Git Distributed Version Control System
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Git skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Git over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 61 27
Rank change year-on-year -16 -34 +5
Permanent jobs citing Git 3,375 5,217 13,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.44% 4.98% 9.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.23% 34.11% 40.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,373 2,997 5,615
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,052
% change year-on-year -4.35% +8.38% +6.10%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Git is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,581 15,294 34,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.76% 14.59% 22.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,761 9,314 15,878
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -17 2,868 £58,000 -10.77% 772
UK excluding London -9 2,445 £55,000 -4.35% 546
Work from Home -14 1,372 £57,500 -8.00% 419
London -15 851 £72,500 -3.33% 271
South East -30 609 £60,000 +4.35% 99
North of England +24 544 £55,000 - 147
South West +13 438 £50,000 -13.04% 96
North West +58 319 £57,500 +4.55% 90
Scotland -16 305 £65,000 +8.33% 41
Midlands -33 291 £50,000 -9.09% 95
Yorkshire +11 190 £53,500 -2.73% 43
West Midlands -18 184 £50,000 -12.79% 62
East of England -24 145 £45,000 -25.00% 51
Wales -3 108 £47,500 +5.56% 21
East Midlands -43 103 £50,000 -9.09% 33
North East -21 35 £40,000 -25.58% 14
Northern Ireland -26 8 £69,750 +76.58% 7

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
1 215 (6.37%) Confluence
2 141 (4.18%) CMS
3 129 (3.82%) Apache Spark
4 75 (2.22%) WordPress
5 70 (2.07%) Apache
6 48 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
7 47 (1.39%) OpenStack
8 45 (1.33%) IIS
9 43 (1.27%) nginx
10 40 (1.19%) Drupal
11 39 (1.16%) SharePoint
12 34 (1.01%) Umbraco
13 21 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
14 16 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 15 (0.44%) JBoss
16 12 (0.36%) Tomcat
17 11 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
18 9 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
19 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
20 7 (0.21%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 34 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 34 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (0.98%) Photoshop
3 30 (0.89%) Simulink
4 10 (0.30%) GNU Octave
5 6 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
5 6 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.15%) Doxygen
6 5 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.12%) Trello
8 3 (0.089%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
8 3 (0.089%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.030%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.030%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.030%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.030%) Sketch
9 1 (0.030%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.030%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (0.80%) SDL Web 8
2 25 (0.74%) Shopify
3 21 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
5 13 (0.39%) Magento
6 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) CiviCRM
7 2 (0.059%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.030%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1,076 (31.88%) AWS
2 929 (27.53%) Azure
3 400 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
4 345 (10.22%) Serverless
5 316 (9.36%) GitHub
6 230 (6.81%) GCP
7 198 (5.87%) SaaS
8 154 (4.56%) AWS Lambda
9 134 (3.97%) Amazon S3
10 117 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
11 109 (3.23%) Power Platform
12 104 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
13 97 (2.87%) Amazon EC2
14 62 (1.84%) Azure Functions
15 61 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
16 58 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
17 57 (1.69%) PaaS
18 56 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
19 51 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
20 49 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.01%) Kerberos
2 59 (1.75%) Firewall
3 40 (1.19%) DNS
4 29 (0.86%) HTTP
5 28 (0.83%) Wireless
6 24 (0.71%) MQTT
6 24 (0.71%) VPN
7 23 (0.68%) Ethernet
7 23 (0.68%) Network Security
8 22 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 21 (0.62%) Internet
10 19 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.47%) RS-232
