GitLab Job Trends in England

GitLab
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GitLab skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 268 302 337
Rank change year-on-year +34 +35 -64
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 455 608 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.06% 0.89% 0.91%
As % of the Development Applications category 14.12% 10.47% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 163 282 359
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,625 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,875 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% - -
75th Percentile £94,375 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.81% -3.57% -

All Development Application Skills
England

GitLab falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,223 5,808 7,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.50% 8.50% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 3,523 5,725
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in England

GitLab
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitLab.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GitLab

GitLab
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for GitLab in England

GitLab
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the England region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +104 170 £67,500 +16.45% 59
North West +85 148 £60,000 +6.67% 32
London -58 116 £85,000 - 87
Midlands +77 77 £70,000 +16.67% 10
East Midlands +63 45 £61,000 +8.44% 2
West Midlands +46 32 £81,250 +24.11% 8
South West +46 31 £67,500 +12.50% 28
East of England +3 30 £65,000 - 5
South East -44 24 £75,000 +13.21% 53
Yorkshire +22 18 £75,000 +29.39% 15
North East +12 4 £67,500 +12.50% 12
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 124 (27.25%) Confluence
2 5 (1.10%) nginx
3 4 (0.88%) Apache
3 4 (0.88%) Camunda
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.66%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.66%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.44%) CICS
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (0.88%) Simulink
2 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 356 (78.24%) AWS
2 288 (63.30%) Azure
3 148 (32.53%) GCP
4 32 (7.03%) GitHub
5 31 (6.81%) Amazon EC2
5 31 (6.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 27 (5.93%) Serverless
7 23 (5.05%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (4.84%) Amazon S3
8 22 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (4.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 18 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
10 18 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (3.96%) Datadog
11 17 (3.74%) OpenShift
12 13 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (2.20%) Route 53
14 9 (1.98%) AWS CodeBuild
15 8 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.42%) DNS
1 11 (2.42%) Firewall
2 8 (1.76%) WAN
3 6 (1.32%) Network Security
4 5 (1.10%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.88%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (0.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.66%) Skype
6 3 (0.66%) VPN
6 3 (0.66%) VSAN
7 2 (0.44%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.44%) LAN
7 2 (0.44%) OSPF
7 2 (0.44%) SAN
7 2 (0.44%) VLAN
7 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.22%) MQTT
8 1 (0.22%) Multicast
8 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (47.69%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.81%) MongoDB
3 27 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.18%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.64%) MySQL
8 10 (2.20%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.76%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.66%) Hazelcast
10 3 (0.66%) Power BI
11 2 (0.44%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.44%) DB2
11 2 (0.44%) Endeca
11 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.44%) Redis
11 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.22%) Big Data
12 1 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 223 (49.01%) Sonatype Nexus
2 221 (48.57%) Cucumber
3 220 (48.35%) SonarQube
4 219 (48.13%) JIRA
5 217 (47.69%) Selenium
6 214 (47.03%) Bitbucket
7 207 (45.49%) Maven
8 114 (25.05%) Jenkins
9 53 (11.65%) Git
10 23 (5.05%) JUnit
11 16 (3.52%) CircleCI
12 14 (3.08%) TeamCity
13 11 (2.42%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (2.20%) Mockito
15 7 (1.54%) Artifactory
15 7 (1.54%) IntelliJ
15 7 (1.54%) JMeter
16 6 (1.32%) Gatling
17 5 (1.10%) Cypress.io
18 4 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 269 (59.12%) Finance
2 223 (49.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 220 (48.35%) Banking
4 105 (23.08%) Retail
5 92 (20.22%) Investment Banking
6 90 (19.78%) Corporate Banking
7 71 (15.60%) Social Skills
8 33 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (2.42%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.98%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.98%) Marketing
11 6 (1.32%) Automotive
11 6 (1.32%) Electronics
11 6 (1.32%) Games
12 5 (1.10%) Advertising
12 5 (1.10%) Law
13 4 (0.88%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.88%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 224 (49.23%) Software Engineer
