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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 317 263
Rank change year-on-year -42 -54 +17
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 744 1,114 2,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 1.10% 1.56%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.76% 7.68% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 554 647 818
10th Percentile £35,920 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,250 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +4.87% -4.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,875 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%

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 9,589 14,507 35,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.67% 14.28% 22.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,723 8,884 15,852
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% +8.76%
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%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 17 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 8 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 -50 639 £65,000 -7.80% 188
UK excluding London -11 483 £62,500 +4.17% 86
Work from Home +15 381 £62,783 -6.99% 103
London -21 228 £89,750 +12.19% 90
North of England -32 147 £60,000 +4.35% 23
South East +73 113 £65,000 -7.14% 26
North West +36 91 £60,000 -14.29% 12
South West -22 58 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Scotland -22 51 £61,500 +2.50%
Midlands -44 51 £55,000 -18.52% 16
Yorkshire -27 41 £62,783 +47.72% 8
West Midlands -34 35 £40,000 -40.74% 9
Wales +36 31 £62,500 +4.17% 1
East of England +20 30 £62,500 -3.85% 9
East Midlands -15 16 £55,000 - 7
North East 0 15 £62,783 +40.56% 3
Northern Ireland +11 2 £75,000 +63.04% 2

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 38 (5.11%) Confluence
2 17 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (2.02%) CMS
3 15 (2.02%) nginx
4 7 (0.94%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) WordPress
6 2 (0.27%) Drupal
6 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Doxygen
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.75%) SDL Web 8
2 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 402 (54.03%) AWS
2 346 (46.51%) Azure
3 135 (18.15%) GitHub
4 88 (11.83%) Serverless
5 71 (9.54%) GCP
6 63 (8.47%) AWS Lambda
6 63 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
7 58 (7.80%) Amazon ECS
8 44 (5.91%) GitHub Actions
9 43 (5.78%) AWS CloudFormation
10 41 (5.51%) Snowflake
11 37 (4.97%) SaaS
12 36 (4.84%) Datadog
13 31 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
14 30 (4.03%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (4.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 30 (4.03%) Matillion
15 25 (3.36%) Amazon S3
16 24 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
17 18 (2.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.63%) Firewall
2 21 (2.82%) TCP/IP
3 20 (2.69%) DNS
4 16 (2.15%) Modbus
5 12 (1.61%) BGP
5 12 (1.61%) VPN
6 11 (1.48%) Ethernet VPN
6 11 (1.48%) MPLS
7 9 (1.21%) HTTP
8 7 (0.94%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.94%) WAN
9 5 (0.67%) SSL
10 4 (0.54%) Internet
10 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.54%) OpenLDAP
11 3 (0.40%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.40%) IPv4
11 3 (0.40%) IPv6
11 3 (0.40%) NAS
11 3 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.81%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (9.14%) SQL Server
3 62 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (6.18%) Amazon RDS
5 44 (5.91%) Elasticsearch
5 44 (5.91%) MySQL
6 39 (5.24%) Data Lake
6 39 (5.24%) DynamoDB
7 36 (4.84%) NoSQL
8 32 (4.30%) MongoDB
9 30 (4.03%) Star Schema
10 22 (2.96%) Relational Database
11 21 (2.82%) BigQuery
12 15 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (1.75%) InfluxDB
14 12 (1.61%) Looker
14 12 (1.61%) Tableau
15 9 (1.21%) Metadata
15 9 (1.21%) Redis
16 8 (1.08%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 238 (31.99%) Jenkins
2 214 (28.76%) Git
3 113 (15.19%) JIRA
4 39 (5.24%) Artifactory
5 36 (4.84%) CircleCI
6 32 (4.30%) SonarQube
7 25 (3.36%) Visual Studio
8 24 (3.23%) TeamCity
9 20 (2.69%) Bitbucket
10 17 (2.28%) Selenium
11 15 (2.02%) Cucumber
12 14 (1.88%) JUnit
13 13 (1.75%) Moq
13 13 (1.75%) NUnit
14 11 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (1.48%) webpack
15 8 (1.08%) Cypress.io
15 8 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (1.08%) Postman
16 7 (0.94%) Katalon Studio
General
1 169 (22.72%) Social Skills
2 130 (17.47%) Finance
3 69 (9.27%) Public Sector
4 47 (6.32%) Law
5 46 (6.18%) Marketing
6 45 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (4.70%) Retail
8 25 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
9 24 (3.23%) Banking
10 15 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.61%) Legal
13 10 (1.34%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.21%) Front Office
15 8 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.08%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Electronics
17 5 (0.67%) Retail Finance
18 3 (0.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 158 (21.24%) Developer
2 133 (17.88%) Senior
3 127 (17.07%) DevOps Engineer
