Grafana
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Grafana skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 373 427
Rank change year-on-year -51 +54 +2
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 417 336 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.67% 0.53%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.31% 6.65% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 234 221 209
10th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £41,162
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £117,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% +3.85%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Grafana falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,019 5,050 6,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.66% 10.13% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,587 2,958 4,359
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,510 £40,000 £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 £80,000 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £51,707 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.27% -5.99% -4.35%

Grafana
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Grafana relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Grafana job vacancy trend in the UK

Grafana
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Grafana.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Grafana

Grafana
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Grafana over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Grafana in the UK

Grafana
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Grafana within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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 -29 348 £70,000 -3.45% 94
UK excluding London -89 191 £65,000 -10.34% 72
London -25 173 £80,000 -3.03% 43
Work from Home +50 167 £65,000 -7.14% 48
South East -8 61 £62,500 -19.35% 22
South West -27 46 £70,000 -24.32% 11
North of England -40 41 £70,000 +5.66% 17
North West -17 28 £71,250 +18.75% 10
Midlands -81 18 £63,250 -12.76% 6
West Midlands -77 13 £62,500 -13.79% 3
Scotland -2 12 £62,500 -34.21% 8
North East -44 12 £47,500 -20.83% 4
Wales -52 10 £70,000 +27.27% 4
East Midlands -19 5 £64,000 +14.80% 3
East of England -18 2 £82,500 +22.22% 5
Yorkshire -49 1 £82,500 +3.13% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Grafana
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 16 (3.84%) Apache
2 10 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.92%) Confluence
4 6 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.44%) IIS
5 5 (1.20%) nginx
6 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 278 (66.67%) AWS
2 162 (38.85%) GCP
3 159 (38.13%) Azure
4 84 (20.14%) Datadog
5 64 (15.35%) Amazon EKS
5 64 (15.35%) SaaS
6 62 (14.87%) GitHub
7 58 (13.91%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
9 53 (12.71%) AWS CloudFormation
10 44 (10.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 42 (10.07%) OpenShift
11 42 (10.07%) Serverless
12 39 (9.35%) Amazon S3
13 32 (7.67%) AWS Lambda
14 30 (7.19%) Amazon ECS
15 26 (6.24%) Amazon EC2
16 24 (5.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 18 (4.32%) Azure Monitor
18 16 (3.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.79%) Firewall
2 18 (4.32%) VLAN
3 15 (3.60%) DNS
4 13 (3.12%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.40%) WAN
6 9 (2.16%) Broadband
6 9 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (2.16%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.16%) LAN
6 9 (2.16%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.16%) VPN
6 9 (2.16%) WebEx
7 8 (1.92%) BGP
7 8 (1.92%) HTTP
8 7 (1.68%) Network Security
8 7 (1.68%) OSPF
8 7 (1.68%) SSH
9 6 (1.44%) IPFIX
9 6 (1.44%) SNMP
10 4 (0.96%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.79%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (8.39%) Elasticsearch
3 30 (7.19%) MySQL
4 27 (6.47%) Amazon RDS
5 19 (4.56%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.84%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.88%) InfluxDB
7 12 (2.88%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.16%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.92%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.44%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.96%) Big Data
12 4 (0.96%) ZAP BI
13 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.72%) Redis
14 2 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.48%) Couchbase
14 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 91 (21.82%) GitLab
2 79 (18.94%) Jenkins
3 74 (17.75%) Git
4 55 (13.19%) TeamCity
5 26 (6.24%) SonarQube
6 25 (6.00%) Cucumber
7 22 (5.28%) JMeter
8 18 (4.32%) Cypress.io
8 18 (4.32%) Selenium
9 17 (4.08%) Gatling
10 15 (3.60%) JIRA
11 12 (2.88%) LoadRunner
12 11 (2.64%) Octopus Deploy
12 11 (2.64%) Postman
13 9 (2.16%) Bitbucket
14 8 (1.92%) JUnit
15 7 (1.68%) Burp Suite
15 7 (1.68%) REST Assured
15 7 (1.68%) Robot Framework
15 7 (1.68%) TestRail
General
1 145 (34.77%) Finance
2 94 (22.54%) Banking
3 82 (19.66%) Social Skills
4 79 (18.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (17.75%) Law
6 68 (16.31%) Retail
7 44 (10.55%) Financial Institution
8 43 (10.31%) Public Sector
9 42 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
10 40 (9.59%) Back Office
11 20 (4.80%) Marketing
12 17 (4.08%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.68%) Legal
13 7 (1.68%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.72%) Military
16 2 (0.48%) Advertising
16 2 (0.48%) Billing
16 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (19.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 72 (17.27%) Senior
3 67 (16.07%) Software Engineer
4 45 (10.79%) Cloud Engineer
5 44 (10.55%) Lead
6 38 (9.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 36 (8.63%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 35 (8.39%) Platform Engineer
