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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 405 487
Rank change year-on-year +17 +82 -15
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 402 268 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.63% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.48% 5.22% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 224 184 206
10th Percentile £45,489 £46,790 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,127 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.24% -9.38% +7.38%
75th Percentile £86,563 £91,688 £90,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,125 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -10.00% +20.00%

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 4,739 5,133 9,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.11% 11.98% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,327 3,083 7,056
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +10.40% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £112,250 £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 25 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 25 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 +34 348 £74,502 -0.49% 124
UK excluding London -9 181 £62,500 -7.41% 84
Work from Home +101 172 £70,079 +0.11% 63
London +15 166 £82,500 -2.94% 53
South West -12 51 £75,000 +15.38% 12
North of England -20 51 £52,500 -25.00% 28
South East +2 44 £62,500 -19.35% 21
North West 0 24 £67,500 +3.85% 18
North East -25 19 £47,500 -17.39% 3
Midlands -59 16 £64,000 -5.19% 9
West Midlands -54 12 £56,250 -16.67% 7
East of England -9 8 £82,575 +43.61% 7
Yorkshire -50 8 £80,000 +6.85% 7
Scotland -13 7 £65,533 -31.02% 6
East Midlands -24 4 £69,500 +63.53% 2
Wales -38 3 £70,079 +21.88% 1
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 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 20 (4.98%) Apache
2 13 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.74%) Confluence
4 6 (1.49%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.75%) IIS
5 3 (0.75%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.00%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.25%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 278 (69.15%) AWS
2 170 (42.29%) Azure
3 159 (39.55%) GCP
4 87 (21.64%) Amazon EKS
5 74 (18.41%) GitHub
6 69 (17.16%) GitHub Actions
7 68 (16.92%) Datadog
8 65 (16.17%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (14.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 58 (14.43%) Serverless
11 48 (11.94%) SaaS
12 41 (10.20%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (9.45%) Amazon S3
14 33 (8.21%) AWS Lambda
15 32 (7.96%) OpenShift
16 27 (6.72%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (6.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 21 (5.22%) Amazon ECS
18 17 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
18 17 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 57 (14.18%) Firewall
2 30 (7.46%) DNS
3 24 (5.97%) HTTP
3 24 (5.97%) TCP/IP
4 17 (4.23%) VLAN
5 15 (3.73%) VPN
6 10 (2.49%) LAN
6 10 (2.49%) Unified Communications
6 10 (2.49%) WAN
6 10 (2.49%) WebEx
7 9 (2.24%) Broadband
7 9 (2.24%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (2.24%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (1.99%) BGP
9 7 (1.74%) MQTT
9 7 (1.74%) Network Security
9 7 (1.74%) OSPF
10 6 (1.49%) IPFIX
10 6 (1.49%) SNMP
11 5 (1.24%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.72%) Elasticsearch
3 24 (5.97%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (4.48%) MySQL
5 16 (3.98%) InfluxDB
6 14 (3.48%) NoSQL
7 13 (3.23%) SQL Server
8 12 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (2.99%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.49%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.49%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.00%) Big Data
11 4 (1.00%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.75%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.75%) Redis
13 2 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.50%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.50%) Looker
13 2 (0.50%) PostHog
13 2 (0.50%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 91 (22.64%) Jenkins
2 90 (22.39%) GitLab
3 64 (15.92%) TeamCity
4 51 (12.69%) Git
5 27 (6.72%) SonarQube
6 25 (6.22%) Cucumber
7 20 (4.98%) JMeter
8 17 (4.23%) CircleCI
9 15 (3.73%) JIRA
10 14 (3.48%) Cypress.io
11 12 (2.99%) Bitbucket
11 12 (2.99%) Selenium
12 11 (2.74%) LoadRunner
13 10 (2.49%) Gatling
14 8 (1.99%) Robot Framework
14 8 (1.99%) TestRail
15 7 (1.74%) Postman
15 7 (1.74%) REST Assured
16 6 (1.49%) Locust
17 5 (1.24%) MLflow
General
1 122 (30.35%) Finance
2 84 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 82 (20.40%) Law
4 79 (19.65%) Banking
5 75 (18.66%) Retail
6 68 (16.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (9.70%) Financial Institution
8 37 (9.20%) Back Office
9 32 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (7.71%) Public Sector
10 31 (7.71%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.24%) Marketing
12 6 (1.49%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.75%) Legal
14 2 (0.50%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.25%) Advertising
15 1 (0.25%) Aviation
15 1 (0.25%) Games
15 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 85 (21.14%) Senior
2 82 (20.40%) DevOps Engineer
3 63 (15.67%) Software Engineer
4 41 (10.20%) Cloud Engineer
4 41 (10.20%) Lead
5 37 (9.20%) Platform Engineer
