GitLab Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

GitLab
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring GitLab skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 21 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing GitLab 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.19% 1.32% -
As % of the Development Applications category 15.38% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -
East of England median daily rate £478 £450 £250
% change year-on-year +6.22% +80.00% -56.52%

All Development Application Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 13 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 7.74% 1.32% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 4
10th Percentile £466 - £154
25th Percentile £613 £431 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £438 £408
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +7.36% -41.79%
75th Percentile £741 £444 £615
90th Percentile £750 - £643
East of England median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +3.90% +6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
East of England median hourly rate £68.75 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% +2.31% -

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

GitLab job vacancy trend in Suffolk

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing GitLab

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 26 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
Ipswich -5 1 £450 +2.86% 3
GitLab
East of England

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Gradle
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Java Software Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) MERN Stack
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible