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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 174 254
Rank change year-on-year +36 +80 -80
Contract jobs citing GitLab 558 485 421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.02% 1.48% 0.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.58% 11.05% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 335 295
10th Percentile £375 £344 £413
25th Percentile £450 £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £646
90th Percentile £700 £713 £708
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.36% -1.23% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 2
10th Percentile £61.55 £70.40 £43.64
25th Percentile £63.63 - £49.70
Median hourly rate £67.00 £74.00 £59.80
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +23.75% +8.73%
75th Percentile - £74.72 £69.90
90th Percentile - £80.00 £75.96
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £74.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -9.46% +86.87% -28.00%

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 4,108 4,390 5,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.90% 13.38% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,837 2,815 3,957
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -3.55%
75th Percentile £603 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 169 228
10th Percentile £42.50 £37.39 £46.18
25th Percentile £52.25 £54.36 £53.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £77.63
90th Percentile £78.25 £74.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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
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 21 September 2025.

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
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 21 September 2025. 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 +4 227 £530 -7.83% 87
North of England +11 141 £480 +12.94% 55
Yorkshire -3 63 £500 +17.65% 14
North West +17 60 £467 -1.68% 29
South East +9 44 £501 -4.21% 51
Midlands +2 41 £540 +20.27% 8
South West +38 35 £600 +5.26% 37
West Midlands +13 35 £550 +12.47% 7
East of England +23 31 £488 +62.50% 3
North East -3 19 £478 -15.86% 12
East Midlands -8 6 £270 -39.87% 1
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 40 (7.17%) Confluence
2 11 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.61%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.90%) Apache
6 4 (0.72%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.72%) Appian
6 4 (0.72%) Documentum
6 4 (0.72%) Mule
6 4 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.72%) SAS
7 3 (0.54%) CMS
7 3 (0.54%) FileNet
8 2 (0.36%) CICS
8 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.36%) nginx
8 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.18%) SAP FS
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 312 (55.91%) AWS
2 172 (30.82%) Azure
3 124 (22.22%) GitHub
4 104 (18.64%) GCP
5 63 (11.29%) GitHub Actions
6 54 (9.68%) Amazon S3
7 53 (9.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 47 (8.42%) AWS CloudFormation
8 47 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (7.71%) Serverless
10 38 (6.81%) Amazon EC2
11 33 (5.91%) Amazon ECS
12 32 (5.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 24 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.23%) Azure AKS
15 17 (3.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 16 (2.87%) npm
17 15 (2.69%) Amazon ELB
18 14 (2.51%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.06%) DNS
2 32 (5.73%) Firewall
3 26 (4.66%) VPN
4 22 (3.94%) TCP/IP
5 20 (3.58%) Network Security
6 17 (3.05%) SSL
7 13 (2.33%) SAN
8 9 (1.61%) HTTP
9 8 (1.43%) BGP
10 7 (1.25%) NAS
11 6 (1.08%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (0.90%) OpenLDAP
12 5 (0.90%) OSPF
13 4 (0.72%) iSCSI
13 4 (0.72%) MPLS
13 4 (0.72%) VXLAN
13 4 (0.72%) WAN
14 3 (0.54%) LAN
14 3 (0.54%) Multicast
15 2 (0.36%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.57%) MongoDB
2 45 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (7.35%) NoSQL
4 30 (5.38%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (4.12%) SQL Server
6 19 (3.41%) MySQL
7 15 (2.69%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (2.15%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.97%) Big Data
10 8 (1.43%) Power BI
11 6 (1.08%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.90%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.90%) HPCC
13 4 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
13 4 (0.72%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.72%) SAS Data Integration Studio
13 4 (0.72%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 4 (0.72%) SAS Visual Analytics
14 2 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.36%) DB2
Development Applications
1 254 (45.52%) Jenkins
2 118 (21.15%) Git
3 101 (18.10%) JIRA
4 53 (9.50%) Selenium
4 53 (9.50%) SonarQube
5 46 (8.24%) Maven
6 44 (7.89%) Cucumber
6 44 (7.89%) JUnit
7 30 (5.38%) Sonatype Nexus
8 28 (5.02%) Artifactory
8 28 (5.02%) Gradle
8 28 (5.02%) Liquibase
9 26 (4.66%) Cypress.io
9 26 (4.66%) REST Assured
10 24 (4.30%) Bitbucket
11 20 (3.58%) Postman
12 19 (3.41%) TeamCity
13 18 (3.23%) Mockito
14 13 (2.33%) Visual Studio
15 11 (1.97%) CircleCI
General
1 129 (23.12%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.70%) Finance
3 78 (13.98%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.42%) Banking
5 38 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (4.66%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.23%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.69%) Marketing
9 11 (1.97%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.97%) Electronics
9 11 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.97%) Military
10 10 (1.79%) Law
11 7 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.90%) Games
