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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 61 27
Rank change year-on-year -15 -34 +5
Permanent jobs citing Git 3,395 5,037 14,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.43% 4.97% 9.26%
As % of the Development Applications category 35.60% 34.84% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,370 2,921 5,535
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £74,938 £80,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £91,934 £97,328 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%

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 9,537 14,458 35,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.62% 14.27% 22.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,706 8,868 15,755
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 £82,500 £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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -13 2,908 £57,500 -11.54% 757
UK excluding London -10 2,431 £55,000 -4.35% 540
Work from Home -14 1,394 £57,500 -8.00% 404
London -6 892 £72,500 -3.33% 257
South East -32 621 £60,000 - 108
North of England +13 534 £55,000 - 134
South West +11 440 £50,000 -13.04% 90
North West +41 312 £57,500 +3.60% 77
Scotland -19 296 £65,000 +8.33% 34
Midlands -29 289 £51,000 -7.27% 98
Yorkshire +4 187 £52,500 -8.70% 47
West Midlands -22 180 £50,500 -11.40% 67
East of England -21 144 £45,000 -25.00% 57
Wales -7 105 £46,816 +4.03% 22
East Midlands -43 105 £50,000 -9.09% 31
North East -28 35 £40,000 -23.81% 11
Northern Ireland -33 5 £49,500 +25.32% 5

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
1 214 (6.30%) Confluence
2 143 (4.21%) CMS
3 129 (3.80%) Apache Spark
4 77 (2.27%) WordPress
5 73 (2.15%) Apache
6 50 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
7 48 (1.41%) IIS
8 47 (1.38%) OpenStack
9 46 (1.35%) nginx
10 39 (1.15%) Drupal
11 35 (1.03%) SharePoint
12 34 (1.00%) Umbraco
13 21 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
14 16 (0.47%) JBoss
15 12 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
16 11 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
16 11 (0.32%) Tomcat
17 9 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
18 8 (0.24%) Jupyter
19 7 (0.21%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 36 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.00%) Simulink
3 33 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (0.97%) Photoshop
4 10 (0.29%) 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 (0.088%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
8 3 (0.088%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.029%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.029%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.029%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.029%) Sketch
9 1 (0.029%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.029%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 27 (0.80%) SDL Web 8
2 25 (0.74%) Shopify
3 21 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 13 (0.38%) 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 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.029%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.029%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1,101 (32.43%) AWS
2 948 (27.92%) Azure
3 406 (11.96%) Azure DevOps
4 328 (9.66%) Serverless
5 301 (8.87%) GitHub
6 228 (6.72%) GCP
7 204 (6.01%) SaaS
8 154 (4.54%) AWS Lambda
9 138 (4.06%) Amazon S3
10 111 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
11 107 (3.15%) Power Platform
12 104 (3.06%) Amazon ECS
13 92 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
14 64 (1.89%) Azure Functions
15 58 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
15 58 (1.71%) PaaS
16 57 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
17 54 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
18 50 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
19 49 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.00%) Kerberos
2 61 (1.80%) Firewall
3 41 (1.21%) DNS
4 29 (0.85%) Wireless
5 28 (0.82%) HTTP
6 25 (0.74%) Network Security
6 25 (0.74%) VPN
7 23 (0.68%) Ethernet
8 22 (0.65%) MQTT
9 21 (0.62%) TCP/IP
10 20 (0.59%) Internet
11 19 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (0.47%) RS-232
13 14 (0.41%) Bluetooth
13 14 (0.41%) SSL
14 13 (0.38%) 5G
15 11 (0.32%) DHCP
16 9 (0.27%) CTI
17 8 (0.24%) Profibus
