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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 266 370
Rank change year-on-year -54 +104 -46
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 563 547 745
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.18% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.10% 13.28% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 340 165 508
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £53,750
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 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £114,500 £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +10.00% +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 4,297 4,118 9,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.46% 8.87% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,841 2,594 6,353
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +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 30 June 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 June 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 -44 496 £70,000 -9.68% 140
UK excluding London -80 341 £65,000 -5.45% 108
London +13 185 £85,000 - 50
Work from Home -128 150 £67,500 -6.90% 61
North of England -78 123 £65,576 -2.18% 34
South East +51 98 £65,000 -13.33% 26
Yorkshire +13 61 £69,310 -3.74% 6
South West -46 59 £65,000 +6.12% 18
North West -84 39 £65,000 -3.04% 17
Scotland -16 36 £102,500 +13.89% 4
North East -28 23 £55,000 - 11
Midlands -96 19 £60,000 -14.29% 15
West Midlands -45 14 £62,500 -10.71% 12
East Midlands -66 5 £39,194 -40.84% 3
East of England -36 4 - - 11
Wales -47 4 £47,500 +46.15% 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 27 (4.80%) Apache
2 24 (4.26%) Confluence
3 16 (2.84%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.95%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.53%) IIS
6 3 (0.53%) JBoss
6 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 356 (63.23%) AWS
2 206 (36.59%) Azure
3 141 (25.04%) AWS CloudFormation
4 108 (19.18%) Serverless
5 106 (18.83%) GitHub
6 89 (15.81%) Amazon S3
6 89 (15.81%) AWS Lambda
7 76 (13.50%) Azure DevOps
8 73 (12.97%) GCP
9 63 (11.19%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (9.41%) Amazon ECS
11 52 (9.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 52 (9.24%) Amazon ECR
12 49 (8.70%) AWS Step Functions
13 47 (8.35%) Amazon EKS
14 41 (7.28%) Amazon EC2
14 41 (7.28%) OpenShift
15 40 (7.10%) Azure AKS
16 39 (6.93%) Apigee
17 36 (6.39%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.99%) Broadband
2 31 (5.51%) Firewall
3 18 (3.20%) DNS
4 12 (2.13%) LAN
4 12 (2.13%) MQTT
4 12 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
5 11 (1.95%) DSL
5 11 (1.95%) Network Security
6 10 (1.78%) HTTP
6 10 (1.78%) WAN
7 8 (1.42%) IPv4
8 7 (1.24%) BGP
8 7 (1.24%) VPN
9 6 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.07%) DHCP
9 6 (1.07%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.89%) MPLS
11 4 (0.71%) Bluetooth
11 4 (0.71%) VoIP
11 4 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (12.26%) NoSQL
2 63 (11.19%) DynamoDB
3 52 (9.24%) MongoDB
4 46 (8.17%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (5.51%) MySQL
6 29 (5.15%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (3.55%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (3.37%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.31%) Amazon Athena
10 11 (1.95%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.78%) Big Data
12 8 (1.42%) SQL Server
13 6 (1.07%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.89%) Redis
15 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.71%) Delta Lake
16 2 (0.36%) Apache Iceberg
16 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
16 2 (0.36%) DocumentDB
16 2 (0.36%) Flink
Development Applications
1 271 (48.13%) Jenkins
2 153 (27.18%) Git
3 97 (17.23%) SonarQube
4 57 (10.12%) Cypress.io
5 54 (9.59%) JIRA
6 50 (8.88%) Cucumber
7 34 (6.04%) Maven
8 29 (5.15%) Selenium
9 28 (4.97%) CircleCI
10 18 (3.20%) Bitbucket
11 17 (3.02%) Visual Studio Code
12 15 (2.66%) JUnit
13 14 (2.49%) Postman
13 14 (2.49%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.13%) Vite
15 10 (1.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 10 (1.78%) Gatling
15 10 (1.78%) JMeter
15 10 (1.78%) Robot Framework
16 8 (1.42%) TestRail
General
1 128 (22.74%) Social Skills
2 122 (21.67%) Finance
3 62 (11.01%) Public Sector
4 56 (9.95%) Banking
5 55 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (6.39%) Marketing
8 34 (6.04%) Games
9 16 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.31%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.42%) Electronics
13 7 (1.24%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.07%) Advertising
14 6 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.89%) Retail
16 4 (0.71%) Automotive
16 4 (0.71%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 126 (22.38%) Senior
2 109 (19.36%) DevOps Engineer
3 94 (16.70%) Developer
4 53 (9.41%) Software Engineer
5 51 (9.06%) Architect
6 45 (7.99%) Cloud Engineer
7 44 (7.82%) Java Developer
8 42 (7.46%) Lead
9 36 (6.39%) AWS Engineer
10 35 (6.22%) Salesforce Architect
11 34 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (5.15%) Java Engineer
