GitLab Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

GitLab
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring GitLab skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 75 98
Rank change year-on-year -31 +23 +15
Contract jobs citing GitLab 5 22 28
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.32% 1.69% 1.50%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.16% 13.10% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 14
10th Percentile £635 - £549
25th Percentile £668 - £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 £390 £675
Median % change year-on-year +91.67% -42.22% +23.85%
75th Percentile £771 £538 £700
90th Percentile - £578 £709
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £578
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.09% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £82.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £82.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
Berkshire

GitLab falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 158 168 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.21% 12.87% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 88 128
10th Percentile £355 £350 £380
25th Percentile £407 £390 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £594
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -11.58% +23.70%
75th Percentile £539 £638 £638
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £475 £493 £538
% change year-on-year -3.55% -8.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £77.80 - -
25th Percentile £82.00 £55.87 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £56.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.60% - -
75th Percentile £100.00 £57.62 -
90th Percentile £103.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £61.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.81% +2.33%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GitLab relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

GitLab job vacancy trend in Berkshire

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GitLab.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GitLab

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GitLab.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GitLab

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 January 2026. 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
Reading -6 4 £748 - 5
Bracknell -10 1 - - 2
GitLab
South East

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Appian
2 1 (20.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (40.00%) Robot Framework
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) SonarQube
2 1 (20.00%) Artifactory
2 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Head of Development
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) GCP DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) GCP DevOps Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) GCP Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Jinja
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) YANG
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) B2B
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Open Source
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (60.00%) Terraform
3 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Veracode
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) VMware