GitLab Job Trends in the UK excluding London

GitLab
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GitLab skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 348 315
Rank change year-on-year +24 -33 -3
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 222 193 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.65% 0.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.55% 6.34% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 107 117 360
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,125 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,500 £92,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -10.34%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,325 3,042 5,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.53% 10.30% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,859 4,209
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £43,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,687 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.70% +4.17% -7.69%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GitLab job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GitLab.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GitLab

GitLab
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
North of England +16 85 £67,500 - 57
Yorkshire +1 54 £77,500 +5.08% 17
South East -21 49 £70,000 -12.50% 57
Scotland +2 33 £95,000 +65.22% 19
South West -32 31 £72,500 +16.00% 30
North West -9 25 £65,000 -3.04% 26
Midlands -10 16 £55,200 -13.41% 14
West Midlands -2 13 £56,350 -6.08% 10
East of England +5 7 £67,500 -10.00% 19
North East -12 6 £65,000 -7.14% 14
East Midlands -27 3 £55,200 -31.00% 4
Wales - 3 £55,200 - 10
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (4.05%) Confluence
2 6 (2.70%) Apache
3 4 (1.80%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.90%) JBoss
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 106 (47.75%) AWS
2 74 (33.33%) Azure
3 50 (22.52%) AWS CloudFormation
4 45 (20.27%) Serverless
5 43 (19.37%) AWS Lambda
6 41 (18.47%) Amazon ECS
7 39 (17.57%) Amazon S3
8 37 (16.67%) GitHub
9 34 (15.32%) Amazon ECR
9 34 (15.32%) Apigee
10 32 (14.41%) AWS Step Functions
11 31 (13.96%) GCP
12 28 (12.61%) OpenShift
13 24 (10.81%) GitHub Actions
14 21 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (7.21%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (6.76%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (4.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 8 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
18 8 (3.60%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.86%) Broadband
2 18 (8.11%) DNS
3 12 (5.41%) Firewall
4 7 (3.15%) VPN
5 6 (2.70%) DHCP
6 4 (1.80%) Asterisk PBX
6 4 (1.80%) BGP
6 4 (1.80%) LAN
6 4 (1.80%) MPLS
6 4 (1.80%) MQTT
6 4 (1.80%) SD-WAN
6 4 (1.80%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.80%) VoIP
6 4 (1.80%) VPLS
6 4 (1.80%) WAN
7 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.90%) SSL
9 1 (0.45%) HTTP
9 1 (0.45%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (16.67%) DynamoDB
2 14 (6.31%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.86%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.95%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (3.60%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.25%) CockroachDB
6 5 (2.25%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.25%) Power BI
7 4 (1.80%) MySQL
7 4 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.35%) Data Vault
8 3 (1.35%) InfluxDB
9 2 (0.90%) Big Data
9 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.45%) Redis
10 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 126 (56.76%) Jenkins
2 74 (33.33%) SonarQube
3 56 (25.23%) Git
4 35 (15.77%) Cypress.io
4 35 (15.77%) Maven
5 23 (10.36%) JIRA
6 20 (9.01%) Selenium
7 17 (7.66%) Cucumber
8 16 (7.21%) JUnit
9 9 (4.05%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (2.25%) Postman
11 5 (2.25%) TestNG
12 4 (1.80%) REST Assured
13 3 (1.35%) Gradle
13 3 (1.35%) Robot Framework
13 3 (1.35%) TestRail
13 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.90%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.90%) Zephyr
General
1 48 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 37 (16.67%) Marketing
3 33 (14.86%) Games
3 33 (14.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (10.36%) Finance
5 22 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.86%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.50%) Advertising
8 9 (4.05%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.70%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.80%) Electronics
11 3 (1.35%) Banking
11 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.90%) Automotive
12 2 (0.90%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.45%) Aviation
13 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (19.37%) Lead
2 42 (18.92%) Developer
3 34 (15.32%) Architect
4 31 (13.96%) Salesforce Architect
5 29 (13.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 25 (11.26%) Java Developer
7 20 (9.01%) Senior
8 19 (8.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 19 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (7.66%) Software Engineer
