GitLab Contracts

GitLab
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring GitLab skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GitLab over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 220 221
Rank change year-on-year +76 +1 -52
Contract jobs citing GitLab 583 463 741
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.99% 1.07% 1.25%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.07% 8.94% 8.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 334 494
10th Percentile £370 £380 £456
25th Percentile £449 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -3.26% -
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £709 £738 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.05% +1.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
10th Percentile £64.59 £40.00 £38.64
25th Percentile £71.48 £52.00 -
Median hourly rate £82.96 £68.22 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +21.61% +72.27% -17.24%
75th Percentile £88.98 £75.21 £45.00
90th Percentile £92.59 £77.50 £50.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.96 £74.44 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.45% +65.42% -2.60%

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 4,144 5,177 8,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.14% 11.93% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,766 3,484 6,238
10th Percentile £340 £355 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £663
90th Percentile £714 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 204 242
10th Percentile £27.54 £33.60 £44.68
25th Percentile £49.50 £46.63 £53.75
Median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +5.69% +17.14%
75th Percentile £74.06 £70.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £83.67 £80.70 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +11.82%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Daily rate trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Hourly rate trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 17 Contract 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 7 May 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
England +79 471 £530 -7.83% 401
London +82 250 £534 -7.17% 197
UK excluding London +57 230 £500 -9.05% 261
Work from Home +60 218 £525 -8.70% 299
North of England +42 107 £530 -7.83% 60
North West +24 59 £500 -17.53% 36
South East +4 40 £501 -15.53% 69
Yorkshire +23 30 £575 +0.44% 23
Scotland +25 29 £438 -5.41% 15
Midlands +41 24 £460 -3.16% 30
North East +13 21 £525 +22.09% 1
South West +38 20 £457 -14.98% 67
West Midlands +34 20 £531 +37.03% 17
East of England +34 8 £444 +77.50% 21
East Midlands +14 4 £291 -44.13% 13
Wales -1 1 £425 -22.02%
Northern Ireland -9 1 £500 -21.88% 5

