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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 471 447
Rank change year-on-year +118 -24 +96
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 336 299 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.45% 0.57%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.50% 4.49% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 227 170 230
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,911 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £75,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% +13.21% -14.52%
75th Percentile £85,125 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £117,000 £93,125 £108,525
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -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 4,478 6,652 7,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.35% 9.90% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,176 4,012 6,476
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,520 £36,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £104,375 £102,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.72% +2.65%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 +106 277 £72,500 +1.75% 156
UK excluding London +84 169 £70,000 +3.70% 130
London +84 131 £80,500 -5.29% 59
Work from Home +79 115 £67,500 -10.00% 98
North of England +47 59 £61,250 -18.33% 28
Midlands +60 40 £72,500 +11.54% 18
West Midlands +79 35 £72,500 +11.54% 16
North West +59 30 £62,500 -16.67% 17
South East +38 29 £70,000 +3.70% 41
Scotland +35 27 £72,289 +15.66% 10
North East -3 17 £57,600 -5.96% 4
Yorkshire +19 12 £75,000 -11.76% 7
South West -2 9 £72,500 +11.54% 23
East Midlands +16 5 £55,200 +38.00% 2
Wales +3 4 £67,539 +3.91% 1
East of England +18 2 £68,750 +37.50% 8
Northern Ireland +5 1 - - 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 32 (9.52%) Confluence
2 15 (4.46%) nginx
3 10 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.79%) Apache
4 6 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.49%) IIS
6 2 (0.60%) CICS
6 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.60%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.79%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.30%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 229 (68.15%) AWS
2 145 (43.15%) Azure
3 98 (29.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 74 (22.02%) GCP
5 71 (21.13%) GitHub
6 58 (17.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 55 (16.37%) GitHub Actions
8 53 (15.77%) Amazon EC2
9 51 (15.18%) Amazon EKS
10 47 (13.99%) Amazon S3
11 44 (13.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 41 (12.20%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (10.71%) Azure Monitor
13 36 (10.71%) Datadog
14 34 (10.12%) Serverless
15 32 (9.52%) AWS KMS
16 31 (9.23%) Amazon ECS
17 29 (8.63%) Amazon ELB
18 28 (8.33%) SaaS
19 26 (7.74%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 53 (15.77%) Firewall
2 32 (9.52%) DNS
3 26 (7.74%) HTTP
4 20 (5.95%) FTP
5 19 (5.65%) SMTP
5 19 (5.65%) SSH
6 9 (2.68%) WAN
7 8 (2.38%) VPN
8 7 (2.08%) LAN
8 7 (2.08%) SAN
8 7 (2.08%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.08%) Wireless
9 6 (1.79%) BGP
9 6 (1.79%) IMAP
9 6 (1.79%) OpenLDAP
10 5 (1.49%) Network Security
11 4 (1.19%) MPLS
11 4 (1.19%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (1.19%) SSL
11 4 (1.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (13.99%) Amazon RDS
2 30 (8.93%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (8.04%) SQL Server
4 17 (5.06%) Relational Database
5 14 (4.17%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.68%) Amazon Aurora
6 9 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.68%) Redis
7 8 (2.38%) InfluxDB
8 7 (2.08%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.08%) MySQL
9 5 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (0.89%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.60%) Metadata
11 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 125 (37.20%) Jenkins
2 76 (22.62%) Git
3 75 (22.32%) GitLab
4 65 (19.35%) JIRA
5 29 (8.63%) Vagrant
6 21 (6.25%) TeamCity
7 18 (5.36%) Cucumber
8 16 (4.76%) Bitbucket
9 14 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
10 10 (2.98%) JUnit
10 10 (2.98%) Selenium
11 9 (2.68%) JMeter
12 8 (2.38%) Artifactory
12 8 (2.38%) Octopus Deploy
12 8 (2.38%) SonarQube
13 7 (2.08%) CircleCI
13 7 (2.08%) Locust
14 4 (1.19%) Robot Framework
14 4 (1.19%) TestRail
15 3 (0.89%) Gradle
General
1 103 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 97 (28.87%) Finance
3 43 (12.80%) Law
4 38 (11.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (10.12%) Public Sector
6 30 (8.93%) Banking
7 18 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (4.76%) Back Office
9 15 (4.46%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.17%) Financial Institution
10 14 (4.17%) Retail
11 12 (3.57%) Marketing
12 11 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.98%) Legal
14 8 (2.38%) Advertising
15 5 (1.49%) Games
16 4 (1.19%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.60%) Agriculture
17 2 (0.60%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 92 (27.38%) DevOps Engineer
2 72 (21.43%) Senior
3 37 (11.01%) Software Engineer
4 36 (10.71%) Lead
5 33 (9.82%) AWS Engineer
5 33 (9.82%) Platform Engineer
6 22 (6.55%) Analyst
6 22 (6.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 20 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 19 (5.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (5.36%) Senior DevOps
