Git Distributed Version Control System
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Git skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Git over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 77 61
Rank change year-on-year -38 -16 -34
Permanent jobs citing Git 1,438 3,393 5,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.63% 3.42% 4.96%
As % of the Development Applications category 25.07% 35.59% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 966 2,366 2,917
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -9.45% +5.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,934 £97,328
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,735 9,534 14,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.48% 9.61% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,811 6,711 8,844
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

Git
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Git as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Git in the UK

Git
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Git.

Salary trend for Git in the UK

Git
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Git over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Git in the UK

Git
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Git within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. 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
England -39 1,302 £62,500 +8.70% 1,600
UK excluding London -53 919 £60,000 +9.09% 1,167
Work from Home -11 691 £64,000 +11.30% 1,221
London -15 470 £70,000 -3.45% 697
South East -15 301 £60,000 - 385
North of England -85 191 £60,000 +9.09% 319
Midlands -34 147 £52,500 +5.00% 141
South West -24 144 £62,500 +25.00% 130
North West -108 121 £57,500 - 197
West Midlands -14 91 £59,000 +18.00% 97
Yorkshire -19 65 £65,000 +23.81% 91
Scotland -17 59 £58,750 -9.62% 67
East of England -23 57 £54,000 +20.00% 118
East Midlands +1 56 £37,500 -25.00% 39
Wales -16 32 £50,000 +6.80% 25
North East +25 9 £55,000 +37.50% 35
Northern Ireland +37 1 - - 20

