GitLab
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GitLab skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GitLab over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 317 265
Rank change year-on-year -50 -52 +12
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 746 1,140 2,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.10% 1.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.77% 7.69% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 556 660 820
10th Percentile £35,920 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,188 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%

All Development Application Skills
UK

GitLab is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,604 14,820 35,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.72% 14.33% 22.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,766 9,070 15,978
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,237 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.25%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Salary trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 -40 638 £65,000 -10.34% 166
UK excluding London -16 483 £62,500 +4.17% 86
Work from Home +20 387 £62,783 -6.99% 80
London -26 229 £89,750 +12.19% 70
North of England -26 146 £60,000 +4.35% 23
South East +73 112 £66,250 -5.36% 26
North West +47 91 £60,000 -14.29% 10
South West -29 58 £65,000 +8.33% 17
Scotland -26 52 £61,500 +2.50%
Midlands -33 51 £55,000 -18.52% 13
Yorkshire -24 39 £62,783 +47.72% 9
West Midlands -21 35 £40,000 -40.74% 8
Wales +41 31 £62,500 +4.17% 1
East of England +26 31 £62,500 -3.85% 9
North East -4 16 £62,783 +40.56% 4
East Midlands -15 16 £55,000 - 5
Northern Ireland +8 2 £75,000 +63.04% 2

