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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 258 343
Rank change year-on-year -85 +85 -7
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 583 559 636
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.12% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.79% 14.14% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 357 194 343
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,375 £46,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £109,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -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 4,558 3,952 7,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.18% 7.91% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,956 2,427 4,460
10th Percentile £35,125 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,743 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -59 531 £69,310 -7.59% 176
UK excluding London -105 369 £65,000 -3.70% 143
London -6 181 £88,750 +10.94% 50
North of England -65 142 £68,076 +1.55% 47
Work from Home -146 136 £65,576 -14.00% 90
South East +28 83 £62,500 -13.79% 20
South West -38 73 £72,500 +16.00% 41
North West -80 49 £69,310 +3.39% 25
North East -17 48 £55,000 - 12
Yorkshire -11 45 £72,500 -3.33% 10
Midlands -76 37 £60,000 -14.29% 20
West Midlands -41 24 £62,500 -30.56% 14
Scotland -34 22 £110,000 +15.79% 7
East Midlands -51 13 £60,000 - 6
Wales -54 8 £55,000 +18.92% 1
East of England -49 6 £60,000 -20.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 -

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 28 (4.80%) Apache
2 24 (4.12%) Confluence
3 22 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 16 (2.74%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.51%) IIS
5 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 375 (64.32%) AWS
2 217 (37.22%) Azure
3 128 (21.96%) GitHub
4 116 (19.90%) AWS CloudFormation
5 81 (13.89%) Serverless
6 80 (13.72%) GCP
7 79 (13.55%) Amazon S3
7 79 (13.55%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (11.49%) GitHub Actions
9 62 (10.63%) AWS Lambda
10 54 (9.26%) Amazon ECS
11 53 (9.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 48 (8.23%) Amazon ECR
13 45 (7.72%) Amazon EKS
14 44 (7.55%) OpenShift
15 40 (6.86%) Amazon EC2
16 37 (6.35%) Azure AKS
17 29 (4.97%) AWS Step Functions
18 26 (4.46%) Datadog
19 24 (4.12%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.29%) Broadband
2 22 (3.77%) Firewall
3 15 (2.57%) DNS
4 12 (2.06%) MQTT
4 12 (2.06%) Network Security
5 10 (1.72%) HTTP
6 8 (1.37%) IPv4
6 8 (1.37%) LAN
6 8 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.20%) WAN
8 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.03%) Wireless
8 6 (1.03%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.86%) BGP
9 5 (0.86%) VPN
10 4 (0.69%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.69%) DHCP
11 3 (0.51%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (12.18%) NoSQL
2 57 (9.78%) MongoDB
3 56 (9.61%) PostgreSQL
4 47 (8.06%) DynamoDB
5 38 (6.52%) MySQL
6 33 (5.66%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (3.95%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.09%) Amazon Athena
9 17 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (2.06%) Pinecone
11 11 (1.89%) Big Data
11 11 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.72%) Redis
13 8 (1.37%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.20%) SQL Server
15 6 (1.03%) InfluxDB
16 4 (0.69%) Metadata
16 4 (0.69%) Power BI
16 4 (0.69%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 255 (43.74%) Jenkins
2 192 (32.93%) Git
3 68 (11.66%) SonarQube
4 67 (11.49%) Cucumber
5 59 (10.12%) JIRA
6 52 (8.92%) Cypress.io
7 40 (6.86%) Selenium
8 29 (4.97%) JUnit
9 27 (4.63%) Postman
10 25 (4.29%) Maven
11 23 (3.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 16 (2.74%) Gatling
12 16 (2.74%) JMeter
12 16 (2.74%) REST Assured
13 15 (2.57%) Bitbucket
14 14 (2.40%) CircleCI
14 14 (2.40%) Visual Studio Code
15 13 (2.23%) Spock
16 11 (1.89%) Robot Framework
16 11 (1.89%) Vite
General
1 152 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 129 (22.13%) Finance
3 95 (16.30%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.12%) Banking
5 50 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.43%) Marketing
8 15 (2.57%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.40%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.40%) Games
9 14 (2.40%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.89%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.72%) Electronics
11 10 (1.72%) Law
12 9 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.20%) Legal
14 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Automotive
15 4 (0.69%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 151 (25.90%) Senior
2 133 (22.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 82 (14.07%) Developer
4 62 (10.63%) Software Engineer
5 47 (8.06%) Lead
6 46 (7.89%) Principal Engineer
7 43 (7.38%) Java Engineer
8 40 (6.86%) Senior DevOps
8 40 (6.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 36 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 33 (5.66%) AWS Engineer
11 32 (5.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 28 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
13 27 (4.63%) Architect
