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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 381 482
Rank change year-on-year -21 +101 -33
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 414 341 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.70% 0.43%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.49% 6.10% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 248 226 204
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £40,242
25th Percentile £56,125 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,875 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% - +7.69%

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 5,530 5,589 8,931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.57% 11.40% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,087 3,325 6,390
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,618 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -36 364 £70,079 -3.34% 109
UK excluding London -59 192 £64,000 -8.57% 69
London 0 177 £82,500 - 56
Work from Home +79 172 £65,000 -7.14% 56
South East -1 58 £62,500 -16.67% 14
South West -12 49 £75,000 +15.38% 12
North of England -43 48 £60,000 -7.69% 18
North West +4 28 £71,250 +18.75% 12
Midlands -73 20 £63,250 -12.76% 11
North East -40 17 £47,500 -20.83% 1
West Midlands -63 15 £62,500 -13.79% 10
Wales -52 8 £70,000 +27.27% 2
East Midlands -14 5 £64,000 +14.80% 1
Scotland -9 4 £62,500 -34.21% 8
East of England -11 3 £80,150 +18.74% 6
Yorkshire -43 3 £52,500 -29.88% 5
Northern Ireland -61 2 - -

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 (4.35%) Apache
2 9 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.69%) IIS
4 6 (1.45%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.45%) Confluence
5 5 (1.21%) nginx
6 3 (0.72%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.24%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.24%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 277 (66.91%) AWS
2 166 (40.10%) GCP
3 164 (39.61%) Azure
4 74 (17.87%) Amazon EKS
5 66 (15.94%) Datadog
6 65 (15.70%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (15.70%) GitHub
7 63 (15.22%) GitHub Actions
8 56 (13.53%) SaaS
9 52 (12.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 51 (12.32%) AWS CloudFormation
10 51 (12.32%) Serverless
11 38 (9.18%) OpenShift
12 37 (8.94%) Amazon S3
13 33 (7.97%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (6.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 25 (6.04%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (6.04%) Amazon ECS
16 17 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 60 (14.49%) Firewall
2 24 (5.80%) DNS
3 23 (5.56%) TCP/IP
4 19 (4.59%) VLAN
5 18 (4.35%) HTTP
6 14 (3.38%) VPN
7 11 (2.66%) WAN
8 10 (2.42%) LAN
8 10 (2.42%) Unified Communications
8 10 (2.42%) WebEx
9 9 (2.17%) Broadband
9 9 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (1.93%) BGP
11 7 (1.69%) MQTT
11 7 (1.69%) Network Security
11 7 (1.69%) OSPF
11 7 (1.69%) SSH
12 6 (1.45%) IPFIX
12 6 (1.45%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (8.21%) Elasticsearch
3 26 (6.28%) MySQL
4 22 (5.31%) Amazon RDS
5 19 (4.59%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.38%) InfluxDB
6 14 (3.38%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (2.66%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.66%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.93%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.97%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.72%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (0.72%) Big Data
11 2 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.48%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.48%) Looker
11 2 (0.48%) Redis
11 2 (0.48%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 91 (21.98%) GitLab
2 85 (20.53%) Jenkins
3 68 (16.43%) Git
4 66 (15.94%) TeamCity
5 24 (5.80%) SonarQube
6 23 (5.56%) Cucumber
7 22 (5.31%) JMeter
8 13 (3.14%) CircleCI
8 13 (3.14%) JIRA
9 12 (2.90%) Bitbucket
10 11 (2.66%) Cypress.io
10 11 (2.66%) Gatling
10 11 (2.66%) LoadRunner
10 11 (2.66%) Octopus Deploy
10 11 (2.66%) Selenium
11 7 (1.69%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.69%) TestRail
12 6 (1.45%) Burp Suite
12 6 (1.45%) REST Assured
13 5 (1.21%) Artifactory
General
1 125 (30.19%) Finance
2 96 (23.19%) Banking
3 83 (20.05%) Law
4 78 (18.84%) Retail
4 78 (18.84%) Social Skills
5 76 (18.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (10.87%) Financial Institution
7 42 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (10.14%) Back Office
8 39 (9.42%) Public Sector
9 27 (6.52%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.17%) Marketing
11 8 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.72%) Legal
14 2 (0.48%) Advertising
14 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.48%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.24%) Billing
15 1 (0.24%) Games
Job Titles
1 95 (22.95%) DevOps Engineer
2 75 (18.12%) Senior
3 68 (16.43%) Software Engineer
4 44 (10.63%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 36 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
7 34 (8.21%) Lead
8 27 (6.52%) Developer
9 26 (6.28%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (5.31%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 21 (5.07%) Administrator
