31%) Front End Development
15 23 (10.31%) Test Automation
16 21 (9.42%) Continuous Integration
16 21 (9.42%) Performance Optimisation
16 21 (9.42%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 110 (49.33%) JavaScript
2 95 (42.60%) Python
3 86 (38.57%) SQL
4 59 (26.46%) Java
5 54 (24.22%) TypeScript
6 37 (16.59%) C#
7 27 (12.11%) PHP
8 20 (8.97%) R
9 18 (8.07%) Kotlin
10 8 (3.59%) Bash
11 7 (3.14%) Go
12 6 (2.69%) C++
13 5 (2.24%) Bicep
13 5 (2.24%) PL/SQL
13 5 (2.24%) VB.NET
14 4 (1.79%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.79%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.79%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.35%) Groovy
15 3 (1.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (13.90%) AWS Certification
1 31 (13.90%) Azure Certification
2 30 (13.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (13.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 20 (8.97%) Degree
5 19 (8.52%) Security Cleared
6 15 (6.73%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.69%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.79%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.90%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.90%) QA
2 6 (2.69%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.69%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.90%) GDPR
3 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (28.70%) Docker
2 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (17.04%) Terraform
2 35 (15.70%) Kubernetes
3 22 (9.87%) Ansible
4 4 (1.79%) Grafana
5 3 (1.35%) Istio
5 3 (1.35%) linkerd
5 3 (1.35%) Packer
5 3 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.90%) Kibana
6 2 (0.90%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.90%) Puppet
7 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.45%) Argo
7 1 (0.45%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.45%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.45%) Nagios
7 1 (0.45%) Rancher
7 1 (0.45%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.14%) Oracle
2 7 (3.14%) Splunk
3 5 (2.24%) AppDynamics
3 5 (2.24%) Google
3 5 (2.24%) IBM
3 5 (2.24%) Pega
3 5 (2.24%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.79%) Databricks
5 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.35%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.35%) WooCommerce
6 2 (0.90%) DevExpress
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.90%) SnapLogic
6 2 (0.90%) WSO2
7 1 (0.45%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.45%) Infor
7 1 (0.45%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.45%) McAfee