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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 379 450
Rank change year-on-year -45 +71 -12
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 462 325 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.66% 0.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.75% 6.60% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 243 216 208
10th Percentile £46,250 £55,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £62,500 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £86,875 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,500 £115,000 £103,250
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 5,280 4,921 6,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.52% 10.05% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,669 2,848 3,766
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £47,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -6.92% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,250 £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 23 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 23 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 -49 376 £70,000 -3.45% 569
UK excluding London -100 201 £65,000 -10.34% 296
London -5 198 £80,000 -0.62% 340
Work from Home +49 190 £65,000 -7.14% 253
South East -18 64 £62,500 -18.03% 67
South West -34 47 £70,000 -24.32% 36
North of England -60 44 £70,000 +9.80% 72
North West -27 31 £71,250 +14.00% 43
Wales -65 16 £70,000 +12.00% 11
Midlands -98 15 £60,000 -17.24% 27
North East -63 12 £57,500 -4.17% 10
Scotland -4 11 £62,500 -16.11% 38
West Midlands -82 10 £50,000 -31.03% 16
East Midlands -32 5 £62,500 +12.11% 11
East of England -37 3 £86,250 +25.45% 28
Yorkshire -48 2 £70,000 -12.50% 19
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 18

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 (3.68%) Apache
2 10 (2.16%) Confluence
3 7 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.30%) nginx
5 5 (1.08%) IIS
5 5 (1.08%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.87%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 326 (70.56%) AWS
2 198 (42.86%) GCP
3 160 (34.63%) Azure
4 106 (22.94%) Amazon EKS
5 89 (19.26%) SaaS
6 77 (16.67%) GitHub
7 68 (14.72%) Datadog
8 67 (14.50%) GitHub Actions
9 58 (12.55%) Azure DevOps
10 57 (12.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 48 (10.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 42 (9.09%) Serverless
13 38 (8.23%) OpenShift
14 32 (6.93%) Amazon S3
14 32 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
15 28 (6.06%) Amazon ECS
16 27 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
17 23 (4.98%) Entra ID
18 21 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
19 20 (4.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (10.82%) Firewall
2 20 (4.33%) VPN
3 17 (3.68%) VLAN
4 16 (3.46%) DNS
4 16 (3.46%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.60%) HTTP
6 10 (2.16%) BGP
6 10 (2.16%) SSH
7 9 (1.95%) Network Security
8 8 (1.73%) WAN
9 7 (1.52%) LAN
9 7 (1.52%) OSPF
9 7 (1.52%) Unified Communications
10 6 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (1.30%) IPFIX
10 6 (1.30%) SNMP
10 6 (1.30%) WebEx
11 4 (0.87%) DHCP
12 3 (0.65%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (17.32%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (8.23%) Amazon RDS
2 38 (8.23%) Elasticsearch
3 35 (7.58%) MySQL
4 26 (5.63%) MongoDB
5 23 (4.98%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.46%) Redis
7 14 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
7 14 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (2.81%) InfluxDB
9 12 (2.60%) SQL Server
10 10 (2.16%) Relational Database
11 9 (1.95%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.52%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.87%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.65%) Big Data
14 3 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.65%) Metadata
14 3 (0.65%) ZAP BI
15 2 (0.43%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 92 (19.91%) Jenkins
2 87 (18.83%) GitLab
3 85 (18.40%) Git
4 81 (17.53%) TeamCity
5 25 (5.41%) SonarQube
6 20 (4.33%) Cucumber
6 20 (4.33%) Selenium
7 18 (3.90%) JMeter
8 17 (3.68%) Gatling
9 16 (3.46%) Cypress.io
10 15 (3.25%) JIRA
11 13 (2.81%) LoadRunner
12 10 (2.16%) Postman
13 9 (1.95%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (1.73%) Bitbucket
14 8 (1.73%) JUnit
14 8 (1.73%) Robot Framework
14 8 (1.73%) TestRail
15 7 (1.52%) Artifactory
16 6 (1.30%) Burp Suite
General
1 178 (38.53%) Finance
2 121 (26.19%) Banking
3 118 (25.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (22.29%) Law
5 99 (21.43%) Retail
6 94 (20.35%) Social Skills
7 65 (14.07%) Financial Institution
8 61 (13.20%) Back Office
9 58 (12.55%) Public Sector
10 43 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (3.68%) Marketing
12 15 (3.25%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.52%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.30%) Legal
15 5 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.08%) Police
16 3 (0.65%) Military
17 2 (0.43%) Advertising
17 2 (0.43%) Billing
17 2 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 89 (19.26%) Senior
2 88 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 76 (16.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 48 (10.39%) Lead
5 42 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (8.87%) Developer
7 40 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 40 (8.66%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 39 (8.44%) Site Engineer
9 37 (8.01%) Platform Engineer
10 36 (7.79%) AWS Engineer
