GitLab
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring GitLab skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 258 358
Rank change year-on-year -47 +100 -43
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 518 552 727
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.27% 0.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.51% 13.02% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 315 175 554
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,076 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.75% +12.00% +4.17%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,142 4,239 9,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.61% 9.76% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,716 2,848 6,678
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GitLab job vacancy trend in the UK

GitLab
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitLab.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GitLab

GitLab
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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
England -42 456 £75,000 -3.23% 202
UK excluding London -94 311 £68,076 -2.75% 144
London +12 165 £83,375 -1.91% 62
Work from Home -92 160 £69,310 -0.99% 93
North of England -39 125 £69,310 +3.39% 56
South East +38 85 £67,500 -10.00% 29
Yorkshire +2 77 £75,000 +5.63% 11
South West -47 43 £65,000 +8.33% 17
Scotland -27 35 £95,000 +11.76% 1
North West -81 33 £65,000 -3.04% 23
Midlands -94 18 £60,000 -14.29% 29
West Midlands -41 16 £60,000 -14.29% 17
North East -28 15 £65,288 +2.41% 22
East of England -33 6 £56,250 -27.42% 10
East Midlands -64 2 - - 12
Wales -32 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 3

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 23 (4.44%) Confluence
2 20 (3.86%) Apache
3 8 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.35%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.77%) IIS
5 4 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.58%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.58%) JBoss
6 3 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
1 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 312 (60.23%) AWS
2 200 (38.61%) Azure
3 140 (27.03%) AWS CloudFormation
4 114 (22.01%) Serverless
5 97 (18.73%) AWS Lambda
6 93 (17.95%) GitHub
7 85 (16.41%) Amazon S3
8 77 (14.86%) GCP
9 66 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
10 60 (11.58%) Amazon ECS
10 60 (11.58%) AWS Step Functions
11 59 (11.39%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (9.85%) Amazon ECR
13 49 (9.46%) Apigee
14 40 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
15 39 (7.53%) OpenShift
16 38 (7.34%) Datadog
17 37 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 35 (6.76%) Azure AKS
19 32 (6.18%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.92%) Broadband
2 31 (5.98%) DNS
3 29 (5.60%) Firewall
4 13 (2.51%) DSL
5 12 (2.32%) LAN
6 10 (1.93%) Network Security
7 9 (1.74%) MQTT
7 9 (1.74%) Software-Defined Networking
7 9 (1.74%) WAN
8 8 (1.54%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.35%) HTTP
10 6 (1.16%) BGP
10 6 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.16%) DHCP
10 6 (1.16%) VPN
11 5 (0.97%) IPv4
11 5 (0.97%) MPLS
12 4 (0.77%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (0.77%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.77%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (13.13%) DynamoDB
2 57 (11.00%) NoSQL
3 49 (9.46%) MongoDB
4 38 (7.34%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (5.02%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (4.25%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (4.25%) MySQL
7 14 (2.70%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.74%) Pinecone
9 6 (1.16%) InfluxDB
9 6 (1.16%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.97%) Big Data
10 5 (0.97%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.77%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.39%) Apache Iceberg
12 2 (0.39%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 250 (48.26%) Jenkins
2 132 (25.48%) Git
3 106 (20.46%) SonarQube
4 62 (11.97%) Cypress.io
5 48 (9.27%) Maven
6 46 (8.88%) JIRA
7 44 (8.49%) Cucumber
8 28 (5.41%) CircleCI
9 24 (4.63%) Bitbucket
9 24 (4.63%) Selenium
10 15 (2.90%) Visual Studio Code
11 13 (2.51%) JUnit
11 13 (2.51%) Postman
11 13 (2.51%) REST Assured
12 11 (2.12%) JMeter
13 10 (1.93%) Vite
14 8 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (1.54%) Gatling
15 6 (1.16%) LoadRunner
15 6 (1.16%) Robot Framework
General
1 107 (20.66%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.31%) Finance
3 46 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (8.88%) Banking
4 44 (8.49%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (7.53%) Marketing
6 34 (6.56%) Games
7 21 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.70%) Advertising
10 11 (2.12%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.54%) Electronics
13 5 (0.97%) Automotive
13 5 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.97%) Retail
14 4 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (21.43%) Senior
2 92 (17.76%) DevOps Engineer
3 88 (16.99%) Developer
4 69 (13.32%) Lead
5 51 (9.85%) Architect
6 50 (9.65%) Cloud Engineer
7 45 (8.69%) Java Developer
8 42 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (7.14%) Software Engineer
10 33 (6.37%) Salesforce Architect
