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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 386 468
Rank change year-on-year -27 +82 -31
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 467 324 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.66% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.80% 6.55% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 249 215 209
10th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £42,900
25th Percentile £56,250 £61,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £103,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% +7.41% +3.85%

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 5,304 4,947 6,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.52% 10.03% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,658 2,848 3,785
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £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 £86,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,900 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -49 379 £70,000 -3.45% 578
London +15 203 £80,000 -1.84% 350
UK excluding London -109 200 £65,000 -10.34% 283
Work from Home +62 191 £65,000 -7.14% 263
South East -26 64 £62,500 -13.79% 48
South West -40 46 £70,000 -24.32% 38
North of England -63 44 £68,750 +10.00% 81
North West -31 31 £71,250 +14.00% 53
Wales -47 17 £66,000 +5.60% 10
Midlands -90 14 £61,250 -15.52% 28
North East -60 12 £57,500 -4.17% 8
Scotland -9 11 £62,500 -16.11% 34
West Midlands -79 9 £55,000 -24.14% 16
East Midlands -35 5 £62,500 +12.11% 12
East of England -27 3 £86,250 +25.45% 25
Yorkshire -36 3 £57,500 -28.13% 21
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 21

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 17 (3.64%) Apache
2 10 (2.14%) Confluence
3 7 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.50%) nginx
4 5 (1.07%) IIS
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.86%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 328 (70.24%) AWS
2 202 (43.25%) GCP
3 159 (34.05%) Azure
4 108 (23.13%) Amazon EKS
5 90 (19.27%) SaaS
6 81 (17.34%) GitHub
7 71 (15.20%) GitHub Actions
8 68 (14.56%) Datadog
9 59 (12.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 56 (11.99%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (10.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 42 (8.99%) Serverless
13 38 (8.14%) OpenShift
14 34 (7.28%) Amazon S3
15 32 (6.85%) AWS Lambda
16 29 (6.21%) Amazon ECS
17 27 (5.78%) Azure Monitor
18 23 (4.93%) Entra ID
19 22 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
20 20 (4.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (10.28%) Firewall
2 20 (4.28%) VPN
3 16 (3.43%) TCP/IP
3 16 (3.43%) VLAN
4 15 (3.21%) DNS
5 13 (2.78%) HTTP
6 10 (2.14%) BGP
6 10 (2.14%) SSH
7 9 (1.93%) Network Security
8 7 (1.50%) OSPF
8 7 (1.50%) WAN
9 6 (1.28%) IPFIX
9 6 (1.28%) LAN
9 6 (1.28%) SNMP
9 6 (1.28%) Unified Communications
10 5 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.07%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (1.07%) WebEx
11 3 (0.64%) 4G
11 3 (0.64%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (17.99%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (8.57%) Elasticsearch
3 38 (8.14%) Amazon RDS
3 38 (8.14%) MySQL
4 27 (5.78%) MongoDB
5 24 (5.14%) NoSQL
6 18 (3.85%) Redis
7 14 (3.00%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (2.78%) InfluxDB
9 12 (2.57%) SQL Server
10 11 (2.36%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.93%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.50%) DynamoDB
13 5 (1.07%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.64%) Big Data
14 3 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.64%) Metadata
14 3 (0.64%) ZAP BI
15 2 (0.43%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 91 (19.49%) Jenkins
2 89 (19.06%) GitLab
3 88 (18.84%) Git
4 82 (17.56%) TeamCity
5 24 (5.14%) SonarQube
6 19 (4.07%) Selenium
7 18 (3.85%) Cucumber
8 17 (3.64%) Gatling
8 17 (3.64%) JMeter
9 15 (3.21%) Cypress.io
9 15 (3.21%) JIRA
10 13 (2.78%) LoadRunner
11 9 (1.93%) Octopus Deploy
11 9 (1.93%) Postman
12 8 (1.71%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.71%) JUnit
12 8 (1.71%) Robot Framework
12 8 (1.71%) TestRail
13 7 (1.50%) Artifactory
14 6 (1.28%) Maven
General
1 181 (38.76%) Finance
2 122 (26.12%) Banking
3 120 (25.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (22.27%) Law
5 99 (21.20%) Retail
5 99 (21.20%) Social Skills
6 66 (14.13%) Financial Institution
7 62 (13.28%) Back Office
8 61 (13.06%) Public Sector
9 47 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
10 16 (3.43%) Marketing
11 14 (3.00%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.28%) Legal
12 6 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Police
14 3 (0.64%) Military
15 2 (0.43%) Advertising
15 2 (0.43%) Billing
15 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 90 (19.27%) Senior
2 88 (18.84%) Software Engineer
3 76 (16.27%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (10.28%) Lead
5 43 (9.21%) Developer
6 42 (8.99%) Cloud Engineer
7 40 (8.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 39 (8.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 39 (8.35%) Site Engineer
9 36 (7.71%) AWS Engineer
9 36 (7.71%) Platform Engineer
10 28 (6.00%) Lead Software Engineer
11 26 (5.57%) Administrator
