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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 132 235
Rank change year-on-year +10 +103 -58
Contract jobs citing GitLab 739 543 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.33% 1.92% 0.99%
As % of the Development Applications category 15.67% 14.41% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 364 279
10th Percentile £376 £363 £413
25th Percentile £445 £425 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £565 £551
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +2.54% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £638
90th Percentile £675 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 5 1
10th Percentile - £65.60 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £74.00 £58.75
Median hourly rate £63.00 £74.44 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +24.07% -9.43%
75th Percentile £67.00 £87.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £79.75 £92.00 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £74.44 £60.00
% change year-on-year -16.04% +24.07% +9.09%

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 4,717 3,767 4,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.90% 13.31% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,275 2,358 3,123
10th Percentile £331 £336 £375
25th Percentile £409 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £639
90th Percentile £700 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £538
% change year-on-year -1.96% -5.20% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 71 196
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £42.92
25th Percentile £54.25 £54.18 £48.32
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.40 £75.25 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +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 31 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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 -10 287 £525 -12.50% 177
North of England +4 213 £488 -2.50% 370
Yorkshire 0 94 £500 +17.65% 168
North West +4 90 £413 -17.50% 174
Midlands +32 86 £525 +10.06% 286
West Midlands +27 79 £525 +7.36% 145
South East -8 59 £500 - 361
South West +22 43 £525 -22.08% 198
North East -9 33 £508 -3.33% 28
East of England +3 31 £477 +27.07% 265
East Midlands -11 7 £401 +30.41% 123
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 57 (7.71%) Confluence
2 29 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (3.38%) SAS
4 15 (2.03%) Apache
5 14 (1.89%) OpenStack
6 12 (1.62%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.95%) Appian
8 6 (0.81%) nginx
9 4 (0.54%) CMS
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.41%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.41%) Hyperledger
11 2 (0.27%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
12 1 (0.14%) CICS
12 1 (0.14%) Documentum
12 1 (0.14%) FileNet
12 1 (0.14%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.41%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) Actimize
3 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.14%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 442 (59.81%) AWS
2 201 (27.20%) GitHub
3 200 (27.06%) Azure
4 164 (22.19%) GCP
5 128 (17.32%) GitHub Actions
6 104 (14.07%) Serverless
7 90 (12.18%) Amazon S3
8 89 (12.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 76 (10.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 74 (10.01%) Amazon EC2
11 69 (9.34%) OpenShift
12 68 (9.20%) AWS Lambda
13 64 (8.66%) Amazon EKS
14 60 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
14 60 (8.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 46 (6.22%) Amazon ECS
16 30 (4.06%) Datadog
17 23 (3.11%) Amazon ELB
17 23 (3.11%) Azure AKS
18 22 (2.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.17%) Firewall
2 49 (6.63%) DNS
3 40 (5.41%) VPN
4 33 (4.47%) TCP/IP
5 22 (2.98%) Network Security
6 20 (2.71%) SSL
7 5 (0.68%) BGP
7 5 (0.68%) OpenLDAP
7 5 (0.68%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.68%) WAN
8 4 (0.54%) SAN
8 4 (0.54%) VXLAN
9 3 (0.41%) DHCP
9 3 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (0.41%) HTTP
9 3 (0.41%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.41%) Multicast
9 3 (0.41%) OSPF
9 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (11.64%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (9.07%) MongoDB
2 67 (9.07%) NoSQL
3 48 (6.50%) Amazon RDS
4 21 (2.84%) Data Lake
4 21 (2.84%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.71%) MySQL
6 19 (2.57%) Redis
7 18 (2.44%) DynamoDB
8 16 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (2.17%) Big Data
9 14 (1.89%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
11 11 (1.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 10 (1.35%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.22%) Power BI
14 7 (0.95%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.95%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.81%) Aerospike
15 6 (0.81%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 363 (49.12%) Jenkins
2 169 (22.87%) Git
3 113 (15.29%) JIRA
4 67 (9.07%) Selenium
5 53 (7.17%) JUnit
6 43 (5.82%) Cucumber
7 41 (5.55%) Artifactory
8 38 (5.14%) Maven
9 34 (4.60%) SonarQube
10 31 (4.19%) Cypress.io
11 28 (3.79%) Gradle
12 26 (3.52%) Liquibase
13 25 (3.38%) Postman
14 24 (3.25%) Sonatype Nexus
15 23 (3.11%) CircleCI
16 22 (2.98%) Bitbucket
17 18 (2.44%) REST Assured
18 15 (2.03%) JMeter
19 13 (1.76%) Mockito
20 12 (1.62%) IntelliJ
General
1 218 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 117 (15.83%) Finance
3 100 (13.53%) Public Sector
4 85 (11.50%) Banking
5 49 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.65%) Financial Institution
7 21 (2.84%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.17%) Aerospace
