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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 264 360
Rank change year-on-year -50 +96 -48
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 511 527 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 1.21% 0.75%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.32% 12.29% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 305 185 550
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £51,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £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 4,149 4,288 9,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.58% 9.87% 9.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,717 2,929 6,720
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,375 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,800 £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 8 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 8 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 -41 447 £75,000 -3.23% 220
UK excluding London -90 301 £67,500 -3.57% 164
London +21 165 £83,375 -1.91% 68
Work from Home -85 162 £69,310 -2.04% 113
North of England -55 119 £69,310 +3.39% 53
South East +10 82 £67,500 -10.00% 40
Yorkshire +7 75 £69,310 -0.99% 11
South West -55 42 £65,000 +6.12% 18
Scotland -40 35 £95,000 +11.76% 5
North West -84 31 £65,000 -3.04% 22
Midlands -82 17 £60,000 -14.29% 33
West Midlands -40 16 £60,000 -14.29% 21
North East -25 13 £66,826 +4.82% 20
East of England -32 7 £67,500 -12.90% 12
Wales -29 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland -35 1 £72,500 - 4
East Midlands -70 1 - - 12

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 25 (4.89%) Confluence
2 19 (3.72%) Apache
3 8 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.17%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.78%) IIS
5 4 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.59%) Apache Superset
6 3 (0.59%) JBoss
6 3 (0.59%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) SAP CX
1 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 307 (60.08%) AWS
2 196 (38.36%) Azure
3 142 (27.79%) AWS CloudFormation
4 113 (22.11%) Serverless
5 98 (19.18%) AWS Lambda
6 93 (18.20%) GitHub
7 84 (16.44%) Amazon S3
8 77 (15.07%) GCP
9 62 (12.13%) Azure DevOps
10 61 (11.94%) GitHub Actions
11 59 (11.55%) Amazon ECS
11 59 (11.55%) AWS Step Functions
12 50 (9.78%) Amazon ECR
13 49 (9.59%) Apigee
14 41 (8.02%) Amazon EKS
15 40 (7.83%) OpenShift
16 38 (7.44%) Datadog
17 37 (7.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 36 (7.05%) Azure AKS
19 33 (6.46%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.22%) Broadband
2 31 (6.07%) DNS
3 29 (5.68%) Firewall
4 13 (2.54%) DSL
5 11 (2.15%) LAN
6 9 (1.76%) Software-Defined Networking
6 9 (1.76%) WAN
7 8 (1.57%) Network Security
8 7 (1.37%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.17%) BGP
9 6 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.17%) DHCP
9 6 (1.17%) HTTP
9 6 (1.17%) MQTT
9 6 (1.17%) VPN
10 5 (0.98%) IPv4
10 5 (0.98%) MPLS
11 4 (0.78%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (0.78%) VoIP
11 4 (0.78%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (12.92%) DynamoDB
2 56 (10.96%) NoSQL
3 47 (9.20%) MongoDB
4 39 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (4.70%) Elasticsearch
6 23 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (4.11%) MySQL
8 10 (1.96%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.76%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.57%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.17%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.98%) Big Data
12 5 (0.98%) CockroachDB
13 4 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.78%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.59%) Power BI
15 2 (0.39%) Apache Iceberg
15 2 (0.39%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 248 (48.53%) Jenkins
2 126 (24.66%) Git
3 105 (20.55%) SonarQube
4 61 (11.94%) Cypress.io
5 50 (9.78%) JIRA
6 46 (9.00%) Maven
7 44 (8.61%) Cucumber
8 28 (5.48%) CircleCI
9 26 (5.09%) Bitbucket
10 25 (4.89%) Selenium
11 15 (2.94%) Visual Studio Code
12 13 (2.54%) Postman
12 13 (2.54%) REST Assured
13 11 (2.15%) JMeter
13 11 (2.15%) JUnit
14 10 (1.96%) Vite
15 9 (1.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 8 (1.57%) Gatling
17 6 (1.17%) LoadRunner
17 6 (1.17%) Robot Framework
General
1 106 (20.74%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.77%) Finance
3 47 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.00%) Banking
5 42 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 39 (7.63%) Marketing
7 38 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (6.65%) Games
9 22 (4.31%) Telecoms
10 16 (3.13%) Advertising
11 15 (2.94%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.35%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.37%) Electronics
15 6 (1.17%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.98%) Automotive
16 5 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (21.33%) Senior
2 95 (18.59%) DevOps Engineer
3 84 (16.44%) Developer
4 66 (12.92%) Lead
5 51 (9.98%) Architect
5 51 (9.98%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 41 (8.02%) Java Developer
7 34 (6.65%) Software Engineer
8 33 (6.46%) Salesforce Architect
