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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 261 356
Rank change year-on-year -57 +95 -36
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 536 545 767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.26% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.57% 13.24% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 325 164 564
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,375 £35,920
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,148 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £68,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% +6.38%

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 4,265 4,115 9,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.58% 9.49% 9.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,819 2,670 6,584
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.73% -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
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 30 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 30 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 -47 476 £72,500 -6.45% 126
UK excluding London -94 322 £67,500 -1.82% 108
London +2 176 £84,250 -0.88% 30
Work from Home -109 159 £69,310 -2.04% 61
North of England -69 125 £68,693 +2.47% 42
South East +44 89 £66,250 +3.92% 27
Yorkshire +8 72 £69,310 -2.38% 8
South West -47 46 £65,000 +4.00% 16
Scotland -28 35 £95,000 +8.57% 2
North West -84 34 £65,000 -3.04% 20
Midlands -93 21 £57,500 -17.86% 13
North East -27 19 £56,250 - 14
West Midlands -51 17 £57,500 -19.30% 9
East of England -34 6 £56,250 -28.57% 6
East Midlands -61 4 - - 4
Wales -33 2 - - 1
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 25 (4.66%) Apache
2 23 (4.29%) Confluence
3 14 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.43%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.68%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.56%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.56%) IIS
6 3 (0.56%) JBoss
6 3 (0.56%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 330 (61.57%) AWS
2 201 (37.50%) Azure
3 144 (26.87%) AWS CloudFormation
4 112 (20.90%) Serverless
5 94 (17.54%) AWS Lambda
6 92 (17.16%) GitHub
7 88 (16.42%) Amazon S3
8 75 (13.99%) GCP
9 71 (13.25%) Azure DevOps
10 57 (10.63%) AWS Step Functions
11 55 (10.26%) Amazon ECS
11 55 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
12 53 (9.89%) Amazon ECR
13 45 (8.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 45 (8.40%) Apigee
14 39 (7.28%) Amazon EC2
14 39 (7.28%) Amazon EKS
15 37 (6.90%) Datadog
16 35 (6.53%) Azure AKS
16 35 (6.53%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.65%) Broadband
2 29 (5.41%) Firewall
3 25 (4.66%) DNS
4 13 (2.43%) DSL
5 12 (2.24%) LAN
5 12 (2.24%) MQTT
6 11 (2.05%) Software-Defined Networking
7 10 (1.87%) Network Security
8 9 (1.68%) HTTP
8 9 (1.68%) WAN
9 8 (1.49%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.31%) IPv4
11 6 (1.12%) BGP
11 6 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.12%) DHCP
11 6 (1.12%) VPN
12 5 (0.93%) MPLS
13 4 (0.75%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (0.75%) Bluetooth
13 4 (0.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (12.69%) DynamoDB
2 62 (11.57%) NoSQL
3 47 (8.77%) MongoDB
4 38 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (4.48%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (4.10%) MySQL
7 17 (3.17%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (1.68%) Big Data
9 9 (1.68%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.12%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.93%) CockroachDB
11 5 (0.93%) InfluxDB
12 4 (0.75%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.37%) Apache Iceberg
13 2 (0.37%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 257 (47.95%) Jenkins
2 141 (26.31%) Git
3 100 (18.66%) SonarQube
4 61 (11.38%) Cypress.io
5 49 (9.14%) Cucumber
6 46 (8.58%) JIRA
7 42 (7.84%) Maven
8 29 (5.41%) CircleCI
9 25 (4.66%) Selenium
10 20 (3.73%) Bitbucket
11 15 (2.80%) JUnit
11 15 (2.80%) Postman
11 15 (2.80%) REST Assured
11 15 (2.80%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (1.87%) Gatling
12 10 (1.87%) JMeter
12 10 (1.87%) Vite
13 8 (1.49%) Robot Framework
14 6 (1.12%) Artifactory
14 6 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 110 (20.52%) Finance
2 109 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 54 (10.07%) Banking
4 51 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 49 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (7.09%) Marketing
8 34 (6.34%) Games
9 16 (2.99%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.80%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.43%) Advertising
12 12 (2.24%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.87%) Electronics
14 7 (1.31%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.93%) Automotive
15 5 (0.93%) Retail
16 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.75%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (21.64%) Senior
2 95 (17.72%) DevOps Engineer
3 93 (17.35%) Developer
4 55 (10.26%) Lead
5 51 (9.51%) Architect
6 49 (9.14%) Cloud Engineer
7 46 (8.58%) Java Developer
8 39 (7.28%) Software Engineer
9 37 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (6.16%) Salesforce Architect
