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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 336 293
Rank change year-on-year -23 -43 -13
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 274 395 514
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.82% 0.98%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.64% 7.92% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 185 175 410
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £67,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +7.81% -10.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,500 £105,125
UK median annual salary £76,250 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.17% +11.54% -10.34%

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 3,173 4,990 5,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.91% 10.40% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,153 2,848 4,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,603 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -20 97 £85,000 - 59
North of England +51 81 £75,000 +15.38% 54
Yorkshire +13 41 £80,000 +55.39% 22
North West +28 33 £65,000 -6.81% 27
South West -17 30 £72,500 +16.00% 46
South East -29 25 £80,250 +10.69% 86
Midlands +8 19 £55,200 -21.14% 27
West Midlands +19 13 £60,000 -12.73% 13
East of England +21 10 £67,500 -6.90% 37
North East +9 7 £66,250 -5.36% 5
East Midlands -7 6 £53,600 -28.53% 14
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 (5.11%) Apache
1 14 (5.11%) Confluence
2 9 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.82%) IIS
3 5 (1.82%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.46%) Camunda
4 4 (1.46%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.09%) Apache Superset
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) nginx
5 3 (1.09%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.09%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.36%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 170 (62.04%) AWS
2 113 (41.24%) Azure
3 68 (24.82%) AWS CloudFormation
4 53 (19.34%) GitHub
5 52 (18.98%) Serverless
6 51 (18.61%) GCP
7 47 (17.15%) AWS Lambda
8 36 (13.14%) Amazon S3
9 34 (12.41%) Amazon ECS
10 31 (11.31%) OpenShift
11 30 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (10.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (9.85%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (8.76%) AWS Step Functions
15 23 (8.39%) Amazon ECR
16 20 (7.30%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (7.30%) Apigee
17 17 (6.20%) Amazon EKS
18 12 (4.38%) Cloud Computing
18 12 (4.38%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.12%) DNS
2 12 (4.38%) Firewall
3 6 (2.19%) VPN
4 5 (1.82%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.46%) DSL
5 4 (1.46%) VSAN
6 3 (1.09%) BGP
6 3 (1.09%) DHCP
6 3 (1.09%) Skype
6 3 (1.09%) VLAN
6 3 (1.09%) WAN
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.73%) HTTP
7 2 (0.73%) MQTT
7 2 (0.73%) OSPF
7 2 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.73%) RTMP
7 2 (0.73%) SSL
7 2 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.04%) MongoDB
2 31 (11.31%) NoSQL
2 31 (11.31%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (10.95%) DynamoDB
3 30 (10.95%) SQL Server
4 18 (6.57%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (4.74%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (4.01%) MySQL
7 9 (3.28%) Power BI
8 7 (2.55%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.82%) CockroachDB
9 5 (1.82%) Data Vault
9 5 (1.82%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.46%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.46%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.09%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.09%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.73%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 150 (54.74%) Jenkins
2 68 (24.82%) Git
3 34 (12.41%) SonarQube
4 29 (10.58%) Cypress.io
5 27 (9.85%) JIRA
6 24 (8.76%) Cucumber
6 24 (8.76%) Maven
7 23 (8.39%) Selenium
8 22 (8.03%) Bitbucket
8 22 (8.03%) JUnit
9 11 (4.01%) Sonatype Nexus
10 10 (3.65%) CircleCI
10 10 (3.65%) Postman
11 8 (2.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (2.55%) REST Assured
13 6 (2.19%) Artifactory
13 6 (2.19%) JMeter
13 6 (2.19%) Vite
14 5 (1.82%) SoapUI
14 5 (1.82%) TestNG
General
1 73 (26.64%) Social Skills
2 53 (19.34%) Finance
3 29 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.66%) Banking
5 16 (5.84%) Advertising
6 14 (5.11%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.65%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.55%) Marketing
9 6 (2.19%) Games
9 6 (2.19%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.19%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.82%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.46%) Electronics
11 4 (1.46%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.09%) Retail
13 2 (0.73%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.73%) Automotive
13 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (22.63%) Lead
2 53 (19.34%) Developer
3 41 (14.96%) DevOps Engineer
4 32 (11.68%) Senior
5 28 (10.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (9.49%) Platform Engineer
7 19 (6.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (6.93%) Software Engineer
8 15 (5.47%) Software Developer
9 14 (5.11%) Java Developer
9 14 (5.11%) Lead DevOps