9 32 (6.26%) Senior DevOps
10 27 (5.28%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 25 (4.89%) AWS Engineer
11 25 (4.89%) Security Engineer
12 23 (4.50%) Senior Developer
13 20 (3.91%) Automation Engineer
13 20 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (3.72%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (3.52%) Java Engineer
15 18 (3.52%) Salesforce Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (13.89%) Spring Boot
2 63 (12.33%) REST
3 55 (10.76%) AngularJS
4 54 (10.57%) Kafka
5 47 (9.20%) Gherkin
6 46 (9.00%) Spring
7 44 (8.61%) Jest
8 38 (7.44%) Elastic Stack
9 36 (7.05%) Node.js
10 35 (6.85%) SOAP
11 34 (6.65%) Lightning Web Components
11 34 (6.65%) RabbitMQ
11 34 (6.65%) Visualforce
12 30 (5.87%) RESTful
13 28 (5.48%) React
14 22 (4.31%) YAML
15 21 (4.11%) JSON
16 17 (3.33%) gRPC
16 17 (3.33%) LangChain
16 17 (3.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 94 (18.40%) Cloud Native
2 65 (12.72%) Product Ownership
3 35 (6.85%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.52%) Public Cloud
5 17 (3.33%) Blockchain
6 16 (3.13%) Algorithms
6 16 (3.13%) Data Centre
6 16 (3.13%) Security Posture
6 16 (3.13%) Web3
7 15 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.54%) Cloud Security Posture
8 13 (2.54%) e-Learning
9 10 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.37%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 134 (26.22%) Linux
2 54 (10.57%) Windows
3 26 (5.09%) Unix
4 18 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.33%) CentOS
6 13 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.35%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.78%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.39%) Android
11 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.39%) Debian
12 1 (0.20%) Rocky
12 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 439 (85.91%) CI/CD
2 355 (69.47%) DevOps
3 257 (50.29%) Agile
4 225 (44.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 140 (27.40%) Containerisation
6 127 (24.85%) Microservices
7 122 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 116 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
9 112 (21.92%) Test Automation
10 111 (21.72%) Continuous Integration
11 102 (19.96%) Scrum
12 90 (17.61%) Mentoring
13 87 (17.03%) Observability
14 85 (16.63%) Software Engineering
15 77 (15.07%) DevSecOps
16 75 (14.68%) Continuous Delivery
17 70 (13.70%) Event-Driven
17 70 (13.70%) SDLC
18 61 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 61 (11.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 237 (46.38%) Python
2 149 (29.16%) Java
3 145 (28.38%) Bash
4 81 (15.85%) TypeScript
5 71 (13.89%) SQL
6 58 (11.35%) JavaScript
7 52 (10.18%) PowerShell
8 50 (9.78%) Go
8 50 (9.78%) Groovy
9 34 (6.65%) Apex Code
9 34 (6.65%) SOQL
9 34 (6.65%) SOSL
10 27 (5.28%) Rust
11 25 (4.89%) C#
12 22 (4.31%) C++
13 9 (1.76%) Perl
14 6 (1.17%) Bicep
15 5 (0.98%) ANSI SQL
16 4 (0.78%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 139 (27.20%) Security Cleared
2 69 (13.50%) SC Cleared
3 61 (11.94%) Degree
4 58 (11.35%) AWS Certification
5 32 (6.26%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.89%) ITIL Certification
8 22 (4.31%) OSCP
9 18 (3.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.94%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (2.74%) ISTQB
12 11 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.96%) CCNA
14 9 (1.76%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (1.76%) RHCSA
15 6 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (0.98%) RHCE
17 4 (0.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.94%) QA
2 17 (3.33%) GDPR
2 17 (3.33%) NIST
3 13 (2.54%) SOC 2
4 12 (2.35%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) JTAG
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 207 (40.51%) Docker
2 29 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.09%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.76%) VMware NSX
4 9 (1.76%) vSphere
5 7 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.17%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.98%) Squid
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 256 (50.10%) Terraform
2 209 (40.90%) Kubernetes
3 127 (24.85%) Ansible
4 87 (17.03%) Grafana
5 79 (15.46%) Prometheus
6 45 (8.81%) HP Fortify
7 27 (5.28%) Argo
8 19 (3.72%) Nagios
9 15 (2.94%) Kibana
10 12 (2.35%) Puppet
11 11 (2.15%) logstash
12 10 (1.96%) Packer
13 7 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (1.37%) vCenter Server
14 6 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 5 (0.98%) ZABBIX
16 4 (0.78%) Rancher
16 4 (0.78%) VxRail
16 4 (0.78%) WSUS
17 3 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 77 (15.07%) Splunk
2 47 (9.20%) Red Hat
3 38 (7.44%) Microsoft
4 36 (7.05%) VMware
5 35 (6.85%) Salesforce
6 23 (4.50%) Oracle
7 16 (3.13%) Atlassian
8 14 (2.74%) Cisco
9 12 (2.35%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.76%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.76%) Google
11 8 (1.57%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.57%) Juniper
12 7 (1.37%) IBM
12 7 (1.37%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.17%) F5
13 6 (1.17%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.17%) Tenable
14 5 (0.98%) Veracode
15 4 (0.78%) SolarWinds