GitLab Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

GitLab
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 192 220
Rank change year-on-year +75 +28 -59
Contract jobs citing GitLab 223 161 270
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.22% 1.10% 1.13%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.01% 9.11% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 128 190
10th Percentile £401 £413 £437
25th Percentile £435 £463 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% -4.30% +2.22%
75th Percentile £592 £688 £650
90th Percentile £688 £741 £700
UK median daily rate £523 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £38.48
25th Percentile - - £39.20
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -28.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £74.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -5.41% +86.87% -27.00%

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 1,592 1,768 3,427
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.84% 12.04% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,138 1,257 2,454
10th Percentile £330 £360 £369
25th Percentile £406 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% -4.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £650
90th Percentile £690 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 35 102
10th Percentile £29.10 £18.34 £39.82
25th Percentile £60.69 £40.00 £51.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.27%
75th Percentile £72.00 £75.25 £73.75
90th Percentile £86.68 £87.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +18.72%

GitLab
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GitLab trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing GitLab.

GitLab daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing GitLab over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

GitLab daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing GitLab.

GitLab hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (7.62%) Confluence
2 8 (3.59%) Documentum
2 8 (3.59%) FileNet
3 3 (1.35%) Apache
3 3 (1.35%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.90%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) nginx
5 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 126 (56.50%) AWS
2 60 (26.91%) Azure
3 56 (25.11%) GitHub
4 35 (15.70%) GCP
5 28 (12.56%) Serverless
6 27 (12.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (11.21%) GitHub Actions
8 20 (8.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 20 (8.97%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (7.62%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (6.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 14 (6.28%) Amazon S3
14 11 (4.93%) Amazon SQS
15 10 (4.48%) PaaS
16 7 (3.14%) AWS CodePipeline
16 7 (3.14%) Datadog
16 7 (3.14%) Route 53
17 6 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.59%) HTTP
1 8 (3.59%) Network Security
2 6 (2.69%) DNS
2 6 (2.69%) Firewall
3 2 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.90%) SSL
3 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.90%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) BGP
4 1 (0.45%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.45%) MPLS
4 1 (0.45%) Skype
4 1 (0.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.28%) MySQL
2 13 (5.83%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.38%) NoSQL
3 12 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.79%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.79%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.79%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.35%) Metadata
7 2 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.45%) GIS
8 1 (0.45%) ObjectStore
8 1 (0.45%) Power BI
8 1 (0.45%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 99 (44.39%) Jenkins
2 39 (17.49%) JIRA
3 35 (15.70%) Git
4 21 (9.42%) Selenium
5 20 (8.97%) SonarQube
6 17 (7.62%) REST Assured
7 15 (6.73%) Cucumber
8 14 (6.28%) Bitbucket
9 12 (5.38%) CircleCI
9 12 (5.38%) Cypress.io
9 12 (5.38%) Postman
10 11 (4.93%) JMeter
11 10 (4.48%) JUnit
11 10 (4.48%) Maven
12 7 (3.14%) TeamCity
13 6 (2.69%) Appium
13 6 (2.69%) Gatling
14 5 (2.24%) Artifactory
14 5 (2.24%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (2.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 55 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.25%) Finance
3 24 (10.76%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.28%) Banking
6 5 (2.24%) Financial Institution
6 5 (2.24%) Law
7 4 (1.79%) Police
8 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Games
9 1 (0.45%) iGaming
9 1 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (26.91%) DevOps Engineer
2 47 (21.08%) Developer
3 38 (17.04%) Senior
4 27 (12.11%) AWS Engineer
5 17 (7.62%) Senior DevOps
6 16 (7.17%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 16 (7.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 15 (6.73%) AWS DevOps
7 15 (6.73%) Cloud Engineer
7 15 (6.73%) Lead
8 14 (6.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.83%) Architect
9 13 (5.83%) Test Engineer
10 10 (4.48%) Java Developer
10 10 (4.48%) Software Engineer
11 9 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.04%) Java Engineer
12 8 (3.59%) AWS Architect
13 7 (3.14%) Consultant
13 7 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.11%) REST
2 24 (10.76%) React
3 18 (8.07%) RESTful
4 17 (7.62%) Node.js
4 17 (7.62%) Playwright
5 14 (6.28%) CSS
5 14 (6.28%) HTML
6 13 (5.83%) Spring Boot
7 12 (5.38%) AngularJS
8 11 (4.93%) Kafka
8 11 (4.93%) OAuth
9 10 (4.48%) Elastic Stack
9 10 (4.48%) Spring
10 5 (2.24%) Django
10 5 (2.24%) Flask
10 5 (2.24%) GraphQL
10 5 (2.24%) Hibernate
10 5 (2.24%) Java EE
10 5 (2.24%) Jest
10 5 (2.24%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.59%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.14%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.69%) PKI
5 5 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.45%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.45%) Blog
9 1 (0.45%) DataPower
9 1 (0.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.45%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 56 (25.11%) Linux
2 14 (6.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (4.48%) Unix
4 8 (3.59%) Windows
5 4 (1.79%) SUSE
6 2 (0.90%) Android
6 2 (0.90%) CentOS
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (73.99%) CI/CD
2 114 (51.12%) DevOps
3 79 (35.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 78 (34.98%) Agile
4 78 (34.98%) Containerisation
5 51 (22.87%) Microservices
6 45 (20.18%) Test Automation
7 34 (15.25%) DevSecOps
7 34 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (10.76%) SDLC
8 24 (10.76%) Software Engineering
9 22 (9.87%) Cloud Security
10 21 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
10 21 (9.42%) Scrum
11 20 (8.97%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (8.97%) Infrastructure Automation
11 20 (8.97%) Mentoring
11 20 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
12 19 (8.52%) Migration
12 19 (8.52%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 100 (44.84%) Python
2 59 (26.46%) Java
3 46 (20.63%) JavaScript
4 45 (20.18%) Bash
5 25 (11.21%) SQL
6 23 (10.31%) TypeScript
7 17 (7.62%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.48%) Rust
9 9 (4.04%) Go
10 8 (3.59%) C#
11 6 (2.69%) C++
11 6 (2.69%) PHP
12 5 (2.24%) Ruby
12 5 (2.24%) Scala
12 5 (2.24%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.35%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.45%) SOQL
14 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 77 (34.53%) Security Cleared
2 69 (30.94%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.07%) AWS Certification
4 15 (6.73%) Degree
5 10 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.79%) OCP
7 4 (1.79%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.35%) CISSP
8 3 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.90%) CCNP
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.90%) CISM
9 2 (0.90%) CSSLP
9 2 (0.90%) GIAC
10 1 (0.45%) CCIE
10 1 (0.45%) CCNA
10 1 (0.45%) CEH
10 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.66%) QA
2 11 (4.93%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.59%) GDPR
4 7 (3.14%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.24%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.79%) WCAG
7 3 (1.35%) NCSC
7 3 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.90%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.45%) GRC
9 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 103 (46.19%) Docker
2 3 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.90%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 115 (51.57%) Terraform
2 113 (50.67%) Kubernetes
3 64 (28.70%) Ansible
4 22 (9.87%) Grafana
4 22 (9.87%) Prometheus
5 19 (8.52%) Puppet
6 15 (6.73%) Argo
7 10 (4.48%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.69%) Podman
9 5 (2.24%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (2.24%) HP Fortify
9 5 (2.24%) Nessus
10 4 (1.79%) logstash
10 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.35%) Consul
12 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.90%) QRadar
12 2 (0.90%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 17 (7.62%) Google
2 16 (7.17%) Oracle
3 15 (6.73%) Splunk
4 10 (4.48%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.48%) SAP
5 5 (2.24%) Cisco
5 5 (2.24%) Dynatrace
5 5 (2.24%) Qualys
6 4 (1.79%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.79%) LogRhythm
6 4 (1.79%) VMware
7 3 (1.35%) ForgeRock
7 3 (1.35%) IBM
7 3 (1.35%) PagerDuty
7 3 (1.35%) Veracode
8 2 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.90%) Mapbox
8 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.90%) Saba
9 1 (0.45%) Databricks