10 13 (4.74%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.74%) Lead DevOps Engineer
11 12 (4.38%) Lead Cloud Engineer
11 12 (4.38%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (4.01%) Senior Developer
13 10 (3.65%) Backend Developer
14 8 (2.92%) AWS Engineer
14 8 (2.92%) Principal Engineer
15 7 (2.55%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (17.15%) Spring Boot
2 38 (13.87%) Spring
3 31 (11.31%) Elastic Stack
4 29 (10.58%) AngularJS
5 24 (8.76%) React
6 22 (8.03%) Jest
7 21 (7.66%) Kafka
8 20 (7.30%) Gherkin
8 20 (7.30%) REST
9 18 (6.57%) RESTful
10 17 (6.20%) Node.js
11 15 (5.47%) FastAPI
12 12 (4.38%) pytest
13 10 (3.65%) HTML
13 10 (3.65%) Playwright
13 10 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (3.28%) CSS
14 9 (3.28%) Django
15 8 (2.92%) .NET
15 8 (2.92%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.61%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.47%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.01%) Private Cloud
3 11 (4.01%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.65%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.82%) Blockchain
7 5 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.82%) PKI
7 5 (1.82%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.82%) Web3
8 4 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.46%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.09%) IoT
9 3 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 79 (28.83%) Linux
2 28 (10.22%) Windows
3 12 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.65%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.92%) Unix
6 7 (2.55%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.82%) Debian
7 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.09%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (77.01%) CI/CD
2 175 (63.87%) DevOps
3 120 (43.80%) Agile
4 111 (40.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 80 (29.20%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (28.47%) Containerisation
7 51 (18.61%) Test Automation
8 49 (17.88%) Microservices
9 48 (17.52%) Observability
10 47 (17.15%) Mentoring
11 46 (16.79%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 46 (16.79%) Software Engineering
12 43 (15.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 40 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 39 (14.23%) Incident Response
15 34 (12.41%) Continuous Integration
15 34 (12.41%) Platform Engineering
16 33 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
17 28 (10.22%) Full-Stack Development
17 28 (10.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 139 (50.73%) Python
2 96 (35.04%) Java
3 78 (28.47%) Bash
4 64 (23.36%) TypeScript
5 62 (22.63%) SQL
6 41 (14.96%) JavaScript
7 39 (14.23%) PowerShell
8 25 (9.12%) Go
9 20 (7.30%) Groovy
10 11 (4.01%) C#
11 9 (3.28%) ANSI SQL
12 7 (2.55%) Bicep
12 7 (2.55%) Delphi
13 6 (2.19%) Rust
14 5 (1.82%) C
14 5 (1.82%) C++
15 3 (1.09%) Embedded C
15 3 (1.09%) Perl
16 2 (0.73%) PHP
17 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (21.90%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.95%) DV Cleared
3 26 (9.49%) AWS Certification
4 23 (8.39%) SC Cleared
5 22 (8.03%) Degree
6 14 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.28%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.92%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (2.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.82%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.82%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.82%) OSCP
11 4 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (1.09%) CCNA
12 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.73%) CISSP
13 2 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.73%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.41%) QA
2 7 (2.55%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.19%) NIST
4 5 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.09%) GDPR
7 2 (0.73%) ECSS
7 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 116 (42.34%) Docker
2 19 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.01%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.82%) vSphere
5 4 (1.46%) Firmware
5 4 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.73%) NFS
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.36%) Squid
Systems Management
1 125 (45.62%) Kubernetes
2 120 (43.80%) Terraform
3 80 (29.20%) Ansible
4 64 (23.36%) Grafana
5 58 (21.17%) Prometheus
6 20 (7.30%) HP Fortify
7 11 (4.01%) Kibana
8 8 (2.92%) Puppet
9 7 (2.55%) Argo
9 7 (2.55%) Rancher
10 6 (2.19%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.46%) logstash
11 4 (1.46%) vRealize
11 4 (1.46%) WSUS
12 3 (1.09%) Istio
12 3 (1.09%) Nagios
12 3 (1.09%) SCOM
12 3 (1.09%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.73%) Nessus
13 2 (0.73%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 42 (15.33%) Oracle
2 25 (9.12%) Splunk
3 22 (8.03%) VMware
4 20 (7.30%) Microsoft
5 18 (6.57%) Atlassian
6 14 (5.11%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.19%) Google
7 6 (2.19%) SAP
8 5 (1.82%) Cisco
8 5 (1.82%) HP
8 5 (1.82%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.46%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.09%) Sonatype
11 2 (0.73%) Cribl.io
11 2 (0.73%) Databricks
11 2 (0.73%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.73%) MikroTik
11 2 (0.73%) New Relic
11 2 (0.73%) Starlink
11 2 (0.73%) Ubiquiti