GitLab Contracts in England

GitLab
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GitLab skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitLab over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 216 170
Rank change year-on-year -4 -46 +102
Contract jobs citing GitLab 391 655 1,205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.06% 1.30% 1.69%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.29% 8.64% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 441 803
10th Percentile £387 £456 £450
25th Percentile £484 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -1.71% +17.00%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £671
90th Percentile £746 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £558 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -3.04% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £57.38 £41.22 £39.49
25th Percentile £62.19 £43.65 £43.23
Median hourly rate £74.44 £45.00 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.42% -9.09% +16.47%
75th Percentile £76.74 £55.25 £54.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.70 £56.20
UK median hourly rate £68.22 £45.00 £46.20
% change year-on-year +51.60% -2.60% +8.71%

All Development Application Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,207 7,581 12,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.38% 15.00% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 5,351 9,039
10th Percentile £356 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £653
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 225 184
10th Percentile £31.71 £45.00 £38.30
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.18 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +21.14% +6.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.18
90th Percentile £84.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +11.60%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in England

GitLab
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitLab in England.

Daily rate trend for GitLab in England

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in England

GitLab
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitLab in England.

Hourly rate trend for GitLab in England

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitLab in England

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -12 193 £575 -5.93% 59
North of England +5 78 £575 -4.17% 17
South East +59 70 £593 +0.42% 21
North West -16 50 £606 +1.04% 9
Yorkshire +31 23 £573 -11.92% 5
South West +18 17 £525 +10.53% 14
North East +13 5 £430 -21.82% 3
Midlands -44 5 £498 -7.87% 10
East of England +12 4 £250 -56.52% 11
West Midlands -35 4 £475 -12.04% 6
East Midlands +16 1 £520 - 4
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 47 (12.02%) Confluence
2 19 (4.86%) Apache
3 15 (3.84%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.81%) SharePoint
5 9 (2.30%) nginx
6 4 (1.02%) Luigi
7 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.51%) Traefik
9 1 (0.26%) IIS
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) CPLEX
1 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Advent Geneva
3 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 187 (47.83%) AWS
2 125 (31.97%) Azure
3 85 (21.74%) GitHub
4 48 (12.28%) GCP
5 47 (12.02%) Amazon S3
5 47 (12.02%) Serverless
6 42 (10.74%) Amazon EC2
7 37 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (8.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 28 (7.16%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (6.39%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (5.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
13 18 (4.60%) Route 53
14 17 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (3.58%) Amazon ECR
15 14 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (3.58%) Power Platform
16 12 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.63%) VPN
2 16 (4.09%) DNS
3 14 (3.58%) Firewall
4 13 (3.32%) BGP
4 13 (3.32%) Ethernet VPN
4 13 (3.32%) MPLS
5 12 (3.07%) Radio Access Network
6 8 (2.05%) HTTP
6 8 (2.05%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.28%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.77%) Internet
9 2 (0.51%) SAN
9 2 (0.51%) SNMP
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.26%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.26%) VSAN
10 1 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.60%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (11.51%) MongoDB
3 35 (8.95%) NoSQL
4 26 (6.65%) SQL Server
5 21 (5.37%) MySQL
6 18 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (4.35%) Relational Database
8 16 (4.09%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (3.84%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (3.07%) Power BI
11 8 (2.05%) Apache Cassandra
11 8 (2.05%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.79%) Couchbase
12 7 (1.79%) Redis
13 5 (1.28%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.51%) Apache Hive
14 2 (0.51%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 154 (39.39%) Jenkins
2 86 (21.99%) JIRA
3 74 (18.93%) Git
4 38 (9.72%) Cucumber
5 27 (6.91%) Selenium
6 25 (6.39%) SonarQube
7 23 (5.88%) JUnit
8 15 (3.84%) Mockito
8 15 (3.84%) REST Assured
8 15 (3.84%) Robot Framework
9 14 (3.58%) Maven
10 13 (3.32%) Artifactory
10 13 (3.32%) CircleCI
10 13 (3.32%) Cypress.io
10 13 (3.32%) TestRail
10 13 (3.32%) Travis CI
11 12 (3.07%) Gradle
12 10 (2.56%) webpack
13 9 (2.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 9 (2.30%) Bitbucket
General
1 80 (20.46%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.11%) Finance
3 51 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.88%) Banking
6 17 (4.35%) Law
