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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 387 433
Rank change year-on-year -26 +46 +2
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 421 334 436
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.67% 0.52%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.36% 6.64% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 235 219 210
10th Percentile £47,500 £57,250 £41,206
25th Percentile £56,875 £63,750 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £115,500 £102,500
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 5,037 5,029 6,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.67% 10.09% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,600 2,944 4,348
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,630 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +3.31% -6.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £51,058 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.66% -7.17% -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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -48 352 £70,000 -3.45% 292
UK excluding London -65 192 £65,000 -10.34% 147
London -15 176 £80,000 -3.03% 187
Work from Home +52 169 £65,000 -7.14% 141
South East -1 61 £62,500 -19.35% 36
South West -31 46 £70,000 -24.32% 23
North of England -49 42 £70,000 +5.66% 40
North West -7 28 £71,250 +18.75% 24
Midlands -81 18 £63,250 -12.76% 8
North East -40 13 £52,500 -12.50% 6
West Midlands -69 13 £62,500 -13.79% 3
Scotland -5 12 £62,500 -34.21% 20
Wales -53 10 £70,000 +27.27% 4
East Midlands -22 5 £64,000 +14.80% 5
East of England -26 2 £82,500 +22.22% 9
Yorkshire -46 1 £82,500 +3.13% 10
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8

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 16 (3.80%) Apache
2 10 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.90%) Confluence
4 6 (1.43%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.43%) IIS
5 5 (1.19%) nginx
6 3 (0.71%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 282 (66.98%) AWS
2 164 (38.95%) GCP
3 159 (37.77%) Azure
4 86 (20.43%) Datadog
5 65 (15.44%) Amazon EKS
6 64 (15.20%) GitHub
6 64 (15.20%) SaaS
7 60 (14.25%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (13.06%) Azure DevOps
9 54 (12.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 44 (10.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 43 (10.21%) Serverless
12 42 (9.98%) OpenShift
13 40 (9.50%) Amazon S3
14 33 (7.84%) AWS Lambda
15 31 (7.36%) Amazon ECS
16 26 (6.18%) Amazon EC2
17 24 (5.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 18 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
19 16 (3.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.69%) Firewall
2 18 (4.28%) VLAN
3 15 (3.56%) DNS
4 13 (3.09%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.38%) WAN
6 9 (2.14%) Broadband
6 9 (2.14%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (2.14%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.14%) LAN
6 9 (2.14%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.14%) VPN
6 9 (2.14%) WebEx
7 8 (1.90%) BGP
7 8 (1.90%) HTTP
8 7 (1.66%) Network Security
8 7 (1.66%) OSPF
8 7 (1.66%) SSH
9 6 (1.43%) IPFIX
9 6 (1.43%) SNMP
10 4 (0.95%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (10.93%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (8.31%) Elasticsearch
3 30 (7.13%) MySQL
4 27 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
5 19 (4.51%) NoSQL
6 17 (4.04%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.85%) InfluxDB
7 12 (2.85%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (2.14%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.90%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.66%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.95%) Big Data
13 4 (0.95%) ZAP BI
14 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.71%) Redis
15 2 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.48%) Couchbase
15 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 91 (21.62%) GitLab
2 79 (18.76%) Jenkins
3 75 (17.81%) Git
4 55 (13.06%) TeamCity
5 26 (6.18%) SonarQube
6 25 (5.94%) Cucumber
7 22 (5.23%) JMeter
8 18 (4.28%) Cypress.io
8 18 (4.28%) Selenium
9 17 (4.04%) Gatling
10 15 (3.56%) JIRA
11 12 (2.85%) LoadRunner
12 11 (2.61%) Octopus Deploy
12 11 (2.61%) Postman
13 9 (2.14%) Bitbucket
14 8 (1.90%) JUnit
15 7 (1.66%) Burp Suite
15 7 (1.66%) REST Assured
15 7 (1.66%) Robot Framework
15 7 (1.66%) TestRail
General
1 148 (35.15%) Finance
2 94 (22.33%) Banking
3 83 (19.71%) Social Skills
4 80 (19.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (17.58%) Law
6 68 (16.15%) Retail
7 44 (10.45%) Financial Institution
7 44 (10.45%) Public Sector
8 42 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
9 40 (9.50%) Back Office
10 20 (4.75%) Marketing
11 17 (4.04%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.66%) Legal
12 7 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.71%) Military
15 2 (0.48%) Advertising
15 2 (0.48%) Billing
15 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (19.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 73 (17.34%) Senior
3 68 (16.15%) Software Engineer
4 45 (10.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 44 (10.45%) Lead
6 40 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 38 (9.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 36 (8.55%) Site Engineer
9 35 (8.31%) Developer
9 35 (8.31%) Platform Engineer
10 30 (7.13%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (4.99%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (4.75%) Team Leader
13 19 (4.51%) Administrator
14 18 (4.28%) Systems Administrator
