GitLab Job Trends

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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 355 323
Rank change year-on-year +3 -32 -44
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 388 370 645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.78% 0.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.86% 7.35% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 232 171 546
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,231 £35,920
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £87,750 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £104,875 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +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 3,935 5,035 8,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.68% 10.64% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,538 2,996 6,419
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,625 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -1.79%

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 24 February 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 24 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
England -2 319 £80,000 +10.34% 205
UK excluding London +20 224 £67,500 -3.57% 152
Work from Home +33 144 £74,500 +14.62% 102
London -11 119 £85,000 -5.56% 76
North of England +28 87 £67,500 -3.57% 40
Yorkshire +5 54 £77,500 +18.81% 11
South East -19 49 £70,000 -11.11% 58
Scotland -3 33 - - 3
South West -33 30 £72,500 +16.00% 19
North West +9 26 £65,000 -5.45% 22
Midlands -14 16 £55,200 -18.22% 16
West Midlands +2 13 £56,350 -6.08% 13
East of England +6 8 £67,500 -6.90% 16
North East -4 7 £66,250 -5.36% 7
East Midlands -26 3 £55,200 -31.00% 3
Wales - 3 £55,200 - 4

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 22 (5.67%) Confluence
2 16 (4.12%) Apache
3 9 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.29%) IIS
4 5 (1.29%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.29%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.77%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.77%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) JBoss
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 232 (59.79%) AWS
2 146 (37.63%) Azure
3 115 (29.64%) AWS CloudFormation
4 91 (23.45%) Serverless
5 88 (22.68%) GitHub
6 78 (20.10%) AWS Lambda
7 68 (17.53%) GCP
8 60 (15.46%) GitHub Actions
9 59 (15.21%) Amazon S3
10 51 (13.14%) Amazon ECS
11 45 (11.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 41 (10.57%) AWS Step Functions
13 38 (9.79%) OpenShift
14 36 (9.28%) Amazon ECR
15 34 (8.76%) Apigee
16 33 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
17 31 (7.99%) Amazon EC2
18 29 (7.47%) Amazon EKS
18 29 (7.47%) Datadog
19 16 (4.12%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.02%) Broadband
2 27 (6.96%) DNS
3 19 (4.90%) Firewall
4 10 (2.58%) DSL
5 9 (2.32%) VPN
6 6 (1.55%) BGP
6 6 (1.55%) DHCP
6 6 (1.55%) WAN
7 5 (1.29%) MQTT
7 5 (1.29%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.03%) Asterisk PBX
8 4 (1.03%) LAN
8 4 (1.03%) MPLS
8 4 (1.03%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.03%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.03%) VoIP
8 4 (1.03%) VPLS
9 3 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.77%) HTTP
9 3 (0.77%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (11.86%) DynamoDB
2 42 (10.82%) NoSQL
3 30 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (6.70%) MongoDB
4 26 (6.70%) SQL Server
5 23 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (4.38%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.58%) MySQL
8 7 (1.80%) Power BI
9 5 (1.29%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.29%) CockroachDB
9 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.03%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.03%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.77%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.77%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.77%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 220 (56.70%) Jenkins
2 91 (23.45%) Git
3 81 (20.88%) SonarQube
4 46 (11.86%) JIRA
5 38 (9.79%) Cypress.io
6 36 (9.28%) Cucumber
6 36 (9.28%) Maven
7 25 (6.44%) Selenium
8 23 (5.93%) Bitbucket
9 21 (5.41%) CircleCI
10 18 (4.64%) JUnit
11 13 (3.35%) Postman
12 11 (2.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (2.06%) Subversion
14 6 (1.55%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.29%) JMeter
15 5 (1.29%) SoapUI
15 5 (1.29%) TestNG
16 4 (1.03%) Vite
17 3 (0.77%) Robot Framework
General
1 100 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.36%) Finance
3 45 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.57%) Marketing
5 36 (9.28%) Games
5 36 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (6.96%) Telecoms
7 22 (5.67%) Banking
8 18 (4.64%) Public Sector
9 17 (4.38%) Advertising
10 15 (3.87%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.32%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.55%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.03%) Electronics
14 4 (1.03%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.52%) Front Office
15 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (17.53%) Developer
2 63 (16.24%) DevOps Engineer
3 61 (15.72%) Lead
4 54 (13.92%) Senior
5 45 (11.60%) Architect