11 27 (5.84%) Lead Software Engineer
11 27 (5.84%) Team Leader
12 24 (5.19%) Administrator
13 23 (4.98%) Systems Administrator
14 22 (4.76%) Software Team Leader
15 20 (4.33%) AWS DevOps
15 20 (4.33%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 19 (4.11%) DevOps Administrator
16 19 (4.11%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (71.21%) Terraform
2 63 (13.64%) Elastic Stack
3 56 (12.12%) Kafka
4 41 (8.87%) OpenTelemetry
5 33 (7.14%) REST
6 32 (6.93%) RESTful
7 30 (6.49%) RabbitMQ
8 24 (5.19%) Spring
8 24 (5.19%) Spring Boot
9 23 (4.98%) Node.js
10 22 (4.76%) React
11 20 (4.33%) Loki
12 18 (3.90%) Playwright
13 17 (3.68%) Keycloak
13 17 (3.68%) pytest
14 16 (3.46%) .NET
15 15 (3.25%) Hibernate
15 15 (3.25%) JPA
16 13 (2.81%) gRPC
17 12 (2.60%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 166 (35.93%) Cloud Native
2 66 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 55 (11.90%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (5.63%) Blog
5 25 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (4.76%) Replication
7 18 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (3.68%) Onboarding
8 17 (3.68%) Virtual Team
9 16 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (3.25%) Private Cloud
11 12 (2.60%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.38%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.52%) IoT
13 7 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.52%) PKI
13 7 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (1.30%) FlexPod
14 6 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (26.41%) Linux
2 42 (9.09%) Windows
3 19 (4.11%) CentOS
4 17 (3.68%) Unix
5 10 (2.16%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.52%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.08%) Android
8 5 (1.08%) VMS
9 4 (0.87%) Debian
9 4 (0.87%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.43%) Rocky
12 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (73.59%) CI/CD
2 259 (56.06%) DevOps
3 247 (53.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 243 (52.60%) Observability
5 167 (36.15%) Software Engineering
6 159 (34.42%) Test Automation
7 141 (30.52%) Agile
8 140 (30.30%) Containerisation
9 139 (30.09%) Deployment Automation
10 117 (25.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 116 (25.11%) Microservices
11 116 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
12 109 (23.59%) Mentoring
13 101 (21.86%) Platform Engineering
14 95 (20.56%) AI
15 94 (20.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 77 (16.67%) Continuous Deployment
17 75 (16.23%) Clean Code
18 68 (14.72%) GitOps
19 65 (14.07%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 269 (58.23%) Python
2 158 (34.20%) Java
3 157 (33.98%) Bash
4 83 (17.97%) PowerShell
5 64 (13.85%) SQL
6 46 (9.96%) JavaScript
7 44 (9.52%) Go
8 30 (6.49%) TypeScript
9 23 (4.98%) C#
10 21 (4.55%) Rust
11 16 (3.46%) Bicep
11 16 (3.46%) C++
12 10 (2.16%) Groovy
13 9 (1.95%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.52%) PHP
14 7 (1.52%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.52%) VBA
15 4 (0.87%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.87%) Scala
16 3 (0.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 113 (24.46%) Security Cleared
2 60 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.71%) Degree
4 26 (5.63%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (4.76%) AWS Certification
7 18 (3.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 7 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.08%) CISSP
11 4 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.65%) CISM
12 3 (0.65%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.65%) OCP
12 3 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
13 2 (0.43%) GSEC
13 2 (0.43%) ISEB
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.20%) QA
2 13 (2.81%) SLA
3 9 (1.95%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.95%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.30%) SOC 2
5 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.87%) NIST
6 4 (0.87%) WCAG
7 3 (0.65%) GDPR
7 3 (0.65%) PSD2
8 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 194 (41.99%) Docker
2 19 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.60%) Active Directory
5 9 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.30%) vSphere
7 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.87%) KVM
8 4 (0.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.65%) iptables
9 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.43%) Xen
11 1 (0.22%) Firmware
11 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 315 (68.18%) Kubernetes
2 254 (54.98%) Prometheus
3 140 (30.30%) Ansible
4 49 (10.61%) Argo
5 30 (6.49%) Kibana
6 25 (5.41%) Istio
7 17 (3.68%) logstash
8 16 (3.46%) Nagios
8 16 (3.46%) Puppet
9 13 (2.81%) Kustomize
10 12 (2.60%) linkerd
11 11 (2.38%) Rancher
12 9 (1.95%) Docker Swarm
13 8 (1.73%) Proxmox
14 7 (1.52%) ZABBIX
15 6 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
15 6 (1.30%) Mesos
15 6 (1.30%) vCenter Server
16 5 (1.08%) Cilium
16 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 68 (14.72%) Splunk
2 57 (12.34%) Dynatrace
3 53 (11.47%) Microsoft
4 32 (6.93%) Google
5 29 (6.28%) Red Hat
5 29 (6.28%) VMware
6 19 (4.11%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.60%) AppDynamics
7 12 (2.60%) Oracle
8 10 (2.16%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.95%) Rapid7
10 8 (1.73%) Cisco
10 8 (1.73%) Databricks
11 7 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.30%) Informatica
12 6 (1.30%) New Relic
12 6 (1.30%) NVIDIA
12 6 (1.30%) Palo Alto
13 5 (1.08%) NetApp
14 4 (0.87%) Veracode