15 17 (4.04%) Senior Software Engineer
16 15 (3.56%) Java Engineer
16 15 (3.56%) Linux Administrator
16 15 (3.56%) Linux Systems Administrator
16 15 (3.56%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 291 (69.12%) Terraform
2 53 (12.59%) Elastic Stack
3 47 (11.16%) Kafka
4 37 (8.79%) OpenTelemetry
5 28 (6.65%) RabbitMQ
6 25 (5.94%) REST
7 24 (5.70%) Node.js
8 23 (5.46%) Loki
9 22 (5.23%) React
9 22 (5.23%) RESTful
10 18 (4.28%) .NET
10 18 (4.28%) Playwright
10 18 (4.28%) Spring
10 18 (4.28%) Spring Boot
11 16 (3.80%) pytest
12 15 (3.56%) YAML
13 11 (2.61%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.61%) Apache NiFi
13 11 (2.61%) gRPC
13 11 (2.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 130 (30.88%) Cloud Native
2 48 (11.40%) Product Ownership
3 36 (8.55%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (4.75%) Onboarding
5 17 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.09%) Blog
7 12 (2.85%) Replication
8 11 (2.61%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.38%) Mobile App
9 10 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.14%) FlexPod
10 9 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.90%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.66%) Distributed Architecture
12 7 (1.66%) PKI
13 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 120 (28.50%) Linux
2 45 (10.69%) Windows
3 21 (4.99%) CentOS
4 13 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.85%) Unix
6 7 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.66%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.43%) VMS
8 5 (1.19%) Android
8 5 (1.19%) Debian
8 5 (1.19%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.71%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.48%) Rocky
11 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (69.36%) CI/CD
2 241 (57.24%) Infrastructure as Code
3 226 (53.68%) Observability
4 225 (53.44%) DevOps
5 150 (35.63%) Containerisation
6 145 (34.44%) Software Engineering
7 133 (31.59%) Test Automation
8 118 (28.03%) Agile
9 114 (27.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (27.08%) Deployment Automation
10 112 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
11 96 (22.80%) Microservices
12 94 (22.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 91 (21.62%) Platform Engineering
14 86 (20.43%) Mentoring
15 74 (17.58%) AI
16 62 (14.73%) GitOps
17 60 (14.25%) Continuous Deployment
18 55 (13.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 54 (12.83%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 265 (62.95%) Python
2 146 (34.68%) Bash
3 126 (29.93%) Java
4 83 (19.71%) PowerShell
5 55 (13.06%) SQL
6 44 (10.45%) JavaScript
7 39 (9.26%) Go
8 34 (8.08%) C#
9 24 (5.70%) TypeScript
10 22 (5.23%) Rust
11 16 (3.80%) C++
12 10 (2.38%) Kotlin
13 9 (2.14%) Bicep
14 8 (1.90%) PHP
15 7 (1.66%) VBA
16 5 (1.19%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.95%) Scala
18 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
18 3 (0.71%) Swift
19 2 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (20.90%) Security Cleared
2 37 (8.79%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.31%) Degree
4 24 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (5.23%) DV Cleared
6 19 (4.51%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 10 (2.38%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (1.19%) AWS Certified Developer
9 5 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.95%) CISSP
10 4 (0.95%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.71%) OCP
11 3 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.48%) CISM
12 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.48%) GSEC
12 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.25%) QA
2 14 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.09%) SLA
4 11 (2.61%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.14%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.14%) WCAG
6 8 (1.90%) GDPR
7 7 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.71%) NIST
8 3 (0.71%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 192 (45.61%) Docker
2 22 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.85%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (2.61%) Active Directory
6 9 (2.14%) vSphere
7 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.19%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.19%) KVM
8 5 (1.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (0.95%) iptables
10 2 (0.48%) Xen
11 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 269 (63.90%) Kubernetes
2 223 (52.97%) Prometheus
3 141 (33.49%) Ansible
4 41 (9.74%) Argo
5 25 (5.94%) Kibana
6 23 (5.46%) Istio
7 18 (4.28%) Nagios
8 16 (3.80%) logstash
8 16 (3.80%) Puppet
9 12 (2.85%) Kustomize
10 10 (2.38%) linkerd
11 9 (2.14%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (1.90%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (1.90%) ZABBIX
13 6 (1.43%) vCenter Server
14 5 (1.19%) Cilium
14 5 (1.19%) HP Fortify
14 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (1.19%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.95%) Mesos
Vendors
1 64 (15.20%) Splunk
2 50 (11.88%) Microsoft
3 45 (10.69%) Dynatrace
4 35 (8.31%) Red Hat
5 31 (7.36%) Google
6 28 (6.65%) VMware
7 11 (2.61%) Oracle
7 11 (2.61%) Rapid7
8 10 (2.38%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.38%) Atlassian
8 10 (2.38%) Cisco
8 10 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.14%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.14%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.90%) NetApp
11 6 (1.43%) Informatica
11 6 (1.43%) New Relic
11 6 (1.43%) NVIDIA
12 5 (1.19%) Databricks
12 5 (1.19%) Veracode