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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 270 316
Rank change year-on-year -67 +46 +17
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 631 531 604
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.07% 0.83%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.45% 13.88% 9.73%
Number of salaries quoted 388 169 272
10th Percentile £47,500 £54,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £84,438
90th Percentile £108,825 £109,750 £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 4,693 3,826 6,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.98% 7.69% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,881 2,211 3,538
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £38,000
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £96,000 £95,000
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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -36 584 £70,000 -11.11% 754
UK excluding London -97 401 £65,576 -6.32% 417
London +2 187 £92,500 +2.78% 360
North of England -49 174 £67,500 - 115
Work from Home -174 127 £69,310 -13.36% 363
South West -21 86 £74,000 +0.34% 79
South East -2 71 £65,000 -14.75% 64
North East -3 71 £60,000 -9.43% 28
North West -73 66 £69,310 +10.90% 70
Yorkshire -3 46 £71,250 -5.00% 17
Midlands -81 41 £60,000 -14.29% 47
West Midlands -46 28 £63,750 -21.54% 36
East Midlands -66 13 £60,000 -1.64% 10
East of England -59 10 £60,000 +9.09% 51
Wales -68 10 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Scotland -48 8 £87,500 +17.45% 37
Northern Ireland - 1 £72,500 - 15

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 36 (5.71%) Apache
2 31 (4.91%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (4.60%) Confluence
4 24 (3.80%) Apache Spark
5 22 (3.49%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.95%) nginx
6 6 (0.95%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.48%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
1 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 409 (64.82%) AWS
2 230 (36.45%) Azure
3 169 (26.78%) GitHub
4 113 (17.91%) AWS CloudFormation
5 89 (14.10%) GitHub Actions
6 84 (13.31%) GCP
7 83 (13.15%) Azure DevOps
8 82 (13.00%) Amazon S3
9 67 (10.62%) Serverless
10 65 (10.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 59 (9.35%) Amazon ECS
12 52 (8.24%) AWS Lambda
13 47 (7.45%) Amazon ECR
14 45 (7.13%) Amazon EC2
15 39 (6.18%) Azure AKS
16 37 (5.86%) OpenShift
17 36 (5.71%) Amazon EKS
18 24 (3.80%) Datadog
19 23 (3.65%) Amazon SQS
20 21 (3.33%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.96%) DNS
2 20 (3.17%) Firewall
3 15 (2.38%) Network Security
4 13 (2.06%) Broadband
4 13 (2.06%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.90%) HTTP
6 11 (1.74%) MQTT
7 8 (1.27%) DHCP
7 8 (1.27%) VPN
8 7 (1.11%) IPv4
8 7 (1.11%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (0.95%) BGP
9 6 (0.95%) LAN
9 6 (0.95%) NX-OS
9 6 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.95%) Wireless
9 6 (0.95%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.79%) WAN
11 4 (0.63%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.48%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (13.47%) NoSQL
2 72 (11.41%) MongoDB
3 70 (11.09%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (6.66%) MySQL
5 38 (6.02%) DynamoDB
6 31 (4.91%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (3.80%) Relational Database
8 20 (3.17%) Amazon Athena
9 19 (3.01%) Pinecone
9 19 (3.01%) Redis
10 18 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (2.38%) Chroma
13 13 (2.06%) Data Lake
14 12 (1.90%) Big Data
15 8 (1.27%) Delta Lake
16 7 (1.11%) DocumentDB
16 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
17 6 (0.95%) InfluxDB
17 6 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 258 (40.89%) Jenkins
2 212 (33.60%) Git
3 74 (11.73%) Cucumber
4 69 (10.94%) JIRA
5 49 (7.77%) Cypress.io
6 43 (6.81%) SonarQube
7 39 (6.18%) Selenium
8 33 (5.23%) Postman
9 29 (4.60%) JUnit
10 28 (4.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 21 (3.33%) Maven
12 18 (2.85%) JMeter
13 16 (2.54%) Gatling
14 15 (2.38%) Vite
15 14 (2.22%) Spock
16 13 (2.06%) REST Assured
17 12 (1.90%) Bitbucket
17 12 (1.90%) Robot Framework
17 12 (1.90%) Zephyr
18 10 (1.58%) Artifactory
General
1 171 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 140 (22.19%) Finance
3 120 (19.02%) Public Sector
4 60 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (9.03%) Banking
6 48 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.17%) Financial Institution
8 19 (3.01%) Aerospace
9 14 (2.22%) Law
9 14 (2.22%) Marketing
10 12 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.43%) Electronics
11 9 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.27%) Legal
13 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.48%) Automotive
15 3 (0.48%) Military
16 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 162 (25.67%) Senior
2 146 (23.14%) DevOps Engineer
3 96 (15.21%) Developer
4 68 (10.78%) Software Engineer
5 55 (8.72%) Java Engineer
5 55 (8.72%) Principal Engineer
6 54 (8.56%) Lead
7 40 (6.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 38 (6.02%) Senior DevOps
8 38 (6.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 34 (5.39%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (4.91%) Test Engineer
11 30 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
12 29 (4.60%) Senior Developer
13 27 (4.28%) Full-Stack Developer