6 29 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (6.72%) AWS Engineer
8 22 (5.47%) Developer
9 21 (5.22%) Senior DevOps
10 20 (4.98%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 20 (4.98%) Java Engineer
10 20 (4.98%) Senior Software Engineer
11 19 (4.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 17 (4.23%) Administrator
12 17 (4.23%) Lead Software Engineer
12 17 (4.23%) Site Engineer
12 17 (4.23%) Team Leader
13 16 (3.98%) Java Software Engineer
13 16 (3.98%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (15.42%) Elastic Stack
2 39 (9.70%) Kafka
3 24 (5.97%) .NET
4 21 (5.22%) OpenTelemetry
4 21 (5.22%) React
5 20 (4.98%) Loki
6 19 (4.73%) RabbitMQ
7 17 (4.23%) Node.js
7 17 (4.23%) REST
8 14 (3.48%) OAuth
9 12 (2.99%) gRPC
9 12 (2.99%) Spring
10 11 (2.74%) Apache NiFi
10 11 (2.74%) Playwright
10 11 (2.74%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.74%) YAML
11 10 (2.49%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.49%) AWS CDK
11 10 (2.49%) Vue
11 10 (2.49%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 122 (30.35%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.20%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.47%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.47%) Onboarding
5 21 (5.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (4.48%) Blog
7 13 (3.23%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.74%) Replication
9 10 (2.49%) FlexPod
9 10 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.99%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.74%) PKI
13 6 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.24%) Data Centre
15 4 (1.00%) Blockchain
15 4 (1.00%) Distributed Architecture
15 4 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
15 4 (1.00%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 116 (28.86%) Linux
2 54 (13.43%) Windows
3 20 (4.98%) CentOS
4 12 (2.99%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.99%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.99%) VMS
7 5 (1.24%) Unix
8 4 (1.00%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.75%) Debian
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.25%) SUSE
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (76.62%) CI/CD
2 229 (56.97%) DevOps
3 227 (56.47%) Infrastructure as Code
4 177 (44.03%) Observability
5 164 (40.80%) Containerisation
6 139 (34.58%) Test Automation
7 123 (30.60%) Agile
8 118 (29.35%) Software Engineering
9 113 (28.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 112 (27.86%) Problem-Solving
11 106 (26.37%) Deployment Automation
12 88 (21.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 87 (21.64%) Microservices
14 77 (19.15%) Platform Engineering
15 67 (16.67%) Mentoring
16 62 (15.42%) Clean Code
17 59 (14.68%) Continuous Deployment
17 59 (14.68%) DevSecOps
18 55 (13.68%) Infrastructure Automation
19 53 (13.18%) AI
Programming Languages
1 241 (59.95%) Python
2 152 (37.81%) Bash
3 115 (28.61%) Java
4 63 (15.67%) PowerShell
5 52 (12.94%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.19%) SQL
7 46 (11.44%) Go
8 37 (9.20%) C#
9 25 (6.22%) Rust
10 23 (5.72%) TypeScript
11 18 (4.48%) C++
12 9 (2.24%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.99%) Bicep
14 7 (1.74%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.75%) Elixir
16 3 (0.75%) Erlang
17 2 (0.50%) Ruby
17 2 (0.50%) VB
17 2 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (20.90%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.20%) Degree
3 35 (8.71%) DV Cleared
4 30 (7.46%) SC Cleared
5 29 (7.21%) AWS Certification
6 17 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.99%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.50%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.50%) 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 47 (11.69%) QA
2 12 (2.99%) SOC 2
3 11 (2.74%) GDPR
4 10 (2.49%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.99%) SLA
7 6 (1.49%) WCAG
8 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.50%) GRC
8 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.50%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 182 (45.27%) Docker
2 24 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.99%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.24%) vSphere
5 7 (1.74%) iptables
5 7 (1.74%) KVM
5 7 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.00%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 298 (74.13%) Terraform
2 264 (65.67%) Kubernetes
3 219 (54.48%) Prometheus
4 156 (38.81%) Ansible
5 28 (6.97%) Kibana
6 22 (5.47%) Argo
7 21 (5.22%) Puppet
8 16 (3.98%) Nagios
9 13 (3.23%) Istio
10 12 (2.99%) logstash
11 11 (2.74%) Docker Swarm
12 10 (2.49%) Cisco CUCM
12 10 (2.49%) Progress Chef
12 10 (2.49%) ZABBIX
13 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
14 8 (1.99%) linkerd
14 8 (1.99%) Proxmox
15 7 (1.74%) Mesos
16 4 (1.00%) HP Fortify
16 4 (1.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (11.44%) Splunk
2 41 (10.20%) VMware
3 39 (9.70%) Microsoft
4 30 (7.46%) Red Hat
5 24 (5.97%) Dynatrace
6 16 (3.98%) Google
7 11 (2.74%) Cisco
8 10 (2.49%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.49%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.49%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.99%) Oracle
9 8 (1.99%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.74%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.74%) NetApp
10 7 (1.74%) Rapid7
11 5 (1.24%) Databricks
11 5 (1.24%) Tenable
12 4 (1.00%) Cribl.io
12 4 (1.00%) PagerDuty
12 4 (1.00%) ServiceNow