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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 335 321
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 -48
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 304 349 571
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.79% 0.86%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.02% 7.41% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 201 162 477
10th Percentile £46,750 £47,231 £35,920
25th Percentile £61,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -13.33%

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 3,370 4,708 6,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.59% 10.70% 10.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,295 2,748 5,755
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -7.69%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GitLab job vacancy trend 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 19 February 2026.

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 19 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -10 113 £87,000 -3.33% 78
North of England +17 83 £67,500 - 37
Yorkshire +3 50 £77,500 +50.54% 14
South East -15 44 £70,000 -6.67% 65
South West -23 30 £72,500 +18.37% 22
North West +2 26 £65,000 -5.45% 19
Midlands -14 16 £55,200 -21.14% 22
West Midlands +6 13 £56,350 -11.61% 19
East of England +11 8 £67,500 -6.90% 18
North East -3 7 £66,250 -5.36% 4
East Midlands -24 3 £55,200 -31.00% 3
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 14 (4.61%) Apache
1 14 (4.61%) Confluence
2 9 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.64%) IIS
3 5 (1.64%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.64%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.99%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.66%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.33%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 194 (63.82%) AWS
2 123 (40.46%) Azure
3 96 (31.58%) AWS CloudFormation
4 73 (24.01%) Serverless
5 63 (20.72%) AWS Lambda
5 63 (20.72%) GitHub
6 56 (18.42%) GCP
7 46 (15.13%) Amazon S3
8 41 (13.49%) Amazon ECS
9 39 (12.83%) GitHub Actions
10 38 (12.50%) AWS Step Functions
11 34 (11.18%) OpenShift
12 33 (10.86%) Amazon ECR
13 31 (10.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 31 (10.20%) Apigee
14 30 (9.87%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (7.24%) Datadog
16 19 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (5.92%) Amazon EKS
18 14 (4.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 27 (8.88%) DNS
2 17 (5.59%) Firewall
3 9 (2.96%) DSL
3 9 (2.96%) VPN
4 6 (1.97%) BGP
4 6 (1.97%) DHCP
4 6 (1.97%) WAN
5 5 (1.64%) MQTT
5 5 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.32%) Asterisk PBX
6 4 (1.32%) LAN
6 4 (1.32%) MPLS
6 4 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.32%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.32%) VoIP
6 4 (1.32%) VPLS
7 3 (0.99%) VLAN
8 2 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (14.14%) DynamoDB
2 39 (12.83%) NoSQL
3 28 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (8.22%) MongoDB
4 25 (8.22%) SQL Server
5 16 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (4.61%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.96%) MySQL
8 7 (2.30%) Power BI
9 5 (1.64%) CockroachDB
10 4 (1.32%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.32%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.32%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.99%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.99%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.99%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 161 (52.96%) Jenkins
2 77 (25.33%) Git
3 41 (13.49%) SonarQube
4 34 (11.18%) Maven
5 33 (10.86%) Cypress.io
6 31 (10.20%) JIRA
7 27 (8.88%) Cucumber
8 21 (6.91%) Selenium
9 18 (5.92%) CircleCI
10 16 (5.26%) JUnit
11 14 (4.61%) Bitbucket
12 10 (3.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (2.63%) Postman
14 6 (1.97%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.64%) SoapUI
15 5 (1.64%) TestNG
16 4 (1.32%) Artifactory
16 4 (1.32%) Vite
17 3 (0.99%) Robot Framework
17 3 (0.99%) TestRail
General
1 82 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 62 (20.39%) Finance
3 31 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.58%) Banking
5 17 (5.59%) Advertising
5 17 (5.59%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.96%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.63%) Marketing
8 7 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.97%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.64%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Electronics
11 4 (1.32%) Games
11 4 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.66%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.66%) Automotive
13 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (19.74%) Lead
2 57 (18.75%) Developer
3 43 (14.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 41 (13.49%) Senior
5 36 (11.84%) Cloud Engineer
6 25 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (8.22%) Java Developer
7 24 (7.89%) Platform Engineer
8 20 (6.58%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.26%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.28%) Security Engineer
11 12 (3.95%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 12 (3.95%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.62%) Architect
