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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 325 303
Rank change year-on-year -37 -22 -22
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 312 451 541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.83% 1.02%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.60% 8.09% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 206 205 424
10th Percentile £51,527 £44,550 £42,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.93% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £86,344 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £104,150 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.76% -5.38%

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 3,627 5,574 6,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.13% 10.28% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,384 3,220 5,134
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,574 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.36% -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 5 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 5 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 -20 267 £77,500 +10.71% 409
UK excluding London -14 175 £75,000 +11.11% 364
Work from Home -5 121 £77,500 +10.71% 246
London -23 98 £85,000 - 74
North of England +58 77 £75,000 +15.38% 95
Yorkshire +18 39 £80,000 +38.02% 51
North West +26 31 £66,250 +1.92% 37
South West -22 25 £73,500 +22.50% 56
South East -47 22 £80,250 +11.07% 91
Midlands +9 20 £57,600 -17.71% 55
Scotland -4 15 - - 11
East of England +30 14 £67,500 -5.26% 51
West Midlands +10 14 £63,750 - 31
North East +11 7 £66,250 +3.54% 7
East Midlands -4 6 £53,600 -28.53% 21
Wales +5 4 £57,600 -38.40% 6

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 21 (6.73%) Confluence
2 13 (4.17%) Apache
3 9 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.60%) IIS
4 5 (1.60%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.28%) Camunda
5 4 (1.28%) nginx
5 4 (1.28%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.96%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.96%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.32%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.32%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 185 (59.29%) AWS
2 128 (41.03%) Azure
3 69 (22.12%) GitHub
4 67 (21.47%) AWS CloudFormation
5 60 (19.23%) GCP
6 58 (18.59%) Serverless
7 51 (16.35%) AWS Lambda
8 40 (12.82%) Amazon S3
8 40 (12.82%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (12.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 37 (11.86%) Amazon ECS
11 32 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (9.29%) OpenShift
13 28 (8.97%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (6.41%) Amazon ECR
15 20 (6.41%) AWS Step Functions
16 17 (5.45%) Apigee
17 14 (4.49%) Datadog
18 12 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.05%) DNS
2 16 (5.13%) Broadband
3 10 (3.21%) Firewall
4 5 (1.60%) VPN
5 4 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.28%) VSAN
6 3 (0.96%) Skype
6 3 (0.96%) VLAN
6 3 (0.96%) WAN
7 2 (0.64%) BGP
7 2 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.64%) DSL
7 2 (0.64%) HTTP
7 2 (0.64%) Network Security
7 2 (0.64%) OSPF
7 2 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.64%) RTMP
7 2 (0.64%) SSL
7 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.26%) MongoDB
2 31 (9.94%) SQL Server
3 30 (9.62%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (8.33%) DynamoDB
4 26 (8.33%) NoSQL
5 20 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (3.21%) MySQL
8 9 (2.88%) Power BI
9 8 (2.56%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.60%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.60%) CockroachDB
10 5 (1.60%) Data Vault
11 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
11 4 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.96%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.96%) Pinecone
13 2 (0.64%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 170 (54.49%) Jenkins
2 73 (23.40%) Git
3 48 (15.38%) SonarQube
4 38 (12.18%) JIRA
5 29 (9.29%) Bitbucket
6 28 (8.97%) Cucumber
6 28 (8.97%) Cypress.io
7 23 (7.37%) Selenium
8 22 (7.05%) JUnit
8 22 (7.05%) Maven
9 14 (4.49%) Postman
10 12 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
11 10 (3.21%) CircleCI
12 9 (2.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 9 (2.88%) Subversion
13 8 (2.56%) JMeter
14 7 (2.24%) REST Assured
15 6 (1.92%) Artifactory
16 5 (1.60%) SoapUI
16 5 (1.60%) TestNG
General
1 82 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 64 (20.51%) Finance
3 40 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.37%) Marketing
5 22 (7.05%) Telecoms
6 21 (6.73%) Banking
6 21 (6.73%) Games
7 20 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.13%) Advertising
8 16 (5.13%) Public Sector
9 15 (4.81%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.88%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.60%) Electronics
13 5 (1.60%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.28%) Retail
15 2 (0.64%) Automotive
15 2 (0.64%) Aviation
15 2 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (20.83%) Lead
2 54 (17.31%) DevOps Engineer
3 52 (16.67%) Developer
4 39 (12.50%) Senior
5 30 (9.62%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (6.73%) Software Engineer
