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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 264 336
Rank change year-on-year -77 +72 +11
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 588 567 626
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 1.13% 0.76%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.78% 14.17% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 358 197 347
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -

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 4,600 4,001 7,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.28% 8.01% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,985 2,475 4,496
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,592 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,700 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 18 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 18 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 -57 530 £69,310 -7.59% 173
UK excluding London -100 371 £65,000 -7.14% 148
London +2 185 £87,500 +9.38% 42
Work from Home -149 141 £65,576 -15.39% 91
North of England -48 140 £67,788 +0.77% 45
South East +40 87 £62,500 -13.79% 28
South West -34 73 £72,500 +11.54% 34
Yorkshire 0 50 £72,500 -3.33% 8
North East -18 45 £55,000 - 12
North West -84 45 £65,576 -2.18% 25
Midlands -78 33 £60,000 -14.29% 23
Scotland -33 28 £110,000 +15.79% 1
West Midlands -38 22 £56,250 -37.50% 18
East Midlands -56 11 £60,000 - 5
Wales -57 8 £55,000 +18.92% 2
East of England -55 4 £46,000 -29.23% 10
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 6

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 29 (4.93%) Apache
2 24 (4.08%) Confluence
3 22 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (3.74%) Apache Spark
4 15 (2.55%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.51%) IIS
6 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) 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
1 378 (64.29%) AWS
2 219 (37.24%) Azure
3 130 (22.11%) GitHub
4 123 (20.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 89 (15.14%) Serverless
6 81 (13.78%) Amazon S3
7 80 (13.61%) Azure DevOps
7 80 (13.61%) GCP
8 69 (11.73%) AWS Lambda
8 69 (11.73%) GitHub Actions
9 58 (9.86%) Amazon ECS
10 55 (9.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (8.67%) Amazon ECR
12 47 (7.99%) OpenShift
13 45 (7.65%) Amazon EKS
14 40 (6.80%) Amazon EC2
15 36 (6.12%) Azure AKS
16 35 (5.95%) AWS Step Functions
17 29 (4.93%) Datadog
18 28 (4.76%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.27%) Broadband
2 22 (3.74%) Firewall
3 12 (2.04%) MQTT
3 12 (2.04%) Network Security
4 11 (1.87%) DNS
5 10 (1.70%) HTTP
6 8 (1.36%) IPv4
6 8 (1.36%) LAN
6 8 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.19%) WAN
8 6 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.02%) Wireless
8 6 (1.02%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.85%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.68%) BGP
10 4 (0.68%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.68%) DSL
10 4 (0.68%) VPN
11 3 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (11.90%) NoSQL
2 56 (9.52%) MongoDB
3 55 (9.35%) PostgreSQL
4 51 (8.67%) DynamoDB
5 37 (6.29%) MySQL
6 32 (5.44%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (3.91%) Relational Database
8 19 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.87%) Big Data
10 11 (1.87%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.53%) Redis
13 8 (1.36%) Delta Lake
14 7 (1.19%) Data Lake
14 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
15 6 (1.02%) InfluxDB
16 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (0.68%) Power BI
16 4 (0.68%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 266 (45.24%) Jenkins
2 191 (32.48%) Git
3 76 (12.93%) SonarQube
4 64 (10.88%) Cucumber
5 57 (9.69%) JIRA
6 54 (9.18%) Cypress.io
7 38 (6.46%) Selenium
8 28 (4.76%) JUnit
9 26 (4.42%) Maven
9 26 (4.42%) Postman
10 23 (3.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 17 (2.89%) CircleCI
12 15 (2.55%) Bitbucket
12 15 (2.55%) Gatling
12 15 (2.55%) REST Assured
13 14 (2.38%) JMeter
13 14 (2.38%) Visual Studio Code
14 12 (2.04%) Spock
15 11 (1.87%) Vite
16 10 (1.70%) Robot Framework
General
1 152 (25.85%) Social Skills
2 127 (21.60%) Finance
3 93 (15.82%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.03%) Banking
5 54 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (4.42%) Marketing
8 20 (3.40%) Games
9 15 (2.55%) Aerospace
10 14 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.21%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.04%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.70%) Electronics
15 8 (1.36%) Law
16 7 (1.19%) Legal
17 6 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
18 4 (0.68%) Automotive
18 4 (0.68%) Investment Banking
18 4 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 149 (25.34%) Senior
2 133 (22.62%) DevOps Engineer
3 86 (14.63%) Developer
4 62 (10.54%) Software Engineer
5 45 (7.65%) Lead
5 45 (7.65%) Principal Engineer
6 41 (6.97%) Java Engineer
7 39 (6.63%) Senior DevOps
7 39 (6.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 37 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
9 35 (5.95%) Architect
9 35 (5.95%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (5.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (5.10%) Java Developer
12 29 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
