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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 263 362
Rank change year-on-year -42 +99 -39
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 555 546 748
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.20% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.95% 13.27% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 336 164 510
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 £114,625 £97,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +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 4,286 4,116 9,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.50% 9.04% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,830 2,592 6,377
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,459 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +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 27 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 27 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 -54 489 £70,000 -9.68% 139
UK excluding London -87 336 £65,000 -3.70% 107
London +10 183 £85,000 - 47
Work from Home -116 150 £67,500 -6.90% 60
North of England -53 121 £65,576 -2.18% 30
South East +49 98 £65,000 -13.33% 23
Yorkshire +9 61 £69,310 -3.74% 6
South West -41 57 £65,000 +6.12% 20
North West -81 38 £65,000 -3.04% 15
Scotland -17 36 £102,500 +13.89% 5
North East -22 22 £55,000 - 9
Midlands -93 18 £57,500 -17.86% 16
West Midlands -39 13 £60,000 -14.29% 13
East Midlands -63 5 £39,194 -40.84% 3
East of England -34 4 - - 14
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 (4.86%) Apache
2 24 (4.32%) Confluence
3 16 (2.88%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (1.98%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.54%) IIS
6 3 (0.54%) JBoss
6 3 (0.54%) 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 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.54%) 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
1 349 (62.88%) AWS
2 202 (36.40%) Azure
3 138 (24.86%) AWS CloudFormation
4 107 (19.28%) Serverless
5 103 (18.56%) GitHub
6 89 (16.04%) Amazon S3
6 89 (16.04%) AWS Lambda
7 75 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (12.61%) GCP
9 62 (11.17%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (9.55%) Amazon ECS
11 52 (9.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 52 (9.37%) Amazon ECR
12 49 (8.83%) AWS Step Functions
13 46 (8.29%) Amazon EKS
14 41 (7.39%) Amazon EC2
15 40 (7.21%) OpenShift
16 39 (7.03%) Apigee
16 39 (7.03%) Azure AKS
17 36 (6.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.11%) Broadband
2 29 (5.23%) Firewall
3 17 (3.06%) DNS
4 12 (2.16%) LAN
4 12 (2.16%) MQTT
4 12 (2.16%) Software-Defined Networking
5 11 (1.98%) DSL
5 11 (1.98%) Network Security
6 10 (1.80%) HTTP
6 10 (1.80%) WAN
7 8 (1.44%) IPv4
8 7 (1.26%) BGP
8 7 (1.26%) VPN
9 6 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.08%) DHCP
9 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.90%) MPLS
11 4 (0.72%) VPLS
11 4 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (12.25%) NoSQL
2 63 (11.35%) DynamoDB
3 52 (9.37%) MongoDB
4 46 (8.29%) PostgreSQL
5 31 (5.59%) MySQL
6 29 (5.23%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
8 19 (3.42%) Relational Database
9 13 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
10 11 (1.98%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.80%) Big Data
12 8 (1.44%) SQL Server
13 6 (1.08%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.90%) Redis
15 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.72%) 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
1 267 (48.11%) Jenkins
2 151 (27.21%) Git
3 96 (17.30%) SonarQube
4 57 (10.27%) Cypress.io
5 54 (9.73%) JIRA
6 49 (8.83%) Cucumber
7 34 (6.13%) Maven
8 29 (5.23%) Selenium
9 28 (5.05%) CircleCI
10 18 (3.24%) Bitbucket
11 17 (3.06%) Visual Studio Code
12 15 (2.70%) JUnit
13 14 (2.52%) Postman
13 14 (2.52%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.16%) Vite
15 10 (1.80%) Gatling
15 10 (1.80%) JMeter
15 10 (1.80%) Robot Framework
16 8 (1.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 8 (1.44%) TestRail
General
1 125 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 118 (21.26%) Finance
3 60 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 56 (10.09%) Banking
5 55 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (9.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (6.49%) Marketing
8 34 (6.13%) Games
9 16 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.52%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.34%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.44%) Electronics
13 7 (1.26%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.08%) Advertising
14 6 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.90%) Retail
16 4 (0.72%) Automotive
16 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (22.52%) Senior
2 103 (18.56%) DevOps Engineer
3 94 (16.94%) Developer
4 53 (9.55%) Software Engineer
5 51 (9.19%) Architect
6 45 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
7 44 (7.93%) Java Developer
8 42 (7.57%) Lead
9 36 (6.49%) AWS Engineer
10 35 (6.31%) Salesforce Architect
11 34 (6.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (5.05%) Java Engineer
