GitLab
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 327 249
Rank change year-on-year -35 -78 +35
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 774 994 2,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.74% 1.05% 1.69%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.14% 7.45% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 564 587 842
10th Percentile £35,920 £43,162 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +2.56%

All Development Application Skills
UK

GitLab 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 9,509 13,350 39,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.03% 14.08% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,577 8,320 15,966
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 -12 684 £65,000 -7.14% 166
UK excluding London -7 481 £62,500 +4.17% 86
Work from Home +20 390 £62,783 -3.41% 85
London +5 266 £85,000 +6.25% 78
North of England -8 149 £60,000 +4.35% 17
South East +48 118 £66,250 +6.00% 15
North West +21 95 £58,000 -17.14% 13
South West -31 54 £63,750 +6.25% 22
Midlands -48 50 £47,112 -18.07% 14
Scotland -36 44 £61,500 +2.50% 5
Yorkshire -13 40 £62,783 +47.72% 2
East of England +11 36 £62,500 -3.85% 9
West Midlands -42 36 £36,128 -46.48% 8
Wales +25 30 £62,500 +4.17%
North East -10 14 £62,783 +40.56% 2
East Midlands -19 14 £55,000 - 6

GitLab
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 42 (5.43%) Confluence
2 19 (2.45%) CMS
3 16 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.68%) nginx
5 7 (0.90%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Doxygen
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Simulink
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.20%) SDL Web 8
2 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 424 (54.78%) AWS
2 332 (42.89%) Azure
3 144 (18.60%) GitHub
4 91 (11.76%) Serverless
5 82 (10.59%) GCP
6 66 (8.53%) AWS Lambda
7 58 (7.49%) Amazon ECS
8 53 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
10 39 (5.04%) Snowflake
11 36 (4.65%) Datadog
11 36 (4.65%) SaaS
12 31 (4.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (3.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 30 (3.88%) Matillion
14 28 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
15 27 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
16 23 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
16 23 (2.97%) Amazon S3
17 17 (2.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.62%) Firewall
2 21 (2.71%) DNS
3 19 (2.45%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.07%) Modbus
5 13 (1.68%) BGP
6 12 (1.55%) VPN
7 11 (1.42%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (1.42%) MPLS
8 10 (1.29%) HTTP
9 9 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (0.90%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.90%) WAN
11 6 (0.78%) Internet
12 5 (0.65%) SSL
13 4 (0.52%) HTTPS
13 4 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
13 4 (0.52%) OpenLDAP
14 3 (0.39%) IPv4
14 3 (0.39%) MQTT
14 3 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (9.56%) PostgreSQL
2 72 (9.30%) SQL Server
3 61 (7.88%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (6.85%) Amazon RDS
5 48 (6.20%) DynamoDB
6 46 (5.94%) Elasticsearch
7 41 (5.30%) MySQL
8 39 (5.04%) Data Lake
9 38 (4.91%) NoSQL
10 31 (4.01%) MongoDB
11 30 (3.88%) Star Schema
12 24 (3.10%) Relational Database
13 19 (2.45%) BigQuery
14 14 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.55%) Looker
15 12 (1.55%) Tableau
16 10 (1.29%) Redis
17 9 (1.16%) Metadata
18 8 (1.03%) Ataccama
19 6 (0.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 239 (30.88%) Jenkins
2 220 (28.42%) Git
3 120 (15.50%) JIRA
4 36 (4.65%) Artifactory
5 34 (4.39%) CircleCI
6 30 (3.88%) Visual Studio
7 29 (3.75%) TeamCity
8 25 (3.23%) Bitbucket
9 18 (2.33%) NUnit
9 18 (2.33%) Selenium
10 17 (2.20%) Moq
10 17 (2.20%) SonarQube
11 15 (1.94%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.94%) JUnit
12 11 (1.42%) webpack
13 8 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (1.03%) Postman
13 8 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (0.90%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.90%) Katalon Studio
General
1 188 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 132 (17.05%) Finance
3 67 (8.66%) Public Sector
4 50 (6.46%) Marketing
5 47 (6.07%) Law
6 41 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (4.26%) Retail
8 29 (3.75%) Banking
9 27 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.55%) Legal
11 12 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.16%) Electronics
14 8 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.03%) Front Office
14 8 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.90%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.65%) Automotive
16 5 (0.65%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 169 (21.83%) Developer
2 144 (18.60%) Senior
3 123 (15.89%) Lead
4 115 (14.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 106 (13.70%) Software Engineer
6 62 (8.01%) Full Stack Developer
7 58 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 52 (6.72%) Technical Leader
9 49 (6.33%) AWS Engineer
10 46 (5.94%) Data Engineer
10 46 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 40 (5.17%) Architect
