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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 276 307
Rank change year-on-year -64 +31 +22
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 622 530 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 1.07% 0.85%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.09% 14.15% 10.03%
Number of salaries quoted 376 173 285
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +10.71% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,576 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.32% +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 4,751 3,745 6,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.03% 7.60% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,932 2,190 3,618
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,225 £38,175
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £77,375
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -5.17%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -41 579 £69,310 -10.57% 620
UK excluding London -111 392 £65,576 -6.32% 380
London 0 188 £90,000 +3.15% 279
North of England -54 170 £69,310 +2.68% 110
Work from Home -186 125 £67,500 -15.63% 296
South East +3 80 £65,000 -13.33% 47
South West -28 79 £72,500 +3.57% 78
North East -8 66 £58,750 -11.32% 27
North West -80 63 £69,310 +10.90% 68
Yorkshire -8 47 £72,500 -3.33% 15
Midlands -94 39 £60,000 -14.29% 44
West Midlands -52 26 £55,000 -32.31% 37
East Midlands -71 13 £60,000 -1.64% 7
East of England -54 10 £60,000 -7.69% 38
Wales -67 10 £55,000 -8.33% 10
Scotland -42 6 £110,000 +47.65% 35
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 19

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 29 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (4.66%) Confluence
3 22 (3.54%) Apache Spark
4 20 (3.22%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.64%) nginx
7 3 (0.48%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 407 (65.43%) AWS
2 219 (35.21%) Azure
3 150 (24.12%) GitHub
4 114 (18.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 83 (13.34%) Amazon S3
6 81 (13.02%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (12.86%) GitHub Actions
8 79 (12.70%) GCP
9 73 (11.74%) Serverless
10 63 (10.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 58 (9.32%) AWS Lambda
12 56 (9.00%) Amazon ECS
13 48 (7.72%) Amazon EC2
14 46 (7.40%) Amazon ECR
15 44 (7.07%) Amazon EKS
16 41 (6.59%) Azure AKS
17 35 (5.63%) OpenShift
18 23 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
19 22 (3.54%) AWS Step Functions
20 21 (3.38%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.54%) DNS
2 19 (3.05%) Firewall
3 13 (2.09%) Broadband
3 13 (2.09%) Network Security
4 11 (1.77%) HTTP
4 11 (1.77%) MQTT
4 11 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.29%) DHCP
5 8 (1.29%) IPv4
5 8 (1.29%) LAN
5 8 (1.29%) Software-Defined Networking
5 8 (1.29%) VPN
6 7 (1.13%) WAN
7 6 (0.96%) BGP
7 6 (0.96%) NX-OS
7 6 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.96%) Wireless
7 6 (0.96%) ZigBee
8 4 (0.64%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (13.50%) NoSQL
2 67 (10.77%) MongoDB
3 64 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (6.59%) DynamoDB
5 40 (6.43%) MySQL
6 29 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (3.86%) Relational Database
8 19 (3.05%) Amazon Athena
9 17 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
10 16 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (2.57%) Redis
11 14 (2.25%) Pinecone
12 12 (1.93%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.77%) Big Data
14 9 (1.45%) Chroma
15 8 (1.29%) Delta Lake
16 7 (1.13%) DocumentDB
16 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
17 6 (0.96%) InfluxDB
18 5 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 256 (41.16%) Jenkins
2 210 (33.76%) Git
3 77 (12.38%) Cucumber
4 72 (11.58%) JIRA
5 50 (8.04%) Cypress.io
6 49 (7.88%) SonarQube
7 39 (6.27%) Selenium
8 33 (5.31%) Postman
9 29 (4.66%) JUnit
10 27 (4.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 22 (3.54%) Maven
12 18 (2.89%) JMeter
13 15 (2.41%) Gatling
13 15 (2.41%) Vite
14 14 (2.25%) Artifactory
14 14 (2.25%) Spock
14 14 (2.25%) Visual Studio Code
15 13 (2.09%) Bitbucket
15 13 (2.09%) REST Assured
16 12 (1.93%) Robot Framework
General
1 163 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 137 (22.03%) Finance
3 117 (18.81%) Public Sector
4 57 (9.16%) Banking
5 56 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.05%) Aerospace
7 19 (3.05%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.25%) Law
9 13 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.09%) Marketing
10 10 (1.61%) Electronics
11 9 (1.45%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.29%) Legal
13 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.64%) Automotive
14 4 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Military
15 3 (0.48%) Retail
16 1 (0.16%) Billing
Job Titles
1 160 (25.72%) Senior
2 147 (23.63%) DevOps Engineer
3 90 (14.47%) Developer
4 68 (10.93%) Software Engineer
5 56 (9.00%) Java Engineer
5 56 (9.00%) Principal Engineer
6 51 (8.20%) Lead
7 40 (6.43%) Senior DevOps
7 40 (6.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 39 (6.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 37 (5.95%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (4.98%) Cloud Engineer