11 26 (5.57%) Team Leader
12 23 (4.93%) Systems Administrator
13 22 (4.71%) Software Team Leader
14 20 (4.28%) AWS DevOps
14 20 (4.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 19 (4.07%) DevOps Administrator
15 19 (4.07%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (70.45%) Terraform
2 64 (13.70%) Elastic Stack
3 57 (12.21%) Kafka
4 41 (8.78%) OpenTelemetry
5 36 (7.71%) REST
6 33 (7.07%) RESTful
7 31 (6.64%) RabbitMQ
8 25 (5.35%) Spring
8 25 (5.35%) Spring Boot
9 22 (4.71%) Node.js
10 21 (4.50%) Loki
10 21 (4.50%) React
11 17 (3.64%) .NET
11 17 (3.64%) Keycloak
11 17 (3.64%) Playwright
11 17 (3.64%) pytest
12 16 (3.43%) Hibernate
12 16 (3.43%) JPA
13 14 (3.00%) GraphQL
13 14 (3.00%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 167 (35.76%) Cloud Native
2 67 (14.35%) Product Ownership
3 59 (12.63%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (5.57%) Blog
5 24 (5.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (4.71%) Replication
7 19 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (3.64%) Virtual Team
9 16 (3.43%) Onboarding
10 14 (3.00%) Private Cloud
11 12 (2.57%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.36%) Mobile App
13 10 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (1.50%) IoT
14 7 (1.50%) PKI
15 6 (1.28%) AI Agents
15 6 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 121 (25.91%) Linux
2 41 (8.78%) Windows
3 18 (3.85%) CentOS
4 17 (3.64%) Unix
5 9 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.50%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.07%) Android
7 5 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.64%) Debian
8 3 (0.64%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.64%) VMS
9 2 (0.43%) Rocky
10 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (73.45%) CI/CD
2 257 (55.03%) DevOps
3 248 (53.10%) Observability
4 246 (52.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 167 (35.76%) Software Engineering
6 160 (34.26%) Test Automation
7 140 (29.98%) Agile
7 140 (29.98%) Containerisation
8 138 (29.55%) Deployment Automation
9 120 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
10 118 (25.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 118 (25.27%) Microservices
11 111 (23.77%) Mentoring
12 101 (21.63%) Platform Engineering
13 99 (21.20%) AI
14 94 (20.13%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 77 (16.49%) Continuous Deployment
16 75 (16.06%) Clean Code
17 68 (14.56%) Fintech
17 68 (14.56%) GitOps
Programming Languages
1 270 (57.82%) Python
2 158 (33.83%) Java
3 157 (33.62%) Bash
4 81 (17.34%) PowerShell
5 69 (14.78%) SQL
6 45 (9.64%) Go
6 45 (9.64%) JavaScript
7 31 (6.64%) TypeScript
8 24 (5.14%) C#
9 21 (4.50%) Rust
10 16 (3.43%) Bicep
10 16 (3.43%) C++
11 10 (2.14%) Groovy
12 9 (1.93%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.50%) PHP
13 7 (1.50%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.50%) VBA
14 4 (0.86%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.86%) Scala
15 3 (0.64%) Swift
Qualifications
1 115 (24.63%) Security Cleared
2 62 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.21%) Degree
4 26 (5.57%) DV Cleared
5 22 (4.71%) AWS Certification
6 21 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.85%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.07%) CISSP
11 4 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.64%) CISM
12 3 (0.64%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.64%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.64%) OCP
12 3 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.43%) GSEC
13 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.63%) QA
2 13 (2.78%) SLA
3 9 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.93%) PCI DSS
4 8 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.07%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.86%) NIST
7 3 (0.64%) GDPR
7 3 (0.64%) PSD2
7 3 (0.64%) WCAG
8 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 194 (41.54%) Docker
2 17 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (2.14%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (1.07%) vSphere
7 4 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.86%) KVM
8 3 (0.64%) iptables
8 3 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.43%) Xen
10 1 (0.21%) Firmware
10 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 315 (67.45%) Kubernetes
2 255 (54.60%) Prometheus
3 138 (29.55%) Ansible
4 51 (10.92%) Argo
5 31 (6.64%) Kibana
6 25 (5.35%) Istio
7 17 (3.64%) logstash
7 17 (3.64%) Nagios
8 15 (3.21%) Puppet
9 13 (2.78%) Kustomize
10 12 (2.57%) linkerd
11 11 (2.36%) Rancher
12 9 (1.93%) Docker Swarm
13 8 (1.71%) Proxmox
14 6 (1.28%) Mesos
14 6 (1.28%) vCenter Server
14 6 (1.28%) ZABBIX
15 5 (1.07%) Cilium
15 5 (1.07%) Cisco CUCM
15 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 68 (14.56%) Splunk
2 58 (12.42%) Dynatrace
3 52 (11.13%) Microsoft
4 32 (6.85%) Google
5 29 (6.21%) Red Hat
6 27 (5.78%) VMware
7 19 (4.07%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.78%) AppDynamics
9 12 (2.57%) Oracle
10 10 (2.14%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.93%) Rapid7
12 8 (1.71%) Databricks
13 7 (1.50%) Cisco
14 6 (1.28%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.28%) Informatica
14 6 (1.28%) New Relic
14 6 (1.28%) NVIDIA
15 5 (1.07%) Palo Alto
16 4 (0.86%) NetApp
16 4 (0.86%) Solace