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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 271 307
Rank change year-on-year -58 +36 +21
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 633 530 604
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.07% 0.83%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.44% 13.93% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 389 169 272
10th Percentile £47,500 £54,250 £47,625
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £84,438
90th Percentile £110,500 £109,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -3.85%

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 4,711 3,805 6,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.99% 7.70% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,883 2,197 3,529
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £37,574
25th Percentile £47,375 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,400 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -37 585 £70,000 -9.68% 720
UK excluding London -100 402 £67,500 -3.57% 391
London +16 188 £92,500 +2.78% 354
North of England -35 173 £67,500 -1.82% 113
Work from Home -192 125 £69,310 -13.36% 341
South West -20 85 £74,000 +0.34% 68
South East -5 72 £65,000 -14.75% 58
North East -9 71 £60,000 -9.43% 28
North West -75 67 £69,310 +10.90% 64
Yorkshire 0 44 £72,500 -3.33% 21
Midlands -76 42 £60,000 -14.29% 46
West Midlands -51 28 £63,750 -21.54% 34
East Midlands -66 14 £60,000 -1.64% 12
East of England -55 10 £60,000 +9.09% 46
Wales -70 10 £55,000 -8.33% 10
Scotland -51 9 £87,500 +17.45% 34
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 16

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 37 (5.85%) Apache
2 32 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (4.74%) Confluence
4 25 (3.95%) Apache Spark
5 22 (3.48%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.95%) nginx
6 6 (0.95%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.47%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 412 (65.09%) AWS
2 228 (36.02%) Azure
3 174 (27.49%) GitHub
4 111 (17.54%) AWS CloudFormation
5 90 (14.22%) GitHub Actions
6 86 (13.59%) Amazon S3
7 83 (13.11%) GCP
8 81 (12.80%) Azure DevOps
9 70 (11.06%) Serverless
10 66 (10.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 60 (9.48%) Amazon ECS
12 55 (8.69%) AWS Lambda
13 47 (7.42%) Amazon ECR
14 45 (7.11%) Amazon EC2
15 36 (5.69%) OpenShift
16 34 (5.37%) Azure AKS
17 33 (5.21%) Amazon EKS
18 26 (4.11%) Amazon SQS
19 24 (3.79%) Datadog
20 22 (3.48%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.11%) DNS
2 20 (3.16%) Firewall
3 15 (2.37%) Network Security
4 13 (2.05%) Broadband
4 13 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.90%) HTTP
6 11 (1.74%) MQTT
7 8 (1.26%) DHCP
7 8 (1.26%) VPN
8 7 (1.11%) IPv4
8 7 (1.11%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (0.95%) BGP
9 6 (0.95%) LAN
9 6 (0.95%) NX-OS
9 6 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.95%) Wireless
9 6 (0.95%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.79%) WAN
11 4 (0.63%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.47%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (13.27%) NoSQL
2 70 (11.06%) MongoDB
3 67 (10.58%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (6.48%) MySQL
5 37 (5.85%) DynamoDB
6 30 (4.74%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (3.79%) Relational Database
8 21 (3.32%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (3.00%) Pinecone
9 19 (3.00%) Redis
10 18 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (2.37%) Chroma
12 13 (2.05%) Data Lake
13 12 (1.90%) Big Data
14 9 (1.42%) Power BI
15 8 (1.26%) Delta Lake
16 7 (1.11%) DocumentDB
16 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
17 6 (0.95%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 261 (41.23%) Jenkins
2 213 (33.65%) Git
3 75 (11.85%) Cucumber
4 70 (11.06%) JIRA
5 49 (7.74%) Cypress.io
6 43 (6.79%) SonarQube
7 39 (6.16%) Selenium
8 33 (5.21%) Postman
9 29 (4.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 29 (4.58%) JUnit
10 21 (3.32%) Maven
11 19 (3.00%) JMeter
12 17 (2.69%) Gatling
13 15 (2.37%) Vite
14 14 (2.21%) Spock
15 13 (2.05%) REST Assured
16 12 (1.90%) Bitbucket
16 12 (1.90%) Robot Framework
16 12 (1.90%) Zephyr
17 11 (1.74%) Artifactory
General
1 172 (27.17%) Social Skills
2 140 (22.12%) Finance
3 119 (18.80%) Public Sector
4 60 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (9.00%) Banking
6 50 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.16%) Aerospace
7 20 (3.16%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.21%) Law
8 14 (2.21%) Marketing
9 12 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.42%) Electronics
10 9 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.26%) Legal
12 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.47%) Automotive
14 3 (0.47%) Military
15 2 (0.32%) Retail
16 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 159 (25.12%) Senior
2 145 (22.91%) DevOps Engineer
3 97 (15.32%) Developer
4 68 (10.74%) Software Engineer
5 58 (9.16%) Principal Engineer
6 55 (8.69%) Java Engineer
7 54 (8.53%) Lead
8 40 (6.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 36 (5.69%) Senior DevOps
9 36 (5.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 35 (5.53%) AWS Engineer
11 32 (5.06%) Test Engineer
12 29 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (4.58%) Senior Developer
13 27 (4.27%) Full-Stack Developer
14 26 (4.11%) Principal DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.11%) Software Developer