12 37 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
13 34 (4.39%) Python Engineer
14 29 (3.75%) Java Developer
15 26 (3.36%) AWS DevOps
15 26 (3.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 26 (3.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (3.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.71%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (13.82%) React
2 97 (12.53%) RESTful
3 90 (11.63%) .NET
4 72 (9.30%) CSS
5 68 (8.79%) REST
6 65 (8.40%) HTML
7 61 (7.88%) Django
8 53 (6.85%) GraphQL
9 50 (6.46%) Spring
10 47 (6.07%) Node.js
11 41 (5.30%) Spring Boot
11 41 (5.30%) Web Services
12 38 (4.91%) Kafka
12 38 (4.91%) SOAP
13 32 (4.13%) JSON
14 31 (4.01%) .NET Framework
15 26 (3.36%) XML
16 24 (3.10%) Elastic Stack
17 22 (2.84%) YAML
18 18 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 113 (14.60%) Private Cloud
2 70 (9.04%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (6.20%) Data Structures
3 48 (6.20%) Public Cloud
4 27 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 26 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (2.97%) Algorithms
6 23 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.58%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (2.20%) Mobile App
10 16 (2.07%) Legacy Code
11 11 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.16%) Enterprise Cloud
14 8 (1.03%) Equities
14 8 (1.03%) FPGA
14 8 (1.03%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.90%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 153 (19.77%) Linux
2 89 (11.50%) Windows
3 34 (4.39%) Unix
4 28 (3.62%) Windows Server
5 17 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.55%) CentOS
7 8 (1.03%) VMS
8 6 (0.78%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (56.72%) CI/CD
2 375 (48.45%) Agile
3 342 (44.19%) DevOps
4 280 (36.18%) Software Engineering
5 206 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (24.94%) Continuous Integration
7 184 (23.77%) Mentoring
8 179 (23.13%) Containerisation
9 174 (22.48%) Full Stack Development
10 167 (21.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 110 (14.21%) Scrum
12 104 (13.44%) Microservices
13 96 (12.40%) Open Source
14 94 (12.14%) Computer Science
15 87 (11.24%) TDD
16 85 (10.98%) Coaching
17 81 (10.47%) Code Quality
17 81 (10.47%) Test Automation
18 79 (10.21%) Analytics
19 73 (9.43%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 324 (41.86%) Python
2 210 (27.13%) Java
3 195 (25.19%) SQL
4 138 (17.83%) JavaScript
5 125 (16.15%) TypeScript
6 93 (12.02%) C#
7 72 (9.30%) Bash
8 57 (7.36%) PowerShell
9 56 (7.24%) C++
10 37 (4.78%) C
11 33 (4.26%) PHP
12 29 (3.75%) Ruby
13 28 (3.62%) Go
14 25 (3.23%) Shell Script
15 17 (2.20%) Fortran
15 17 (2.20%) Perl
15 17 (2.20%) T-SQL
16 14 (1.81%) Apex Code
16 14 (1.81%) Kotlin
16 14 (1.81%) Scala
Qualifications
1 165 (21.32%) Security Cleared
2 102 (13.18%) Degree
3 84 (10.85%) SC Cleared
4 54 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (5.04%) DBS Check
6 31 (4.01%) Master's Degree
7 25 (3.23%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 15 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.03%) PhD
11 6 (0.78%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.26%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.26%) CCNA
13 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.26%) MCSE
13 2 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 30 (3.88%) QA
3 18 (2.33%) NIST
4 11 (1.42%) GDPR
5 8 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.03%) PSD2
6 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.26%) SLA
9 1 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) MISRA
9 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 250 (32.30%) Docker
2 28 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (3.10%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.78%) VirtualBox
5 6 (0.78%) XenApp
5 6 (0.78%) XenDesktop
6 5 (0.65%) Firmware
6 5 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.52%) vSphere
8 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.26%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 246 (31.78%) Terraform
2 243 (31.40%) Kubernetes
3 132 (17.05%) Ansible
4 61 (7.88%) Puppet
5 45 (5.81%) Grafana
6 42 (5.43%) Prometheus
7 32 (4.13%) Progress Chef
8 22 (2.84%) Kibana
9 17 (2.20%) Consul
10 11 (1.42%) Red Hat Satellite
10 11 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.03%) logstash
11 8 (1.03%) Packer
12 6 (0.78%) Argo
13 4 (0.52%) Kubeflow
13 4 (0.52%) Podman
13 4 (0.52%) Rancher
14 3 (0.39%) Nagios
14 3 (0.39%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 111 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.85%) Google
3 40 (5.17%) VMware
4 32 (4.13%) Splunk
5 23 (2.97%) Oracle
6 19 (2.45%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.33%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.33%) Red Hat
8 17 (2.20%) Cisco
9 13 (1.68%) Atlassian
10 11 (1.42%) TOWER Software
11 8 (1.03%) Duck Creek
12 7 (0.90%) ForgeRock
12 7 (0.90%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.78%) Citrix
13 6 (0.78%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.65%) Databricks
14 5 (0.65%) SAP
14 5 (0.65%) Sun
14 5 (0.65%) Teradata