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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 137 236
Rank change year-on-year -5 +99 -38
Contract jobs citing GitLab 742 486 379
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.87% 1.98% 1.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.81% 14.56% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 320 275
10th Percentile £384 £368 £389
25th Percentile £425 £450 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £573
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -7.42% -2.97%
75th Percentile £577 £638 £675
90th Percentile £675 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £551
% change year-on-year -5.12% -4.36% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 3 6
10th Percentile £39.53 £64.59 £57.38
25th Percentile £52.50 £71.48 £62.19
Median hourly rate £60.25 £82.96 £74.44
Median % change year-on-year -27.37% +11.45% +65.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £88.98 £76.74
90th Percentile £77.95 £92.59 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £82.96 £68.22
% change year-on-year -26.47% +21.61% +51.60%

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 5,011 3,337 4,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.64% 13.60% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,355 2,243 2,883
10th Percentile £340 £340 £356
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 61 168
10th Percentile £39.53 £27.50 £31.71
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.00 £50.44
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +6.25%
75th Percentile £76.31 £75.00 £70.31
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.75 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +1.63%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -14 326 £525 -2.78% 84
North of England -25 166 £488 -7.14% 46
Midlands -3 92 £463 -3.04% 18
North West -14 90 £475 -5.00% 19
West Midlands -5 79 £469 -4.20% 9
South East -32 61 £525 -0.05% 51
Yorkshire -28 59 £500 -13.04% 6
South West +2 56 £520 +13.79% 30
North East -16 25 £450 -12.62% 21
East of England -12 23 £477 +5.89% 25
East Midlands -25 13 £402 +29.26% 9
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 54 (7.28%) Confluence
2 27 (3.64%) SAS
3 23 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.43%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.16%) Apache
6 13 (1.75%) OpenStack
7 10 (1.35%) nginx
8 5 (0.67%) CICS
9 3 (0.40%) Camunda
9 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.13%) Actimize
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 439 (59.16%) AWS
2 235 (31.67%) GitHub
3 221 (29.78%) Azure
4 153 (20.62%) GitHub Actions
5 129 (17.39%) GCP
6 110 (14.82%) Serverless
7 105 (14.15%) Amazon S3
8 96 (12.94%) AWS Lambda
9 90 (12.13%) Amazon EKS
10 77 (10.38%) Amazon EC2
11 71 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
12 67 (9.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 66 (8.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 65 (8.76%) OpenShift
15 53 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 38 (5.12%) Amazon ECS
17 22 (2.96%) Azure AKS
18 21 (2.83%) Amazon SQS
18 21 (2.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 19 (2.56%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.45%) Firewall
2 24 (3.23%) DNS
3 18 (2.43%) VPN
4 16 (2.16%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.62%) Network Security
6 8 (1.08%) HTTP
7 6 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.54%) BGP
8 4 (0.54%) Multicast
8 4 (0.54%) SAN
9 3 (0.40%) NAS
9 3 (0.40%) OSPF
9 3 (0.40%) SSL
9 3 (0.40%) VSAN
9 3 (0.40%) WAN
10 2 (0.27%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.27%) DHCP
10 2 (0.27%) IPv6
10 2 (0.27%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.27%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.78%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (6.60%) MongoDB
3 42 (5.66%) NoSQL
4 35 (4.72%) Relational Database
5 32 (4.31%) Amazon RDS
5 32 (4.31%) DynamoDB
6 28 (3.77%) MySQL
7 24 (3.23%) Redis
8 22 (2.96%) Amazon Athena
9 21 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (2.70%) SQL Server
11 18 (2.43%) Data Lake
12 17 (2.29%) Big Data
13 16 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
13 16 (2.16%) Power BI
14 12 (1.62%) Pentaho
15 11 (1.48%) DocumentDB
16 10 (1.35%) Amazon QuickSight
16 10 (1.35%) Spark SQL
17 9 (1.21%) Aerospike
Development Applications
1 345 (46.50%) Jenkins
2 170 (22.91%) Git
3 107 (14.42%) JIRA
4 67 (9.03%) Selenium
5 63 (8.49%) JUnit
6 42 (5.66%) Cucumber
7 34 (4.58%) Postman
8 29 (3.91%) Bitbucket
9 28 (3.77%) REST Assured
10 27 (3.64%) JMeter
11 26 (3.50%) CircleCI
12 23 (3.10%) Mockito
13 22 (2.96%) Artifactory
14 21 (2.83%) Gradle
15 20 (2.70%) SonarQube
16 17 (2.29%) Gatling
17 16 (2.16%) Maven
18 15 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
19 14 (1.89%) Cypress.io
20 13 (1.75%) IntelliJ
General
1 186 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 120 (16.17%) Public Sector
3 96 (12.94%) Finance
4 65 (8.76%) Banking
5 42 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.48%) Military
8 10 (1.35%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.08%) Retail
10 7 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 7 (0.94%) Investment Banking
10 7 (0.94%) Law
11 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.54%) Legal
13 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.40%) Local Government
14 3 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 153 (20.62%) DevOps Engineer
2 130 (17.52%) Developer
3 102 (13.75%) Senior
4 66 (8.89%) AWS Engineer
5 59 (7.95%) Lead
6 58 (7.82%) Data Engineer
7 55 (7.41%) AWS DevOps
7 55 (7.41%) Software Engineer
8 47 (6.33%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 42 (5.66%) Architect