7 16 (4.09%) Front Office
8 9 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.05%) Investment Banking
9 8 (2.05%) Police
10 7 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.53%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.02%) Retail
13 3 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Marketing
14 2 (0.51%) Legal
14 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 120 (30.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 90 (23.02%) Developer
3 51 (13.04%) Senior
4 32 (8.18%) Java Developer
5 28 (7.16%) AWS DevOps
6 26 (6.65%) AWS Engineer
7 25 (6.39%) Azure Engineer
7 25 (6.39%) Lead
8 23 (5.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 22 (5.63%) Software Engineer
10 21 (5.37%) Senior Developer
11 20 (5.12%) Cloud Engineer
12 18 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (4.60%) Senior Java Developer
13 14 (3.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) Linux Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) Test Engineer
15 12 (3.07%) Architect
15 12 (3.07%) Network Engineer
15 12 (3.07%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (14.32%) REST
2 45 (11.51%) Node.js
3 37 (9.46%) React
4 26 (6.65%) Spring Boot
5 24 (6.14%) RESTful
6 20 (5.12%) SOAP
7 19 (4.86%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (4.86%) JSON
7 19 (4.86%) YAML
8 17 (4.35%) Spring
9 16 (4.09%) ARM Templates
10 13 (3.32%) Java EE
10 13 (3.32%) Kafka
10 13 (3.32%) NETCONF
10 13 (3.32%) Redux
10 13 (3.32%) RESTCONF
11 12 (3.07%) YANG
12 11 (2.81%) Express.js
13 10 (2.56%) HTML
13 10 (2.56%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (4.09%) Public Cloud
3 14 (3.58%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.07%) Clustering
4 12 (3.07%) Credit Derivative
5 10 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.30%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.30%) Replication
7 8 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.53%) PKI
9 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.28%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.77%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.77%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 121 (30.95%) Linux
2 32 (8.18%) Windows
3 29 (7.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (6.65%) Unix
5 13 (3.32%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.56%) VMS
7 8 (2.05%) CentOS
8 4 (1.02%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Solaris
9 1 (0.26%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (67.52%) CI/CD
2 236 (60.36%) DevOps
3 155 (39.64%) Agile
4 118 (30.18%) Containerisation
5 111 (28.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 80 (20.46%) Test Automation
7 71 (18.16%) Continuous Integration
8 65 (16.62%) Scrum
9 64 (16.37%) Microservices
10 55 (14.07%) Software Engineering
11 53 (13.55%) Configuration Management
11 53 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (11.25%) Platform Engineering
13 32 (8.18%) SDLC
14 30 (7.67%) Full Stack Development
15 28 (7.16%) Workflow
16 26 (6.65%) Computer Science
16 26 (6.65%) DevSecOps
17 25 (6.39%) Kanban
18 24 (6.14%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 155 (39.64%) Python
2 80 (20.46%) Java
3 74 (18.93%) Bash
4 61 (15.60%) PowerShell
5 53 (13.55%) JavaScript
6 47 (12.02%) SQL
7 31 (7.93%) Go
8 28 (7.16%) C#
9 15 (3.84%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.81%) TypeScript
11 9 (2.30%) Ruby
12 7 (1.79%) Bicep
12 7 (1.79%) Perl
13 6 (1.53%) C++
14 4 (1.02%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.02%) C
14 4 (1.02%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.02%) Scala
15 3 (0.77%) PHP
15 3 (0.77%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 155 (39.64%) Security Cleared
2 129 (32.99%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.70%) DV Cleared
4 30 (7.67%) Degree
5 18 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.81%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.26%) HNC
11 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.49%) QA
2 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.51%) NCSC
3 2 (0.51%) NIST
4 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.26%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.26%) MISRA
4 1 (0.26%) MISRA C
System Software
1 136 (34.78%) Docker
2 18 (4.60%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.09%) vSphere
4 8 (2.05%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.77%) NFS
7 2 (0.51%) LXC
7 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.26%) Ceph
8 1 (0.26%) HDFS
8 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 210 (53.71%) Terraform
2 171 (43.73%) Kubernetes
3 134 (34.27%) Ansible
4 39 (9.97%) Prometheus
5 31 (7.93%) Grafana
6 29 (7.42%) Puppet
7 22 (5.63%) Docker Swarm
8 18 (4.60%) Packer
9 17 (4.35%) Progress Chef
10 14 (3.58%) Kibana
10 14 (3.58%) Podman
11 8 (2.05%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 8 (2.05%) vRealize
12 7 (1.79%) Graylog
13 6 (1.53%) Istio
13 6 (1.53%) logstash
13 6 (1.53%) Nagios
13 6 (1.53%) Nessus
13 6 (1.53%) Rancher
14 5 (1.28%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 47 (12.02%) Oracle
2 44 (11.25%) Microsoft
3 37 (9.46%) VMware
4 27 (6.91%) Splunk
5 23 (5.88%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.60%) Google
7 9 (2.30%) SolarWinds
8 8 (2.05%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.53%) Checkmarx
9 6 (1.53%) IBM
9 6 (1.53%) PagerDuty
9 6 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.53%) Veracode
10 5 (1.28%) Arqiva
10 5 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.28%) Veritas
11 4 (1.02%) Databricks
11 4 (1.02%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.77%) Commvault
12 3 (0.77%) Talend