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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 363 356
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 -67
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 437 306 693
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.75% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.66% 7.11% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 256 187 558
10th Percentile £47,125 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -7.47%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,125 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.55% +16.00% +8.70%

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 4,101 4,301 9,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.12% 10.51% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,718 3,013 6,754
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £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 £76,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,001 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 3 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 3 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 +4 360 £77,500 -1.59% 210
UK excluding London +26 257 £65,576 -9.55% 163
Work from Home +36 157 £71,250 -0.35% 99
London -1 134 £82,500 -2.94% 56
North of England -11 95 £67,788 +0.43% 49
Yorkshire -5 64 £80,000 +6.67% 14
South East -5 64 £67,500 -15.63% 39
Scotland -3 42 £95,000 +8.57% 6
South West -47 34 £70,000 +12.00% 36
North West -25 25 £65,000 -3.04% 16
Midlands -35 17 £56,350 -13.31% 19
West Midlands -13 16 £57,500 -4.17% 12
North East -19 6 £68,076 -2.75% 19
East of England -30 6 £67,500 -12.90% 12
Wales -22 2 £55,200 +69.85% 4
East Midlands -48 1 £55,200 -31.00% 7

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 (4.81%) Confluence
2 16 (3.66%) Apache
3 7 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.37%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.14%) IIS
5 5 (1.14%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.92%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.69%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.69%) JBoss
8 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 264 (60.41%) AWS
2 167 (38.22%) Azure
3 134 (30.66%) AWS CloudFormation
4 111 (25.40%) Serverless
5 98 (22.43%) GitHub
6 96 (21.97%) AWS Lambda
7 81 (18.54%) Amazon S3
8 75 (17.16%) GCP
9 66 (15.10%) GitHub Actions
10 56 (12.81%) Amazon ECS
11 55 (12.59%) AWS Step Functions
12 47 (10.76%) Amazon ECR
12 47 (10.76%) OpenShift
13 46 (10.53%) Apigee
14 45 (10.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 40 (9.15%) Amazon EKS
15 40 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
15 40 (9.15%) Datadog
16 34 (7.78%) Amazon EC2
17 24 (5.49%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (9.61%) Broadband
2 27 (6.18%) DNS
3 25 (5.72%) Firewall
4 13 (2.97%) DSL
5 6 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.37%) DHCP
5 6 (1.37%) LAN
5 6 (1.37%) VPN
5 6 (1.37%) WAN
6 5 (1.14%) Network Security
7 4 (0.92%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (0.92%) BGP
7 4 (0.92%) MPLS
7 4 (0.92%) MQTT
7 4 (0.92%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (0.92%) VoIP
7 4 (0.92%) VPLS
8 3 (0.69%) HTTP
8 3 (0.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (13.27%) DynamoDB
2 49 (11.21%) NoSQL
3 25 (5.72%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (5.72%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
5 17 (3.89%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.89%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.29%) MySQL
7 5 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.14%) CockroachDB
7 5 (1.14%) InfluxDB
7 5 (1.14%) Pinecone
8 4 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.92%) Power BI
9 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.46%) Big Data
10 2 (0.46%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 243 (55.61%) Jenkins
2 105 (24.03%) SonarQube
3 100 (22.88%) Git
4 56 (12.81%) Cypress.io
5 49 (11.21%) JIRA
6 44 (10.07%) Cucumber
6 44 (10.07%) Maven
7 32 (7.32%) Selenium
8 26 (5.95%) CircleCI
9 24 (5.49%) Bitbucket
10 18 (4.12%) JUnit
11 13 (2.97%) Postman
12 12 (2.75%) REST Assured
13 11 (2.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 11 (2.52%) JMeter
14 8 (1.83%) Subversion
15 6 (1.37%) Artifactory
15 6 (1.37%) Gatling
16 5 (1.14%) SoapUI
16 5 (1.14%) TestRail
General
1 112 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 82 (18.76%) Finance
3 51 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (10.98%) Marketing
5 42 (9.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (9.38%) Games
7 32 (7.32%) Banking
7 32 (7.32%) Telecoms
8 24 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.43%) Advertising
9 15 (3.43%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.37%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.14%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Electronics
14 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (17.85%) DevOps Engineer
2 77 (17.62%) Developer
3 70 (16.02%) Senior
4 61 (13.96%) Lead
5 58 (13.27%) Architect
6 47 (10.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (8.92%) Salesforce Architect
