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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 354 365
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 -73
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 441 317 713
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.77% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.63% 7.37% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 263 195 550
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,828
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,350 £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 £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £109,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £72,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.24% +15.60% +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 4,147 4,303 9,221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.86% 10.45% 9.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,743 3,023 6,777
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 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,500 £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 15 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 15 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 +13 373 £77,500 - 175
UK excluding London -5 257 £65,576 -9.24% 125
Work from Home +39 155 £69,310 -2.04% 83
London -5 139 £82,500 -2.94% 58
North of England -19 97 £67,500 +0.69% 43
South East -5 68 £67,500 -15.63% 35
Yorkshire -12 67 £77,500 +10.71% 8
Scotland -10 35 £95,000 +8.57% 2
South West -61 35 £68,750 +10.00% 21
North West -27 22 £65,000 -3.04% 17
Midlands -39 17 £56,350 -24.87% 16
West Midlands -12 16 £57,500 -17.86% 11
North East -24 8 £68,076 -2.75% 18
East of England -28 6 £67,500 -12.90% 8
Wales -24 2 £55,200 +69.85% 1
East Midlands -52 1 £55,200 -31.00% 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 24 (5.44%) Confluence
2 16 (3.63%) Apache
3 7 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.36%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.13%) IIS
5 5 (1.13%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.91%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.68%) Apache Superset
7 3 (0.68%) JBoss
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP CX
Cloud Services
1 264 (59.86%) AWS
2 169 (38.32%) Azure
3 133 (30.16%) AWS CloudFormation
4 109 (24.72%) Serverless
5 95 (21.54%) AWS Lambda
5 95 (21.54%) GitHub
6 79 (17.91%) Amazon S3
7 74 (16.78%) GCP
8 62 (14.06%) GitHub Actions
9 56 (12.70%) AWS Step Functions
10 54 (12.24%) Amazon ECS
11 47 (10.66%) OpenShift
12 46 (10.43%) Amazon ECR
12 46 (10.43%) Apigee
13 42 (9.52%) Amazon EKS
13 42 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
14 41 (9.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 37 (8.39%) Datadog
16 32 (7.26%) Amazon EC2
17 24 (5.44%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (7.94%) Broadband
2 27 (6.12%) DNS
3 26 (5.90%) Firewall
4 13 (2.95%) DSL
5 7 (1.59%) LAN
5 7 (1.59%) WAN
6 6 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.36%) DHCP
6 6 (1.36%) Network Security
6 6 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
7 5 (1.13%) VPN
8 4 (0.91%) Asterisk PBX
8 4 (0.91%) BGP
8 4 (0.91%) MPLS
8 4 (0.91%) MQTT
8 4 (0.91%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.91%) VoIP
8 4 (0.91%) VPLS
9 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (13.61%) DynamoDB
2 49 (11.11%) NoSQL
3 30 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.22%) Amazon RDS
5 21 (4.76%) MongoDB
6 20 (4.54%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (3.85%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.49%) MySQL
9 6 (1.36%) Pinecone
10 5 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.13%) CockroachDB
10 5 (1.13%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.91%) Power BI
12 3 (0.68%) Big Data
12 3 (0.68%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 233 (52.83%) Jenkins
2 109 (24.72%) Git
3 98 (22.22%) SonarQube
4 56 (12.70%) Cypress.io
5 52 (11.79%) JIRA
6 44 (9.98%) Cucumber
6 44 (9.98%) Maven
7 32 (7.26%) Selenium
8 28 (6.35%) Bitbucket
9 25 (5.67%) CircleCI
10 18 (4.08%) JUnit
11 13 (2.95%) Postman
12 12 (2.72%) REST Assured
13 11 (2.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 11 (2.49%) JMeter
14 9 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (1.81%) Subversion
16 6 (1.36%) Gatling
17 5 (1.13%) TestRail
17 5 (1.13%) Vite
General
1 113 (25.62%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.14%) Finance
3 48 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.84%) Marketing
5 35 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (7.71%) Games
7 31 (7.03%) Banking
8 29 (6.58%) Public Sector
9 28 (6.35%) Telecoms
10 15 (3.40%) Advertising
10 15 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.81%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.13%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.13%) Retail
14 4 (0.91%) Automotive
14 4 (0.91%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 80 (18.14%) Senior
2 77 (17.46%) DevOps Engineer
3 76 (17.23%) Developer
4 64 (14.51%) Lead
5 51 (11.56%) Architect
6 49 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
7 37 (8.39%) Java Developer
8 35 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (7.48%) Salesforce Architect
10 29 (6.58%) Software Engineer
11 24 (5.44%) Senior Developer
12 23 (5.22%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (4.54%) Security Engineer