9 18 (5.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 17 (5.06%) Developer
11 16 (4.76%) Applications Support
11 16 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (4.76%) Support Engineer
12 15 (4.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 14 (4.17%) AWS DevOps
13 14 (4.17%) Java Engineer
13 14 (4.17%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (17.86%) Elastic Stack
2 27 (8.04%) .NET
3 18 (5.36%) Kafka
4 15 (4.46%) Spring
5 14 (4.17%) Node.js
5 14 (4.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 13 (3.87%) React
6 13 (3.87%) Spring Boot
7 12 (3.57%) AWS CDK
7 12 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
8 11 (3.27%) Django
8 11 (3.27%) FIX Protocol
8 11 (3.27%) Loki
9 10 (2.98%) Flask
10 9 (2.68%) ADO
11 8 (2.38%) Gherkin
11 8 (2.38%) pytest
11 8 (2.38%) TensorFlow
12 7 (2.08%) ARM Templates
12 7 (2.08%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 56 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 23 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.55%) Replication
4 12 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.98%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.68%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.49%) IoT
7 5 (1.49%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.19%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.89%) PKI
10 2 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.60%) Online Banking
10 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.60%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 145 (43.15%) Linux
2 73 (21.73%) Windows
3 32 (9.52%) VMS
4 25 (7.44%) Unix
5 19 (5.65%) Amazon Linux
6 18 (5.36%) Ubuntu
7 9 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.79%) Debian
8 6 (1.79%) Windows Server
9 4 (1.19%) CentOS
10 2 (0.60%) AIX
10 2 (0.60%) Android
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.60%) SUSE
10 2 (0.60%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (68.45%) CI/CD
2 217 (64.58%) DevOps
3 139 (41.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 131 (38.99%) Observability
5 109 (32.44%) Containerisation
6 83 (24.70%) Agile
7 77 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (20.83%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 68 (20.24%) Platform Engineering
10 61 (18.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 57 (16.96%) Software Engineering
12 55 (16.37%) Configuration Management
12 55 (16.37%) Test Automation
13 54 (16.07%) Cloud Security
14 53 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 52 (15.48%) Microservices
16 48 (14.29%) Computer Science
17 47 (13.99%) Change Management
17 47 (13.99%) High Availability
18 41 (12.20%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 205 (61.01%) Python
2 87 (25.89%) Java
3 83 (24.70%) Bash
4 78 (23.21%) PowerShell
5 58 (17.26%) SQL
6 38 (11.31%) Go
7 33 (9.82%) JavaScript
8 32 (9.52%) Groovy
9 21 (6.25%) C#
10 17 (5.06%) Bicep
11 14 (4.17%) Perl
12 13 (3.87%) TypeScript
13 12 (3.57%) Shell Script
14 8 (2.38%) Delphi
15 6 (1.79%) Ruby
16 5 (1.49%) C++
17 3 (0.89%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.89%) PHP
18 2 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
18 2 (0.60%) Korn
Qualifications
1 86 (25.60%) Security Cleared
2 70 (20.83%) Degree
2 70 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (8.93%) AWS Certification
5 28 (8.33%) Azure Certification
6 13 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.87%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (1.19%) CCNA
9 4 (1.19%) CCNP
10 3 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.89%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.01%) QA
2 7 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.08%) WCAG
3 6 (1.79%) GDPR
4 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 164 (48.81%) Docker
2 26 (7.74%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.95%) DFS Replication
4 9 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (1.79%) Dovecot
6 6 (1.79%) Postfix
6 6 (1.79%) Squid
7 4 (1.19%) vSphere
8 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.60%) iptables
8 2 (0.60%) KVM
8 2 (0.60%) NFS
8 2 (0.60%) RACF
8 2 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.30%) pfSense
9 1 (0.30%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 211 (62.80%) Prometheus
1 211 (62.80%) Terraform
2 199 (59.23%) Kubernetes
3 105 (31.25%) Ansible
4 16 (4.76%) Argo
5 13 (3.87%) Control-M
6 10 (2.98%) Docker Swarm
6 10 (2.98%) Kibana
7 9 (2.68%) Progress Chef
8 8 (2.38%) Nessus
9 6 (1.79%) logstash
9 6 (1.79%) Proxmox
10 5 (1.49%) Puppet
10 5 (1.49%) ZABBIX
11 4 (1.19%) Nagios
12 3 (0.89%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.89%) Netcool
12 3 (0.89%) Netcool/OMNIbus
12 3 (0.89%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 62 (18.45%) Splunk
2 42 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 29 (8.63%) Microsoft
4 20 (5.95%) Oracle
5 19 (5.65%) Dynatrace
6 16 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 16 (4.76%) VMware
7 14 (4.17%) Atlassian
8 12 (3.57%) Google
9 11 (3.27%) Juniper
10 10 (2.98%) Cisco
11 9 (2.68%) AppDynamics
11 9 (2.68%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.68%) Red Hat
12 8 (2.38%) IBM
13 7 (2.08%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.79%) Jaspersoft
15 5 (1.49%) F5
15 5 (1.49%) Sonatype
16 3 (0.89%) Arista