Hybrid/Remote GitLab Contract Job Trends

GitLab
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring GitLab skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 137 206
Rank change year-on-year +24 +69 -31
Contract jobs citing GitLab 246 202 193
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.42% 1.66% 1.09%
As % of the Development Applications category 15.72% 13.15% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 140 143
10th Percentile £365 £350 £376
25th Percentile £419 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £641
90th Percentile £625 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £67.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% - -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £74.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -9.46% +5.71% +27.27%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

GitLab falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,565 1,536 2,378
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.37% 12.66% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,048 984 1,719
10th Percentile £331 £325 £360
25th Percentile £400 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £619
90th Percentile £669 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 25 71
10th Percentile £39.00 £25.40 £50.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £51.25 £60.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.50 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +5.69%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GitLab and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GitLab job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

GitLab daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 22 (8.94%) Confluence
2 7 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (2.85%) SAS
3 3 (1.22%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.81%) Appian
4 2 (0.81%) Ethereum
4 2 (0.81%) Hyperledger
4 2 (0.81%) nginx
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.41%) CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) SAP BRIM
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 150 (60.98%) AWS
2 91 (36.99%) GitHub
3 69 (28.05%) GitHub Actions
4 60 (24.39%) Azure
5 45 (18.29%) Amazon EC2
6 42 (17.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 42 (17.07%) Amazon EKS
6 42 (17.07%) Amazon S3
7 41 (16.67%) Serverless
8 34 (13.82%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (12.20%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (12.20%) GCP
10 28 (11.38%) Amazon ECS
11 27 (10.98%) OpenShift
11 27 (10.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 26 (10.57%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (6.10%) Route 53
14 8 (3.25%) Azure AKS
15 7 (2.85%) Amazon SageMaker
15 7 (2.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.72%) Firewall
2 13 (5.28%) DNS
3 12 (4.88%) VPN
4 11 (4.47%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.85%) SSL
6 5 (2.03%) Network Security
7 3 (1.22%) BGP
7 3 (1.22%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (1.22%) FTP
8 2 (0.81%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.81%) IPv6
8 2 (0.81%) Multicast
8 2 (0.81%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (0.81%) OSPF
8 2 (0.81%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.41%) 4G
9 1 (0.41%) Internet
9 1 (0.41%) MPLS
9 1 (0.41%) NAS
9 1 (0.41%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.20%) MongoDB
2 28 (11.38%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (10.16%) NoSQL
4 21 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (4.88%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.63%) Big Data
7 4 (1.63%) Couchbase
7 4 (1.63%) Redis
7 4 (1.63%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.22%) MySQL
8 3 (1.22%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.22%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 3 (1.22%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 144 (58.54%) Jenkins
2 67 (27.24%) Git
3 45 (18.29%) JIRA
4 23 (9.35%) Selenium
5 18 (7.32%) Cucumber
6 17 (6.91%) JUnit
7 16 (6.50%) SonarQube
8 11 (4.47%) Bitbucket
9 10 (4.07%) JMeter
10 9 (3.66%) Maven
11 8 (3.25%) Artifactory
11 8 (3.25%) Gatling
11 8 (3.25%) Postman
12 7 (2.85%) Cypress.io
12 7 (2.85%) Mockito
12 7 (2.85%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (2.44%) Snyk
14 5 (2.03%) Appium
14 5 (2.03%) REST Assured
14 5 (2.03%) Zephyr
General
1 52 (21.14%) Social Skills
2 45 (18.29%) Public Sector
3 43 (17.48%) Finance
4 22 (8.94%) Banking
5 17 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.85%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.03%) Retail Banking
8 4 (1.63%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.63%) Military
9 3 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Automotive
10 1 (0.41%) Games
10 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (28.86%) DevOps Engineer
2 57 (23.17%) Developer
3 41 (16.67%) Senior
4 31 (12.60%) AWS Engineer
5 28 (11.38%) Java Developer
6 23 (9.35%) Lead
