GitLab Contract Job Trends in England

GitLab
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GitLab skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 144 209
Rank change year-on-year +8 +65 +35
Contract jobs citing GitLab 828 494 419
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.92% 1.99% 1.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 16.22% 13.99% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 561 309 303
10th Percentile £371 £358 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £555
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -7.66% -3.48%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £666
90th Percentile £688 £670 £748
UK median daily rate £492 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -5.38% -5.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 7
10th Percentile - - £61.40
25th Percentile £52.50 - £68.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £82.96 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year -21.65% +11.45% +24.48%
75th Percentile - - £76.25
90th Percentile £75.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £76.48 £74.00
% change year-on-year -15.01% +3.35% +86.87%

All Development Application Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,106 3,531 4,486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.85% 14.20% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,322 2,399 3,006
10th Percentile £349 £332 £350
25th Percentile £409 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 71 228
10th Percentile £30.75 £27.50 £32.61
25th Percentile £59.00 £50.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £75.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.35% -10.19% +4.84%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GitLab job vacancy trend in England

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitLab

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in England

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitLab

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab in England over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

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 19 June 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
London -4 352 £525 - 52
North of England -3 192 £465 -2.11% 34
Midlands +20 131 £459 -8.20% 13
West Midlands +15 121 £461 -12.24% 10
North West -8 88 £513 +9.28% 18
North East +3 63 £400 -13.98% 11
South East -41 62 £550 +9.89% 28
Yorkshire -37 56 £525 +2.44% 5
South West -1 52 £500 -13.04% 32
East of England -5 38 £483 +7.22% 13
East Midlands -14 10 £436 +61.48% 3
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 86 (10.39%) Confluence
2 47 (5.68%) Apache Airflow
3 43 (5.19%) Apache Spark
4 39 (4.71%) Apache
5 36 (4.35%) SAS
6 27 (3.26%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.85%) CICS
8 6 (0.72%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.60%) Camunda
10 4 (0.48%) nginx
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.24%) CMS
12 2 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Portal
13 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.12%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.12%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 523 (63.16%) AWS
2 257 (31.04%) GitHub
3 245 (29.59%) Azure
4 182 (21.98%) GitHub Actions
5 130 (15.70%) Amazon S3
5 130 (15.70%) GCP
6 122 (14.73%) Serverless
7 110 (13.29%) AWS Lambda
8 103 (12.44%) Amazon EKS
9 92 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 92 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (10.99%) Amazon EC2
11 64 (7.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 57 (6.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 44 (5.31%) Amazon ECS
13 44 (5.31%) OpenShift
14 33 (3.99%) Amazon SQS
15 32 (3.86%) Power Platform
16 27 (3.26%) Entra ID
17 26 (3.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.19%) Firewall
2 22 (2.66%) DNS
3 21 (2.54%) BGP
3 21 (2.54%) Network Security
3 21 (2.54%) WAN
4 20 (2.42%) OSPF
5 19 (2.29%) BIG-IP
5 19 (2.29%) Ethernet VPN
5 19 (2.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 19 (2.29%) SD-WAN
5 19 (2.29%) VXLAN
6 17 (2.05%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (1.45%) VPN
9 11 (1.33%) WLAN
10 8 (0.97%) HTTP
11 6 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
12 4 (0.48%) MQTT
12 4 (0.48%) SAN
12 4 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (7.97%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.76%) MongoDB
3 44 (5.31%) Relational Database
4 41 (4.95%) Amazon Athena
4 41 (4.95%) Amazon Redshift
5 36 (4.35%) DynamoDB
6 35 (4.23%) Amazon RDS
7 34 (4.11%) NoSQL
8 32 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
9 29 (3.50%) Pentaho
9 29 (3.50%) Power BI
10 24 (2.90%) MySQL
11 23 (2.78%) Oracle Database
12 22 (2.66%) SQL Server
13 21 (2.54%) Data Lake
14 20 (2.42%) Big Data
14 20 (2.42%) Redis
15 15 (1.81%) DocumentDB
16 13 (1.57%) RDBMS
17 11 (1.33%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 352 (42.51%) Jenkins
2 192 (23.19%) Git
3 119 (14.37%) JIRA
4 72 (8.70%) Selenium
5 64 (7.73%) JUnit
6 40 (4.83%) Cucumber
7 31 (3.74%) Gradle
8 30 (3.62%) Artifactory
8 30 (3.62%) Bitbucket
8 30 (3.62%) SonarQube
9 29 (3.50%) REST Assured
10 28 (3.38%) JMeter
11 27 (3.26%) Mockito
11 27 (3.26%) Postman
12 23 (2.78%) WebDriver
13 22 (2.66%) Gatling
14 17 (2.05%) Maven
15 15 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
16 14 (1.69%) CircleCI
17 13 (1.57%) Snyk
General
1 170 (20.53%) Social Skills
2 158 (19.08%) Public Sector
3 89 (10.75%) Finance
4 65 (7.85%) Banking
5 42 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.05%) Military
8 14 (1.69%) Law
9 12 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.21%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.97%) Legal
12 7 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 7 (0.85%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.60%) Police
14 4 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.48%) Publishing
15 3 (0.36%) Retail
