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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 430 490
Rank change year-on-year +71 +60 -22
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 405 216 426
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.52% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.01% 4.42% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 223 163 197
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,115 £40,485
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% -9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £97,500
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 4,494 4,891 9,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.12% 11.69% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,131 3,363 7,255
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +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 £55,200 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +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 21 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 21 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 +65 347 £70,079 -6.40% 131
Work from Home +106 189 £70,079 +5.78% 74
UK excluding London +16 186 £62,500 -3.85% 90
London +51 172 £82,500 -8.84% 60
North of England -39 57 £60,000 -14.29% 29
South West -19 47 £57,500 -11.54% 8
South East -20 35 £62,500 -19.35% 25
North East -21 22 £47,500 -22.45% 7
North West -33 22 £65,000 -5.45% 17
Midlands -42 17 £62,500 -3.85% 6
Scotland -16 15 £68,539 -27.85% 9
Yorkshire -51 13 £80,000 +6.85% 6
West Midlands -37 12 £52,600 -19.08% 5
East of England -28 8 £82,575 +43.61% 11
Wales -35 5 £70,079 +7.81% 2
East Midlands -55 5 £64,000 +55.15% 1
Northern Ireland -41 2 - - 5

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 21 (5.19%) Apache
2 16 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.98%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.74%) IIS
5 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.49%) nginx
7 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.99%) Weka
2 2 (0.49%) 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%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 286 (70.62%) AWS
2 173 (42.72%) Azure
3 165 (40.74%) GCP
4 94 (23.21%) GitHub
5 91 (22.47%) Amazon EKS
6 81 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
7 76 (18.77%) Datadog
8 67 (16.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 59 (14.57%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (12.84%) SaaS
10 52 (12.84%) Serverless
11 46 (11.36%) AWS CloudFormation
12 38 (9.38%) OpenShift
13 30 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
14 29 (7.16%) Amazon S3
15 26 (6.42%) Amazon EC2
16 24 (5.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 21 (5.19%) Amazon ECS
17 21 (5.19%) dbt
18 16 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 56 (13.83%) Firewall
2 31 (7.65%) DNS
3 28 (6.91%) HTTP
4 20 (4.94%) TCP/IP
5 17 (4.20%) VPN
6 12 (2.96%) LAN
6 12 (2.96%) WAN
7 10 (2.47%) Broadband
7 10 (2.47%) VLAN
8 9 (2.22%) Unified Communications
8 9 (2.22%) WebEx
9 8 (1.98%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (1.98%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (1.73%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (1.23%) BGP
11 5 (1.23%) SSL
12 4 (0.99%) DHCP
12 4 (0.99%) MQTT
12 4 (0.99%) Network Security
13 3 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
3 21 (5.19%) SQL Server
4 17 (4.20%) NoSQL
5 16 (3.95%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.46%) InfluxDB
6 14 (3.46%) MySQL
7 12 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.47%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (1.48%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.48%) Redis
10 4 (0.99%) Big Data
10 4 (0.99%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.49%) CockroachDB
11 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.49%) Looker
11 2 (0.49%) PostHog
11 2 (0.49%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 104 (25.68%) Jenkins
2 92 (22.72%) GitLab
3 62 (15.31%) TeamCity
4 54 (13.33%) Git
5 38 (9.38%) Cucumber
6 26 (6.42%) JMeter
7 22 (5.43%) SonarQube
8 20 (4.94%) Selenium
9 17 (4.20%) CircleCI
9 17 (4.20%) JIRA
10 13 (3.21%) Cypress.io
10 13 (3.21%) Locust
11 11 (2.72%) Bitbucket
11 11 (2.72%) JUnit
12 10 (2.47%) LoadRunner
12 10 (2.47%) Robot Framework
12 10 (2.47%) TestRail
13 9 (2.22%) Gatling
14 6 (1.48%) Postman
14 6 (1.48%) REST Assured
General
1 122 (30.12%) Finance
2 102 (25.19%) Social Skills
3 77 (19.01%) Law
4 76 (18.77%) Banking
5 73 (18.02%) Retail
6 68 (16.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (9.63%) Back Office
8 38 (9.38%) Financial Institution
9 36 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
9 36 (8.89%) Telecoms
10 21 (5.19%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.98%) Marketing
12 6 (1.48%) Legal
13 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.25%) Aviation
16 1 (0.25%) Games
16 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 88 (21.73%) Senior
2 78 (19.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 64 (15.80%) Software Engineer
4 53 (13.09%) Lead
5 35 (8.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 29 (7.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (7.16%) Platform Engineer
7 26 (6.42%) Developer
8 24 (5.93%) AWS Engineer
9 22 (5.43%) Java Engineer
10 20 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
11 19 (4.69%) Senior DevOps
12 18 (4.44%) Java Software Engineer
12 18 (4.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 18 (4.44%) Software Developer
13 16 (3.95%) Site Engineer
14 15 (3.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 15 (3.70%) DevSecOps Engineer
15 14 (3.46%) Administrator
15 14 (3.46%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (18.52%) Elastic Stack
2 38 (9.38%) Kafka
3 28 (6.91%) .NET
4 22 (5.43%) React
5 20 (4.94%) OpenTelemetry
6 19 (4.69%) Spring
7 18 (4.44%) RabbitMQ
7 18 (4.44%) Spring Boot
8 17 (4.20%) Loki
8 17 (4.20%) OAuth
9 16 (3.95%) Gherkin
10 15 (3.70%) pytest
11 13 (3.21%) REST
12 11 (2.72%) Node.js
13 10 (2.47%) ADO
13 10 (2.47%) Apache NiFi
13 10 (2.47%) Playwright
13 10 (2.47%) Vue
14 9 (2.22%) AWS CDK
14 9 (2.22%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 114 (28.15%) Cloud Native
2 44 (10.86%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.93%) Onboarding
4 23 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.95%) Blog
7 11 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.72%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.47%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.22%) FlexPod
9 9 (2.22%) Replication
9 9 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (1.98%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.98%) PKI
11 4 (0.99%) Blockchain
11 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.74%) IoT
12 3 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 116 (28.64%) Linux
2 59 (14.57%) Windows
3 20 (4.94%) CentOS
4 11 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (2.72%) Unix
4 11 (2.72%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.22%) Ubuntu
5 9 (2.22%) VMS
6 3 (0.74%) Debian
6 3 (0.74%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.74%) SUSE
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (77.28%) CI/CD
2 239 (59.01%) DevOps
3 217 (53.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 183 (45.19%) Observability
5 179 (44.20%) Containerisation
6 137 (33.83%) Test Automation
7 121 (29.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (29.38%) Agile
8 119 (29.38%) Problem-Solving
9 118 (29.14%) Software Engineering
10 92 (22.72%) Deployment Automation
11 89 (21.98%) Microservices
12 87 (21.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 75 (18.52%) Platform Engineering
14 60 (14.81%) Clean Code
14 60 (14.81%) Mentoring
15 58 (14.32%) Continuous Deployment
16 54 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 52 (12.84%) Continuous Delivery
18 51 (12.59%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 235 (58.02%) Python
2 132 (32.59%) Bash
3 123 (30.37%) Java
4 59 (14.57%) JavaScript
5 55 (13.58%) PowerShell
6 51 (12.59%) Go
7 48 (11.85%) SQL
8 36 (8.89%) C#
9 25 (6.17%) TypeScript
10 17 (4.20%) C++
10 17 (4.20%) Rust
11 9 (2.22%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.98%) Bicep
12 8 (1.98%) Delphi
13 7 (1.73%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.74%) Elixir
15 3 (0.74%) Erlang
16 2 (0.49%) C
16 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.37%) Degree
3 30 (7.41%) DV Cleared
4 29 (7.16%) AWS Certification
4 29 (7.16%) SC Cleared
5 20 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 9 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (0.99%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.25%) ISEB
12 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.33%) QA
2 15 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.46%) GDPR
4 13 (3.21%) WCAG
5 10 (2.47%) PCI DSS
5 10 (2.47%) SOC 2
6 9 (2.22%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 2 (0.49%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 195 (48.15%) Docker
2 21 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.72%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.73%) iptables
4 7 (1.73%) KVM
4 7 (1.73%) vSphere
5 6 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.99%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.25%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 297 (73.33%) Terraform
2 273 (67.41%) Kubernetes
3 209 (51.60%) Prometheus
4 147 (36.30%) Ansible
5 26 (6.42%) Kibana
6 17 (4.20%) Argo
7 15 (3.70%) Puppet
8 12 (2.96%) Istio
8 12 (2.96%) logstash
9 11 (2.72%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (2.22%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.22%) Progress Chef
11 8 (1.98%) linkerd
11 8 (1.98%) Mesos
11 8 (1.98%) Nagios
11 8 (1.98%) Proxmox
11 8 (1.98%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.99%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.74%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 47 (11.60%) Splunk
2 40 (9.88%) VMware
3 31 (7.65%) Microsoft
4 28 (6.91%) Red Hat
5 25 (6.17%) Dynatrace
6 14 (3.46%) Google
7 13 (3.21%) Fortinet
7 13 (3.21%) Oracle
8 11 (2.72%) AppDynamics
9 10 (2.47%) Cisco
10 9 (2.22%) Palo Alto
10 9 (2.22%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.73%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.48%) NetApp
13 5 (1.23%) Databricks
13 5 (1.23%) Rapid7
13 5 (1.23%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.99%) Cribl.io
14 4 (0.99%) PagerDuty
15 3 (0.74%) Veracode