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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 357 365
Rank change year-on-year +25 +8 -73
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 454 316 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.76% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.86% 7.41% 7.79%
Number of salaries quoted 269 195 560
10th Percentile £47,350 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,350 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,375 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £109,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £72,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.24% +15.60% +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 4,181 4,267 9,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.82% 10.25% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,749 3,015 6,811
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,900 £82,125 £78,138
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 18 April 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 April 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 +18 387 £75,000 -3.23% 206
UK excluding London +16 268 £65,576 -9.24% 144
Work from Home +40 157 £69,310 -2.04% 91
London +12 141 £82,500 -5.71% 79
North of England -6 99 £67,500 +0.69% 42
South East -2 71 £67,500 -15.63% 41
Yorkshire -16 68 £77,500 +10.71% 10
South West -52 39 £65,000 +4.00% 27
Scotland -11 35 £95,000 +8.57% 5
North West -26 22 £65,000 -3.04% 18
Midlands -32 19 £56,350 -24.87% 20
West Midlands -15 18 £57,500 -17.86% 15
North East -25 9 £66,826 -4.53% 14
East of England -38 6 £67,500 -12.90% 9
Wales -25 2 £55,200 +69.85% 1
East Midlands -53 1 £55,200 -31.00% 5

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 24 (5.29%) Confluence
2 17 (3.74%) Apache
3 7 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.10%) IIS
5 5 (1.10%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.88%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.66%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.66%) JBoss
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 271 (59.69%) AWS
2 176 (38.77%) Azure
3 134 (29.52%) AWS CloudFormation
4 107 (23.57%) Serverless
5 96 (21.15%) GitHub
6 94 (20.70%) AWS Lambda
7 78 (17.18%) Amazon S3
8 76 (16.74%) GCP
9 62 (13.66%) GitHub Actions
10 56 (12.33%) AWS Step Functions
11 54 (11.89%) Amazon ECS
12 49 (10.79%) OpenShift
13 48 (10.57%) Azure DevOps
14 46 (10.13%) Amazon ECR
14 46 (10.13%) Apigee
15 41 (9.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 41 (9.03%) Amazon EKS
16 37 (8.15%) Datadog
17 30 (6.61%) Amazon EC2
18 24 (5.29%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.71%) Broadband
2 28 (6.17%) DNS
2 28 (6.17%) Firewall
3 13 (2.86%) DSL
4 7 (1.54%) LAN
4 7 (1.54%) Software-Defined Networking
4 7 (1.54%) WAN
5 6 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.32%) DHCP
5 6 (1.32%) Network Security
6 5 (1.10%) VPN
7 4 (0.88%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (0.88%) BGP
7 4 (0.88%) MPLS
7 4 (0.88%) MQTT
7 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.88%) VoIP
7 4 (0.88%) VPLS
8 3 (0.66%) IPv4
8 3 (0.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (13.22%) DynamoDB
2 50 (11.01%) NoSQL
3 34 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (5.51%) MongoDB
5 23 (5.07%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.74%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.42%) MySQL
9 8 (1.76%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.32%) InfluxDB
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.10%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.10%) CockroachDB
12 4 (0.88%) Big Data
12 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.88%) Power BI
13 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.44%) Neo4j
14 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 242 (53.30%) Jenkins
2 112 (24.67%) Git
3 102 (22.47%) SonarQube
4 58 (12.78%) Cypress.io
5 52 (11.45%) JIRA
6 47 (10.35%) Cucumber
7 44 (9.69%) Maven
8 34 (7.49%) Selenium
9 28 (6.17%) Bitbucket
10 25 (5.51%) CircleCI
11 17 (3.74%) JUnit
12 14 (3.08%) Postman
13 13 (2.86%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.64%) JMeter
15 11 (2.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 10 (2.20%) Visual Studio Code
17 8 (1.76%) Subversion
18 7 (1.54%) Gatling
19 6 (1.32%) TestRail
19 6 (1.32%) Vite
General
1 114 (25.11%) Social Skills
2 82 (18.06%) Finance
3 49 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.59%) Marketing
5 35 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.49%) Games
7 32 (7.05%) Public Sector
8 30 (6.61%) Banking
9 28 (6.17%) Telecoms
10 16 (3.52%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.30%) Advertising
12 10 (2.20%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.10%) Automotive
15 5 (1.10%) Electronics
15 5 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.10%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (18.72%) Senior
2 81 (17.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 76 (16.74%) Developer
4 66 (14.54%) Lead
5 51 (11.23%) Architect
6 49 (10.79%) Cloud Engineer
7 38 (8.37%) Java Developer
8 37 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (7.27%) Salesforce Architect
10 31 (6.83%) Software Engineer
11 24 (5.29%) Senior Developer
12 22 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.85%) Senior DevOps
13 20 (4.41%) Security Engineer
