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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 141 165
Rank change year-on-year +3 +24 +96
Contract jobs citing GitLab 929 570 484
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 2.05% 1.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 17.47% 13.68% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 393 333
10th Percentile £381 £375 £350
25th Percentile £433 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £604 £613 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 7
10th Percentile - £61.55 £70.40
25th Percentile £65.00 £63.63 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.00 £74.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -9.46% +23.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £74.72
90th Percentile £95.00 - £80.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £67.00 £74.00
% change year-on-year +4.48% -9.46% +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 5,319 4,166 4,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.42% 14.97% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,358 2,884 2,772
10th Percentile £355 £325 £350
25th Percentile £419 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £630
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 93 169
10th Percentile £24.87 £42.30 £37.39
25th Percentile £51.25 £51.75 £54.36
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £77.50 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +9 391 £520 -2.58% 336
North of England -32 185 £475 -2.56% 119
Midlands +40 151 £473 -12.50% 50
West Midlands +44 142 £475 -13.64% 42
South East -28 84 £550 +9.89% 63
North East -5 79 £413 -17.50% 27
North West -33 77 £569 +21.84% 73
South West -8 64 £550 -8.33% 86
Yorkshire -55 40 £550 +10.00% 19
East of England -22 39 £450 -7.69% 36
East Midlands -15 9 £405 +50.00% 8
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 84 (9.04%) Confluence
2 61 (6.57%) Apache Airflow
2 61 (6.57%) Apache Spark
3 46 (4.95%) Apache
4 30 (3.23%) Jupyter
5 23 (2.48%) SAS
6 12 (1.29%) Camunda
7 6 (0.65%) nginx
8 5 (0.54%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.43%) CICS
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.22%) Traefik
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.11%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 4 (0.43%) Trello
2 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 610 (65.66%) AWS
2 312 (33.58%) Azure
3 293 (31.54%) GitHub
4 203 (21.85%) GitHub Actions
5 151 (16.25%) Azure DevOps
5 151 (16.25%) GCP
6 115 (12.38%) Amazon S3
7 114 (12.27%) Serverless
8 113 (12.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 113 (12.16%) Amazon EKS
9 105 (11.30%) AWS Lambda
10 87 (9.36%) Amazon EC2
11 58 (6.24%) AWS CloudFormation
12 55 (5.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 52 (5.60%) OpenShift
14 50 (5.38%) Amazon ECS
15 42 (4.52%) Amazon SQS
16 40 (4.31%) Amazon EMR
17 36 (3.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 35 (3.77%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.06%) Firewall
2 36 (3.88%) DNS
3 30 (3.23%) BGP
3 30 (3.23%) Ethernet VPN
3 30 (3.23%) VXLAN
4 29 (3.12%) Network Security
5 25 (2.69%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (2.37%) WAN
8 21 (2.26%) SD-WAN
9 20 (2.15%) OSPF
10 19 (2.05%) BIG-IP
10 19 (2.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 13 (1.40%) VPN
12 11 (1.18%) 5G
12 11 (1.18%) HTTP
12 11 (1.18%) NX-OS
12 11 (1.18%) WLAN
13 10 (1.08%) 4G
14 9 (0.97%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.93%) MongoDB
2 76 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (5.27%) Relational Database
4 43 (4.63%) Amazon Athena
5 42 (4.52%) Amazon RDS
6 38 (4.09%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (3.98%) NoSQL
8 36 (3.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (3.66%) Oracle Database
10 33 (3.55%) DynamoDB
11 32 (3.44%) Data Lake
11 32 (3.44%) SQL Server
12 31 (3.34%) Redis
13 29 (3.12%) MySQL
14 28 (3.01%) Power BI
15 27 (2.91%) Pentaho
16 26 (2.80%) RDBMS
17 24 (2.58%) Big Data
18 15 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
19 13 (1.40%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 367 (39.50%) Jenkins
2 255 (27.45%) Git
3 118 (12.70%) JIRA
4 86 (9.26%) JUnit
5 80 (8.61%) Selenium
6 57 (6.14%) SonarQube
7 56 (6.03%) Cucumber
8 52 (5.60%) Maven
9 41 (4.41%) Mockito
10 39 (4.20%) Gatling
11 37 (3.98%) Gradle
12 33 (3.55%) Bitbucket
13 28 (3.01%) REST Assured
14 26 (2.80%) Artifactory
14 26 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
15 17 (1.83%) JMeter
15 17 (1.83%) WebDriver
16 15 (1.61%) Cypress.io
16 15 (1.61%) Postman
16 15 (1.61%) Snyk
General
1 183 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 167 (17.98%) Public Sector
3 100 (10.76%) Finance
4 66 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (7.00%) Banking
6 22 (2.37%) Military
7 20 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.15%) Telecoms
8 15 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (1.51%) Law
10 11 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 9 (0.97%) Legal
12 6 (0.65%) Back Office
12 6 (0.65%) Police
13 5 (0.54%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.54%) Publishing
14 4 (0.43%) Local Government
14 4 (0.43%) Marketing
14 4 (0.43%) Retail
15 3 (0.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 197 (21.21%) DevOps Engineer
2 164 (17.65%) Senior
3 156 (16.79%) Developer
4 101 (10.87%) AWS Engineer
5 76 (8.18%) Data Engineer
6 65 (7.00%) AWS DevOps
7 59 (6.35%) Lead
8 58 (6.24%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 49 (5.27%) Software Engineer
10 48 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
11 47 (5.06%) Java Developer