9 34 (8.15%) Developer
9 34 (8.15%) Site Engineer
10 28 (6.71%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (5.04%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (4.80%) Team Leader
13 19 (4.56%) Administrator
14 18 (4.32%) Systems Administrator
15 17 (4.08%) Senior Software Engineer
16 15 (3.60%) Java Engineer
16 15 (3.60%) Linux Administrator
16 15 (3.60%) Linux Systems Administrator
16 15 (3.60%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (68.82%) Terraform
2 53 (12.71%) Elastic Stack
3 47 (11.27%) Kafka
4 36 (8.63%) OpenTelemetry
5 28 (6.71%) RabbitMQ
6 25 (6.00%) REST
7 23 (5.52%) Loki
7 23 (5.52%) Node.js
8 22 (5.28%) React
9 21 (5.04%) RESTful
10 18 (4.32%) .NET
10 18 (4.32%) Playwright
10 18 (4.32%) Spring
10 18 (4.32%) Spring Boot
11 16 (3.84%) pytest
12 15 (3.60%) YAML
13 11 (2.64%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.64%) Apache NiFi
13 11 (2.64%) gRPC
14 10 (2.40%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 130 (31.18%) Cloud Native
2 48 (11.51%) Product Ownership
3 36 (8.63%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.80%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (2.88%) Blog
6 12 (2.88%) Replication
7 11 (2.64%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.40%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.16%) FlexPod
9 9 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.92%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.68%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.68%) PKI
12 6 (1.44%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 120 (28.78%) Linux
2 45 (10.79%) Windows
3 21 (5.04%) CentOS
4 13 (3.12%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.88%) Unix
6 7 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.68%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.44%) VMS
8 5 (1.20%) Android
8 5 (1.20%) Debian
8 5 (1.20%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.72%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.48%) Rocky
11 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (69.54%) CI/CD
2 238 (57.07%) Infrastructure as Code
3 225 (53.96%) DevOps
4 222 (53.24%) Observability
5 150 (35.97%) Containerisation
6 144 (34.53%) Software Engineering
7 132 (31.65%) Test Automation
8 117 (28.06%) Agile
9 113 (27.10%) Deployment Automation
10 112 (26.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 111 (26.62%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (22.78%) Microservices
13 92 (22.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 90 (21.58%) Platform Engineering
15 86 (20.62%) Mentoring
16 74 (17.75%) AI
17 60 (14.39%) GitOps
18 59 (14.15%) Continuous Deployment
19 55 (13.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 53 (12.71%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 263 (63.07%) Python
2 146 (35.01%) Bash
3 126 (30.22%) Java
4 81 (19.42%) PowerShell
5 55 (13.19%) SQL
6 44 (10.55%) JavaScript
7 39 (9.35%) Go
8 34 (8.15%) C#
9 23 (5.52%) TypeScript
10 22 (5.28%) Rust
11 16 (3.84%) C++
12 10 (2.40%) Kotlin
13 9 (2.16%) Bicep
14 8 (1.92%) PHP
15 7 (1.68%) VBA
16 5 (1.20%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.72%) Scala
17 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.72%) Swift
18 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (21.10%) Security Cleared
2 37 (8.87%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.39%) Degree
4 24 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (5.28%) DV Cleared
6 19 (4.56%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.96%) CISSP
10 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.72%) OCP
11 3 (0.72%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.48%) CISM
12 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.48%) GSEC
12 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.39%) QA
2 13 (3.12%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.88%) SLA
4 11 (2.64%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.16%) WCAG
6 8 (1.92%) GDPR
7 7 (1.68%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.72%) NIST
8 3 (0.72%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 192 (46.04%) Docker
2 22 (5.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.88%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (2.64%) Active Directory
6 9 (2.16%) vSphere
7 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.20%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.20%) KVM
8 5 (1.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (0.96%) iptables
10 2 (0.48%) Xen
11 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 268 (64.27%) Kubernetes
2 223 (53.48%) Prometheus
3 139 (33.33%) Ansible
4 41 (9.83%) Argo
5 25 (6.00%) Kibana
6 23 (5.52%) Istio
7 18 (4.32%) Nagios
8 16 (3.84%) logstash
8 16 (3.84%) Puppet
9 12 (2.88%) Kustomize
10 10 (2.40%) linkerd
11 9 (2.16%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (1.92%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (1.92%) ZABBIX
13 6 (1.44%) vCenter Server
14 5 (1.20%) Cilium
14 5 (1.20%) HP Fortify
14 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (1.20%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.96%) Mesos
Vendors
1 63 (15.11%) Splunk
2 50 (11.99%) Microsoft
3 43 (10.31%) Dynatrace
4 35 (8.39%) Red Hat
5 31 (7.43%) Google
6 28 (6.71%) VMware
7 11 (2.64%) Oracle
7 11 (2.64%) Rapid7
8 10 (2.40%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.40%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.40%) Cisco
8 10 (2.40%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.16%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.16%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.92%) NetApp
11 6 (1.44%) Informatica
11 6 (1.44%) New Relic
11 6 (1.44%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.20%) Databricks
12 5 (1.20%) Veracode