GitLab Contract Job Trends

GitLab
UK

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 144 217
Rank change year-on-year +10 +73 +21
Contract jobs citing GitLab 977 571 469
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.98% 1.97% 1.09%
As % of the Development Applications category 16.59% 13.46% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 353 333
10th Percentile £385 £380 £405
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £650
90th Percentile £669 £668 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £546
% change year-on-year -5.00% -8.47% +1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 1 9
10th Percentile £46.02 - £40.00
25th Percentile £52.50 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £63.75 £82.96 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% +18.51% +76.77%
75th Percentile £66.25 - £75.00
90th Percentile £82.50 - £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £82.96 £74.44
% change year-on-year -24.66% +11.45% +87.98%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,890 4,242 5,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.93% 14.61% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,830 2,830 3,467
10th Percentile £350 £340 £352
25th Percentile £409 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £686 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 76 227
10th Percentile £35.00 £20.86 £29.95
25th Percentile £56.25 £47.36 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% -8.46% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.48 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £61.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% +5.69%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GitLab job vacancy trend in the UK

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitLab.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitLab

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitLab.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitLab

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 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
England +18 822 £500 -4.76% 209
UK excluding London +39 497 £475 -5.00% 153
London -10 329 £525 -0.94% 69
Work from Home +15 305 £475 -8.65% 110
North of England +5 201 £475 -5.00% 46
Midlands +25 134 £459 -8.20% 17
West Midlands +16 122 £463 -9.76% 12
North West +3 100 £513 +2.50% 21
South East -30 67 £550 +9.89% 39
Yorkshire -30 65 £500 -2.44% 11
South West +5 57 £500 -9.09% 24
North East +6 52 £413 -14.06% 14
East of England -3 35 £480 +1.11% 15
Scotland -9 22 £401 -0.87% 5
East Midlands -17 12 £436 +40.19% 5
Northern Ireland +6 2 - - 4

