GitLab Job Trends

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 342 297
Rank change year-on-year -12 -45 -20
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 315 431 586
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.81% 0.98%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.57% 7.89% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 201 189 470
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -10.34%
75th Percentile £86,253 £90,000 £86,188
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.43% +16.67% -4.00%

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 3,677 5,462 6,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.03% 10.28% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,371 3,117 5,497
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,544 £39,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,029 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% -4.35% +4.55%

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 19 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 16 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 19 January 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 -25 268 £77,500 +6.90% 418
UK excluding London 0 178 £74,500 +6.43% 389
Work from Home +2 118 £77,500 +6.90% 231
London -26 94 £85,000 - 61
North of England +52 80 £75,000 +11.11% 77
Yorkshire +8 41 £80,000 +55.39% 33
North West +23 32 £65,000 -7.14% 35
South West -19 30 £72,500 +16.00% 60
South East -32 23 £82,500 +13.79% 118
Midlands +13 19 £55,200 -21.14% 44
Scotland -7 15 - - 11
West Midlands +18 13 £60,000 -12.73% 18
East of England +27 10 £67,500 -6.90% 61
North East +11 7 £66,250 -5.36% 9
East Midlands -6 6 £53,600 -28.53% 26
Wales +7 3 £55,200 -32.06% 18

