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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 270 346
Rank change year-on-year -72 +76 -9
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 578 567 626
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.14% 0.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.64% 14.02% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 352 196 356
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,625 £44,869
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £54,688
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 £82,813
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -

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 4,573 4,045 7,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.30% 8.10% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,972 2,521 4,564
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,009 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,150 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.61% +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 13 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 13 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 -73 521 £69,310 -7.59% 486
UK excluding London -99 361 £65,000 -3.70% 267
London -13 186 £86,250 +7.81% 254
Work from Home -153 138 £66,538 -14.14% 230
North of England -69 133 £67,788 +0.77% 80
South East +47 87 £62,500 -16.67% 50
South West -25 73 £72,500 +18.37% 55
Yorkshire +6 50 £72,500 -3.33% 15
North West -83 43 £65,288 -2.61% 48
North East -19 40 £55,000 - 17
Midlands -87 30 £60,000 -15.79% 25
Scotland -17 28 £110,000 +15.79% 24
West Midlands -42 21 £62,500 -30.56% 15
East Midlands -62 9 £60,000 - 10
Wales -55 8 £55,000 +18.92% 5
East of England -48 4 £46,000 -16.36% 25
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 28 (4.84%) Apache
2 24 (4.15%) Confluence
3 21 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.63%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.42%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.52%) IIS
5 3 (0.52%) JBoss
6 2 (0.35%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.35%) 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
1 372 (64.36%) AWS
2 217 (37.54%) Azure
3 126 (21.80%) GitHub
4 125 (21.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 90 (15.57%) Serverless
6 82 (14.19%) Amazon S3
7 80 (13.84%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (13.49%) GCP
9 72 (12.46%) AWS Lambda
10 69 (11.94%) GitHub Actions
11 58 (10.03%) Amazon ECS
12 54 (9.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 50 (8.65%) Amazon ECR
14 46 (7.96%) OpenShift
15 45 (7.79%) Amazon EKS
16 40 (6.92%) Amazon EC2
17 37 (6.40%) AWS Step Functions
18 36 (6.23%) Azure AKS
19 31 (5.36%) Datadog
20 29 (5.02%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.36%) Broadband
2 22 (3.81%) Firewall
3 13 (2.25%) MQTT
4 12 (2.08%) Network Security
5 11 (1.90%) DNS
6 10 (1.73%) HTTP
7 8 (1.38%) IPv4
7 8 (1.38%) LAN
7 8 (1.38%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (1.21%) WAN
9 6 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (1.04%) Wireless
9 6 (1.04%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.87%) DSL
10 5 (0.87%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.69%) BGP
11 4 (0.69%) Bluetooth
11 4 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.69%) VPN
12 3 (0.52%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.11%) NoSQL
2 56 (9.69%) MongoDB
3 52 (9.00%) DynamoDB
3 52 (9.00%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (6.23%) MySQL
5 30 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (3.81%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.11%) Amazon Athena
8 17 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (1.90%) Pinecone
10 10 (1.73%) Big Data
10 10 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.56%) Redis
12 8 (1.38%) Delta Lake
13 7 (1.21%) SQL Server
14 6 (1.04%) Data Lake
14 6 (1.04%) InfluxDB
15 4 (0.69%) DocumentDB
15 4 (0.69%) Metadata
15 4 (0.69%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 260 (44.98%) Jenkins
2 188 (32.53%) Git
3 74 (12.80%) SonarQube
4 63 (10.90%) Cucumber
5 58 (10.03%) JIRA
6 53 (9.17%) Cypress.io
7 38 (6.57%) Selenium
8 28 (4.84%) JUnit
9 27 (4.67%) Maven
10 25 (4.33%) Postman
11 19 (3.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 18 (3.11%) CircleCI
13 15 (2.60%) Bitbucket
14 14 (2.42%) Gatling
14 14 (2.42%) REST Assured
14 14 (2.42%) Visual Studio Code
15 13 (2.25%) JMeter
16 12 (2.08%) Spock
17 11 (1.90%) Vite
18 10 (1.73%) Robot Framework
General
1 145 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 128 (22.15%) Finance
3 88 (15.22%) Public Sector
4 58 (10.03%) Banking
5 56 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (9.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.50%) Marketing
8 20 (3.46%) Games
9 14 (2.42%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.42%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.25%) Financial Institution
11 12 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.73%) Electronics
13 8 (1.38%) Law
14 7 (1.21%) Legal
15 6 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.69%) Advertising
16 4 (0.69%) Automotive
16 4 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 146 (25.26%) Senior
2 125 (21.63%) DevOps Engineer
3 88 (15.22%) Developer
4 61 (10.55%) Software Engineer
5 43 (7.44%) Lead
6 40 (6.92%) Java Engineer
6 40 (6.92%) Principal Engineer
7 37 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
7 37 (6.40%) Senior DevOps
7 37 (6.40%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 36 (6.23%) Architect
