GitLab
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GitLab skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GitLab over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 354 254
Rank change year-on-year -18 -100 +22
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 620 740 2,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.92% 1.64%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.99% 6.71% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 389 461 859
10th Percentile £44,738 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +4.35%

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 7,755 11,022 40,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 13.66% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,065 7,557 16,055
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Salary trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -19 558 £70,000 - 68
UK excluding London -19 350 £62,500 - 49
Work from Home +11 274 £66,250 +1.92% 49
London +55 249 £85,000 +13.33% 28
South East +41 94 £65,000 +4.00% 15
North of England -25 88 £60,000 -11.11% 2
North West -1 62 £60,000 -14.29% 2
South West -9 48 £60,000 -4.00% 16
Midlands -41 44 £57,965 +0.81% 11
Scotland -27 30 £51,750 -14.81% 2
West Midlands -25 29 £57,965 -12.51% 6
East of England +7 25 £62,500 -7.41% 3
Wales +29 19 £62,500 +4.17% 1
Yorkshire +7 16 £62,783 +35.75%
East Midlands -25 14 £66,250 +20.45% 5
North East -5 10 £62,783 +51.88%
Northern Ireland +12 2 £60,000 +20.00% 2

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (4.68%) Confluence
2 19 (3.06%) CMS
3 16 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.29%) nginx
5 7 (1.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.16%) Moodle
7 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.16%) Totara
7 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Maya
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.32%) NUKE
3 2 (0.32%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.32%) Trello
4 1 (0.16%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 19 (3.06%) SDL Web 8
2 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 355 (57.26%) AWS
2 209 (33.71%) Azure
3 115 (18.55%) GitHub
4 88 (14.19%) Serverless
5 77 (12.42%) GCP
6 64 (10.32%) AWS Lambda
7 45 (7.26%) Amazon ECS
8 41 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
9 34 (5.48%) Amazon EC2
10 33 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
11 31 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (4.68%) Datadog
13 28 (4.52%) Amazon S3
14 25 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
15 22 (3.55%) SaaS
16 19 (3.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 13 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 12 (1.94%) Amazon ELB
18 12 (1.94%) dbt
18 12 (1.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.52%) Firewall
2 25 (4.03%) Remote Desktop
3 19 (3.06%) DNS
4 12 (1.94%) BGP
4 12 (1.94%) VPN
5 11 (1.77%) Ethernet VPN
5 11 (1.77%) MPLS
6 8 (1.29%) HTTP
6 8 (1.29%) Modbus
6 8 (1.29%) SD-WAN
6 8 (1.29%) WAN
7 6 (0.97%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.81%) Internet
8 5 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (0.81%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (0.65%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.65%) MQTT
9 4 (0.65%) SNMP
10 3 (0.48%) IPv4
10 3 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.13%) Amazon RDS
2 48 (7.74%) SQL Server
3 46 (7.42%) DynamoDB
4 42 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (5.65%) NoSQL
6 32 (5.16%) Relational Database
7 29 (4.68%) MongoDB
8 22 (3.55%) MySQL
9 20 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (2.90%) BigQuery
10 18 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.94%) Looker
11 12 (1.94%) Tableau
12 11 (1.77%) Big Data
13 9 (1.45%) Redis
14 6 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.81%) Airbyte
15 5 (0.81%) Power BI
15 5 (0.81%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 187 (30.16%) Jenkins
2 160 (25.81%) Git
3 76 (12.26%) JIRA
4 28 (4.52%) TeamCity
5 26 (4.19%) Visual Studio
6 20 (3.23%) CircleCI
6 20 (3.23%) NUnit
7 19 (3.06%) Moq
8 17 (2.74%) Bitbucket
9 16 (2.58%) SonarQube
10 14 (2.26%) Artifactory
10 14 (2.26%) Selenium
11 13 (2.10%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.94%) JMeter
13 11 (1.77%) REST Assured
14 10 (1.61%) Gatling
15 9 (1.45%) Postman
16 8 (1.29%) webpack
17 7 (1.13%) Katalon Studio
18 6 (0.97%) JUnit
General
1 153 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 96 (15.48%) Finance
3 49 (7.90%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.74%) Marketing
5 35 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (5.32%) Banking
7 30 (4.84%) Law
8 23 (3.71%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (3.55%) Retail
10 12 (1.94%) Investment Banking
10 12 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.29%) Games
12 8 (1.29%) Legal
13 7 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.97%) Automotive
15 5 (0.81%) Front Office
15 5 (0.81%) Retail Finance
16 4 (0.65%) Electronics
16 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 149 (24.03%) Developer
2 133 (21.45%) Senior
3 97 (15.65%) Software Engineer
4 95 (15.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 89 (14.35%) Lead
6 57 (9.19%) AWS Engineer
7 48 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 48 (7.74%) Senior Software Engineer
8 46 (7.42%) Full Stack Developer
9 35 (5.65%) Architect
