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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 167 113
Rank change year-on-year +23 -54 -66
Permanent jobs citing Git 131 72 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.02% 1.41% 1.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.33% 21.18% 24.05%
Number of salaries quoted 79 44 92
10th Percentile £41,250 - £35,125
25th Percentile £46,875 £28,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,375 £57,813 £60,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £65,888 £71,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 393 340 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.05% 6.67% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 233 159 302
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +6.28% -12.68%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £75,200 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -4 89 £65,875 +19.77% 104
Lancashire +33 28 £60,000 +33.33% 14
Merseyside -8 11 £70,000 +129.51% 8
Cheshire +2 3 £32,500 -45.61% 8
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 (6.87%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.05%) Apache
4 3 (2.29%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.29%) IIS
4 3 (2.29%) nginx
4 3 (2.29%) OpenStack
4 3 (2.29%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.29%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.29%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.53%) CMS
5 2 (1.53%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.76%) JBoss
6 1 (0.76%) Kentico
6 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 70 (53.44%) AWS
1 70 (53.44%) Azure
2 35 (26.72%) GitHub
3 28 (21.37%) GCP
4 22 (16.79%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (11.45%) Serverless
6 12 (9.16%) dbt
7 10 (7.63%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (6.87%) OpenShift
9 8 (6.11%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (6.11%) Power Platform
10 7 (5.34%) Amazon S3
11 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
11 6 (4.58%) Figma
11 6 (4.58%) SaaS
12 5 (3.82%) AWS Step Functions
12 5 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.82%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.82%) Internet
2 3 (2.29%) DHCP
2 3 (2.29%) DNS
2 3 (2.29%) HTTPS
2 3 (2.29%) LAN
2 3 (2.29%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.29%) VSAN
2 3 (2.29%) WAN
3 1 (0.76%) Network Security
3 1 (0.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (16.03%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.45%) Relational Database
3 13 (9.92%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (9.16%) MySQL
5 11 (8.40%) NoSQL
6 10 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (6.87%) BigQuery
7 9 (6.87%) MongoDB
8 8 (6.11%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (6.11%) Power BI
9 5 (3.82%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (3.82%) Chroma
9 5 (3.82%) Pinecone
10 4 (3.05%) Data Lake
11 3 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (2.29%) Power Query
11 3 (2.29%) Redis
11 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (22.90%) Jenkins
2 27 (20.61%) GitLab
3 10 (7.63%) JUnit
4 6 (4.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 6 (4.58%) Bitbucket
4 6 (4.58%) Selenium
4 6 (4.58%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (3.82%) Maven
6 4 (3.05%) IntelliJ
6 4 (3.05%) Spock
7 3 (2.29%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.29%) Eclipse
7 3 (2.29%) JIRA
7 3 (2.29%) Mockito
7 3 (2.29%) Postman
8 2 (1.53%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.53%) Claude Code
8 2 (1.53%) Vite
9 1 (0.76%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 41 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (15.27%) Finance
4 19 (14.50%) Public Sector
5 14 (10.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (9.16%) Marketing
7 3 (2.29%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.53%) Publishing
9 1 (0.76%) Back Office
9 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (45.80%) Developer
2 30 (22.90%) Senior
3 17 (12.98%) Data Engineer
3 17 (12.98%) Senior Developer
4 14 (10.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 12 (9.16%) Full-Stack Developer
6 10 (7.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 9 (6.87%) Software Developer
7 9 (6.87%) Software Engineer
8 7 (5.34%) GCP Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Administrator
9 6 (4.58%) Principal DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Principal Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Senior Data Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Systems Administrator
10 5 (3.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (3.82%) Java Developer
10 5 (3.82%) Salesforce Developer
10 5 (3.82%) Trainee
11 4 (3.05%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (28.24%) React
2 34 (25.95%) Terraform
3 27 (20.61%) REST
4 19 (14.50%) Spring
5 16 (12.21%) .NET
6 13 (9.92%) CSS
6 13 (9.92%) HTML
7 12 (9.16%) Node.js
7 12 (9.16%) Spring Boot
8 11 (8.40%) Middleware
8 11 (8.40%) RESTful
9 8 (6.11%) AngularJS
9 8 (6.11%) Kafka
10 7 (5.34%) ASP.NET
10 7 (5.34%) FastAPI
10 7 (5.34%) Hibernate
10 7 (5.34%) LangChain
10 7 (5.34%) Vue
11 6 (4.58%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.58%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.03%) Cloud Native
2 15 (11.45%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.87%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.34%) Social Media
5 5 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.82%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (3.82%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.82%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.05%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.29%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (2.29%) Replication
8 2 (1.53%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.76%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.76%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.85%) Linux
2 9 (6.87%) CentOS
2 9 (6.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.05%) VMS
3 4 (3.05%) Windows
4 3 (2.29%) CoreOS
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.53%) Android
5 2 (1.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (78.63%) CI/CD
2 62 (47.33%) DevOps
3 52 (39.69%) Agile
3 52 (39.69%) Mentoring
4 40 (30.53%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (29.77%) AI
6 35 (26.72%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (25.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 31 (23.66%) Microservices
9 30 (22.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (22.90%) Software Engineering
10 28 (21.37%) Platform Engineering
11 22 (16.79%) Test Automation
12 20 (15.27%) Performance Optimisation
13 19 (14.50%) Containerisation
13 19 (14.50%) Observability
14 18 (13.74%) Collaborative Culture
14 18 (13.74%) Technical Leadership
15 16 (12.21%) SDLC
16 15 (11.45%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 49 (37.40%) JavaScript
1 49 (37.40%) Python
1 49 (37.40%) SQL
2 36 (27.48%) TypeScript
3 34 (25.95%) Java
4 23 (17.56%) C#
5 11 (8.40%) Bash
6 8 (6.11%) PHP
7 7 (5.34%) Go
8 6 (4.58%) C++
8 6 (4.58%) Kotlin
9 5 (3.82%) Apex Code
9 5 (3.82%) Shell Script
10 4 (3.05%) Groovy
10 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
11 3 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (2.29%) Scala
11 3 (2.29%) SOQL
11 3 (2.29%) SOSL
11 3 (2.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (15.27%) Security Cleared
2 16 (12.21%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.63%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.87%) Degree
5 3 (2.29%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.69%) QA
2 12 (9.16%) Data Quality
3 10 (7.63%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.05%) WCAG
5 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 58 (44.27%) Docker
2 6 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.29%) Ceph
3 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (29.01%) Kubernetes
2 17 (12.98%) Ansible
3 8 (6.11%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.34%) Istio
5 6 (4.58%) Grafana
6 4 (3.05%) Argo
6 4 (3.05%) linkerd
7 3 (2.29%) Check_MK
7 3 (2.29%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (2.29%) Podman
7 3 (2.29%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.29%) Puppet
7 3 (2.29%) SCVMM
7 3 (2.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.76%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.69%) Google
3 11 (8.40%) Splunk
4 7 (5.34%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.82%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.05%) AppDynamics
6 4 (3.05%) Databricks
6 4 (3.05%) Mistral
7 3 (2.29%) Dell
7 3 (2.29%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.29%) IBM
7 3 (2.29%) McAfee
8 2 (1.53%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.53%) Apple
8 2 (1.53%) HP
8 2 (1.53%) YouTube
9 1 (0.76%) Adobe
9 1 (0.76%) New Relic
9 1 (0.76%) Oracle