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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 255 356
Rank change year-on-year -58 +101 -41
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 534 538 761
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 1.26% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.49% 13.51% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 323 161 560
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £35,920
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.87% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,148 £95,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,500 £100,000
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 4,276 3,982 9,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.59% 9.32% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,813 2,591 6,590
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.20% -8.42%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -52 473 £75,000 -3.23% 166
UK excluding London -81 322 £67,500 -3.57% 139
London -1 173 £84,625 -3.29% 47
Work from Home -109 159 £69,310 -2.04% 83
North of England -64 123 £69,310 +3.39% 54
South East +45 90 £66,250 +3.92% 34
Yorkshire +3 72 £69,310 -2.38% 10
South West -50 46 £65,000 +4.00% 19
Scotland -35 35 £95,000 +8.57% 4
North West -89 34 £65,000 -3.04% 26
Midlands -89 22 £60,000 -14.29% 15
West Midlands -49 18 £60,000 -15.79% 10
North East -30 17 £61,538 - 18
East of England -46 6 £56,250 -29.69% 7
East Midlands -67 4 - - 5
Wales -39 2 - - 1
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 23 (4.31%) Confluence
2 22 (4.12%) Apache
3 11 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.87%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.56%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.56%) IIS
6 3 (0.56%) JBoss
6 3 (0.56%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 326 (61.05%) AWS
2 202 (37.83%) Azure
3 144 (26.97%) AWS CloudFormation
4 113 (21.16%) Serverless
5 95 (17.79%) AWS Lambda
6 91 (17.04%) GitHub
7 86 (16.10%) Amazon S3
8 75 (14.04%) GCP
9 70 (13.11%) Azure DevOps
10 57 (10.67%) AWS Step Functions
11 56 (10.49%) Amazon ECS
12 53 (9.93%) GitHub Actions
13 50 (9.36%) Amazon ECR
14 45 (8.43%) Apigee
15 43 (8.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 41 (7.68%) Amazon EKS
17 37 (6.93%) Amazon EC2
17 37 (6.93%) Datadog
18 36 (6.74%) Azure AKS
18 36 (6.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.68%) Broadband
2 29 (5.43%) Firewall
3 27 (5.06%) DNS
4 13 (2.43%) DSL
5 12 (2.25%) LAN
5 12 (2.25%) MQTT
6 11 (2.06%) Software-Defined Networking
7 10 (1.87%) Network Security
8 9 (1.69%) HTTP
8 9 (1.69%) WAN
9 8 (1.50%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.31%) IPv4
11 6 (1.12%) BGP
11 6 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.12%) DHCP
11 6 (1.12%) VPN
12 5 (0.94%) MPLS
13 4 (0.75%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (0.75%) Bluetooth
13 4 (0.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (12.36%) DynamoDB
2 61 (11.42%) NoSQL
3 47 (8.80%) MongoDB
4 38 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (4.49%) Elasticsearch
6 23 (4.31%) Amazon RDS
7 22 (4.12%) MySQL
8 16 (3.00%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.69%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.50%) Big Data
11 6 (1.12%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.94%) CockroachDB
12 5 (0.94%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.75%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.37%) Apache Iceberg
14 2 (0.37%) Neo4j
14 2 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 256 (47.94%) Jenkins
2 142 (26.59%) Git
3 100 (18.73%) SonarQube
4 60 (11.24%) Cypress.io
5 48 (8.99%) Cucumber
6 45 (8.43%) JIRA
7 42 (7.87%) Maven
8 29 (5.43%) CircleCI
9 24 (4.49%) Selenium
10 20 (3.75%) Bitbucket
11 15 (2.81%) JUnit
11 15 (2.81%) Visual Studio Code
12 14 (2.62%) Postman
12 14 (2.62%) REST Assured
13 10 (1.87%) Gatling
13 10 (1.87%) JMeter
13 10 (1.87%) Vite
14 8 (1.50%) Robot Framework
15 6 (1.12%) Artifactory
15 6 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 109 (20.41%) Finance
1 109 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 53 (9.93%) Banking
3 49 (9.18%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (7.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (7.12%) Marketing
7 34 (6.37%) Games
8 16 (3.00%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.43%) Advertising
10 13 (2.43%) Aerospace
11 12 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.87%) Electronics
13 6 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.94%) Automotive
14 5 (0.94%) Retail
15 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (21.54%) Senior
2 97 (18.16%) DevOps Engineer
3 93 (17.42%) Developer
4 56 (10.49%) Lead
5 51 (9.55%) Architect
5 51 (9.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 46 (8.61%) Java Developer
7 39 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (7.30%) Software Engineer
8 33 (6.18%) Salesforce Architect
9 30 (5.62%) AWS Engineer
10 29 (5.43%) Senior DevOps
11 28 (5.24%) Senior Developer
12 27 (5.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 25 (4.68%) Security Engineer
14 22 (4.12%) Java Engineer
