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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 269 302
Rank change year-on-year -68 +33 +29
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 622 533 637
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.08% 0.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.15% 14.04% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 383 177 287
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +14.81% -0.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £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 4,730 3,797 6,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.00% 7.66% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,914 2,203 3,643
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,800 £38,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,800 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.97%

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 October 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 3 October 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 -41 577 £69,310 -10.57% 843
UK excluding London -119 393 £65,000 -7.14% 704
London +3 187 £92,500 +4.23% 343
North of England -49 172 £67,500 - 162
Work from Home -181 126 £68,405 -14.49% 617
South West -28 79 £72,750 +3.93% 103
South East +1 73 £65,000 -13.33% 91
North East -2 70 £60,000 -9.43% 41
North West -80 65 £69,310 +10.90% 93
Yorkshire -13 46 £71,250 -5.00% 29
Midlands -86 40 £60,000 -14.29% 71
West Midlands -46 27 £62,500 -23.08% 53
East Midlands -70 13 £60,000 -1.64% 18
East of England -59 10 £60,000 +9.09% 61
Wales -66 10 £55,000 -8.33% 53
Scotland -51 8 £87,500 +17.45% 126
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 42

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 33 (5.31%) Apache
2 31 (4.98%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (4.82%) Confluence
4 24 (3.86%) Apache Spark
5 21 (3.38%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.80%) nginx
8 3 (0.48%) IIS
9 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 404 (64.95%) AWS
2 226 (36.33%) Azure
3 163 (26.21%) GitHub
4 113 (18.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 85 (13.67%) GitHub Actions
6 82 (13.18%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (12.86%) Amazon S3
7 80 (12.86%) GCP
8 67 (10.77%) Serverless
9 64 (10.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 57 (9.16%) Amazon ECS
11 52 (8.36%) AWS Lambda
12 46 (7.40%) Amazon ECR
13 43 (6.91%) Amazon EC2
14 40 (6.43%) Azure AKS
15 36 (5.79%) Amazon EKS
16 34 (5.47%) OpenShift
17 23 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
17 23 (3.70%) Datadog
18 22 (3.54%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.70%) DNS
2 18 (2.89%) Firewall
3 13 (2.09%) Broadband
3 13 (2.09%) Network Security
4 12 (1.93%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.77%) HTTP
5 11 (1.77%) MQTT
6 8 (1.29%) DHCP
6 8 (1.29%) IPv4
6 8 (1.29%) Software-Defined Networking
6 8 (1.29%) VPN
7 6 (0.96%) BGP
7 6 (0.96%) LAN
7 6 (0.96%) NX-OS
7 6 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.96%) Wireless
7 6 (0.96%) ZigBee
8 5 (0.80%) WAN
9 4 (0.64%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.48%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (13.67%) NoSQL
2 73 (11.74%) MongoDB
3 71 (11.41%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (6.59%) MySQL
5 40 (6.43%) DynamoDB
6 28 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (3.86%) Relational Database
8 20 (3.22%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (3.05%) Pinecone
10 18 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
11 17 (2.73%) Redis
12 15 (2.41%) Chroma
13 13 (2.09%) Data Lake
14 12 (1.93%) Big Data
15 8 (1.29%) Delta Lake
16 7 (1.13%) DocumentDB
16 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
17 6 (0.96%) Power BI
18 5 (0.80%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 255 (41.00%) Jenkins
2 213 (34.24%) Git
3 71 (11.41%) Cucumber
4 69 (11.09%) JIRA
5 48 (7.72%) Cypress.io
6 40 (6.43%) SonarQube
7 38 (6.11%) Selenium
8 33 (5.31%) Postman
9 29 (4.66%) JUnit
10 27 (4.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 21 (3.38%) Maven
12 18 (2.89%) JMeter
13 16 (2.57%) Gatling
14 15 (2.41%) Vite
15 14 (2.25%) Spock
16 13 (2.09%) Bitbucket
16 13 (2.09%) REST Assured
16 13 (2.09%) Visual Studio Code
17 11 (1.77%) Robot Framework
17 11 (1.77%) Zephyr
General
1 163 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 137 (22.03%) Finance
3 121 (19.45%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (9.16%) Banking
5 47 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (3.05%) Aerospace
6 19 (3.05%) Financial Institution
7 14 (2.25%) Law
8 13 (2.09%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.09%) Marketing
9 10 (1.61%) Electronics
10 9 (1.45%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.29%) Legal
12 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.64%) Automotive
13 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.48%) Military
15 1 (0.16%) Advertising
15 1 (0.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 162 (26.05%) Senior
2 143 (22.99%) DevOps Engineer
3 95 (15.27%) Developer
4 67 (10.77%) Software Engineer
5 55 (8.84%) Principal Engineer
6 54 (8.68%) Java Engineer
7 52 (8.36%) Lead
8 39 (6.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 39 (6.27%) Senior DevOps
8 39 (6.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 35 (5.63%) AWS Engineer
10 30 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 30 (4.82%) Test Engineer
