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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 393 519
Rank change year-on-year +1 +126 -37
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 387 316 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.71% 0.40%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.95% 5.93% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 221 200 197
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,375 £38,850
25th Percentile £53,555 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £86,250 £90,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £111,250 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +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 4,870 5,327 9,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.31% 12.05% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,489 3,100 6,992
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,743 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -7.60%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -17 340 £72,500 - 109
UK excluding London -20 175 £62,500 -10.71% 75
London +10 166 £82,500 - 44
Work from Home +97 162 £70,000 - 57
South West -8 49 £66,250 +1.92% 8
North of England -25 47 £51,250 -21.15% 25
South East -1 46 £62,500 -19.35% 22
North West +2 21 £67,500 +12.50% 15
North East -25 19 £47,500 -19.15% 3
Midlands -46 17 £64,000 -5.19% 8
West Midlands -53 12 £56,250 -19.64% 5
Yorkshire -49 7 £80,000 +6.85% 7
Scotland -8 5 £62,500 -34.21% 5
East of England -9 5 £85,000 +47.83% 5
East Midlands -19 5 £64,000 +21.90% 3
Wales -47 4 £62,539 +8.76% 2
Northern Ireland -32 2 - - 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 19 (4.91%) Apache
2 12 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.81%) Confluence
4 6 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 1 (0.26%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.26%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.03%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.26%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 267 (68.99%) AWS
2 158 (40.83%) Azure
3 152 (39.28%) GCP
4 82 (21.19%) Amazon EKS
5 67 (17.31%) GitHub
6 64 (16.54%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (16.28%) GitHub Actions
8 60 (15.50%) Datadog
9 57 (14.73%) Serverless
10 56 (14.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 49 (12.66%) SaaS
12 40 (10.34%) AWS CloudFormation
13 37 (9.56%) Amazon S3
14 32 (8.27%) AWS Lambda
14 32 (8.27%) OpenShift
15 24 (6.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 23 (5.94%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (5.43%) Amazon ECS
18 16 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
18 16 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 58 (14.99%) Firewall
2 29 (7.49%) DNS
3 24 (6.20%) TCP/IP
4 23 (5.94%) HTTP
5 18 (4.65%) VLAN
6 15 (3.88%) VPN
7 11 (2.84%) WAN
8 10 (2.58%) LAN
8 10 (2.58%) Unified Communications
8 10 (2.58%) WebEx
9 9 (2.33%) Broadband
9 9 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (2.33%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (2.07%) BGP
11 7 (1.81%) MQTT
11 7 (1.81%) Network Security
11 7 (1.81%) OSPF
12 6 (1.55%) IPFIX
12 6 (1.55%) SNMP
13 5 (1.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.27%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.98%) Elasticsearch
3 20 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (4.65%) MySQL
5 15 (3.88%) NoSQL
6 14 (3.62%) InfluxDB
7 12 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (3.10%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.84%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.81%) Amazon Aurora
10 6 (1.55%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.03%) Big Data
11 4 (1.03%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.78%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.52%) CockroachDB
13 2 (0.52%) Couchbase
13 2 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.52%) Looker
13 2 (0.52%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 86 (22.22%) GitLab
2 84 (21.71%) Jenkins
3 63 (16.28%) TeamCity
4 52 (13.44%) Git
5 27 (6.98%) SonarQube
6 24 (6.20%) Cucumber
7 21 (5.43%) JMeter
8 15 (3.88%) JIRA
9 14 (3.62%) CircleCI
10 12 (3.10%) Bitbucket
10 12 (3.10%) Cypress.io
11 11 (2.84%) LoadRunner
11 11 (2.84%) Selenium
12 10 (2.58%) Gatling
13 7 (1.81%) Robot Framework
13 7 (1.81%) TestRail
14 6 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
14 6 (1.55%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.29%) Burp Suite
15 5 (1.29%) Postman
General
1 116 (29.97%) Finance
2 82 (21.19%) Law
3 80 (20.67%) Banking
4 77 (19.90%) Social Skills
5 75 (19.38%) Retail
6 69 (17.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (10.08%) Financial Institution
8 36 (9.30%) Back Office
9 35 (9.04%) Public Sector
10 34 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (8.01%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.33%) Marketing
13 7 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.78%) Legal
16 2 (0.52%) Advertising
16 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
17 1 (0.26%) Aviation
17 1 (0.26%) Games
17 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 83 (21.45%) DevOps Engineer
1 83 (21.45%) Senior
2 60 (15.50%) Software Engineer
3 38 (9.82%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (9.04%) Platform Engineer