8 36 (8.24%) Java Developer
9 31 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (5.95%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (5.49%) Senior Developer
11 24 (5.49%) Software Engineer
12 21 (4.81%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 21 (4.81%) Technical Architect
13 20 (4.58%) Security Engineer
14 18 (4.12%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (3.89%) Automation Engineer
16 16 (3.66%) AWS Engineer
16 16 (3.66%) Senior DevOps
16 16 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (15.33%) REST
1 67 (15.33%) Spring Boot
2 51 (11.67%) Elastic Stack
3 50 (11.44%) AngularJS
4 47 (10.76%) Kafka
5 44 (10.07%) Gherkin
6 42 (9.61%) Jest
6 42 (9.61%) SOAP
7 41 (9.38%) Lightning Web Components
7 41 (9.38%) Spring
7 41 (9.38%) Visualforce
8 30 (6.86%) RabbitMQ
9 26 (5.95%) RESTful
10 23 (5.26%) YAML
11 21 (4.81%) React
12 19 (4.35%) JSON
13 16 (3.66%) AWS CDK
14 15 (3.43%) Node.js
14 15 (3.43%) OAuth
15 14 (3.20%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 70 (16.02%) Cloud Native
2 62 (14.19%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.43%) Security Posture
5 14 (3.20%) Blockchain
6 13 (2.97%) Cloud Security Posture
6 13 (2.97%) Web3
7 12 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.52%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.29%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.83%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.60%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.37%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.14%) PKI
14 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 101 (23.11%) Linux
2 38 (8.70%) Windows
3 15 (3.43%) CentOS
4 14 (3.20%) Unix
4 14 (3.20%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.97%) Ubuntu
6 12 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.69%) Debian
11 2 (0.46%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (87.41%) CI/CD
2 314 (71.85%) DevOps
3 215 (49.20%) Agile
4 198 (45.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 132 (30.21%) Containerisation
6 121 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 115 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
8 100 (22.88%) Continuous Integration
9 87 (19.91%) Microservices
10 82 (18.76%) Test Automation
11 79 (18.08%) Scrum
12 77 (17.62%) Observability
13 72 (16.48%) Event-Driven
14 68 (15.56%) Continuous Delivery
14 68 (15.56%) Software Engineering
15 66 (15.10%) Roadmaps
16 63 (14.42%) Mentoring
17 60 (13.73%) DevSecOps
18 51 (11.67%) Collaborative Culture
19 48 (10.98%) Community of Practice
Programming Languages
1 206 (47.14%) Python
2 126 (28.83%) Bash
3 120 (27.46%) Java
4 68 (15.56%) TypeScript
5 64 (14.65%) SQL
6 52 (11.90%) JavaScript
7 45 (10.30%) Go
7 45 (10.30%) Groovy
7 45 (10.30%) PowerShell
8 41 (9.38%) Apex Code
8 41 (9.38%) SOQL
8 41 (9.38%) SOSL
9 22 (5.03%) Rust
10 13 (2.97%) C#
11 10 (2.29%) C++
12 8 (1.83%) Bicep
12 8 (1.83%) Delphi
12 8 (1.83%) Perl
13 5 (1.14%) ANSI SQL
14 4 (0.92%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 103 (23.57%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.44%) AWS Certification
3 47 (10.76%) SC Cleared
4 45 (10.30%) Degree
5 32 (7.32%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.49%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (3.66%) OSCP
9 14 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (2.52%) ISTQB
12 9 (2.06%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (1.14%) CCNA
15 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
16 4 (0.92%) Azure Certification
16 4 (0.92%) CISSP
17 3 (0.69%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (11.21%) QA
2 17 (3.89%) NIST
3 16 (3.66%) GDPR
4 12 (2.75%) PCI DSS
4 12 (2.75%) SOC 2
5 9 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.46%) ECSS
8 2 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 185 (42.33%) Docker
2 24 (5.49%) Active Directory
3 20 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.14%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.14%) vSphere
6 4 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 211 (48.28%) Terraform
2 185 (42.33%) Kubernetes
3 111 (25.40%) Ansible
4 96 (21.97%) Grafana
5 85 (19.45%) Prometheus
6 42 (9.61%) HP Fortify
7 12 (2.75%) Kibana
7 12 (2.75%) Nagios
8 10 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (2.06%) Puppet
10 8 (1.83%) Argo
10 8 (1.83%) logstash
11 6 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (1.37%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.14%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.92%) Packer
13 4 (0.92%) WSUS
14 3 (0.69%) Istio
14 3 (0.69%) Rancher
14 3 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 79 (18.08%) Splunk
2 42 (9.61%) Salesforce
3 36 (8.24%) Red Hat
4 33 (7.55%) Microsoft
5 29 (6.64%) Oracle
6 25 (5.72%) VMware
7 20 (4.58%) Atlassian
8 14 (3.20%) Cisco
9 10 (2.29%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.83%) Google
10 8 (1.83%) Juniper
11 7 (1.60%) AppDynamics
11 7 (1.60%) IBM
11 7 (1.60%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.37%) F5
13 5 (1.14%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.14%) Rapid7
13 5 (1.14%) SAP
14 4 (0.92%) Dell
15 3 (0.69%) Veracode