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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 255 359
Rank change year-on-year -64 +104 -45
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 538 536 753
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.26% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.69% 13.38% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 326 162 561
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,125 £35,920
25th Percentile £57,500 £59,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,750 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +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 4,238 4,007 9,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.57% 9.40% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,776 2,608 6,644
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,875 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -58 476 £75,000 -6.25% 215
UK excluding London -81 323 £67,500 -3.57% 167
London +13 173 £84,250 -3.71% 67
Work from Home -96 163 £69,310 -3.06% 99
North of England -61 129 £69,310 +3.39% 68
South East +40 89 £66,250 -11.67% 42
Yorkshire +18 77 £72,155 +0.22% 14
South West -48 46 £65,000 +6.12% 20
Scotland -31 35 £95,000 +8.57% 7
North West -83 35 £65,000 -3.04% 31
Midlands -90 19 £60,000 -14.29% 20
North East -27 17 £61,538 - 23
West Midlands -53 16 £60,000 -15.79% 12
East of England -27 6 £56,250 -29.69% 7
East Midlands -73 3 - - 8
Wales -34 1 - - 1
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 25 (4.65%) Confluence
2 23 (4.28%) Apache
3 11 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.86%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.74%) IIS
6 4 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.56%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.56%) JBoss
8 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 329 (61.15%) AWS
2 202 (37.55%) Azure
3 147 (27.32%) AWS CloudFormation
4 119 (22.12%) Serverless
5 101 (18.77%) AWS Lambda
6 93 (17.29%) Amazon S3
7 90 (16.73%) GitHub
8 77 (14.31%) GCP
9 68 (12.64%) Azure DevOps
10 62 (11.52%) Amazon ECS
11 61 (11.34%) AWS Step Functions
12 55 (10.22%) Amazon ECR
13 54 (10.04%) GitHub Actions
14 50 (9.29%) Apigee
15 43 (7.99%) Amazon EKS
16 42 (7.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 38 (7.06%) Amazon EC2
17 38 (7.06%) Datadog
17 38 (7.06%) OpenShift
18 35 (6.51%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.62%) Broadband
2 30 (5.58%) DNS
3 29 (5.39%) Firewall
4 13 (2.42%) DSL
5 12 (2.23%) LAN
6 11 (2.04%) MQTT
6 11 (2.04%) Software-Defined Networking
7 10 (1.86%) Network Security
8 9 (1.67%) WAN
9 8 (1.49%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.30%) HTTP
10 7 (1.30%) IPv4
11 6 (1.12%) BGP
11 6 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.12%) DHCP
11 6 (1.12%) VPN
12 5 (0.93%) MPLS
13 4 (0.74%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (0.74%) VoIP
13 4 (0.74%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (13.38%) DynamoDB
2 61 (11.34%) NoSQL
3 49 (9.11%) MongoDB
4 39 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
6 23 (4.28%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (4.28%) MySQL
7 16 (2.97%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.67%) Pinecone
9 8 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (1.49%) Big Data
10 6 (1.12%) InfluxDB
10 6 (1.12%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.93%) CockroachDB
12 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.37%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 256 (47.58%) Jenkins
2 141 (26.21%) Git
3 106 (19.70%) SonarQube
4 64 (11.90%) Cypress.io
5 48 (8.92%) JIRA
5 48 (8.92%) Maven
6 47 (8.74%) Cucumber
7 29 (5.39%) CircleCI
8 24 (4.46%) Bitbucket
8 24 (4.46%) Selenium
9 15 (2.79%) Visual Studio Code
10 14 (2.60%) REST Assured
11 13 (2.42%) JUnit
11 13 (2.42%) Postman
12 10 (1.86%) JMeter
12 10 (1.86%) Vite
13 8 (1.49%) Gatling
14 7 (1.30%) Robot Framework
15 5 (0.93%) Artifactory
15 5 (0.93%) LoadRunner
General
1 111 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 107 (19.89%) Finance
3 52 (9.67%) Banking
4 48 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (8.74%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (7.25%) Marketing
8 34 (6.32%) Games
9 17 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.79%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.60%) Advertising
12 13 (2.42%) Aerospace
13 12 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.67%) Electronics
15 6 (1.12%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.93%) Automotive
16 5 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.93%) Retail
17 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 115 (21.38%) Senior
2 93 (17.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 92 (17.10%) Developer
4 68 (12.64%) Lead
5 53 (9.85%) Cloud Engineer
6 51 (9.48%) Architect
7 45 (8.36%) Java Developer
8 42 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 41 (7.62%) Software Engineer
10 33 (6.13%) Salesforce Architect
11 30 (5.58%) Senior DevOps
12 28 (5.20%) AWS Engineer
12 28 (5.20%) Senior Developer
