GitLab Job Trends

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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 369 337
Rank change year-on-year +30 -32 -60
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 386 333 655
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.73% 0.83%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.80% 6.92% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 230 176 551
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,990 £35,920
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -10.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £101,250 £102,500
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 3,939 4,814 8,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.58% 10.56% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,540 2,965 6,493
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,438 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,443 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +4.44% -2.65%

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +10 317 £80,000 +9.22% 344
UK excluding London +21 221 £67,500 -3.57% 304
Work from Home +33 141 £73,500 +9.64% 199
London +10 120 £82,500 -8.33% 89
North of England +16 84 £67,500 -1.82% 70
Yorkshire +2 53 £77,500 +10.71% 22
South East -19 49 £70,000 -12.50% 92
Scotland +3 33 £95,000 +65.22% 21
South West -34 31 £72,500 +16.00% 44
North West +11 25 £65,000 -3.37% 34
Midlands -22 16 £55,200 -13.41% 25
West Midlands +14 13 £56,350 -6.08% 15
East of England +3 7 £67,500 -10.00% 37
North East -12 6 £65,000 -7.14% 14
East Midlands -30 3 £55,200 -31.00% 10
Wales - 3 £55,200 - 20

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 23 (5.96%) Confluence
2 17 (4.40%) Apache
3 10 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.30%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.30%) IIS
4 5 (1.30%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.04%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.78%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) JBoss
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 233 (60.36%) AWS
2 147 (38.08%) Azure
3 117 (30.31%) AWS CloudFormation
4 97 (25.13%) Serverless
5 90 (23.32%) GitHub
6 83 (21.50%) AWS Lambda
7 69 (17.88%) GCP
8 63 (16.32%) Amazon S3
8 63 (16.32%) GitHub Actions
9 50 (12.95%) Amazon ECS
10 46 (11.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 45 (11.66%) AWS Step Functions
12 38 (9.84%) OpenShift
13 37 (9.59%) Amazon ECR
14 35 (9.07%) Apigee
15 32 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
16 31 (8.03%) Datadog
17 30 (7.77%) Amazon EKS
18 29 (7.51%) Amazon EC2
19 18 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.81%) Broadband
2 27 (6.99%) DNS
3 19 (4.92%) Firewall
4 12 (3.11%) DSL
5 9 (2.33%) VPN
6 6 (1.55%) BGP
6 6 (1.55%) DHCP
6 6 (1.55%) MQTT
6 6 (1.55%) WAN
7 5 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.04%) Asterisk PBX
8 4 (1.04%) LAN
8 4 (1.04%) MPLS
8 4 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.04%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.04%) VoIP
8 4 (1.04%) VPLS
9 3 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.78%) VLAN
10 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.18%) DynamoDB
2 43 (11.14%) NoSQL
3 30 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (6.48%) MongoDB
4 25 (6.48%) SQL Server
5 23 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
6 18 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.33%) MySQL
8 7 (1.81%) Power BI
9 5 (1.30%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.30%) CockroachDB
10 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.04%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.78%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.78%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.78%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 215 (55.70%) Jenkins
2 88 (22.80%) Git
3 80 (20.73%) SonarQube
4 47 (12.18%) JIRA
5 39 (10.10%) Cypress.io
6 36 (9.33%) Cucumber
6 36 (9.33%) Maven
7 25 (6.48%) Selenium
8 23 (5.96%) Bitbucket
9 20 (5.18%) CircleCI
10 18 (4.66%) JUnit
11 13 (3.37%) Postman
12 11 (2.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (2.07%) Subversion
14 6 (1.55%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.30%) JMeter
15 5 (1.30%) SoapUI
15 5 (1.30%) TestNG
16 4 (1.04%) Vite
17 3 (0.78%) Gradle
General
1 100 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.21%) Finance
3 46 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.36%) Marketing
5 35 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (8.81%) Games
7 27 (6.99%) Telecoms
8 23 (5.96%) Banking
9 18 (4.66%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.15%) Advertising
11 14 (3.63%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.33%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.55%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.04%) Electronics
15 4 (1.04%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.52%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 67 (17.36%) Developer
2 63 (16.32%) DevOps Engineer
3 60 (15.54%) Lead
4 53 (13.73%) Senior
5 46 (11.92%) Architect
6 40 (10.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (8.03%) Salesforce Architect
8 28 (7.25%) Java Developer
