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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 169 109
Rank change year-on-year +31 -60 -62
Permanent jobs citing Git 131 72 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.02% 1.38% 1.90%
As % of the Development Applications category 33.42% 21.11% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 79 44 96
10th Percentile £41,250 - £35,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £28,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,250 £57,813 £61,250
90th Percentile £93,000 £65,888 £72,500
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 392 341 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.04% 6.55% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 233 158 312
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,500 £37,574
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -11.80%
75th Percentile £75,250 £67,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,018 £75,300 £73,747
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 11 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 11 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 87 £65,875 +19.77% 99
Lancashire +31 28 £60,000 +33.33% 9
Merseyside -17 11 £70,000 +129.51% 8
Cheshire +7 3 £32,500 -45.61% 5
Cumbria - 2 £37,500 -
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 4 (3.05%) 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
2 1 (0.76%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 70 (53.44%) Azure
2 68 (51.91%) AWS
3 34 (25.95%) GitHub
4 28 (21.37%) GCP
5 23 (17.56%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (11.45%) Serverless
7 12 (9.16%) dbt
8 10 (7.63%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (6.87%) OpenShift
10 8 (6.11%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (6.11%) Power Platform
11 7 (5.34%) Amazon S3
12 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
12 6 (4.58%) Figma
12 6 (4.58%) SaaS
13 5 (3.82%) AWS Step Functions
13 5 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (3.82%) GitHub Copilot
14 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 23 (17.56%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.45%) Relational Database
3 12 (9.16%) MySQL
3 12 (9.16%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (7.63%) NoSQL
5 9 (6.87%) BigQuery
6 8 (6.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (6.11%) MongoDB
6 8 (6.11%) Power BI
7 5 (3.82%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (3.82%) Chroma
7 5 (3.82%) Pinecone
8 4 (3.05%) Data Lake
9 3 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.29%) Power Query
9 3 (2.29%) Redis
9 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (21.37%) Jenkins
2 25 (19.08%) GitLab
3 10 (7.63%) JUnit
4 6 (4.58%) Bitbucket
4 6 (4.58%) Selenium
4 6 (4.58%) Visual Studio Code
5 5 (3.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (3.82%) Maven
6 4 (3.05%) IntelliJ
6 4 (3.05%) JIRA
6 4 (3.05%) Spock
7 3 (2.29%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.29%) Eclipse
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 39 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.90%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (15.27%) Finance
4 18 (13.74%) 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
8 2 (1.53%) Retail
9 1 (0.76%) Back Office
9 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (47.33%) Developer
2 29 (22.14%) Senior
3 17 (12.98%) Data Engineer
3 17 (12.98%) Senior Developer
4 13 (9.92%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (9.92%) Full-Stack Developer
5 9 (6.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 9 (6.87%) Software Developer
5 9 (6.87%) Software Engineer
6 7 (5.34%) GCP Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Administrator
7 6 (4.58%) Senior Data Engineer
7 6 (4.58%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (3.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (3.82%) Java Developer
8 5 (3.82%) Principal DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.82%) Principal Engineer
8 5 (3.82%) Salesforce Developer
8 5 (3.82%) Trainee
9 4 (3.05%) GCP Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (27.48%) React
2 32 (24.43%) Terraform
3 26 (19.85%) REST
4 18 (13.74%) .NET
4 18 (13.74%) Spring
5 14 (10.69%) CSS
5 14 (10.69%) HTML
6 11 (8.40%) Middleware
6 11 (8.40%) Node.js
6 11 (8.40%) Spring Boot
7 10 (7.63%) RESTful
8 9 (6.87%) AngularJS
9 8 (6.11%) .NET Core
9 8 (6.11%) .NET Framework
9 8 (6.11%) ASP.NET
9 8 (6.11%) Entity Framework
9 8 (6.11%) Kafka
9 8 (6.11%) Vue
10 7 (5.34%) FastAPI
10 7 (5.34%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.50%) 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%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.76%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (19.08%) Linux
2 8 (6.11%) CentOS
2 8 (6.11%) 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
1 102 (77.86%) CI/CD
2 61 (46.56%) DevOps
3 52 (39.69%) Mentoring
4 51 (38.93%) Agile
5 41 (31.30%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (29.77%) AI
7 34 (25.95%) Full-Stack Development
8 33 (25.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (22.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (22.14%) Microservices
10 29 (22.14%) Software Engineering
11 27 (20.61%) Platform Engineering
12 22 (16.79%) Test Automation
13 20 (15.27%) Performance Optimisation
14 19 (14.50%) Containerisation
14 19 (14.50%) Observability
15 17 (12.98%) Collaborative Culture
16 16 (12.21%) Technical Leadership
17 15 (11.45%) Data Modelling
17 15 (11.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 50 (38.17%) JavaScript
2 49 (37.40%) Python
2 49 (37.40%) SQL
3 36 (27.48%) TypeScript
4 33 (25.19%) Java
5 24 (18.32%) C#
6 11 (8.40%) Bash
7 9 (6.87%) PHP
8 7 (5.34%) Go
9 6 (4.58%) C++
10 5 (3.82%) Apex Code
10 5 (3.82%) Kotlin
10 5 (3.82%) Shell Script
11 4 (3.05%) Groovy
11 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
12 3 (2.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (2.29%) Scala
12 3 (2.29%) SOQL
12 3 (2.29%) SOSL
12 3 (2.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.69%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.63%) Degree
4 9 (6.87%) DV Cleared
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 15 (11.45%) 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 57 (43.51%) 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 36 (27.48%) Kubernetes
2 16 (12.21%) 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 24 (18.32%) 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%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.76%) New Relic