12 46 (4.95%) Architect
12 46 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 44 (4.74%) Test Engineer
14 37 (3.98%) Platform Engineer
14 37 (3.98%) Software Developer
15 33 (3.55%) Full-Stack Developer
15 33 (3.55%) Java Engineer
16 29 (3.12%) Senior DevOps
17 28 (3.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 466 (50.16%) Terraform
2 143 (15.39%) Kafka
3 128 (13.78%) Spring
4 111 (11.95%) Spring Boot
5 108 (11.63%) REST
6 69 (7.43%) React
7 66 (7.10%) Playwright
8 62 (6.67%) RESTful
9 51 (5.49%) RabbitMQ
10 50 (5.38%) JSON
11 42 (4.52%) PySpark
12 39 (4.20%) Node.js
13 37 (3.98%) HTML
14 36 (3.88%) JPA
15 33 (3.55%) YAML
16 32 (3.44%) CSS
17 31 (3.34%) OpenAPI
18 28 (3.01%) .NET
19 27 (2.91%) OAuth
19 27 (2.91%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 185 (19.91%) Cloud Native
2 56 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.20%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 32 (3.44%) Data Structures
7 29 (3.12%) Enterprise Software
8 25 (2.69%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.94%) AI Agents
10 17 (1.83%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.61%) Public Cloud
12 14 (1.51%) Distributed Architecture
13 13 (1.40%) PKI
14 12 (1.29%) Mainframe
14 12 (1.29%) Private Cloud
15 11 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.08%) Replication
16 10 (1.08%) Security Posture
17 9 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
18 7 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 196 (21.10%) Linux
2 46 (4.95%) Windows
3 44 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 42 (4.52%) Unix
5 17 (1.83%) CentOS
6 15 (1.61%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.29%) AIX
7 12 (1.29%) VMS
8 11 (1.18%) zOS
9 10 (1.08%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 2 (0.22%) Rocky
10 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Android
11 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 778 (83.75%) CI/CD
2 548 (58.99%) DevOps
3 445 (47.90%) Infrastructure as Code
4 359 (38.64%) Agile
5 330 (35.52%) Containerisation
6 290 (31.22%) Test Automation
7 187 (20.13%) Microservices
8 173 (18.62%) Scrum
9 170 (18.30%) Observability
10 157 (16.90%) Software Engineering
11 137 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 128 (13.78%) Platform Engineering
13 125 (13.46%) AI
14 124 (13.35%) Problem-Solving
15 102 (10.98%) Deployment Automation
16 99 (10.66%) DevSecOps
17 96 (10.33%) Migration
18 95 (10.23%) Event-Driven
19 93 (10.01%) Mentoring
19 93 (10.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 410 (44.13%) Python
2 245 (26.37%) Java
3 214 (23.04%) SQL
4 162 (17.44%) Bash
5 88 (9.47%) JavaScript
6 78 (8.40%) PowerShell
7 68 (7.32%) C#
8 52 (5.60%) TypeScript
9 40 (4.31%) Go
10 39 (4.20%) Shell Script
11 16 (1.72%) Bicep
12 15 (1.61%) C++
12 15 (1.61%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.29%) Groovy
14 9 (0.97%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.86%) Scala
16 6 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
16 6 (0.65%) R
17 5 (0.54%) Cypher
17 5 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 438 (47.15%) Security Cleared
2 341 (36.71%) SC Cleared
3 82 (8.83%) DV Cleared
4 69 (7.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 51 (5.49%) Degree
6 46 (4.95%) AWS Certification
7 38 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 15 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 14 (1.51%) CISSP
10 13 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 12 (1.29%) ISTQB
12 8 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.86%) SAFe Agilist
13 6 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.54%) GCFA
14 5 (0.54%) GCIH
15 4 (0.43%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (13.78%) QA
2 48 (5.17%) Accessibility
3 31 (3.34%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.01%) WCAG
5 17 (1.83%) NIST
6 13 (1.40%) GDPR
6 13 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.08%) NCSC
8 9 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.75%) SLA
11 6 (0.65%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.54%) FATCA
13 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.11%) GRC
14 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.11%) MIL-STD-1553
14 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 399 (42.95%) Docker
2 23 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.26%) Active Directory
4 13 (1.40%) Oracle RAC
5 9 (0.97%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.54%) Squid
8 3 (0.32%) HDFS
8 3 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.32%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.22%) Firmware
9 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.11%) iptables
10 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 418 (44.99%) Kubernetes
2 248 (26.70%) Ansible
3 151 (16.25%) Grafana
4 132 (14.21%) Prometheus
5 42 (4.52%) Argo
6 38 (4.09%) Puppet
7 26 (2.80%) Progress Chef
8 24 (2.58%) Kibana
9 13 (1.40%) Data Guard
9 13 (1.40%) Oracle RMAN
10 12 (1.29%) Istio
11 11 (1.18%) Packer
12 10 (1.08%) Podman
12 10 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (0.75%) Kustomize
14 5 (0.54%) CASB
14 5 (0.54%) Cilium
14 5 (0.54%) HP Fortify
14 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
15 4 (0.43%) Salt
Vendors
1 106 (11.41%) Oracle
2 69 (7.43%) Microsoft
3 64 (6.89%) Google
4 52 (5.60%) Splunk
5 44 (4.74%) Talend
6 43 (4.63%) VMware
7 39 (4.20%) Informatica
8 33 (3.55%) Dynatrace
9 27 (2.91%) Red Hat
10 26 (2.80%) Databricks
11 24 (2.58%) IBM
11 24 (2.58%) ServiceNow
12 21 (2.26%) Palo Alto
13 20 (2.15%) F5
14 19 (2.05%) Denodo
15 18 (1.94%) Arista
15 18 (1.94%) Aruba
16 16 (1.72%) Trend Micro
17 14 (1.51%) Cisco
18 13 (1.40%) Veracode