11 31 (5.98%) Senior DevOps
12 27 (5.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 26 (5.02%) Senior Developer
14 25 (4.83%) AWS Engineer
14 25 (4.83%) Security Engineer
15 20 (3.86%) Automation Engineer
16 19 (3.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (3.67%) Platform Engineer
17 18 (3.47%) Salesforce Technical Architect
17 18 (3.47%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.90%) Spring Boot
2 67 (12.93%) REST
3 62 (11.97%) AngularJS
4 55 (10.62%) Kafka
5 49 (9.46%) Spring
6 47 (9.07%) Gherkin
7 45 (8.69%) Jest
8 37 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
9 36 (6.95%) Node.js
10 35 (6.76%) RabbitMQ
10 35 (6.76%) SOAP
11 34 (6.56%) Lightning Web Components
11 34 (6.56%) Visualforce
12 32 (6.18%) RESTful
13 31 (5.98%) React
14 22 (4.25%) JSON
14 22 (4.25%) YAML
15 19 (3.67%) gRPC
15 19 (3.67%) LangChain
16 18 (3.47%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 97 (18.73%) Cloud Native
2 62 (11.97%) Product Ownership
3 38 (7.34%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.47%) Public Cloud
5 17 (3.28%) Blockchain
5 17 (3.28%) Data Centre
6 16 (3.09%) Algorithms
6 16 (3.09%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.09%) Web3
7 14 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.51%) Cloud Security Posture
8 13 (2.51%) e-Learning
9 9 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.35%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 135 (26.06%) Linux
2 54 (10.42%) Windows
3 26 (5.02%) Unix
4 18 (3.47%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.09%) CentOS
6 12 (2.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (1.93%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.77%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.39%) Android
9 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.39%) Debian
9 2 (0.39%) Rocky
9 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (86.10%) CI/CD
2 361 (69.69%) DevOps
3 262 (50.58%) Agile
4 228 (44.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 142 (27.41%) Containerisation
6 133 (25.68%) Microservices
7 121 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (23.17%) Test Automation
9 115 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (20.85%) Continuous Integration
11 104 (20.08%) Scrum
12 96 (18.53%) Mentoring
13 89 (17.18%) Observability
14 87 (16.80%) Software Engineering
15 79 (15.25%) DevSecOps
16 74 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
17 73 (14.09%) SDLC
18 72 (13.90%) Event-Driven
19 62 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 61 (11.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 238 (45.95%) Python
2 155 (29.92%) Java
3 146 (28.19%) Bash
4 82 (15.83%) TypeScript
5 70 (13.51%) SQL
6 64 (12.36%) JavaScript
7 53 (10.23%) Groovy
8 51 (9.85%) PowerShell
9 49 (9.46%) Go
10 34 (6.56%) Apex Code
10 34 (6.56%) SOQL
10 34 (6.56%) SOSL
11 30 (5.79%) Rust
12 29 (5.60%) C#
13 24 (4.63%) C++
14 10 (1.93%) Perl
15 6 (1.16%) Bicep
16 5 (0.97%) C
17 4 (0.77%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.77%) PHP
Qualifications
1 141 (27.22%) Security Cleared
2 71 (13.71%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.97%) Degree
4 57 (11.00%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.79%) DV Cleared
6 25 (4.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 25 (4.83%) ITIL Certification
7 21 (4.05%) OSCP
8 17 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (3.09%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.51%) ISTQB
12 12 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.93%) CCNA
13 10 (1.93%) RHCSA
14 9 (1.74%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.97%) RHCE
16 4 (0.77%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.97%) QA
2 17 (3.28%) GDPR
2 17 (3.28%) NIST
3 13 (2.51%) SOC 2
4 12 (2.32%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.54%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.39%) JTAG
9 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 214 (41.31%) Docker
2 28 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.63%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.74%) VMware NSX
4 9 (1.74%) vSphere
5 7 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.97%) Squid
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 259 (50.00%) Terraform
2 210 (40.54%) Kubernetes
3 130 (25.10%) Ansible
4 88 (16.99%) Grafana
5 79 (15.25%) Prometheus
6 45 (8.69%) HP Fortify
7 26 (5.02%) Argo
8 19 (3.67%) Nagios
9 15 (2.90%) Kibana
10 13 (2.51%) Puppet
11 11 (2.12%) logstash
12 10 (1.93%) Packer
13 7 (1.35%) vCenter Server
14 6 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.97%) Podman
15 5 (0.97%) VxRail
15 5 (0.97%) ZABBIX
16 4 (0.77%) Rancher
16 4 (0.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (15.25%) Splunk
2 47 (9.07%) Red Hat
3 38 (7.34%) Microsoft
4 36 (6.95%) VMware
5 35 (6.76%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.86%) Oracle
7 14 (2.70%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.70%) Cisco
8 12 (2.32%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.93%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.74%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.74%) Google
11 8 (1.54%) Juniper
11 8 (1.54%) Tenable
12 7 (1.35%) IBM
12 7 (1.35%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.16%) F5
13 6 (1.16%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.97%) SolarWinds
14 5 (0.97%) Veracode