11 30 (5.60%) AWS Engineer
12 29 (5.41%) Senior DevOps
13 28 (5.22%) Senior Developer
14 27 (5.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
15 26 (4.85%) Security Engineer
16 23 (4.29%) Java Engineer
17 21 (3.92%) AWS DevOps
18 20 (3.73%) Principal Engineer
18 20 (3.73%) Test Engineer
19 19 (3.54%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.99%) Spring Boot
2 69 (12.87%) REST
3 64 (11.94%) Kafka
4 57 (10.63%) AngularJS
5 54 (10.07%) Spring
6 42 (7.84%) Gherkin
7 41 (7.65%) Jest
8 36 (6.72%) Node.js
8 36 (6.72%) RabbitMQ
8 36 (6.72%) React
8 36 (6.72%) RESTful
9 35 (6.53%) Elastic Stack
9 35 (6.53%) SOAP
10 34 (6.34%) Lightning Web Components
10 34 (6.34%) Visualforce
11 23 (4.29%) JSON
12 22 (4.10%) Playwright
12 22 (4.10%) YAML
13 21 (3.92%) gRPC
14 19 (3.54%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 115 (21.46%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.75%) Product Ownership
3 46 (8.58%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.48%) Public Cloud
5 22 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.54%) e-Learning
7 18 (3.36%) Blockchain
7 18 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (3.17%) Data Centre
8 17 (3.17%) Security Posture
8 17 (3.17%) Web3
9 16 (2.99%) Algorithms
10 13 (2.43%) Cloud Security Posture
11 9 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.31%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 135 (25.19%) Linux
2 56 (10.45%) Windows
3 24 (4.48%) Unix
4 21 (3.92%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.73%) CentOS
6 14 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.24%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.75%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.37%) Android
10 2 (0.37%) Debian
10 2 (0.37%) Rocky
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (86.94%) CI/CD
2 368 (68.66%) DevOps
3 274 (51.12%) Agile
4 251 (46.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 157 (29.29%) Containerisation
6 145 (27.05%) Microservices
7 141 (26.31%) Test Automation
8 129 (24.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 108 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
10 107 (19.96%) Continuous Integration
11 103 (19.22%) Scrum
12 100 (18.66%) Mentoring
13 95 (17.72%) Observability
14 90 (16.79%) Software Engineering
15 89 (16.60%) DevSecOps
16 80 (14.93%) Event-Driven
17 79 (14.74%) SDLC
18 76 (14.18%) Continuous Delivery
19 63 (11.75%) Coaching
20 58 (10.82%) AI
Programming Languages
1 249 (46.46%) Python
2 164 (30.60%) Java
3 150 (27.99%) Bash
4 81 (15.11%) SQL
4 81 (15.11%) TypeScript
5 68 (12.69%) JavaScript
6 57 (10.63%) PowerShell
7 52 (9.70%) Go
8 50 (9.33%) Groovy
9 34 (6.34%) Apex Code
9 34 (6.34%) SOQL
9 34 (6.34%) SOSL
10 32 (5.97%) C#
11 31 (5.78%) Rust
12 26 (4.85%) C++
13 8 (1.49%) Perl
14 7 (1.31%) C
15 6 (1.12%) Bicep
15 6 (1.12%) PHP
16 5 (0.93%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 162 (30.22%) Security Cleared
2 89 (16.60%) SC Cleared
3 69 (12.87%) Degree
4 65 (12.13%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.60%) DV Cleared
6 25 (4.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
8 23 (4.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.29%) OSCP
9 18 (3.36%) Master's Degree
10 16 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (2.80%) ISTQB
12 13 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.24%) CCNA
13 12 (2.24%) RHCSA
14 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.31%) RHCE
15 6 (1.12%) AWS Certified Developer
16 5 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.31%) QA
2 19 (3.54%) GDPR
3 17 (3.17%) NIST
4 13 (2.43%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.43%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.75%) JTAG
7 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 231 (43.10%) Docker
2 28 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.10%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.05%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.05%) vSphere
5 7 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.31%) Squid
5 7 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 269 (50.19%) Terraform
2 223 (41.60%) Kubernetes
3 130 (24.25%) Ansible
4 86 (16.04%) Grafana
5 80 (14.93%) Prometheus
6 39 (7.28%) HP Fortify
7 32 (5.97%) Argo
8 21 (3.92%) Nagios
9 14 (2.61%) Kibana
10 13 (2.43%) Puppet
11 12 (2.24%) Packer
12 11 (2.05%) logstash
13 8 (1.49%) Podman
14 7 (1.31%) vCenter Server
14 7 (1.31%) ZABBIX
15 6 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 5 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.93%) VxRail
17 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
17 4 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (15.49%) Splunk
2 46 (8.58%) Red Hat
3 37 (6.90%) VMware
4 36 (6.72%) Microsoft
5 35 (6.53%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.54%) Oracle
7 14 (2.61%) Cisco
8 12 (2.24%) Atlassian
8 12 (2.24%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.05%) AppDynamics
10 10 (1.87%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.87%) Google
11 8 (1.49%) Juniper
11 8 (1.49%) Tenable
12 7 (1.31%) IBM
12 7 (1.31%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.12%) F5
13 6 (1.12%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.93%) BeyondTrust
14 5 (0.93%) Veracode