15 20 (3.75%) AWS DevOps
15 20 (3.75%) Principal Engineer
16 19 (3.56%) Automation Engineer
16 19 (3.56%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.86%) Spring Boot
2 69 (12.92%) REST
3 63 (11.80%) Kafka
4 57 (10.67%) AngularJS
5 53 (9.93%) Spring
6 42 (7.87%) Gherkin
7 41 (7.68%) Jest
8 36 (6.74%) Elastic Stack
8 36 (6.74%) Node.js
8 36 (6.74%) RabbitMQ
8 36 (6.74%) RESTful
9 35 (6.55%) React
9 35 (6.55%) SOAP
10 34 (6.37%) Lightning Web Components
10 34 (6.37%) Visualforce
11 23 (4.31%) JSON
12 22 (4.12%) YAML
13 21 (3.93%) gRPC
13 21 (3.93%) Playwright
14 19 (3.56%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 112 (20.97%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.80%) Product Ownership
3 44 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (4.31%) Public Cloud
5 22 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.37%) Blockchain
6 18 (3.37%) e-Learning
6 18 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.18%) Data Centre
7 17 (3.18%) Security Posture
7 17 (3.18%) Web3
8 16 (3.00%) Algorithms
9 13 (2.43%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.31%) Private Cloud
13 6 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 137 (25.66%) Linux
2 56 (10.49%) Windows
3 24 (4.49%) Unix
4 21 (3.93%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.75%) CentOS
6 14 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.25%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.75%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.37%) Android
10 2 (0.37%) Debian
10 2 (0.37%) Rocky
10 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (86.52%) CI/CD
2 366 (68.54%) DevOps
3 273 (51.12%) Agile
4 246 (46.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 154 (28.84%) Containerisation
6 143 (26.78%) Microservices
7 137 (25.66%) Test Automation
8 126 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 109 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (20.22%) Continuous Integration
11 103 (19.29%) Scrum
12 100 (18.73%) Mentoring
13 96 (17.98%) Observability
14 90 (16.85%) Software Engineering
15 88 (16.48%) DevSecOps
16 79 (14.79%) Event-Driven
17 78 (14.61%) SDLC
18 76 (14.23%) Continuous Delivery
19 63 (11.80%) Coaching
20 57 (10.67%) AI
Programming Languages
1 247 (46.25%) Python
2 161 (30.15%) Java
3 149 (27.90%) Bash
4 81 (15.17%) TypeScript
5 76 (14.23%) SQL
6 67 (12.55%) JavaScript
7 57 (10.67%) PowerShell
8 52 (9.74%) Go
9 50 (9.36%) Groovy
10 34 (6.37%) Apex Code
10 34 (6.37%) SOQL
10 34 (6.37%) SOSL
11 32 (5.99%) C#
12 31 (5.81%) Rust
13 26 (4.87%) C++
14 8 (1.50%) Perl
15 7 (1.31%) C
16 6 (1.12%) Bicep
16 6 (1.12%) PHP
17 5 (0.94%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 159 (29.78%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.92%) SC Cleared
3 69 (12.92%) Degree
4 64 (11.99%) AWS Certification
5 30 (5.62%) DV Cleared
6 25 (4.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (4.49%) ITIL Certification
8 23 (4.31%) OSCP
9 22 (4.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.37%) Master's Degree
11 16 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (2.81%) ISTQB
13 13 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
14 12 (2.25%) CCNA
14 12 (2.25%) RHCSA
15 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (1.31%) RHCE
16 6 (1.12%) AWS Certified Developer
17 5 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 4 (0.75%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.99%) QA
2 19 (3.56%) GDPR
3 17 (3.18%) NIST
4 13 (2.43%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.43%) SOC 2
5 11 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.87%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.75%) JTAG
8 4 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 229 (42.88%) Docker
2 28 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.12%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.06%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.06%) vSphere
5 7 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.31%) Squid
5 7 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 270 (50.56%) Terraform
2 225 (42.13%) Kubernetes
3 132 (24.72%) Ansible
4 87 (16.29%) Grafana
5 81 (15.17%) Prometheus
6 39 (7.30%) HP Fortify
7 32 (5.99%) Argo
8 21 (3.93%) Nagios
9 14 (2.62%) Kibana
10 13 (2.43%) Puppet
11 12 (2.25%) Packer
12 11 (2.06%) logstash
13 8 (1.50%) Podman
14 7 (1.31%) vCenter Server
14 7 (1.31%) ZABBIX
15 6 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 5 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.94%) VxRail
17 4 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
17 4 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 83 (15.54%) Splunk
2 46 (8.61%) Red Hat
3 37 (6.93%) Microsoft
3 37 (6.93%) VMware
4 35 (6.55%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.56%) Oracle
6 14 (2.62%) Cisco
7 12 (2.25%) Atlassian
7 12 (2.25%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.06%) AppDynamics
9 10 (1.87%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.87%) Google
10 8 (1.50%) Juniper
10 8 (1.50%) Tenable
11 7 (1.31%) IBM
11 7 (1.31%) Rapid7
12 6 (1.12%) F5
12 6 (1.12%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.94%) BeyondTrust
13 5 (0.94%) Veracode