GitLab Contract Job Trends in Manchester
GitLab
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring GitLab skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 87 | 46 | 49 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -41 | +3 | +45 |
| Contract jobs citing GitLab | 42 | 42 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Manchester | 2.04% | 4.00% | 2.80% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 17.80% | 27.27% | 25.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 28 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £374 | £345 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £400 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £401 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.92% | +0.25% | -21.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £643 | £605 | £518 |
| 90th Percentile | £726 | £661 | £644 |
| North West median daily rate | £560 | £401 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.53% | +0.25% | -27.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £65.00 | - | £85.00 |
All Development Application Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| 6 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 236 | 154 | 125 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 11.47% | 14.65% | 10.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 133 | 114 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £376 | £335 | £322 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £394 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £438 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +8.57% | -14.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £597 | £565 |
| 90th Percentile | £674 | £647 | £638 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £425 | £448 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -5.03% | -12.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.35 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £57.50 | - | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £70.00 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +47.37% | -30.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.00 | - | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.40 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £60.00 | £54.43 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.23% | +17.86% | - |
GitLab Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GitLab relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
GitLab Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing GitLab.
GitLab Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
GitLab Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing GitLab.
GitLab Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.
GitLab Contract Job Locations in Manchester
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | - | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| GitLab North West |
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GitLab Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Development Applications
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenkins | 38.1% | 16 |
| 2 | Git | 31.0% | 13 |
| 3 | Selenium | 14.3% | 6 |
| 4 | JIRA | 11.9% | 5 |
| 4 | REST Assured | 11.9% | 5 |
| 6 | Cucumber | 9.5% | 4 |
| 6 | Gatling | 9.5% | 4 |
| 6 | Rational DOORS | 9.5% | 4 |
| 6 | SonarQube | 9.5% | 4 |
| 10 | Serenity BDD | 7.1% | 3 |
| 10 | Sonatype Nexus | 7.1% | 3 |
| 12 | JUnit | 4.8% | 2 |
| 12 | Maven | 4.8% | 2 |
| 12 | TestNG | 4.8% | 2 |
| 12 | WebDriver | 4.8% | 2 |
| 16 | Cypress.io | 2.4% | 1 |
| 16 | git-flow | 2.4% | 1 |
| 16 | Postman | 2.4% | 1 |