12 5 (0.90%) Police
12 5 (0.90%) Retail
13 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.36%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 124 (22.22%) Developer
2 123 (22.04%) DevOps Engineer
3 83 (14.87%) Senior
4 57 (10.22%) AWS Engineer
5 47 (8.42%) Java Developer
6 45 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 34 (6.09%) Lead
8 32 (5.73%) AWS DevOps
9 29 (5.20%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 25 (4.48%) Consultant
10 25 (4.48%) Senior DevOps
10 25 (4.48%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 24 (4.30%) Architect
11 24 (4.30%) Full-Stack Developer
12 22 (3.94%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (3.58%) Azure Engineer
14 19 (3.41%) Automation Engineer
14 19 (3.41%) Test Engineer
15 17 (3.05%) Java Engineer
15 17 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (12.01%) Kafka
2 64 (11.47%) REST
3 60 (10.75%) Node.js
4 59 (10.57%) RESTful
5 56 (10.04%) React
6 47 (8.42%) Spring Boot
7 46 (8.24%) Spring
8 39 (6.99%) HTML
9 37 (6.63%) Elastic Stack
10 30 (5.38%) CSS
11 26 (4.66%) AngularJS
12 20 (3.58%) JSON
12 20 (3.58%) Playwright
13 19 (3.41%) Swagger
14 18 (3.23%) .NET
15 17 (3.05%) OAuth
16 15 (2.69%) ARM Templates
17 14 (2.51%) OpenAPI
17 14 (2.51%) Web Services
17 14 (2.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.47%) Cloud Native
2 30 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (3.76%) Public Cloud
4 19 (3.41%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.69%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.51%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.15%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.15%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (2.15%) PKI
9 11 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.79%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.43%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.90%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.90%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 110 (19.71%) Linux
2 36 (6.45%) Windows
3 28 (5.02%) Unix
4 18 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.15%) CentOS
6 8 (1.43%) Android
6 8 (1.43%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.25%) Solaris
8 4 (0.72%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.36%) SUSE
9 2 (0.36%) VMS
9 2 (0.36%) zOS
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (71.33%) CI/CD
2 341 (61.11%) DevOps
3 226 (40.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 192 (34.41%) Containerisation
5 181 (32.44%) Agile
6 138 (24.73%) Microservices
7 118 (21.15%) Test Automation
8 92 (16.49%) Software Engineering
9 91 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
10 89 (15.95%) Migration
11 78 (13.98%) Infrastructure Automation
12 65 (11.65%) DevSecOps
13 61 (10.93%) SDLC
14 59 (10.57%) Computer Science
14 59 (10.57%) TDD
15 57 (10.22%) Configuration Management
16 55 (9.86%) Continuous Integration
17 51 (9.14%) Observability
18 50 (8.96%) Scrum
19 48 (8.60%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 228 (40.86%) Python
2 163 (29.21%) Java
3 110 (19.71%) Bash
4 89 (15.95%) JavaScript
5 88 (15.77%) SQL
6 52 (9.32%) PowerShell
7 50 (8.96%) Go
8 41 (7.35%) TypeScript
9 36 (6.45%) Shell Script
10 27 (4.84%) C#
11 11 (1.97%) C++
12 8 (1.43%) C
13 5 (0.90%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.90%) Rust
14 4 (0.72%) DataWeave
15 3 (0.54%) Groovy
15 3 (0.54%) Korn
15 3 (0.54%) Perl
15 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 212 (37.99%) Security Cleared
2 164 (29.39%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.78%) Degree
4 41 (7.35%) AWS Certification
5 40 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (6.45%) DV Cleared
7 24 (4.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (3.58%) Master's Degree
9 14 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (1.08%) CISSP
13 4 (0.72%) CCNP
13 4 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.72%) CISM
13 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.54%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.54%) OCA
14 3 (0.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.86%) QA
2 16 (2.87%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.51%) PCI DSS
4 12 (2.15%) GDPR
5 10 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.79%) WCAG
6 9 (1.61%) NCSC
7 7 (1.25%) NIST
8 5 (0.90%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.54%) SLA
9 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 219 (39.25%) Docker
2 23 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 8 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.43%) vSphere
6 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) Ceph
7 2 (0.36%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 274 (49.10%) Terraform
2 234 (41.94%) Kubernetes
3 175 (31.36%) Ansible
4 76 (13.62%) Grafana
5 71 (12.72%) Prometheus
6 35 (6.27%) Puppet
7 18 (3.23%) Progress Chef
8 16 (2.87%) Argo
9 13 (2.33%) Podman
10 11 (1.97%) Packer
11 9 (1.61%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (1.61%) Istio
11 9 (1.61%) vRealize
12 8 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (1.43%) NetBackup
12 8 (1.43%) vCenter Server
13 7 (1.25%) Salt
14 5 (0.90%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.90%) Nessus
14 5 (0.90%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 51 (9.14%) Splunk
2 44 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 36 (6.45%) Google
4 27 (4.84%) VMware
5 23 (4.12%) Oracle
5 23 (4.12%) Red Hat
6 22 (3.94%) F5
7 19 (3.41%) Palo Alto
7 19 (3.41%) SAP
8 18 (3.23%) CheckPoint
9 17 (3.05%) Cisco
10 15 (2.69%) Dynatrace
11 14 (2.51%) IBM
11 14 (2.51%) ServiceNow
12 13 (2.33%) Databricks
13 12 (2.15%) Veracode
14 10 (1.79%) MuleSoft
15 8 (1.43%) Commvault
15 8 (1.43%) Veritas
16 7 (1.25%) Atlassian