13 27 (5.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 25 (4.65%) Security Engineer
15 21 (3.90%) Java Engineer
16 20 (3.72%) Automation Engineer
17 19 (3.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (3.53%) DevSecOps Engineer
17 19 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (14.31%) Spring Boot
2 67 (12.45%) REST
3 63 (11.71%) AngularJS
4 61 (11.34%) Kafka
5 54 (10.04%) Spring
6 48 (8.92%) Gherkin
7 46 (8.55%) Jest
8 36 (6.69%) Elastic Stack
8 36 (6.69%) Node.js
8 36 (6.69%) RabbitMQ
9 35 (6.51%) RESTful
9 35 (6.51%) SOAP
10 34 (6.32%) Lightning Web Components
10 34 (6.32%) Visualforce
11 33 (6.13%) React
12 23 (4.28%) JSON
13 22 (4.09%) YAML
14 21 (3.90%) gRPC
15 19 (3.53%) LangChain
15 19 (3.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 106 (19.70%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.71%) Product Ownership
3 45 (8.36%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (4.28%) Public Cloud
5 20 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.35%) Blockchain
7 17 (3.16%) Data Centre
7 17 (3.16%) e-Learning
7 17 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.16%) Web3
8 16 (2.97%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.97%) Security Posture
9 13 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.30%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 140 (26.02%) Linux
2 58 (10.78%) Windows
3 25 (4.65%) Unix
4 22 (4.09%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.35%) CentOS
6 13 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.23%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.74%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.37%) Android
11 2 (0.37%) Debian
11 2 (0.37%) Rocky
12 1 (0.19%) VMS
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (86.25%) CI/CD
2 369 (68.59%) DevOps
3 277 (51.49%) Agile
4 243 (45.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 154 (28.62%) Containerisation
6 143 (26.58%) Microservices
7 130 (24.16%) Test Automation
8 126 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 118 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (19.70%) Continuous Integration
10 106 (19.70%) Scrum
11 100 (18.59%) Mentoring
12 95 (17.66%) Observability
13 92 (17.10%) Software Engineering
14 85 (15.80%) DevSecOps
15 77 (14.31%) Event-Driven
15 77 (14.31%) SDLC
16 76 (14.13%) Continuous Delivery
17 63 (11.71%) Coaching
17 63 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 251 (46.65%) Python
2 167 (31.04%) Java
3 153 (28.44%) Bash
4 85 (15.80%) TypeScript
5 77 (14.31%) SQL
6 67 (12.45%) JavaScript
7 56 (10.41%) PowerShell
8 54 (10.04%) Groovy
9 52 (9.67%) Go
10 34 (6.32%) Apex Code
10 34 (6.32%) SOQL
10 34 (6.32%) SOSL
11 31 (5.76%) C#
11 31 (5.76%) Rust
12 25 (4.65%) C++
13 10 (1.86%) Perl
14 7 (1.30%) C
15 6 (1.12%) Bicep
15 6 (1.12%) PHP
16 5 (0.93%) Scala
Qualifications
1 150 (27.88%) Security Cleared
2 78 (14.50%) SC Cleared
3 66 (12.27%) AWS Certification
3 66 (12.27%) Degree
4 28 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 25 (4.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 25 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
6 23 (4.28%) OSCP
7 21 (3.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 17 (3.16%) Master's Degree
9 16 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.79%) ISTQB
11 13 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (2.23%) CCNA
12 12 (2.23%) RHCSA
13 9 (1.67%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.30%) RHCE
15 5 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 4 (0.74%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.27%) QA
2 19 (3.53%) GDPR
3 17 (3.16%) NIST
4 13 (2.42%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.42%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.86%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.56%) JTAG
9 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 229 (42.57%) Docker
2 29 (5.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.46%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.04%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.04%) vSphere
5 7 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.30%) Squid
5 7 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 271 (50.37%) Terraform
2 220 (40.89%) Kubernetes
3 134 (24.91%) Ansible
4 88 (16.36%) Grafana
5 80 (14.87%) Prometheus
6 45 (8.36%) HP Fortify
7 30 (5.58%) Argo
8 21 (3.90%) Nagios
9 15 (2.79%) Kibana
10 14 (2.60%) Puppet
11 12 (2.23%) Packer
12 11 (2.04%) logstash
13 8 (1.49%) Podman
14 7 (1.30%) vCenter Server
14 7 (1.30%) ZABBIX
15 6 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 5 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
16 5 (0.93%) VxRail
17 4 (0.74%) Rancher
Vendors
1 84 (15.61%) Splunk
2 48 (8.92%) Red Hat
3 39 (7.25%) Microsoft
4 38 (7.06%) VMware
5 35 (6.51%) Salesforce
6 21 (3.90%) Oracle
7 14 (2.60%) Cisco
8 13 (2.42%) Atlassian
9 12 (2.23%) OpenAI
10 11 (2.04%) AppDynamics
11 10 (1.86%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.86%) Google
12 8 (1.49%) Juniper
12 8 (1.49%) Tenable
13 7 (1.30%) IBM
13 7 (1.30%) Rapid7
14 6 (1.12%) F5
14 6 (1.12%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.93%) BeyondTrust
15 5 (0.93%) Veracode