8 20 (6.41%) Architect
9 17 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (5.45%) Lead DevOps
10 16 (5.13%) Lead DevOps Engineer
10 16 (5.13%) Software Developer
11 14 (4.49%) Salesforce Architect
12 13 (4.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (4.17%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.85%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.85%) Senior DevOps
14 11 (3.53%) Backend Developer
15 10 (3.21%) Java Developer
15 10 (3.21%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (14.74%) Spring Boot
2 39 (12.50%) Spring
3 35 (11.22%) Elastic Stack
3 35 (11.22%) REST
4 27 (8.65%) AngularJS
5 23 (7.37%) React
6 20 (6.41%) Gherkin
6 20 (6.41%) Node.js
7 19 (6.09%) Kafka
8 18 (5.77%) Jest
9 17 (5.45%) SOAP
10 16 (5.13%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (5.13%) Visualforce
11 15 (4.81%) RESTful
12 14 (4.49%) FastAPI
13 12 (3.85%) pytest
14 10 (3.21%) .NET
14 10 (3.21%) Django
14 10 (3.21%) HTML
14 10 (3.21%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.35%) Cloud Native
2 27 (8.65%) Product Ownership
3 15 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.53%) Private Cloud
5 9 (2.88%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.28%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.28%) PKI
9 4 (1.28%) Web3
10 3 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.96%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.96%) IoT
10 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.96%) RSA SecurID
10 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 86 (27.56%) Linux
2 30 (9.62%) Windows
3 16 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.88%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.56%) Unix
7 5 (1.60%) CentOS
7 5 (1.60%) Debian
7 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (77.88%) CI/CD
2 215 (68.91%) DevOps
3 143 (45.83%) Agile
4 119 (38.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 93 (29.81%) Problem-Solving
6 91 (29.17%) Containerisation
7 61 (19.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (16.67%) Observability
9 50 (16.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 50 (16.03%) Test Automation
10 48 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
10 48 (15.38%) Microservices
10 48 (15.38%) Scrum
11 46 (14.74%) Mentoring
12 45 (14.42%) Software Engineering
13 41 (13.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 39 (12.50%) Incident Response
15 34 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
16 33 (10.58%) Roadmaps
16 33 (10.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 150 (48.08%) Python
2 95 (30.45%) Java
3 81 (25.96%) Bash
4 61 (19.55%) TypeScript
5 60 (19.23%) SQL
6 46 (14.74%) JavaScript
7 40 (12.82%) PowerShell
8 20 (6.41%) Go
9 18 (5.77%) Groovy
10 16 (5.13%) Apex Code
11 15 (4.81%) SOQL
11 15 (4.81%) SOSL
12 14 (4.49%) C#
13 9 (2.88%) ANSI SQL
14 8 (2.56%) Bicep
14 8 (2.56%) Delphi
15 7 (2.24%) C
15 7 (2.24%) C++
16 4 (1.28%) Rust
17 3 (0.96%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 60 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 30 (9.62%) DV Cleared
3 27 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 25 (8.01%) AWS Certification
5 22 (7.05%) Degree
6 15 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.21%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (1.92%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.60%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.96%) CCNA
12 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.96%) OSCP
13 2 (0.64%) CISSP
13 2 (0.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.14%) QA
2 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.28%) GDPR
4 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.28%) NIST
5 2 (0.64%) ECSS
5 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.64%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 126 (40.38%) Docker
2 18 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.45%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.60%) Firmware
5 4 (1.28%) vSphere
6 3 (0.96%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.64%) NFS
7 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.32%) Squid
8 1 (0.32%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.32%) vCloud
8 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 135 (43.27%) Kubernetes
2 128 (41.03%) Terraform
3 82 (26.28%) Ansible
4 77 (24.68%) Grafana
5 68 (21.79%) Prometheus
6 17 (5.45%) HP Fortify
7 8 (2.56%) Kibana
7 8 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.24%) Argo
8 7 (2.24%) Puppet
9 6 (1.92%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.92%) Rancher
10 4 (1.28%) vRealize
11 3 (0.96%) Istio
11 3 (0.96%) Nagios
11 3 (0.96%) SCOM
11 3 (0.96%) WSUS
12 2 (0.64%) Nessus
12 2 (0.64%) Sysdig
13 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 44 (14.10%) Oracle
2 40 (12.82%) Splunk
3 29 (9.29%) Microsoft
4 26 (8.33%) Atlassian
5 22 (7.05%) VMware
6 17 (5.45%) Salesforce
7 14 (4.49%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.24%) SAP
9 6 (1.92%) Google
10 5 (1.60%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.28%) Cisco
11 4 (1.28%) HP
11 4 (1.28%) Sonatype
12 3 (0.96%) Cribl.io
12 3 (0.96%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.64%) Databricks
13 2 (0.64%) MikroTik
13 2 (0.64%) Starlink
13 2 (0.64%) Ubiquiti
13 2 (0.64%) YouTube