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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 277 320
Rank change year-on-year -71 +43 +31
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 590 529 658
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 1.06% 0.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.78% 13.92% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 357 176 311
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +10.71% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,625 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 4,617 3,801 6,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.07% 7.65% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,977 2,279 3,964
10th Percentile £35,400 £37,350 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,539 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,435 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% +4.43% -5.98%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -56 543 £69,310 -10.57% 372
UK excluding London -108 369 £65,000 -7.14% 245
London +1 182 £90,000 +5.88% 178
North of England -46 147 £69,310 +0.81% 69
Work from Home -169 126 £66,538 -16.83% 195
South East +15 81 £62,500 -16.67% 42
South West -33 75 £72,500 +7.41% 45
North West -91 53 £69,310 +15.52% 30
North East -12 49 £55,000 -18.52% 15
Yorkshire -20 45 £73,750 -1.67% 24
Midlands -83 38 £60,000 -14.29% 28
West Midlands -39 25 £56,250 -30.77% 22
Scotland -37 15 £110,000 +26.07% 27
East Midlands -63 13 £60,000 -1.64% 6
Wales -63 8 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East of England -52 7 £60,000 -7.69% 27
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 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 30 (5.08%) Apache
2 25 (4.24%) Confluence
3 22 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (3.56%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.71%) Jupyter
6 6 (1.02%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.51%) IIS
8 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 379 (64.24%) AWS
2 215 (36.44%) Azure
3 137 (23.22%) GitHub
4 111 (18.81%) AWS CloudFormation
5 79 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (13.22%) Amazon S3
6 78 (13.22%) GCP
7 76 (12.88%) Serverless
8 72 (12.20%) GitHub Actions
9 59 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
10 54 (9.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (8.64%) Amazon ECS
12 47 (7.97%) Amazon ECR
13 42 (7.12%) Amazon EKS
14 41 (6.95%) Amazon EC2
15 39 (6.61%) Azure AKS
16 38 (6.44%) OpenShift
17 26 (4.41%) AWS Step Functions
18 22 (3.73%) Amazon SQS
18 22 (3.73%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.90%) Firewall
2 20 (3.39%) DNS
3 18 (3.05%) Broadband
4 13 (2.20%) Network Security
5 12 (2.03%) HTTP
6 11 (1.86%) MQTT
7 9 (1.53%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.36%) IPv4
8 8 (1.36%) LAN
8 8 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (1.19%) DHCP
9 7 (1.19%) WAN
10 6 (1.02%) NX-OS
10 6 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.02%) Wireless
10 6 (1.02%) ZigBee
11 5 (0.85%) BGP
11 5 (0.85%) VPN
12 4 (0.68%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (13.05%) NoSQL
2 61 (10.34%) MongoDB
3 59 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (7.63%) DynamoDB
5 40 (6.78%) MySQL
6 31 (5.25%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (3.90%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.05%) Amazon Athena
9 14 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (2.37%) Redis
10 13 (2.20%) Pinecone
11 12 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.86%) Big Data
13 8 (1.36%) Chroma
13 8 (1.36%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.19%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
15 6 (1.02%) InfluxDB
16 5 (0.85%) DocumentDB
17 4 (0.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 255 (43.22%) Jenkins
2 197 (33.39%) Git
3 72 (12.20%) Cucumber
4 66 (11.19%) JIRA
5 60 (10.17%) SonarQube
6 56 (9.49%) Cypress.io
7 43 (7.29%) Selenium
8 33 (5.59%) Postman
9 30 (5.08%) JUnit
10 26 (4.41%) Maven
11 23 (3.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 20 (3.39%) JMeter
13 17 (2.88%) Gatling
13 17 (2.88%) REST Assured
14 15 (2.54%) Bitbucket
15 14 (2.37%) Spock
15 14 (2.37%) Visual Studio Code
16 13 (2.20%) Vite
17 11 (1.86%) CircleCI
17 11 (1.86%) Robot Framework
General
1 153 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 135 (22.88%) Finance
3 98 (16.61%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.00%) Banking
5 48 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.71%) Aerospace
7 16 (2.71%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.54%) Marketing
9 14 (2.37%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.20%) Law
11 11 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.69%) Electronics
13 7 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.19%) Games
13 7 (1.19%) Legal
14 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.68%) Automotive
15 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.51%) Retail
Job Titles
1 158 (26.78%) Senior
2 132 (22.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 87 (14.75%) Developer
4 64 (10.85%) Software Engineer
5 49 (8.31%) Lead
5 49 (8.31%) Principal Engineer
6 48 (8.14%) Java Engineer
7 41 (6.95%) Senior DevOps
7 41 (6.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 35 (5.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 33 (5.59%) AWS Engineer
