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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 275 306
Rank change year-on-year -64 +31 +24
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 622 531 637
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.07% 0.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.07% 14.06% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 377 174 289
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,125 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +14.81% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.32% +12.00% -3.85%

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 4,759 3,776 6,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.04% 7.63% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,934 2,198 3,643
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,925 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,300 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -5.17%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -38 579 £69,310 -10.57% 652
UK excluding London -118 391 £65,576 -6.32% 411
London +10 189 £91,250 +4.58% 284
North of England -57 169 £69,310 +2.68% 121
Work from Home -177 127 £68,405 -14.49% 320
South East -3 80 £65,000 -13.33% 56
South West -28 79 £72,500 +3.57% 81
North East -8 66 £58,750 -11.32% 28
North West -85 62 £69,655 +11.45% 78
Yorkshire -6 47 £72,500 -3.33% 15
Midlands -81 39 £60,000 -14.29% 48
West Midlands -53 26 £55,000 -32.31% 40
East Midlands -66 13 £60,000 -1.64% 8
East of England -48 10 £60,000 -7.69% 42
Wales -65 10 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Scotland -44 6 £110,000 +47.65% 38
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 14

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 33 (5.31%) Apache
2 29 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (4.66%) Confluence
3 22 (3.54%) Apache Spark
4 20 (3.22%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.64%) nginx
7 3 (0.48%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 404 (64.95%) AWS
2 221 (35.53%) Azure
3 153 (24.60%) GitHub
4 112 (18.01%) AWS CloudFormation
5 83 (13.34%) GitHub Actions
6 82 (13.18%) Amazon S3
6 82 (13.18%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (12.86%) GCP
8 72 (11.58%) Serverless
9 63 (10.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 57 (9.16%) AWS Lambda
11 55 (8.84%) Amazon ECS
12 48 (7.72%) Amazon EC2
13 45 (7.23%) Amazon ECR
14 43 (6.91%) Amazon EKS
15 41 (6.59%) Azure AKS
16 35 (5.63%) OpenShift
17 23 (3.70%) Datadog
18 22 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
19 21 (3.38%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.54%) DNS
2 19 (3.05%) Firewall
3 13 (2.09%) Broadband
3 13 (2.09%) Network Security
4 11 (1.77%) HTTP
4 11 (1.77%) MQTT
4 11 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.29%) DHCP
5 8 (1.29%) IPv4
5 8 (1.29%) LAN
5 8 (1.29%) Software-Defined Networking
5 8 (1.29%) VPN
6 7 (1.13%) WAN
7 6 (0.96%) BGP
7 6 (0.96%) NX-OS
7 6 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.96%) Wireless
7 6 (0.96%) ZigBee
8 4 (0.64%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (13.50%) NoSQL
2 67 (10.77%) MongoDB
3 64 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (6.43%) DynamoDB
4 40 (6.43%) MySQL
5 29 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (3.86%) Relational Database
7 19 (3.05%) Amazon Athena
8 17 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
9 16 (2.57%) Redis
10 14 (2.25%) Pinecone
11 12 (1.93%) Data Lake
12 11 (1.77%) Big Data
13 9 (1.45%) Chroma
14 8 (1.29%) Delta Lake
15 7 (1.13%) DocumentDB
15 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
16 6 (0.96%) InfluxDB
17 5 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 256 (41.16%) Jenkins
2 210 (33.76%) Git
3 77 (12.38%) Cucumber
4 72 (11.58%) JIRA
5 49 (7.88%) Cypress.io
6 48 (7.72%) SonarQube
7 39 (6.27%) Selenium
8 33 (5.31%) Postman
9 29 (4.66%) JUnit
10 27 (4.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 21 (3.38%) Maven
12 18 (2.89%) JMeter
13 15 (2.41%) Gatling
13 15 (2.41%) Vite
14 14 (2.25%) Artifactory
14 14 (2.25%) Spock
14 14 (2.25%) Visual Studio Code
15 13 (2.09%) Bitbucket
15 13 (2.09%) REST Assured
16 12 (1.93%) Robot Framework
General
1 165 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 137 (22.03%) Finance
3 117 (18.81%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.16%) Banking
5 56 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.05%) Aerospace
7 19 (3.05%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.25%) Law
9 13 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.09%) Marketing
10 10 (1.61%) Electronics
11 9 (1.45%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.29%) Legal
13 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.64%) Automotive
14 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Military
15 3 (0.48%) Retail
16 1 (0.16%) Billing
Job Titles
1 161 (25.88%) Senior
2 146 (23.47%) DevOps Engineer
3 90 (14.47%) Developer
4 69 (11.09%) Software Engineer
5 56 (9.00%) Java Engineer
5 56 (9.00%) Principal Engineer
6 52 (8.36%) Lead
7 40 (6.43%) Senior DevOps
7 40 (6.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 39 (6.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 36 (5.79%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (4.98%) Test Engineer
11 30 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 27 (4.34%) Full-Stack Developer
14 26 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
14 26 (4.18%) Senior Developer
