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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 427 499
Rank change year-on-year +64 +72 -25
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 403 222 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.54% 0.46%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.01% 4.83% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 223 162 200
10th Percentile £45,163 £45,035 £41,206
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 £91,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,125 £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 4,471 4,593 9,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.24% 11.16% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,121 3,352 7,296
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 15 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 15 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 +67 344 £70,079 -4.89% 128
Work from Home +107 187 £70,079 +5.78% 65
UK excluding London -4 183 £62,500 -3.85% 80
London +53 173 £82,500 -8.33% 59
North of England -58 58 £60,000 -14.29% 28
South West -21 42 £56,250 -13.46% 8
South East -13 37 £62,500 -19.35% 24
North East -20 23 £47,500 -22.45% 5
North West -27 22 £65,000 -10.34% 15
Midlands -51 16 £63,250 -2.69% 8
Scotland -20 15 £68,539 -27.85% 4
Yorkshire -54 13 £80,000 +6.85% 9
West Midlands -30 11 £55,200 -15.08% 7
East of England -17 8 £82,575 +43.61% 10
Wales -32 5 £70,079 +7.81% 1
East Midlands -46 5 £64,000 +55.15% 1
Northern Ireland -39 2 - - 1

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 19 (4.71%) Apache
2 16 (3.97%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.99%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.74%) Confluence
5 4 (0.99%) IIS
6 3 (0.74%) nginx
6 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.99%) Weka
2 2 (0.50%) 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%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.25%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 285 (70.72%) AWS
2 177 (43.92%) Azure
3 164 (40.69%) GCP
4 96 (23.82%) GitHub
5 93 (23.08%) Amazon EKS
6 81 (20.10%) GitHub Actions
7 76 (18.86%) Datadog
8 68 (16.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 58 (14.39%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (13.15%) Serverless
11 52 (12.90%) SaaS
12 48 (11.91%) AWS CloudFormation
13 35 (8.68%) OpenShift
14 30 (7.44%) AWS Lambda
15 29 (7.20%) Amazon S3
16 27 (6.70%) Amazon EC2
17 24 (5.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 21 (5.21%) Amazon ECS
18 21 (5.21%) dbt
19 16 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (13.40%) Firewall
2 32 (7.94%) DNS
3 28 (6.95%) HTTP
4 20 (4.96%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.47%) VPN
6 11 (2.73%) LAN
6 11 (2.73%) WAN
7 10 (2.48%) Broadband
8 9 (2.23%) VLAN
9 7 (1.74%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (1.74%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.74%) WebEx
10 6 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.49%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.24%) BGP
11 5 (1.24%) DHCP
11 5 (1.24%) Network Security
11 5 (1.24%) SSL
12 4 (0.99%) MQTT
12 4 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (5.71%) SQL Server
4 19 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
5 18 (4.47%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.97%) Relational Database
7 14 (3.47%) MySQL
8 13 (3.23%) InfluxDB
9 12 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.48%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.74%) Redis
12 6 (1.49%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.99%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.74%) Big Data
15 2 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.50%) CockroachDB
15 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
15 2 (0.50%) Looker
15 2 (0.50%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 103 (25.56%) Jenkins
2 90 (22.33%) GitLab
3 63 (15.63%) TeamCity
4 53 (13.15%) Git
5 36 (8.93%) Cucumber
6 26 (6.45%) JMeter
7 20 (4.96%) JIRA
7 20 (4.96%) SonarQube
8 19 (4.71%) Selenium
9 17 (4.22%) CircleCI
10 13 (3.23%) Bitbucket
10 13 (3.23%) Locust
11 11 (2.73%) Cypress.io
11 11 (2.73%) JUnit
12 10 (2.48%) Robot Framework
12 10 (2.48%) TestRail
13 9 (2.23%) LoadRunner
14 8 (1.99%) Gatling
15 5 (1.24%) Postman
15 5 (1.24%) REST Assured
General
1 122 (30.27%) Finance
2 106 (26.30%) Social Skills
3 77 (19.11%) Law
4 74 (18.36%) Banking
5 71 (17.62%) Retail
6 68 (16.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (9.93%) Back Office
8 38 (9.43%) Financial Institution
9 36 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
10 34 (8.44%) Telecoms
11 20 (4.96%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.49%) Legal
12 6 (1.49%) Marketing
13 5 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.25%) Advertising
16 1 (0.25%) Games
16 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (22.08%) Senior
2 78 (19.35%) DevOps Engineer
3 61 (15.14%) Software Engineer
4 52 (12.90%) Lead
5 36 (8.93%) Cloud Engineer
6 30 (7.44%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (6.95%) Developer
8 27 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (5.96%) AWS Engineer
10 23 (5.71%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.96%) Senior Software Engineer