11 29 (4.66%) Senior Developer
12 27 (4.34%) Full-Stack Developer
12 27 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (4.18%) Software Developer
14 25 (4.02%) AWS DevOps
14 25 (4.02%) Principal DevOps Engineer
14 25 (4.02%) Principal Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (49.04%) Terraform
2 98 (15.76%) Kafka
3 97 (15.59%) Spring
4 91 (14.63%) Spring Boot
5 78 (12.54%) React
6 68 (10.93%) RESTful
7 64 (10.29%) Node.js
8 57 (9.16%) AngularJS
9 54 (8.68%) REST
10 42 (6.75%) Playwright
11 38 (6.11%) Elastic Stack
12 37 (5.95%) .NET
13 31 (4.98%) Jest
14 30 (4.82%) LangChain
15 29 (4.66%) FastAPI
16 24 (3.86%) Vue
17 23 (3.70%) Gherkin
18 22 (3.54%) LangGraph
18 22 (3.54%) Next.js
18 22 (3.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 196 (31.51%) Cloud Native
2 86 (13.83%) Distributed Systems
3 52 (8.36%) Product Ownership
3 52 (8.36%) Public Cloud
4 44 (7.07%) e-Learning
5 39 (6.27%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (4.34%) Private Cloud
7 18 (2.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.73%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.57%) Algorithms
10 15 (2.41%) Data Centre
11 14 (2.25%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.93%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (1.29%) Management Information System
16 7 (1.13%) IoT
17 6 (0.96%) Device Driver
17 6 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 182 (29.26%) Linux
2 61 (9.81%) Windows
3 44 (7.07%) CentOS
4 37 (5.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (4.66%) Unix
6 17 (2.73%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.29%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.80%) VMS
9 4 (0.64%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.48%) Android
10 3 (0.48%) Debian
10 3 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.48%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.48%) Rocky
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (90.84%) CI/CD
2 399 (64.15%) DevOps
3 361 (58.04%) Agile
4 313 (50.32%) Infrastructure as Code
5 256 (41.16%) Test Automation
6 204 (32.80%) Microservices
7 181 (29.10%) Containerisation
8 162 (26.05%) Mentoring
9 159 (25.56%) Software Engineering
10 132 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
11 131 (21.06%) AI
11 131 (21.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 125 (20.10%) Observability
13 106 (17.04%) SDLC
14 102 (16.40%) Scrum
15 98 (15.76%) Coaching
16 95 (15.27%) Full-Stack Development
17 93 (14.95%) Platform Engineering
18 89 (14.31%) Technical Leadership
19 79 (12.70%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 292 (46.95%) Python
2 210 (33.76%) Java
3 148 (23.79%) Bash
4 138 (22.19%) SQL
5 103 (16.56%) TypeScript
6 101 (16.24%) JavaScript
7 78 (12.54%) PowerShell
8 37 (5.95%) C#
8 37 (5.95%) C++
8 37 (5.95%) Go
9 26 (4.18%) Groovy
10 18 (2.89%) Rust
11 14 (2.25%) PHP
12 11 (1.77%) C
13 9 (1.45%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.13%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.13%) Ruby
14 7 (1.13%) Scala
15 5 (0.80%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.80%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 261 (41.96%) Security Cleared
2 175 (28.14%) SC Cleared
3 84 (13.50%) Degree
4 78 (12.54%) AWS Certification
5 61 (9.81%) DV Cleared
6 48 (7.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 36 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.54%) Master's Degree
9 17 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (2.57%) ISTQB
11 15 (2.41%) RHCSA
12 14 (2.25%) CCNA
12 14 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 9 (1.45%) OSCP
15 8 (1.29%) RHCE
16 7 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
17 6 (0.96%) MCSE
18 5 (0.80%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (15.11%) QA
2 31 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 25 (4.02%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.89%) WCAG
5 11 (1.77%) GDPR
6 9 (1.45%) SLA
7 8 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.13%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.96%) JTAG
10 4 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.64%) NIST
11 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 309 (49.68%) Docker
2 26 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.25%) vSphere
5 12 (1.93%) Active Directory
6 8 (1.29%) Squid
6 8 (1.29%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.96%) Firmware
8 3 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 267 (42.93%) Kubernetes
2 143 (22.99%) Ansible
3 89 (14.31%) Grafana
4 65 (10.45%) Prometheus
5 42 (6.75%) Argo
6 23 (3.70%) Puppet
7 19 (3.05%) Nagios
8 18 (2.89%) Kibana
9 14 (2.25%) HP Fortify
9 14 (2.25%) logstash
10 11 (1.77%) Packer
11 10 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.45%) Podman
13 8 (1.29%) ZABBIX
14 6 (0.96%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.96%) vCenter Server
15 4 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
16 3 (0.48%) linkerd
16 3 (0.48%) Rancher
16 3 (0.48%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (8.68%) Splunk
2 51 (8.20%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.95%) Red Hat
4 34 (5.47%) VMware
5 25 (4.02%) Oracle
6 22 (3.54%) OpenAI
7 20 (3.22%) Mistral
8 18 (2.89%) Google
9 15 (2.41%) AppDynamics
9 15 (2.41%) Databricks
10 13 (2.09%) Atlassian
11 11 (1.77%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.45%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.45%) SAP
13 7 (1.13%) Cisco
13 7 (1.13%) NVIDIA
13 7 (1.13%) OneLogin
13 7 (1.13%) Pega
14 6 (0.96%) YouTube