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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 431 493
Rank change year-on-year +37 +62 -19
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 395 247 438
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.43% 4.74% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 217 180 205
10th Percentile £45,163 £47,399 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £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 £86,250 £91,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -10.00% +17.65%

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 4,686 5,214 9,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.08% 11.87% 9.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,275 3,231 7,072
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +11.57% -10.37%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 21 May 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 May 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 +41 341 £72,500 -1.61% 151
UK excluding London +6 177 £62,500 -7.41% 97
Work from Home +108 166 £70,079 +0.11% 69
London +12 164 £82,500 - 66
South West -12 50 £75,000 +15.38% 15
North of England -23 48 £48,750 -30.36% 28
South East +4 43 £62,500 -19.35% 31
North West +4 21 £67,500 +3.85% 18
North East -23 19 £47,500 -17.39% 5
Midlands -48 16 £64,000 -3.40% 9
West Midlands -62 12 £56,250 -16.67% 7
East of England -6 8 £82,575 +43.61% 6
Scotland -7 8 £65,533 -31.02% 6
Yorkshire -42 8 £80,000 +6.85% 5
East Midlands -21 4 £69,500 +63.53% 2
Wales -36 3 £70,079 +21.88% 2
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 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 20 (5.06%) Apache
2 13 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.77%) Confluence
4 6 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.76%) IIS
5 3 (0.76%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.01%) Weka
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.25%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 269 (68.10%) AWS
2 170 (43.04%) Azure
3 158 (40.00%) GCP
4 86 (21.77%) Amazon EKS
5 76 (19.24%) GitHub
6 71 (17.97%) GitHub Actions
7 68 (17.22%) Datadog
8 64 (16.20%) Azure DevOps
9 56 (14.18%) Serverless
10 54 (13.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 47 (11.90%) SaaS
12 37 (9.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 36 (9.11%) Amazon S3
14 31 (7.85%) AWS Lambda
14 31 (7.85%) OpenShift
15 27 (6.84%) Amazon EC2
16 26 (6.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 21 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
18 17 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
18 17 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 55 (13.92%) Firewall
2 31 (7.85%) DNS
3 24 (6.08%) HTTP
3 24 (6.08%) TCP/IP
4 17 (4.30%) VLAN
5 15 (3.80%) VPN
6 10 (2.53%) LAN
6 10 (2.53%) Unified Communications
6 10 (2.53%) WAN
6 10 (2.53%) WebEx
7 9 (2.28%) Broadband
7 9 (2.28%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (2.28%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (2.03%) BGP
9 7 (1.77%) MQTT
9 7 (1.77%) Network Security
9 7 (1.77%) OSPF
10 6 (1.52%) DHCP
10 6 (1.52%) IPFIX
10 6 (1.52%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.84%) Elasticsearch
3 24 (6.08%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (4.30%) MySQL
5 16 (4.05%) InfluxDB
6 14 (3.54%) NoSQL
7 13 (3.29%) Relational Database
7 13 (3.29%) SQL Server
8 12 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.52%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.01%) Big Data
11 4 (1.01%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.76%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.76%) Redis
13 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.51%) Looker
13 2 (0.51%) PostHog
13 2 (0.51%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 87 (22.03%) Jenkins
2 85 (21.52%) GitLab
3 63 (15.95%) TeamCity
4 51 (12.91%) Git
5 27 (6.84%) SonarQube
6 25 (6.33%) Cucumber
7 20 (5.06%) JMeter
8 17 (4.30%) CircleCI
9 15 (3.80%) JIRA
10 14 (3.54%) Cypress.io
11 12 (3.04%) Selenium
12 11 (2.78%) Bitbucket
12 11 (2.78%) LoadRunner
13 10 (2.53%) Gatling
14 8 (2.03%) Robot Framework
14 8 (2.03%) TestRail
15 7 (1.77%) Postman
15 7 (1.77%) REST Assured
16 6 (1.52%) Locust
17 5 (1.27%) MLflow
General
1 121 (30.63%) Finance
2 86 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 81 (20.51%) Law
4 78 (19.75%) Banking
5 74 (18.73%) Retail
6 67 (16.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (9.62%) Financial Institution
8 36 (9.11%) Back Office
9 32 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (7.85%) Telecoms
11 29 (7.34%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.28%) Marketing
13 6 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.76%) Legal
15 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.25%) Advertising
16 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.25%) Aviation
16 1 (0.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 84 (21.27%) Senior
2 78 (19.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 62 (15.70%) Software Engineer
4 42 (10.63%) Lead
5 36 (9.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (8.61%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (5.82%) AWS Engineer
9 22 (5.57%) Developer
10 21 (5.32%) Senior DevOps