12 11 (3.62%) Java Engineer
12 11 (3.62%) Principal Engineer
13 10 (3.29%) Lead DevOps
14 9 (2.96%) AWS Security Architect
14 9 (2.96%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (19.08%) Spring Boot
2 42 (13.82%) Spring
3 37 (12.17%) Kafka
4 36 (11.84%) AngularJS
5 33 (10.86%) Elastic Stack
6 31 (10.20%) Jest
7 29 (9.54%) Gherkin
8 22 (7.24%) RESTful
9 21 (6.91%) React
10 16 (5.26%) Node.js
10 16 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
11 14 (4.61%) REST
12 13 (4.28%) pytest
13 12 (3.95%) AWS CDK
14 11 (3.62%) FastAPI
15 10 (3.29%) Apache NiFi
16 9 (2.96%) gRPC
16 9 (2.96%) web3js
17 8 (2.63%) Django
17 8 (2.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 58 (19.08%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.61%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.62%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.96%) Blockchain
5 9 (2.96%) Cloud Security Posture
5 9 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.96%) Private Cloud
5 9 (2.96%) Web3
6 8 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.63%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.97%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.64%) PKI
10 4 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.99%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.99%) IoT
11 3 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 83 (27.30%) Linux
2 31 (10.20%) Windows
3 12 (3.95%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.96%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.96%) Unix
5 6 (1.97%) CentOS
5 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.64%) Debian
6 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.33%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (80.26%) CI/CD
2 195 (64.14%) DevOps
3 137 (45.07%) Agile
4 134 (44.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 89 (29.28%) Containerisation
6 84 (27.63%) Problem-Solving
7 68 (22.37%) Microservices
8 59 (19.41%) Software Engineering
8 59 (19.41%) Test Automation
9 58 (19.08%) Observability
10 55 (18.09%) Mentoring
11 52 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (15.46%) Continuous Integration
13 46 (15.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 41 (13.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 39 (12.83%) Incident Response
15 39 (12.83%) Technical Leadership
16 37 (12.17%) DevSecOps
16 37 (12.17%) Scrum
17 33 (10.86%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 158 (51.97%) Python
2 101 (33.22%) Java
3 90 (29.61%) Bash
4 61 (20.07%) TypeScript
5 59 (19.41%) SQL
6 37 (12.17%) Go
6 37 (12.17%) JavaScript
7 36 (11.84%) PowerShell
8 28 (9.21%) Groovy
9 15 (4.93%) Rust
10 12 (3.95%) C#
11 7 (2.30%) ANSI SQL
11 7 (2.30%) C++
11 7 (2.30%) Delphi
12 6 (1.97%) Bicep
13 4 (1.32%) Perl
14 3 (0.99%) C
15 2 (0.66%) PHP
15 2 (0.66%) Ruby
16 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 67 (22.04%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.51%) AWS Certification
2 35 (11.51%) Degree
3 32 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.22%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.93%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (4.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 12 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (3.62%) OSCP
9 7 (2.30%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (2.30%) ISTQB
10 6 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.64%) CCNA
12 4 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.99%) CISSP
13 3 (0.99%) LPIC
13 3 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.50%) QA
2 12 (3.95%) NIST
3 8 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.30%) GDPR
5 6 (1.97%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.97%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.66%) ECSS
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 135 (44.41%) Docker
2 22 (7.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.28%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.64%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.64%) vSphere
6 2 (0.66%) Firmware
6 2 (0.66%) NFS
6 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.33%) Squid
Systems Management
1 144 (47.37%) Terraform
2 137 (45.07%) Kubernetes
3 88 (28.95%) Ansible
4 63 (20.72%) Grafana
5 62 (20.39%) Prometheus
6 29 (9.54%) HP Fortify
7 10 (3.29%) Puppet
8 9 (2.96%) Kibana
9 7 (2.30%) Argo
9 7 (2.30%) Nagios
10 6 (1.97%) Progress Chef
10 6 (1.97%) Rancher
11 5 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (1.32%) logstash
12 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (1.32%) WSUS
13 3 (0.99%) Istio
13 3 (0.99%) vRealize
13 3 (0.99%) VxRail
14 2 (0.66%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 34 (11.18%) Oracle
2 31 (10.20%) Splunk
3 24 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 24 (7.89%) VMware
4 16 (5.26%) Red Hat
5 13 (4.28%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.63%) Cisco
6 8 (2.63%) Google
7 6 (1.97%) SAP
8 4 (1.32%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.32%) Dell
8 4 (1.32%) Juniper
8 4 (1.32%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.99%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.99%) IBM
9 3 (0.99%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.66%) Adobe
10 2 (0.66%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.66%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.66%) Salesforce