Git
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 122 (8.48%) Confluence
2 53 (3.69%) CMS
3 37 (2.57%) WordPress
4 29 (2.02%) Apache Spark
5 28 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.04%) JBoss
7 14 (0.97%) IIS
8 13 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
9 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (0.83%) nginx
9 12 (0.83%) Tomcat
10 10 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 9 (0.63%) Apache
11 9 (0.63%) SharePoint
12 8 (0.56%) Headless CMS
13 7 (0.49%) Drupal
14 6 (0.42%) OpenStack
15 5 (0.35%) CICS
16 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
16 4 (0.28%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.35%) Simulink
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.21%) Trello
5 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.070%) Blender
6 1 (0.070%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.070%) Maya
6 1 (0.070%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 16 (1.11%) Shopify
2 15 (1.04%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.63%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.35%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.14%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
6 1 (0.070%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.070%) Endur
6 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.070%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.070%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.070%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 458 (31.85%) Azure
2 455 (31.64%) AWS
3 206 (14.33%) GCP
4 176 (12.24%) Azure DevOps
5 155 (10.78%) GitHub
6 131 (9.11%) Serverless
7 89 (6.19%) Amazon S3
8 82 (5.70%) SaaS
9 67 (4.66%) Amazon EC2
10 66 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
11 65 (4.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 62 (4.31%) Power Platform
13 46 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
14 43 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 43 (2.99%) PaaS
15 42 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
16 39 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
17 38 (2.64%) npm
18 35 (2.43%) SonarCloud
19 31 (2.16%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.99%) DNS
2 34 (2.36%) Firewall
3 33 (2.29%) WAN
4 31 (2.16%) HTTP
5 28 (1.95%) SD-WAN
6 26 (1.81%) VPN
7 18 (1.25%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.83%) 5G
9 10 (0.70%) Internet
9 10 (0.70%) Wireless
10 8 (0.56%) Bluetooth
10 8 (0.56%) Network Security
11 7 (0.49%) Multicast
11 7 (0.49%) SMTP
11 7 (0.49%) SSH
12 6 (0.42%) DHCP
13 5 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.35%) FIX Connectivity
13 5 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.28%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (18.43%) MySQL
2 180 (12.52%) SQL Server
3 145 (10.08%) Relational Database
4 139 (9.67%) NoSQL
4 139 (9.67%) PostgreSQL
5 75 (5.22%) MongoDB
6 60 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
7 57 (3.96%) Tableau
8 50 (3.48%) Power BI
9 40 (2.78%) Data Lake
10 32 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
10 32 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
11 28 (1.95%) Redis
12 20 (1.39%) Big Data
12 20 (1.39%) DynamoDB
12 20 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (1.32%) BigQuery
14 16 (1.11%) RDBMS
14 16 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 14 (0.97%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 225 (15.65%) JIRA
2 218 (15.16%) Jenkins
3 90 (6.26%) JUnit
4 80 (5.56%) GitLab
5 76 (5.29%) webpack
6 74 (5.15%) Bitbucket
7 71 (4.94%) Visual Studio
8 70 (4.87%) Maven
8 70 (4.87%) Selenium
9 64 (4.45%) SonarQube
10 54 (3.76%) Team Foundation Server
11 53 (3.69%) Octopus Deploy
12 47 (3.27%) Subversion
13 44 (3.06%) Cypress.io
14 38 (2.64%) Cucumber
14 38 (2.64%) Sonatype Nexus
15 34 (2.36%) MSBuild
16 31 (2.16%) Gradle
17 30 (2.09%) Mockito
17 30 (2.09%) NUnit
General
1 413 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 385 (26.77%) Finance
3 170 (11.82%) Banking
4 166 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (8.48%) Retail
6 106 (7.37%) Games
7 61 (4.24%) Public Sector
8 54 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (2.71%) Aerospace
11 38 (2.64%) Telecoms
12 36 (2.50%) Electronics
12 36 (2.50%) Marketing
13 34 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.23%) Law
15 19 (1.32%) Advertising
15 19 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (1.11%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.90%) Automotive
17 13 (0.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 620 (43.12%) Developer
2 405 (28.16%) Senior
3 228 (15.86%) Software Engineer
4 185 (12.87%) Senior Developer
5 108 (7.51%) Lead
6 91 (6.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 89 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
8 73 (5.08%) Java Developer
9 68 (4.73%) Architect
10 63 (4.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 58 (4.03%) PHP Developer
12 54 (3.76%) .NET Developer
13 50 (3.48%) Analyst
14 47 (3.27%) C# Developer
15 46 (3.20%) JavaScript Developer
16 44 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
17 41 (2.85%) React Developer
18 40 (2.78%) Software Developer
19 38 (2.64%) Technical Architect
20 37 (2.57%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 416 (28.93%) HTML
2 391 (27.19%) CSS
3 326 (22.67%) React
4 312 (21.70%) .NET
5 230 (15.99%) RESTful
