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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 370 368
Rank change year-on-year +51 -2 -66
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 490 320 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.75% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.88% 7.71% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 297 190 555
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +17.31% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,253 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £72,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.57% +15.60% +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 4,126 4,151 9,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.59% 9.79% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,697 2,968 6,751
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,784 £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 £77,500 £81,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +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 30 April 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 30 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 +45 424 £75,000 -3.23% 229
UK excluding London +23 295 £67,500 -6.57% 170
Work from Home +52 166 £69,310 -0.99% 140
London +11 150 £82,500 -2.94% 82
North of England +4 117 £69,310 +3.39% 44
South East +12 75 £67,500 -12.90% 49
Yorkshire -7 75 £73,405 +4.86% 5
South West -55 42 £65,000 +4.00% 22
Scotland -6 35 £95,000 +11.76% 3
North West -30 28 £65,000 -3.04% 22
Midlands -29 20 £56,350 -19.50% 25
West Midlands -13 19 £57,500 -17.86% 16
North East -20 14 £65,576 +2.86% 17
East of England -29 6 £67,500 -12.90% 26
Wales -28 2 £55,200 +69.85% 1
Northern Ireland -40 1 £72,500 - 4
East Midlands -51 1 £55,200 -21.14% 9

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 24 (4.90%) Confluence
2 19 (3.88%) Apache
3 8 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.82%) IIS
5 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.82%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.61%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.61%) JBoss
7 2 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 299 (61.02%) AWS
2 190 (38.78%) Azure
3 137 (27.96%) AWS CloudFormation
4 110 (22.45%) Serverless
5 97 (19.80%) AWS Lambda
5 97 (19.80%) GitHub
6 83 (16.94%) Amazon S3
7 75 (15.31%) GCP
8 60 (12.24%) GitHub Actions
9 59 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
10 58 (11.84%) Amazon ECS
10 58 (11.84%) AWS Step Functions
11 49 (10.00%) Amazon ECR
11 49 (10.00%) OpenShift
12 48 (9.80%) Apigee
13 45 (9.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 40 (8.16%) Amazon EKS
15 38 (7.76%) Datadog
16 35 (7.14%) Azure AKS
17 33 (6.73%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.14%) Broadband
2 30 (6.12%) DNS
3 29 (5.92%) Firewall
4 13 (2.65%) DSL
5 9 (1.84%) LAN
6 8 (1.63%) Software-Defined Networking
6 8 (1.63%) WAN
7 6 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.22%) DHCP
7 6 (1.22%) Network Security
7 6 (1.22%) VPN
8 5 (1.02%) BGP
8 5 (1.02%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.82%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (0.82%) HTTP
9 4 (0.82%) IPv4
9 4 (0.82%) MPLS
9 4 (0.82%) MQTT
9 4 (0.82%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (13.47%) DynamoDB
2 54 (11.02%) NoSQL
3 46 (9.39%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (7.76%) MongoDB
5 24 (4.90%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
7 16 (3.27%) SQL Server
8 13 (2.65%) MySQL
9 9 (1.84%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.22%) InfluxDB
11 5 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.02%) Big Data
11 5 (1.02%) CockroachDB
12 4 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.82%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.61%) Power BI
13 3 (0.61%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.41%) Apache Iceberg
14 2 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 250 (51.02%) Jenkins
2 119 (24.29%) Git
3 103 (21.02%) SonarQube
4 60 (12.24%) Cypress.io
5 50 (10.20%) Cucumber
6 49 (10.00%) JIRA
7 45 (9.18%) Maven
8 33 (6.73%) Selenium
9 27 (5.51%) CircleCI
10 26 (5.31%) Bitbucket
11 17 (3.47%) JUnit
12 15 (3.06%) Visual Studio Code
13 13 (2.65%) Postman
13 13 (2.65%) REST Assured
14 11 (2.24%) JMeter
15 10 (2.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 10 (2.04%) Vite
16 8 (1.63%) Gatling
17 6 (1.22%) LoadRunner
17 6 (1.22%) Subversion
General
1 114 (23.27%) Social Skills
2 93 (18.98%) Finance
3 46 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.96%) Marketing
6 38 (7.76%) Banking
6 38 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (6.94%) Games
8 24 (4.90%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.27%) Advertising
10 15 (3.06%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.24%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Electronics
13 6 (1.22%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.02%) Automotive
14 5 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 106 (21.63%) Senior
2 96 (19.59%) DevOps Engineer
3 83 (16.94%) Developer
4 66 (13.47%) Lead
5 51 (10.41%) Architect
5 51 (10.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 40 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (7.96%) Java Developer
8 35 (7.14%) Software Engineer
9 33 (6.73%) Salesforce Architect