17 8 (0.24%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 459 (13.52%) SQL Server
2 370 (10.90%) MySQL
3 298 (8.78%) NoSQL
4 270 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
5 250 (7.36%) Relational Database
6 180 (5.30%) Tableau
7 132 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
8 99 (2.92%) Big Data
9 98 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
10 96 (2.83%) DynamoDB
11 95 (2.80%) Apache Hive
12 86 (2.53%) HBase
13 84 (2.47%) Metadata
14 78 (2.30%) MongoDB
15 76 (2.24%) RDBMS
16 71 (2.09%) Power BI
17 69 (2.03%) Hadoop
18 60 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
19 49 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 45 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 607 (17.88%) Jenkins
2 490 (14.43%) JIRA
3 277 (8.16%) Visual Studio
4 256 (7.54%) Bitbucket
5 212 (6.24%) GitLab
6 164 (4.83%) Selenium
7 144 (4.24%) Subversion
8 101 (2.97%) TeamCity
9 96 (2.83%) Cypress.io
10 86 (2.53%) Bitbucket Server
11 85 (2.50%) Sourcetree
12 79 (2.33%) Team Foundation Server
13 78 (2.30%) JUnit
14 76 (2.24%) Maven
15 69 (2.03%) Artifactory
16 63 (1.86%) NUnit
17 53 (1.56%) Postman
18 45 (1.33%) Octopus Deploy
18 45 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
19 41 (1.21%) webpack
General
1 979 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 623 (18.35%) Finance
3 344 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 254 (7.48%) Law
6 229 (6.75%) Retail
7 228 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
8 214 (6.30%) Marketing
9 154 (4.54%) Games
10 142 (4.18%) Banking
11 131 (3.86%) Public Sector
12 130 (3.83%) Legal
13 120 (3.53%) Manufacturing
14 107 (3.15%) Electronics
15 70 (2.06%) Telecoms
16 69 (2.03%) Automotive
17 47 (1.38%) Aerospace
18 45 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
19 29 (0.85%) Police
20 27 (0.80%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,644 (48.42%) Developer
2 885 (26.07%) Senior
3 600 (17.67%) Software Engineer
4 411 (12.11%) Senior Developer
5 373 (10.99%) Lead
6 240 (7.07%) Full Stack Developer
7 202 (5.95%) PHP Developer
8 192 (5.66%) Software Developer
9 161 (4.74%) .NET Developer
10 157 (4.62%) Senior Software Engineer
11 156 (4.59%) Java Developer
12 153 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 135 (3.98%) AWS Engineer
14 134 (3.95%) Analyst
15 125 (3.68%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 121 (3.56%) Data Analyst
17 113 (3.33%) C# Developer
18 108 (3.18%) Data Engineer
19 91 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
20 89 (2.62%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 823 (24.24%) HTML
2 792 (23.33%) CSS
3 687 (20.24%) .NET
4 684 (20.15%) React
5 493 (14.52%) RESTful
6 413 (12.16%) REST
7 381 (11.22%) AngularJS
8 360 (10.60%) Node.js
9 355 (10.46%) Web Services
10 310 (9.13%) .NET Framework
11 297 (8.75%) JSON
12 284 (8.37%) ASP.NET
13 259 (7.63%) jQuery
14 242 (7.13%) Spring
15 241 (7.10%) Laravel
16 238 (7.01%) .NET Core
17 230 (6.77%) XML
18 222 (6.54%) Vue
19 210 (6.19%) HTML5
20 202 (5.95%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 216 (6.36%) Algorithms
2 137 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 118 (3.48%) Mobile App
4 111 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 103 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 100 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
7 89 (2.62%) Virtual Reality
8 84 (2.47%) IoT
9 83 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
10 74 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
11 73 (2.15%) Reference Data
12 68 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
13 60 (1.77%) Onboarding
14 55 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
14 55 (1.62%) Virtual Team
15 50 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
16 49 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
17 48 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
18 46 (1.35%) Data Structures
19 38 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 425 (12.52%) Linux
2 234 (6.89%) Windows
3 143 (4.21%) Unix
4 80 (2.36%) Android
5 76 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 63 (1.86%) Windows Server
7 53 (1.56%) CentOS
8 35 (1.03%) Apple iOS
8 35 (1.03%) Ubuntu
9 23 (0.68%) Windows 10
10 21 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
11 20 (0.59%) CoreOS
12 19 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
13 13 (0.38%) Mac OS
