Git Job Trends in the North West

Git Distributed Version Control System
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Git skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 136 69
Rank change year-on-year +12 -67 +28
Permanent jobs citing Git 122 112 312
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.09% 2.42% 3.04%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.97% 24.94% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 104 78 225
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,418 £60,250 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +6.64% -1.74%
75th Percentile £72,934 £82,751 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £86,500
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 370 449 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.30% 9.72% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 283 249 661
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £45,625 £48,869 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +6.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £61,418 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +8.33% -7.69%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Git relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Git job vacancy trend in the North West

Git
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Git.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Git

Git
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Git in the North West over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Git in the North West

Git
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Manchester -13 79 £62,500 -7.41% 48
Lancashire +27 20 £50,000 +4.17% 11
Merseyside -11 9 £30,500 -32.22% 5
Cumbria - 9 £85,000 - 1
Cheshire -11 5 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Git
England

Git
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (7.38%) WordPress
2 5 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.28%) IIS
3 4 (3.28%) nginx
4 3 (2.46%) Apache
4 3 (2.46%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.64%) CICS
5 2 (1.64%) JBoss
5 2 (1.64%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.82%) Confluence
6 1 (0.82%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.82%) Magento
2 1 (0.82%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 75 (61.48%) Azure
2 71 (58.20%) AWS
3 44 (36.07%) GitHub
4 23 (18.85%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (11.48%) GCP
6 8 (6.56%) Serverless
7 6 (4.92%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (4.92%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (4.10%) dbt
8 5 (4.10%) Figma
9 4 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (3.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.28%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.46%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.46%) ChatGPT
10 3 (2.46%) Datadog
10 3 (2.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 28 (22.95%) Internet
2 3 (2.46%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.64%) DNS
3 2 (1.64%) SSL
4 1 (0.82%) DHCP
4 1 (0.82%) HTTP
4 1 (0.82%) LAN
4 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.82%) VSAN
4 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.57%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (11.48%) MySQL
2 14 (11.48%) SQL Server
3 13 (10.66%) Relational Database
4 11 (9.02%) MongoDB
5 10 (8.20%) NoSQL
6 5 (4.10%) BigQuery
7 4 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (3.28%) Power BI
8 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.64%) DB2
9 2 (1.64%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.64%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.82%) Redis
10 1 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (10.66%) Jenkins
2 11 (9.02%) JIRA
3 10 (8.20%) Bitbucket
4 9 (7.38%) GitLab
5 3 (2.46%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.46%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.64%) NUnit
6 2 (1.64%) Postman
6 2 (1.64%) Selenium
6 2 (1.64%) Subversion
6 2 (1.64%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.82%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.82%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.82%) gulp
7 1 (0.82%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.82%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.82%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.82%) webpack
General
1 23 (18.85%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.21%) Multimedia
3 12 (9.84%) Finance
4 11 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.38%) Retail
7 7 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.92%) Banking
9 5 (4.10%) Advertising
10 4 (3.28%) Marketing
11 2 (1.64%) Games
11 2 (1.64%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.82%) Back Office
12 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (50.00%) Developer
2 32 (26.23%) Senior
3 21 (17.21%) Trainee
4 18 (14.75%) Senior Developer
5 16 (13.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 15 (12.30%) Software Developer
7 12 (9.84%) Java Developer
8 9 (7.38%) Administrator
8 9 (7.38%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 9 (7.38%) Trainee Administrator
8 9 (7.38%) Web Administrator
9 7 (5.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 6 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Trainee Developer
10 6 (4.92%) Trainee Software Developer
11 5 (4.10%) Data Scientist
11 5 (4.10%) Principal Data Scientist
11 5 (4.10%) Senior Data Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (41.80%) CSS
1 51 (41.80%) HTML
2 25 (20.49%) React
3 20 (16.39%) RESTful
4 18 (14.75%) AngularJS
5 16 (13.11%) REST
6 15 (12.30%) .NET
7 11 (9.02%) Node.js
7 11 (9.02%) Spring
7 11 (9.02%) Spring Boot
8 10 (8.20%) Vue
9 9 (7.38%) CSS3
9 9 (7.38%) Entity Framework
9 9 (7.38%) HTML5
10 8 (6.56%) .NET Framework
10 8 (6.56%) ASP.NET
10 8 (6.56%) Middleware
11 7 (5.74%) .NET Core
12 6 (4.92%) OpenAPI
12 6 (4.92%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.02%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.92%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.46%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.64%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.64%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.82%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.82%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.82%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.48%) Linux
2 2 (1.64%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.64%) CentOS
2 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.82%) CoreOS
3 1 (0.82%) Windows
3 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (49.18%) CI/CD
2 46 (37.70%) Mentoring
3 43 (35.25%) Agile
4 40 (32.79%) DevOps
5 30 (24.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (15.57%) AI
9 18 (14.75%) Microservices
10 16 (13.11%) Web Development
11 14 (11.48%) Clean Code
11 14 (11.48%) Scrum
12 13 (10.66%) Collaborative Culture
12 13 (10.66%) Performance Optimisation
13 12 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
13 12 (9.84%) Platform Engineering
13 12 (9.84%) SDLC
13 12 (9.84%) TDD
14 11 (9.02%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 67 (54.92%) JavaScript
2 58 (47.54%) Python
3 40 (32.79%) SQL
4 25 (20.49%) TypeScript
5 23 (18.85%) Java
6 15 (12.30%) C#
6 15 (12.30%) R
7 10 (8.20%) Go
8 7 (5.74%) C
8 7 (5.74%) PHP
9 4 (3.28%) Apex Code
10 3 (2.46%) Bash
10 3 (2.46%) Bicep
10 3 (2.46%) C++
10 3 (2.46%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.46%) SOQL
10 3 (2.46%) SOSL
10 3 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.46%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.64%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Azure Certification
2 21 (17.21%) AWS Certification
2 21 (17.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 21 (17.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (4.92%) Degree
3 6 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) QA
2 4 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (17.21%) Docker
2 2 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (21.31%) Terraform
2 21 (17.21%) Kubernetes
3 17 (13.93%) Ansible
4 2 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.64%) Grafana
4 2 (1.64%) Nagios
4 2 (1.64%) Rancher
4 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.82%) Istio
5 1 (0.82%) linkerd
5 1 (0.82%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.82%) Puppet
5 1 (0.82%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 40 (32.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.92%) Splunk
3 5 (4.10%) Pega
4 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.46%) Databricks
5 3 (2.46%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.64%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.64%) DevExpress
6 2 (1.64%) Google
6 2 (1.64%) New Relic
6 2 (1.64%) Oracle
6 2 (1.64%) WSO2
7 1 (0.82%) Adobe
7 1 (0.82%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.82%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.82%) McAfee