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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 348 323
Rank change year-on-year -10 -25 -43
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 367 383 649
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.78% 0.87%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.37% 7.34% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 222 173 549
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,231 £35,920
25th Percentile £61,563 £52,500 £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 £89,625 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,250 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +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 3,918 5,217 8,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.77% 10.60% 10.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,529 3,018 6,436
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,443 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +4.44% -1.79%

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 18 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 18 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 +5 304 £80,000 +10.34% 215
UK excluding London +8 208 £67,500 -3.57% 159
Work from Home +13 135 £75,000 +15.38% 103
London -10 114 £87,000 -3.33% 79
North of England +20 82 £67,500 - 35
Yorkshire +6 49 £77,500 +50.54% 14
South East -8 44 £70,000 -6.67% 63
South West -18 30 £72,500 +18.37% 20
Scotland -1 27 - - 3
North West +12 26 £65,000 -5.45% 17
Midlands -1 16 £55,200 -21.14% 21
West Midlands +6 13 £56,350 -11.61% 18
East of England +14 8 £67,500 -6.90% 18
North East -2 7 £66,250 -5.36% 4
East Midlands -18 3 £55,200 -31.00% 3
Wales - 3 £55,200 - 3

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 (5.99%) Confluence
2 16 (4.36%) Apache
3 9 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.36%) IIS
4 5 (1.36%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.36%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.82%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.82%) nginx
7 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.27%) JBoss
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 221 (60.22%) AWS
2 139 (37.87%) Azure
3 107 (29.16%) AWS CloudFormation
4 84 (22.89%) Serverless
5 83 (22.62%) GitHub
6 73 (19.89%) AWS Lambda
7 66 (17.98%) GCP
8 56 (15.26%) Amazon S3
8 56 (15.26%) GitHub Actions
9 47 (12.81%) Amazon ECS
10 44 (11.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 37 (10.08%) AWS Step Functions
12 35 (9.54%) OpenShift
13 33 (8.99%) Amazon ECR
14 32 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
15 31 (8.45%) Amazon EC2
15 31 (8.45%) Amazon EKS
16 30 (8.17%) Apigee
17 25 (6.81%) Datadog
18 14 (3.81%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (7.90%) Broadband
2 28 (7.63%) DNS
3 17 (4.63%) Firewall
4 9 (2.45%) DSL
4 9 (2.45%) VPN
5 6 (1.63%) BGP
5 6 (1.63%) DHCP
5 6 (1.63%) WAN
6 5 (1.36%) MQTT
6 5 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.09%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (1.09%) LAN
7 4 (1.09%) MPLS
7 4 (1.09%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.09%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (1.09%) VoIP
7 4 (1.09%) VPLS
8 3 (0.82%) VLAN
9 2 (0.54%) HTTP
9 2 (0.54%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.44%) DynamoDB
2 39 (10.63%) NoSQL
3 30 (8.17%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (7.08%) MongoDB
4 26 (7.08%) SQL Server
5 23 (6.27%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.72%) MySQL
8 7 (1.91%) Power BI
9 5 (1.36%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.36%) CockroachDB
9 5 (1.36%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.09%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.09%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.82%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.82%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.82%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 206 (56.13%) Jenkins
2 86 (23.43%) Git
3 72 (19.62%) SonarQube
4 44 (11.99%) JIRA
5 35 (9.54%) Cucumber
5 35 (9.54%) Cypress.io
6 33 (8.99%) Maven
7 23 (6.27%) Bitbucket
7 23 (6.27%) Selenium
8 18 (4.90%) CircleCI
9 17 (4.63%) JUnit
10 12 (3.27%) Postman
11 10 (2.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (2.18%) Subversion
13 6 (1.63%) REST Assured
14 5 (1.36%) JMeter
14 5 (1.36%) SoapUI
14 5 (1.36%) TestNG
15 4 (1.09%) Artifactory
15 4 (1.09%) Vite
General
1 93 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.25%) Finance
3 41 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.54%) Marketing
5 31 (8.45%) Games
6 30 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (6.81%) Telecoms
8 22 (5.99%) Banking
9 17 (4.63%) Advertising
10 16 (4.36%) Public Sector
11 15 (4.09%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.09%) Electronics
15 4 (1.09%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.54%) Agriculture
16 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (17.17%) Developer
2 61 (16.62%) Lead
3 58 (15.80%) DevOps Engineer
4 52 (14.17%) Senior
5 38 (10.35%) Architect
5 38 (10.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (7.08%) Platform Engineer
6 26 (7.08%) Salesforce Architect
7 25 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (6.54%) Java Developer
9 23 (6.27%) Software Engineer
10 17 (4.63%) Senior Developer