10 31 (4.98%) Test Engineer
11 29 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
13 26 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
13 26 (4.18%) Java Developer
14 25 (4.02%) Principal DevOps Engineer
14 25 (4.02%) Principal Java Engineer
14 25 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 310 (49.84%) Terraform
2 97 (15.59%) Spring
3 95 (15.27%) Kafka
4 91 (14.63%) Spring Boot
5 73 (11.74%) React
6 67 (10.77%) RESTful
7 64 (10.29%) Node.js
8 60 (9.65%) AngularJS
9 58 (9.32%) REST
10 45 (7.23%) Elastic Stack
11 43 (6.91%) Playwright
12 36 (5.79%) .NET
13 32 (5.14%) Jest
14 26 (4.18%) RabbitMQ
14 26 (4.18%) Vue
15 25 (4.02%) LangChain
16 24 (3.86%) FastAPI
17 23 (3.70%) Gherkin
18 22 (3.54%) Next.js
18 22 (3.54%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 199 (31.99%) Cloud Native
2 90 (14.47%) Distributed Systems
3 53 (8.52%) Product Ownership
4 51 (8.20%) Public Cloud
5 44 (7.07%) e-Learning
6 42 (6.75%) Enterprise Software
7 27 (4.34%) Private Cloud
8 20 (3.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.73%) Algorithms
9 17 (2.73%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.25%) Virtual Team
11 12 (1.93%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.77%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
13 9 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.45%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (1.13%) IoT
15 6 (0.96%) Device Driver
15 6 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 189 (30.39%) Linux
2 62 (9.97%) 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 10 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.80%) VMS
9 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.48%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.48%) Debian
10 3 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.48%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.32%) Android
11 2 (0.32%) Rocky
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (90.35%) CI/CD
2 403 (64.79%) DevOps
3 358 (57.56%) Agile
4 316 (50.80%) Infrastructure as Code
5 255 (41.00%) Test Automation
6 202 (32.48%) Microservices
7 180 (28.94%) Containerisation
8 156 (25.08%) Mentoring
9 152 (24.44%) Software Engineering
10 131 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
11 127 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
12 125 (20.10%) AI
13 117 (18.81%) Observability
14 107 (17.20%) SDLC
15 102 (16.40%) Scrum
16 98 (15.76%) Full-Stack Development
17 97 (15.59%) Coaching
18 92 (14.79%) Platform Engineering
19 89 (14.31%) Technical Leadership
20 78 (12.54%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 293 (47.11%) Python
2 214 (34.41%) Java
3 152 (24.44%) Bash
4 135 (21.70%) SQL
5 104 (16.72%) JavaScript
6 98 (15.76%) TypeScript
7 81 (13.02%) PowerShell
8 38 (6.11%) C++
8 38 (6.11%) Go
9 37 (5.95%) C#
10 33 (5.31%) Groovy
11 20 (3.22%) Rust
12 14 (2.25%) PHP
13 11 (1.77%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.61%) C
15 9 (1.45%) Perl
16 7 (1.13%) Ruby
17 6 (0.96%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.96%) Scala
18 5 (0.80%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 266 (42.77%) Security Cleared
2 175 (28.14%) SC Cleared
3 85 (13.67%) Degree
4 77 (12.38%) AWS Certification
5 60 (9.65%) DV Cleared
6 48 (7.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 34 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (3.54%) Master's Degree
9 18 (2.89%) 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 12 (1.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 9 (1.45%) OSCP
15 8 (1.29%) RHCE
16 7 (1.13%) Oracle Certification
17 6 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 6 (0.96%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (15.43%) QA
2 30 (4.82%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.86%) 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
1 301 (48.39%) Docker
2 27 (4.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.25%) Active Directory
4 14 (2.25%) vSphere
5 8 (1.29%) Squid
5 8 (1.29%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.80%) Firmware
7 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 269 (43.25%) Kubernetes
2 155 (24.92%) Ansible
3 90 (14.47%) Grafana
4 65 (10.45%) Prometheus
5 42 (6.75%) Argo
6 23 (3.70%) Puppet
7 21 (3.38%) Kibana
8 19 (3.05%) Nagios
9 17 (2.73%) logstash
10 15 (2.41%) HP Fortify
10 15 (2.41%) Packer
11 10 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.45%) Podman
13 8 (1.29%) ZABBIX
14 7 (1.13%) vCenter Server
15 6 (0.96%) FortiGate
16 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
17 4 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
18 3 (0.48%) Istio
18 3 (0.48%) Rancher
Vendors
1 55 (8.84%) Splunk
2 53 (8.52%) Microsoft
3 39 (6.27%) Red Hat
4 37 (5.95%) VMware
5 25 (4.02%) Oracle
6 20 (3.22%) AppDynamics
7 19 (3.05%) Google
8 17 (2.73%) OpenAI
9 15 (2.41%) Mistral
10 14 (2.25%) Atlassian
11 13 (2.09%) Databricks
12 11 (1.77%) Dynatrace
13 9 (1.45%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.45%) Salesforce
13 9 (1.45%) SAP
14 7 (1.13%) Cisco
14 7 (1.13%) NVIDIA
14 7 (1.13%) OneLogin
14 7 (1.13%) Pega
15 6 (0.96%) YouTube