4 123 (16.53%) Lead
5 93 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 55 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 54 (7.26%) Full Stack Developer
8 53 (7.12%) Technical Leader
9 48 (6.45%) Data Engineer
10 47 (6.32%) AWS Engineer
11 38 (5.11%) Cloud Engineer
12 37 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (4.84%) Architect
14 30 (4.03%) Python Engineer
15 29 (3.90%) Java Developer
16 28 (3.76%) Azure Engineer
17 26 (3.49%) AWS DevOps
17 26 (3.49%) AWS DevOps Engineer
18 25 (3.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
19 24 (3.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (14.65%) React
2 91 (12.23%) .NET
3 81 (10.89%) RESTful
4 68 (9.14%) CSS
5 62 (8.33%) HTML
6 54 (7.26%) REST
7 50 (6.72%) Django
7 50 (6.72%) Node.js
7 50 (6.72%) Spring
8 41 (5.51%) Elastic Stack
8 41 (5.51%) Spring Boot
9 35 (4.70%) Kafka
10 32 (4.30%) GraphQL
10 32 (4.30%) JSON
10 32 (4.30%) SOAP
11 30 (4.03%) .NET Framework
12 25 (3.36%) XML
13 23 (3.09%) Web Services
14 21 (2.82%) YAML
15 16 (2.15%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 119 (15.99%) Private Cloud
2 60 (8.06%) Public Cloud
3 58 (7.80%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (6.45%) Data Structures
5 28 (3.76%) Cloud Native
6 26 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.96%) Algorithms
8 19 (2.55%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.42%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.61%) Legacy Code
13 9 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
13 9 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (1.08%) Equities
14 8 (1.08%) FPGA
14 8 (1.08%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 168 (22.58%) Linux
2 103 (13.84%) Windows
3 34 (4.57%) Unix
4 27 (3.63%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.61%) CentOS
7 9 (1.21%) VMS
8 6 (0.81%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.40%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) Debian
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (56.85%) CI/CD
2 360 (48.39%) Agile
3 346 (46.51%) DevOps
4 272 (36.56%) Software Engineering
5 201 (27.02%) Containerisation
6 188 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
7 185 (24.87%) Continuous Integration
8 182 (24.46%) Mentoring
9 178 (23.92%) Infrastructure as Code
10 146 (19.62%) Full Stack Development
11 126 (16.94%) Scrum
12 116 (15.59%) Microservices
13 93 (12.50%) Open Source
14 90 (12.10%) Analytics
15 84 (11.29%) Coaching
16 81 (10.89%) Code Quality
17 78 (10.48%) Computer Science
18 77 (10.35%) Kanban
19 76 (10.22%) TDD
20 72 (9.68%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 289 (38.84%) Python
2 205 (27.55%) Java
3 185 (24.87%) SQL
4 131 (17.61%) JavaScript
5 125 (16.80%) TypeScript
6 84 (11.29%) C#
7 78 (10.48%) Bash
8 63 (8.47%) PowerShell
9 49 (6.59%) C++
10 34 (4.57%) PHP
11 33 (4.44%) C
12 31 (4.17%) Ruby
13 28 (3.76%) Shell Script
14 26 (3.49%) Go
15 16 (2.15%) Perl
16 14 (1.88%) Apex Code
17 13 (1.75%) T-SQL
18 11 (1.48%) Fortran
18 11 (1.48%) Rust
18 11 (1.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 163 (21.91%) Security Cleared
2 88 (11.83%) SC Cleared
3 87 (11.69%) Degree
4 49 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (4.30%) Master's Degree
6 29 (3.90%) DBS Check
7 26 (3.49%) AWS Certification
8 19 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.21%) PhD
11 6 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.27%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.27%) CCNA
13 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.27%) MCSE
13 2 (0.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 28 (3.76%) QA
3 15 (2.02%) NIST
4 11 (1.48%) GDPR
5 8 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.08%) PSD2
6 3 (0.40%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 246 (33.06%) Docker
2 32 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.81%) VirtualBox
6 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.54%) vSphere
8 3 (0.40%) Firmware
8 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.27%) Varnish
10 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 263 (35.35%) Kubernetes
2 257 (34.54%) Terraform
3 138 (18.55%) Ansible
4 57 (7.66%) Grafana
5 56 (7.53%) Puppet
6 53 (7.12%) Prometheus
7 29 (3.90%) Progress Chef
8 24 (3.23%) Kibana
9 18 (2.42%) Consul
10 10 (1.34%) Red Hat Satellite
10 10 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.08%) logstash
11 8 (1.08%) Packer
12 7 (0.94%) Argo
13 6 (0.81%) Rancher
14 5 (0.67%) Kubeflow
15 4 (0.54%) Podman
16 3 (0.40%) Nagios
16 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
16 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 105 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 57 (7.66%) Google
3 35 (4.70%) VMware
4 32 (4.30%) Splunk
5 25 (3.36%) Oracle
6 18 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.28%) Cisco
7 17 (2.28%) Red Hat
8 16 (2.15%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.34%) Sun
9 10 (1.34%) TOWER Software
10 8 (1.08%) Atlassian
10 8 (1.08%) Duck Creek
11 7 (0.94%) McAfee
12 6 (0.81%) Databricks
12 6 (0.81%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.81%) Zscaler
13 5 (0.67%) SAP
13 5 (0.67%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.67%) Teradata