14 19 (4.31%) Senior DevOps
15 18 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
15 18 (4.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (4.08%) Salesforce Technical Architect
15 18 (4.08%) Technical Architect
16 17 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
17 15 (3.40%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (15.19%) Spring Boot
2 60 (13.61%) REST
3 51 (11.56%) AngularJS
4 46 (10.43%) Kafka
5 45 (10.20%) Elastic Stack
6 44 (9.98%) Gherkin
7 42 (9.52%) Jest
8 41 (9.30%) Spring
9 35 (7.94%) SOAP
10 34 (7.71%) Lightning Web Components
10 34 (7.71%) Visualforce
11 30 (6.80%) RabbitMQ
12 28 (6.35%) RESTful
13 23 (5.22%) React
13 23 (5.22%) YAML
14 20 (4.54%) JSON
15 17 (3.85%) Node.js
16 16 (3.63%) AWS CDK
17 15 (3.40%) OAuth
18 14 (3.17%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.87%) Cloud Native
2 56 (12.70%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.44%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.63%) Security Posture
5 15 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.17%) Blockchain
7 13 (2.95%) Cloud Security Posture
7 13 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.95%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.95%) Web3
8 12 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (2.27%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.27%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.81%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.59%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.36%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 104 (23.58%) Linux
2 41 (9.30%) Windows
3 15 (3.40%) Unix
3 15 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.17%) CentOS
5 13 (2.95%) Ubuntu
6 11 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.68%) Debian
11 2 (0.45%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (86.62%) CI/CD
2 310 (70.29%) DevOps
3 220 (49.89%) Agile
4 199 (45.12%) Infrastructure as Code
5 129 (29.25%) Containerisation
6 116 (26.30%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (25.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (21.77%) Continuous Integration
9 92 (20.86%) Microservices
10 85 (19.27%) Test Automation
11 80 (18.14%) Scrum
12 78 (17.69%) Observability
13 73 (16.55%) Software Engineering
14 72 (16.33%) Mentoring
15 65 (14.74%) Event-Driven
16 63 (14.29%) DevSecOps
17 61 (13.83%) Continuous Delivery
18 60 (13.61%) Roadmaps
19 53 (12.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 52 (11.79%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 208 (47.17%) Python
2 124 (28.12%) Java
3 123 (27.89%) Bash
4 68 (15.42%) TypeScript
5 64 (14.51%) SQL
6 51 (11.56%) JavaScript
7 46 (10.43%) Go
8 45 (10.20%) Groovy
8 45 (10.20%) PowerShell
9 34 (7.71%) Apex Code
9 34 (7.71%) SOQL
9 34 (7.71%) SOSL
10 22 (4.99%) Rust
11 17 (3.85%) C#
12 15 (3.40%) C++
13 8 (1.81%) Bicep
13 8 (1.81%) Delphi
13 8 (1.81%) Perl
14 5 (1.13%) ANSI SQL
15 4 (0.91%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 108 (24.49%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.79%) SC Cleared
3 50 (11.34%) AWS Certification
4 49 (11.11%) Degree
5 29 (6.58%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.44%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (4.31%) OSCP
9 14 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (2.95%) ISTQB
11 11 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (2.04%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (2.04%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (1.59%) CCNA
16 5 (1.13%) CISSP
17 4 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.91%) CISM
17 4 (0.91%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.66%) QA
2 18 (4.08%) NIST
3 16 (3.63%) GDPR
4 13 (2.95%) SOC 2
5 12 (2.72%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.13%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.45%) ECSS
10 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 185 (41.95%) Docker
2 27 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 22 (4.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.36%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.36%) vSphere
5 5 (1.13%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.45%) Squid
8 1 (0.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 218 (49.43%) Terraform
2 185 (41.95%) Kubernetes
3 114 (25.85%) Ansible
4 90 (20.41%) Grafana
5 79 (17.91%) Prometheus
6 42 (9.52%) HP Fortify
7 12 (2.72%) Kibana
7 12 (2.72%) Nagios
8 11 (2.49%) Argo
9 10 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (2.04%) Puppet
11 8 (1.81%) logstash
12 6 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (1.36%) Packer
13 5 (1.13%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.91%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.91%) Rancher
14 4 (0.91%) WSUS
15 3 (0.68%) Istio
15 3 (0.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 71 (16.10%) Splunk
2 39 (8.84%) Red Hat
3 36 (8.16%) Microsoft
4 35 (7.94%) Salesforce
5 30 (6.80%) Oracle
6 27 (6.12%) VMware
7 19 (4.31%) Atlassian
8 13 (2.95%) Cisco
9 10 (2.27%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.04%) Google
11 8 (1.81%) Juniper
12 7 (1.59%) AppDynamics
12 7 (1.59%) IBM
13 6 (1.36%) F5
13 6 (1.36%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.36%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.13%) Rapid7
15 4 (0.91%) Dell
15 4 (0.91%) Tenable
16 3 (0.68%) CrowdStrike