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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 265 340
Rank change year-on-year -79 +75 -9
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 584 568 626
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.13% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.75% 14.12% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 357 197 347
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -

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 4,580 4,024 7,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.28% 8.02% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,972 2,494 4,498
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -60 526 £69,310 -7.59% 369
UK excluding London -103 369 £65,000 -7.14% 246
London -10 183 £87,500 +9.38% 154
Work from Home -166 141 £65,576 -15.39% 179
North of England -68 139 £68,076 +1.20% 76
South East +24 87 £62,500 -13.79% 47
South West -42 73 £72,500 +11.54% 51
Yorkshire +1 51 £72,500 -3.33% 14
North West -96 45 £65,576 -2.18% 46
North East -22 43 £55,000 - 16
Midlands -72 32 £60,000 -14.29% 30
Scotland -32 28 £110,000 +15.79% 14
West Midlands -32 21 £62,500 -30.56% 21
East Midlands -53 11 £60,000 - 9
Wales -58 8 £55,000 +18.92% 5
East of England -45 4 £46,000 -29.23% 20
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 5

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 29 (4.97%) Apache
2 24 (4.11%) Confluence
3 22 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.57%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.51%) IIS
5 3 (0.51%) JBoss
6 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 376 (64.38%) AWS
2 217 (37.16%) Azure
3 130 (22.26%) GitHub
4 121 (20.72%) AWS CloudFormation
5 88 (15.07%) Serverless
6 82 (14.04%) Amazon S3
7 79 (13.53%) Azure DevOps
7 79 (13.53%) GCP
8 70 (11.99%) AWS Lambda
9 69 (11.82%) GitHub Actions
10 59 (10.10%) Amazon ECS
11 55 (9.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 52 (8.90%) Amazon ECR
13 46 (7.88%) OpenShift
14 45 (7.71%) Amazon EKS
15 40 (6.85%) Amazon EC2
16 36 (6.16%) AWS Step Functions
16 36 (6.16%) Azure AKS
17 29 (4.97%) Apigee
17 29 (4.97%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.31%) Broadband
2 22 (3.77%) Firewall
3 12 (2.05%) MQTT
3 12 (2.05%) Network Security
4 11 (1.88%) DNS
5 10 (1.71%) HTTP
6 8 (1.37%) IPv4
6 8 (1.37%) LAN
6 8 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.20%) WAN
8 6 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.03%) Wireless
8 6 (1.03%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.68%) BGP
10 4 (0.68%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.68%) DSL
10 4 (0.68%) VPN
11 3 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.64%) NoSQL
2 56 (9.59%) MongoDB
3 55 (9.42%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (8.90%) DynamoDB
5 37 (6.34%) MySQL
6 32 (5.48%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (3.94%) Relational Database
8 19 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.88%) Big Data
10 11 (1.88%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.54%) Redis
13 8 (1.37%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.20%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.20%) SQL Server
15 6 (1.03%) InfluxDB
16 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (0.68%) Power BI
16 4 (0.68%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 264 (45.21%) Jenkins
2 192 (32.88%) Git
3 74 (12.67%) SonarQube
4 62 (10.62%) Cucumber
5 57 (9.76%) JIRA
6 54 (9.25%) Cypress.io
7 38 (6.51%) Selenium
8 28 (4.79%) JUnit
9 27 (4.62%) Maven
10 25 (4.28%) Postman
11 23 (3.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 17 (2.91%) CircleCI
13 15 (2.57%) Bitbucket
14 14 (2.40%) Gatling
14 14 (2.40%) REST Assured
14 14 (2.40%) Visual Studio Code
15 13 (2.23%) JMeter
16 12 (2.05%) Spock
17 11 (1.88%) Vite
18 10 (1.71%) Robot Framework
General
1 151 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 126 (21.58%) Finance
3 93 (15.92%) Public Sector
4 58 (9.93%) Banking
5 55 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (9.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.45%) Marketing
8 20 (3.42%) Games
9 15 (2.57%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.05%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 11 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.71%) Electronics
14 8 (1.37%) Law
15 7 (1.20%) Legal
16 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.68%) Automotive
17 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 147 (25.17%) Senior
2 131 (22.43%) DevOps Engineer
3 88 (15.07%) Developer
4 62 (10.62%) Software Engineer
5 45 (7.71%) Lead
6 43 (7.36%) Principal Engineer
7 39 (6.68%) Java Engineer
8 38 (6.51%) Senior DevOps
8 38 (6.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 37 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (5.99%) Architect
10 35 (5.99%) AWS Engineer
11 32 (5.48%) Java Developer
12 31 (5.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 29 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
14 28 (4.79%) AWS DevOps
15 26 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
16 24 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
16 24 (4.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.21%) Spring Boot
