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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 135 76
Rank change year-on-year +4 -59 -8
Permanent jobs citing Git 123 112 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.07% 2.18% 2.81%
As % of the Development Applications category 30.60% 25.69% 33.69%
Number of salaries quoted 89 75 189
10th Percentile £31,200 £42,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,250 £82,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,778 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%

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 402 436 745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.51% 8.47% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 289 227 516
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,250 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,751 £86,250
England median annual salary £61,018 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.13% +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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -16 86 £66,750 +2.69% 37
Lancashire +25 25 £48,500 +4.86% 13
Cheshire +2 7 £35,000 -36.22% 10
Merseyside -19 3 £37,500 - 5
Cumbria - 2 £37,500 - 1
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 8 (6.50%) WordPress
2 6 (4.88%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (4.07%) OpenStack
4 4 (3.25%) IIS
4 4 (3.25%) nginx
5 3 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (1.63%) Apache
6 2 (1.63%) CICS
6 2 (1.63%) JBoss
7 1 (0.81%) Confluence
7 1 (0.81%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.81%) Magento
2 1 (0.81%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 68 (55.28%) Azure
2 67 (54.47%) AWS
3 41 (33.33%) GitHub
4 26 (21.14%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (17.07%) GCP
6 12 (9.76%) Serverless
7 10 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (6.50%) dbt
8 8 (6.50%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (6.50%) OpenShift
9 7 (5.69%) Figma
10 5 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.25%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (3.25%) ChatGPT
11 4 (3.25%) Entra ID
11 4 (3.25%) Power Platform
12 3 (2.44%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.32%) Internet
2 3 (2.44%) DHCP
2 3 (2.44%) DNS
2 3 (2.44%) HTTPS
2 3 (2.44%) LAN
2 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.44%) VSAN
2 3 (2.44%) WAN
3 2 (1.63%) SSL
4 1 (0.81%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.38%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (11.38%) Relational Database
3 13 (10.57%) NoSQL
4 12 (9.76%) MySQL
5 8 (6.50%) BigQuery
6 5 (4.07%) MongoDB
7 4 (3.25%) Power BI
8 3 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.44%) Pinecone
8 3 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.63%) Db2
9 2 (1.63%) Hazelcast
9 2 (1.63%) Redis
10 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.81%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.81%) Metadata
10 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (20.33%) Jenkins
2 14 (11.38%) GitLab
3 10 (8.13%) Bitbucket
3 10 (8.13%) JIRA
4 4 (3.25%) Eclipse
4 4 (3.25%) IntelliJ
4 4 (3.25%) Postman
4 4 (3.25%) Selenium
4 4 (3.25%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (2.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (1.63%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.63%) JUnit
6 2 (1.63%) NUnit
6 2 (1.63%) Subversion
6 2 (1.63%) Vite
6 2 (1.63%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.81%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.81%) gulp
7 1 (0.81%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.81%) REST Assured
General
1 30 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.63%) Finance
4 12 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.13%) Marketing
6 9 (7.32%) Multimedia
7 6 (4.88%) Banking
8 5 (4.07%) Advertising
8 5 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.25%) Retail
10 2 (1.63%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.81%) Back Office
11 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (50.41%) Developer
2 33 (26.83%) Senior
3 20 (16.26%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (14.63%) Senior Developer
5 14 (11.38%) Administrator
5 14 (11.38%) Java Developer
6 10 (8.13%) Data Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Software Developer
7 9 (7.32%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 9 (7.32%) Trainee
8 8 (6.50%) Trainee Administrator
8 8 (6.50%) Web Administrator
9 7 (5.69%) GCP Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 6 (4.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) Senior Data Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.88%) Systems Administrator
11 5 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (26.83%) React
2 30 (24.39%) CSS
2 30 (24.39%) HTML
3 22 (17.89%) REST
4 19 (15.45%) AngularJS
5 18 (14.63%) .NET
6 17 (13.82%) RESTful
7 16 (13.01%) Spring
8 15 (12.20%) Spring Boot
9 14 (11.38%) Vue
10 11 (8.94%) Node.js
11 10 (8.13%) .NET Framework
11 10 (8.13%) ASP.NET
11 10 (8.13%) Entity Framework
12 9 (7.32%) CSS3
12 9 (7.32%) HTML5
13 8 (6.50%) .NET Core
13 8 (6.50%) Middleware
13 8 (6.50%) OpenAPI
13 8 (6.50%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.20%) Cloud Native
2 12 (9.76%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.69%) Social Media
5 6 (4.88%) Product Ownership
6 5 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.44%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (2.44%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.63%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.63%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.63%) Replication
10 1 (0.81%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.38%) Linux
2 6 (4.88%) CentOS
2 6 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.44%) CoreOS
3 3 (2.44%) Windows
3 3 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.81%) Android
4 1 (0.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (69.92%) CI/CD
2 52 (42.28%) DevOps
3 49 (39.84%) Agile
4 41 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 41 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 28 (22.76%) AI
5 28 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (18.70%) Microservices
7 21 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (16.26%) Platform Engineering
8 20 (16.26%) Web Development
9 19 (15.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (15.45%) Performance Optimisation
10 18 (14.63%) Collaborative Culture
10 18 (14.63%) SDLC
11 17 (13.82%) Software Engineering
12 16 (13.01%) Clean Code
13 14 (11.38%) Observability
13 14 (11.38%) Scrum
14 13 (10.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 58 (47.15%) JavaScript
2 50 (40.65%) Python
3 49 (39.84%) SQL
4 29 (23.58%) Java
5 26 (21.14%) TypeScript
6 19 (15.45%) C#
7 10 (8.13%) Bash
8 8 (6.50%) R
9 7 (5.69%) PHP
10 5 (4.07%) Go
10 5 (4.07%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.25%) Apex Code
11 4 (3.25%) Bicep
11 4 (3.25%) Kotlin
12 3 (2.44%) C++
12 3 (2.44%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.44%) Scala
12 3 (2.44%) Swift
12 3 (2.44%) T-SQL
12 3 (2.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.94%) Azure Certification
3 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (8.13%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.32%) AWS Certification
4 9 (7.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 7 (5.69%) Degree
6 6 (4.88%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) QA
2 5 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (31.71%) Docker
2 4 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.44%) Ceph
3 3 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (21.95%) Kubernetes
1 27 (21.95%) Terraform
2 15 (12.20%) Ansible
3 7 (5.69%) Istio
3 7 (5.69%) Prometheus
4 5 (4.07%) Grafana
5 4 (3.25%) Argo
5 4 (3.25%) linkerd
6 3 (2.44%) Check_MK
6 3 (2.44%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (2.44%) Podman
6 3 (2.44%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.44%) Puppet
6 3 (2.44%) SCVMM
7 2 (1.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.63%) Nagios
7 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.32%) Splunk
3 8 (6.50%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.88%) Google
5 5 (4.07%) Pega
6 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.44%) Databricks
7 3 (2.44%) Dell
7 3 (2.44%) Dynatrace
7 3 (2.44%) McAfee
7 3 (2.44%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.63%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.63%) DevExpress
8 2 (1.63%) New Relic
8 2 (1.63%) Oracle
8 2 (1.63%) WSO2
9 1 (0.81%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.81%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.81%) Apple
9 1 (0.81%) Autodesk