10 16 (7.21%) Salesforce Technical Architect
10 16 (7.21%) Technical Architect
11 11 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (4.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.50%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 10 (4.50%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.50%) Salesforce Solution Architect
13 9 (4.05%) AWS Developer
14 8 (3.60%) Senior Developer
15 7 (3.15%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (19.37%) Spring Boot
2 40 (18.02%) REST
3 38 (17.12%) AngularJS
4 35 (15.77%) SOAP
5 33 (14.86%) Jest
5 33 (14.86%) Lightning Web Components
5 33 (14.86%) Visualforce
6 32 (14.41%) Gherkin
7 22 (9.91%) Spring
8 21 (9.46%) Elastic Stack
9 14 (6.31%) React
10 11 (4.95%) RESTful
11 9 (4.05%) Apache NiFi
11 9 (4.05%) pytest
11 9 (4.05%) Vue
12 8 (3.60%) Node.js
12 8 (3.60%) OAuth
13 7 (3.15%) Django
14 6 (2.70%) .NET
14 6 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 46 (20.72%) Product Ownership
2 21 (9.46%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.25%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.25%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.80%) PKI
5 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.35%) Clustering
6 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.90%) Life Science
7 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.90%) NHS
7 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (22.97%) Linux
2 15 (6.76%) Windows
3 7 (3.15%) Ubuntu
3 7 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.25%) CentOS
5 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.80%) Unix
6 3 (1.35%) Debian
7 1 (0.45%) Fedora
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (79.73%) CI/CD
2 159 (71.62%) DevOps
3 139 (62.61%) Agile
4 74 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (27.48%) Scrum
6 60 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (25.23%) Infrastructure as Code
8 54 (24.32%) Continuous Integration
9 52 (23.42%) Containerisation
10 49 (22.07%) Roadmaps
11 42 (18.92%) Event-Driven
12 38 (17.12%) Observability
13 37 (16.67%) Community of Practice
13 37 (16.67%) Design Patterns
14 36 (16.22%) Continuous Delivery
14 36 (16.22%) PLM
15 35 (15.77%) OO
15 35 (15.77%) Static Code Analysis
16 34 (15.32%) Software Engineering
16 34 (15.32%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 82 (36.94%) Python
2 76 (34.23%) Java
3 64 (28.83%) Bash
4 49 (22.07%) TypeScript
5 33 (14.86%) Apex Code
5 33 (14.86%) SOQL
5 33 (14.86%) SOSL
6 31 (13.96%) Groovy
7 24 (10.81%) JavaScript
8 19 (8.56%) PowerShell
8 19 (8.56%) SQL
9 11 (4.95%) C#
10 8 (3.60%) Go
11 7 (3.15%) C++
12 6 (2.70%) Delphi
12 6 (2.70%) Rust
13 4 (1.80%) ANSI SQL
14 3 (1.35%) Perl
15 2 (0.90%) C
15 2 (0.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.71%) AWS Certification
3 23 (10.36%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.56%) Degree
5 17 (7.66%) ITIL Certification
5 17 (7.66%) SC Cleared
6 16 (7.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 8 (3.60%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.25%) CCNA
8 5 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.25%) ISTQB
8 5 (2.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.35%) LPIC
9 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.90%) CISSP
10 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.90%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.81%) QA
2 5 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.35%) GDPR
4 2 (0.90%) ECSS
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.90%) NIST
4 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 91 (40.99%) Docker
2 12 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.15%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.25%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.25%) vSphere
5 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.45%) Firmware
6 1 (0.45%) Squid
Systems Management
1 76 (34.23%) Kubernetes
2 71 (31.98%) Terraform
3 45 (20.27%) Ansible
4 41 (18.47%) Grafana
5 32 (14.41%) HP Fortify
6 31 (13.96%) Prometheus
7 8 (3.60%) Kibana
8 5 (2.25%) Puppet
9 4 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.80%) logstash
9 4 (1.80%) Nagios
9 4 (1.80%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.80%) WSUS
10 3 (1.35%) Argo
10 3 (1.35%) Istio
10 3 (1.35%) Rancher
10 3 (1.35%) VxRail
11 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.90%) Nessus
11 2 (0.90%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 47 (21.17%) Splunk
2 34 (15.32%) Salesforce
3 24 (10.81%) Oracle
4 13 (5.86%) VMware
5 12 (5.41%) Red Hat
6 10 (4.50%) Microsoft
7 8 (3.60%) Google
8 7 (3.15%) Cisco
9 5 (2.25%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.25%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.80%) Dell
10 4 (1.80%) Juniper
11 3 (1.35%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.35%) BeyondTrust
11 3 (1.35%) IBM
11 3 (1.35%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.35%) SAP
12 2 (0.90%) F5
12 2 (0.90%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.90%) New Relic