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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 373 529
Rank change year-on-year -23 +156 -46
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 392 316 422
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.71% 0.39%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.95% 5.93% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 226 201 197
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £38,850
25th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £87,188 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £111,250 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% -3.45% +11.54%

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 4,931 5,327 9,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.33% 12.03% 9.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,547 3,103 6,980
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,743 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,103
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +10.47% -9.48%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -7.60%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +2 346 £72,500 - 125
UK excluding London -36 177 £62,500 -10.71% 89
London 0 170 £82,500 +3.13% 53
Work from Home +76 161 £70,000 - 61
South West -18 50 £66,250 +1.92% 18
South East -10 47 £62,500 -19.35% 26
North of England -23 47 £51,250 -21.15% 20
North West +13 21 £67,500 +12.50% 13
North East -24 19 £47,500 -19.15% 2
Midlands -54 17 £64,000 -5.19% 8
West Midlands -59 12 £56,250 -22.41% 5
Yorkshire -42 7 £80,000 +6.85% 5
Scotland -13 5 £62,500 -34.21% 8
East of England -14 5 £85,000 +47.83% 6
East Midlands -30 5 £64,000 +11.30% 3
Wales -44 4 £62,539 +8.76% 2
Northern Ireland -33 2 - - 3

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 18 (4.59%) Apache
2 12 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.79%) Confluence
4 6 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.51%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.02%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.26%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 271 (69.13%) AWS
2 160 (40.82%) Azure
3 153 (39.03%) GCP
4 82 (20.92%) Amazon EKS
5 67 (17.09%) GitHub
6 65 (16.58%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (16.07%) GitHub Actions
8 62 (15.82%) Datadog
9 58 (14.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 56 (14.29%) Serverless
11 49 (12.50%) SaaS
12 39 (9.95%) AWS CloudFormation
13 37 (9.44%) Amazon S3
14 34 (8.67%) OpenShift
15 32 (8.16%) AWS Lambda
16 24 (6.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 23 (5.87%) Amazon EC2
18 22 (5.61%) Amazon ECS
19 16 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
19 16 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 58 (14.80%) Firewall
2 29 (7.40%) DNS
3 24 (6.12%) TCP/IP
4 23 (5.87%) HTTP
5 18 (4.59%) VLAN
6 15 (3.83%) VPN
7 11 (2.81%) WAN
8 10 (2.55%) LAN
8 10 (2.55%) Unified Communications
8 10 (2.55%) WebEx
9 9 (2.30%) Broadband
9 9 (2.30%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (2.30%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (2.04%) BGP
11 7 (1.79%) MQTT
11 7 (1.79%) Network Security
11 7 (1.79%) OSPF
12 6 (1.53%) IPFIX
12 6 (1.53%) SNMP
13 5 (1.28%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (5.10%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (4.85%) MySQL
5 15 (3.83%) InfluxDB
5 15 (3.83%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.81%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (1.53%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.02%) Big Data
10 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.77%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.51%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.51%) Looker
12 2 (0.51%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 87 (22.19%) GitLab
2 84 (21.43%) Jenkins
3 63 (16.07%) TeamCity
4 53 (13.52%) Git
5 27 (6.89%) SonarQube
6 23 (5.87%) Cucumber
7 21 (5.36%) JMeter
8 14 (3.57%) CircleCI
8 14 (3.57%) JIRA
9 12 (3.06%) Bitbucket
9 12 (3.06%) Cypress.io
9 12 (3.06%) Selenium
10 11 (2.81%) LoadRunner
11 10 (2.55%) Gatling
12 8 (2.04%) Robot Framework
12 8 (2.04%) TestRail
13 6 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
13 6 (1.53%) REST Assured
14 5 (1.28%) Burp Suite
14 5 (1.28%) Locust
General
1 118 (30.10%) Finance
2 82 (20.92%) Law
3 81 (20.66%) Banking
4 78 (19.90%) Social Skills
5 75 (19.13%) Retail
6 69 (17.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (9.95%) Financial Institution
8 36 (9.18%) Back Office
9 35 (8.93%) Public Sector
10 34 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (7.91%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.30%) Marketing
13 7 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Legal
16 2 (0.51%) Advertising
16 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.26%) Aviation
17 1 (0.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 84 (21.43%) DevOps Engineer
2 83 (21.17%) Senior
3 59 (15.05%) Software Engineer
4 40 (10.20%) Cloud Engineer
5 36 (9.18%) Platform Engineer
6 33 (8.42%) Lead
7 29 (7.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (6.38%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (6.38%) Developer
9 22 (5.61%) Senior DevOps
10 20 (5.10%) Java Engineer
10 20 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
10 20 (5.10%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 19 (4.85%) Administrator
12 18 (4.59%) Site Engineer
12 18 (4.59%) Systems Administrator
13 17 (4.34%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 16 (4.08%) Java Software Engineer
14 16 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
14 16 (4.08%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (15.82%) Elastic Stack
2 42 (10.71%) Kafka
3 25 (6.38%) OpenTelemetry
4 19 (4.85%) Node.js
4 19 (4.85%) React
4 19 (4.85%) REST
5 18 (4.59%) .NET
5 18 (4.59%) Loki
5 18 (4.59%) RabbitMQ
6 14 (3.57%) OAuth
7 13 (3.32%) Spring
8 12 (3.06%) Apache NiFi
8 12 (3.06%) gRPC
8 12 (3.06%) Spring Boot
8 12 (3.06%) YAML
9 11 (2.81%) Playwright
10 10 (2.55%) AngularJS
10 10 (2.55%) Vue
10 10 (2.55%) XMPP
11 9 (2.30%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 122 (31.12%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 29 (7.40%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (5.10%) Onboarding
6 18 (4.59%) Blog
7 13 (3.32%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.81%) Replication
9 10 (2.55%) FlexPod
9 10 (2.55%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.53%) PKI
11 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (1.02%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 110 (28.06%) Linux
2 52 (13.27%) Windows
3 21 (5.36%) CentOS
4 12 (3.06%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.79%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.79%) VMS
7 6 (1.53%) Unix
8 4 (1.02%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.77%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (75.77%) CI/CD
2 224 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 220 (56.12%) DevOps
4 166 (42.35%) Observability
5 162 (41.33%) Containerisation
6 135 (34.44%) Test Automation
7 119 (30.36%) Software Engineering
8 118 (30.10%) Agile
9 107 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
10 103 (26.28%) Deployment Automation
11 102 (26.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (21.94%) Microservices
13 79 (20.15%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 73 (18.62%) Platform Engineering
15 67 (17.09%) Mentoring
16 59 (15.05%) Clean Code
17 58 (14.80%) Continuous Deployment
18 56 (14.29%) DevSecOps
19 55 (14.03%) AI
20 52 (13.27%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 241 (61.48%) Python
2 158 (40.31%) Bash
3 118 (30.10%) Java
4 64 (16.33%) PowerShell
5 50 (12.76%) SQL
6 47 (11.99%) JavaScript
7 46 (11.73%) Go
8 35 (8.93%) C#
9 27 (6.89%) Rust
10 21 (5.36%) TypeScript
11 17 (4.34%) C++
12 8 (2.04%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.79%) Bicep
14 6 (1.53%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
15 4 (1.02%) VBA
16 3 (0.77%) Elixir
16 3 (0.77%) Erlang
16 3 (0.77%) Ruby
17 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (21.68%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.46%) Degree
3 32 (8.16%) DV Cleared
3 32 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.89%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.06%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.02%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.77%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (9.95%) QA
2 12 (3.06%) SOC 2
3 11 (2.81%) GDPR
4 10 (2.55%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.30%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.04%) SLA
7 6 (1.53%) WCAG
8 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.51%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) SEPA
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 171 (43.62%) Docker
2 23 (5.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.55%) vSphere
4 9 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (1.79%) iptables
6 6 (1.53%) KVM
6 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.02%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 288 (73.47%) Terraform
2 253 (64.54%) Kubernetes
3 215 (54.85%) Prometheus
4 152 (38.78%) Ansible
5 29 (7.40%) Kibana
6 21 (5.36%) Argo
6 21 (5.36%) Puppet
7 17 (4.34%) Nagios
8 13 (3.32%) Istio
9 12 (3.06%) logstash
10 10 (2.55%) Cisco CUCM
10 10 (2.55%) ZABBIX
11 9 (2.30%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (2.30%) Progress Chef
12 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (2.04%) Proxmox
13 6 (1.53%) Kustomize
13 6 (1.53%) linkerd
14 5 (1.28%) Mesos
14 5 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (13.01%) Splunk
2 40 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.20%) VMware
3 31 (7.91%) Red Hat
4 24 (6.12%) Dynatrace
5 17 (4.34%) Google
6 11 (2.81%) Cisco
7 10 (2.55%) AppDynamics
7 10 (2.55%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.55%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.30%) Atlassian
8 9 (2.30%) Rapid7
9 8 (2.04%) Oracle
10 7 (1.79%) NetApp
10 7 (1.79%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.53%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.28%) Tenable
13 4 (1.02%) Cribl.io
13 4 (1.02%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.02%) Veracode