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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 295 315
Rank change year-on-year +25 +20 -43
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 442 545 478
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.04% 0.88% 0.95%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.77% 9.85% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 157 246 354
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% -9.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% -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 3,210 5,532 6,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.55% 8.89% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,988 3,098 5,266
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 October 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 19 October 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 +105 167 £67,500 +16.38% 65
North West +87 147 £62,500 +5.93% 47
London -44 113 £87,500 +2.94% 98
Midlands +57 77 £70,000 +6.93% 22
East Midlands +52 45 £61,000 -12.86% 6
West Midlands +39 32 £81,250 +29.52% 15
South West +23 29 £68,750 +14.58% 34
East of England +18 29 £55,000 -18.52% 12
South East -39 22 £77,500 +19.23% 65
Yorkshire +8 14 £75,000 +29.39% 10
North East +10 6 £66,250 +7.35% 8
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
1 126 (28.51%) Confluence
2 9 (2.04%) Apache
3 6 (1.36%) nginx
4 4 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.90%) Camunda
5 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.68%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.23%) CICS
6 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Simulink
2 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.23%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.23%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 353 (79.86%) AWS
2 286 (64.71%) Azure
3 144 (32.58%) GCP
4 37 (8.37%) GitHub
5 33 (7.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 29 (6.56%) Serverless
7 25 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
8 23 (5.20%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (4.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 18 (4.07%) Amazon ECS
11 18 (4.07%) Amazon S3
11 18 (4.07%) OpenShift
12 17 (3.85%) Datadog
13 15 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (2.04%) Route 53
17 8 (1.81%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.94%) Firewall
2 11 (2.49%) DNS
3 9 (2.04%) WAN
4 6 (1.36%) Network Security
5 5 (1.13%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.13%) VPN
6 4 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (0.90%) VLAN
6 4 (0.90%) VSAN
7 3 (0.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (0.68%) OSPF
7 3 (0.68%) Skype
8 2 (0.45%) BGP
8 2 (0.45%) HTTP
8 2 (0.45%) LAN
8 2 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.45%) SAN
8 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (49.32%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.92%) MongoDB
3 25 (5.66%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 17 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (2.04%) MySQL
8 7 (1.58%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.58%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.13%) Power BI
10 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.68%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.68%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.68%) Hazelcast
12 2 (0.45%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.45%) Metadata
12 2 (0.45%) Redis
13 1 (0.23%) Apache Iceberg
13 1 (0.23%) Pinecone
13 1 (0.23%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 223 (50.45%) Cucumber
1 223 (50.45%) JIRA
2 220 (49.77%) Sonatype Nexus
3 216 (48.87%) SonarQube
4 215 (48.64%) Bitbucket
4 215 (48.64%) Selenium
5 205 (46.38%) Maven
6 112 (25.34%) Jenkins
7 46 (10.41%) Git
8 19 (4.30%) JUnit
9 16 (3.62%) CircleCI
10 11 (2.49%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.81%) Octopus Deploy
12 7 (1.58%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.58%) Gatling
12 7 (1.58%) JMeter
13 5 (1.13%) Cypress.io
13 5 (1.13%) Mockito
13 5 (1.13%) Postman
14 4 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 273 (61.76%) Finance
2 220 (49.77%) Banking
3 218 (49.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 102 (23.08%) Retail
5 94 (21.27%) Investment Banking
6 90 (20.36%) Corporate Banking
7 69 (15.61%) Social Skills
8 33 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.26%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.81%) Electronics
12 7 (1.58%) Advertising
12 7 (1.58%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.36%) Automotive
13 6 (1.36%) Games
13 6 (1.36%) Marketing
13 6 (1.36%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.13%) Law
15 4 (0.90%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (49.55%) Software Engineer
2 46 (10.41%) DevOps Engineer
3 37 (8.37%) Developer
4 29 (6.56%) Lead
4 29 (6.56%) Senior
5 23 (5.20%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (3.85%) AWS DevOps