15 25 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (3.95%) Java Developer
15 25 (3.95%) Principal Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (48.66%) Terraform
2 103 (16.27%) Kafka
3 99 (15.64%) Spring
4 93 (14.69%) Spring Boot
5 79 (12.48%) React
6 67 (10.58%) RESTful
7 62 (9.79%) Node.js
8 57 (9.00%) AngularJS
8 57 (9.00%) REST
9 43 (6.79%) Elastic Stack
9 43 (6.79%) Playwright
10 38 (6.00%) .NET
11 31 (4.90%) FastAPI
11 31 (4.90%) Jest
12 30 (4.74%) LangChain
13 25 (3.95%) Vue
14 24 (3.79%) Gherkin
15 23 (3.63%) PySpark
16 22 (3.48%) LangGraph
16 22 (3.48%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 204 (32.23%) Cloud Native
2 90 (14.22%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (9.00%) Product Ownership
4 51 (8.06%) Public Cloud
5 45 (7.11%) e-Learning
6 40 (6.32%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (4.42%) Private Cloud
8 17 (2.69%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.53%) Data Centre
10 15 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (2.21%) Virtual Team
12 13 (2.05%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.90%) Algorithms
14 11 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
15 9 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (1.26%) Management Information System
16 8 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
17 7 (1.11%) IoT
18 6 (0.95%) ARM Cortex
18 6 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 181 (28.59%) Linux
2 58 (9.16%) Windows
3 47 (7.42%) CentOS
4 39 (6.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 27 (4.27%) Unix
6 16 (2.53%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.26%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.79%) VMS
9 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.63%) Rocky
9 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.47%) Android
10 3 (0.47%) Debian
10 3 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.47%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.47%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (91.15%) CI/CD
2 405 (63.98%) DevOps
3 362 (57.19%) Agile
4 323 (51.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 268 (42.34%) Test Automation
6 203 (32.07%) Microservices
7 189 (29.86%) Containerisation
8 163 (25.75%) Mentoring
9 160 (25.28%) Software Engineering
10 142 (22.43%) AI
11 140 (22.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 135 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
13 128 (20.22%) Observability
14 111 (17.54%) SDLC
15 98 (15.48%) Platform Engineering
15 98 (15.48%) Scrum
16 97 (15.32%) Full-Stack Development
16 97 (15.32%) Technical Leadership
17 96 (15.17%) Coaching
18 81 (12.80%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 302 (47.71%) Python
2 211 (33.33%) Java
3 156 (24.64%) Bash
4 143 (22.59%) SQL
5 105 (16.59%) TypeScript
6 103 (16.27%) JavaScript
7 83 (13.11%) PowerShell
8 36 (5.69%) C#
8 36 (5.69%) C++
8 36 (5.69%) Go
9 26 (4.11%) Groovy
10 19 (3.00%) Rust
11 14 (2.21%) PHP
12 12 (1.90%) C
13 10 (1.58%) Shell Script
14 8 (1.26%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.26%) Scala
15 7 (1.11%) Ruby
16 6 (0.95%) Bicep
17 5 (0.79%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 268 (42.34%) Security Cleared
2 176 (27.80%) SC Cleared
3 82 (12.95%) Degree
4 81 (12.80%) AWS Certification
5 64 (10.11%) DV Cleared
6 49 (7.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 37 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 17 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.53%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (2.21%) RHCSA
13 13 (2.05%) CCNA
13 13 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 8 (1.26%) OSCP
16 7 (1.11%) Azure Certification
16 7 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
16 7 (1.11%) RHCE
17 6 (0.95%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (15.48%) QA
2 31 (4.90%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.58%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.84%) WCAG
5 11 (1.74%) GDPR
6 9 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.42%) SLA
7 8 (1.26%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.95%) JTAG
9 4 (0.63%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.63%) NIST
10 3 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 317 (50.08%) Docker
2 26 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.05%) vSphere
5 11 (1.74%) Active Directory
6 7 (1.11%) Firmware
6 7 (1.11%) Squid
6 7 (1.11%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 273 (43.13%) Kubernetes
2 148 (23.38%) Ansible
3 96 (15.17%) Grafana
4 66 (10.43%) Prometheus
5 40 (6.32%) Argo
6 24 (3.79%) Puppet
7 21 (3.32%) Kibana
8 19 (3.00%) Nagios
9 17 (2.69%) logstash
10 14 (2.21%) HP Fortify
11 11 (1.74%) Packer
12 10 (1.58%) Progress Chef
13 9 (1.42%) Podman
14 7 (1.11%) vCenter Server
14 7 (1.11%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.95%) FortiGate
16 4 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
17 3 (0.47%) linkerd
17 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
17 3 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (8.69%) Splunk
2 52 (8.21%) Microsoft
3 38 (6.00%) Red Hat
4 34 (5.37%) VMware
5 24 (3.79%) Oracle
6 22 (3.48%) OpenAI
7 20 (3.16%) Mistral
8 18 (2.84%) Google
9 16 (2.53%) AppDynamics
9 16 (2.53%) Atlassian
9 16 (2.53%) Databricks
10 12 (1.90%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.42%) Rapid7
11 9 (1.42%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.42%) SAP
12 7 (1.11%) Cisco
12 7 (1.11%) NVIDIA
12 7 (1.11%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.11%) Pega
12 7 (1.11%) YouTube