14 18 (3.96%) Automation Engineer
14 18 (3.96%) AWS Engineer
14 18 (3.96%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.96%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 18 (3.96%) Technical Architect
15 15 (3.30%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (14.98%) Spring Boot
2 60 (13.22%) REST
3 51 (11.23%) AngularJS
4 49 (10.79%) Elastic Stack
5 46 (10.13%) Kafka
6 44 (9.69%) Gherkin
7 42 (9.25%) Jest
7 42 (9.25%) Spring
8 35 (7.71%) SOAP
9 34 (7.49%) Lightning Web Components
9 34 (7.49%) Visualforce
10 30 (6.61%) RabbitMQ
11 28 (6.17%) RESTful
12 23 (5.07%) React
12 23 (5.07%) YAML
13 20 (4.41%) JSON
14 19 (4.19%) Node.js
15 16 (3.52%) AWS CDK
15 16 (3.52%) Playwright
15 16 (3.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.86%) Cloud Native
2 58 (12.78%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.29%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.52%) Security Posture
5 15 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.08%) Blockchain
7 13 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
7 13 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.86%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.86%) Web3
8 11 (2.42%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (2.20%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.76%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.54%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.32%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 111 (24.45%) Linux
2 46 (10.13%) Windows
3 18 (3.96%) Unix
4 16 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 15 (3.30%) CentOS
6 12 (2.64%) Ubuntu
7 11 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.66%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (87.00%) CI/CD
2 321 (70.70%) DevOps
3 229 (50.44%) Agile
4 202 (44.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 134 (29.52%) Containerisation
6 120 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (25.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 100 (22.03%) Continuous Integration
9 96 (21.15%) Microservices
10 91 (20.04%) Test Automation
11 84 (18.50%) Scrum
12 79 (17.40%) Observability
13 76 (16.74%) Mentoring
14 75 (16.52%) Software Engineering
15 65 (14.32%) Event-Driven
16 64 (14.10%) DevSecOps
17 62 (13.66%) Continuous Delivery
18 60 (13.22%) Roadmaps
19 57 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 55 (12.11%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 215 (47.36%) Python
2 131 (28.85%) Java
3 127 (27.97%) Bash
4 70 (15.42%) TypeScript
5 66 (14.54%) SQL
6 54 (11.89%) JavaScript
7 47 (10.35%) Go
7 47 (10.35%) PowerShell
8 45 (9.91%) Groovy
9 34 (7.49%) Apex Code
9 34 (7.49%) SOQL
9 34 (7.49%) SOSL
10 24 (5.29%) Rust
11 18 (3.96%) C#
11 18 (3.96%) C++
12 8 (1.76%) Bicep
12 8 (1.76%) Delphi
12 8 (1.76%) Perl
13 5 (1.10%) ANSI SQL
14 4 (0.88%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 117 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 54 (11.89%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.23%) AWS Certification
3 51 (11.23%) Degree
4 29 (6.39%) DV Cleared
5 26 (5.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 24 (5.29%) ITIL Certification
7 20 (4.41%) OSCP
8 14 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.08%) ISTQB
9 12 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (2.20%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.98%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.76%) CCNA
13 8 (1.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (1.10%) CISSP
15 4 (0.88%) CISM
15 4 (0.88%) GCIH
15 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.79%) QA
2 18 (3.96%) NIST
3 16 (3.52%) GDPR
4 13 (2.86%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.64%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.98%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.10%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.44%) ECSS
10 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 191 (42.07%) Docker
2 28 (6.17%) Active Directory
3 24 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.54%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.54%) vSphere
5 6 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.10%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.66%) Squid
8 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 226 (49.78%) Terraform
2 193 (42.51%) Kubernetes
3 119 (26.21%) Ansible
4 94 (20.70%) Grafana
5 79 (17.40%) Prometheus
6 43 (9.47%) HP Fortify
7 15 (3.30%) Argo
8 14 (3.08%) Kibana
9 12 (2.64%) Nagios
10 11 (2.42%) logstash
11 10 (2.20%) Puppet
11 10 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.54%) Packer
13 6 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (1.32%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.88%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.88%) Rancher
14 4 (0.88%) WSUS
15 3 (0.66%) VxRail
15 3 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (16.08%) Splunk
2 40 (8.81%) Red Hat
3 37 (8.15%) Microsoft
4 35 (7.71%) Salesforce
5 30 (6.61%) Oracle
6 29 (6.39%) VMware
7 19 (4.19%) Atlassian
8 13 (2.86%) Cisco
9 10 (2.20%) Dynatrace
9 10 (2.20%) Google
10 8 (1.76%) Juniper
10 8 (1.76%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.54%) AppDynamics
11 7 (1.54%) IBM
12 6 (1.32%) F5
12 6 (1.32%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.10%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.88%) Dell
14 4 (0.88%) Tenable
14 4 (0.88%) Veracode