9 14 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.76%) Military
11 8 (1.08%) Investment Banking
12 7 (0.95%) Games
13 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Retail
14 4 (0.54%) Law
14 4 (0.54%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.41%) Front Office
15 3 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.41%) Local Government
15 3 (0.41%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 163 (22.06%) DevOps Engineer
2 140 (18.94%) Developer
3 119 (16.10%) Senior
4 72 (9.74%) AWS Engineer
5 60 (8.12%) Lead
6 57 (7.71%) Software Engineer
7 51 (6.90%) AWS DevOps
8 43 (5.82%) Java Developer
9 41 (5.55%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 40 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
11 36 (4.87%) Senior DevOps
11 36 (4.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 34 (4.60%) Test Engineer
13 30 (4.06%) Architect
13 30 (4.06%) Automation Engineer
13 30 (4.06%) GCP Engineer
14 28 (3.79%) Data Engineer
15 24 (3.25%) Senior Developer
16 22 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (17.73%) REST
2 104 (14.07%) Kafka
3 86 (11.64%) Elastic Stack
4 83 (11.23%) Node.js
5 78 (10.55%) Spring
5 78 (10.55%) Spring Boot
6 70 (9.47%) RESTful
7 54 (7.31%) React
8 38 (5.14%) HTML
9 36 (4.87%) Playwright
10 30 (4.06%) JSON
11 29 (3.92%) pytest
12 28 (3.79%) AngularJS
13 27 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
14 26 (3.52%) OpenTelemetry
15 25 (3.38%) CSS
16 23 (3.11%) .NET
17 22 (2.98%) Jest
17 22 (2.98%) OpenID
18 18 (2.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 105 (14.21%) Cloud Native
2 72 (9.74%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (5.55%) Public Cloud
4 39 (5.28%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 15 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.89%) Private Cloud
9 12 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (1.62%) PKI
9 12 (1.62%) Synthetic Data
10 11 (1.49%) Data Centre
10 11 (1.49%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 155 (20.97%) Linux
2 49 (6.63%) Windows
3 23 (3.11%) Unix
4 16 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.22%) Android
5 9 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.22%) CentOS
5 9 (1.22%) VMS
6 4 (0.54%) Solaris
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 593 (80.24%) CI/CD
2 479 (64.82%) DevOps
3 301 (40.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 272 (36.81%) Containerisation
5 266 (35.99%) Agile
6 199 (26.93%) Test Automation
7 178 (24.09%) Microservices
8 147 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
9 125 (16.91%) Software Engineering
10 118 (15.97%) Observability
11 86 (11.64%) Infrastructure Automation
12 78 (10.55%) Computer Science
13 76 (10.28%) DevSecOps
13 76 (10.28%) High Availability
14 73 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 72 (9.74%) Migration
16 71 (9.61%) Scrum
17 65 (8.80%) Root Cause Analysis
18 64 (8.66%) Analytics
19 61 (8.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 358 (48.44%) Python
2 198 (26.79%) Java
3 144 (19.49%) Bash
4 121 (16.37%) SQL
5 98 (13.26%) JavaScript
6 90 (12.18%) Go
7 73 (9.88%) PowerShell
8 63 (8.53%) TypeScript
9 38 (5.14%) Shell Script
10 25 (3.38%) C#
11 14 (1.89%) C++
11 14 (1.89%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.08%) C
14 7 (0.95%) Groovy
14 7 (0.95%) Korn
14 7 (0.95%) Perl
14 7 (0.95%) Ruby
14 7 (0.95%) Rust
15 6 (0.81%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 261 (35.32%) Security Cleared
2 202 (27.33%) SC Cleared
3 67 (9.07%) Degree
4 62 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (5.14%) DV Cleared
6 37 (5.01%) AWS Certification
7 35 (4.74%) Master's Degree
8 24 (3.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 19 (2.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.35%) CISSP
12 9 (1.22%) OCA
12 9 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (1.08%) CISM
14 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
16 3 (0.41%) CCNP
16 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
17 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (14.88%) QA
2 35 (4.74%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.44%) GDPR
4 17 (2.30%) WCAG
5 15 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (2.03%) NIST
6 14 (1.89%) NCSC
7 11 (1.49%) SLA
8 10 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.54%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.27%) HL7
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.14%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.14%) MiFID
12 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 328 (44.38%) Docker
2 22 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.81%) vSphere
6 4 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.27%) HDFS
8 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 390 (52.77%) Kubernetes
2 371 (50.20%) Terraform
3 232 (31.39%) Ansible
4 189 (25.58%) Grafana
5 147 (19.89%) Prometheus
6 34 (4.60%) Argo
7 22 (2.98%) Puppet
8 20 (2.71%) Istio
9 17 (2.30%) Progress Chef
10 16 (2.17%) Podman
11 15 (2.03%) Packer
12 13 (1.76%) Kibana
13 10 (1.35%) Fluentd
13 10 (1.35%) NetBackup
14 8 (1.08%) linkerd
15 7 (0.95%) Sysdig
16 6 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.81%) Karpenter
16 6 (0.81%) Proxmox
16 6 (0.81%) Rancher
Vendors
1 106 (14.34%) Splunk
2 62 (8.39%) Microsoft
3 54 (7.31%) Oracle
4 47 (6.36%) Google
5 44 (5.95%) Red Hat
6 35 (4.74%) VMware
7 24 (3.25%) Dynatrace
8 22 (2.98%) F5
9 21 (2.84%) Palo Alto
10 20 (2.71%) CheckPoint
11 18 (2.44%) ServiceNow
12 17 (2.30%) Atlassian
13 16 (2.17%) Cisco
14 15 (2.03%) Databricks
15 14 (1.89%) IBM
16 11 (1.49%) Veritas
17 10 (1.35%) Commvault
17 10 (1.35%) Cribl.io
17 10 (1.35%) Veracode
18 7 (0.95%) Okta