9 42 (5.66%) Java Developer
10 32 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
11 31 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.18%) Test Engineer
12 27 (3.64%) Senior DevOps
12 27 (3.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 24 (3.23%) Full-Stack Developer
14 23 (3.10%) Java Engineer
15 20 (2.70%) Administrator
16 18 (2.43%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (15.09%) Spring
2 111 (14.96%) Kafka
3 96 (12.94%) Spring Boot
4 91 (12.26%) REST
5 66 (8.89%) Node.js
6 61 (8.22%) RESTful
7 58 (7.82%) React
8 44 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
9 42 (5.66%) Playwright
10 33 (4.45%) OpenTelemetry
11 30 (4.04%) YAML
12 29 (3.91%) RabbitMQ
13 27 (3.64%) LDAP
14 26 (3.50%) AngularJS
14 26 (3.50%) PySpark
15 25 (3.37%) Jest
16 24 (3.23%) OpenID
17 23 (3.10%) HTML
17 23 (3.10%) OAuth
17 23 (3.10%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 107 (14.42%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.60%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (5.93%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 20 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.43%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.48%) Mainframe
8 11 (1.48%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.48%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.35%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.21%) DataPower
10 9 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (1.21%) NHS
11 8 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (0.94%) Synthetic Data
13 6 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
14 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 135 (18.19%) Linux
2 48 (6.47%) Windows
3 33 (4.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (3.91%) Unix
5 10 (1.35%) CentOS
6 8 (1.08%) Android
6 8 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.08%) VMS
6 8 (1.08%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.94%) zOS
8 6 (0.81%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.40%) Debian
9 3 (0.40%) Rocky
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.27%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.13%) AIX
11 1 (0.13%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (78.30%) CI/CD
2 409 (55.12%) DevOps
3 258 (34.77%) Agile
3 258 (34.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 243 (32.75%) Containerisation
5 215 (28.98%) Test Automation
6 148 (19.95%) Microservices
7 135 (18.19%) Observability
8 124 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
9 108 (14.56%) Software Engineering
10 95 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (12.40%) Scrum
12 90 (12.13%) Platform Engineering
13 69 (9.30%) DevSecOps
14 68 (9.16%) TDD
15 67 (9.03%) ETL
16 64 (8.63%) Analytics
17 59 (7.95%) Migration
18 57 (7.68%) AI
19 56 (7.55%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 290 (39.08%) Python
2 225 (30.32%) Java
3 162 (21.83%) SQL
4 118 (15.90%) Bash
5 83 (11.19%) JavaScript
6 65 (8.76%) PowerShell
6 65 (8.76%) TypeScript
7 38 (5.12%) Go
7 38 (5.12%) Shell Script
8 27 (3.64%) C#
9 19 (2.56%) Kotlin
10 18 (2.43%) Bicep
11 14 (1.89%) C++
11 14 (1.89%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.48%) Scala
13 10 (1.35%) Ruby
14 9 (1.21%) MATLAB
15 8 (1.08%) C
16 7 (0.94%) PHP
17 6 (0.81%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 305 (41.11%) Security Cleared
2 251 (33.83%) SC Cleared
3 37 (4.99%) Degree
4 32 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (4.04%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (3.37%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 7 (0.94%) CISSP
11 6 (0.81%) CISM
11 6 (0.81%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.81%) OCA
11 6 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
13 3 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (12.53%) QA
2 37 (4.99%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.43%) GDPR
4 18 (2.43%) SLA
5 14 (1.89%) WCAG
6 13 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 11 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.48%) NIST
8 7 (0.94%) NCSC
9 6 (0.81%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.54%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.27%) FATCA
11 2 (0.27%) HL7
11 2 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
12 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) OpenSCAP
12 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 316 (42.59%) Docker
2 24 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.67%) HDFS
6 4 (0.54%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 3 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.13%) iptables
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.13%) Squid
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) zsh
Systems Management
1 366 (49.33%) Kubernetes
2 316 (42.59%) Terraform
3 160 (21.56%) Grafana
4 158 (21.29%) Ansible
5 134 (18.06%) Prometheus
6 52 (7.01%) Argo
7 24 (3.23%) Puppet
8 22 (2.96%) Istio
9 16 (2.16%) Progress Chef
10 15 (2.02%) Podman
11 13 (1.75%) Kibana
12 12 (1.62%) Red Hat Satellite
13 9 (1.21%) Check_MK
13 9 (1.21%) linkerd
14 8 (1.08%) Packer
15 7 (0.94%) Fluentd
16 6 (0.81%) Karpenter
16 6 (0.81%) Nagios
16 6 (0.81%) Rancher
17 5 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (9.84%) Oracle
2 64 (8.63%) Splunk
3 56 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 42 (5.66%) Red Hat
5 36 (4.85%) Google
6 33 (4.45%) VMware
7 31 (4.18%) ServiceNow
8 25 (3.37%) Databricks
9 22 (2.96%) Talend
10 20 (2.70%) Informatica
11 18 (2.43%) Salesforce
12 14 (1.89%) Dynatrace
13 13 (1.75%) IBM
14 11 (1.48%) Veracode
15 9 (1.21%) Atlassian
16 7 (0.94%) AppDynamics
16 7 (0.94%) Denodo
17 6 (0.81%) Cribl.io
18 5 (0.67%) Cisco
18 5 (0.67%) Fortinet