9 35 (6.06%) AWS Engineer
10 33 (5.71%) Java Developer
11 30 (5.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 28 (4.84%) AWS DevOps
13 27 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
14 25 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
15 24 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
15 24 (4.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (14.71%) Spring Boot
2 82 (14.19%) Kafka
3 79 (13.67%) Spring
4 64 (11.07%) AngularJS
5 61 (10.55%) REST
6 59 (10.21%) Node.js
7 56 (9.69%) React
8 52 (9.00%) RESTful
9 42 (7.27%) Elastic Stack
10 35 (6.06%) Jest
11 33 (5.71%) RabbitMQ
12 32 (5.54%) Playwright
13 31 (5.36%) .NET
14 27 (4.67%) SOAP
15 26 (4.50%) Gherkin
16 24 (4.15%) JSON
17 23 (3.98%) Lightning Web Components
17 23 (3.98%) Vue
18 22 (3.81%) LangChain
19 21 (3.63%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 171 (29.58%) Cloud Native
2 72 (12.46%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (11.42%) Product Ownership
4 37 (6.40%) Public Cloud
5 35 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (5.36%) e-Learning
7 24 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (3.29%) Private Cloud
9 17 (2.94%) Algorithms
10 13 (2.25%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.08%) Data Centre
11 12 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.90%) Blockchain
12 11 (1.90%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.73%) Web3
14 9 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
15 8 (1.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 158 (27.34%) Linux
2 59 (10.21%) Windows
3 39 (6.75%) CentOS
4 28 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.98%) Unix
6 20 (3.46%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.56%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.69%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.52%) VMS
10 2 (0.35%) Android
10 2 (0.35%) Rocky
10 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (91.52%) CI/CD
2 398 (68.86%) DevOps
3 319 (55.19%) Agile
4 284 (49.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 198 (34.26%) Test Automation
6 188 (32.53%) Microservices
7 182 (31.49%) Containerisation
8 135 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 127 (21.97%) Mentoring
10 125 (21.63%) Software Engineering
11 118 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
12 105 (18.17%) Observability
13 103 (17.82%) Scrum
14 93 (16.09%) Continuous Integration
15 90 (15.57%) AI
16 88 (15.22%) SDLC
17 81 (14.01%) Coaching
17 81 (14.01%) Event-Driven
18 79 (13.67%) Full-Stack Development
19 78 (13.49%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 266 (46.02%) Python
2 185 (32.01%) Java
3 143 (24.74%) Bash
4 107 (18.51%) SQL
5 90 (15.57%) JavaScript
6 79 (13.67%) TypeScript
7 66 (11.42%) PowerShell
8 43 (7.44%) Go
9 38 (6.57%) Groovy
10 34 (5.88%) C#
11 31 (5.36%) C++
12 24 (4.15%) Rust
13 23 (3.98%) Apex Code
14 21 (3.63%) SOQL
14 21 (3.63%) SOSL
15 10 (1.73%) C
15 10 (1.73%) PHP
16 8 (1.38%) Kotlin
16 8 (1.38%) Scala
17 7 (1.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 216 (37.37%) Security Cleared
2 137 (23.70%) SC Cleared
3 79 (13.67%) Degree
4 71 (12.28%) AWS Certification
5 42 (7.27%) DV Cleared
6 39 (6.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 21 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (3.63%) ITIL Certification
7 21 (3.63%) Master's Degree
8 18 (3.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 17 (2.94%) ISTQB
10 15 (2.60%) OSCP
10 15 (2.60%) RHCSA
11 13 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.73%) CCNA
13 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.38%) RHCE
15 7 (1.21%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 6 (1.04%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (13.32%) QA
2 29 (5.02%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.29%) GDPR
4 17 (2.94%) WCAG
5 11 (1.90%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.73%) NIST
7 9 (1.56%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.04%) JTAG
10 5 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.69%) SLA
12 2 (0.35%) 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
1 273 (47.23%) Docker
2 22 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.60%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.56%) vSphere
6 8 (1.38%) Squid
6 8 (1.38%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.69%) Firmware
8 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 290 (50.17%) Terraform
2 259 (44.81%) Kubernetes
3 137 (23.70%) Ansible
4 91 (15.74%) Grafana
5 71 (12.28%) Prometheus
6 41 (7.09%) Argo
7 25 (4.33%) HP Fortify
8 23 (3.98%) Nagios
9 19 (3.29%) Kibana
10 16 (2.77%) logstash
11 15 (2.60%) Puppet
12 14 (2.42%) Packer
13 9 (1.56%) Podman
14 8 (1.38%) ZABBIX
15 7 (1.21%) vCenter Server
16 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
17 5 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
18 4 (0.69%) Istio
19 3 (0.52%) linkerd
19 3 (0.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (12.80%) Splunk
2 51 (8.82%) Red Hat
3 41 (7.09%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.36%) VMware
5 27 (4.67%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.29%) AppDynamics
7 17 (2.94%) Google
7 17 (2.94%) Oracle
8 16 (2.77%) Dynatrace
9 14 (2.42%) Atlassian
9 14 (2.42%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.73%) Cisco
10 10 (1.73%) Databricks
10 10 (1.73%) Rapid7
11 7 (1.21%) Intel
11 7 (1.21%) OneLogin
11 7 (1.21%) SAP
12 6 (1.04%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.04%) Tenable
13 5 (0.87%) SolarWinds