15 25 (4.02%) Java Developer
15 25 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
15 25 (4.02%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (49.52%) Terraform
2 97 (15.59%) Spring
3 95 (15.27%) Kafka
4 90 (14.47%) Spring Boot
5 73 (11.74%) React
6 67 (10.77%) RESTful
7 64 (10.29%) Node.js
8 60 (9.65%) REST
9 59 (9.49%) AngularJS
10 45 (7.23%) Elastic Stack
11 43 (6.91%) Playwright
12 37 (5.95%) .NET
13 31 (4.98%) Jest
14 26 (4.18%) RabbitMQ
14 26 (4.18%) Vue
15 25 (4.02%) LangChain
16 24 (3.86%) FastAPI
17 22 (3.54%) Gherkin
17 22 (3.54%) Next.js
17 22 (3.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 198 (31.83%) Cloud Native
2 92 (14.79%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (8.52%) Product Ownership
4 51 (8.20%) Public Cloud
5 44 (7.07%) e-Learning
6 42 (6.75%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (4.34%) Private Cloud
8 19 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.73%) Algorithms
9 17 (2.73%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.25%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.93%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.77%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.45%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (1.13%) IoT
15 6 (0.96%) Device Driver
15 6 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 189 (30.39%) Linux
2 62 (9.97%) Windows
3 44 (7.07%) CentOS
4 37 (5.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (4.66%) Unix
6 17 (2.73%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.80%) VMS
9 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.48%) Android
10 3 (0.48%) Debian
10 3 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.48%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.32%) Rocky
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (90.35%) CI/CD
2 401 (64.47%) DevOps
3 357 (57.40%) Agile
4 314 (50.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 258 (41.48%) Test Automation
6 202 (32.48%) Microservices
7 182 (29.26%) Containerisation
8 158 (25.40%) Mentoring
9 153 (24.60%) Software Engineering
10 131 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
11 127 (20.42%) AI
12 126 (20.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 119 (19.13%) Observability
14 106 (17.04%) SDLC
15 102 (16.40%) Scrum
16 99 (15.92%) Coaching
17 97 (15.59%) Full-Stack Development
18 91 (14.63%) Platform Engineering
18 91 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
19 78 (12.54%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 294 (47.27%) Python
2 213 (34.24%) Java
3 150 (24.12%) Bash
4 137 (22.03%) SQL
5 105 (16.88%) JavaScript
6 98 (15.76%) TypeScript
7 80 (12.86%) PowerShell
8 38 (6.11%) C#
8 38 (6.11%) C++
8 38 (6.11%) Go
9 32 (5.14%) Groovy
10 20 (3.22%) Rust
11 14 (2.25%) PHP
12 11 (1.77%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.61%) C
14 9 (1.45%) Perl
15 7 (1.13%) Ruby
16 6 (0.96%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.96%) Scala
17 5 (0.80%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 264 (42.44%) Security Cleared
2 173 (27.81%) SC Cleared
3 84 (13.50%) Degree
4 76 (12.22%) AWS Certification
5 60 (9.65%) DV Cleared
6 48 (7.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 34 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.54%) Master's Degree
9 17 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.57%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.41%) RHCSA
12 14 (2.25%) CCNA
12 14 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 9 (1.45%) OSCP
15 8 (1.29%) RHCE
16 7 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
17 6 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 6 (0.96%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (15.59%) QA
2 31 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.86%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.89%) WCAG
5 11 (1.77%) GDPR
6 9 (1.45%) SLA
7 8 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.13%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.96%) JTAG
10 4 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.64%) NIST
11 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 302 (48.55%) Docker
2 27 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.25%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.25%) vSphere
5 8 (1.29%) Squid
5 8 (1.29%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.80%) Firmware
7 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 268 (43.09%) Kubernetes
2 154 (24.76%) Ansible
3 92 (14.79%) Grafana
4 65 (10.45%) Prometheus
5 42 (6.75%) Argo
6 23 (3.70%) Puppet
7 21 (3.38%) Kibana
8 19 (3.05%) Nagios
9 17 (2.73%) logstash
10 15 (2.41%) Packer
11 14 (2.25%) HP Fortify
12 10 (1.61%) Progress Chef
13 9 (1.45%) Podman
14 8 (1.29%) ZABBIX
15 7 (1.13%) vCenter Server
16 6 (0.96%) FortiGate
17 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
18 4 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
19 3 (0.48%) linkerd
19 3 (0.48%) Rancher
Vendors
1 55 (8.84%) Splunk
2 53 (8.52%) Microsoft
3 39 (6.27%) Red Hat
4 37 (5.95%) VMware
5 25 (4.02%) Oracle
6 20 (3.22%) AppDynamics
7 19 (3.05%) Google
8 17 (2.73%) OpenAI
9 15 (2.41%) Mistral
10 14 (2.25%) Atlassian
11 13 (2.09%) Databricks
12 11 (1.77%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.45%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.45%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.45%) SAP
14 7 (1.13%) Cisco
14 7 (1.13%) NVIDIA
14 7 (1.13%) OneLogin
14 7 (1.13%) Pega
15 6 (0.96%) YouTube