12 14 (0.41%) Bluetooth
13 13 (0.39%) 5G
14 12 (0.36%) SSL
15 11 (0.33%) DHCP
16 9 (0.27%) CTI
17 8 (0.24%) Profibus
17 8 (0.24%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 454 (13.45%) SQL Server
2 376 (11.14%) MySQL
3 288 (8.53%) NoSQL
4 286 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
5 248 (7.35%) Relational Database
6 140 (4.15%) Tableau
7 133 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
8 105 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
9 97 (2.87%) Big Data
9 97 (2.87%) DynamoDB
10 95 (2.81%) Apache Hive
11 89 (2.64%) MongoDB
12 86 (2.55%) HBase
13 84 (2.49%) Metadata
14 75 (2.22%) RDBMS
15 72 (2.13%) Power BI
16 68 (2.01%) Hadoop
17 62 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
18 54 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 50 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 610 (18.07%) Jenkins
2 501 (14.84%) JIRA
3 269 (7.97%) Visual Studio
4 255 (7.56%) Bitbucket
5 222 (6.58%) GitLab
6 168 (4.98%) Selenium
7 145 (4.30%) Subversion
8 104 (3.08%) TeamCity
9 101 (2.99%) Cypress.io
10 87 (2.58%) Maven
11 86 (2.55%) Bitbucket Server
12 85 (2.52%) Sourcetree
13 82 (2.43%) JUnit
14 81 (2.40%) Team Foundation Server
15 74 (2.19%) Artifactory
16 61 (1.81%) NUnit
17 54 (1.60%) Postman
18 45 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
18 45 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
19 44 (1.30%) Cucumber
General
1 935 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 632 (18.73%) Finance
3 326 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 294 (8.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 246 (7.29%) Law
6 216 (6.40%) Marketing
7 200 (5.93%) Retail
8 196 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
9 162 (4.80%) Banking
10 159 (4.71%) Games
11 133 (3.94%) Public Sector
12 130 (3.85%) Legal
13 119 (3.53%) Manufacturing
14 106 (3.14%) Electronics
15 72 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 66 (1.96%) Automotive
17 44 (1.30%) Aerospace
18 43 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
19 31 (0.92%) Investment Banking
20 29 (0.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,649 (48.86%) Developer
2 832 (24.65%) Senior
3 617 (18.28%) Software Engineer
4 408 (12.09%) Senior Developer
5 376 (11.14%) Lead
6 243 (7.20%) Full Stack Developer
7 195 (5.78%) PHP Developer
8 194 (5.75%) Software Developer
9 162 (4.80%) Java Developer
10 156 (4.62%) .NET Developer
10 156 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 152 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
12 138 (4.09%) AWS Engineer
13 128 (3.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 108 (3.20%) C# Developer
15 107 (3.17%) Data Engineer
16 105 (3.11%) Analyst
17 91 (2.70%) Data Analyst
18 90 (2.67%) Games Developer
19 88 (2.61%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 831 (24.62%) HTML
2 803 (23.79%) CSS
3 714 (21.16%) React
4 671 (19.88%) .NET
5 500 (14.81%) RESTful
6 408 (12.09%) REST
7 402 (11.91%) AngularJS
8 373 (11.05%) Node.js
9 341 (10.10%) Web Services
10 295 (8.74%) JSON
11 293 (8.68%) .NET Framework
12 271 (8.03%) ASP.NET
13 263 (7.79%) Spring
14 254 (7.53%) jQuery
15 238 (7.05%) Laravel
16 230 (6.81%) Vue
17 227 (6.73%) .NET Core
18 226 (6.70%) XML
19 216 (6.40%) HTML5
20 194 (5.75%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 204 (6.04%) Algorithms
2 140 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 119 (3.53%) Mobile App
4 101 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 100 (2.96%) Cloud Native
5 100 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
6 89 (2.64%) Virtual Reality
7 88 (2.61%) IoT
8 80 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
9 79 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 73 (2.16%) Reference Data
11 68 (2.01%) Enterprise Cloud
12 61 (1.81%) Virtual Team
13 60 (1.78%) Onboarding
14 56 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
15 50 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
16 49 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
16 49 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
17 45 (1.33%) Data Structures
18 34 (1.01%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 426 (12.62%) Linux
2 231 (6.84%) Windows
3 143 (4.24%) Unix
4 77 (2.28%) Android
5 72 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 63 (1.87%) Windows Server
7 47 (1.39%) CentOS
8 37 (1.10%) Apple iOS
9 30 (0.89%) Ubuntu
10 23 (0.68%) Windows 10
11 21 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
12 20 (0.59%) CoreOS
