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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 142 77
Rank change year-on-year +22 -65 -6
Permanent jobs citing Git 132 111 223
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.13% 2.15% 2.65%
As % of the Development Applications category 32.20% 25.46% 32.46%
Number of salaries quoted 93 74 169
10th Percentile £31,050 £41,625 £35,750
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 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 410 436 687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.51% 8.43% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 289 225 462
10th Percentile £33,750 £39,400 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,350 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -8 90 £66,750 +2.69% 60
Lancashire +34 30 £49,250 +6.49% 10
Cheshire +3 7 £35,000 -30.00% 16
Merseyside -19 3 £37,500 - 6
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 (6.06%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (6.06%) WordPress
2 5 (3.79%) OpenStack
3 4 (3.03%) IIS
4 3 (2.27%) nginx
4 3 (2.27%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.52%) CICS
6 1 (0.76%) Apache
6 1 (0.76%) Confluence
6 1 (0.76%) JBoss
6 1 (0.76%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.76%) Magento
2 1 (0.76%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 73 (55.30%) Azure
2 72 (54.55%) AWS
3 42 (31.82%) GitHub
4 27 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (20.45%) GCP
5 12 (9.09%) Serverless
6 11 (8.33%) dbt
7 10 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (6.06%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (6.06%) OpenShift
9 7 (5.30%) Figma
10 5 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (3.79%) ChatGPT
11 4 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (3.03%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
11 4 (3.03%) Power Platform
11 4 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.82%) Internet
2 3 (2.27%) DHCP
2 3 (2.27%) DNS
2 3 (2.27%) HTTPS
2 3 (2.27%) LAN
2 3 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.27%) VSAN
2 3 (2.27%) WAN
3 1 (0.76%) Network Security
3 1 (0.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 15 (11.36%) Relational Database
3 14 (10.61%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (9.85%) NoSQL
5 12 (9.09%) MySQL
6 11 (8.33%) BigQuery
7 6 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (4.55%) MongoDB
8 4 (3.03%) Power BI
9 3 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.27%) Pinecone
9 3 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.52%) Db2
10 2 (1.52%) Hazelcast
10 2 (1.52%) Metadata
10 2 (1.52%) Redis
10 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.76%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 27 (20.45%) Jenkins
2 15 (11.36%) GitLab
3 10 (7.58%) Bitbucket
4 9 (6.82%) JIRA
5 6 (4.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (3.79%) Eclipse
6 5 (3.79%) IntelliJ
7 4 (3.03%) JUnit
7 4 (3.03%) Postman
7 4 (3.03%) Selenium
8 3 (2.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (1.52%) Claude Code
9 2 (1.52%) Maven
9 2 (1.52%) NUnit
9 2 (1.52%) Spock
9 2 (1.52%) Vite
9 2 (1.52%) XCUITest
10 1 (0.76%) gulp
10 1 (0.76%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 34 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (16.67%) Finance
4 12 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.33%) Marketing
6 9 (6.82%) Multimedia
7 7 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.79%) Banking
9 4 (3.03%) Advertising
9 4 (3.03%) Retail
10 2 (1.52%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.52%) Publishing
10 2 (1.52%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Back Office
11 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 65 (49.24%) Developer
2 35 (26.52%) Senior
3 20 (15.15%) Full-Stack Developer
4 19 (14.39%) Senior Developer
5 14 (10.61%) Administrator
5 14 (10.61%) Data Engineer
6 13 (9.85%) Java Developer
7 11 (8.33%) Software Developer
8 9 (6.82%) Trainee
9 8 (6.06%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 8 (6.06%) Trainee Administrator
9 8 (6.06%) Web Administrator
10 7 (5.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 7 (5.30%) GCP Engineer
10 7 (5.30%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 6 (4.55%) Software Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
12 5 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (3.79%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (24.24%) React
2 28 (21.21%) CSS
2 28 (21.21%) HTML
3 25 (18.94%) REST
4 19 (14.39%) AngularJS
5 18 (13.64%) .NET
6 17 (12.88%) Spring
7 16 (12.12%) RESTful
8 15 (11.36%) Spring Boot
9 13 (9.85%) Vue
10 11 (8.33%) Node.js
11 10 (7.58%) .NET Framework
11 10 (7.58%) ASP.NET
11 10 (7.58%) Entity Framework
12 9 (6.82%) Middleware
13 8 (6.06%) .NET Core
13 8 (6.06%) CSS3
13 8 (6.06%) HTML5
13 8 (6.06%) OpenAPI
13 8 (6.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (6.82%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.30%) Social Media
5 5 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.03%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.27%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (2.27%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.27%) Replication
8 2 (1.52%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.76%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.61%) Linux
2 6 (4.55%) CentOS
2 6 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.03%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.27%) CoreOS
4 3 (2.27%) Windows
4 3 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.52%) Android
5 2 (1.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (71.21%) CI/CD
2 56 (42.42%) Agile
3 55 (41.67%) DevOps
4 45 (34.09%) Mentoring
5 42 (31.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 34 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (24.24%) AI
8 25 (18.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (18.18%) Microservices
10 21 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (15.91%) Performance Optimisation
10 21 (15.91%) Web Development
11 20 (15.15%) Platform Engineering
11 20 (15.15%) Software Engineering
12 19 (14.39%) Collaborative Culture
13 18 (13.64%) SDLC
14 17 (12.88%) Clean Code
15 16 (12.12%) Observability
16 15 (11.36%) Decision-Making
16 15 (11.36%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 60 (45.45%) JavaScript
2 54 (40.91%) SQL
3 53 (40.15%) Python
4 32 (24.24%) Java
5 28 (21.21%) TypeScript
6 20 (15.15%) C#
7 10 (7.58%) Bash
8 8 (6.06%) R
9 7 (5.30%) PHP
10 5 (3.79%) Apex Code
10 5 (3.79%) Go
10 5 (3.79%) Kotlin
10 5 (3.79%) PowerShell
11 4 (3.03%) Bicep
11 4 (3.03%) C++
11 4 (3.03%) Swift
12 3 (2.27%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.27%) Scala
12 3 (2.27%) T-SQL
12 3 (2.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (9.85%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.82%) AWS Certification
4 9 (6.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 8 (6.06%) Degree
6 6 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.64%) QA
2 7 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (33.33%) Docker
2 4 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.27%) Ceph
3 3 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (21.97%) Terraform
2 28 (21.21%) Kubernetes
3 15 (11.36%) Ansible
4 7 (5.30%) Istio
4 7 (5.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (3.79%) Grafana
6 4 (3.03%) Argo
6 4 (3.03%) linkerd
7 3 (2.27%) Check_MK
7 3 (2.27%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (2.27%) Podman
7 3 (2.27%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.27%) Puppet
7 3 (2.27%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.76%) Nagios
8 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.58%) Google
3 9 (6.82%) Splunk
4 7 (5.30%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.79%) Pega
5 5 (3.79%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.27%) Databricks
6 3 (2.27%) Dell
6 3 (2.27%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.27%) McAfee
6 3 (2.27%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.52%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.52%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.52%) Apple
7 2 (1.52%) DevExpress
7 2 (1.52%) Oracle
7 2 (1.52%) WSO2
8 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.76%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.76%) New Relic