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 22 (6.98%) Confluence
2 16 (5.08%) Apache
3 9 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.59%) IIS
4 5 (1.59%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.27%) nginx
5 4 (1.27%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.95%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.95%) Camunda
6 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.95%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.32%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 192 (60.95%) AWS
2 124 (39.37%) Azure
3 78 (24.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 69 (21.90%) GitHub
5 61 (19.37%) Serverless
6 59 (18.73%) GCP
7 55 (17.46%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (13.97%) Amazon S3
9 41 (13.02%) GitHub Actions
10 40 (12.70%) Amazon ECS
11 38 (12.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 32 (10.16%) OpenShift
13 30 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
14 29 (9.21%) Amazon EC2
15 27 (8.57%) Amazon EKS
16 24 (7.62%) AWS Step Functions
17 23 (7.30%) Amazon ECR
18 20 (6.35%) Apigee
19 15 (4.76%) Datadog
20 12 (3.81%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.94%) DNS
2 16 (5.08%) Broadband
3 12 (3.81%) Firewall
4 6 (1.90%) VPN
5 5 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.27%) DSL
6 4 (1.27%) VSAN
7 3 (0.95%) BGP
7 3 (0.95%) DHCP
7 3 (0.95%) Skype
7 3 (0.95%) VLAN
7 3 (0.95%) WAN
8 2 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.63%) HTTP
8 2 (0.63%) MQTT
8 2 (0.63%) OSPF
8 2 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.63%) SSL
8 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.48%) MongoDB
2 32 (10.16%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (9.84%) NoSQL
3 31 (9.84%) SQL Server
4 30 (9.52%) DynamoDB
5 21 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (5.71%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (3.49%) MySQL
8 9 (2.86%) Power BI
9 8 (2.54%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.59%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.59%) CockroachDB
10 5 (1.59%) Data Vault
10 5 (1.59%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.27%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.95%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.95%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 177 (56.19%) Jenkins
2 75 (23.81%) Git
3 53 (16.83%) SonarQube
4 40 (12.70%) JIRA
5 32 (10.16%) Cucumber
5 32 (10.16%) Cypress.io
6 30 (9.52%) Bitbucket
7 25 (7.94%) Selenium
8 24 (7.62%) Maven
9 23 (7.30%) JUnit
10 14 (4.44%) Postman
11 10 (3.17%) CircleCI
12 9 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (2.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (2.54%) JMeter
13 8 (2.54%) Subversion
14 7 (2.22%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.90%) Vite
16 5 (1.59%) SoapUI
16 5 (1.59%) TestNG
General
1 82 (26.03%) Social Skills
2 64 (20.32%) Finance
3 38 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.98%) Marketing
4 22 (6.98%) Telecoms
5 21 (6.67%) Banking
5 21 (6.67%) Games
6 17 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.08%) Advertising
8 15 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 14 (4.44%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.17%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.54%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.90%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.59%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.27%) Electronics
15 3 (0.95%) Retail
16 2 (0.63%) Automotive
16 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (20.00%) Lead
2 57 (18.10%) Developer
3 52 (16.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (12.70%) Senior
5 27 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (7.62%) Platform Engineer
7 22 (6.98%) Software Engineer
8 21 (6.67%) Architect
9 19 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.71%) Software Developer
11 15 (4.76%) Lead DevOps
12 14 (4.44%) Java Developer
12 14 (4.44%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.44%) Salesforce Architect
13 13 (4.13%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.81%) Lead Cloud Engineer
14 12 (3.81%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.81%) Senior Developer
15 10 (3.17%) Consultant
15 10 (3.17%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.24%) Spring Boot
2 40 (12.70%) Elastic Stack
3 39 (12.38%) Spring
4 35 (11.11%) REST
5 30 (9.52%) AngularJS
6 25 (7.94%) React
7 23 (7.30%) Gherkin
8 22 (6.98%) Jest
8 22 (6.98%) Kafka
9 18 (5.71%) RESTful
9 18 (5.71%) SOAP
10 17 (5.40%) Node.js
11 15 (4.76%) FastAPI
11 15 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (4.76%) Visualforce
12 13 (4.13%) pytest
13 11 (3.49%) Playwright
13 11 (3.49%) RabbitMQ
14 10 (3.17%) Apache NiFi
14 10 (3.17%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.19%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.94%) Product Ownership
3 16 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.49%) Private Cloud
5 11 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.90%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.59%) Blockchain
7 5 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.59%) PKI
7 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.59%) Web3
8 4 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.27%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.95%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.95%) IoT
9 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (28.57%) Linux
2 30 (9.52%) Windows
3 15 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.17%) Ubuntu
4 10 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.86%) Unix
6 6 (1.90%) CentOS
7 5 (1.59%) Debian
7 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (79.05%) CI/CD
2 213 (67.62%) DevOps
3 144 (45.71%) Agile
4 122 (38.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 93 (29.52%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (28.89%) Containerisation
7 59 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (17.78%) Test Automation
9 53 (16.83%) Continuous Integration
10 51 (16.19%) Observability
11 49 (15.56%) Mentoring
11 49 (15.56%) Microservices
12 47 (14.92%) Software Engineering
13 45 (14.29%) Scrum
13 45 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 43 (13.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 39 (12.38%) Incident Response
16 35 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
16 35 (11.11%) DevSecOps
16 35 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 153 (48.57%) Python
2 100 (31.75%) Java
3 87 (27.62%) Bash
4 67 (21.27%) TypeScript
5 61 (19.37%) SQL
6 49 (15.56%) JavaScript
7 37 (11.75%) PowerShell
8 25 (7.94%) Go
9 19 (6.03%) Groovy
10 15 (4.76%) Apex Code
10 15 (4.76%) SOQL
10 15 (4.76%) SOSL
11 11 (3.49%) C#
12 9 (2.86%) ANSI SQL
13 8 (2.54%) Delphi
14 7 (2.22%) Bicep
15 6 (1.90%) Rust
16 5 (1.59%) C
17 4 (1.27%) C++
18 3 (0.95%) Perl
Qualifications
1 73 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 33 (10.48%) DV Cleared
3 30 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 29 (9.21%) AWS Certification
5 22 (6.98%) Degree
6 14 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.17%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (1.59%) OSCP
11 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.95%) CCNA
12 3 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.63%) CISSP
13 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.63%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (12.70%) QA
2 8 (2.54%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.90%) NIST
4 5 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.95%) GDPR
7 2 (0.63%) ECSS
7 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.63%) SLA
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 131 (41.59%) Docker
2 19 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.59%) vSphere
4 4 (1.27%) Firmware
4 4 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.63%) NFS
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.32%) Squid
Systems Management
1 137 (43.49%) Kubernetes
2 134 (42.54%) Terraform
3 86 (27.30%) Ansible
4 80 (25.40%) Grafana
5 68 (21.59%) Prometheus
6 20 (6.35%) HP Fortify
7 11 (3.49%) Kibana
8 8 (2.54%) Puppet
8 8 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.22%) Argo
9 7 (2.22%) Rancher
10 6 (1.90%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.27%) logstash
11 4 (1.27%) vRealize
11 4 (1.27%) WSUS
12 3 (0.95%) Istio
12 3 (0.95%) Nagios
12 3 (0.95%) SCOM
12 3 (0.95%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.63%) Nessus
Vendors
1 44 (13.97%) Oracle
2 43 (13.65%) Splunk
3 28 (8.89%) Microsoft
4 26 (8.25%) Atlassian
5 22 (6.98%) VMware
6 16 (5.08%) Salesforce
7 14 (4.44%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.90%) Google
8 6 (1.90%) SAP
9 5 (1.59%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.59%) Cisco
9 5 (1.59%) HP
9 5 (1.59%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.63%) Databricks
10 2 (0.63%) MikroTik
10 2 (0.63%) New Relic
10 2 (0.63%) Sonatype
10 2 (0.63%) Starlink
10 2 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
10 2 (0.63%) YouTube