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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 355 320
Rank change year-on-year +4 -35 -45
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 344 395 660
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.78% 0.89%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.06% 7.45% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 211 176 555
10th Percentile £51,250 £49,375 £35,920
25th Percentile £63,125 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £88,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% +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 3,795 5,300 8,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.83% 10.45% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,454 3,033 6,521
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,375 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £56,318 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.22% +2.40% -

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -9 286 £80,000 +10.34% 207
UK excluding London +6 190 £70,000 - 148
Work from Home +10 127 £75,000 +9.09% 103
London -5 109 £87,250 -3.06% 77
North of England +22 77 £71,250 +7.55% 41
Yorkshire +4 45 £77,500 +50.54% 9
South East -28 33 £78,000 +7.59% 59
South West -21 28 £74,500 +16.86% 25
North West +24 25 £65,000 -3.70% 29
Scotland -10 23 - - 3
Midlands -1 18 £55,200 -21.14% 10
West Midlands +15 13 £56,350 -16.52% 7
East of England +23 10 £80,000 +10.34% 8
North East 0 7 £66,250 -5.36% 3
East Midlands -11 5 £55,200 -26.40% 3
Wales - 3 £55,200 - 2

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 (6.40%) Confluence
2 17 (4.94%) Apache
3 9 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.74%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.45%) IIS
5 5 (1.45%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.87%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.87%) nginx
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.29%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 215 (62.50%) AWS
2 131 (38.08%) Azure
3 99 (28.78%) AWS CloudFormation
4 80 (23.26%) Serverless
5 79 (22.97%) GitHub
6 70 (20.35%) AWS Lambda
7 63 (18.31%) GCP
8 53 (15.41%) Amazon S3
9 51 (14.83%) GitHub Actions
10 44 (12.79%) Amazon ECS
11 42 (12.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 33 (9.59%) AWS Step Functions
13 31 (9.01%) Amazon EC2
13 31 (9.01%) OpenShift
14 30 (8.72%) Amazon EKS
14 30 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
15 29 (8.43%) Amazon ECR
16 26 (7.56%) Apigee
17 21 (6.10%) Datadog
18 14 (4.07%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.85%) DNS
2 24 (6.98%) Broadband
3 15 (4.36%) Firewall
4 8 (2.33%) DSL
4 8 (2.33%) VPN
5 5 (1.45%) BGP
5 5 (1.45%) DHCP
5 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.45%) WAN
6 3 (0.87%) Asterisk PBX
6 3 (0.87%) LAN
6 3 (0.87%) MPLS
6 3 (0.87%) MQTT
6 3 (0.87%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.87%) VLAN
6 3 (0.87%) VoIP
6 3 (0.87%) VPLS
7 2 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.58%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.05%) DynamoDB
2 37 (10.76%) NoSQL
3 32 (9.30%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (8.43%) MongoDB
5 27 (7.85%) SQL Server
6 23 (6.69%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (4.94%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.91%) MySQL
9 7 (2.03%) Power BI
10 5 (1.45%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.45%) CockroachDB
10 5 (1.45%) Pinecone
10 5 (1.45%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.16%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.87%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.87%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.87%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 198 (57.56%) Jenkins
2 77 (22.38%) Git
3 64 (18.60%) SonarQube
4 44 (12.79%) JIRA
5 34 (9.88%) Cucumber
6 33 (9.59%) Cypress.io
7 30 (8.72%) Maven
8 25 (7.27%) Bitbucket
9 23 (6.69%) Selenium
10 19 (5.52%) JUnit
11 16 (4.65%) CircleCI
12 12 (3.49%) Postman
13 9 (2.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (2.33%) Subversion
15 6 (1.74%) JMeter
15 6 (1.74%) REST Assured
16 5 (1.45%) SoapUI
16 5 (1.45%) TestNG
16 5 (1.45%) Vite
17 4 (1.16%) Gradle
General
1 86 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 69 (20.06%) Finance
3 35 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.72%) Marketing
5 27 (7.85%) Games
6 25 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.69%) Telecoms
8 20 (5.81%) Banking
9 17 (4.94%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.65%) Advertising
10 16 (4.65%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.62%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.45%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.16%) Electronics
14 4 (1.16%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.58%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.58%) Automotive
15 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (18.02%) Lead
2 58 (16.86%) Developer
3 52 (15.12%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (13.95%) Senior
5 36 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (9.30%) Architect
7 24 (6.98%) Platform Engineer
8 23 (6.69%) Software Engineer