11 21 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
12 20 (4.83%) Java Engineer
12 20 (4.83%) Site Engineer
12 20 (4.83%) Systems Administrator
13 18 (4.35%) Lead Software Engineer
13 18 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
13 18 (4.35%) Team Leader
14 17 (4.11%) AWS DevOps
14 17 (4.11%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (15.94%) Elastic Stack
2 47 (11.35%) Kafka
3 29 (7.00%) OpenTelemetry
4 24 (5.80%) RabbitMQ
5 22 (5.31%) Loki
6 19 (4.59%) Node.js
7 17 (4.11%) React
7 17 (4.11%) REST
8 16 (3.86%) YAML
9 15 (3.62%) Spring
10 14 (3.38%) .NET
10 14 (3.38%) Spring Boot
11 13 (3.14%) RESTful
12 12 (2.90%) Apache NiFi
12 12 (2.90%) gRPC
12 12 (2.90%) Playwright
13 11 (2.66%) ARM Templates
13 11 (2.66%) OAuth
14 10 (2.42%) AngularJS
14 10 (2.42%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 131 (31.64%) Cloud Native
2 45 (10.87%) Product Ownership
3 34 (8.21%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 19 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.86%) Blog
7 12 (2.90%) Replication
8 10 (2.42%) FlexPod
8 10 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (2.17%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.93%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.69%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.45%) PKI
13 5 (1.21%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.72%) IoT
14 3 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (29.47%) Linux
2 47 (11.35%) Windows
3 21 (5.07%) CentOS
4 14 (3.38%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.90%) Unix
6 8 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.69%) VMS
8 5 (1.21%) Debian
9 4 (0.97%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.48%) Rocky
11 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (74.40%) CI/CD
2 236 (57.00%) DevOps
2 236 (57.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 179 (43.24%) Observability
4 172 (41.55%) Containerisation
5 138 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 137 (33.09%) Test Automation
7 122 (29.47%) Agile
8 119 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
9 116 (28.02%) Deployment Automation
10 106 (25.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 100 (24.15%) Microservices
12 82 (19.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 81 (19.57%) Mentoring
14 79 (19.08%) Platform Engineering
15 67 (16.18%) Continuous Deployment
16 61 (14.73%) Clean Code
17 56 (13.53%) AI
18 52 (12.56%) Infrastructure Automation
19 51 (12.32%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 263 (63.53%) Python
2 167 (40.34%) Bash
3 129 (31.16%) Java
4 77 (18.60%) PowerShell
5 58 (14.01%) SQL
6 45 (10.87%) JavaScript
7 43 (10.39%) Go
8 36 (8.70%) C#
9 29 (7.00%) Rust
10 19 (4.59%) TypeScript
11 17 (4.11%) C++
12 10 (2.42%) Bicep
13 7 (1.69%) VBA
14 5 (1.21%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (1.21%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.21%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.97%) PHP
16 3 (0.72%) Ruby
17 2 (0.48%) VB
18 1 (0.24%) JCL
Qualifications
1 86 (20.77%) Security Cleared
2 38 (9.18%) Degree
3 33 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 22 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (5.07%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.66%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.48%) CISSP
13 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.48%) ISEB
13 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (12.08%) QA
2 15 (3.62%) PCI DSS
3 13 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.14%) GDPR
4 12 (2.90%) SOC 2
5 9 (2.17%) SLA
6 8 (1.93%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.45%) WCAG
8 4 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.48%) GRC
10 2 (0.48%) PSD2
10 2 (0.48%) SEPA
11 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 191 (46.14%) Docker
2 24 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (2.90%) Virtual Servers
4 11 (2.66%) Active Directory
5 10 (2.42%) vSphere
6 6 (1.45%) iptables
6 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.21%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.21%) KVM
7 5 (1.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.48%) Xen
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 296 (71.50%) Terraform
2 271 (65.46%) Kubernetes
3 230 (55.56%) Prometheus
4 155 (37.44%) Ansible
5 31 (7.49%) Argo
6 27 (6.52%) Kibana
7 20 (4.83%) Puppet
8 19 (4.59%) Nagios
9 18 (4.35%) Istio
10 16 (3.86%) logstash
11 10 (2.42%) Cisco CUCM
11 10 (2.42%) Kustomize
11 10 (2.42%) ZABBIX
12 9 (2.17%) Docker Swarm
13 8 (1.93%) linkerd
13 8 (1.93%) Progress Chef
14 6 (1.45%) Proxmox
14 6 (1.45%) vCenter Server
15 5 (1.21%) Mesos
15 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (12.80%) Splunk
2 50 (12.08%) Microsoft
3 35 (8.45%) VMware
4 34 (8.21%) Red Hat
5 27 (6.52%) Dynatrace
6 20 (4.83%) Google
7 11 (2.66%) Cisco
7 11 (2.66%) Rapid7
8 10 (2.42%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.42%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.42%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.42%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.17%) NetApp
9 9 (2.17%) Oracle
10 8 (1.93%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.45%) Informatica
11 6 (1.45%) New Relic
12 5 (1.21%) Tenable
13 4 (0.97%) PagerDuty
13 4 (0.97%) SolarWinds