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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 342 314
Rank change year-on-year +1 -28 -40
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 297 361 572
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.51% 0.80% 0.87%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.99% 7.57% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 197 163 475
10th Percentile £47,200 £47,534 £35,920
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,438 £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 £100,000 £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 3,302 4,771 6,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.63% 10.62% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,253 2,746 5,764
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% +4.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,250 £105,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.63% +3.75% -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 12 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 12 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 -20 109 £87,000 -3.33% 85
North of England +28 81 £67,500 - 43
Yorkshire -2 48 £77,500 +50.54% 12
South East -16 38 £74,000 +2.07% 60
South West -28 31 £74,500 +19.20% 25
North West +14 26 £65,000 -5.45% 29
Midlands -15 18 £55,200 -21.14% 16
West Midlands +7 13 £56,350 -16.52% 12
East of England +11 9 £73,750 +1.72% 12
North East 0 7 £66,250 -5.36% 2
East Midlands -16 5 £55,200 -26.40% 4
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 16 (5.39%) Confluence
2 15 (5.05%) Apache
3 9 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.02%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.68%) IIS
5 5 (1.68%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.35%) Apache Spark
7 3 (1.01%) Apache Superset
8 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.67%) nginx
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 190 (63.97%) AWS
2 122 (41.08%) Azure
3 90 (30.30%) AWS CloudFormation
4 70 (23.57%) Serverless
5 63 (21.21%) GitHub
6 60 (20.20%) AWS Lambda
7 56 (18.86%) GCP
8 44 (14.81%) Amazon S3
9 39 (13.13%) Amazon ECS
10 38 (12.79%) GitHub Actions
11 35 (11.78%) AWS Step Functions
12 31 (10.44%) Amazon ECR
13 30 (10.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 30 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (10.10%) OpenShift
14 28 (9.43%) Apigee
15 20 (6.73%) Datadog
16 19 (6.40%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (6.40%) Amazon EKS
17 13 (4.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 28 (9.43%) DNS
2 15 (5.05%) Firewall
3 9 (3.03%) VPN
4 8 (2.69%) DSL
5 6 (2.02%) BGP
5 6 (2.02%) DHCP
5 6 (2.02%) WAN
6 5 (1.68%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.35%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (1.35%) LAN
7 4 (1.35%) MPLS
7 4 (1.35%) MQTT
7 4 (1.35%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.35%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (1.35%) VoIP
7 4 (1.35%) VPLS
8 3 (1.01%) VLAN
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.67%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.47%) DynamoDB
2 38 (12.79%) NoSQL
3 30 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (9.43%) MongoDB
5 26 (8.75%) SQL Server
6 17 (5.72%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (3.37%) MySQL
9 7 (2.36%) Power BI
10 5 (1.68%) CockroachDB
10 5 (1.68%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.35%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.35%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.35%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.01%) Data Vault
12 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.01%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 162 (54.55%) Jenkins
2 71 (23.91%) Git
3 39 (13.13%) SonarQube
4 33 (11.11%) JIRA
5 32 (10.77%) Cypress.io
5 32 (10.77%) Maven
6 26 (8.75%) Cucumber
7 21 (7.07%) Selenium
8 17 (5.72%) CircleCI
8 17 (5.72%) JUnit
9 15 (5.05%) Bitbucket
10 10 (3.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (2.69%) Postman
12 6 (2.02%) REST Assured
13 5 (1.68%) SoapUI
13 5 (1.68%) TestNG
13 5 (1.68%) Vite
14 4 (1.35%) Artifactory
14 4 (1.35%) JMeter
15 3 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.87%) Finance
3 27 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.73%) Banking
5 16 (5.39%) Advertising
6 15 (5.05%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.03%) Aerospace
8 8 (2.69%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.69%) Marketing
9 5 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.68%) Games
9 5 (1.68%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.35%) Electronics
10 4 (1.35%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.67%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (20.54%) Lead
2 54 (18.18%) Developer
3 41 (13.80%) DevOps Engineer
4 39 (13.13%) Senior
5 35 (11.78%) Cloud Engineer
6 25 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (7.74%) Platform Engineer
8 21 (7.07%) Java Developer
9 20 (6.73%) Software Engineer
10 16 (5.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (4.71%) Senior Developer
12 12 (4.04%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 12 (4.04%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