10 34 (5.48%) Python Engineer
11 32 (5.16%) Technical Leader
12 26 (4.19%) AWS DevOps
13 25 (4.03%) Java Developer
14 24 (3.87%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 24 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
15 23 (3.71%) Software Architect
16 21 (3.39%) Senior DevOps
17 20 (3.23%) Test Engineer
18 19 (3.06%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (13.23%) RESTful
2 70 (11.29%) REST
3 69 (11.13%) .NET
4 67 (10.81%) React
5 61 (9.84%) GraphQL
6 51 (8.23%) HTML
7 50 (8.06%) CSS
8 49 (7.90%) Web Services
9 48 (7.74%) Spring
10 46 (7.42%) Django
11 44 (7.10%) Node.js
12 41 (6.61%) SOAP
13 32 (5.16%) Spring Boot
14 28 (4.52%) JSON
15 26 (4.19%) Kafka
16 24 (3.87%) .NET Framework
17 23 (3.71%) XML
18 20 (3.23%) jQuery
19 19 (3.06%) ASP.NET MVC
19 19 (3.06%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.68%) Private Cloud
2 39 (6.29%) Public Cloud
3 37 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 21 (3.39%) Algorithms
6 20 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (3.06%) Legacy Code
8 17 (2.74%) Data Structures
8 17 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.26%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.94%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.13%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (1.13%) Mobile App
14 7 (1.13%) Security Posture
15 6 (0.97%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.97%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 127 (20.48%) Linux
2 66 (10.65%) Windows
3 32 (5.16%) Unix
4 25 (4.03%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (2.74%) CentOS
7 4 (0.65%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.32%) Rocky
9 2 (0.32%) VMS
10 1 (0.16%) Android
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.16%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (53.39%) CI/CD
2 328 (52.90%) Agile
3 256 (41.29%) DevOps
4 203 (32.74%) Software Engineering
5 154 (24.84%) Continuous Integration
6 151 (24.35%) Full Stack Development
7 148 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
8 131 (21.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 118 (19.03%) Mentoring
10 107 (17.26%) Containerisation
11 97 (15.65%) Computer Science
12 87 (14.03%) TDD
13 84 (13.55%) Scrum
14 74 (11.94%) Open Source
15 72 (11.61%) Test Automation
16 63 (10.16%) Code Quality
17 61 (9.84%) Microservices
18 54 (8.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 48 (7.74%) Analytics
19 48 (7.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 291 (46.94%) Python
2 174 (28.06%) Java
3 141 (22.74%) JavaScript
4 120 (19.35%) SQL
5 98 (15.81%) TypeScript
6 73 (11.77%) C#
7 69 (11.13%) Bash
8 59 (9.52%) PowerShell
9 46 (7.42%) C++
10 32 (5.16%) PHP
11 24 (3.87%) Shell Script
12 23 (3.71%) Fortran
13 21 (3.39%) Go
13 21 (3.39%) Perl
14 20 (3.23%) T-SQL
15 19 (3.06%) Kotlin
15 19 (3.06%) Scala
16 18 (2.90%) Ruby
17 14 (2.26%) C
18 12 (1.94%) Korn
Qualifications
1 143 (23.06%) Security Cleared
2 115 (18.55%) Degree
3 63 (10.16%) SC Cleared
4 53 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (6.29%) DBS Check
6 20 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 20 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.77%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.97%) PhD
10 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.32%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.32%) CCNA
11 2 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.32%) MCSE
11 2 (0.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.71%) QA
2 18 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.77%) NIST
4 6 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.97%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.65%) GDPR
6 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.48%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.48%) SLA
7 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.16%) MISRA
8 1 (0.16%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 217 (35.00%) Docker
2 34 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.55%) XenApp
3 22 (3.55%) XenDesktop
4 15 (2.42%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.81%) Firmware
5 5 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.65%) vSphere
7 3 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.32%) Varnish
9 1 (0.16%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 205 (33.06%) Terraform
2 179 (28.87%) Kubernetes
3 125 (20.16%) Ansible
4 47 (7.58%) Puppet
5 44 (7.10%) Grafana
6 40 (6.45%) Prometheus
7 24 (3.87%) Progress Chef
8 15 (2.42%) Kibana
9 14 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (1.94%) Red Hat Satellite
11 9 (1.45%) Consul
12 8 (1.29%) Argo
12 8 (1.29%) Packer
13 5 (0.81%) Nagios
14 4 (0.65%) Cacti
15 3 (0.48%) Kubeflow
15 3 (0.48%) Podman
15 3 (0.48%) vCenter Server
16 2 (0.32%) Kiali
16 2 (0.32%) logstash
Vendors
1 97 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.26%) VMware
3 42 (6.77%) Google
4 30 (4.84%) Splunk
5 22 (3.55%) Citrix
6 20 (3.23%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.90%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.90%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.74%) Cisco
9 12 (1.94%) Atlassian
9 12 (1.94%) Oracle
9 12 (1.94%) TOWER Software
10 8 (1.29%) ForgeRock
10 8 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.29%) Zscaler
11 5 (0.81%) Teradata
12 4 (0.65%) Databricks
12 4 (0.65%) Juniper
13 3 (0.48%) Black Duck
13 3 (0.48%) Solace