GitLab Job Trends

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 360 331
Rank change year-on-year +24 -29 -50
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 385 361 644
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.76% 0.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.71% 7.18% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 230 173 544
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,534 £35,920
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £88,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,875 £102,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +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 3,963 5,025 7,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.68% 10.61% 10.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,553 3,012 6,379
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £101,125 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,443 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +4.44% -3.51%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +4 316 £80,000 +10.34% 203
UK excluding London +14 221 £67,500 -3.57% 148
Work from Home +32 142 £73,500 +13.08% 106
London +4 119 £84,250 -6.39% 78
North of England +31 85 £67,500 -3.57% 41
Yorkshire +1 53 £77,500 +18.81% 12
South East -15 49 £70,000 -11.11% 53
Scotland -2 33 £95,000 +65.22% 3
South West -22 30 £72,500 +16.00% 23
North West +2 25 £65,000 -5.45% 21
Midlands -10 16 £55,200 -18.22% 10
West Midlands +8 13 £56,350 -6.08% 9
East of England +4 7 £67,500 -6.90% 15
North East -2 7 £66,250 -5.36% 8
East Midlands -28 3 £55,200 -31.00% 1
Wales - 3 £55,200 - 7

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 23 (5.97%) Confluence
2 17 (4.42%) Apache
3 10 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.30%) IIS
4 5 (1.30%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.30%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.78%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) JBoss
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) SAP CX
2 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 232 (60.26%) AWS
2 146 (37.92%) Azure
3 114 (29.61%) AWS CloudFormation
4 95 (24.68%) Serverless
5 88 (22.86%) GitHub
6 82 (21.30%) AWS Lambda
7 68 (17.66%) GCP
8 62 (16.10%) Amazon S3
9 61 (15.84%) GitHub Actions
10 50 (12.99%) Amazon ECS
11 46 (11.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 44 (11.43%) AWS Step Functions
13 38 (9.87%) OpenShift
14 37 (9.61%) Amazon ECR
15 35 (9.09%) Apigee
16 32 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
17 31 (8.05%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (7.79%) Amazon EC2
19 29 (7.53%) Datadog
20 18 (4.68%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.83%) Broadband
2 27 (7.01%) DNS
3 19 (4.94%) Firewall
4 11 (2.86%) DSL
5 9 (2.34%) VPN
6 6 (1.56%) BGP
6 6 (1.56%) DHCP
6 6 (1.56%) MQTT
6 6 (1.56%) WAN
7 5 (1.30%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.04%) Asterisk PBX
8 4 (1.04%) LAN
8 4 (1.04%) MPLS
8 4 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.04%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (1.04%) VoIP
8 4 (1.04%) VPLS
9 3 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.78%) VLAN
10 2 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.21%) DynamoDB
2 42 (10.91%) NoSQL
3 30 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (6.49%) MongoDB
4 25 (6.49%) SQL Server
5 23 (5.97%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (2.34%) MySQL
8 7 (1.82%) Power BI
9 5 (1.30%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.30%) CockroachDB
10 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.04%) Pinecone
10 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.78%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.78%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.78%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.52%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 216 (56.10%) Jenkins
2 89 (23.12%) Git
3 81 (21.04%) SonarQube
4 47 (12.21%) JIRA
5 39 (10.13%) Cypress.io
6 37 (9.61%) Maven
7 36 (9.35%) Cucumber
8 25 (6.49%) Selenium
9 23 (5.97%) Bitbucket
10 19 (4.94%) CircleCI
11 18 (4.68%) JUnit
12 13 (3.38%) Postman
13 11 (2.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (2.08%) Subversion
15 6 (1.56%) REST Assured
16 5 (1.30%) JMeter
16 5 (1.30%) SoapUI
16 5 (1.30%) TestNG
17 4 (1.04%) Vite
18 3 (0.78%) TestRail
General
1 100 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.26%) Finance
3 46 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.39%) Marketing
5 35 (9.09%) Games
5 35 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (7.01%) Telecoms
7 22 (5.71%) Banking
8 18 (4.68%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.16%) Advertising
10 14 (3.64%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.34%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.56%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.04%) Electronics
14 4 (1.04%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (17.66%) Developer
2 61 (15.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 60 (15.58%) Lead
4 53 (13.77%) Senior
5 45 (11.69%) Architect
6 39 (10.13%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (8.05%) Salesforce Architect
8 28 (7.27%) Java Developer