2 57 (12.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 42 (9.23%) Developer
4 31 (6.81%) Senior
5 29 (6.37%) Lead
6 23 (5.05%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (4.62%) AWS DevOps
7 21 (4.62%) AWS Engineer
8 19 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (3.52%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (2.86%) Java Developer
12 12 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (2.64%) Java Engineer
13 11 (2.42%) Senior DevOps
14 9 (1.98%) Architect
14 9 (1.98%) AWS Developer
14 9 (1.98%) Engineering Manager
14 9 (1.98%) Python Engineer
14 9 (1.98%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (51.87%) React
2 229 (50.33%) Spring
3 226 (49.67%) Spring Boot
4 219 (48.13%) Kafka
5 209 (45.93%) CSS
5 209 (45.93%) HTML
6 199 (43.74%) JPA
6 199 (43.74%) Redux
7 121 (26.59%) Hibernate
8 119 (26.15%) REST
9 109 (23.96%) RESTful
10 96 (21.10%) HTML5
11 95 (20.88%) CSS3
12 91 (20.00%) Jest
12 91 (20.00%) Sass
13 27 (5.93%) .NET
14 21 (4.62%) Node.js
15 19 (4.18%) AngularJS
16 18 (3.96%) .NET Core
17 14 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 210 (46.15%) Enterprise Software
1 210 (46.15%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.25%) Cloud Native
3 13 (2.86%) Virtual Team
4 12 (2.64%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.42%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.32%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.32%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.32%) Wiki
9 5 (1.10%) Credit Derivative
9 5 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.88%) Blockchain
10 4 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.88%) FPGA
10 4 (0.88%) Verilog
10 4 (0.88%) VHDL
10 4 (0.88%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 74 (16.26%) Linux
2 19 (4.18%) Windows
3 13 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.20%) Debian
4 10 (2.20%) Ubuntu
5 8 (1.76%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.32%) Android
7 3 (0.66%) CentOS
8 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.44%) zOS
9 1 (0.22%) Unix
9 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (86.15%) CI/CD
2 353 (77.58%) DevOps
3 304 (66.81%) Agile
4 284 (62.42%) Containerisation
5 265 (58.24%) Software Engineering
6 256 (56.26%) Microservices
7 241 (52.97%) Test Automation
8 227 (49.89%) Full-Stack Development
9 220 (48.35%) SDLC
10 218 (47.91%) Performance Optimisation
11 211 (46.37%) Front End Development
12 147 (32.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 128 (28.13%) TDD
14 118 (25.93%) Clean Code
14 118 (25.93%) Mentoring
15 111 (24.40%) User Experience
16 106 (23.30%) Infrastructure as Code
17 95 (20.88%) Strategic Thinking
18 93 (20.44%) Migration
19 90 (19.78%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 273 (60.00%) Java
2 242 (53.19%) SQL
3 236 (51.87%) JavaScript
4 125 (27.47%) TypeScript
5 113 (24.84%) Python
6 51 (11.21%) Bash
7 37 (8.13%) PowerShell
8 24 (5.27%) C#
9 20 (4.40%) C++
10 18 (3.96%) Go
11 13 (2.86%) C
12 8 (1.76%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.10%) Bicep
14 4 (0.88%) Groovy
14 4 (0.88%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.88%) Rust
15 3 (0.66%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.66%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.66%) Ruby
15 3 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (9.67%) Security Cleared
2 21 (4.62%) DV Cleared
2 21 (4.62%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.74%) AWS Certification
4 15 (3.30%) Degree
5 7 (1.54%) CCNA
5 7 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.32%) ISTQB
7 5 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.66%) CCNP
10 2 (0.44%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 225 (49.45%) QA
2 91 (20.00%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.32%) GDPR
4 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 302 (66.37%) Docker
2 12 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.98%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.88%) Firmware
4 4 (0.88%) vSphere
5 3 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.66%) vCloud
6 2 (0.44%) Squid
6 2 (0.44%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) NFS
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 329 (72.31%) Kubernetes
2 103 (22.64%) Terraform
3 78 (17.14%) Ansible
4 52 (11.43%) Prometheus
5 48 (10.55%) Grafana
6 14 (3.08%) Kibana
7 9 (1.98%) Argo
8 5 (1.10%) Rancher
9 4 (0.88%) vRealize
9 4 (0.88%) WSUS
10 3 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.66%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.66%) Puppet
10 3 (0.66%) Rundeck
10 3 (0.66%) SCOM
11 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.44%) CA Endevor
11 2 (0.44%) logstash
11 2 (0.44%) Nagios
11 2 (0.44%) Packer
Vendors
1 198 (43.52%) Solace
2 26 (5.71%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.62%) VMware
4 19 (4.18%) Splunk
5 18 (3.96%) Oracle
6 11 (2.42%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.76%) IBM
8 7 (1.54%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.32%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.10%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.10%) Google
11 4 (0.88%) Sonatype
12 3 (0.66%) Cribl.io
12 3 (0.66%) F5
12 3 (0.66%) HP
12 3 (0.66%) New Relic
13 2 (0.44%) Cisco
13 2 (0.44%) Citrix
13 2 (0.44%) Commvault
13 2 (0.44%) QNX