9 25 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (6.22%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (5.96%) Software Engineer
12 20 (5.18%) Senior Developer
13 17 (4.40%) Security Engineer
14 16 (4.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (4.15%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 16 (4.15%) Technical Architect
15 13 (3.37%) Software Developer
16 12 (3.11%) AWS Architect
16 12 (3.11%) Java Engineer
16 12 (3.11%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (16.06%) Spring Boot
2 49 (12.69%) REST
3 44 (11.40%) Elastic Stack
4 43 (11.14%) Kafka
4 43 (11.14%) Spring
5 41 (10.62%) AngularJS
6 35 (9.07%) Gherkin
6 35 (9.07%) SOAP
7 34 (8.81%) Jest
8 33 (8.55%) Lightning Web Components
8 33 (8.55%) Visualforce
9 23 (5.96%) React
9 23 (5.96%) RESTful
10 22 (5.70%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.92%) Node.js
12 15 (3.89%) AWS CDK
13 14 (3.63%) pytest
14 12 (3.11%) Apache NiFi
15 11 (2.85%) FastAPI
15 11 (2.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (16.84%) Cloud Native
2 49 (12.69%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.40%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.63%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.63%) Security Posture
5 12 (3.11%) Cloud Security Posture
5 12 (3.11%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.59%) Blockchain
6 10 (2.59%) Web3
7 8 (2.07%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.81%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.30%) PKI
10 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.78%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 90 (23.32%) Linux
2 33 (8.55%) Windows
3 13 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.11%) Ubuntu
5 11 (2.85%) CentOS
5 11 (2.85%) Unix
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.04%) Debian
9 1 (0.26%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (84.72%) CI/CD
2 269 (69.69%) DevOps
3 187 (48.45%) Agile
4 165 (42.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 113 (29.27%) Containerisation
6 109 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
7 102 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 86 (22.28%) Continuous Integration
9 75 (19.43%) Microservices
10 72 (18.65%) Scrum
11 71 (18.39%) Observability
12 66 (17.10%) Test Automation
13 64 (16.58%) Software Engineering
14 61 (15.80%) Event-Driven
15 60 (15.54%) Mentoring
16 54 (13.99%) DevSecOps
17 53 (13.73%) Continuous Delivery
17 53 (13.73%) Roadmaps
18 43 (11.14%) Collaborative Culture
18 43 (11.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 188 (48.70%) Python
2 108 (27.98%) Java
3 106 (27.46%) Bash
4 66 (17.10%) TypeScript
5 64 (16.58%) SQL
6 49 (12.69%) JavaScript
7 40 (10.36%) Go
8 37 (9.59%) PowerShell
9 33 (8.55%) Apex Code
9 33 (8.55%) SOQL
9 33 (8.55%) SOSL
10 31 (8.03%) Groovy
11 19 (4.92%) Rust
12 14 (3.63%) C#
13 8 (2.07%) Delphi
14 7 (1.81%) ANSI SQL
14 7 (1.81%) C++
15 6 (1.55%) Bicep
16 4 (1.04%) Perl
17 3 (0.78%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 85 (22.02%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.62%) AWS Certification
3 40 (10.36%) Degree
4 35 (9.07%) SC Cleared
5 34 (8.81%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.40%) ITIL Certification
8 14 (3.63%) OSCP
9 13 (3.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.33%) ISTQB
12 8 (2.07%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (1.30%) CCNA
15 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
15 3 (0.78%) CISSP
15 3 (0.78%) LPIC
15 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (11.92%) QA
2 15 (3.89%) NIST
3 9 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.33%) GDPR
4 8 (2.07%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.07%) SOC 2
5 6 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.52%) ECSS
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 167 (43.26%) Docker
2 21 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 19 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.30%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.30%) vSphere
6 2 (0.52%) NFS
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 177 (45.85%) Terraform
2 162 (41.97%) Kubernetes
3 91 (23.58%) Ansible
4 88 (22.80%) Grafana
5 81 (20.98%) Prometheus
6 32 (8.29%) HP Fortify
7 9 (2.33%) Kibana
7 9 (2.33%) Nagios
7 9 (2.33%) Puppet
8 8 (2.07%) Argo
8 8 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.30%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.04%) logstash
10 4 (1.04%) Rancher
10 4 (1.04%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.04%) WSUS
11 3 (0.78%) Istio
11 3 (0.78%) VxRail
12 2 (0.52%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 66 (17.10%) Splunk
2 36 (9.33%) Oracle
3 34 (8.81%) Salesforce
4 32 (8.29%) Microsoft
5 22 (5.70%) Red Hat
6 21 (5.44%) Atlassian
6 21 (5.44%) VMware
7 10 (2.59%) Cisco
8 8 (2.07%) Google
9 6 (1.55%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.55%) SAP
10 5 (1.30%) Juniper
11 4 (1.04%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.04%) Dell
11 4 (1.04%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.04%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.78%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.78%) F5
12 3 (0.78%) IBM
12 3 (0.78%) Rapid7