9 22 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 21 (6.10%) Salesforce Architect
11 19 (5.52%) Java Developer
12 16 (4.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (4.07%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.78%) Software Developer
15 12 (3.49%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 12 (3.49%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.49%) Salesforce Technical Architect
15 12 (3.49%) Security Engineer
15 12 (3.49%) Technical Architect
16 11 (3.20%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (15.70%) Spring Boot
2 42 (12.21%) Spring
3 41 (11.92%) Elastic Stack
4 37 (10.76%) REST
5 33 (9.59%) AngularJS
6 31 (9.01%) Kafka
7 28 (8.14%) Gherkin
8 27 (7.85%) Jest
9 26 (7.56%) SOAP
10 23 (6.69%) Lightning Web Components
10 23 (6.69%) React
10 23 (6.69%) Visualforce
11 21 (6.10%) RESTful
12 18 (5.23%) Node.js
13 14 (4.07%) FastAPI
13 14 (4.07%) pytest
13 14 (4.07%) RabbitMQ
14 11 (3.20%) Apache NiFi
14 11 (3.20%) AWS CDK
15 10 (2.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 58 (16.86%) Cloud Native
2 33 (9.59%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.78%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.91%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.62%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.33%) Blockchain
8 8 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
8 8 (2.33%) Web3
9 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.03%) e-Learning
9 7 (2.03%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.16%) PKI
12 3 (0.87%) Clustering
12 3 (0.87%) IoT
12 3 (0.87%) Robotics
12 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (26.16%) Linux
2 27 (7.85%) Windows
3 10 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (2.62%) Ubuntu
4 9 (2.62%) Unix
5 8 (2.33%) Windows Server
6 7 (2.03%) CentOS
7 6 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.16%) Debian
10 1 (0.29%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (81.69%) CI/CD
2 230 (66.86%) DevOps
3 162 (47.09%) Agile
4 140 (40.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 95 (27.62%) Containerisation
5 95 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (21.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 69 (20.06%) Continuous Integration
8 63 (18.31%) Software Engineering
8 63 (18.31%) Test Automation
9 60 (17.44%) Microservices
10 59 (17.15%) Scrum
11 56 (16.28%) Observability
12 55 (15.99%) Mentoring
13 47 (13.66%) Event-Driven
14 44 (12.79%) DevSecOps
15 43 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 41 (11.92%) Roadmaps
17 39 (11.34%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 39 (11.34%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 172 (50.00%) Python
2 102 (29.65%) Java
3 94 (27.33%) Bash
4 65 (18.90%) TypeScript
5 58 (16.86%) SQL
6 46 (13.37%) JavaScript
7 34 (9.88%) Go
8 33 (9.59%) PowerShell
9 24 (6.98%) Groovy
10 23 (6.69%) Apex Code
10 23 (6.69%) SOQL
10 23 (6.69%) SOSL
11 13 (3.78%) C#
12 12 (3.49%) Rust
13 8 (2.33%) Delphi
14 7 (2.03%) ANSI SQL
15 6 (1.74%) Bicep
15 6 (1.74%) C++
16 5 (1.45%) C
17 4 (1.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (22.09%) Security Cleared
2 36 (10.47%) AWS Certification
3 33 (9.59%) DV Cleared
4 32 (9.30%) SC Cleared
5 30 (8.72%) Degree
6 14 (4.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 13 (3.78%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.91%) OSCP
11 9 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.62%) ISTQB
12 5 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.16%) CCNA
14 3 (0.87%) CISSP
14 3 (0.87%) LPIC
15 2 (0.58%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.21%) QA
2 11 (3.20%) NIST
3 9 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.74%) GDPR
5 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.45%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.58%) ECSS
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 142 (41.28%) Docker
2 19 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.16%) Firmware
4 4 (1.16%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.16%) vSphere
5 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.58%) NFS
6 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 151 (43.90%) Terraform
2 142 (41.28%) Kubernetes
3 87 (25.29%) Ansible
4 80 (23.26%) Grafana
5 71 (20.64%) Prometheus
6 25 (7.27%) HP Fortify
7 10 (2.91%) Kibana
7 10 (2.91%) Puppet
8 8 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.74%) Argo
9 6 (1.74%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.74%) Rancher
10 5 (1.45%) Nagios
11 4 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (1.16%) logstash
12 3 (0.87%) Istio
12 3 (0.87%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.87%) vRealize
12 3 (0.87%) WSUS
13 2 (0.58%) Nessus
Vendors
1 53 (15.41%) Splunk
2 40 (11.63%) Oracle
3 29 (8.43%) Microsoft
4 24 (6.98%) Atlassian
4 24 (6.98%) Salesforce
5 20 (5.81%) VMware
6 12 (3.49%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.33%) Google
8 6 (1.74%) Cisco
8 6 (1.74%) SAP
9 5 (1.45%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.45%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.87%) Dell
10 3 (0.87%) IBM
10 3 (0.87%) Juniper
11 2 (0.58%) Adobe
11 2 (0.58%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.58%) HP
11 2 (0.58%) New Relic
11 2 (0.58%) Rapid7