13 27 (4.63%) AWS DevOps
13 27 (4.63%) Java Developer
14 26 (4.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
14 26 (4.46%) Test Engineer
15 23 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (49.23%) Terraform
2 82 (14.07%) Spring Boot
3 81 (13.89%) Kafka
3 81 (13.89%) Spring
4 62 (10.63%) React
5 60 (10.29%) AngularJS
6 59 (10.12%) Node.js
6 59 (10.12%) REST
7 51 (8.75%) RESTful
8 41 (7.03%) Elastic Stack
9 36 (6.17%) Playwright
10 32 (5.49%) .NET
10 32 (5.49%) Jest
11 30 (5.15%) RabbitMQ
12 22 (3.77%) Gherkin
12 22 (3.77%) JSON
12 22 (3.77%) LangChain
12 22 (3.77%) SOAP
12 22 (3.77%) Vue
13 20 (3.43%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 175 (30.02%) Cloud Native
2 77 (13.21%) Distributed Systems
3 56 (9.61%) Product Ownership
4 40 (6.86%) Public Cloud
5 35 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
6 34 (5.83%) e-Learning
7 24 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 24 (4.12%) Private Cloud
8 17 (2.92%) Algorithms
9 15 (2.57%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.23%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.06%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.54%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.54%) Blockchain
13 9 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
14 8 (1.37%) Web3
15 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 168 (28.82%) Linux
2 59 (10.12%) Windows
3 42 (7.20%) CentOS
4 32 (5.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.95%) Unix
6 18 (3.09%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.54%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.86%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.69%) VMS
9 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.34%) Android
11 2 (0.34%) Debian
11 2 (0.34%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.34%) Rocky
11 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (91.25%) CI/CD
2 394 (67.58%) DevOps
3 317 (54.37%) Agile
4 285 (48.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 213 (36.54%) Test Automation
6 187 (32.08%) Microservices
7 179 (30.70%) Containerisation
8 133 (22.81%) Mentoring
9 132 (22.64%) Software Engineering
10 127 (21.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (19.38%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (17.50%) Observability
13 99 (16.98%) Scrum
14 94 (16.12%) AI
15 91 (15.61%) SDLC
16 85 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
17 83 (14.24%) Continuous Integration
18 82 (14.07%) Coaching
19 81 (13.89%) Platform Engineering
20 77 (13.21%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 270 (46.31%) Python
2 193 (33.10%) Java
3 146 (25.04%) Bash
4 112 (19.21%) SQL
5 91 (15.61%) JavaScript
6 82 (14.07%) TypeScript
7 69 (11.84%) PowerShell
8 37 (6.35%) Go
9 35 (6.00%) Groovy
10 33 (5.66%) C#
11 32 (5.49%) C++
12 20 (3.43%) Rust
13 17 (2.92%) Apex Code
14 15 (2.57%) SOQL
14 15 (2.57%) SOSL
15 11 (1.89%) C
15 11 (1.89%) PHP
16 9 (1.54%) Scala
17 8 (1.37%) Perl
18 7 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 228 (39.11%) Security Cleared
2 147 (25.21%) SC Cleared
3 80 (13.72%) Degree
4 71 (12.18%) AWS Certification
5 47 (8.06%) DV Cleared
6 40 (6.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.95%) Master's Degree
9 21 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (2.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 17 (2.92%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (2.57%) RHCSA
12 12 (2.06%) CCNA
12 12 (2.06%) OSCP
13 11 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.37%) RHCE
15 7 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 6 (1.03%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (14.41%) QA
2 31 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.43%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.92%) GDPR
4 17 (2.92%) WCAG
5 12 (2.06%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.20%) NIST
7 7 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.03%) JTAG
8 6 (1.03%) SLA
9 5 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 280 (48.03%) Docker
2 24 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.57%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.89%) vSphere
6 8 (1.37%) Squid
6 8 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.86%) Firmware
8 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 261 (44.77%) Kubernetes
2 146 (25.04%) Ansible
3 89 (15.27%) Grafana
4 65 (11.15%) Prometheus
5 40 (6.86%) Argo
6 22 (3.77%) HP Fortify
6 22 (3.77%) Nagios
7 20 (3.43%) Puppet
8 19 (3.26%) Kibana
9 16 (2.74%) logstash
10 14 (2.40%) Packer
11 9 (1.54%) Podman
11 9 (1.54%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.37%) ZABBIX
13 7 (1.20%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.69%) Istio
15 3 (0.51%) FortiGate
15 3 (0.51%) linkerd
15 3 (0.51%) VxRail
Vendors
1 68 (11.66%) Splunk
2 50 (8.58%) Red Hat
3 46 (7.89%) Microsoft
4 33 (5.66%) VMware
5 21 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.43%) AppDynamics
6 20 (3.43%) Oracle
7 17 (2.92%) Google
8 15 (2.57%) OpenAI
9 14 (2.40%) Atlassian
10 13 (2.23%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.89%) Rapid7
12 10 (1.72%) Cisco
12 10 (1.72%) Databricks
13 8 (1.37%) SAP
14 7 (1.20%) Intel
14 7 (1.20%) OneLogin
14 7 (1.20%) Veracode
15 6 (1.03%) NVIDIA
15 6 (1.03%) Tenable