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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 368 468
Rank change year-on-year -52 +100 -39
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 481 324 322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.65% 0.44%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.98% 6.51% 5.20%
Number of salaries quoted 260 218 200
10th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £43,911
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £89,063 £86,250 £85,625
90th Percentile £100,075 £115,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% +8.00%

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 5,355 4,978 6,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.53% 10.05% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,682 2,819 3,676
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,091 £39,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,850 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -4.35%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -40 388 £70,000 -3.45% 706
London +14 217 £82,500 - 428
Work from Home +67 200 £65,000 -6.73% 304
UK excluding London -116 196 £65,000 -10.34% 342
South East -12 68 £62,500 -13.79% 80
South West -35 44 £70,000 -24.32% 40
North of England -74 38 £70,000 +12.00% 83
North West -31 27 £71,250 +16.33% 43
Wales -52 18 £62,000 -0.80% 12
Midlands -96 13 £61,250 -15.52% 29
Scotland -16 11 £62,500 -16.11% 45
North East -62 11 £57,500 +3.14% 12
West Midlands -76 8 £55,000 -24.14% 19
East Midlands -29 5 £62,500 +12.11% 10
East of England -28 3 £86,250 +25.45% 35
Yorkshire -41 3 £57,500 -28.13% 28
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 19

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 15 (3.12%) Apache
2 11 (2.29%) Confluence
3 8 (1.66%) nginx
4 6 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.04%) IIS
6 4 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.83%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 333 (69.23%) AWS
2 210 (43.66%) GCP
3 161 (33.47%) Azure
4 114 (23.70%) Amazon EKS
5 97 (20.17%) SaaS
6 85 (17.67%) GitHub
7 73 (15.18%) GitHub Actions
8 69 (14.35%) Datadog
9 62 (12.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 56 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
11 46 (9.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 42 (8.73%) Serverless
13 37 (7.69%) OpenShift
14 32 (6.65%) Amazon S3
15 31 (6.44%) AWS Lambda
15 31 (6.44%) Azure Monitor
16 30 (6.24%) Amazon ECS
17 24 (4.99%) Entra ID
18 21 (4.37%) Azure AKS
18 21 (4.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (10.19%) Firewall
2 26 (5.41%) VPN
3 19 (3.95%) TCP/IP
4 16 (3.33%) DNS
4 16 (3.33%) VLAN
5 14 (2.91%) HTTP
6 13 (2.70%) BGP
7 12 (2.49%) Network Security
8 8 (1.66%) SSH
9 6 (1.25%) IPFIX
9 6 (1.25%) OSPF
9 6 (1.25%) SNMP
9 6 (1.25%) Unified Communications
9 6 (1.25%) WAN
10 5 (1.04%) LAN
11 4 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.83%) WebEx
12 3 (0.62%) 5G
12 3 (0.62%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (19.54%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (8.73%) Elasticsearch
2 42 (8.73%) MySQL
3 40 (8.32%) Amazon RDS
4 28 (5.82%) MongoDB
5 25 (5.20%) NoSQL
6 22 (4.57%) Redis
7 14 (2.91%) Amazon Aurora
8 12 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
9 11 (2.29%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.29%) SQL Server
10 10 (2.08%) InfluxDB
11 8 (1.66%) Data Lake
12 6 (1.25%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.04%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.83%) Metadata
15 3 (0.62%) Big Data
15 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.62%) ZAP BI
16 2 (0.42%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 93 (19.33%) Git
2 89 (18.50%) GitLab
3 88 (18.30%) Jenkins
4 87 (18.09%) TeamCity
5 22 (4.57%) SonarQube
6 18 (3.74%) Gatling
6 18 (3.74%) Selenium
7 17 (3.53%) JMeter
8 16 (3.33%) Cucumber
8 16 (3.33%) JIRA
9 14 (2.91%) Cypress.io
10 13 (2.70%) LoadRunner
11 9 (1.87%) Postman
12 8 (1.66%) Artifactory
12 8 (1.66%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.66%) JUnit
12 8 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (1.46%) Robot Framework
13 7 (1.46%) TestRail
14 6 (1.25%) Maven
General
1 188 (39.09%) Finance
2 126 (26.20%) Banking
2 126 (26.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 106 (22.04%) Social Skills
4 105 (21.83%) Law
5 101 (21.00%) Retail
6 70 (14.55%) Financial Institution
7 66 (13.72%) Back Office
8 65 (13.51%) Public Sector
9 49 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (3.12%) Marketing
11 13 (2.70%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.46%) Police
13 5 (1.04%) Legal
14 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.83%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.62%) Military
15 3 (0.62%) Publishing
16 2 (0.42%) Advertising
16 2 (0.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 102 (21.21%) Senior
2 88 (18.30%) Software Engineer
3 80 (16.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 52 (10.81%) Lead
5 45 (9.36%) Developer
6 41 (8.52%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (8.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (8.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 38 (7.90%) Site Engineer
9 37 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
10 36 (7.48%) AWS Engineer
