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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 263 365
Rank change year-on-year -50 +102 -34
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 585 565 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 1.15% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.40% 13.43% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 349 181 486
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +14.57% -3.02%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,783
% change year-on-year -3.70% +7.51% +2.09%

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 4,367 4,208 9,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.46% 8.60% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,891 2,670 6,180
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,700 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,500
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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -51 516 £70,000 -8.20% 193
UK excluding London -80 361 £65,000 -3.70% 145
London +8 187 £85,000 - 74
Work from Home -122 147 £67,500 -6.25% 96
North of England -61 129 £66,538 -0.74% 53
South East +39 102 £65,000 -13.33% 24
South West -39 63 £65,000 +6.12% 33
Yorkshire +14 62 £69,310 -3.74% 10
North West -85 41 £65,000 -3.04% 31
Scotland -17 37 £102,500 +13.89% 8
North East -23 26 £55,000 - 12
Midlands -87 23 £53,750 -23.21% 19
West Midlands -34 16 £57,500 -17.86% 12
East Midlands -58 7 £39,194 -40.84% 7
Wales -44 5 £47,500 +46.15% 1
East of England -31 4 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 1

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 29 (4.96%) Apache
2 25 (4.27%) Confluence
3 16 (2.74%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.88%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.51%) IIS
6 3 (0.51%) JBoss
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 372 (63.59%) AWS
2 212 (36.24%) Azure
3 142 (24.27%) AWS CloudFormation
4 115 (19.66%) GitHub
5 109 (18.63%) Serverless
6 90 (15.38%) Amazon S3
6 90 (15.38%) AWS Lambda
7 80 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
8 75 (12.82%) GCP
9 67 (11.45%) GitHub Actions
10 54 (9.23%) Amazon ECS
11 53 (9.06%) Amazon ECR
12 51 (8.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 50 (8.55%) AWS Step Functions
14 47 (8.03%) Amazon EKS
15 43 (7.35%) OpenShift
16 40 (6.84%) Amazon EC2
16 40 (6.84%) Apigee
16 40 (6.84%) Azure AKS
17 36 (6.15%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.69%) Broadband
2 30 (5.13%) Firewall
3 17 (2.91%) DNS
4 14 (2.39%) MQTT
5 12 (2.05%) LAN
5 12 (2.05%) Software-Defined Networking
6 11 (1.88%) Network Security
7 10 (1.71%) DSL
7 10 (1.71%) HTTP
7 10 (1.71%) WAN
8 8 (1.37%) IPv4
9 7 (1.20%) BGP
9 7 (1.20%) VPN
10 6 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.03%) DHCP
10 6 (1.03%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.03%) Wireless
10 6 (1.03%) ZigBee
11 5 (0.85%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (11.97%) NoSQL
2 63 (10.77%) DynamoDB
3 52 (8.89%) MongoDB
4 47 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (5.47%) MySQL
6 30 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
7 19 (3.25%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.39%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (1.88%) Big Data
9 11 (1.88%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.37%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.20%) InfluxDB
12 6 (1.03%) Redis
13 5 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.68%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
16 2 (0.34%) Apache Iceberg
16 2 (0.34%) GIS
16 2 (0.34%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 285 (48.72%) Jenkins
2 168 (28.72%) Git
3 98 (16.75%) SonarQube
4 59 (10.09%) Cypress.io
5 57 (9.74%) JIRA
6 54 (9.23%) Cucumber
7 35 (5.98%) Maven
8 31 (5.30%) Selenium
9 27 (4.62%) CircleCI
10 18 (3.08%) Bitbucket
11 17 (2.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 17 (2.91%) JUnit
11 17 (2.91%) Visual Studio Code
12 16 (2.74%) Postman
13 14 (2.39%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.05%) Vite
15 11 (1.88%) JMeter
15 11 (1.88%) Robot Framework
16 10 (1.71%) Gatling
16 10 (1.71%) TestRail
General
1 138 (23.59%) Social Skills
2 125 (21.37%) Finance
3 73 (12.48%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (9.57%) Banking
5 54 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.15%) Marketing
7 34 (5.81%) Games
8 15 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.22%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.71%) Electronics
12 8 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.03%) Advertising
13 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.85%) Retail
15 4 (0.68%) Automotive
15 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.51%) Legal
Job Titles
1 130 (22.22%) Senior
2 116 (19.83%) DevOps Engineer
3 94 (16.07%) Developer
4 60 (10.26%) Software Engineer
5 50 (8.55%) Architect
6 44 (7.52%) Cloud Engineer
6 44 (7.52%) Java Developer
7 42 (7.18%) Lead
8 37 (6.32%) AWS Engineer
9 35 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 35 (5.98%) Principal Engineer
9 35 (5.98%) Salesforce Architect
10 32 (5.47%) Java Engineer
11 29 (4.96%) Senior DevOps
11 29 (4.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 27 (4.62%) AWS DevOps
