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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 361 369
Rank change year-on-year +32 +8 -71
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 476 320 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.76% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.51% 7.61% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 286 192 553
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,375 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,125 £109,750 £102,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.90% +16.00% +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 4,136 4,204 9,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.65% 10.00% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,715 2,987 6,750
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £76,250 £81,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £101,600 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 26 April 2026.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 16 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 26 April 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 +24 409 £75,000 -3.23% 195
UK excluding London +6 284 £67,500 -6.90% 139
Work from Home +48 162 £69,310 -3.06% 167
London -7 146 £84,250 -6.39% 65
North of England -2 106 £69,310 +3.39% 44
South East +5 77 £67,500 -15.63% 34
Yorkshire -4 72 £73,405 +4.86% 8
South West -52 40 £65,000 +4.00% 21
Scotland -8 35 £95,000 +11.76% 4
North West -27 24 £65,000 -3.04% 17
Midlands -35 21 £56,350 -19.50% 19
West Midlands -19 20 £57,500 -17.86% 11
North East -36 10 £68,076 +6.79% 19
East of England -38 6 £67,500 -12.90% 15
Wales -28 2 £55,200 +69.85% 1
East Midlands -61 1 £55,200 -21.14% 8

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 25 (5.25%) Confluence
2 17 (3.57%) Apache
3 7 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.05%) IIS
5 5 (1.05%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.84%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.63%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.63%) JBoss
8 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 284 (59.66%) AWS
2 184 (38.66%) Azure
3 134 (28.15%) AWS CloudFormation
4 108 (22.69%) Serverless
5 95 (19.96%) AWS Lambda
5 95 (19.96%) GitHub
6 79 (16.60%) Amazon S3
7 76 (15.97%) GCP
8 62 (13.03%) GitHub Actions
9 57 (11.97%) Amazon ECS
9 57 (11.97%) AWS Step Functions
10 55 (11.55%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (10.29%) OpenShift
12 48 (10.08%) Amazon ECR
13 47 (9.87%) Apigee
14 42 (8.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (8.40%) Amazon EKS
16 37 (7.77%) Datadog
17 32 (6.72%) Azure AKS
18 30 (6.30%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.35%) Broadband
2 31 (6.51%) DNS
3 29 (6.09%) Firewall
4 13 (2.73%) DSL
5 9 (1.89%) LAN
6 8 (1.68%) WAN
7 7 (1.47%) Software-Defined Networking
8 6 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.26%) DHCP
8 6 (1.26%) Network Security
8 6 (1.26%) VPN
9 5 (1.05%) BGP
9 5 (1.05%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.84%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (0.84%) HTTP
10 4 (0.84%) MPLS
10 4 (0.84%) MQTT
10 4 (0.84%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.84%) VoIP
10 4 (0.84%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (13.03%) DynamoDB
2 52 (10.92%) NoSQL
3 42 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (6.93%) MongoDB
5 23 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
5 23 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (3.57%) SQL Server
7 13 (2.73%) MySQL
8 8 (1.68%) Pinecone
9 6 (1.26%) InfluxDB
10 5 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.05%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.05%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.84%) Big Data
11 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.84%) Power BI
12 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.42%) Apache Iceberg
13 2 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 242 (50.84%) Jenkins
2 120 (25.21%) Git
3 103 (21.64%) SonarQube
4 59 (12.39%) Cypress.io
5 50 (10.50%) JIRA
6 49 (10.29%) Cucumber
7 45 (9.45%) Maven
8 33 (6.93%) Selenium
9 27 (5.67%) Bitbucket
10 26 (5.46%) CircleCI
11 17 (3.57%) JUnit
12 15 (3.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 13 (2.73%) Postman
13 13 (2.73%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.52%) JMeter
15 11 (2.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 8 (1.68%) Gatling
17 7 (1.47%) Subversion
18 6 (1.26%) LoadRunner
18 6 (1.26%) Vite
General
1 114 (23.95%) Social Skills
2 91 (19.12%) Finance
3 47 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.19%) Marketing
5 38 (7.98%) Public Sector
6 37 (7.77%) Banking
7 35 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (7.14%) Games
9 26 (5.46%) Telecoms
10 15 (3.15%) Advertising
10 15 (3.15%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.10%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.26%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.05%) Automotive
15 5 (1.05%) Electronics
15 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.05%) Retail
Job Titles
1 100 (21.01%) Senior
2 90 (18.91%) DevOps Engineer
3 79 (16.60%) Developer
4 64 (13.45%) Lead
5 51 (10.71%) Architect
5 51 (10.71%) Cloud Engineer
6 39 (8.19%) Java Developer
7 38 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (7.56%) Software Engineer
9 33 (6.93%) Salesforce Architect