13 28 (4.76%) AWS DevOps
14 26 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
15 24 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
15 24 (4.08%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.12%) Spring Boot
2 79 (13.44%) Kafka
3 78 (13.27%) Spring
4 64 (10.88%) REST
5 62 (10.54%) AngularJS
6 60 (10.20%) Node.js
6 60 (10.20%) React
7 51 (8.67%) RESTful
8 42 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
9 35 (5.95%) Jest
10 33 (5.61%) Playwright
11 31 (5.27%) .NET
11 31 (5.27%) RabbitMQ
12 27 (4.59%) SOAP
13 25 (4.25%) Gherkin
14 23 (3.91%) JSON
14 23 (3.91%) Lightning Web Components
14 23 (3.91%) Vue
15 22 (3.74%) LangChain
16 21 (3.57%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 175 (29.76%) Cloud Native
2 74 (12.59%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (10.71%) Product Ownership
4 38 (6.46%) Public Cloud
5 35 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
6 32 (5.44%) e-Learning
7 24 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (3.57%) Private Cloud
9 17 (2.89%) Algorithms
10 13 (2.21%) Data Structures
11 12 (2.04%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.87%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.70%) Blockchain
14 9 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (1.53%) Web3
15 8 (1.36%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
16 7 (1.19%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 166 (28.23%) Linux
2 58 (9.86%) Windows
3 43 (7.31%) CentOS
4 32 (5.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.91%) Unix
6 19 (3.23%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.53%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.85%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.51%) VMS
11 2 (0.34%) Android
11 2 (0.34%) Rocky
11 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.17%) Debian
12 1 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (91.67%) CI/CD
2 405 (68.88%) DevOps
3 324 (55.10%) Agile
4 290 (49.32%) Infrastructure as Code
5 206 (35.03%) Test Automation
6 188 (31.97%) Microservices
7 183 (31.12%) Containerisation
8 137 (23.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 128 (21.77%) Mentoring
9 128 (21.77%) Software Engineering
10 117 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.35%) Observability
11 102 (17.35%) Scrum
12 93 (15.82%) Continuous Integration
13 91 (15.48%) SDLC
14 90 (15.31%) AI
15 82 (13.95%) Full-Stack Development
15 82 (13.95%) Platform Engineering
16 81 (13.78%) Coaching
16 81 (13.78%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 270 (45.92%) Python
2 185 (31.46%) Java
3 148 (25.17%) Bash
4 110 (18.71%) SQL
5 89 (15.14%) JavaScript
6 82 (13.95%) TypeScript
7 68 (11.56%) PowerShell
8 40 (6.80%) Go
9 37 (6.29%) Groovy
10 34 (5.78%) C#
11 31 (5.27%) C++
12 23 (3.91%) Apex Code
13 22 (3.74%) Rust
14 21 (3.57%) SOQL
14 21 (3.57%) SOSL
15 11 (1.87%) PHP
16 10 (1.70%) C
17 8 (1.36%) Scala
18 7 (1.19%) Kotlin
18 7 (1.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 224 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 144 (24.49%) SC Cleared
3 77 (13.10%) Degree
4 71 (12.07%) AWS Certification
5 48 (8.16%) DV Cleared
6 39 (6.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (3.74%) ITIL Certification
7 22 (3.74%) Master's Degree
8 18 (3.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 17 (2.89%) ISTQB
10 15 (2.55%) RHCSA
11 14 (2.38%) OSCP
12 13 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.70%) CCNA
14 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.36%) RHCE
16 7 (1.19%) Oracle Certification
17 6 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (13.61%) QA
2 31 (5.27%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.23%) GDPR
4 17 (2.89%) WCAG
5 13 (2.21%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.53%) NIST
7 9 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.02%) JTAG
9 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.68%) SLA
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.17%) GRC
12 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 281 (47.79%) Docker
2 22 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.55%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.53%) vSphere
6 8 (1.36%) Squid
6 8 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.68%) Firmware
8 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 294 (50.00%) Terraform
2 264 (44.90%) Kubernetes
3 146 (24.83%) Ansible
4 91 (15.48%) Grafana
5 68 (11.56%) Prometheus
6 42 (7.14%) Argo
7 25 (4.25%) HP Fortify
8 23 (3.91%) Nagios
9 19 (3.23%) Kibana
10 17 (2.89%) Puppet
11 16 (2.72%) logstash
12 14 (2.38%) Packer
13 9 (1.53%) Podman
14 8 (1.36%) ZABBIX
15 7 (1.19%) Progress Chef
15 7 (1.19%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.85%) Docker Swarm
17 4 (0.68%) Istio
18 3 (0.51%) linkerd
18 3 (0.51%) VxRail
Vendors
1 74 (12.59%) Splunk
2 53 (9.01%) Red Hat
3 42 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.27%) VMware
5 27 (4.59%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.23%) AppDynamics
7 17 (2.89%) Google
7 17 (2.89%) Oracle
8 15 (2.55%) Dynatrace
9 14 (2.38%) Atlassian
9 14 (2.38%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.87%) Rapid7
11 10 (1.70%) Cisco
11 10 (1.70%) Databricks
12 7 (1.19%) Intel
12 7 (1.19%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.19%) SAP
13 6 (1.02%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.02%) Tenable
13 6 (1.02%) Veracode