12 19 (4.71%) Senior DevOps
13 18 (4.47%) Java Software Engineer
13 18 (4.47%) Software Developer
14 16 (3.97%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 15 (3.72%) DevSecOps Engineer
15 15 (3.72%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 14 (3.47%) Administrator
17 13 (3.23%) Systems Administrator
17 13 (3.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (17.87%) Elastic Stack
2 38 (9.43%) Kafka
3 28 (6.95%) .NET
4 23 (5.71%) React
5 20 (4.96%) Spring
6 19 (4.71%) OpenTelemetry
6 19 (4.71%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.22%) OAuth
7 17 (4.22%) RabbitMQ
8 16 (3.97%) Gherkin
9 14 (3.47%) Loki
9 14 (3.47%) pytest
10 12 (2.98%) Node.js
10 12 (2.98%) REST
11 10 (2.48%) ADO
12 9 (2.23%) AWS CDK
12 9 (2.23%) Django
12 9 (2.23%) Flask
12 9 (2.23%) JWT
12 9 (2.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 110 (27.30%) Cloud Native
2 45 (11.17%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (5.46%) Onboarding
5 18 (4.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.97%) Blog
7 12 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.73%) Private Cloud
9 10 (2.48%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.23%) PKI
10 9 (2.23%) Replication
11 8 (1.99%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.74%) FlexPod
12 7 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.24%) IoT
14 4 (0.99%) Blockchain
14 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
15 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 117 (29.03%) Linux
2 60 (14.89%) Windows
3 20 (4.96%) CentOS
4 12 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.98%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.73%) Unix
6 10 (2.48%) Ubuntu
7 9 (2.23%) VMS
8 3 (0.74%) Debian
8 3 (0.74%) SUSE
9 2 (0.50%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (76.92%) CI/CD
2 240 (59.55%) DevOps
3 214 (53.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 180 (44.67%) Observability
5 179 (44.42%) Containerisation
6 134 (33.25%) Test Automation
7 121 (30.02%) Agile
7 121 (30.02%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (29.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 115 (28.54%) Software Engineering
10 92 (22.83%) Deployment Automation
11 90 (22.33%) Microservices
12 83 (20.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 70 (17.37%) Platform Engineering
14 61 (15.14%) Clean Code
15 58 (14.39%) Continuous Deployment
16 56 (13.90%) Mentoring
17 53 (13.15%) High Availability
18 52 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 51 (12.66%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 227 (56.33%) Python
2 127 (31.51%) Bash
3 121 (30.02%) Java
4 55 (13.65%) JavaScript
5 54 (13.40%) PowerShell
6 50 (12.41%) Go
7 49 (12.16%) SQL
8 37 (9.18%) C#
9 24 (5.96%) TypeScript
10 15 (3.72%) C++
10 15 (3.72%) Rust
11 10 (2.48%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.99%) Delphi
12 8 (1.99%) Google Apps Script
13 7 (1.74%) Bicep
14 3 (0.74%) Elixir
14 3 (0.74%) Erlang
14 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.50%) C
15 2 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 76 (18.86%) Security Cleared
2 43 (10.67%) Degree
3 31 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 30 (7.44%) AWS Certification
4 30 (7.44%) SC Cleared
5 21 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.24%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.15%) QA
2 15 (3.72%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.72%) GDPR
3 13 (3.23%) WCAG
4 10 (2.48%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.48%) SOC 2
5 9 (2.23%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.50%) GRC
7 2 (0.50%) SEPA
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 193 (47.89%) Docker
2 21 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.98%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.99%) KVM
5 7 (1.74%) iptables
5 7 (1.74%) vSphere
6 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.99%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.50%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.25%) pfSense
10 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 297 (73.70%) Terraform
2 269 (66.75%) Kubernetes
3 207 (51.36%) Prometheus
4 141 (34.99%) Ansible
5 24 (5.96%) Kibana
6 15 (3.72%) Puppet
7 14 (3.47%) Argo
8 12 (2.98%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.23%) Istio
10 9 (2.23%) logstash
10 9 (2.23%) Progress Chef
10 9 (2.23%) ZABBIX
11 8 (1.99%) linkerd
11 8 (1.99%) Mesos
11 8 (1.99%) Nagios
11 8 (1.99%) Proxmox
12 7 (1.74%) Cisco CUCM
13 3 (0.74%) Scalr
13 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (11.41%) Splunk
2 40 (9.93%) VMware
3 31 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 26 (6.45%) Dynatrace
5 24 (5.96%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.72%) Google
6 15 (3.72%) Oracle
7 12 (2.98%) Fortinet
8 11 (2.73%) AppDynamics
9 10 (2.48%) SolarWinds
10 9 (2.23%) Cisco
11 8 (1.99%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.49%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.49%) NetApp
12 6 (1.49%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.24%) Databricks
13 5 (1.24%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.99%) Cribl.io
14 4 (0.99%) PagerDuty
15 3 (0.74%) New Relic