16 2 (0.24%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 184 (22.22%) DevOps Engineer
2 147 (17.75%) Senior
3 122 (14.73%) Developer
4 92 (11.11%) AWS Engineer
5 84 (10.14%) Data Engineer
6 66 (7.97%) AWS DevOps
7 59 (7.13%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 54 (6.52%) Lead
9 51 (6.16%) Software Engineer
10 40 (4.83%) Java Developer
11 39 (4.71%) Architect
11 39 (4.71%) Test Engineer
12 37 (4.47%) Cloud Engineer
13 35 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
14 32 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 31 (3.74%) Senior DevOps
16 30 (3.62%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 27 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
18 23 (2.78%) Tester
19 21 (2.54%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (13.77%) Kafka
2 103 (12.44%) Spring
3 92 (11.11%) Spring Boot
4 91 (10.99%) REST
5 68 (8.21%) RESTful
6 51 (6.16%) React
7 43 (5.19%) PySpark
8 42 (5.07%) Node.js
8 42 (5.07%) Playwright
9 29 (3.50%) Elastic Stack
9 29 (3.50%) YAML
10 25 (3.02%) AWS CDK
10 25 (3.02%) RabbitMQ
11 24 (2.90%) OpenTelemetry
12 23 (2.78%) OAuth
12 23 (2.78%) WireMock
13 22 (2.66%) JSON
13 22 (2.66%) LDAP
13 22 (2.66%) SOAP
14 21 (2.54%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 156 (18.84%) Cloud Native
2 60 (7.25%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (5.92%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.71%) Data Centre
5 28 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.17%) Distributed Architecture
8 18 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.09%) NHS
11 9 (1.09%) Private Cloud
12 8 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.97%) Mainframe
13 7 (0.85%) DataPower
13 7 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (0.72%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 151 (18.24%) Linux
2 44 (5.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 39 (4.71%) Unix
3 39 (4.71%) Windows
4 15 (1.81%) CentOS
5 9 (1.09%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.97%) zOS
7 4 (0.48%) AIX
7 4 (0.48%) Debian
7 4 (0.48%) Rocky
7 4 (0.48%) VMS
7 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.24%) Android
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.24%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 667 (80.56%) CI/CD
2 479 (57.85%) DevOps
3 335 (40.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 300 (36.23%) Agile
5 265 (32.00%) Containerisation
6 262 (31.64%) Test Automation
7 165 (19.93%) Microservices
8 138 (16.67%) Observability
9 125 (15.10%) Software Engineering
10 120 (14.49%) Scrum
11 114 (13.77%) Platform Engineering
12 108 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
13 107 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 89 (10.75%) AI
15 83 (10.02%) ETL
16 81 (9.78%) DevSecOps
17 74 (8.94%) Event-Driven
18 71 (8.57%) Migration
19 69 (8.33%) Data Engineering
20 68 (8.21%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 327 (39.49%) Python
2 212 (25.60%) Java
3 194 (23.43%) SQL
4 113 (13.65%) Bash
5 69 (8.33%) JavaScript
6 59 (7.13%) TypeScript
7 47 (5.68%) PowerShell
8 44 (5.31%) C#
9 34 (4.11%) Shell Script
10 31 (3.74%) Go
11 16 (1.93%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.69%) Bicep
13 12 (1.45%) C++
14 11 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 11 (1.33%) MATLAB
14 11 (1.33%) Scala
15 8 (0.97%) Ruby
16 6 (0.72%) JCL
17 5 (0.60%) C
17 5 (0.60%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 399 (48.19%) Security Cleared
2 338 (40.82%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.19%) DV Cleared
4 40 (4.83%) Degree
5 36 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (4.23%) AWS Certification
7 30 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 13 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 12 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (1.33%) SAFe Agilist
12 9 (1.09%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.48%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) GIAC
14 3 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.36%) CSSLP
14 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (0.24%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (10.14%) QA
2 33 (3.99%) Accessibility
3 32 (3.86%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.29%) SLA
5 10 (1.21%) WCAG
6 9 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.97%) GDPR
7 8 (0.97%) NIST
8 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.60%) FATCA
10 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) OpenSCAP
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 340 (41.06%) Docker
2 29 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.60%) Squid
6 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (0.48%) HDFS
7 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.24%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.24%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.24%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) iptables
9 1 (0.12%) zsh
Systems Management
1 390 (47.10%) Terraform
2 346 (41.79%) Kubernetes
3 182 (21.98%) Ansible
4 152 (18.36%) Grafana
5 132 (15.94%) Prometheus
6 41 (4.95%) Argo
7 30 (3.62%) Puppet
8 16 (1.93%) Podman
9 14 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
10 13 (1.57%) Istio
10 13 (1.57%) Progress Chef
11 11 (1.33%) Check_MK
12 9 (1.09%) Packer
13 7 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.72%) Kibana
14 6 (0.72%) Salt
15 5 (0.60%) Data Guard
15 5 (0.60%) linkerd
15 5 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
16 4 (0.48%) Suricata
Vendors
1 92 (11.11%) Oracle
2 53 (6.40%) Microsoft
3 49 (5.92%) Talend
4 46 (5.56%) Splunk
5 42 (5.07%) Informatica
6 33 (3.99%) Google
6 33 (3.99%) Red Hat
7 30 (3.62%) VMware
8 26 (3.14%) Databricks
9 24 (2.90%) ServiceNow
10 23 (2.78%) Denodo
11 21 (2.54%) F5
12 20 (2.42%) Dynatrace
12 20 (2.42%) Palo Alto
13 19 (2.29%) Arista
14 18 (2.17%) Aruba
14 18 (2.17%) Salesforce
15 15 (1.81%) Trend Micro
16 14 (1.69%) Veracode
17 11 (1.33%) IBM