12 28 (5.05%) Senior DevOps
12 28 (5.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 27 (4.86%) AWS DevOps
13 27 (4.86%) Senior Developer
14 26 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
14 26 (4.68%) Platform Engineer
15 25 (4.50%) Principal Engineer
16 24 (4.32%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (13.87%) Spring Boot
2 73 (13.15%) REST
3 70 (12.61%) Kafka
4 61 (10.99%) Spring
5 59 (10.63%) AngularJS
6 44 (7.93%) Node.js
6 44 (7.93%) React
7 42 (7.57%) RESTful
8 41 (7.39%) Elastic Stack
9 39 (7.03%) Jest
10 38 (6.85%) SOAP
11 36 (6.49%) Lightning Web Components
11 36 (6.49%) RabbitMQ
12 35 (6.31%) Visualforce
13 34 (6.13%) Gherkin
14 25 (4.50%) Playwright
15 24 (4.32%) JSON
16 22 (3.96%) .NET
16 22 (3.96%) Vue
16 22 (3.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (23.24%) Cloud Native
2 71 (12.79%) Product Ownership
3 55 (9.91%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (5.05%) Public Cloud
5 27 (4.86%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (3.96%) e-Learning
6 22 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 19 (3.42%) Data Centre
8 17 (3.06%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.88%) Blockchain
10 15 (2.70%) Security Posture
10 15 (2.70%) Web3
11 11 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
12 9 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (1.44%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 147 (26.49%) Linux
2 64 (11.53%) Windows
3 27 (4.86%) CentOS
4 25 (4.50%) Unix
4 25 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.72%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.36%) Android
10 2 (0.36%) Debian
10 2 (0.36%) Rocky
11 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (89.19%) CI/CD
2 390 (70.27%) DevOps
3 293 (52.79%) Agile
4 271 (48.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 174 (31.35%) Containerisation
6 165 (29.73%) Microservices
7 154 (27.75%) Test Automation
8 134 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 110 (19.82%) Software Engineering
10 109 (19.64%) Scrum
11 108 (19.46%) Continuous Integration
11 108 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
12 100 (18.02%) Mentoring
12 100 (18.02%) Observability
13 84 (15.14%) Event-Driven
14 83 (14.95%) DevSecOps
14 83 (14.95%) SDLC
15 77 (13.87%) Continuous Delivery
16 71 (12.79%) AI
17 63 (11.35%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 271 (48.83%) Python
2 171 (30.81%) Java
3 155 (27.93%) Bash
4 88 (15.86%) SQL
5 76 (13.69%) TypeScript
6 74 (13.33%) JavaScript
7 65 (11.71%) PowerShell
8 53 (9.55%) Go
9 44 (7.93%) Groovy
10 36 (6.49%) Apex Code
11 35 (6.31%) C#
11 35 (6.31%) SOQL
11 35 (6.31%) SOSL
12 32 (5.77%) Rust
13 30 (5.41%) C++
14 8 (1.44%) Perl
14 8 (1.44%) PHP
15 7 (1.26%) C
16 6 (1.08%) Scala
17 5 (0.90%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 190 (34.23%) Security Cleared
2 107 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 77 (13.87%) Degree
4 68 (12.25%) AWS Certification
5 33 (5.95%) DV Cleared
6 27 (4.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (4.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.50%) ITIL Certification
8 22 (3.96%) Master's Degree
8 22 (3.96%) OSCP
9 18 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.70%) ISTQB
11 14 (2.52%) CCNA
11 14 (2.52%) RHCSA
12 13 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.44%) RHCE
15 6 (1.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
17 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.89%) QA
2 20 (3.60%) Accessibility
2 20 (3.60%) GDPR
3 14 (2.52%) NIST
4 13 (2.34%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.34%) SOC 2
5 11 (1.98%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.62%) WCAG
7 6 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.72%) JTAG
10 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 249 (44.86%) Docker
2 31 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.96%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.34%) vSphere
5 12 (2.16%) VMware NSX
6 10 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.44%) Squid
8 7 (1.26%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 284 (51.17%) Terraform
2 244 (43.96%) Kubernetes
3 138 (24.86%) Ansible
4 91 (16.40%) Grafana
5 78 (14.05%) Prometheus
6 33 (5.95%) Argo
6 33 (5.95%) HP Fortify
7 24 (4.32%) Nagios
8 20 (3.60%) Kibana
9 16 (2.88%) logstash
10 15 (2.70%) Puppet
11 13 (2.34%) Packer
12 9 (1.62%) Podman
12 9 (1.62%) vCenter Server
13 8 (1.44%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (1.08%) Docker Swarm
15 6 (1.08%) VxRail
16 4 (0.72%) WSUS
17 3 (0.54%) Rancher
Vendors
1 87 (15.68%) Splunk
2 51 (9.19%) Red Hat
3 42 (7.57%) VMware
4 39 (7.03%) Microsoft
5 37 (6.67%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.70%) Oracle
7 14 (2.52%) Cisco
7 14 (2.52%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.34%) AppDynamics
9 12 (2.16%) Atlassian
9 12 (2.16%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.80%) Google
11 9 (1.62%) Rapid7
12 8 (1.44%) Tenable
13 7 (1.26%) IBM
13 7 (1.26%) Juniper
14 6 (1.08%) F5
14 6 (1.08%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.08%) ServiceNow
14 6 (1.08%) Veracode