Which roles ask for Git at tech companies · 308 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
308 roles counted that list Git, one per company, title and level; 531 postings in the window.
In short
Git: listed in 308 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 244 and preferred in 64. The largest group is software engineer roles: 143 of 308 (46%).
- Required
- 244 of 308 (79%)
- Of the roles that list Git
- Preferred
- 64 of 308 (21%)
- Of the roles that list Git
- Largest group
- 143 of 308 (46%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Git
Roles listing Git, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 143 | 143 of 719 (20%) |
| Data engineer | 30 | 30 of 99 (30%) |
| DevOps engineer | 19 | 19 of 58 (33%) |
| QA engineer | 17 | 17 of 63 (27%) |
| Security engineer | 17 | 17 of 126 (13%) |
| Data scientist | 14 | 14 of 112 (13%) |
| Mobile engineer | 14 | 14 of 38 |
| AI engineer | 13 | 13 of 70 (19%) |
| Platform engineer | 11 | 11 of 57 (19%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 7 | 7 of 63 (11%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Black Financial Consult7 roles
- GitLab7 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.6 roles
- Be | Shaping the Future4 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.4 roles
- IO Connect Services4 roles
- Peraton4 roles
- Coalition, Inc.3 roles
- Crusoe3 roles
- Photon3 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 308 Git roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 147 of 308 (48%) |
| Python | 132 of 308 (43%) |
| REST | 94 of 308 (31%) |
| SQL | 90 of 308 (29%) |
| AWS | 76 of 308 (25%) |
| Agile | 70 of 308 (23%) |
| JavaScript | 64 of 308 (21%) |
| Java | 59 of 308 (19%) |
| Docker | 58 of 308 (19%) |
| TypeScript | 57 of 308 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 46 of 308 (15%) |
| CI/CD | 43 of 308 (14%) |
| Docker | 42 of 308 (14%) |
| Kubernetes | 37 of 308 (12%) |
| Azure | 31 of 308 (10%) |
| Python | 27 of 308 (9%) |
| Terraform | 26 of 308 (8%) |
| GCP | 25 of 308 (8%) |
| Cybersecurity | 24 of 308 (8%) |
| Agile | 23 of 308 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 146 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 146 of 146 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 142 of 146 (97%)
- 3+ years
- 122 of 146 (84%)
- 5+ years
- 83 of 146 (57%)
- 8+ years
- 19 of 146 (13%)
- 10+ years
- 6 of 146 (4%)
Degree
Of the 184 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 33 of 184 (18%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 43 of 184 (23%)
- Preferred
- 10 of 184 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 98 of 184 (53%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 308 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $138k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 121 of 308 (39%)
- Remote roles
- 270 of 308 (88%)
How we count: 308 roles from 230 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology