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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 268 364
Rank change year-on-year -48 +96 -45
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 539 542 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.24% 0.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.86% 13.12% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 329 164 561
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +19.23% -3.70%
75th Percentile £88,148 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £67,037 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.18% +7.26% +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 4,192 4,131 9,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.52% 9.43% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,762 2,667 6,533
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.40% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £93,750
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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -34 479 £72,500 -6.45% 205
UK excluding London -87 325 £65,576 -2.18% 156
London +19 179 £84,625 -0.44% 61
Work from Home -108 155 £68,693 -3.93% 107
North of England -68 123 £68,076 +1.55% 48
South East +37 94 £67,500 +28.57% 35
Yorkshire +9 69 £69,310 -2.38% 11
South West -46 46 £65,000 +4.00% 26
Scotland -24 35 £95,000 +5.56% 6
North West -89 34 £65,000 -3.04% 23
North East -30 20 £57,500 - 14
Midlands -90 20 £53,750 -23.21% 16
West Midlands -54 16 £53,750 -24.56% 10
East of England -38 6 £56,250 -27.42% 17
East Midlands -66 4 - - 6
Wales -39 3 £47,500 +46.15% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 4

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 26 (4.82%) Confluence
2 25 (4.64%) Apache
3 14 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.41%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.67%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.56%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.56%) IIS
6 3 (0.56%) JBoss
6 3 (0.56%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 335 (62.15%) AWS
2 202 (37.48%) Azure
3 142 (26.35%) AWS CloudFormation
4 113 (20.96%) Serverless
5 94 (17.44%) AWS Lambda
6 92 (17.07%) GitHub
7 87 (16.14%) Amazon S3
8 75 (13.91%) GCP
9 73 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
10 56 (10.39%) GitHub Actions
11 55 (10.20%) Amazon ECS
11 55 (10.20%) AWS Step Functions
12 53 (9.83%) Amazon ECR
13 46 (8.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 43 (7.98%) Apigee
15 41 (7.61%) Amazon EKS
16 39 (7.24%) Amazon EC2
17 37 (6.86%) Azure AKS
18 36 (6.68%) OpenShift
19 35 (6.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.61%) Broadband
2 29 (5.38%) Firewall
3 24 (4.45%) DNS
4 13 (2.41%) DSL
5 12 (2.23%) LAN
5 12 (2.23%) MQTT
5 12 (2.23%) Software-Defined Networking
6 10 (1.86%) Network Security
6 10 (1.86%) WAN
7 9 (1.67%) HTTP
8 8 (1.48%) IPv4
8 8 (1.48%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.30%) BGP
9 7 (1.30%) VPN
10 6 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.11%) DHCP
11 5 (0.93%) MPLS
12 4 (0.74%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.06%) DynamoDB
2 64 (11.87%) NoSQL
3 50 (9.28%) MongoDB
4 39 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (4.64%) Elasticsearch
5 25 (4.64%) MySQL
6 21 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (3.15%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.04%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (1.67%) Big Data
9 9 (1.67%) Pinecone
10 6 (1.11%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.74%) CockroachDB
12 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.74%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.56%) Redis
14 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.37%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 257 (47.68%) Jenkins
2 142 (26.35%) Git
3 98 (18.18%) SonarQube
4 59 (10.95%) Cypress.io
5 48 (8.91%) Cucumber
5 48 (8.91%) JIRA
6 40 (7.42%) Maven
7 28 (5.19%) CircleCI
7 28 (5.19%) Selenium
8 20 (3.71%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.78%) JUnit
9 15 (2.78%) REST Assured
9 15 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
10 14 (2.60%) Postman
11 11 (2.04%) JMeter
12 10 (1.86%) Gatling
12 10 (1.86%) Vite
13 8 (1.48%) Robot Framework
14 7 (1.30%) Artifactory
15 6 (1.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 111 (20.59%) Finance
2 110 (20.41%) Social Skills
3 55 (10.20%) Banking
4 52 (9.65%) Public Sector
5 50 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (7.05%) Marketing
8 34 (6.31%) Games
9 15 (2.78%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.60%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.41%) Advertising
11 13 (2.41%) Aerospace
11 13 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.86%) Electronics
13 7 (1.30%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.93%) Automotive
14 5 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.93%) Retail
15 4 (0.74%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (21.71%) Senior
2 96 (17.81%) DevOps Engineer
3 91 (16.88%) Developer
4 52 (9.65%) Lead
5 51 (9.46%) Architect
6 49 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
7 46 (8.53%) Java Developer
8 38 (7.05%) Software Engineer
9 36 (6.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (6.12%) Salesforce Architect