12 27 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
13 26 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
13 26 (4.44%) Senior Developer
13 26 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (14.02%) Spring Boot
2 73 (12.48%) Kafka
3 72 (12.31%) REST
4 67 (11.45%) Spring
5 63 (10.77%) AngularJS
6 48 (8.21%) Node.js
7 46 (7.86%) Elastic Stack
7 46 (7.86%) React
8 43 (7.35%) RESTful
9 41 (7.01%) Jest
10 39 (6.67%) SOAP
11 36 (6.15%) Lightning Web Components
12 35 (5.98%) Gherkin
12 35 (5.98%) RabbitMQ
12 35 (5.98%) Visualforce
13 27 (4.62%) Playwright
14 25 (4.27%) JSON
15 24 (4.10%) Vue
16 23 (3.93%) .NET
17 22 (3.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (24.79%) Cloud Native
2 74 (12.65%) Product Ownership
3 62 (10.60%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (5.47%) Public Cloud
5 30 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (4.27%) e-Learning
7 22 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (3.08%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.91%) Algorithms
10 15 (2.56%) Blockchain
11 14 (2.39%) Security Posture
11 14 (2.39%) Web3
12 11 (1.88%) Private Cloud
13 10 (1.71%) Cloud Security Posture
13 10 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
15 8 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 164 (28.03%) Linux
2 67 (11.45%) Windows
3 36 (6.15%) CentOS
4 26 (4.44%) Unix
5 25 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (4.27%) Windows Server
6 13 (2.22%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.34%) Android
10 2 (0.34%) Debian
10 2 (0.34%) Rocky
10 2 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (89.57%) CI/CD
2 411 (70.26%) DevOps
3 308 (52.65%) Agile
4 285 (48.72%) Infrastructure as Code
5 181 (30.94%) Containerisation
6 180 (30.77%) Microservices
7 170 (29.06%) Test Automation
8 142 (24.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 120 (20.51%) Software Engineering
10 117 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
11 115 (19.66%) Scrum
12 109 (18.63%) Continuous Integration
13 105 (17.95%) Mentoring
14 102 (17.44%) Observability
15 88 (15.04%) SDLC
16 87 (14.87%) Event-Driven
17 86 (14.70%) DevSecOps
18 79 (13.50%) Continuous Delivery
19 75 (12.82%) AI
20 73 (12.48%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 285 (48.72%) Python
2 181 (30.94%) Java
3 161 (27.52%) Bash
4 93 (15.90%) SQL
5 80 (13.68%) JavaScript
5 80 (13.68%) TypeScript
6 70 (11.97%) PowerShell
7 53 (9.06%) Go
8 46 (7.86%) Groovy
9 36 (6.15%) Apex Code
10 35 (5.98%) C#
10 35 (5.98%) SOQL
10 35 (5.98%) SOSL
11 33 (5.64%) C++
12 32 (5.47%) Rust
13 10 (1.71%) C
13 10 (1.71%) PHP
14 7 (1.20%) Perl
14 7 (1.20%) Scala
15 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 210 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 117 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 79 (13.50%) Degree
4 73 (12.48%) AWS Certification
5 45 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 30 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (4.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 26 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
8 24 (4.10%) Master's Degree
9 21 (3.59%) OSCP
10 18 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (2.56%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.56%) RHCSA
12 14 (2.39%) CCNA
13 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.37%) RHCE
15 7 (1.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
17 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (11.97%) QA
2 21 (3.59%) Accessibility
2 21 (3.59%) GDPR
3 13 (2.22%) NIST
3 13 (2.22%) PCI DSS
3 13 (2.22%) SOC 2
4 11 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.88%) WCAG
5 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.03%) JTAG
6 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 263 (44.96%) Docker
2 32 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.76%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.22%) vSphere
5 12 (2.05%) VMware NSX
6 11 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.37%) Squid
8 7 (1.20%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.68%) Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 294 (50.26%) Terraform
2 260 (44.44%) Kubernetes
3 150 (25.64%) Ansible
4 94 (16.07%) Grafana
5 77 (13.16%) Prometheus
6 35 (5.98%) Argo
7 34 (5.81%) HP Fortify
8 24 (4.10%) Nagios
9 22 (3.76%) Kibana
10 18 (3.08%) logstash
11 16 (2.74%) Puppet
12 13 (2.22%) Packer
13 10 (1.71%) vCenter Server
14 9 (1.54%) Podman
15 8 (1.37%) ZABBIX
16 7 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 6 (1.03%) Docker Swarm
17 6 (1.03%) VxRail
18 4 (0.68%) WSUS
19 3 (0.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 88 (15.04%) Splunk
2 52 (8.89%) Red Hat
3 43 (7.35%) VMware
4 39 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 38 (6.50%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.56%) AppDynamics
6 15 (2.56%) Oracle
7 14 (2.39%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.39%) Cisco
7 14 (2.39%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.05%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.88%) Google
10 9 (1.54%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.37%) Tenable
12 7 (1.20%) IBM
12 7 (1.20%) Juniper
13 6 (1.03%) F5
13 6 (1.03%) Intel
13 6 (1.03%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow