Grafana Job Trends

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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 402 492
Rank change year-on-year +41 +90 -18
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 394 231 404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.97% 5.02% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 228 155 193
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,832 £42,098
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% -13.33% +19.80%

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 4,390 4,598 9,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.56% 11.23% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,081 3,382 7,265
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +53 329 £70,079 -3.34% 134
Work from Home +105 181 £73,377 +10.76% 77
UK excluding London -12 172 £61,250 -5.77% 107
London +50 169 £82,500 -8.33% 50
North of England -67 53 £53,850 -25.72% 32
South West -13 38 £56,250 -13.46% 14
South East -2 35 £62,500 -16.67% 32
North East -28 23 £47,500 -22.45% 6
North West -26 18 £60,000 -20.00% 19
Midlands -38 16 £64,000 -1.54% 11
Scotland -25 15 £68,539 -27.85% 6
Yorkshire -38 12 £73,750 -1.50% 7
West Midlands -21 11 £58,850 -9.46% 10
East of England -21 8 £82,575 +43.61% 6
Wales -32 5 £70,079 +7.81% 5
East Midlands -45 5 £64,000 +55.15% 1
Northern Ireland -35 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 17 (4.31%) Apache
2 14 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.28%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.27%) Confluence
5 4 (1.02%) IIS
6 3 (0.76%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.02%) Weka
2 2 (0.51%) 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
1 283 (71.83%) AWS
2 179 (45.43%) Azure
3 163 (41.37%) GCP
4 103 (26.14%) GitHub
5 97 (24.62%) Amazon EKS
6 87 (22.08%) GitHub Actions
7 75 (19.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 75 (19.04%) Datadog
8 58 (14.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 58 (14.72%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (14.47%) Serverless
10 51 (12.94%) SaaS
11 34 (8.63%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (8.38%) OpenShift
13 31 (7.87%) Amazon S3
14 28 (7.11%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (6.35%) Amazon ECS
15 25 (6.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 21 (5.33%) dbt
17 15 (3.81%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 49 (12.44%) Firewall
2 32 (8.12%) DNS
3 28 (7.11%) HTTP
4 19 (4.82%) TCP/IP
5 17 (4.31%) VPN
6 10 (2.54%) Broadband
6 10 (2.54%) LAN
6 10 (2.54%) WAN
7 7 (1.78%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.78%) VLAN
8 6 (1.52%) Network Security
8 6 (1.52%) SSL
8 6 (1.52%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.52%) WebEx
9 5 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.27%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (1.27%) DHCP
10 4 (1.02%) BGP
10 4 (1.02%) MQTT
10 4 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.60%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (5.84%) SQL Server
4 18 (4.57%) NoSQL
5 17 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (3.81%) Relational Database
7 12 (3.05%) MySQL
8 10 (2.54%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (2.54%) InfluxDB
9 9 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.78%) Redis
11 4 (1.02%) Big Data
11 4 (1.02%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.51%) Looker
12 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.51%) PostHog
12 2 (0.51%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 107 (27.16%) Jenkins
2 96 (24.37%) GitLab
3 60 (15.23%) Git
4 59 (14.97%) TeamCity
5 33 (8.38%) Cucumber
6 25 (6.35%) JMeter
7 23 (5.84%) JIRA
8 18 (4.57%) CircleCI
9 17 (4.31%) Selenium
9 17 (4.31%) SonarQube
10 14 (3.55%) Bitbucket
11 13 (3.30%) Locust
12 10 (2.54%) Cypress.io
12 10 (2.54%) JUnit
13 9 (2.28%) Robot Framework
13 9 (2.28%) TestRail
14 8 (2.03%) Gatling
14 8 (2.03%) LoadRunner
15 5 (1.27%) MLflow
15 5 (1.27%) Postman
General
1 118 (29.95%) Finance
2 112 (28.43%) Social Skills
3 71 (18.02%) Banking
3 71 (18.02%) Law
4 66 (16.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 66 (16.75%) Retail
5 38 (9.64%) Back Office
6 36 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (9.14%) Financial Institution
7 35 (8.88%) Telecoms
8 18 (4.57%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.27%) Legal
9 5 (1.27%) Marketing
10 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Advertising
11 3 (0.76%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.25%) Games
12 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (22.34%) Senior
2 87 (22.08%) DevOps Engineer
3 54 (13.71%) Software Engineer
4 51 (12.94%) Lead
5 32 (8.12%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (7.87%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (7.36%) Developer
8 26 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (6.35%) AWS Engineer
10 21 (5.33%) Java Engineer
11 19 (4.82%) Senior DevOps
12 18 (4.57%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (4.31%) Software Developer
14 16 (4.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 16 (4.06%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 16 (4.06%) Java Software Engineer
15 14 (3.55%) AWS DevOps
16 13 (3.30%) Development Engineer
16 13 (3.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 12 (3.05%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (20.05%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (8.88%) Kafka
3 28 (7.11%) .NET
4 21 (5.33%) React
4 21 (5.33%) Spring
5 20 (5.08%) Spring Boot
6 19 (4.82%) OpenTelemetry
7 17 (4.31%) OAuth
8 16 (4.06%) Gherkin
8 16 (4.06%) RabbitMQ
9 13 (3.30%) Loki
9 13 (3.30%) pytest
10 12 (3.05%) Node.js
11 11 (2.79%) REST
12 10 (2.54%) ADO
12 10 (2.54%) AWS CDK
13 9 (2.28%) Django
13 9 (2.28%) Flask
13 9 (2.28%) JWT
13 9 (2.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 103 (26.14%) Cloud Native
2 42 (10.66%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 20 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (3.81%) Blog
7 12 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.54%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.54%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (2.03%) PKI
10 7 (1.78%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.78%) Replication
11 6 (1.52%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.02%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.76%) IoT
14 2 (0.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 126 (31.98%) Linux
2 63 (15.99%) Windows
3 18 (4.57%) CentOS
4 15 (3.81%) Unix
5 11 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.79%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.03%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.03%) VMS
7 3 (0.76%) SUSE
8 2 (0.51%) Debian
8 2 (0.51%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (78.68%) CI/CD
2 245 (62.18%) DevOps
3 212 (53.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 178 (45.18%) Containerisation
5 173 (43.91%) Observability
6 130 (32.99%) Test Automation
7 120 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (29.19%) Agile
9 114 (28.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 106 (26.90%) Software Engineering
11 87 (22.08%) Microservices
12 86 (21.83%) Deployment Automation
13 83 (21.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 68 (17.26%) Platform Engineering
15 58 (14.72%) Clean Code
16 57 (14.47%) Mentoring
17 54 (13.71%) High Availability
18 53 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 52 (13.20%) Continuous Deployment
20 51 (12.94%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 225 (57.11%) Python
2 130 (32.99%) Bash
3 116 (29.44%) Java
4 53 (13.45%) PowerShell
5 51 (12.94%) Go
6 49 (12.44%) JavaScript
7 45 (11.42%) SQL
8 37 (9.39%) C#
9 24 (6.09%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.30%) Rust
11 12 (3.05%) C++
12 9 (2.28%) Bicep
12 9 (2.28%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.03%) Delphi
14 7 (1.78%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.76%) Elixir
16 3 (0.76%) Erlang
17 2 (0.51%) PHP
17 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (19.04%) Security Cleared
2 47 (11.93%) Degree
3 34 (8.63%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.87%) AWS Certification
4 31 (7.87%) DV Cleared
5 24 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (1.78%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.96%) QA
2 15 (3.81%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.81%) GDPR
3 13 (3.30%) WCAG
4 10 (2.54%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.54%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.51%) GRC
7 2 (0.51%) SEPA
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 190 (48.22%) Docker
2 19 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.79%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.78%) KVM
4 7 (1.78%) vSphere
5 5 (1.27%) iptables
5 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.02%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.25%) pfSense
8 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 293 (74.37%) Terraform
2 268 (68.02%) Kubernetes
3 207 (52.54%) Prometheus
4 142 (36.04%) Ansible
5 20 (5.08%) Kibana
6 15 (3.81%) Argo
7 14 (3.55%) Puppet
8 12 (3.05%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.28%) Istio
9 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (2.28%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.03%) linkerd
10 8 (2.03%) Mesos
10 8 (2.03%) ZABBIX
11 7 (1.78%) Nagios
11 7 (1.78%) Proxmox
12 6 (1.52%) Cisco CUCM
12 6 (1.52%) logstash
13 5 (1.27%) Control-M
14 3 (0.76%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (12.18%) Splunk
2 37 (9.39%) VMware
3 27 (6.85%) Dynatrace
4 24 (6.09%) Microsoft
5 23 (5.84%) Red Hat
6 16 (4.06%) Oracle
7 15 (3.81%) Google
8 12 (3.05%) AppDynamics
9 11 (2.79%) Fortinet
10 10 (2.54%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.03%) Cisco
12 7 (1.78%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.52%) NetApp
13 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.27%) Atlassian
14 5 (1.27%) Databricks
14 5 (1.27%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.02%) Cribl.io
15 4 (1.02%) New Relic
15 4 (1.02%) PagerDuty