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (6.69%) Confluence
2 25 (4.29%) nginx
3 17 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.23%) Apache Spark
5 12 (2.06%) Traefik
6 9 (1.54%) Apache
7 8 (1.37%) OpenStack
8 7 (1.20%) Documentum
8 7 (1.20%) FileNet
9 5 (0.86%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.69%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.34%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.34%) IIS
12 2 (0.34%) Mattermost
12 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.34%) SAS
12 2 (0.34%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.34%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 325 (55.75%) AWS
2 156 (26.76%) Azure
3 82 (14.07%) GCP
4 80 (13.72%) GitHub
5 72 (12.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 62 (10.63%) Azure DevOps
7 58 (9.95%) Serverless
8 54 (9.26%) Amazon S3
9 46 (7.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 40 (6.86%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (6.69%) Amazon EC2
12 34 (5.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 31 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (4.63%) AWS Fargate
14 27 (4.63%) PaaS
15 26 (4.46%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
17 23 (3.95%) OpenShift
18 22 (3.77%) AWS CodePipeline
19 19 (3.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.66%) DNS
2 24 (4.12%) Firewall
3 23 (3.95%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.74%) HTTP
5 9 (1.54%) Network Security
5 9 (1.54%) SSL
6 8 (1.37%) DHCP
7 7 (1.20%) BGP
7 7 (1.20%) SAN
7 7 (1.20%) VPN
8 6 (1.03%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.86%) WAN
10 4 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (0.69%) LAN
10 4 (0.69%) NAS
10 4 (0.69%) OSPF
10 4 (0.69%) SSH
10 4 (0.69%) Wireless
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
2 52 (8.92%) MongoDB
3 35 (6.00%) MySQL
4 29 (4.97%) NoSQL
5 27 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (3.09%) SQL Server
7 16 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.40%) Apache Hive
8 14 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (2.23%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.54%) Big Data
10 9 (1.54%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.37%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.20%) Metadata
12 7 (1.20%) Power BI
13 6 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (1.03%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (0.86%) Presto
Development Applications
1 257 (44.08%) Jenkins
2 88 (15.09%) Git
3 82 (14.07%) JIRA
4 44 (7.55%) Selenium
5 34 (5.83%) Maven
6 32 (5.49%) Bitbucket
6 32 (5.49%) SonarQube
7 26 (4.46%) REST Assured
8 23 (3.95%) Cucumber
8 23 (3.95%) JUnit
9 21 (3.60%) Postman
9 21 (3.60%) Sonatype Nexus
10 20 (3.43%) TeamCity
11 18 (3.09%) Mockito
12 14 (2.40%) Artifactory
12 14 (2.40%) CircleCI
12 14 (2.40%) Cypress.io
12 14 (2.40%) Liquibase
13 13 (2.23%) Gradle
13 13 (2.23%) JMeter
General
1 129 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 87 (14.92%) Finance
2 87 (14.92%) Public Sector
3 41 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (5.83%) Banking
5 26 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.92%) Marketing
7 16 (2.74%) Electronics
7 16 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.89%) Military
9 10 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.54%) Law
11 6 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.86%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.69%) Police
14 3 (0.51%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.51%) Retail
15 2 (0.34%) German Language
Job Titles
1 175 (30.02%) DevOps Engineer
2 103 (17.67%) Senior
3 95 (16.30%) Developer
4 56 (9.61%) AWS Engineer
5 51 (8.75%) Senior DevOps
6 44 (7.55%) AWS DevOps
7 43 (7.38%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 43 (7.38%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 37 (6.35%) Architect
8 37 (6.35%) Software Engineer
9 30 (5.15%) Lead
10 28 (4.80%) Java Engineer
11 27 (4.63%) Cloud Engineer
11 27 (4.63%) Java Developer
12 26 (4.46%) Data Engineer
13 23 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
14 19 (3.26%) Automation Engineer
15 18 (3.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 17 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (2.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (10.46%) Kafka
2 60 (10.29%) REST
3 59 (10.12%) React
4 56 (9.61%) Spring
5 54 (9.26%) Spring Boot
6 35 (6.00%) RESTful
7 29 (4.97%) Node.js
8 24 (4.12%) cloud-init
9 22 (3.77%) Elastic Stack
10 21 (3.60%) Playwright
11 20 (3.43%) AngularJS
11 20 (3.43%) JSON
12 16 (2.74%) Keycloak
12 16 (2.74%) OAuth
12 16 (2.74%) Swagger
13 15 (2.57%) Java EE
14 14 (2.40%) OpenAPI
14 14 (2.40%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (2.23%) CSS
15 13 (2.23%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.00%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.63%) Onboarding
3 24 (4.12%) PKI
4 16 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.20%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.86%) Hedge funds
11 5 (0.86%) Mobile App
12 4 (0.69%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.69%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.69%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.69%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 152 (26.07%) Linux
2 61 (10.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 41 (7.03%) Unix
4 34 (5.83%) CentOS
5 33 (5.66%) Windows
6 14 (2.40%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.20%) Android
8 6 (1.03%) SUSE
9 4 (0.69%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.51%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Solaris
11 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (65.87%) CI/CD
2 342 (58.66%) DevOps
3 168 (28.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 165 (28.30%) Agile
5 149 (25.56%) Containerisation
6 112 (19.21%) Microservices
7 108 (18.52%) Test Automation
8 105 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (15.27%) Software Engineering
10 81 (13.89%) Continuous Integration
11 70 (12.01%) Migration
12 68 (11.66%) Configuration Management
13 62 (10.63%) Infrastructure Automation
14 55 (9.43%) Observability
15 53 (9.09%) Scrum
16 44 (7.55%) Cloud Security
17 41 (7.03%) Mentoring
18 40 (6.86%) Event-Driven
18 40 (6.86%) High Availability
19 39 (6.69%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 262 (44.94%) Python
2 150 (25.73%) Java
3 115 (19.73%) Bash
4 97 (16.64%) SQL
5 77 (13.21%) JavaScript
6 54 (9.26%) PowerShell
7 50 (8.58%) TypeScript
8 38 (6.52%) Go
9 23 (3.95%) C#
9 23 (3.95%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.72%) C++
11 9 (1.54%) Rust
12 8 (1.37%) Ruby
13 7 (1.20%) PHP
14 5 (0.86%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.69%) Groovy
15 4 (0.69%) Perl
15 4 (0.69%) Scala
16 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 185 (31.73%) Security Cleared
2 156 (26.76%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.20%) AWS Certification
4 32 (5.49%) Degree
5 21 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (1.20%) SANS
9 6 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.03%) OCP
9 6 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (0.86%) CISSP
10 5 (0.86%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.69%) CCNP
11 4 (0.69%) CEH
11 4 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.51%) CCNA
13 2 (0.34%) CISM
13 2 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.38%) QA
2 16 (2.74%) NCSC
3 9 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.69%) GDPR
6 3 (0.51%) NIST
6 3 (0.51%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.34%) COBIT
7 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.17%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 197 (33.79%) Docker
2 17 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.86%) vSphere
5 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.51%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (0.51%) FreeRADIUS
6 3 (0.51%) iptables
6 3 (0.51%) RACF
7 2 (0.34%) Ceph
7 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 283 (48.54%) Terraform
2 248 (42.54%) Kubernetes
3 161 (27.62%) Ansible
4 83 (14.24%) Grafana
5 78 (13.38%) Prometheus
6 36 (6.17%) Puppet
7 32 (5.49%) Packer
8 24 (4.12%) Argo
9 21 (3.60%) Consul
9 21 (3.60%) Istio
10 19 (3.26%) Progress Chef
11 18 (3.09%) ZABBIX
12 17 (2.92%) Rancher
13 15 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
13 15 (2.57%) linkerd
14 14 (2.40%) Podman
15 12 (2.06%) HAProxy
16 9 (1.54%) Docker Swarm
17 8 (1.37%) logstash
18 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (7.55%) Oracle
2 43 (7.38%) Splunk
3 42 (7.20%) Google
4 37 (6.35%) Microsoft
5 34 (5.83%) SAP
6 19 (3.26%) VMware
7 17 (2.92%) Atlassian
8 16 (2.74%) Cisco
9 15 (2.57%) Databricks
9 15 (2.57%) Okta
9 15 (2.57%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.23%) Apple
10 13 (2.23%) ESET
11 12 (2.06%) IBM
12 10 (1.72%) Fortinet
13 9 (1.54%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.54%) Infoblox
13 9 (1.54%) Informatica
13 9 (1.54%) ServiceNow
14 8 (1.37%) Veracode