13 11 (3.70%) Security Engineer
14 10 (3.37%) Architect
14 10 (3.37%) Java Engineer
14 10 (3.37%) Lead DevOps
15 9 (3.03%) Lead DevOps Engineer
15 9 (3.03%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (18.18%) Spring Boot
2 40 (13.47%) Spring
3 34 (11.45%) AngularJS
4 33 (11.11%) Elastic Stack
5 32 (10.77%) Kafka
6 29 (9.76%) Jest
7 27 (9.09%) Gherkin
8 23 (7.74%) React
9 21 (7.07%) RESTful
10 16 (5.39%) Node.js
11 14 (4.71%) RabbitMQ
11 14 (4.71%) REST
12 13 (4.38%) FastAPI
12 13 (4.38%) pytest
13 11 (3.70%) Apache NiFi
13 11 (3.70%) AWS CDK
14 9 (3.03%) HTML
15 8 (2.69%) gRPC
15 8 (2.69%) Vue
15 8 (2.69%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 55 (18.52%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.38%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.37%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.03%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.69%) Blockchain
7 8 (2.69%) Cloud Security Posture
7 8 (2.69%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.69%) Web3
8 7 (2.36%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.68%) PKI
10 3 (1.01%) Clustering
10 3 (1.01%) IoT
10 3 (1.01%) Robotics
10 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (27.61%) Linux
2 29 (9.76%) Windows
3 11 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.69%) Ubuntu
4 8 (2.69%) Unix
5 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.68%) CentOS
6 5 (1.68%) Debian
6 5 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.34%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (79.46%) CI/CD
2 186 (62.63%) DevOps
3 134 (45.12%) Agile
4 128 (43.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 84 (28.28%) Containerisation
6 82 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (20.54%) Microservices
8 60 (20.20%) Software Engineering
9 57 (19.19%) Test Automation
10 53 (17.85%) Mentoring
10 53 (17.85%) Observability
11 47 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (15.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 45 (15.15%) Continuous Integration
14 40 (13.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 38 (12.79%) Incident Response
16 37 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
17 36 (12.12%) Scrum
18 35 (11.78%) DevSecOps
19 32 (10.77%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 154 (51.85%) Python
2 97 (32.66%) Java
3 88 (29.63%) Bash
4 63 (21.21%) TypeScript
5 58 (19.53%) SQL
6 37 (12.46%) JavaScript
7 35 (11.78%) Go
7 35 (11.78%) PowerShell
8 26 (8.75%) Groovy
9 13 (4.38%) Rust
10 12 (4.04%) C#
11 7 (2.36%) ANSI SQL
11 7 (2.36%) Delphi
12 6 (2.02%) Bicep
12 6 (2.02%) C++
13 4 (1.35%) C
13 4 (1.35%) Perl
14 2 (0.67%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.67%) PHP
15 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (23.23%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.45%) DV Cleared
3 33 (11.11%) AWS Certification
4 31 (10.44%) Degree
5 26 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 14 (4.71%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (4.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 12 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.37%) OSCP
10 9 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (2.69%) ISTQB
12 6 (2.02%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.68%) CCNA
14 4 (1.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (1.01%) Azure Certification
15 3 (1.01%) CISSP
15 3 (1.01%) LPIC
16 2 (0.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.46%) QA
2 11 (3.70%) NIST
3 8 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.36%) GDPR
5 6 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.02%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.02%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.67%) ECSS
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 132 (44.44%) Docker
2 22 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.38%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.68%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.68%) vSphere
6 3 (1.01%) Firmware
7 2 (0.67%) NFS
7 2 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.34%) Squid
Systems Management
1 138 (46.46%) Terraform
2 133 (44.78%) Kubernetes
3 87 (29.29%) Ansible
4 62 (20.88%) Grafana
5 60 (20.20%) Prometheus
6 27 (9.09%) HP Fortify
7 10 (3.37%) Kibana
7 10 (3.37%) Puppet
8 6 (2.02%) Argo
8 6 (2.02%) Nagios
8 6 (2.02%) Progress Chef
8 6 (2.02%) Rancher
9 5 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.35%) logstash
10 4 (1.35%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.35%) WSUS
11 3 (1.01%) Istio
11 3 (1.01%) vRealize
11 3 (1.01%) VxRail
12 2 (0.67%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 37 (12.46%) Oracle
2 30 (10.10%) Splunk
3 24 (8.08%) Microsoft
3 24 (8.08%) VMware
4 15 (5.05%) Atlassian
5 13 (4.38%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.69%) Google
7 6 (2.02%) Cisco
7 6 (2.02%) SAP
8 5 (1.68%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.35%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.35%) Dell
10 3 (1.01%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.01%) IBM
10 3 (1.01%) Juniper
11 2 (0.67%) Adobe
11 2 (0.67%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.67%) Sonatype
11 2 (0.67%) Starlink
11 2 (0.67%) Tenable