9 33 (6.73%) Senior DevOps
10 27 (5.51%) Senior Developer
10 27 (5.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 22 (4.49%) Security Engineer
12 21 (4.29%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.88%) Automation Engineer
13 19 (3.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.67%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 18 (3.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (15.10%) Spring Boot
2 60 (12.24%) REST
3 54 (11.02%) AngularJS
4 51 (10.41%) Kafka
5 47 (9.59%) Elastic Stack
5 47 (9.59%) Spring
6 46 (9.39%) Gherkin
7 44 (8.98%) Jest
8 35 (7.14%) Node.js
8 35 (7.14%) SOAP
9 34 (6.94%) Lightning Web Components
9 34 (6.94%) Visualforce
10 33 (6.73%) RabbitMQ
11 30 (6.12%) RESTful
12 29 (5.92%) React
13 22 (4.49%) YAML
14 20 (4.08%) JSON
15 17 (3.47%) Vue
16 16 (3.27%) AWS CDK
16 16 (3.27%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.53%) Cloud Native
2 58 (11.84%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
5 16 (3.27%) Algorithms
5 16 (3.27%) Blockchain
5 16 (3.27%) Public Cloud
5 16 (3.27%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.06%) Web3
7 14 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.65%) Cloud Security Posture
8 13 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.24%) e-Learning
10 10 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.43%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.22%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 127 (25.92%) Linux
2 54 (11.02%) Windows
3 26 (5.31%) Unix
4 17 (3.47%) Windows Server
5 16 (3.27%) CentOS
6 11 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.24%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.82%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.41%) Android
10 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.41%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 423 (86.33%) CI/CD
2 342 (69.80%) DevOps
3 253 (51.63%) Agile
4 211 (43.06%) Infrastructure as Code
5 142 (28.98%) Containerisation
6 121 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
7 118 (24.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 118 (24.08%) Microservices
8 110 (22.45%) Test Automation
9 108 (22.04%) Continuous Integration
10 98 (20.00%) Scrum
11 92 (18.78%) Mentoring
12 83 (16.94%) Software Engineering
13 82 (16.73%) Observability
14 70 (14.29%) Event-Driven
15 67 (13.67%) Continuous Delivery
16 66 (13.47%) DevSecOps
17 60 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 60 (12.24%) Roadmaps
18 58 (11.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 232 (47.35%) Python
2 150 (30.61%) Java
3 136 (27.76%) Bash
4 77 (15.71%) TypeScript
5 69 (14.08%) SQL
6 55 (11.22%) JavaScript
7 49 (10.00%) Go
8 47 (9.59%) Groovy
8 47 (9.59%) PowerShell
9 34 (6.94%) Apex Code
9 34 (6.94%) SOQL
9 34 (6.94%) SOSL
10 24 (4.90%) Rust
11 22 (4.49%) C#
12 21 (4.29%) C++
13 8 (1.63%) Delphi
13 8 (1.63%) Perl
14 6 (1.22%) Bicep
15 5 (1.02%) ANSI SQL
16 4 (0.82%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 135 (27.55%) Security Cleared
2 65 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.63%) Degree
4 55 (11.22%) AWS Certification
5 30 (6.12%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (5.10%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (4.29%) OSCP
9 16 (3.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.86%) Master's Degree
11 13 (2.65%) ISTQB
12 12 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.84%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (1.84%) CCNA
15 6 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (1.22%) RHCSA
16 5 (1.02%) CISSP
17 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
17 4 (0.82%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (10.82%) QA
2 18 (3.67%) NIST
3 17 (3.47%) GDPR
4 13 (2.65%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.45%) PCI DSS
6 10 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.43%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 198 (40.41%) Docker
2 27 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.63%) VMware NSX
3 8 (1.63%) vSphere
4 7 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.82%) Squid
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 242 (49.39%) Terraform
2 203 (41.43%) Kubernetes
3 121 (24.69%) Ansible
4 94 (19.18%) Grafana
5 77 (15.71%) Prometheus
6 45 (9.18%) HP Fortify
7 27 (5.51%) Argo
8 16 (3.27%) Nagios
9 15 (3.06%) Kibana
10 11 (2.24%) logstash
11 10 (2.04%) Puppet
12 9 (1.84%) Packer
13 8 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
14 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
15 6 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 4 (0.82%) Rancher
16 4 (0.82%) VxRail
16 4 (0.82%) WSUS
16 4 (0.82%) ZABBIX
17 3 (0.61%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 74 (15.10%) Splunk
2 44 (8.98%) Red Hat
3 37 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 35 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 33 (6.73%) VMware
6 30 (6.12%) Oracle
7 17 (3.47%) Atlassian
8 13 (2.65%) Cisco
9 12 (2.45%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.84%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.84%) Google
11 8 (1.63%) Juniper
12 7 (1.43%) IBM
12 7 (1.43%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.22%) AppDynamics
13 6 (1.22%) F5
13 6 (1.22%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.02%) Veracode
15 4 (0.82%) BeyondTrust
15 4 (0.82%) Dell