Grafana Job Trends

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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 415 493
Rank change year-on-year +60 +78 -16
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 402 231 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.08% 5.03% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 227 155 194
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,832 £41,998
25th Percentile £50,625 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,000 £97,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% +19.61%

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 4,429 4,588 9,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.55% 11.22% 10.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,105 3,371 7,269
10th Percentile £32,611 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,247 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -6.09%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +46 339 £70,079 -3.34% 134
Work from Home +115 186 £72,500 +11.54% 77
UK excluding London -13 180 £62,500 -3.85% 107
London +62 171 £82,500 -8.33% 50
North of England -71 56 £53,850 -24.42% 32
South West -5 41 £56,250 -13.46% 14
South East -9 36 £62,500 -19.35% 32
North East -31 24 £47,500 -22.45% 6
North West -30 19 £60,000 -18.64% 19
Midlands -44 17 £64,000 -1.54% 11
Scotland -22 15 £68,539 -27.85% 6
Yorkshire -44 13 £80,000 +6.85% 7
West Midlands -28 12 £58,850 -9.46% 10
East of England -19 8 £82,575 +43.61% 6
Wales -30 5 £70,079 +7.81% 5
East Midlands -46 5 £64,000 +55.15% 1
Northern Ireland -38 2 - - 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 19 (4.73%) Apache
2 14 (3.48%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.99%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.24%) Confluence
5 4 (1.00%) IIS
6 3 (0.75%) nginx
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.00%) Weka
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.25%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.25%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 288 (71.64%) AWS
2 179 (44.53%) Azure
3 164 (40.80%) GCP
4 102 (25.37%) GitHub
5 97 (24.13%) Amazon EKS
6 86 (21.39%) GitHub Actions
7 76 (18.91%) Datadog
8 74 (18.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 59 (14.68%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (13.68%) AWS CloudFormation
10 55 (13.68%) Serverless
11 51 (12.69%) SaaS
12 33 (8.21%) OpenShift
13 31 (7.71%) AWS Lambda
14 29 (7.21%) Amazon S3
15 26 (6.47%) Amazon EC2
16 23 (5.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 22 (5.47%) Amazon ECS
18 21 (5.22%) dbt
19 15 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 52 (12.94%) Firewall
2 32 (7.96%) DNS
3 28 (6.97%) HTTP
4 20 (4.98%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.48%) VPN
6 11 (2.74%) LAN
6 11 (2.74%) WAN
7 10 (2.49%) Broadband
8 9 (2.24%) VLAN
9 7 (1.74%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (1.74%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.74%) WebEx
10 6 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (1.49%) Network Security
10 6 (1.49%) SSL
11 5 (1.24%) BGP
11 5 (1.24%) DHCP
12 4 (1.00%) MQTT
12 4 (1.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.71%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (5.97%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (5.72%) SQL Server
4 19 (4.73%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (4.48%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.48%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.23%) MySQL
8 12 (2.99%) InfluxDB
9 10 (2.49%) Amazon Aurora
9 10 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.74%) Redis
11 4 (1.00%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.75%) Big Data
13 2 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.50%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.50%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.50%) Looker
13 2 (0.50%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.50%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 107 (26.62%) Jenkins
2 96 (23.88%) GitLab
3 61 (15.17%) TeamCity
4 58 (14.43%) Git
5 35 (8.71%) Cucumber
6 26 (6.47%) JMeter
7 23 (5.72%) JIRA
8 19 (4.73%) SonarQube
9 18 (4.48%) CircleCI
9 18 (4.48%) Selenium
10 14 (3.48%) Bitbucket
11 13 (3.23%) Locust
12 11 (2.74%) Cypress.io
13 10 (2.49%) JUnit
13 10 (2.49%) Robot Framework
13 10 (2.49%) TestRail
14 9 (2.24%) LoadRunner
15 8 (1.99%) Gatling
16 5 (1.24%) MLflow
16 5 (1.24%) Postman
General
1 120 (29.85%) Finance
2 112 (27.86%) Social Skills
3 75 (18.66%) Law
4 74 (18.41%) Banking
5 70 (17.41%) Retail
6 67 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (9.70%) Back Office
8 38 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
9 37 (9.20%) Financial Institution
10 36 (8.96%) Telecoms
11 19 (4.73%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.49%) Marketing
13 5 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.24%) Legal
14 4 (1.00%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.00%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.75%) Advertising
15 3 (0.75%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.25%) Front Office
16 1 (0.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 89 (22.14%) Senior
2 84 (20.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 58 (14.43%) Software Engineer
4 52 (12.94%) Lead
5 33 (8.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (7.71%) Platform Engineer