11 20 (5.06%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 20 (5.06%) Java Engineer
11 20 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (4.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 17 (4.30%) Administrator
13 17 (4.30%) Lead Software Engineer
13 17 (4.30%) Site Engineer
13 17 (4.30%) Team Leader
14 16 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
14 16 (4.05%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (15.44%) Elastic Stack
2 39 (9.87%) Kafka
3 24 (6.08%) .NET
4 21 (5.32%) React
5 20 (5.06%) OpenTelemetry
6 19 (4.81%) Loki
6 19 (4.81%) RabbitMQ
7 17 (4.30%) REST
8 15 (3.80%) Node.js
9 14 (3.54%) OAuth
10 12 (3.04%) gRPC
10 12 (3.04%) Spring
11 11 (2.78%) Apache NiFi
11 11 (2.78%) Playwright
11 11 (2.78%) Spring Boot
11 11 (2.78%) YAML
12 10 (2.53%) AngularJS
12 10 (2.53%) AWS CDK
12 10 (2.53%) Vue
12 10 (2.53%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 115 (29.11%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.37%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.58%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.57%) Onboarding
5 20 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (4.56%) Blog
7 13 (3.29%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.78%) Replication
9 10 (2.53%) FlexPod
9 10 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (2.03%) PKI
11 8 (2.03%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.52%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.01%) Blockchain
13 4 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 118 (29.87%) Linux
2 54 (13.67%) Windows
3 20 (5.06%) CentOS
4 12 (3.04%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.03%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.03%) VMS
7 6 (1.52%) Unix
8 4 (1.01%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.76%) Debian
10 2 (0.51%) SUSE
11 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (75.95%) CI/CD
2 221 (55.95%) DevOps
3 219 (55.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 173 (43.80%) Observability
5 157 (39.75%) Containerisation
6 136 (34.43%) Test Automation
7 117 (29.62%) Agile
8 116 (29.37%) Software Engineering
9 113 (28.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 110 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
11 105 (26.58%) Deployment Automation
12 86 (21.77%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 85 (21.52%) Microservices
14 75 (18.99%) Platform Engineering
15 64 (16.20%) Mentoring
16 60 (15.19%) Clean Code
17 58 (14.68%) Continuous Deployment
18 55 (13.92%) DevSecOps
19 52 (13.16%) AI
19 52 (13.16%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 234 (59.24%) Python
2 144 (36.46%) Bash
3 112 (28.35%) Java
4 57 (14.43%) PowerShell
5 53 (13.42%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.41%) SQL
7 45 (11.39%) Go
8 36 (9.11%) C#
9 24 (6.08%) Rust
10 23 (5.82%) TypeScript
11 18 (4.56%) C++
12 9 (2.28%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.03%) Bicep
14 7 (1.77%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.76%) Elixir
16 3 (0.76%) Erlang
17 2 (0.51%) C
17 2 (0.51%) VB
18 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (19.75%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.38%) Degree
3 33 (8.35%) DV Cleared
4 29 (7.34%) AWS Certification
5 26 (6.58%) SC Cleared
6 16 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.04%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (2.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.01%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (12.15%) QA
2 12 (3.04%) SOC 2
3 11 (2.78%) GDPR
4 10 (2.53%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.28%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.03%) SLA
7 6 (1.52%) WCAG
8 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.51%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 178 (45.06%) Docker
2 24 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.04%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.28%) vSphere
5 8 (2.03%) iptables
6 7 (1.77%) KVM
7 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.01%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 290 (73.42%) Terraform
2 259 (65.57%) Kubernetes
3 212 (53.67%) Prometheus
4 154 (38.99%) Ansible
5 28 (7.09%) Kibana
6 20 (5.06%) Puppet
7 19 (4.81%) Argo
8 16 (4.05%) Nagios
9 12 (3.04%) Istio
9 12 (3.04%) logstash
10 11 (2.78%) Docker Swarm
11 10 (2.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 10 (2.53%) ZABBIX
12 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (2.28%) Progress Chef
13 8 (2.03%) Proxmox
14 7 (1.77%) linkerd
14 7 (1.77%) Mesos
15 4 (1.01%) HP Fortify
15 4 (1.01%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (11.14%) Splunk
2 42 (10.63%) VMware
3 40 (10.13%) Microsoft
4 30 (7.59%) Red Hat
5 24 (6.08%) Dynatrace
6 15 (3.80%) Google
7 11 (2.78%) Cisco
8 10 (2.53%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.53%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.53%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.03%) Atlassian
9 8 (2.03%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.77%) NetApp
10 7 (1.77%) Oracle
10 7 (1.77%) Rapid7
11 5 (1.27%) Databricks
11 5 (1.27%) Tenable
12 4 (1.01%) Cribl.io
12 4 (1.01%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.01%) Veracode