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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 270 323
Rank change year-on-year -69 +53 +14
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 603 529 655
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.07% 0.84%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.00% 13.99% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 365 175 308
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 4,638 3,781 6,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.12% 7.63% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,003 2,271 3,931
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £46,743 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -5.98%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -57 552 £69,310 -9.10% 527
UK excluding London -103 376 £65,000 -7.14% 296
London +6 189 £90,000 +5.88% 288
North of England -67 147 £68,076 +0.85% 82
Work from Home -176 133 £66,538 -16.83% 266
South East +28 82 £62,250 -17.00% 53
South West -27 75 £72,500 +7.41% 62
North West -80 54 £69,310 +13.16% 44
North East -18 50 £55,000 -18.52% 13
Yorkshire -22 43 £73,750 -1.67% 25
Midlands -82 40 £60,000 -14.29% 29
West Midlands -40 27 £62,500 -23.08% 23
Scotland -33 19 £110,000 +26.07% 31
East Midlands -63 13 £60,000 -1.64% 6
Wales -65 8 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East of England -57 7 £60,000 +9.09% 30
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 (4.81%) Apache
2 25 (4.15%) Confluence
3 22 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
4 21 (3.48%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.65%) Jupyter
6 6 (1.00%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.50%) IIS
8 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.17%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 385 (63.85%) AWS
2 222 (36.82%) Azure
3 137 (22.72%) GitHub
4 117 (19.40%) AWS CloudFormation
5 83 (13.76%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (13.27%) GCP
7 78 (12.94%) Amazon S3
7 78 (12.94%) Serverless
8 72 (11.94%) GitHub Actions
9 60 (9.95%) AWS Lambda
10 53 (8.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 53 (8.79%) Amazon ECS
11 49 (8.13%) Amazon ECR
12 45 (7.46%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (6.97%) OpenShift
14 40 (6.63%) Amazon EC2
15 39 (6.47%) Azure AKS
16 28 (4.64%) AWS Step Functions
17 25 (4.15%) Datadog
18 23 (3.81%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.81%) Broadband
2 21 (3.48%) Firewall
3 18 (2.99%) DNS
4 13 (2.16%) Network Security
5 12 (1.99%) HTTP
6 11 (1.82%) MQTT
7 9 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.33%) IPv4
8 8 (1.33%) LAN
8 8 (1.33%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (1.16%) WAN
10 6 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.00%) Wireless
10 6 (1.00%) ZigBee
11 5 (0.83%) BGP
11 5 (0.83%) DHCP
11 5 (0.83%) VPN
12 4 (0.66%) Bluetooth
12 4 (0.66%) NX-OS
13 3 (0.50%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.10%) NoSQL
2 61 (10.12%) MongoDB
3 59 (9.78%) PostgreSQL
4 47 (7.79%) DynamoDB
5 41 (6.80%) MySQL
6 31 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (3.81%) Relational Database
8 18 (2.99%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (2.32%) Redis
11 13 (2.16%) Pinecone
12 12 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (1.82%) Big Data
14 8 (1.33%) Chroma
14 8 (1.33%) Delta Lake
15 7 (1.16%) Data Lake
15 7 (1.16%) InfluxDB
15 7 (1.16%) SQL Server
16 5 (0.83%) DocumentDB
17 4 (0.66%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 264 (43.78%) Jenkins
2 201 (33.33%) Git
3 72 (11.94%) Cucumber
4 66 (10.95%) SonarQube
5 61 (10.12%) JIRA
6 58 (9.62%) Cypress.io
7 47 (7.79%) Selenium
8 32 (5.31%) Postman
9 30 (4.98%) JUnit
10 27 (4.48%) Maven
11 23 (3.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 20 (3.32%) JMeter
12 20 (3.32%) REST Assured
13 19 (3.15%) Gatling
14 15 (2.49%) Bitbucket
15 14 (2.32%) Spock
15 14 (2.32%) Visual Studio Code
16 13 (2.16%) CircleCI
16 13 (2.16%) Vite
17 12 (1.99%) Robot Framework
General
1 156 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 137 (22.72%) Finance
3 99 (16.42%) Public Sector
4 62 (10.28%) Banking
5 50 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
6 48 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.15%) Marketing
8 16 (2.65%) Aerospace
8 16 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.32%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.99%) Games
11 11 (1.82%) Law
11 11 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.66%) Electronics
13 8 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.16%) Legal
15 5 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.66%) Automotive
16 4 (0.66%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 159 (26.37%) Senior
2 137 (22.72%) DevOps Engineer
3 89 (14.76%) Developer
4 63 (10.45%) Software Engineer
5 51 (8.46%) Lead
6 49 (8.13%) Principal Engineer
7 48 (7.96%) Java Engineer
8 41 (6.80%) Senior DevOps
8 41 (6.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 36 (5.97%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (5.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 33 (5.47%) AWS Engineer
12 29 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (4.81%) Test Engineer
13 28 (4.64%) Full-Stack Developer
13 28 (4.64%) Java Developer
14 27 (4.48%) AWS DevOps