5 33 (8.53%) Lead
6 28 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (6.46%) AWS Engineer
8 24 (6.20%) Developer
9 22 (5.68%) Senior DevOps
10 20 (5.17%) Java Engineer
10 20 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
10 20 (5.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 18 (4.65%) Administrator
11 18 (4.65%) Site Engineer
12 17 (4.39%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 17 (4.39%) Systems Administrator
13 16 (4.13%) Java Software Engineer
13 16 (4.13%) Lead Software Engineer
13 16 (4.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (15.25%) Elastic Stack
2 41 (10.59%) Kafka
3 21 (5.43%) OpenTelemetry
4 19 (4.91%) Node.js
4 19 (4.91%) React
5 18 (4.65%) .NET
5 18 (4.65%) REST
6 17 (4.39%) Loki
6 17 (4.39%) RabbitMQ
7 14 (3.62%) OAuth
8 13 (3.36%) Spring
9 12 (3.10%) Apache NiFi
9 12 (3.10%) gRPC
9 12 (3.10%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.84%) YAML
11 10 (2.58%) Playwright
11 10 (2.58%) Vue
11 10 (2.58%) XMPP
12 9 (2.33%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.33%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 123 (31.78%) Cloud Native
2 34 (8.79%) Product Ownership
3 28 (7.24%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (4.65%) Blog
5 18 (4.65%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.36%) Private Cloud
7 11 (2.84%) Replication
8 10 (2.58%) FlexPod
8 10 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.55%) PKI
10 6 (1.55%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.29%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.03%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.03%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 107 (27.65%) Linux
2 51 (13.18%) Windows
3 19 (4.91%) CentOS
4 12 (3.10%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.81%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.81%) VMS
7 6 (1.55%) Unix
8 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.78%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (75.97%) CI/CD
2 220 (56.85%) Infrastructure as Code
3 217 (56.07%) DevOps
4 165 (42.64%) Observability
5 159 (41.09%) Containerisation
6 133 (34.37%) Test Automation
7 118 (30.49%) Agile
8 116 (29.97%) Software Engineering
9 107 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (27.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 102 (26.36%) Deployment Automation
12 86 (22.22%) Microservices
13 80 (20.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 71 (18.35%) Platform Engineering
15 67 (17.31%) Mentoring
16 59 (15.25%) Clean Code
17 58 (14.99%) Continuous Deployment
18 55 (14.21%) DevSecOps
19 54 (13.95%) AI
20 52 (13.44%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 237 (61.24%) Python
2 154 (39.79%) Bash
3 116 (29.97%) Java
4 62 (16.02%) PowerShell
5 50 (12.92%) SQL
6 46 (11.89%) Go
6 46 (11.89%) JavaScript
7 33 (8.53%) C#
8 25 (6.46%) Rust
9 21 (5.43%) TypeScript
10 17 (4.39%) C++
11 8 (2.07%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.81%) Bicep
13 6 (1.55%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.78%) Elixir
15 3 (0.78%) Erlang
16 2 (0.52%) Ruby
16 2 (0.52%) VB
16 2 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 39 (10.08%) Degree
3 34 (8.79%) DV Cleared
4 32 (8.27%) SC Cleared
5 27 (6.98%) AWS Certification
6 17 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.10%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.78%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.34%) QA
2 12 (3.10%) SOC 2
3 11 (2.84%) GDPR
4 10 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 8 (2.07%) SLA
7 6 (1.55%) WCAG
8 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.52%) GRC
9 2 (0.52%) SEPA
10 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.26%) NIST
System Software
1 167 (43.15%) Docker
2 22 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.58%) vSphere
4 7 (1.81%) iptables
4 7 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (1.55%) KVM
5 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.03%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.03%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 283 (73.13%) Terraform
2 250 (64.60%) Kubernetes
3 212 (54.78%) Prometheus
4 149 (38.50%) Ansible
5 28 (7.24%) Kibana
6 22 (5.68%) Argo
7 21 (5.43%) Puppet
8 16 (4.13%) Nagios
9 14 (3.62%) Istio
10 11 (2.84%) logstash
11 10 (2.58%) Cisco CUCM
11 10 (2.58%) Docker Swarm
11 10 (2.58%) ZABBIX
12 9 (2.33%) Progress Chef
13 8 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
13 8 (2.07%) Proxmox
14 7 (1.81%) linkerd
15 6 (1.55%) Kustomize
15 6 (1.55%) Mesos
16 4 (1.03%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 47 (12.14%) Splunk
2 40 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 39 (10.08%) VMware
4 29 (7.49%) Red Hat
5 22 (5.68%) Dynatrace
6 17 (4.39%) Google
7 11 (2.84%) Cisco
8 10 (2.58%) AppDynamics
8 10 (2.58%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.58%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.07%) Atlassian
9 8 (2.07%) Oracle
9 8 (2.07%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.81%) NetApp
10 7 (1.81%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.55%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.29%) Tenable
13 4 (1.03%) Cribl.io
13 4 (1.03%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.03%) Veracode