10 30 (6.30%) Senior DevOps
11 25 (5.25%) Senior Developer
12 23 (4.83%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 22 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
14 21 (4.41%) Security Engineer
15 19 (3.99%) Automation Engineer
15 19 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (3.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (3.78%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 18 (3.78%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (14.92%) Spring Boot
2 59 (12.39%) REST
3 53 (11.13%) AngularJS
4 50 (10.50%) Kafka
5 46 (9.66%) Elastic Stack
6 45 (9.45%) Gherkin
7 44 (9.24%) Spring
8 43 (9.03%) Jest
9 35 (7.35%) SOAP
10 34 (7.14%) Lightning Web Components
10 34 (7.14%) Visualforce
11 32 (6.72%) RabbitMQ
12 29 (6.09%) RESTful
13 27 (5.67%) Node.js
14 24 (5.04%) React
15 23 (4.83%) YAML
16 20 (4.20%) JSON
17 16 (3.36%) AWS CDK
17 16 (3.36%) Playwright
17 16 (3.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 76 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 59 (12.39%) Product Ownership
3 27 (5.67%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.36%) Algorithms
4 16 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (3.36%) Security Posture
5 15 (3.15%) Blockchain
5 15 (3.15%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.94%) Web3
7 13 (2.73%) Cloud Security Posture
7 13 (2.73%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.10%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.26%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 124 (26.05%) Linux
2 51 (10.71%) Windows
3 23 (4.83%) Unix
4 16 (3.36%) CentOS
4 16 (3.36%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.31%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.84%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.42%) Debian
12 1 (0.21%) Android
12 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (86.13%) CI/CD
2 335 (70.38%) DevOps
3 246 (51.68%) Agile
4 206 (43.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 136 (28.57%) Containerisation
6 119 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 118 (24.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 107 (22.48%) Microservices
9 105 (22.06%) Continuous Integration
10 101 (21.22%) Test Automation
11 95 (19.96%) Scrum
12 85 (17.86%) Mentoring
13 83 (17.44%) Software Engineering
14 81 (17.02%) Observability
15 68 (14.29%) Event-Driven
16 65 (13.66%) Continuous Delivery
16 65 (13.66%) DevSecOps
17 61 (12.82%) Roadmaps
18 57 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 56 (11.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 226 (47.48%) Python
2 143 (30.04%) Java
3 131 (27.52%) Bash
4 71 (14.92%) TypeScript
5 69 (14.50%) SQL
6 55 (11.55%) JavaScript
7 48 (10.08%) Go
8 47 (9.87%) PowerShell
9 46 (9.66%) Groovy
10 34 (7.14%) Apex Code
10 34 (7.14%) SOQL
10 34 (7.14%) SOSL
11 24 (5.04%) Rust
12 23 (4.83%) C#
12 23 (4.83%) C++
13 8 (1.68%) Bicep
13 8 (1.68%) Delphi
13 8 (1.68%) Perl
14 5 (1.05%) ANSI SQL
15 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 123 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 59 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 58 (12.18%) Degree
4 53 (11.13%) AWS Certification
5 29 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (5.25%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (4.20%) OSCP
9 15 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.94%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (2.73%) ISTQB
12 11 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.89%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (1.68%) CCNA
15 7 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 5 (1.05%) CISSP
16 5 (1.05%) RHCSA
17 4 (0.84%) GCIH
17 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (10.71%) QA
2 18 (3.78%) NIST
3 17 (3.57%) GDPR
4 13 (2.73%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.52%) PCI DSS
6 10 (2.10%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.05%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.42%) ECSS
10 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 193 (40.55%) Docker
2 28 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 27 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.47%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.47%) vSphere
5 6 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.05%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.63%) Squid
8 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 235 (49.37%) Terraform
2 195 (40.97%) Kubernetes
3 120 (25.21%) Ansible
4 94 (19.75%) Grafana
5 76 (15.97%) Prometheus
6 45 (9.45%) HP Fortify
7 23 (4.83%) Argo
8 16 (3.36%) Nagios
9 15 (3.15%) Kibana
10 11 (2.31%) logstash
11 10 (2.10%) Puppet
12 9 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (1.68%) Packer
14 7 (1.47%) vCenter Server
15 6 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 4 (0.84%) Progress Chef
16 4 (0.84%) Rancher
16 4 (0.84%) WSUS
17 3 (0.63%) Istio
17 3 (0.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (15.34%) Splunk
2 44 (9.24%) Red Hat
3 38 (7.98%) Microsoft
4 35 (7.35%) Salesforce
5 32 (6.72%) VMware
6 30 (6.30%) Oracle
7 19 (3.99%) Atlassian
8 13 (2.73%) Cisco
9 10 (2.10%) Dynatrace
9 10 (2.10%) Google
10 8 (1.68%) Juniper
10 8 (1.68%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.47%) AppDynamics
11 7 (1.47%) IBM
11 7 (1.47%) Rapid7
12 6 (1.26%) F5
12 6 (1.26%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.05%) Veracode
14 4 (0.84%) Dell
14 4 (0.84%) Tenable