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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 138 73
Rank change year-on-year +15 -65 -2
Permanent jobs citing Git 128 111 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.11% 2.15% 2.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 31.37% 25.34% 33.24%
Number of salaries quoted 92 74 185
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,250 £80,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,778 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,457
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.19% -10.07%

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 408 438 731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.54% 8.49% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 292 228 506
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,710
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,751 £85,000
England median annual salary £61,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% +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 30 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 30 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 -9 88 £66,750 +6.80% 43
Lancashire +27 28 £49,250 +6.49% 12
Cheshire -2 7 £35,000 -36.22% 12
Merseyside -19 3 £37,500 - 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 8 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (6.25%) WordPress
2 5 (3.91%) OpenStack
3 4 (3.13%) IIS
3 4 (3.13%) nginx
4 3 (2.34%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.56%) Apache
5 2 (1.56%) CICS
5 2 (1.56%) JBoss
6 1 (0.78%) Confluence
6 1 (0.78%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.78%) Magento
2 1 (0.78%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 71 (55.47%) AWS
1 71 (55.47%) Azure
2 41 (32.03%) GitHub
3 26 (20.31%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (19.53%) GCP
5 12 (9.38%) Serverless
6 11 (8.59%) dbt
7 10 (7.81%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (6.25%) OpenShift
9 7 (5.47%) Figma
10 5 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (3.13%) ChatGPT
11 4 (3.13%) Entra ID
11 4 (3.13%) Power Platform
12 3 (2.34%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.03%) Internet
2 3 (2.34%) DHCP
2 3 (2.34%) DNS
2 3 (2.34%) HTTPS
2 3 (2.34%) LAN
2 3 (2.34%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.34%) VSAN
2 3 (2.34%) WAN
3 2 (1.56%) SSL
4 1 (0.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.84%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.72%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (11.72%) Relational Database
3 14 (10.94%) NoSQL
4 13 (10.16%) MySQL
5 11 (8.59%) BigQuery
6 6 (4.69%) MongoDB
7 5 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (3.13%) Power BI
9 3 (2.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.34%) Pinecone
9 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.56%) Db2
10 2 (1.56%) Hazelcast
10 2 (1.56%) Redis
11 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.78%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.78%) Metadata
11 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (21.09%) Jenkins
2 14 (10.94%) GitLab
3 11 (8.59%) Bitbucket
4 10 (7.81%) JIRA
5 6 (4.69%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (3.91%) Eclipse
7 4 (3.13%) IntelliJ
7 4 (3.13%) Postman
7 4 (3.13%) Selenium
8 3 (2.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (2.34%) JUnit
9 2 (1.56%) Claude Code
9 2 (1.56%) NUnit
9 2 (1.56%) Subversion
9 2 (1.56%) Vite
9 2 (1.56%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.78%) Gemini Tracker
10 1 (0.78%) gulp
10 1 (0.78%) PyCharm
10 1 (0.78%) REST Assured
General
1 33 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (14.84%) Finance
4 12 (9.38%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.81%) Marketing
6 9 (7.03%) Multimedia
7 6 (4.69%) Banking
7 6 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.91%) Advertising
9 4 (3.13%) Retail
10 2 (1.56%) Publishing
10 2 (1.56%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.78%) Back Office
11 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (50.00%) Developer
2 35 (27.34%) Senior
3 20 (15.63%) Full-Stack Developer
4 19 (14.84%) Senior Developer
5 14 (10.94%) Administrator
5 14 (10.94%) Java Developer
6 13 (10.16%) Data Engineer
7 11 (8.59%) Software Developer
8 9 (7.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 9 (7.03%) Trainee
9 8 (6.25%) Trainee Administrator
9 8 (6.25%) Web Administrator
10 7 (5.47%) GCP Engineer
10 7 (5.47%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 6 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Systems Administrator
12 5 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
13 4 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (25.78%) React
2 30 (23.44%) CSS
2 30 (23.44%) HTML
3 23 (17.97%) REST
4 19 (14.84%) AngularJS
5 18 (14.06%) .NET
6 17 (13.28%) RESTful
6 17 (13.28%) Spring
7 16 (12.50%) Spring Boot
8 14 (10.94%) Vue
9 11 (8.59%) Node.js
10 10 (7.81%) .NET Framework
10 10 (7.81%) ASP.NET
10 10 (7.81%) Entity Framework
11 9 (7.03%) CSS3
11 9 (7.03%) HTML5
12 8 (6.25%) .NET Core
12 8 (6.25%) Middleware
12 8 (6.25%) OpenAPI
12 8 (6.25%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.72%) Cloud Native
2 13 (10.16%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.47%) Social Media
5 6 (4.69%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (3.13%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.34%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.34%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (2.34%) Replication
9 2 (1.56%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.56%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.78%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.78%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.94%) Linux
2 6 (4.69%) CentOS
2 6 (4.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.34%) CoreOS
4 3 (2.34%) Windows
4 3 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.56%) Android
6 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (70.31%) CI/CD
2 52 (40.63%) Agile
2 52 (40.63%) DevOps
3 42 (32.81%) Mentoring
4 41 (32.03%) Full-Stack Development
5 31 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (22.66%) AI
7 23 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (17.97%) Microservices
8 21 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (15.63%) Performance Optimisation
9 20 (15.63%) Platform Engineering
9 20 (15.63%) Web Development
10 19 (14.84%) Collaborative Culture
10 19 (14.84%) SDLC
11 17 (13.28%) Clean Code
11 17 (13.28%) Software Engineering
12 15 (11.72%) TDD
13 14 (10.94%) Observability
13 14 (10.94%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.31%) JavaScript
2 53 (41.41%) Python
3 52 (40.63%) SQL
4 31 (24.22%) Java
5 26 (20.31%) TypeScript
6 20 (15.63%) C#
7 10 (7.81%) Bash
8 8 (6.25%) R
9 7 (5.47%) PHP
10 5 (3.91%) Go
10 5 (3.91%) Kotlin
10 5 (3.91%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.13%) Apex Code
11 4 (3.13%) Bicep
11 4 (3.13%) Swift
12 3 (2.34%) C++
12 3 (2.34%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.34%) Scala
12 3 (2.34%) T-SQL
12 3 (2.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (10.16%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.59%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.03%) AWS Certification
4 9 (7.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 7 (5.47%) Degree
6 6 (4.69%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.50%) QA
2 6 (4.69%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (32.81%) Docker
2 4 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.34%) Ceph
3 3 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (22.66%) Terraform
2 27 (21.09%) Kubernetes
3 15 (11.72%) Ansible
4 7 (5.47%) Istio
4 7 (5.47%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.91%) Grafana
6 4 (3.13%) Argo
6 4 (3.13%) linkerd
7 3 (2.34%) Check_MK
7 3 (2.34%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (2.34%) Podman
7 3 (2.34%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.34%) Puppet
7 3 (2.34%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.56%) Nagios
8 2 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.03%) Google
2 9 (7.03%) Splunk
3 8 (6.25%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.91%) Pega
5 4 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.34%) Databricks
6 3 (2.34%) Dell
6 3 (2.34%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.34%) McAfee
6 3 (2.34%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.56%) Apple
7 2 (1.56%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.56%) DevExpress
7 2 (1.56%) New Relic
7 2 (1.56%) Oracle
7 2 (1.56%) WSO2
8 1 (0.78%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.78%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.78%) Autodesk