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (5.23%) Confluence
2 18 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.14%) CMS
4 15 (2.01%) nginx
5 7 (0.94%) Apache
6 4 (0.54%) WordPress
7 3 (0.40%) Drupal
7 3 (0.40%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 5 (0.67%) Doxygen
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.74%) SDL Web 8
2 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 402 (53.89%) AWS
2 350 (46.92%) Azure
3 138 (18.50%) GitHub
4 91 (12.20%) Serverless
5 72 (9.65%) GCP
6 66 (8.85%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (8.71%) AWS Lambda
8 58 (7.77%) Amazon ECS
9 47 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
10 45 (6.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 41 (5.50%) Snowflake
12 37 (4.96%) SaaS
13 36 (4.83%) Datadog
14 33 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
15 31 (4.16%) Cloud Computing
16 30 (4.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 30 (4.02%) Matillion
17 29 (3.89%) Amazon S3
18 27 (3.62%) Amazon EKS
19 19 (2.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.62%) Firewall
2 21 (2.82%) TCP/IP
3 19 (2.55%) DNS
4 16 (2.14%) Modbus
5 13 (1.74%) VPN
6 12 (1.61%) BGP
7 11 (1.47%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (1.47%) MPLS
8 9 (1.21%) HTTP
9 7 (0.94%) WAN
10 6 (0.80%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.67%) SSL
12 4 (0.54%) Internet
12 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.54%) OpenLDAP
13 3 (0.40%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.40%) IPv4
13 3 (0.40%) IPv6
13 3 (0.40%) NAS
13 3 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (9.92%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (9.12%) SQL Server
3 62 (8.31%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (6.43%) Amazon RDS
5 44 (5.90%) Elasticsearch
5 44 (5.90%) MySQL
6 39 (5.23%) Data Lake
6 39 (5.23%) DynamoDB
7 38 (5.09%) NoSQL
8 32 (4.29%) MongoDB
9 30 (4.02%) Star Schema
10 23 (3.08%) Relational Database
11 22 (2.95%) BigQuery
12 16 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (1.74%) InfluxDB
14 12 (1.61%) Looker
14 12 (1.61%) Tableau
15 10 (1.34%) Metadata
16 9 (1.21%) Redis
17 8 (1.07%) Ataccama
Development Applications
1 247 (33.11%) Jenkins
2 218 (29.22%) Git
3 116 (15.55%) JIRA
4 41 (5.50%) Artifactory
5 36 (4.83%) CircleCI
6 34 (4.56%) SonarQube
7 25 (3.35%) TeamCity
8 23 (3.08%) Visual Studio
9 21 (2.82%) Bitbucket
10 18 (2.41%) Cucumber
10 18 (2.41%) Selenium
11 14 (1.88%) JUnit
12 13 (1.74%) Moq
12 13 (1.74%) NUnit
13 12 (1.61%) Sonatype Nexus
14 11 (1.47%) webpack
15 9 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (1.21%) Postman
16 8 (1.07%) Cypress.io
17 7 (0.94%) Maven
General
1 173 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 131 (17.56%) Finance
3 64 (8.58%) Public Sector
4 47 (6.30%) Law
5 45 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (6.03%) Marketing
6 35 (4.69%) Retail
7 25 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.35%) Banking
8 15 (2.01%) Telecoms
9 13 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.61%) Legal
11 11 (1.47%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.21%) Front Office
13 8 (1.07%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.94%) Electronics
14 7 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.67%) Retail Finance
16 4 (0.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 156 (20.91%) Developer
2 129 (17.29%) Senior
3 125 (16.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 124 (16.62%) Lead
5 93 (12.47%) Software Engineer
6 56 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 53 (7.10%) Full Stack Developer
7 53 (7.10%) Technical Leader
8 49 (6.57%) AWS Engineer
9 48 (6.43%) Data Engineer
10 38 (5.09%) Cloud Engineer
11 37 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
12 34 (4.56%) Architect
13 31 (4.16%) Python Engineer
14 29 (3.89%) AWS DevOps
14 29 (3.89%) Java Developer
15 28 (3.75%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 27 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
17 25 (3.35%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
18 24 (3.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (14.48%) React
2 93 (12.47%) .NET
3 81 (10.86%) RESTful
4 67 (8.98%) CSS
5 61 (8.18%) HTML
6 56 (7.51%) REST
7 51 (6.84%) Spring
8 50 (6.70%) Django
9 49 (6.57%) Node.js
10 42 (5.63%) Elastic Stack
10 42 (5.63%) Spring Boot
11 36 (4.83%) Kafka
12 33 (4.42%) GraphQL
12 33 (4.42%) JSON
13 32 (4.29%) SOAP
14 30 (4.02%) .NET Framework
15 25 (3.35%) XML
16 23 (3.08%) Web Services
17 20 (2.68%) YAML
18 18 (2.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 119 (15.95%) Private Cloud
2 60 (8.04%) Public Cloud
3 58 (7.77%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (6.43%) Data Structures
5 29 (3.89%) Cloud Native
6 26 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 26 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.95%) Algorithms
8 19 (2.55%) Mobile App
8 19 (2.55%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.88%) Onboarding
11 12 (1.61%) Legacy Code
12 9 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.07%) Equities
13 8 (1.07%) FPGA
13 8 (1.07%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 167 (22.39%) Linux
2 105 (14.08%) Windows
3 28 (3.75%) Unix
4 27 (3.62%) Windows Server
5 17 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.61%) CentOS
7 10 (1.34%) VMS
8 6 (0.80%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.40%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) Debian
11 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (56.84%) CI/CD
2 355 (47.59%) Agile
3 348 (46.65%) DevOps
4 274 (36.73%) Software Engineering
5 204 (27.35%) Containerisation
6 186 (24.93%) Continuous Integration
7 184 (24.66%) Problem-Solving
8 176 (23.59%) Mentoring
9 175 (23.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 145 (19.44%) Full Stack Development
11 127 (17.02%) Scrum
12 116 (15.55%) Microservices
13 94 (12.60%) Open Source
14 90 (12.06%) Analytics
15 81 (10.86%) Code Quality
16 79 (10.59%) Computer Science
17 78 (10.46%) Coaching
17 78 (10.46%) Kanban
18 77 (10.32%) TDD
19 75 (10.05%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 293 (39.28%) Python
2 210 (28.15%) Java
3 183 (24.53%) SQL
4 132 (17.69%) JavaScript
5 124 (16.62%) TypeScript
6 85 (11.39%) C#
7 81 (10.86%) Bash
8 64 (8.58%) PowerShell
9 48 (6.43%) C++
10 34 (4.56%) PHP
10 34 (4.56%) Ruby
11 33 (4.42%) C
12 29 (3.89%) Go
12 29 (3.89%) Shell Script
13 18 (2.41%) Perl
14 14 (1.88%) Apex Code
15 13 (1.74%) T-SQL
16 12 (1.61%) Rust
17 11 (1.47%) Korn
17 11 (1.47%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 163 (21.85%) Security Cleared
2 89 (11.93%) SC Cleared
3 88 (11.80%) Degree
4 52 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (4.56%) Master's Degree
6 29 (3.89%) DBS Check
7 27 (3.62%) AWS Certification
8 21 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.21%) PhD
11 6 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.27%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.27%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.27%) CCNA
13 2 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.27%) MCSE
13 2 (0.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.63%) Data Quality
2 31 (4.16%) QA
3 15 (2.01%) NIST
4 12 (1.61%) GDPR
5 9 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.07%) PSD2
7 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.54%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 252 (33.78%) Docker
2 32 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.80%) VirtualBox
6 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.54%) vSphere
8 3 (0.40%) Firmware
8 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.27%) Varnish
10 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 270 (36.19%) Kubernetes
2 256 (34.32%) Terraform
3 141 (18.90%) Ansible
4 57 (7.64%) Puppet
5 51 (6.84%) Grafana
6 47 (6.30%) Prometheus
7 30 (4.02%) Progress Chef
8 24 (3.22%) Kibana
9 18 (2.41%) Consul
10 11 (1.47%) Red Hat Satellite
11 10 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (1.21%) Packer
13 8 (1.07%) logstash
14 7 (0.94%) Argo
15 6 (0.80%) Rancher
16 5 (0.67%) Kubeflow
17 4 (0.54%) Podman
18 3 (0.40%) Nagios
18 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
18 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.91%) Google
3 35 (4.69%) VMware
4 32 (4.29%) Splunk
5 25 (3.35%) Oracle
6 18 (2.41%) Dynatrace
6 18 (2.41%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.28%) Cisco
8 16 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.47%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.47%) Sun
9 11 (1.47%) TOWER Software
10 8 (1.07%) Duck Creek
11 7 (0.94%) Databricks
11 7 (0.94%) McAfee
12 6 (0.80%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.80%) Zscaler
13 5 (0.67%) SAP
13 5 (0.67%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.67%) Teradata