13 19 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
14 15 (0.44%) Mac OS
15 13 (0.39%) VMS
16 11 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
16 11 (0.33%) Solaris
17 10 (0.30%) SUSE
18 9 (0.27%) Debian
19 6 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,638 (48.53%) Agile
2 1,137 (33.69%) DevOps
3 1,093 (32.39%) Software Engineering
4 863 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
5 847 (25.10%) CI/CD
6 550 (16.30%) Test Automation
7 523 (15.50%) Computer Science
8 517 (15.32%) Microservices
9 491 (14.55%) TDD
10 467 (13.84%) Full Stack Development
11 442 (13.10%) Scrum
12 387 (11.47%) SDLC
13 362 (10.73%) Artificial Intelligence
14 358 (10.61%) Continuous Integration
15 354 (10.49%) MVC
16 342 (10.13%) Mentoring
17 336 (9.96%) Design Patterns
18 319 (9.45%) Containerisation
19 300 (8.89%) User Experience
20 298 (8.83%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,265 (37.48%) JavaScript
2 1,037 (30.73%) Python
3 998 (29.57%) SQL
4 983 (29.13%) C#
5 650 (19.26%) Java
6 475 (14.07%) PHP
7 424 (12.56%) TypeScript
8 232 (6.87%) Bash
9 220 (6.52%) Go
10 185 (5.48%) PowerShell
11 169 (5.01%) C++
11 169 (5.01%) T-SQL
12 162 (4.80%) C
13 114 (3.38%) Ruby
14 89 (2.64%) PL/SQL
15 80 (2.37%) Perl
16 67 (1.99%) SPARQL
17 65 (1.93%) Prolog
18 60 (1.78%) Kotlin
19 51 (1.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 885 (26.22%) Degree
2 332 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 295 (8.74%) Security Cleared
4 244 (7.23%) SC Cleared
5 137 (4.06%) DBS Check
6 114 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 109 (3.23%) Master's Degree
8 48 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 41 (1.21%) Azure Certification
10 33 (0.98%) PhD
11 21 (0.62%) HND
12 20 (0.59%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.36%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.33%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 8 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 8 (0.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
18 7 (0.21%) ISEB
18 7 (0.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 237 (7.02%) QA
2 111 (3.29%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.10%) GDPR
3 37 (1.10%) WCAG
4 30 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 29 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 15 (0.44%) WAI
7 8 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 8 (0.24%) ISO 13485
7 8 (0.24%) PSD2
8 6 (0.18%) JTAG
8 6 (0.18%) SLA
9 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.15%) MISRA
10 4 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.12%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.12%) PMO
11 3 (0.089%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.089%) NCSC
11 3 (0.089%) SEPA
System Software
1 782 (23.17%) Docker
2 112 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 94 (2.79%) HDFS
4 56 (1.66%) Firmware
5 49 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 45 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
8 15 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (0.30%) NFS
9 10 (0.30%) pfSense
10 6 (0.18%) Ceph
10 6 (0.18%) VirtualBox
11 5 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.15%) vSphere
12 4 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.089%) Gluster
13 3 (0.089%) KVM
13 3 (0.089%) oVirt
13 3 (0.089%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 524 (15.53%) Kubernetes
2 451 (13.36%) Terraform
3 291 (8.62%) Ansible
4 98 (2.90%) Puppet
5 45 (1.33%) Progress Chef
6 39 (1.16%) Grafana
7 22 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 20 (0.59%) ZABBIX
9 16 (0.47%) Nagios
10 14 (0.41%) Istio
10 14 (0.41%) Kibana
10 14 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
11 10 (0.30%) Argo
11 10 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (0.30%) SCDPM
12 9 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
12 9 (0.27%) Graphite
12 9 (0.27%) MIIS
13 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
14 7 (0.21%) Foglight
Vendors
1 504 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 233 (6.90%) Databricks
3 174 (5.16%) Google
4 132 (3.91%) Oracle
5 86 (2.55%) Informatica
6 66 (1.96%) Cloudera
7 60 (1.78%) Red Hat
8 51 (1.51%) Adobe
9 45 (1.33%) SAP
10 42 (1.24%) WSO2
11 38 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 36 (1.07%) Salesforce
13 34 (1.01%) VMware
14 27 (0.80%) WooCommerce
15 26 (0.77%) Sitecore
16 25 (0.74%) Splunk
17 23 (0.68%) Xamarin
18 22 (0.65%) Apple
19 21 (0.62%) DevExpress
20 18 (0.53%) McAfee