11 30 (5.57%) AWS Engineer
12 28 (5.19%) Senior Developer
12 28 (5.19%) Senior DevOps
13 27 (5.01%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.82%) Java Engineer
14 26 (4.82%) Security Engineer
15 22 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (3.90%) AWS DevOps
16 21 (3.90%) Principal Engineer
17 20 (3.71%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.91%) Spring Boot
2 70 (12.99%) REST
3 64 (11.87%) Kafka
4 56 (10.39%) AngularJS
5 55 (10.20%) Spring
6 42 (7.79%) Jest
7 39 (7.24%) Gherkin
7 39 (7.24%) Node.js
8 35 (6.49%) React
8 35 (6.49%) SOAP
9 34 (6.31%) Elastic Stack
9 34 (6.31%) Lightning Web Components
9 34 (6.31%) RabbitMQ
9 34 (6.31%) Visualforce
10 33 (6.12%) RESTful
11 23 (4.27%) JSON
11 23 (4.27%) Playwright
12 22 (4.08%) YAML
13 20 (3.71%) gRPC
14 19 (3.53%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 115 (21.34%) Cloud Native
2 64 (11.87%) Product Ownership
3 47 (8.72%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.64%) Public Cloud
5 24 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.71%) e-Learning
7 19 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (3.15%) Blockchain
8 17 (3.15%) Data Centre
8 17 (3.15%) Security Posture
9 16 (2.97%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.97%) Web3
10 13 (2.41%) Cloud Security Posture
11 9 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.30%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.93%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 138 (25.60%) Linux
2 58 (10.76%) Windows
3 24 (4.45%) Unix
4 23 (4.27%) Windows Server
5 22 (4.08%) CentOS
6 15 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (2.41%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.74%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.37%) Android
11 2 (0.37%) Debian
11 2 (0.37%) Rocky
11 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (87.38%) CI/CD
2 368 (68.27%) DevOps
3 277 (51.39%) Agile
4 256 (47.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 162 (30.06%) Containerisation
6 148 (27.46%) Microservices
7 143 (26.53%) Test Automation
8 129 (23.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 108 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
10 106 (19.67%) Continuous Integration
11 103 (19.11%) Scrum
12 100 (18.55%) Mentoring
13 94 (17.44%) Observability
14 89 (16.51%) DevSecOps
14 89 (16.51%) Software Engineering
15 81 (15.03%) SDLC
16 79 (14.66%) Event-Driven
17 75 (13.91%) Continuous Delivery
18 62 (11.50%) Coaching
19 58 (10.76%) AI
Programming Languages
1 253 (46.94%) Python
2 166 (30.80%) Java
3 151 (28.01%) Bash
4 83 (15.40%) SQL
5 78 (14.47%) TypeScript
6 69 (12.80%) JavaScript
7 59 (10.95%) PowerShell
8 51 (9.46%) Go
9 48 (8.91%) Groovy
10 34 (6.31%) Apex Code
10 34 (6.31%) SOQL
10 34 (6.31%) SOSL
11 31 (5.75%) C#
11 31 (5.75%) Rust
12 25 (4.64%) C++
13 8 (1.48%) Perl
14 7 (1.30%) PHP
15 6 (1.11%) Bicep
15 6 (1.11%) C
16 5 (0.93%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 166 (30.80%) Security Cleared
2 92 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 72 (13.36%) Degree
4 66 (12.24%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.57%) DV Cleared
6 25 (4.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (4.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (4.45%) ITIL Certification
7 24 (4.45%) OSCP
8 20 (3.71%) Master's Degree
9 17 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.15%) ISTQB
10 13 (2.41%) CCNA
10 13 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.41%) RHCSA
11 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.48%) RHCE
12 5 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (12.43%) QA
2 20 (3.71%) GDPR
3 17 (3.15%) NIST
4 16 (2.97%) Accessibility
5 13 (2.41%) PCI DSS
5 13 (2.41%) SOC 2
6 12 (2.23%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.74%) JTAG
9 4 (0.74%) WCAG
10 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 233 (43.23%) Docker
2 29 (5.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.08%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.23%) VMware NSX
4 12 (2.23%) vSphere
5 8 (1.48%) Squid
6 7 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 275 (51.02%) Terraform
2 231 (42.86%) Kubernetes
3 133 (24.68%) Ansible
4 85 (15.77%) Grafana
5 77 (14.29%) Prometheus
6 37 (6.86%) HP Fortify
7 33 (6.12%) Argo
8 22 (4.08%) Nagios
9 14 (2.60%) Kibana
10 13 (2.41%) Packer
10 13 (2.41%) Puppet
11 11 (2.04%) logstash
12 9 (1.67%) Podman
13 8 (1.48%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.30%) vCenter Server
15 6 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (1.11%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.93%) VxRail
17 4 (0.74%) WSUS
18 3 (0.56%) Rancher
Vendors
1 85 (15.77%) Splunk
2 48 (8.91%) Red Hat
3 38 (7.05%) VMware
4 37 (6.86%) Microsoft
5 35 (6.49%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.53%) Oracle
7 14 (2.60%) Cisco
8 12 (2.23%) Dynatrace
8 12 (2.23%) OpenAI
9 11 (2.04%) AppDynamics
9 11 (2.04%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.86%) Google
11 8 (1.48%) Juniper
11 8 (1.48%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.48%) Tenable
12 7 (1.30%) IBM
13 6 (1.11%) F5
13 6 (1.11%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.11%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.93%) Veracode