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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 264 362
Rank change year-on-year -54 +98 -22
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 595 566 667
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 1.15% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.77% 13.56% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 364 183 433
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,269 £62,641
% change year-on-year -3.37% +7.39% +0.23%

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 4,321 4,175 8,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.31% 8.49% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,910 2,643 5,486
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
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 22 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 22 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 -36 526 £70,000 -9.68% 203
UK excluding London -81 370 £65,000 -3.37% 135
London +8 189 £85,000 +3.03% 90
Work from Home -129 153 £67,500 -6.25% 98
North of England -52 128 £65,576 -2.18% 43
South East +51 100 £65,000 -13.33% 28
South West -44 68 £73,750 +22.92% 22
Yorkshire +2 57 £69,310 -5.70% 8
North West -89 42 £65,000 -3.04% 23
Scotland -12 37 £102,500 +10.81% 11
North East -25 29 £55,000 - 12
Midlands -76 27 £53,750 -24.56% 20
West Midlands -32 20 £57,500 -28.13% 10
Wales -52 8 £55,000 +18.92%
East Midlands -61 7 £39,194 -40.84% 10
East of England -28 4 - - 12
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 27 (4.54%) Apache
2 26 (4.37%) Confluence
3 16 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.69%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.02%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.50%) IIS
5 3 (0.50%) JBoss
6 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.50%) 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
1 375 (63.03%) AWS
2 219 (36.81%) Azure
3 135 (22.69%) AWS CloudFormation
4 122 (20.50%) GitHub
5 100 (16.81%) Serverless
6 83 (13.95%) Amazon S3
7 81 (13.61%) AWS Lambda
7 81 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (13.11%) GCP
9 70 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
10 55 (9.24%) Amazon ECS
11 54 (9.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 51 (8.57%) Amazon ECR
13 45 (7.56%) Amazon EKS
13 45 (7.56%) OpenShift
14 44 (7.39%) AWS Step Functions
15 39 (6.55%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (6.39%) Azure AKS
17 35 (5.88%) Apigee
18 34 (5.71%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.56%) Broadband
2 28 (4.71%) Firewall
3 14 (2.35%) DNS
3 14 (2.35%) MQTT
4 13 (2.18%) Network Security
5 11 (1.85%) LAN
5 11 (1.85%) Software-Defined Networking
6 10 (1.68%) HTTP
7 9 (1.51%) WAN
8 8 (1.34%) DSL
8 8 (1.34%) IPv4
9 6 (1.01%) BGP
9 6 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.01%) VPN
9 6 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.01%) Wireless
9 6 (1.01%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.84%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.67%) DHCP
11 4 (0.67%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (11.93%) NoSQL
2 56 (9.41%) DynamoDB
3 52 (8.74%) MongoDB
4 48 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
5 36 (6.05%) MySQL
6 30 (5.04%) Elasticsearch
7 22 (3.70%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (2.69%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (1.68%) Big Data
10 10 (1.68%) Pinecone
11 9 (1.51%) Redis
12 7 (1.18%) SQL Server
13 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.01%) Delta Lake
13 6 (1.01%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.67%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.50%) Flink
15 3 (0.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 278 (46.72%) Jenkins
2 181 (30.42%) Git
3 89 (14.96%) SonarQube
4 61 (10.25%) JIRA
5 57 (9.58%) Cucumber
6 54 (9.08%) Cypress.io
7 32 (5.38%) Selenium
8 30 (5.04%) Maven
9 25 (4.20%) CircleCI
10 19 (3.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 19 (3.19%) JUnit
10 19 (3.19%) Postman
11 17 (2.86%) Visual Studio Code
12 16 (2.69%) Bitbucket
13 14 (2.35%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.02%) Gatling
14 12 (2.02%) JMeter
15 11 (1.85%) Vite
16 10 (1.68%) Robot Framework
17 9 (1.51%) Spock
General
1 144 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 124 (20.84%) Finance
3 79 (13.28%) Public Sector
4 58 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.75%) Banking
5 57 (9.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.05%) Marketing
7 34 (5.71%) Games
8 15 (2.52%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.02%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.68%) Electronics
11 10 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.01%) Advertising
12 6 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.84%) Legal
14 4 (0.67%) Automotive
14 4 (0.67%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 140 (23.53%) Senior
2 124 (20.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 87 (14.62%) Developer
4 63 (10.59%) Software Engineer
5 50 (8.40%) Architect
6 44 (7.39%) Cloud Engineer
6 44 (7.39%) Lead
7 38 (6.39%) Java Developer
7 38 (6.39%) Principal Engineer
8 37 (6.22%) AWS Engineer
8 37 (6.22%) Java Engineer
9 35 (5.88%) Salesforce Architect