6 196 (13.63%) REST
7 193 (13.42%) Node.js
8 144 (10.01%) AngularJS
9 140 (9.74%) Web Services
10 128 (8.90%) Spring
11 121 (8.41%) .NET Framework
12 119 (8.28%) ASP.NET
13 112 (7.79%) HTML5
13 112 (7.79%) JSON
14 105 (7.30%) Vue
15 104 (7.23%) XML
16 103 (7.16%) Laravel
17 102 (7.09%) Spring Boot
18 86 (5.98%) Jest
19 81 (5.63%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 113 (7.86%) Mobile App
2 70 (4.87%) Algorithms
3 56 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
4 54 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.69%) Cloud Native
6 42 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 37 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
7 37 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.57%) Virtual Team
8 30 (2.09%) Public Cloud
8 30 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 24 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
10 23 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 21 (1.46%) IoT
12 21 (1.46%) Mobile Games
12 21 (1.46%) NHS
13 18 (1.25%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.25%) Equities
14 16 (1.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 271 (18.85%) Linux
2 123 (8.55%) Windows
3 52 (3.62%) Android
3 52 (3.62%) Unix
4 35 (2.43%) Apple iOS
5 23 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.18%) CentOS
7 16 (1.11%) Windows Server
8 14 (0.97%) Ubuntu
9 13 (0.90%) Rocky
10 11 (0.76%) VMS
11 5 (0.35%) Debian
11 5 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.35%) zOS
12 4 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.070%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 608 (42.28%) Agile
2 542 (37.69%) CI/CD
3 499 (34.70%) DevOps
4 404 (28.09%) Problem-Solving
5 396 (27.54%) Software Engineering
6 254 (17.66%) Microservices
7 245 (17.04%) Test Automation
8 226 (15.72%) Full-Stack Development
9 204 (14.19%) MVC
10 184 (12.80%) Computer Science
11 179 (12.45%) Analytics
11 179 (12.45%) Mentoring
11 179 (12.45%) TDD
12 167 (11.61%) Scrum
13 158 (10.99%) Web Development
14 152 (10.57%) OOP
15 150 (10.43%) User Experience
16 148 (10.29%) Code Quality
16 148 (10.29%) Containerisation
17 147 (10.22%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 602 (41.86%) JavaScript
2 506 (35.19%) SQL
3 485 (33.73%) Python
4 339 (23.57%) C#
5 289 (20.10%) Java
6 223 (15.51%) TypeScript
7 182 (12.66%) PHP
8 92 (6.40%) C++
9 77 (5.35%) C
10 72 (5.01%) PowerShell
11 68 (4.73%) Bash
12 39 (2.71%) T-SQL
13 33 (2.29%) Go
14 25 (1.74%) Kotlin
15 23 (1.60%) Bicep
16 21 (1.46%) Perl
17 20 (1.39%) Shell Script
18 19 (1.32%) R
19 17 (1.18%) Groovy
20 16 (1.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 306 (21.28%) Degree
2 127 (8.83%) Security Cleared
3 112 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 84 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 65 (4.52%) DBS Check
6 54 (3.76%) Master's Degree
7 48 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (2.09%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.32%) PhD
10 16 (1.11%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.63%) HND
12 9 (0.63%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.35%) HNC
16 3 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.21%) OCP
16 3 (0.21%) Oracle Certification
16 3 (0.21%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.12%) QA
2 47 (3.27%) Accessibility
3 38 (2.64%) GDPR
4 23 (1.60%) WCAG
5 17 (1.18%) SLA
6 10 (0.70%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.28%) JTAG
8 4 (0.28%) PMO
9 2 (0.14%) NCSC
9 2 (0.14%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.070%) Basel III
10 1 (0.070%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.070%) ECSS
10 1 (0.070%) IFRS
10 1 (0.070%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.070%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.070%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 391 (27.19%) Docker
2 26 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 19 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 18 (1.25%) Firmware
5 17 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.35%) Apache Flume
7 5 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.28%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.28%) Postfix
9 2 (0.14%) vSphere
10 1 (0.070%) HDFS
10 1 (0.070%) KVM
10 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.070%) Xen
Systems Management
1 294 (20.45%) Kubernetes
2 154 (10.71%) Terraform
3 149 (10.36%) Ansible
4 40 (2.78%) Grafana
5 33 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (1.81%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.11%) Istio
8 15 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.76%) Nagios
10 9 (0.63%) Argo
10 9 (0.63%) Kibana
10 9 (0.63%) Puppet
11 6 (0.42%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.35%) Oozie
12 5 (0.35%) Packer
13 4 (0.28%) CA Endevor
13 4 (0.28%) HAProxy
14 3 (0.21%) Control-M
14 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 135 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 98 (6.82%) Databricks
3 81 (5.63%) Oracle
4 77 (5.35%) Atlassian
5 58 (4.03%) Google
6 35 (2.43%) Red Hat
7 32 (2.23%) IBM
8 26 (1.81%) VMware
9 21 (1.46%) Twitter
10 16 (1.11%) Meraki
10 16 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 13 (0.90%) New Relic
12 13 (0.90%) Splunk
12 13 (0.90%) WooCommerce
13 12 (0.83%) Okta
14 11 (0.76%) SAP
15 9 (0.63%) Adobe
15 9 (0.63%) Salesforce
15 9 (0.63%) Siemens