GitLab Contract Job Trends in London

GitLab
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring GitLab skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 137 224
Rank change year-on-year -10 +87 -44
Contract jobs citing GitLab 269 298 211
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.92% 1.90% 1.07%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.06% 13.85% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 207 164
10th Percentile £368 £366 £387
25th Percentile £430 £462 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £551
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +8.99% -13.98%
75th Percentile £630 £688 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
England median daily rate £525 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +0.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £95.00 -
England median hourly rate £67.00 £74.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -9.46% -7.50% +45.45%

All Development Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,231 2,151 2,698
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.89% 13.72% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 1,411 1,986
10th Percentile £350 £358 £400
25th Percentile £419 £445 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 24
10th Percentile £39.95 £25.23 £27.03
25th Percentile £42.50 £33.07 £36.72
Median hourly rate £56.50 £37.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.67% -31.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £88.75 £71.25 £72.41
90th Percentile £110.00 £85.50 £76.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.69%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GitLab job vacancy trend in London

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitLab

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in London over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in London

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GitLab

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London -10 27 £550 -8.33% 6
South London 0 4 £655 - 3
East London 0 1 £450 - 5
West London -16 1 - -
GitLab
England

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 30 (11.15%) Confluence
2 7 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.86%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.86%) nginx
4 3 (1.12%) Appian
4 3 (1.12%) Ethereum
4 3 (1.12%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.74%) Apache
5 2 (0.74%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.37%) CICS
6 1 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.37%) FileNet
6 1 (0.37%) Luigi
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.37%) Mule
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Actimize
2 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.37%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.37%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 155 (57.62%) AWS
2 106 (39.41%) Azure
3 80 (29.74%) GitHub
4 61 (22.68%) GCP
5 44 (16.36%) GitHub Actions
6 39 (14.50%) Amazon S3
7 38 (14.13%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (13.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 35 (13.01%) Amazon EC2
9 34 (12.64%) Serverless
10 30 (11.15%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (8.18%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (8.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (8.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 15 (5.58%) Amazon ECS
13 14 (5.20%) Azure AKS
13 14 (5.20%) Datadog
14 13 (4.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 10 (3.72%) Snowflake
16 8 (2.97%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.06%) Firewall
2 15 (5.58%) VPN
3 13 (4.83%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.09%) DNS
5 10 (3.72%) Network Security
6 8 (2.97%) SSL
7 5 (1.86%) BGP
7 5 (1.86%) OpenLDAP
7 5 (1.86%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.86%) WAN
8 4 (1.49%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (1.49%) VXLAN
9 3 (1.12%) Multicast
9 3 (1.12%) OSPF
10 2 (0.74%) IPv6
10 2 (0.74%) MPLS
11 1 (0.37%) DHCP
11 1 (0.37%) HTTP
11 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.37%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.29%) MongoDB
1 25 (9.29%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (8.55%) NoSQL
3 16 (5.95%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (3.35%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (3.35%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.35%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.60%) Big Data
6 6 (2.23%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.49%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.49%) Power BI
8 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.12%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.12%) HPCC
8 3 (1.12%) MySQL
8 3 (1.12%) Redis
8 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.74%) DB2
Development Applications
1 115 (42.75%) Jenkins
2 51 (18.96%) Git
3 50 (18.59%) JIRA
4 21 (7.81%) Maven
5 19 (7.06%) Selenium
6 18 (6.69%) SonarQube
7 14 (5.20%) Gradle
8 13 (4.83%) Cucumber
8 13 (4.83%) Cypress.io
9 11 (4.09%) JMeter
9 11 (4.09%) JUnit
9 11 (4.09%) Postman
10 10 (3.72%) Bitbucket
10 10 (3.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 10 (3.72%) TeamCity
11 7 (2.60%) Gatling
11 7 (2.60%) REST Assured
12 6 (2.23%) Appium
13 5 (1.86%) Artifactory
14 4 (1.49%) Mockito
General
1 63 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 44 (16.36%) Finance
3 32 (11.90%) Banking
4 23 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.09%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.97%) Investment Banking