6 39 (10.05%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (8.25%) Salesforce Architect
8 27 (6.96%) Java Developer
9 25 (6.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (6.44%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (5.93%) Software Engineer
11 20 (5.15%) Senior Developer
12 17 (4.38%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 17 (4.38%) Technical Architect
13 16 (4.12%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.87%) Security Engineer
15 13 (3.35%) Software Developer
16 12 (3.09%) Java Engineer
16 12 (3.09%) Lead Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.09%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (15.98%) Spring Boot
2 51 (13.14%) REST
3 44 (11.34%) Elastic Stack
3 44 (11.34%) Spring
4 41 (10.57%) Kafka
5 40 (10.31%) AngularJS
6 37 (9.54%) SOAP
7 34 (8.76%) Gherkin
7 34 (8.76%) Lightning Web Components
7 34 (8.76%) Visualforce
8 33 (8.51%) Jest
9 24 (6.19%) React
10 23 (5.93%) RESTful
11 21 (5.41%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (5.15%) Node.js
13 14 (3.61%) pytest
14 13 (3.35%) AWS CDK
15 12 (3.09%) Apache NiFi
16 11 (2.84%) FastAPI
16 11 (2.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 63 (16.24%) Cloud Native
2 49 (12.63%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.09%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.58%) Blockchain
7 10 (2.58%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (2.58%) Web3
8 8 (2.06%) e-Learning
8 8 (2.06%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.80%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.29%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.29%) PKI
11 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.77%) Fixed Income
12 3 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 95 (24.48%) Linux
2 34 (8.76%) Windows
3 13 (3.35%) Ubuntu
3 13 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.84%) CentOS
5 11 (2.84%) Unix
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.29%) Debian
7 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.26%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (83.76%) CI/CD
2 271 (69.85%) DevOps
3 188 (48.45%) Agile
4 162 (41.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 112 (28.87%) Containerisation
6 107 (27.58%) Problem-Solving
7 99 (25.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (22.68%) Continuous Integration
9 73 (18.81%) Microservices
9 73 (18.81%) Scrum
10 70 (18.04%) Observability
11 68 (17.53%) Test Automation
12 66 (17.01%) Software Engineering
13 62 (15.98%) Event-Driven
14 61 (15.72%) Mentoring
15 53 (13.66%) Continuous Delivery
15 53 (13.66%) Roadmaps
16 49 (12.63%) DevSecOps
17 45 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 44 (11.34%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 186 (47.94%) Python
2 110 (28.35%) Java
3 107 (27.58%) Bash
4 68 (17.53%) TypeScript
5 62 (15.98%) SQL
6 51 (13.14%) JavaScript
7 39 (10.05%) Go
7 39 (10.05%) PowerShell
8 34 (8.76%) Apex Code
8 34 (8.76%) SOQL
8 34 (8.76%) SOSL
9 30 (7.73%) Groovy
10 16 (4.12%) Rust
11 14 (3.61%) C#
12 8 (2.06%) Delphi
13 7 (1.80%) ANSI SQL
13 7 (1.80%) C++
14 6 (1.55%) Bicep
15 4 (1.03%) Perl
16 3 (0.77%) C
Qualifications
1 85 (21.91%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.82%) AWS Certification
3 38 (9.79%) Degree
4 36 (9.28%) DV Cleared
5 34 (8.76%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 16 (4.12%) ITIL Certification
8 14 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.09%) OSCP
11 9 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.32%) ISTQB
12 8 (2.06%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (1.29%) CCNA
15 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.77%) CISSP
15 3 (0.77%) LPIC
15 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.86%) QA
2 13 (3.35%) NIST
3 9 (2.32%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.32%) GDPR
4 7 (1.80%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.80%) SOC 2
5 6 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.52%) ECSS
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 163 (42.01%) Docker
2 21 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.29%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.52%) Firmware
6 2 (0.52%) NFS
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 173 (44.59%) Terraform
2 163 (42.01%) Kubernetes
3 98 (25.26%) Ansible
4 89 (22.94%) Grafana
5 82 (21.13%) Prometheus
6 31 (7.99%) HP Fortify
7 10 (2.58%) Puppet
8 9 (2.32%) Kibana
8 9 (2.32%) Nagios
9 8 (2.06%) Argo
9 8 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.55%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (1.29%) Rancher
12 4 (1.03%) logstash
12 4 (1.03%) vCenter Server
12 4 (1.03%) WSUS
13 3 (0.77%) Istio
13 3 (0.77%) VxRail
14 2 (0.52%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 69 (17.78%) Splunk
2 36 (9.28%) Oracle
3 35 (9.02%) Salesforce
4 33 (8.51%) Microsoft
5 22 (5.67%) VMware
6 21 (5.41%) Atlassian
6 21 (5.41%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.58%) Cisco
8 8 (2.06%) Google
9 6 (1.55%) SAP
10 5 (1.29%) AppDynamics
10 5 (1.29%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.29%) Juniper
11 4 (1.03%) Dell
11 4 (1.03%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.03%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.77%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.77%) F5
12 3 (0.77%) IBM
12 3 (0.77%) Rapid7