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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 352 362
Rank change year-on-year +20 +10 -72
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 457 322 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.77% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.95% 7.58% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 273 197 554
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,375 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.55% +16.00% +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 4,173 4,250 9,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.76% 10.16% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,760 3,014 6,740
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £76,250 £81,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,001 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 16 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 21 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 +16 391 £77,500 - 217
UK excluding London +6 270 £65,576 -9.55% 161
Work from Home +39 158 £69,310 -2.04% 103
London +1 143 £82,500 -5.71% 75
North of England -9 101 £67,788 +1.12% 54
Yorkshire -6 70 £77,500 +10.71% 9
South East -9 70 £67,500 -15.63% 37
South West -61 40 £65,000 +4.00% 26
Scotland -8 35 £95,000 +11.76% 5
North West -36 22 £65,000 -3.04% 23
Midlands -29 19 £56,350 -24.87% 20
West Midlands -18 18 £57,500 -17.86% 11
North East -32 9 £66,826 -4.53% 22
East of England -39 6 £67,500 -12.90% 12
Wales -28 2 £55,200 +69.85% 1
East Midlands -61 1 £55,200 -31.00% 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 25 (5.47%) Confluence
2 17 (3.72%) Apache
3 7 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.31%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.09%) IIS
5 5 (1.09%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.88%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.66%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.66%) JBoss
8 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 272 (59.52%) AWS
2 175 (38.29%) Azure
3 133 (29.10%) AWS CloudFormation
4 108 (23.63%) Serverless
5 95 (20.79%) AWS Lambda
5 95 (20.79%) GitHub
6 79 (17.29%) Amazon S3
7 76 (16.63%) GCP
8 62 (13.57%) GitHub Actions
9 57 (12.47%) AWS Step Functions
10 55 (12.04%) Amazon ECS
11 49 (10.72%) OpenShift
12 48 (10.50%) Azure DevOps
13 47 (10.28%) Apigee
14 46 (10.07%) Amazon ECR
15 41 (8.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 40 (8.75%) Amazon EKS
17 38 (8.32%) Datadog
18 30 (6.56%) Amazon EC2
19 24 (5.25%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.66%) Broadband
2 28 (6.13%) DNS
2 28 (6.13%) Firewall
3 13 (2.84%) DSL
4 7 (1.53%) LAN
4 7 (1.53%) Software-Defined Networking
4 7 (1.53%) WAN
5 6 (1.31%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.31%) DHCP
5 6 (1.31%) Network Security
6 5 (1.09%) VPN
7 4 (0.88%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (0.88%) BGP
7 4 (0.88%) MPLS
7 4 (0.88%) MQTT
7 4 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.88%) VoIP
7 4 (0.88%) VPLS
8 3 (0.66%) IPv4
8 3 (0.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (13.57%) DynamoDB
2 51 (11.16%) NoSQL
3 35 (7.66%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (5.69%) MongoDB
5 23 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.72%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.41%) MySQL
9 8 (1.75%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.31%) InfluxDB
11 5 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (1.09%) BigQuery
11 5 (1.09%) CockroachDB
12 4 (0.88%) Big Data
12 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.88%) Power BI
13 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
14 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.44%) Neo4j
14 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 242 (52.95%) Jenkins
2 112 (24.51%) Git
3 102 (22.32%) SonarQube
4 59 (12.91%) Cypress.io
5 52 (11.38%) JIRA
6 47 (10.28%) Cucumber
7 45 (9.85%) Maven
8 33 (7.22%) Selenium
9 28 (6.13%) Bitbucket
10 26 (5.69%) CircleCI
11 17 (3.72%) JUnit
12 14 (3.06%) Postman
13 13 (2.84%) REST Assured
14 12 (2.63%) JMeter
15 11 (2.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 11 (2.41%) Visual Studio Code
16 8 (1.75%) Subversion
17 7 (1.53%) Gatling
18 6 (1.31%) LoadRunner
18 6 (1.31%) Vite
General
1 113 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.38%) Finance
3 47 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.53%) Marketing
5 35 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.44%) Games
7 33 (7.22%) Public Sector
8 31 (6.78%) Banking
9 28 (6.13%) Telecoms
10 16 (3.50%) Manufacturing
11 15 (3.28%) Advertising
12 9 (1.97%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.09%) Automotive
14 5 (1.09%) Electronics
14 5 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.09%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (19.26%) Senior
2 80 (17.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 79 (17.29%) Developer
4 66 (14.44%) Lead
5 51 (11.16%) Architect
6 49 (10.72%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (8.53%) Java Developer
8 38 (8.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (7.22%) Salesforce Architect
10 32 (7.00%) Software Engineer
11 25 (5.47%) Senior Developer
12 23 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