11 29 (6.03%) Administrator
11 29 (6.03%) Lead Software Engineer
12 26 (5.41%) Team Leader
13 22 (4.57%) Software Team Leader
13 22 (4.57%) Systems Administrator
14 20 (4.16%) DevOps Administrator
14 20 (4.16%) Java Developer
14 20 (4.16%) Java Engineer
14 20 (4.16%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 334 (69.44%) Terraform
2 64 (13.31%) Elastic Stack
3 56 (11.64%) Kafka
4 42 (8.73%) OpenTelemetry
5 38 (7.90%) REST
5 38 (7.90%) RESTful
6 31 (6.44%) RabbitMQ
7 27 (5.61%) Spring
7 27 (5.61%) Spring Boot
8 22 (4.57%) Node.js
9 21 (4.37%) React
10 20 (4.16%) Loki
11 18 (3.74%) .NET
11 18 (3.74%) Hibernate
12 17 (3.53%) JPA
12 17 (3.53%) Keycloak
13 16 (3.33%) GraphQL
13 16 (3.33%) Playwright
13 16 (3.33%) pytest
14 13 (2.70%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 172 (35.76%) Cloud Native
2 67 (13.93%) Product Ownership
3 65 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (6.65%) Blog
5 24 (4.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (4.37%) Replication
7 20 (4.16%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (3.74%) Virtual Team
9 16 (3.33%) Management Information System
9 16 (3.33%) Onboarding
10 15 (3.12%) Private Cloud
11 14 (2.91%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (2.29%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.46%) PKI
15 6 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.25%) Hedge funds
15 6 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 127 (26.40%) Linux
2 42 (8.73%) Windows
3 18 (3.74%) Unix
4 17 (3.53%) CentOS
5 9 (1.87%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.04%) Android
7 5 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.62%) Debian
8 3 (0.62%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.62%) VMS
9 2 (0.42%) Rocky
10 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (73.39%) CI/CD
2 267 (55.51%) DevOps
3 261 (54.26%) Observability
4 248 (51.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 168 (34.93%) Software Engineering
6 164 (34.10%) Test Automation
7 145 (30.15%) Agile
8 143 (29.73%) Containerisation
9 142 (29.52%) Deployment Automation
10 124 (25.78%) Problem-Solving
11 123 (25.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 123 (25.57%) Microservices
12 116 (24.12%) Mentoring
13 107 (22.25%) Platform Engineering
14 98 (20.37%) AI
15 94 (19.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 78 (16.22%) Clean Code
16 78 (16.22%) Fintech
17 76 (15.80%) Continuous Deployment
18 69 (14.35%) GitOps
Programming Languages
1 270 (56.13%) Python
2 164 (34.10%) Java
3 154 (32.02%) Bash
4 78 (16.22%) PowerShell
5 77 (16.01%) SQL
6 48 (9.98%) Go
7 41 (8.52%) JavaScript
8 30 (6.24%) TypeScript
9 25 (5.20%) C#
10 19 (3.95%) Rust
11 18 (3.74%) Bicep
12 14 (2.91%) C++
13 9 (1.87%) Groovy
13 9 (1.87%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.46%) PHP
14 7 (1.46%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.46%) VBA
15 4 (0.83%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.83%) Scala
16 3 (0.62%) Swift
Qualifications
1 116 (24.12%) Security Cleared
2 67 (13.93%) SC Cleared
3 30 (6.24%) Degree
4 26 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.57%) AWS Certification
5 22 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (4.16%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.46%) CISSP
8 6 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.04%) CISM
10 4 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.62%) CCSP
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.62%) OCP
11 3 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.47%) QA
2 13 (2.70%) PCI DSS
3 12 (2.49%) SLA
4 9 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.87%) SOC 2
5 8 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.25%) NIST
7 3 (0.62%) GDPR
7 3 (0.62%) PSD2
7 3 (0.62%) WCAG
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 193 (40.12%) Docker
2 18 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.08%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.04%) vSphere
7 4 (0.83%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.83%) KVM
8 3 (0.62%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.42%) Xen
10 1 (0.21%) Firmware
10 1 (0.21%) iptables
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 326 (67.78%) Kubernetes
2 261 (54.26%) Prometheus
3 137 (28.48%) Ansible
4 52 (10.81%) Argo
5 29 (6.03%) Kibana
6 25 (5.20%) Istio
7 17 (3.53%) Nagios
8 15 (3.12%) Puppet
9 14 (2.91%) logstash
10 13 (2.70%) Kustomize
11 12 (2.49%) linkerd
12 11 (2.29%) Rancher
13 9 (1.87%) Docker Swarm
14 8 (1.66%) Proxmox
15 7 (1.46%) Cilium
16 6 (1.25%) Mesos
16 6 (1.25%) ZABBIX
17 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
17 5 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
17 5 (1.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (14.14%) Splunk
2 63 (13.10%) Dynatrace
3 50 (10.40%) Microsoft
4 36 (7.48%) Google
5 28 (5.82%) Red Hat
6 26 (5.41%) VMware
7 20 (4.16%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.70%) AppDynamics
9 12 (2.49%) Oracle
10 9 (1.87%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.87%) Rapid7
11 8 (1.66%) Databricks
12 6 (1.25%) Cisco
12 6 (1.25%) Informatica
12 6 (1.25%) NVIDIA
13 5 (1.04%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.04%) New Relic
14 4 (0.83%) NetApp
14 4 (0.83%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.83%) Solace