9 33 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (5.08%) Test Engineer
11 28 (4.75%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (4.58%) Java Developer
13 26 (4.41%) AWS DevOps
13 26 (4.41%) Senior Software Engineer
14 24 (4.07%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (48.47%) Terraform
2 89 (15.08%) Spring
3 87 (14.75%) Spring Boot
4 85 (14.41%) Kafka
5 68 (11.53%) React
6 62 (10.51%) AngularJS
6 62 (10.51%) Node.js
6 62 (10.51%) REST
7 59 (10.00%) RESTful
8 44 (7.46%) Playwright
9 43 (7.29%) Elastic Stack
10 34 (5.76%) Jest
11 32 (5.42%) .NET
12 29 (4.92%) RabbitMQ
13 24 (4.07%) Gherkin
13 24 (4.07%) LangChain
13 24 (4.07%) Vue
14 22 (3.73%) CSS
15 21 (3.56%) FastAPI
15 21 (3.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 183 (31.02%) Cloud Native
2 82 (13.90%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (8.81%) Product Ownership
4 44 (7.46%) Public Cloud
5 39 (6.61%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (6.44%) e-Learning
7 26 (4.41%) Private Cloud
8 22 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (3.05%) Data Centre
10 17 (2.88%) Algorithms
11 13 (2.20%) Data Structures
11 13 (2.20%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.69%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.53%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (1.19%) Blockchain
14 7 (1.19%) IoT
14 7 (1.19%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 173 (29.32%) Linux
2 62 (10.51%) Windows
3 41 (6.95%) CentOS
4 33 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (4.07%) Unix
6 18 (3.05%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.69%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.85%) VMS
9 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.51%) Debian
10 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.51%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.34%) Android
11 2 (0.34%) Rocky
11 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (91.02%) CI/CD
2 391 (66.27%) DevOps
3 326 (55.25%) Agile
4 289 (48.98%) Infrastructure as Code
5 231 (39.15%) Test Automation
6 190 (32.20%) Microservices
7 174 (29.49%) Containerisation
8 144 (24.41%) Mentoring
9 140 (23.73%) Software Engineering
10 118 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
12 106 (17.97%) AI
13 103 (17.46%) Observability
14 101 (17.12%) Scrum
15 98 (16.61%) SDLC
16 91 (15.42%) Full-Stack Development
17 89 (15.08%) Coaching
18 80 (13.56%) Platform Engineering
19 75 (12.71%) Continuous Integration
20 74 (12.54%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 272 (46.10%) Python
2 205 (34.75%) Java
3 149 (25.25%) Bash
4 123 (20.85%) SQL
5 99 (16.78%) JavaScript
6 93 (15.76%) TypeScript
7 73 (12.37%) PowerShell
8 38 (6.44%) Go
9 35 (5.93%) C++
9 35 (5.93%) Groovy
10 33 (5.59%) C#
11 19 (3.22%) Rust
12 12 (2.03%) PHP
13 11 (1.86%) C
14 10 (1.69%) Apex Code
15 9 (1.53%) Perl
15 9 (1.53%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.36%) Scala
16 8 (1.36%) SOQL
16 8 (1.36%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 233 (39.49%) Security Cleared
2 149 (25.25%) SC Cleared
3 81 (13.73%) Degree
4 72 (12.20%) AWS Certification
5 52 (8.81%) DV Cleared
6 43 (7.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 28 (4.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.90%) Master's Degree
9 21 (3.56%) ITIL Certification
10 18 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (3.05%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 15 (2.54%) CCNA
11 15 (2.54%) RHCSA
12 14 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.69%) OSCP
14 8 (1.36%) RHCE
15 7 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (15.93%) QA
2 33 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.39%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.22%) WCAG
5 15 (2.54%) GDPR
6 10 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.69%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.53%) SLA
8 6 (1.02%) JTAG
9 5 (0.85%) NIST
9 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.68%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 285 (48.31%) Docker
2 27 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (2.54%) Active Directory
5 14 (2.37%) vSphere
6 8 (1.36%) Squid
6 8 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.85%) Firmware
8 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 256 (43.39%) Kubernetes
2 148 (25.08%) Ansible
3 85 (14.41%) Grafana
4 61 (10.34%) Prometheus
5 39 (6.61%) Argo
6 22 (3.73%) Puppet
7 21 (3.56%) Nagios
8 20 (3.39%) HP Fortify
8 20 (3.39%) Kibana
9 17 (2.88%) logstash
10 14 (2.37%) Packer
11 10 (1.69%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.53%) Podman
13 8 (1.36%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.19%) vCenter Server
15 6 (1.02%) FortiGate
16 4 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
17 3 (0.51%) Istio
17 3 (0.51%) linkerd
17 3 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (10.17%) Splunk
2 53 (8.98%) Microsoft
3 45 (7.63%) Red Hat
4 36 (6.10%) VMware
5 21 (3.56%) Oracle
6 20 (3.39%) AppDynamics
7 18 (3.05%) Google
8 16 (2.71%) OpenAI
9 14 (2.37%) Atlassian
9 14 (2.37%) Mistral
9 14 (2.37%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.86%) Cisco
10 11 (1.86%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.69%) Databricks
11 10 (1.69%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.53%) SAP
13 7 (1.19%) Intel
13 7 (1.19%) NVIDIA
13 7 (1.19%) OneLogin
13 7 (1.19%) Pega