2 78 (13.36%) Kafka
3 77 (13.18%) Spring
4 64 (10.96%) AngularJS
4 64 (10.96%) REST
5 60 (10.27%) Node.js
5 60 (10.27%) React
6 51 (8.73%) RESTful
7 42 (7.19%) Elastic Stack
8 36 (6.16%) Jest
9 32 (5.48%) Playwright
10 31 (5.31%) .NET
10 31 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
11 27 (4.62%) SOAP
12 26 (4.45%) Gherkin
13 24 (4.11%) JSON
14 23 (3.94%) Lightning Web Components
14 23 (3.94%) Vue
15 22 (3.77%) LangChain
16 21 (3.60%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 172 (29.45%) Cloud Native
2 72 (12.33%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (11.13%) Product Ownership
4 36 (6.16%) Public Cloud
5 34 (5.82%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (5.14%) e-Learning
7 24 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (3.25%) Private Cloud
9 17 (2.91%) Algorithms
10 13 (2.23%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.05%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.88%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.71%) Blockchain
14 9 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (1.54%) Web3
15 8 (1.37%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
16 7 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 165 (28.25%) Linux
2 59 (10.10%) Windows
3 43 (7.36%) CentOS
4 32 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.94%) Unix
6 19 (3.25%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.54%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.51%) VMS
10 2 (0.34%) Android
10 2 (0.34%) Rocky
10 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.17%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (91.44%) CI/CD
2 402 (68.84%) DevOps
3 319 (54.62%) Agile
4 287 (49.14%) Infrastructure as Code
5 200 (34.25%) Test Automation
6 187 (32.02%) Microservices
7 183 (31.34%) Containerisation
8 134 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (21.75%) Mentoring
9 127 (21.75%) Software Engineering
10 117 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.47%) Scrum
12 101 (17.29%) Observability
13 91 (15.58%) AI
13 91 (15.58%) Continuous Integration
14 90 (15.41%) SDLC
15 82 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
16 81 (13.87%) Coaching
16 81 (13.87%) Platform Engineering
17 79 (13.53%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 269 (46.06%) Python
2 184 (31.51%) Java
3 148 (25.34%) Bash
4 108 (18.49%) SQL
5 90 (15.41%) JavaScript
6 82 (14.04%) TypeScript
7 67 (11.47%) PowerShell
8 40 (6.85%) Go
9 38 (6.51%) Groovy
10 34 (5.82%) C#
11 31 (5.31%) C++
12 23 (3.94%) Apex Code
13 22 (3.77%) Rust
14 21 (3.60%) SOQL
14 21 (3.60%) SOSL
15 11 (1.88%) PHP
16 10 (1.71%) C
17 8 (1.37%) Kotlin
17 8 (1.37%) Scala
18 7 (1.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 223 (38.18%) Security Cleared
2 144 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 77 (13.18%) Degree
4 70 (11.99%) AWS Certification
5 48 (8.22%) DV Cleared
6 38 (6.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (3.60%) Master's Degree
9 18 (3.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 17 (2.91%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.57%) RHCSA
12 14 (2.40%) OSCP
13 13 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (1.71%) CCNA
15 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.37%) RHCE
17 7 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
18 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 6 (1.03%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (13.53%) QA
2 31 (5.31%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.25%) GDPR
4 17 (2.91%) WCAG
5 13 (2.23%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.54%) NIST
7 9 (1.54%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.03%) JTAG
9 5 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.68%) SLA
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 281 (48.12%) Docker
2 22 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.57%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.54%) vSphere
6 8 (1.37%) Squid
6 8 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.68%) Firmware
8 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 294 (50.34%) Terraform
2 262 (44.86%) Kubernetes
3 144 (24.66%) Ansible
4 90 (15.41%) Grafana
5 68 (11.64%) Prometheus
6 41 (7.02%) Argo
7 25 (4.28%) HP Fortify
8 23 (3.94%) Nagios
9 19 (3.25%) Kibana
10 16 (2.74%) logstash
10 16 (2.74%) Puppet
11 14 (2.40%) Packer
12 9 (1.54%) Podman
13 8 (1.37%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.20%) vCenter Server
15 6 (1.03%) Progress Chef
16 5 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
17 4 (0.68%) Istio
18 3 (0.51%) linkerd
18 3 (0.51%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (12.67%) Splunk
2 52 (8.90%) Red Hat
3 42 (7.19%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.31%) VMware
5 27 (4.62%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.25%) AppDynamics
7 17 (2.91%) Google
7 17 (2.91%) Oracle
8 15 (2.57%) Dynatrace
9 14 (2.40%) Atlassian
9 14 (2.40%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.88%) Rapid7
11 10 (1.71%) Cisco
11 10 (1.71%) Databricks
12 7 (1.20%) Intel
12 7 (1.20%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.20%) SAP
13 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.03%) Tenable
14 5 (0.86%) SolarWinds