8 5 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.49%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.12%) Front Office
10 3 (1.12%) Military
11 2 (0.74%) Games
11 2 (0.74%) Marketing
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (23.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 56 (20.82%) Developer
3 48 (17.84%) Senior
4 25 (9.29%) AWS Engineer
5 23 (8.55%) AWS DevOps
6 21 (7.81%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 19 (7.06%) Lead
8 17 (6.32%) Java Developer
8 17 (6.32%) Senior DevOps
8 17 (6.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 14 (5.20%) Test Engineer
10 12 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (4.46%) Consultant
10 12 (4.46%) Senior Developer
11 11 (4.09%) Test Automation Engineer
12 10 (3.72%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.72%) Software Engineer
13 9 (3.35%) Architect
14 8 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.97%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (16.36%) Kafka
2 24 (8.92%) Node.js
2 24 (8.92%) Spring
3 22 (8.18%) REST
4 21 (7.81%) React
4 21 (7.81%) Spring Boot
5 17 (6.32%) Playwright
6 15 (5.58%) RESTful
7 14 (5.20%) RabbitMQ
8 12 (4.46%) HTML
9 11 (4.09%) JSON
10 8 (2.97%) XML
11 7 (2.60%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.60%) CSS
11 7 (2.60%) Middleware
11 7 (2.60%) OAuth
11 7 (2.60%) YAML
12 6 (2.23%) JMS
12 6 (2.23%) LDAP
12 6 (2.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.13%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.09%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.23%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.23%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.86%) DataPower
9 5 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.49%) Derivative
10 4 (1.49%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.49%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.12%) Blockchain
11 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.87%) Linux
2 16 (5.95%) Unix
3 7 (2.60%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.60%) Windows
4 6 (2.23%) Android
5 4 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.49%) Solaris
5 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
6 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (79.55%) CI/CD
2 169 (62.83%) DevOps
3 107 (39.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 88 (32.71%) Agile
5 82 (30.48%) Containerisation
6 64 (23.79%) Test Automation
7 55 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (19.70%) Microservices
9 35 (13.01%) Infrastructure Automation
10 31 (11.52%) Software Engineering
11 30 (11.15%) DevSecOps
12 29 (10.78%) Observability
13 28 (10.41%) Migration
13 28 (10.41%) Scrum
14 22 (8.18%) TDD
15 21 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.81%) Event-Driven
15 21 (7.81%) High Availability
16 20 (7.43%) SDLC
17 19 (7.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 127 (47.21%) Python
2 71 (26.39%) Java
3 53 (19.70%) SQL
4 50 (18.59%) Bash
5 35 (13.01%) JavaScript
6 25 (9.29%) TypeScript
7 18 (6.69%) PowerShell
8 17 (6.32%) Go
9 13 (4.83%) C#
10 10 (3.72%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.23%) Korn
12 4 (1.49%) C
13 3 (1.12%) Bicep
13 3 (1.12%) Rust
14 2 (0.74%) Perl
14 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.74%) Ruby
14 2 (0.74%) Swift
15 1 (0.37%) PHP
15 1 (0.37%) XPath
Qualifications
1 70 (26.02%) Security Cleared
2 62 (23.05%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.83%) AWS Certification
4 10 (3.72%) Degree
5 7 (2.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 7 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.12%) CISSP
9 2 (0.74%) CCNP
9 2 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.74%) CISM
9 2 (0.74%) GPEN
9 2 (0.74%) GWAPT
9 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.74%) OCA
9 2 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.74%) OSCP
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (17.10%) QA
2 11 (4.09%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.60%) GDPR
4 5 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.74%) HL7
6 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.74%) NCSC
6 2 (0.74%) NIST
6 2 (0.74%) WCAG
7 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.37%) MiFID
7 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.37%) SLA
7 1 (0.37%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 121 (44.98%) Docker
2 7 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.37%) HDFS
4 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 130 (48.33%) Terraform
2 127 (47.21%) Kubernetes
3 62 (23.05%) Ansible
4 26 (9.67%) Grafana
5 22 (8.18%) Prometheus
6 12 (4.46%) Argo
7 8 (2.97%) Puppet
8 6 (2.23%) Istio
9 3 (1.12%) Fluentd
9 3 (1.12%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.12%) Packer
9 3 (1.12%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.74%) linkerd
10 2 (0.74%) Rancher
11 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.37%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.37%) Karpenter
11 1 (0.37%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.69%) Google
2 18 (6.69%) Splunk
3 15 (5.58%) Oracle
4 11 (4.09%) Atlassian
5 10 (3.72%) Cisco
5 10 (3.72%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.97%) CheckPoint
6 8 (2.97%) F5
6 8 (2.97%) IBM
7 6 (2.23%) Databricks
7 6 (2.23%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.86%) Aruba
8 5 (1.86%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.49%) Cloudera
9 4 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.49%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.49%) Veracode
10 3 (1.12%) Arista
10 3 (1.12%) Dynatrace