7 17 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 14 (3.17%) Java Engineer
8 14 (3.17%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (2.71%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 12 (2.71%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (2.49%) Backend Developer
11 9 (2.04%) Senior DevOps
12 8 (1.81%) Architect
12 8 (1.81%) AWS Developer
12 8 (1.81%) Software Developer
13 7 (1.58%) Administrator
13 7 (1.58%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (51.58%) Spring
2 227 (51.36%) React
3 225 (50.90%) Spring Boot
4 220 (49.77%) Kafka
5 205 (46.38%) CSS
5 205 (46.38%) HTML
6 199 (45.02%) JPA
6 199 (45.02%) Redux
7 119 (26.92%) Hibernate
8 114 (25.79%) REST
9 100 (22.62%) RESTful
10 94 (21.27%) CSS3
10 94 (21.27%) HTML5
11 91 (20.59%) Jest
11 91 (20.59%) Sass
12 21 (4.75%) Node.js
13 20 (4.52%) .NET
14 16 (3.62%) Elastic Stack
15 13 (2.94%) .NET Core
16 11 (2.49%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 209 (47.29%) Product Ownership
2 208 (47.06%) Enterprise Software
3 41 (9.28%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.71%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.04%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.36%) Wiki
9 5 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.13%) PKI
10 4 (0.90%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.90%) Equities
10 4 (0.90%) FPGA
10 4 (0.90%) IoT
10 4 (0.90%) Verilog
10 4 (0.90%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 79 (17.87%) Linux
2 21 (4.75%) Windows
3 12 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.49%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.26%) Debian
6 8 (1.81%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.90%) Android
7 4 (0.90%) CentOS
8 3 (0.68%) Unix
9 1 (0.23%) Fedora
9 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (85.07%) CI/CD
2 336 (76.02%) DevOps
3 294 (66.52%) Agile
4 278 (62.90%) Containerisation
5 252 (57.01%) Microservices
6 250 (56.56%) Software Engineering
7 241 (54.52%) Test Automation
8 220 (49.77%) Full-Stack Development
9 218 (49.32%) SDLC
10 215 (48.64%) Performance Optimisation
11 212 (47.96%) Front End Development
12 150 (33.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 127 (28.73%) TDD
14 119 (26.92%) Mentoring
15 117 (26.47%) Clean Code
16 108 (24.43%) Infrastructure as Code
17 107 (24.21%) User Experience
18 95 (21.49%) Strategic Thinking
19 92 (20.81%) Migration
20 90 (20.36%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 268 (60.63%) Java
2 243 (54.98%) SQL
3 234 (52.94%) JavaScript
4 124 (28.05%) TypeScript
5 121 (27.38%) Python
6 49 (11.09%) Bash
7 40 (9.05%) PowerShell
8 19 (4.30%) C#
9 18 (4.07%) Go
10 17 (3.85%) C++
11 13 (2.94%) C
12 8 (1.81%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.13%) Bicep
14 4 (0.90%) ANSI SQL
14 4 (0.90%) Groovy
14 4 (0.90%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.68%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.68%) Ruby
15 3 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 43 (9.73%) Security Cleared
2 25 (5.66%) DV Cleared
3 18 (4.07%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.85%) AWS Certification
5 13 (2.94%) Degree
6 8 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.58%) CCNA
7 7 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.36%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.68%) CCNP
12 1 (0.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (51.58%) QA
2 91 (20.59%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.13%) GDPR
4 4 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.45%) SLA
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 289 (65.38%) Docker
2 13 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.26%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.13%) vSphere
5 4 (0.90%) Firmware
6 3 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.68%) vCloud
7 2 (0.45%) NFS
7 2 (0.45%) Squid
7 2 (0.45%) Terminal Server
7 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 318 (71.95%) Kubernetes
2 95 (21.49%) Terraform
3 75 (16.97%) Ansible
4 52 (11.76%) Prometheus
5 50 (11.31%) Grafana
6 14 (3.17%) Kibana
7 5 (1.13%) Argo
8 4 (0.90%) Rancher
8 4 (0.90%) vRealize
8 4 (0.90%) WSUS
9 3 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.68%) Puppet
9 3 (0.68%) Rundeck
9 3 (0.68%) SCOM
10 2 (0.45%) logstash
10 2 (0.45%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.23%) CA Endevor
11 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 198 (44.80%) Solace
2 25 (5.66%) Oracle
3 24 (5.43%) Microsoft
4 21 (4.75%) VMware
5 20 (4.52%) Splunk
6 16 (3.62%) Atlassian
7 8 (1.81%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.36%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.36%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.13%) IBM
9 5 (1.13%) Sonatype
10 4 (0.90%) Cisco
10 4 (0.90%) SAP
11 3 (0.68%) Cribl.io
11 3 (0.68%) Databricks
11 3 (0.68%) F5
11 3 (0.68%) HP
12 2 (0.45%) MikroTik
12 2 (0.45%) Starlink
12 2 (0.45%) Ubiquiti