11 16 (4.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.81%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 14 (3.81%) Security Engineer
12 14 (3.81%) Technical Architect
13 13 (3.54%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.27%) Lead Cloud Engineer
14 12 (3.27%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.00%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (16.08%) Spring Boot
2 44 (11.99%) Spring
3 43 (11.72%) REST
4 42 (11.44%) Elastic Stack
5 39 (10.63%) Kafka
6 37 (10.08%) AngularJS
7 31 (8.45%) Gherkin
7 31 (8.45%) SOAP
8 30 (8.17%) Jest
9 28 (7.63%) Lightning Web Components
9 28 (7.63%) Visualforce
10 22 (5.99%) React
10 22 (5.99%) RESTful
11 18 (4.90%) Node.js
11 18 (4.90%) RabbitMQ
12 14 (3.81%) pytest
13 12 (3.27%) Apache NiFi
13 12 (3.27%) AWS CDK
13 12 (3.27%) FastAPI
14 10 (2.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.62%) Cloud Native
2 42 (11.44%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.81%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.00%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.45%) Blockchain
7 9 (2.45%) Cloud Security Posture
7 9 (2.45%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.45%) Web3
8 8 (2.18%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.18%) e-Learning
9 7 (1.91%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.36%) PKI
12 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (26.16%) Linux
2 33 (8.99%) Windows
3 12 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 12 (3.27%) Ubuntu
3 12 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.72%) CentOS
4 10 (2.72%) Unix
5 6 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.36%) Debian
6 5 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.27%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (82.29%) CI/CD
2 252 (68.66%) DevOps
3 174 (47.41%) Agile
4 153 (41.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 105 (28.61%) Containerisation
6 101 (27.52%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (23.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 78 (21.25%) Continuous Integration
9 69 (18.80%) Microservices
10 67 (18.26%) Scrum
11 66 (17.98%) Observability
12 64 (17.44%) Software Engineering
12 64 (17.44%) Test Automation
13 57 (15.53%) Mentoring
14 54 (14.71%) Event-Driven
15 48 (13.08%) DevSecOps
16 46 (12.53%) Roadmaps
17 45 (12.26%) Continuous Delivery
17 45 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 43 (11.72%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 179 (48.77%) Python
2 107 (29.16%) Java
3 101 (27.52%) Bash
4 64 (17.44%) TypeScript
5 60 (16.35%) SQL
6 48 (13.08%) JavaScript
7 38 (10.35%) Go
8 36 (9.81%) PowerShell
9 28 (7.63%) Apex Code
9 28 (7.63%) SOQL
9 28 (7.63%) SOSL
10 27 (7.36%) Groovy
11 15 (4.09%) Rust
12 13 (3.54%) C#
13 8 (2.18%) Delphi
14 7 (1.91%) ANSI SQL
14 7 (1.91%) C++
15 6 (1.63%) Bicep
16 4 (1.09%) Perl
17 3 (0.82%) C
Qualifications
1 83 (22.62%) Security Cleared
2 40 (10.90%) AWS Certification
3 36 (9.81%) DV Cleared
4 35 (9.54%) Degree
5 33 (8.99%) SC Cleared
6 15 (4.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 14 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
8 13 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.00%) OSCP
11 9 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (2.18%) ISTQB
13 7 (1.91%) AWS Certified Developer
14 6 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (1.36%) CCNA
15 5 (1.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
17 3 (0.82%) CISSP
17 3 (0.82%) LPIC
17 3 (0.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.26%) QA
2 12 (3.27%) NIST
3 9 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.91%) GDPR
5 6 (1.63%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.63%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.54%) ECSS
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 154 (41.96%) Docker
2 22 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.72%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.36%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.36%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.36%) vSphere
6 2 (0.54%) Firmware
6 2 (0.54%) NFS
6 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.27%) Squid
Systems Management
1 165 (44.96%) Terraform
2 156 (42.51%) Kubernetes
3 96 (26.16%) Ansible
4 85 (23.16%) Grafana
5 77 (20.98%) Prometheus
6 28 (7.63%) HP Fortify
7 10 (2.72%) Puppet
8 9 (2.45%) Kibana
9 8 (2.18%) Nagios
9 8 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.63%) Argo
10 6 (1.63%) Progress Chef
10 6 (1.63%) Rancher
11 5 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (1.09%) logstash
12 4 (1.09%) vCenter Server
12 4 (1.09%) WSUS
13 3 (0.82%) Istio
13 3 (0.82%) vRealize
13 3 (0.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 62 (16.89%) Splunk
2 37 (10.08%) Oracle
3 33 (8.99%) Microsoft
4 29 (7.90%) Salesforce
5 24 (6.54%) VMware
6 22 (5.99%) Atlassian
7 17 (4.63%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.18%) Cisco
8 8 (2.18%) Google
9 6 (1.63%) SAP
10 5 (1.36%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.09%) Dell
11 4 (1.09%) Juniper
11 4 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.82%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.82%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.82%) IBM
12 3 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.82%) Rapid7
13 2 (0.54%) Sonatype