14 12 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
14 12 (0.35%) Solaris
15 11 (0.32%) VMS
16 10 (0.29%) SUSE
17 9 (0.27%) Debian
18 6 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,618 (47.66%) Agile
2 1,139 (33.55%) DevOps
3 1,076 (31.69%) Software Engineering
4 863 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
5 852 (25.10%) CI/CD
6 561 (16.52%) Test Automation
7 524 (15.43%) Computer Science
8 504 (14.85%) Microservices
8 504 (14.85%) TDD
9 452 (13.31%) Full Stack Development
10 449 (13.23%) Scrum
11 388 (11.43%) SDLC
12 372 (10.96%) Artificial Intelligence
13 352 (10.37%) MVC
14 345 (10.16%) Continuous Integration
15 335 (9.87%) Visualisation
16 327 (9.63%) Mentoring
17 316 (9.31%) Design Patterns
17 316 (9.31%) Machine Learning
18 309 (9.10%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,262 (37.17%) JavaScript
2 1,059 (31.19%) Python
3 1,039 (30.60%) SQL
4 966 (28.45%) C#
5 634 (18.67%) Java
6 482 (14.20%) PHP
7 416 (12.25%) TypeScript
8 226 (6.66%) Bash
9 224 (6.60%) Go
10 185 (5.45%) PowerShell
11 175 (5.15%) C++
12 168 (4.95%) C
13 166 (4.89%) T-SQL
14 91 (2.68%) Ruby
15 88 (2.59%) PL/SQL
16 73 (2.15%) Perl
17 67 (1.97%) SPARQL
18 65 (1.91%) Kotlin
18 65 (1.91%) Prolog
19 46 (1.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 929 (27.36%) Degree
2 332 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 302 (8.90%) Security Cleared
4 250 (7.36%) SC Cleared
5 178 (5.24%) DBS Check
6 121 (3.56%) Master's Degree
7 111 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 48 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 41 (1.21%) Azure Certification
10 33 (0.97%) PhD
11 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
11 21 (0.62%) HND
12 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.35%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.29%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 8 (0.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 7 (0.21%) ISEB
17 7 (0.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (7.04%) QA
2 114 (3.36%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.09%) GDPR
4 34 (1.00%) WCAG
5 30 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 29 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 15 (0.44%) WAI
8 8 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 8 (0.24%) ISO 13485
8 8 (0.24%) PSD2
9 6 (0.18%) JTAG
10 5 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.15%) MISRA
10 5 (0.15%) SLA
11 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.12%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.12%) PMO
12 3 (0.088%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.088%) NCSC
12 3 (0.088%) SEPA
System Software
1 773 (22.77%) Docker
2 107 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 94 (2.77%) HDFS
4 54 (1.59%) Firmware
5 50 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
6 49 (1.44%) Hyper-V
7 24 (0.71%) Embedded Firmware
8 15 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (0.29%) NFS
9 10 (0.29%) pfSense
10 6 (0.18%) Ceph
10 6 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.18%) VirtualBox
11 5 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.15%) vSphere
12 4 (0.12%) Varnish
12 4 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.088%) Gluster
13 3 (0.088%) KVM
13 3 (0.088%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 513 (15.11%) Kubernetes
2 450 (13.25%) Terraform
3 293 (8.63%) Ansible
4 98 (2.89%) Puppet
5 47 (1.38%) Progress Chef
6 44 (1.30%) Grafana
7 24 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 21 (0.62%) ZABBIX
9 18 (0.53%) Nagios
10 16 (0.47%) Istio
11 15 (0.44%) Kibana
12 11 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
13 10 (0.29%) Argo
13 10 (0.29%) Graphite
13 10 (0.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 10 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
13 10 (0.29%) SCDPM
14 9 (0.27%) MIIS
15 8 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 500 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 275 (8.10%) Databricks
3 178 (5.24%) Google
4 133 (3.92%) Oracle
5 86 (2.53%) Informatica
6 66 (1.94%) Cloudera
7 57 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 47 (1.38%) Adobe
9 44 (1.30%) SAP
10 42 (1.24%) WSO2
11 38 (1.12%) Atlassian
12 36 (1.06%) Salesforce
13 35 (1.03%) VMware
14 28 (0.82%) Sitecore
14 28 (0.82%) Splunk
15 27 (0.80%) WooCommerce
16 23 (0.68%) Xamarin
17 21 (0.62%) DevExpress
18 20 (0.59%) Apple
18 20 (0.59%) ForgeRock