12 29 (5.15%) Senior DevOps
12 29 (5.15%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 28 (4.97%) Principal Engineer
14 27 (4.80%) AWS DevOps
14 27 (4.80%) Senior Developer
15 26 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
15 26 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
16 24 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (13.85%) Spring Boot
2 73 (12.97%) REST
3 71 (12.61%) Kafka
4 62 (11.01%) Spring
5 59 (10.48%) AngularJS
6 45 (7.99%) Node.js
7 44 (7.82%) React
8 43 (7.64%) Elastic Stack
9 42 (7.46%) RESTful
10 39 (6.93%) Jest
11 38 (6.75%) SOAP
12 36 (6.39%) Lightning Web Components
12 36 (6.39%) RabbitMQ
13 35 (6.22%) Visualforce
14 34 (6.04%) Gherkin
15 25 (4.44%) Playwright
16 24 (4.26%) JSON
17 22 (3.91%) .NET
17 22 (3.91%) Vue
17 22 (3.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 134 (23.80%) Cloud Native
2 71 (12.61%) Product Ownership
3 57 (10.12%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (5.15%) Public Cloud
5 28 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (4.09%) e-Learning
7 22 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (3.37%) Data Centre
9 17 (3.02%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.84%) Blockchain
11 15 (2.66%) Security Posture
11 15 (2.66%) Web3
12 11 (1.95%) Cloud Security Posture
13 10 (1.78%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 152 (27.00%) Linux
2 64 (11.37%) Windows
3 29 (5.15%) CentOS
4 26 (4.62%) Unix
5 25 (4.44%) Windows Server
6 19 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (2.31%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.71%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.53%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.36%) Android
11 2 (0.36%) Debian
11 2 (0.36%) Rocky
12 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (89.34%) CI/CD
2 397 (70.52%) DevOps
3 296 (52.58%) Agile
4 279 (49.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 177 (31.44%) Containerisation
6 168 (29.84%) Microservices
7 158 (28.06%) Test Automation
8 137 (24.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 111 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
9 111 (19.72%) Software Engineering
10 109 (19.36%) Continuous Integration
10 109 (19.36%) Scrum
11 102 (18.12%) Observability
12 101 (17.94%) Mentoring
13 86 (15.28%) Event-Driven
14 84 (14.92%) DevSecOps
15 83 (14.74%) SDLC
16 78 (13.85%) Continuous Delivery
17 71 (12.61%) AI
18 63 (11.19%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 276 (49.02%) Python
2 172 (30.55%) Java
3 157 (27.89%) Bash
4 89 (15.81%) SQL
5 77 (13.68%) TypeScript
6 74 (13.14%) JavaScript
7 66 (11.72%) PowerShell
8 53 (9.41%) Go
9 44 (7.82%) Groovy
10 36 (6.39%) Apex Code
11 35 (6.22%) C#
11 35 (6.22%) SOQL
11 35 (6.22%) SOSL
12 32 (5.68%) Rust
13 30 (5.33%) C++
14 8 (1.42%) Perl
14 8 (1.42%) PHP
15 7 (1.24%) C
16 6 (1.07%) Scala
16 6 (1.07%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 196 (34.81%) Security Cleared
2 109 (19.36%) SC Cleared
3 77 (13.68%) Degree
4 69 (12.26%) AWS Certification
5 36 (6.39%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (4.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
8 22 (3.91%) Master's Degree
8 22 (3.91%) OSCP
9 18 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.66%) ISTQB
10 15 (2.66%) RHCSA
11 14 (2.49%) CCNA
12 13 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.42%) RHCE
15 6 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.89%) Azure Certification
17 4 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.72%) QA
2 20 (3.55%) Accessibility
2 20 (3.55%) GDPR
3 14 (2.49%) NIST
4 13 (2.31%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.31%) SOC 2
5 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.60%) WCAG
7 6 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.71%) JTAG
10 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 253 (44.94%) Docker
2 31 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.91%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.31%) vSphere
5 12 (2.13%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.42%) Squid
8 7 (1.24%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 290 (51.51%) Terraform
2 251 (44.58%) Kubernetes
3 142 (25.22%) Ansible
4 93 (16.52%) Grafana
5 80 (14.21%) Prometheus
6 34 (6.04%) Argo
7 33 (5.86%) HP Fortify
8 24 (4.26%) Nagios
9 20 (3.55%) Kibana
10 17 (3.02%) Puppet
11 16 (2.84%) logstash
12 13 (2.31%) Packer
13 9 (1.60%) Podman
13 9 (1.60%) vCenter Server
14 8 (1.42%) ZABBIX
15 7 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 6 (1.07%) Docker Swarm
16 6 (1.07%) VxRail
17 4 (0.71%) WSUS
18 3 (0.53%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 87 (15.45%) Splunk
2 51 (9.06%) Red Hat
3 42 (7.46%) VMware
4 39 (6.93%) Microsoft
5 37 (6.57%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.66%) Oracle
7 14 (2.49%) Cisco
7 14 (2.49%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.31%) AppDynamics
9 12 (2.13%) Atlassian
9 12 (2.13%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.78%) Google
11 9 (1.60%) Rapid7
12 8 (1.42%) Tenable
13 7 (1.24%) IBM
13 7 (1.24%) Juniper
14 6 (1.07%) F5
14 6 (1.07%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.07%) ServiceNow
14 6 (1.07%) Veracode