9 25 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (6.23%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (5.97%) Software Engineer
12 20 (5.19%) Senior Developer
13 16 (4.16%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (4.16%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 16 (4.16%) Security Engineer
13 16 (4.16%) Technical Architect
14 13 (3.38%) Software Developer
15 12 (3.12%) Java Engineer
15 12 (3.12%) Lead Cloud Engineer
15 12 (3.12%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (16.36%) Spring Boot
2 49 (12.73%) REST
3 44 (11.43%) Spring
4 43 (11.17%) Elastic Stack
5 42 (10.91%) Kafka
6 41 (10.65%) AngularJS
7 35 (9.09%) Gherkin
7 35 (9.09%) SOAP
8 34 (8.83%) Jest
9 33 (8.57%) Lightning Web Components
9 33 (8.57%) Visualforce
10 24 (6.23%) React
11 23 (5.97%) RESTful
12 21 (5.45%) RabbitMQ
13 19 (4.94%) Node.js
14 14 (3.64%) AWS CDK
14 14 (3.64%) pytest
15 12 (3.12%) Apache NiFi
16 11 (2.86%) FastAPI
16 11 (2.86%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 64 (16.62%) Cloud Native
2 49 (12.73%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.38%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.38%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
7 10 (2.60%) Blockchain
7 10 (2.60%) Web3
8 8 (2.08%) e-Learning
8 8 (2.08%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.82%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.82%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.30%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.30%) PKI
11 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 92 (23.90%) Linux
2 33 (8.57%) Windows
3 13 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.12%) Ubuntu
5 11 (2.86%) CentOS
5 11 (2.86%) Unix
6 6 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.04%) Debian
9 1 (0.26%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (83.90%) CI/CD
2 267 (69.35%) DevOps
3 188 (48.83%) Agile
4 162 (42.08%) Infrastructure as Code
5 112 (29.09%) Containerisation
6 108 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
7 100 (25.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 86 (22.34%) Continuous Integration
9 74 (19.22%) Microservices
10 72 (18.70%) Scrum
11 70 (18.18%) Observability
12 67 (17.40%) Test Automation
13 64 (16.62%) Software Engineering
14 61 (15.84%) Event-Driven
15 59 (15.32%) Mentoring
16 53 (13.77%) Roadmaps
17 52 (13.51%) Continuous Delivery
17 52 (13.51%) DevSecOps
18 45 (11.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 43 (11.17%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 186 (48.31%) Python
2 109 (28.31%) Java
3 105 (27.27%) Bash
4 66 (17.14%) TypeScript
5 63 (16.36%) SQL
6 50 (12.99%) JavaScript
7 40 (10.39%) Go
8 37 (9.61%) PowerShell
9 33 (8.57%) Apex Code
9 33 (8.57%) SOQL
9 33 (8.57%) SOSL
10 31 (8.05%) Groovy
11 18 (4.68%) Rust
12 14 (3.64%) C#
13 8 (2.08%) Delphi
14 7 (1.82%) ANSI SQL
14 7 (1.82%) C++
15 6 (1.56%) Bicep
16 4 (1.04%) Perl
17 3 (0.78%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 85 (22.08%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.65%) AWS Certification
3 39 (10.13%) Degree
4 35 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 34 (8.83%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.42%) ITIL Certification
8 13 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 13 (3.38%) OSCP
9 12 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.34%) ISTQB
11 8 (2.08%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (1.30%) CCNA
14 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.78%) CISSP
14 3 (0.78%) LPIC
14 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.21%) QA
2 14 (3.64%) NIST
3 9 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.08%) GDPR
5 7 (1.82%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.82%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.56%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.52%) ECSS
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 164 (42.60%) Docker
2 21 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.30%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.30%) vSphere
6 2 (0.52%) NFS
6 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) Squid
Systems Management
1 175 (45.45%) Terraform
2 159 (41.30%) Kubernetes
3 93 (24.16%) Ansible
4 87 (22.60%) Grafana
5 80 (20.78%) Prometheus
6 32 (8.31%) HP Fortify
7 9 (2.34%) Kibana
7 9 (2.34%) Nagios
7 9 (2.34%) Puppet
8 8 (2.08%) Argo
8 8 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.30%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.30%) Rancher
10 4 (1.04%) logstash
10 4 (1.04%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.04%) WSUS
11 3 (0.78%) Istio
11 3 (0.78%) VxRail
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 66 (17.14%) Splunk
2 36 (9.35%) Oracle
3 34 (8.83%) Salesforce
4 33 (8.57%) Microsoft
5 22 (5.71%) VMware
6 21 (5.45%) Atlassian
6 21 (5.45%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.60%) Cisco
8 8 (2.08%) Google
9 6 (1.56%) SAP
10 5 (1.30%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.30%) Juniper
11 4 (1.04%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.04%) Dell
11 4 (1.04%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.04%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.78%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (0.78%) F5
12 3 (0.78%) IBM
12 3 (0.78%) Rapid7