13 27 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (4.12%) Software Developer
15 25 (3.96%) Principal DevOps Engineer
15 25 (3.96%) Principal Java Engineer
16 24 (3.80%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 309 (48.97%) Terraform
2 100 (15.85%) Kafka
3 98 (15.53%) Spring
4 92 (14.58%) Spring Boot
5 79 (12.52%) React
6 68 (10.78%) RESTful
7 64 (10.14%) Node.js
8 57 (9.03%) AngularJS
8 57 (9.03%) REST
9 43 (6.81%) Playwright
10 42 (6.66%) Elastic Stack
11 38 (6.02%) .NET
12 31 (4.91%) FastAPI
12 31 (4.91%) Jest
13 30 (4.75%) LangChain
14 25 (3.96%) Vue
15 23 (3.65%) Gherkin
15 23 (3.65%) PySpark
16 22 (3.49%) LangGraph
16 22 (3.49%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 202 (32.01%) Cloud Native
2 90 (14.26%) Distributed Systems
3 55 (8.72%) Product Ownership
4 52 (8.24%) Public Cloud
5 45 (7.13%) e-Learning
6 40 (6.34%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (4.44%) Private Cloud
8 17 (2.69%) AI Agents
8 17 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (2.54%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.22%) Virtual Team
11 13 (2.06%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.90%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
14 9 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.27%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
16 7 (1.11%) IoT
17 6 (0.95%) Device Driver
17 6 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 182 (28.84%) Linux
2 60 (9.51%) Windows
3 46 (7.29%) CentOS
4 37 (5.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (4.60%) Unix
6 16 (2.54%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.27%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.79%) VMS
9 4 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.63%) Rocky
9 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.48%) Android
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 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (91.13%) CI/CD
2 404 (64.03%) DevOps
3 363 (57.53%) Agile
4 321 (50.87%) Infrastructure as Code
5 266 (42.16%) Test Automation
6 205 (32.49%) Microservices
7 188 (29.79%) Containerisation
8 164 (25.99%) Mentoring
9 161 (25.52%) Software Engineering
10 140 (22.19%) AI
11 137 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 134 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
13 127 (20.13%) Observability
14 111 (17.59%) SDLC
15 98 (15.53%) Coaching
15 98 (15.53%) Scrum
16 97 (15.37%) Full-Stack Development
17 96 (15.21%) Platform Engineering
18 92 (14.58%) Technical Leadership
19 80 (12.68%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 299 (47.39%) Python
2 212 (33.60%) Java
3 155 (24.56%) Bash
4 141 (22.35%) SQL
5 105 (16.64%) TypeScript
6 103 (16.32%) JavaScript
7 82 (13.00%) PowerShell
8 37 (5.86%) Go
9 36 (5.71%) C++
10 35 (5.55%) C#
11 26 (4.12%) Groovy
12 19 (3.01%) Rust
13 14 (2.22%) PHP
14 12 (1.90%) C
15 10 (1.58%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.27%) Kotlin
16 8 (1.27%) Scala
17 7 (1.11%) Ruby
18 6 (0.95%) Bicep
19 5 (0.79%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 266 (42.16%) Security Cleared
2 173 (27.42%) SC Cleared
3 82 (13.00%) Degree
4 80 (12.68%) AWS Certification
5 63 (9.98%) DV Cleared
6 49 (7.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 37 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (3.17%) Master's Degree
9 17 (2.69%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.38%) ISTQB
11 14 (2.22%) RHCSA
12 13 (2.06%) CCNA
12 13 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 8 (1.27%) OSCP
15 7 (1.11%) Azure Certification
15 7 (1.11%) Oracle Certification
15 7 (1.11%) RHCE
16 6 (0.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (15.37%) QA
2 31 (4.91%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.12%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.85%) WCAG
5 11 (1.74%) GDPR
6 9 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.43%) SLA
7 8 (1.27%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.95%) JTAG
9 4 (0.63%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.63%) NIST
10 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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
1 314 (49.76%) Docker
2 26 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.06%) vSphere
5 11 (1.74%) Active Directory
6 7 (1.11%) Firmware
6 7 (1.11%) Squid
6 7 (1.11%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.48%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 271 (42.95%) Kubernetes
2 150 (23.77%) Ansible
3 95 (15.06%) Grafana
4 65 (10.30%) Prometheus
5 42 (6.66%) Argo
6 24 (3.80%) Puppet
7 21 (3.33%) Kibana
8 19 (3.01%) Nagios
9 17 (2.69%) logstash
10 14 (2.22%) HP Fortify
11 11 (1.74%) Packer
12 10 (1.58%) Progress Chef
13 9 (1.43%) Podman
14 7 (1.11%) vCenter Server
14 7 (1.11%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.95%) FortiGate
16 4 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
17 3 (0.48%) linkerd
17 3 (0.48%) Rancher
17 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (8.72%) Splunk
2 52 (8.24%) Microsoft
3 38 (6.02%) Red Hat
4 34 (5.39%) VMware
5 24 (3.80%) Oracle
6 22 (3.49%) OpenAI
7 20 (3.17%) Mistral
8 18 (2.85%) Google
9 16 (2.54%) Atlassian
10 15 (2.38%) AppDynamics
10 15 (2.38%) Databricks
11 11 (1.74%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.43%) Rapid7
12 9 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 9 (1.43%) SAP
13 7 (1.11%) Cisco
13 7 (1.11%) NVIDIA
13 7 (1.11%) OneLogin
13 7 (1.11%) Pega
14 6 (0.95%) YouTube