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 92 (9.42%) Confluence
2 42 (4.30%) SAS
3 41 (4.20%) Apache Spark
4 40 (4.09%) Apache Airflow
5 37 (3.79%) Apache
6 21 (2.15%) Jupyter
7 12 (1.23%) nginx
8 10 (1.02%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.72%) CICS
10 5 (0.51%) Camunda
10 5 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.31%) CMS
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.20%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.20%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Portal
13 1 (0.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.10%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.10%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 607 (62.13%) AWS
2 330 (33.78%) GitHub
3 323 (33.06%) Azure
4 239 (24.46%) GitHub Actions
5 163 (16.68%) GCP
6 148 (15.15%) Serverless
7 141 (14.43%) Amazon S3
8 129 (13.20%) Amazon EKS
9 125 (12.79%) AWS Lambda
10 118 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
11 109 (11.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 105 (10.75%) Amazon EC2
13 88 (9.01%) AWS CloudFormation
14 73 (7.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 56 (5.73%) OpenShift
16 50 (5.12%) Amazon ECS
17 36 (3.68%) Amazon SQS
18 35 (3.58%) Azure AKS
19 32 (3.28%) Power Platform
20 30 (3.07%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.81%) Firewall
2 32 (3.28%) DNS
3 23 (2.35%) Network Security
4 21 (2.15%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.05%) BGP
5 20 (2.05%) WAN
6 19 (1.94%) OSPF
7 18 (1.84%) BIG-IP
7 18 (1.84%) Ethernet VPN
7 18 (1.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 18 (1.84%) SD-WAN
7 18 (1.84%) VXLAN
8 14 (1.43%) VPN
8 14 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.02%) HTTP
9 10 (1.02%) WLAN
10 9 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.51%) SSL
12 4 (0.41%) SAN
12 4 (0.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.60%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (6.35%) MongoDB
3 44 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
3 44 (4.50%) DynamoDB
4 43 (4.40%) Relational Database
5 42 (4.30%) Amazon Redshift
5 42 (4.30%) NoSQL
6 41 (4.20%) Amazon Athena
7 37 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (3.58%) MySQL
9 31 (3.17%) Power BI
10 29 (2.97%) Pentaho
11 28 (2.87%) SQL Server
12 27 (2.76%) Data Lake
13 26 (2.66%) Big Data
14 25 (2.56%) Redis
15 19 (1.94%) Oracle Database
16 15 (1.54%) DocumentDB
17 14 (1.43%) BigQuery
18 12 (1.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 427 (43.71%) Jenkins
2 210 (21.49%) Git
3 147 (15.05%) JIRA
4 95 (9.72%) Selenium
5 69 (7.06%) JUnit
6 55 (5.63%) Cucumber
7 48 (4.91%) Postman
8 46 (4.71%) REST Assured
9 40 (4.09%) Artifactory
10 39 (3.99%) JMeter
11 38 (3.89%) Gradle
12 36 (3.68%) SonarQube
13 35 (3.58%) Bitbucket
14 28 (2.87%) Gatling
15 27 (2.76%) WebDriver
16 26 (2.66%) Mockito
17 22 (2.25%) CircleCI
18 19 (1.94%) Snyk
19 18 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
20 15 (1.54%) Maven
General
1 197 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 185 (18.94%) Public Sector
3 98 (10.03%) Finance
4 67 (6.86%) Banking
5 58 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (1.54%) Military
8 12 (1.23%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.13%) Law
9 11 (1.13%) Retail
10 10 (1.02%) Legal
11 9 (0.92%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.61%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.51%) Publishing
14 4 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.41%) Police
14 4 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 211 (21.60%) DevOps Engineer
2 157 (16.07%) Senior
3 153 (15.66%) Developer
4 107 (10.95%) AWS Engineer
5 95 (9.72%) Data Engineer
6 72 (7.37%) AWS DevOps
7 67 (6.86%) Lead
8 65 (6.65%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 63 (6.45%) Software Engineer
10 50 (5.12%) Cloud Engineer
11 48 (4.91%) Java Developer
12 46 (4.71%) Architect
13 44 (4.50%) Test Engineer
14 42 (4.30%) Platform Engineer
15 34 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 31 (3.17%) Senior DevOps
17 30 (3.07%) Full-Stack Developer
17 30 (3.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 30 (3.07%) Tester
18 27 (2.76%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (13.10%) Spring
2 126 (12.90%) Kafka
3 119 (12.18%) REST
4 112 (11.46%) Spring Boot
5 75 (7.68%) RESTful
6 65 (6.65%) Node.js
6 65 (6.65%) React
7 48 (4.91%) Playwright
8 47 (4.81%) PySpark
9 46 (4.71%) Elastic Stack
10 37 (3.79%) OpenTelemetry
11 33 (3.38%) LDAP
12 30 (3.07%) OAuth
13 29 (2.97%) JSON
13 29 (2.97%) YAML
14 28 (2.87%) OpenID
15 26 (2.66%) pytest
16 25 (2.56%) AngularJS
16 25 (2.56%) AWS CDK
16 25 (2.56%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 176 (18.01%) Cloud Native