15 26 (4.31%) Senior Software Engineer
16 25 (4.15%) Senior Developer
17 24 (3.98%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 294 (48.76%) Terraform
2 89 (14.76%) Spring
3 88 (14.59%) Spring Boot
4 87 (14.43%) Kafka
5 68 (11.28%) React
6 66 (10.95%) REST
7 63 (10.45%) AngularJS
8 62 (10.28%) Node.js
9 58 (9.62%) RESTful
10 45 (7.46%) Playwright
11 44 (7.30%) Elastic Stack
12 35 (5.80%) Jest
13 32 (5.31%) .NET
13 32 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
14 24 (3.98%) LangChain
15 23 (3.81%) Vue
16 22 (3.65%) CSS
16 22 (3.65%) Gherkin
17 21 (3.48%) JSON
17 21 (3.48%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 185 (30.68%) Cloud Native
2 82 (13.60%) Distributed Systems
3 56 (9.29%) Product Ownership
4 44 (7.30%) Public Cloud
5 40 (6.63%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (6.30%) e-Learning
7 26 (4.31%) Private Cloud
8 24 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.82%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.65%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.16%) Data Structures
11 13 (2.16%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.66%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.49%) Blockchain
13 9 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
14 8 (1.33%) Web3
15 7 (1.16%) IoT
15 7 (1.16%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 176 (29.19%) Linux
2 61 (10.12%) Windows
3 43 (7.13%) CentOS
4 33 (5.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (3.98%) Unix
6 18 (2.99%) Windows Server
7 10 (1.66%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.83%) Kali Linux
8 5 (0.83%) VMS
9 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.50%) Debian
10 3 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.50%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.33%) Android
11 2 (0.33%) Rocky
11 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (91.38%) CI/CD
2 405 (67.16%) DevOps
3 332 (55.06%) Agile
4 298 (49.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 233 (38.64%) Test Automation
6 193 (32.01%) Microservices
7 181 (30.02%) Containerisation
8 146 (24.21%) Mentoring
9 142 (23.55%) Software Engineering
10 128 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
12 108 (17.91%) Observability
13 106 (17.58%) AI
14 104 (17.25%) Scrum
15 95 (15.75%) SDLC
16 90 (14.93%) Coaching
16 90 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
17 82 (13.60%) Continuous Integration
18 81 (13.43%) Platform Engineering
19 80 (13.27%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 276 (45.77%) Python
2 208 (34.49%) Java
3 154 (25.54%) Bash
4 121 (20.07%) SQL
5 98 (16.25%) JavaScript
6 90 (14.93%) TypeScript
7 74 (12.27%) PowerShell
8 40 (6.63%) Go
9 36 (5.97%) Groovy
10 34 (5.64%) C#
10 34 (5.64%) C++
11 19 (3.15%) Rust
12 15 (2.49%) Apex Code
13 13 (2.16%) SOQL
13 13 (2.16%) SOSL
14 12 (1.99%) PHP
15 11 (1.82%) C
16 9 (1.49%) Perl
16 9 (1.49%) Shell Script
17 8 (1.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 236 (39.14%) Security Cleared
2 151 (25.04%) SC Cleared
3 81 (13.43%) Degree
4 74 (12.27%) AWS Certification
5 51 (8.46%) DV Cleared
6 44 (7.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 28 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.81%) Master's Degree
9 22 (3.65%) ITIL Certification
10 18 (2.99%) ISTQB
11 16 (2.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 16 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (2.49%) RHCSA
13 13 (2.16%) CCNA
14 12 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (1.82%) OSCP
16 8 (1.33%) RHCE
17 7 (1.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 7 (1.16%) Oracle Certification
18 6 (1.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (15.75%) QA
2 34 (5.64%) Accessibility
3 20 (3.32%) Data Quality
4 19 (3.15%) WCAG
5 16 (2.65%) GDPR
6 11 (1.82%) SOC 2
7 10 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.16%) SLA
9 6 (1.00%) JTAG
9 6 (1.00%) NIST
9 6 (1.00%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.66%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) GRC
13 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 292 (48.42%) Docker
2 26 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.99%) vSphere
5 8 (1.33%) Squid
5 8 (1.33%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.83%) Firmware
7 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 266 (44.11%) Kubernetes
2 151 (25.04%) Ansible
3 90 (14.93%) Grafana
4 65 (10.78%) Prometheus
5 39 (6.47%) Argo
6 22 (3.65%) HP Fortify
6 22 (3.65%) Nagios
6 22 (3.65%) Puppet
7 20 (3.32%) Kibana
8 17 (2.82%) logstash
9 14 (2.32%) Packer
10 10 (1.66%) Progress Chef
11 9 (1.49%) Podman
12 8 (1.33%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.33%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.66%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.50%) Istio
14 3 (0.50%) linkerd
14 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (11.28%) Splunk
2 51 (8.46%) Microsoft
3 49 (8.13%) Red Hat
4 35 (5.80%) VMware
5 21 (3.48%) AppDynamics
5 21 (3.48%) Oracle
6 19 (3.15%) Salesforce
7 18 (2.99%) Google
8 16 (2.65%) OpenAI
9 15 (2.49%) Atlassian
10 14 (2.32%) Mistral
11 13 (2.16%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.82%) Rapid7
13 10 (1.66%) Databricks
14 9 (1.49%) Cisco
14 9 (1.49%) SAP
15 7 (1.16%) Intel
15 7 (1.16%) OneLogin
15 7 (1.16%) Pega
15 7 (1.16%) Veracode