13 22 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
14 21 (4.60%) Security Engineer
15 19 (4.16%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (3.94%) Automation Engineer
16 18 (3.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (3.94%) Salesforce Technical Architect
16 18 (3.94%) Technical Architect
17 16 (3.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (15.10%) Spring Boot
2 61 (13.35%) REST
3 53 (11.60%) AngularJS
4 48 (10.50%) Kafka
5 47 (10.28%) Elastic Stack
6 45 (9.85%) Gherkin
7 43 (9.41%) Jest
8 42 (9.19%) Spring
9 35 (7.66%) SOAP
10 34 (7.44%) Lightning Web Components
10 34 (7.44%) Visualforce
11 32 (7.00%) RabbitMQ
12 29 (6.35%) RESTful
13 24 (5.25%) React
14 23 (5.03%) YAML
15 20 (4.38%) JSON
15 20 (4.38%) Node.js
16 16 (3.50%) AWS CDK
16 16 (3.50%) Playwright
16 16 (3.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.19%) Cloud Native
2 58 (12.69%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.47%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.50%) Security Posture
5 15 (3.28%) Blockchain
5 15 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.06%) Web3
7 13 (2.84%) Cloud Security Posture
7 13 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.84%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.63%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.41%) Data Centre
10 10 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.75%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.53%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.31%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 112 (24.51%) Linux
2 47 (10.28%) Windows
3 19 (4.16%) Unix
4 16 (3.50%) Windows Server
5 14 (3.06%) CentOS
6 11 (2.41%) Ubuntu
7 10 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.66%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (87.09%) CI/CD
2 322 (70.46%) DevOps
3 229 (50.11%) Agile
4 202 (44.20%) Infrastructure as Code
5 133 (29.10%) Containerisation
6 118 (25.82%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (24.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 100 (21.88%) Continuous Integration
9 98 (21.44%) Microservices
10 93 (20.35%) Test Automation
11 86 (18.82%) Scrum
12 80 (17.51%) Observability
13 77 (16.85%) Mentoring
13 77 (16.85%) Software Engineering
14 66 (14.44%) DevSecOps
14 66 (14.44%) Event-Driven
15 63 (13.79%) Continuous Delivery
16 60 (13.13%) Roadmaps
17 58 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 55 (12.04%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 216 (47.26%) Python
2 133 (29.10%) Java
3 127 (27.79%) Bash
4 71 (15.54%) TypeScript
5 66 (14.44%) SQL
6 55 (12.04%) JavaScript
7 48 (10.50%) Go
7 48 (10.50%) PowerShell
8 46 (10.07%) Groovy
9 34 (7.44%) Apex Code
9 34 (7.44%) SOQL
9 34 (7.44%) SOSL
10 24 (5.25%) Rust
11 19 (4.16%) C#
11 19 (4.16%) C++
12 8 (1.75%) Bicep
12 8 (1.75%) Delphi
12 8 (1.75%) Perl
13 5 (1.09%) ANSI SQL
14 4 (0.88%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 116 (25.38%) Security Cleared
2 53 (11.60%) Degree
2 53 (11.60%) SC Cleared
3 51 (11.16%) AWS Certification
4 29 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 26 (5.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 25 (5.47%) ITIL Certification
7 20 (4.38%) OSCP
8 13 (2.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (2.84%) ISTQB
9 12 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (2.19%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.97%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.75%) CCNA
14 7 (1.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (1.09%) CISSP
16 4 (0.88%) CISM
16 4 (0.88%) GCIH
16 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (10.72%) QA
2 18 (3.94%) NIST
3 16 (3.50%) GDPR
4 13 (2.84%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.63%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.09%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.44%) ECSS
10 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 192 (42.01%) Docker
2 29 (6.35%) Active Directory
3 25 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.53%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.53%) vSphere
5 5 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.66%) Squid
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 226 (49.45%) Terraform
2 191 (41.79%) Kubernetes
3 120 (26.26%) Ansible
4 92 (20.13%) Grafana
5 78 (17.07%) Prometheus
6 44 (9.63%) HP Fortify
7 16 (3.50%) Argo
8 14 (3.06%) Kibana
9 12 (2.63%) Nagios
10 11 (2.41%) logstash
11 10 (2.19%) Puppet
11 10 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.53%) Packer
12 7 (1.53%) vCenter Server
13 6 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.88%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.88%) Rancher
14 4 (0.88%) WSUS
15 3 (0.66%) Istio
15 3 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (15.75%) Splunk
2 40 (8.75%) Red Hat
3 38 (8.32%) Microsoft
4 35 (7.66%) Salesforce
5 30 (6.56%) Oracle
5 30 (6.56%) VMware
6 19 (4.16%) Atlassian
7 13 (2.84%) Cisco
8 10 (2.19%) Dynatrace
8 10 (2.19%) Google
9 8 (1.75%) Juniper
9 8 (1.75%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.53%) AppDynamics
10 7 (1.53%) IBM
11 6 (1.31%) F5
11 6 (1.31%) Palo Alto
12 5 (1.09%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.88%) Dell
13 4 (0.88%) Tenable
13 4 (0.88%) Veracode