2 62 (6.35%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (6.14%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.89%) Data Centre
5 31 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 24 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
8 16 (1.64%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.33%) Private Cloud
10 12 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.13%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.13%) PKI
12 9 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
12 9 (0.92%) NHS
13 8 (0.82%) Mainframe
14 7 (0.72%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.72%) DataPower
14 7 (0.72%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 176 (18.01%) Linux
2 54 (5.53%) Unix
3 45 (4.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 45 (4.61%) Windows
4 15 (1.54%) CentOS
5 10 (1.02%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.82%) zOS
7 5 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.51%) VMS
7 5 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.41%) Debian
8 4 (0.41%) Rocky
9 3 (0.31%) Android
10 2 (0.20%) AIX
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 789 (80.76%) CI/CD
2 557 (57.01%) DevOps
3 378 (38.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 352 (36.03%) Agile
5 327 (33.47%) Containerisation
6 302 (30.91%) Test Automation
7 196 (20.06%) Microservices
8 183 (18.73%) Observability
9 149 (15.25%) Software Engineering
10 142 (14.53%) Scrum
11 134 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 132 (13.51%) Platform Engineering
13 128 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
14 102 (10.44%) ETL
15 95 (9.72%) DevSecOps
16 85 (8.70%) AI
17 83 (8.50%) Migration
18 81 (8.29%) Analytics
19 80 (8.19%) Data Modelling
19 80 (8.19%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 381 (39.00%) Python
2 252 (25.79%) Java
3 234 (23.95%) SQL
4 140 (14.33%) Bash
5 87 (8.90%) JavaScript
6 70 (7.16%) TypeScript
7 59 (6.04%) PowerShell
8 48 (4.91%) Shell Script
9 39 (3.99%) C#
10 37 (3.79%) Go
11 26 (2.66%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.94%) Bicep
13 17 (1.74%) Kotlin
14 15 (1.54%) C++
15 11 (1.13%) MATLAB
15 11 (1.13%) Ruby
15 11 (1.13%) Scala
16 8 (0.82%) C
17 7 (0.72%) PHP
18 6 (0.61%) JCL
Qualifications
1 443 (45.34%) Security Cleared
2 375 (38.38%) SC Cleared
3 54 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 44 (4.50%) Degree
5 39 (3.99%) DV Cleared
6 33 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (3.17%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 13 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (1.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (1.13%) ISTQB
10 11 (1.13%) SAFe Agilist
11 6 (0.61%) CISSP
12 4 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.41%) CSSLP
12 4 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.31%) CISM
13 3 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.31%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (10.44%) QA
2 49 (5.02%) Accessibility
3 38 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.25%) SLA
5 14 (1.43%) WCAG
6 12 (1.23%) GDPR
7 11 (1.13%) NIST
8 9 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.51%) FATCA
10 5 (0.51%) NCSC
11 4 (0.41%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.10%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.10%) GRC
13 1 (0.10%) IEC 61508
13 1 (0.10%) OpenSCAP
13 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 397 (40.63%) Docker
2 24 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.61%) HDFS
5 6 (0.61%) Squid
6 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.41%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.31%) vSphere
8 2 (0.20%) iptables
8 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.20%) VirtualBox
8 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.10%) zsh
Systems Management
1 437 (44.73%) Terraform
2 433 (44.32%) Kubernetes
3 201 (20.57%) Ansible
4 200 (20.47%) Grafana
5 171 (17.50%) Prometheus
6 55 (5.63%) Argo
7 29 (2.97%) Puppet
8 24 (2.46%) Istio
9 16 (1.64%) Podman
10 15 (1.54%) Progress Chef
11 14 (1.43%) Red Hat Satellite
12 11 (1.13%) Check_MK
13 9 (0.92%) Kibana
13 9 (0.92%) Packer
13 9 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
14 8 (0.82%) linkerd
15 6 (0.61%) Cilium
15 6 (0.61%) Karpenter
16 5 (0.51%) Salt
17 4 (0.41%) Suricata
Vendors
1 107 (10.95%) Oracle
2 62 (6.35%) Splunk
3 59 (6.04%) Microsoft
4 55 (5.63%) Talend
5 46 (4.71%) Google
6 44 (4.50%) Informatica
6 44 (4.50%) Red Hat
7 39 (3.99%) VMware
8 36 (3.68%) ServiceNow
9 30 (3.07%) Databricks
9 30 (3.07%) Denodo
10 26 (2.66%) Dynatrace
11 21 (2.15%) F5
12 20 (2.05%) Salesforce
13 19 (1.94%) Arista
13 19 (1.94%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.74%) Aruba
15 13 (1.33%) Veracode
16 11 (1.13%) Tenable
16 11 (1.13%) Trend Micro