7 15 (6.10%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.69%) Automation Engineer
8 14 (5.69%) AWS DevOps
9 13 (5.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.28%) Senior DevOps
9 13 (5.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.28%) Tester
10 10 (4.07%) Automation Tester
10 10 (4.07%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Architect
11 9 (3.66%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Python Engineer
12 8 (3.25%) Senior Java Developer
12 8 (3.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (16.67%) Kafka
2 32 (13.01%) REST
2 32 (13.01%) Spring Boot
3 31 (12.60%) RESTful
4 29 (11.79%) Spring
5 27 (10.98%) Node.js
6 20 (8.13%) Elastic Stack
7 14 (5.69%) React
8 12 (4.88%) JSON
9 9 (3.66%) HTML
10 8 (3.25%) CSS
10 8 (3.25%) Playwright
10 8 (3.25%) pytest
10 8 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (2.85%) .NET
11 7 (2.85%) PySpark
12 6 (2.44%) AngularJS
13 5 (2.03%) Hibernate
13 5 (2.03%) scikit-learn
13 5 (2.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.23%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.69%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (5.69%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.85%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.63%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.63%) Hedge funds
5 4 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.63%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.22%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.81%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.81%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.81%) Replication
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.07%) Linux
2 7 (2.85%) Unix
3 4 (1.63%) Android
3 4 (1.63%) Windows
4 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) CentOS
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Solaris
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
6 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (80.89%) CI/CD
2 158 (64.23%) DevOps
3 114 (46.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 107 (43.50%) Containerisation
5 103 (41.87%) Agile
6 80 (32.52%) Test Automation
7 63 (25.61%) Microservices
8 50 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (16.67%) Scrum
10 35 (14.23%) Observability
10 35 (14.23%) Software Engineering
11 33 (13.41%) DevSecOps
12 24 (9.76%) Mentoring
12 24 (9.76%) SDLC
13 23 (9.35%) Infrastructure Automation
13 23 (9.35%) Migration
13 23 (9.35%) TDD
14 21 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (8.54%) Incident Response
15 19 (7.72%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (47.97%) Python
2 76 (30.89%) Java
3 50 (20.33%) Bash
4 30 (12.20%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.76%) Go
5 24 (9.76%) TypeScript
6 23 (9.35%) SQL
7 18 (7.32%) PowerShell
8 9 (3.66%) Groovy
8 9 (3.66%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.85%) C#
10 5 (2.03%) Rust
11 4 (1.63%) C++
12 3 (1.22%) ABAP
12 3 (1.22%) Perl
12 3 (1.22%) Scala
13 2 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.81%) Ruby
14 1 (0.41%) Bicep
14 1 (0.41%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 88 (35.77%) Security Cleared
2 74 (30.08%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.13%) AWS Certification
4 14 (5.69%) Degree
5 13 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.22%) CISM
9 3 (1.22%) CISSP
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 2 (0.81%) CCNA
10 2 (0.81%) CCNP
10 2 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.81%) CSSLP
10 2 (0.81%) GIAC
11 1 (0.41%) GPEN
11 1 (0.41%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.63%) QA
2 10 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.63%) GDPR
5 4 (1.63%) NCSC
5 4 (1.63%) NIST
5 4 (1.63%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.81%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.81%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 122 (49.59%) Docker
2 4 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) KVM
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 130 (52.85%) Kubernetes
2 126 (51.22%) Terraform
3 60 (24.39%) Ansible
4 59 (23.98%) Grafana
5 52 (21.14%) Prometheus
6 14 (5.69%) Argo
7 9 (3.66%) Puppet
8 8 (3.25%) Istio
9 6 (2.44%) Fluentd
10 5 (2.03%) linkerd
10 5 (2.03%) NetBackup
10 5 (2.03%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.63%) Packer
12 3 (1.22%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.81%) Podman
13 2 (0.81%) Rancher
13 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.41%) Consul
14 1 (0.41%) Opsgenie
14 1 (0.41%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 16 (6.50%) Splunk
2 14 (5.69%) Red Hat
3 12 (4.88%) Oracle
4 9 (3.66%) Google
5 8 (3.25%) Atlassian
5 8 (3.25%) F5
6 7 (2.85%) CheckPoint
6 7 (2.85%) Palo Alto
6 7 (2.85%) VMware
7 6 (2.44%) Commvault
7 6 (2.44%) Microsoft
8 5 (2.03%) Cisco
8 5 (2.03%) SAP
8 5 (2.03%) Veracode
8 5 (2.03%) Veritas
9 4 (1.63%) IBM
9 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.63%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.22%) Cribl.io
10 3 (1.22%) Dynatrace