10 32 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 31 (5.21%) Senior DevOps
11 31 (5.21%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 28 (4.71%) AWS DevOps
12 28 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
13 27 (4.54%) Senior Software Engineer
14 26 (4.37%) Full-Stack Developer
14 26 (4.37%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (13.61%) Spring Boot
2 78 (13.11%) Kafka
3 71 (11.93%) Spring
4 70 (11.76%) REST
5 58 (9.75%) AngularJS
6 52 (8.74%) Node.js
7 49 (8.24%) React
8 48 (8.07%) RESTful
9 42 (7.06%) Elastic Stack
10 39 (6.55%) SOAP
11 36 (6.05%) Jest
11 36 (6.05%) Lightning Web Components
12 35 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
12 35 (5.88%) Visualforce
13 30 (5.04%) Gherkin
13 30 (5.04%) Playwright
14 26 (4.37%) JSON
15 23 (3.87%) Vue
16 22 (3.70%) .NET
16 22 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 153 (25.71%) Cloud Native
2 78 (13.11%) Product Ownership
3 67 (11.26%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (5.71%) Public Cloud
5 32 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (4.71%) e-Learning
7 24 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.86%) Algorithms
8 17 (2.86%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.18%) Blockchain
9 13 (2.18%) Private Cloud
10 12 (2.02%) Security Posture
10 12 (2.02%) Web3
11 9 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
12 8 (1.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 165 (27.73%) Linux
2 67 (11.26%) Windows
3 38 (6.39%) CentOS
4 26 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (4.20%) Unix
5 25 (4.20%) Windows Server
6 12 (2.02%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.67%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.50%) 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
1 537 (90.25%) CI/CD
2 414 (69.58%) DevOps
3 317 (53.28%) Agile
4 290 (48.74%) Infrastructure as Code
5 188 (31.60%) Containerisation
6 187 (31.43%) Microservices
7 177 (29.75%) Test Automation
8 149 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (21.18%) Software Engineering
10 122 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
11 120 (20.17%) Scrum
12 119 (20.00%) Mentoring
13 109 (18.32%) Continuous Integration
14 105 (17.65%) Observability
15 91 (15.29%) Event-Driven
16 87 (14.62%) SDLC
17 85 (14.29%) DevSecOps
18 83 (13.95%) AI
19 78 (13.11%) Continuous Delivery
20 75 (12.61%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 283 (47.56%) Python
2 179 (30.08%) Java
3 155 (26.05%) Bash
4 101 (16.97%) SQL
5 82 (13.78%) JavaScript
6 75 (12.61%) TypeScript
7 69 (11.60%) PowerShell
8 49 (8.24%) Go
9 41 (6.89%) Groovy
10 36 (6.05%) Apex Code
10 36 (6.05%) C#
11 35 (5.88%) SOQL
11 35 (5.88%) SOSL
12 33 (5.55%) C++
13 29 (4.87%) Rust
14 10 (1.68%) C
14 10 (1.68%) PHP
15 8 (1.34%) Ruby
16 7 (1.18%) Kotlin
16 7 (1.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 207 (34.79%) Security Cleared
2 122 (20.50%) SC Cleared
3 80 (13.45%) Degree
4 71 (11.93%) AWS Certification
5 48 (8.07%) DV Cleared
6 33 (5.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (4.03%) Master's Degree
8 21 (3.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 21 (3.53%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (3.19%) OSCP
10 17 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.69%) ISTQB
12 15 (2.52%) RHCSA
13 13 (2.18%) CCNA
14 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.34%) RHCE
16 6 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 5 (0.84%) Azure Certification
18 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (12.77%) QA
2 25 (4.20%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.70%) GDPR
4 14 (2.35%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.35%) SOC 2
4 14 (2.35%) WCAG
5 13 (2.18%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.85%) NIST
7 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.01%) JTAG
8 5 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) GRC
10 1 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 270 (45.38%) Docker
2 28 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.36%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.02%) vSphere
5 11 (1.85%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.34%) Squid
8 6 (1.01%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.67%) Firmware
11 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 294 (49.41%) Terraform
2 265 (44.54%) Kubernetes
3 149 (25.04%) Ansible
4 93 (15.63%) Grafana
5 76 (12.77%) Prometheus
6 36 (6.05%) Argo
7 29 (4.87%) HP Fortify
8 26 (4.37%) Nagios
9 20 (3.36%) Kibana
10 16 (2.69%) logstash
10 16 (2.69%) Puppet
11 13 (2.18%) Packer
12 9 (1.51%) Podman
13 8 (1.34%) vCenter Server
13 8 (1.34%) ZABBIX
14 6 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (1.01%) VxRail
15 5 (0.84%) Progress Chef
16 4 (0.67%) Istio
Vendors
1 88 (14.79%) Splunk
2 53 (8.91%) Red Hat
3 41 (6.89%) Microsoft
4 39 (6.55%) Salesforce
4 39 (6.55%) VMware
5 16 (2.69%) AppDynamics
6 15 (2.52%) Oracle
7 14 (2.35%) Atlassian
7 14 (2.35%) Google
8 13 (2.18%) Cisco
8 13 (2.18%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.02%) Dynatrace
10 11 (1.85%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.34%) Databricks
11 8 (1.34%) Intel
11 8 (1.34%) Tenable
12 7 (1.18%) IBM
13 6 (1.01%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (1.01%) Juniper
13 6 (1.01%) Palo Alto