7 30 (7.46%) Developer
8 27 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (6.22%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (5.47%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
12 18 (4.48%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (4.48%) Software Developer
13 17 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
14 16 (3.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 15 (3.73%) DevSecOps Engineer
16 14 (3.48%) AWS DevOps
17 13 (3.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 13 (3.23%) Lead Software Engineer
17 13 (3.23%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (19.65%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (8.71%) Kafka
3 28 (6.97%) .NET
4 21 (5.22%) React
5 20 (4.98%) Spring
6 19 (4.73%) OpenTelemetry
6 19 (4.73%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.23%) OAuth
7 17 (4.23%) RabbitMQ
8 16 (3.98%) Gherkin
9 14 (3.48%) pytest
10 13 (3.23%) Loki
11 12 (2.99%) REST
12 11 (2.74%) Node.js
13 10 (2.49%) ADO
13 10 (2.49%) AWS CDK
14 9 (2.24%) Django
14 9 (2.24%) Flask
14 9 (2.24%) JWT
14 9 (2.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 105 (26.12%) Cloud Native
2 44 (10.95%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.47%) Onboarding
4 21 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.98%) Blog
7 12 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.74%) Private Cloud
9 10 (2.49%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.99%) PKI
10 8 (1.99%) Replication
11 7 (1.74%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.74%) FlexPod
11 7 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.00%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.00%) IoT
12 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 125 (31.09%) Linux
2 63 (15.67%) Windows
3 19 (4.73%) CentOS
4 15 (3.73%) Unix
5 11 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.74%) Windows Server
6 9 (2.24%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.99%) VMS
8 3 (0.75%) SUSE
9 2 (0.50%) Debian
9 2 (0.50%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (77.86%) CI/CD
2 246 (61.19%) DevOps
3 215 (53.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 176 (43.78%) Containerisation
4 176 (43.78%) Observability
5 133 (33.08%) Test Automation
6 122 (30.35%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (28.86%) Agile
7 116 (28.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 110 (27.36%) Software Engineering
9 89 (22.14%) Deployment Automation
10 87 (21.64%) Microservices
11 84 (20.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 69 (17.16%) Platform Engineering
13 60 (14.93%) Clean Code
14 58 (14.43%) Mentoring
15 55 (13.68%) Continuous Deployment
16 54 (13.43%) High Availability
16 54 (13.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 51 (12.69%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 230 (57.21%) Python
2 133 (33.08%) Bash
3 118 (29.35%) Java
4 55 (13.68%) PowerShell
5 53 (13.18%) Go
5 53 (13.18%) JavaScript
6 46 (11.44%) SQL
7 37 (9.20%) C#
8 25 (6.22%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.73%) Rust
10 14 (3.48%) C++
11 9 (2.24%) Bicep
11 9 (2.24%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.99%) Delphi
13 7 (1.74%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.75%) Elixir
15 3 (0.75%) Erlang
16 2 (0.50%) C
16 2 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 77 (19.15%) Security Cleared
2 47 (11.69%) Degree
3 32 (7.96%) AWS Certification
3 32 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.71%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.00%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.43%) QA
2 15 (3.73%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.73%) GDPR
3 13 (3.23%) WCAG
4 10 (2.49%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.49%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.74%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.50%) GRC
7 2 (0.50%) SEPA
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 189 (47.01%) Docker
2 20 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.74%) KVM
4 7 (1.74%) vSphere
5 6 (1.49%) iptables
6 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.00%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.25%) pfSense
9 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 300 (74.63%) Terraform
2 270 (67.16%) Kubernetes
3 207 (51.49%) Prometheus
4 148 (36.82%) Ansible
5 23 (5.72%) Kibana
6 15 (3.73%) Argo
7 14 (3.48%) Puppet
8 12 (2.99%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.24%) Istio
9 9 (2.24%) logstash
9 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (2.24%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.99%) linkerd
10 8 (1.99%) Mesos
10 8 (1.99%) Nagios
10 8 (1.99%) Proxmox
10 8 (1.99%) ZABBIX
11 7 (1.74%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (1.24%) Control-M
13 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (12.44%) Splunk
2 39 (9.70%) VMware
3 27 (6.72%) Dynatrace
4 26 (6.47%) Microsoft
5 24 (5.97%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.73%) Oracle
7 14 (3.48%) Google
8 12 (2.99%) AppDynamics
8 12 (2.99%) Fortinet
9 10 (2.49%) SolarWinds
10 9 (2.24%) Cisco
11 8 (1.99%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.49%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.49%) NetApp
12 6 (1.49%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.24%) Databricks
13 5 (1.24%) New Relic
13 5 (1.24%) Rapid7
14 4 (1.00%) Cribl.io
14 4 (1.00%) PagerDuty