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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 388 517
Rank change year-on-year -10 +129 -28
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 387 315 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.71% 0.40%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.93% 5.90% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 221 199 195
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,250 £38,500
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 £87,500 £90,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £111,250 £110,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +15.38%

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 4,882 5,343 9,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.31% 12.08% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,489 3,116 6,950
10th Percentile £33,950 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,625
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.53% -8.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.43% +5.00% -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 9 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 9 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 -6 341 £72,500 - 113
UK excluding London -57 173 £62,500 -10.71% 73
London -16 168 £82,500 - 51
Work from Home +83 162 £70,000 - 65
South West 0 49 £66,250 +1.92% 8
South East -2 46 £62,500 -19.35% 22
North of England -33 46 £50,000 -23.08% 23
North West +4 21 £67,500 +12.50% 15
North East -29 18 £47,500 -19.15% 2
Midlands -52 17 £64,000 -5.19% 7
West Midlands -55 12 £56,250 -19.64% 5
Yorkshire -47 7 £80,000 +6.85% 6
East of England -4 5 £85,000 +47.83% 5
East Midlands -20 5 £64,000 +21.90% 2
Scotland -16 4 £65,533 -31.02% 6
Wales -43 4 £62,539 +8.76% 2
Northern Ireland -37 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 13 (3.36%) 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
1 266 (68.73%) AWS
2 158 (40.83%) Azure
3 151 (39.02%) GCP
4 83 (21.45%) Amazon EKS
5 67 (17.31%) GitHub
6 65 (16.80%) Azure DevOps
7 63 (16.28%) GitHub Actions
8 60 (15.50%) Datadog
9 58 (14.99%) Serverless
10 57 (14.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 49 (12.66%) SaaS
12 40 (10.34%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (9.82%) Amazon S3
14 33 (8.53%) AWS Lambda
15 32 (8.27%) OpenShift
16 24 (6.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 23 (5.94%) Amazon EC2
18 21 (5.43%) Amazon ECS
19 17 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
20 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 26 (6.72%) 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 10 (2.58%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.81%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (1.29%) 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%) Looker
13 2 (0.52%) SQLPlus
14 1 (0.26%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 86 (22.22%) GitLab
2 84 (21.71%) Jenkins
3 62 (16.02%) TeamCity
4 51 (13.18%) Git
5 26 (6.72%) SonarQube
6 24 (6.20%) Cucumber
7 20 (5.17%) JMeter
8 14 (3.62%) CircleCI
9 13 (3.36%) JIRA
10 12 (3.10%) Cypress.io
11 11 (2.84%) Bitbucket
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%) REST Assured
15 5 (1.29%) Locust
15 5 (1.29%) MLflow
15 5 (1.29%) Postman
General
1 117 (30.23%) Finance
2 82 (21.19%) Law
3 80 (20.67%) Banking
4 76 (19.64%) Social Skills
5 75 (19.38%) Retail
6 69 (17.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (9.82%) Financial Institution
8 36 (9.30%) Back Office
9 34 (8.79%) Public Sector
10 33 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (8.01%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.33%) Marketing
13 7 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.78%) Legal
15 2 (0.52%) Advertising
15 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.26%) Aviation
16 1 (0.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 82 (21.19%) DevOps Engineer
1 82 (21.19%) Senior
2 60 (15.50%) Software Engineer
3 38 (9.82%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (9.04%) Lead
4 35 (9.04%) Platform Engineer
5 28 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.46%) AWS Engineer
7 24 (6.20%) Developer
8 21 (5.43%) Senior DevOps
9 20 (5.17%) Java Engineer
9 20 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
9 20 (5.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 18 (4.65%) Administrator
10 18 (4.65%) Site Engineer
11 17 (4.39%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 17 (4.39%) Systems Administrator
12 16 (4.13%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (4.13%) Lead Software Engineer
12 16 (4.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (14.99%) Elastic Stack
2 40 (10.34%) Kafka
3 21 (5.43%) OpenTelemetry
4 20 (5.17%) .NET
5 19 (4.91%) Node.js
5 19 (4.91%) React
6 18 (4.65%) REST
7 17 (4.39%) Loki
7 17 (4.39%) RabbitMQ
8 14 (3.62%) OAuth
9 13 (3.36%) Spring
10 12 (3.10%) gRPC
10 12 (3.10%) Spring Boot
11 11 (2.84%) Apache NiFi
11 11 (2.84%) YAML
12 10 (2.58%) AWS CDK
12 10 (2.58%) Playwright
12 10 (2.58%) Vue
12 10 (2.58%) XMPP
13 9 (2.33%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 123 (31.78%) Cloud Native
2 33 (8.53%) 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
1 105 (27.13%) Linux
2 50 (12.92%) Windows
3 19 (4.91%) CentOS
4 12 (3.10%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.81%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.81%) VMS
7 5 (1.29%) Unix
8 4 (1.03%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.78%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (76.49%) CI/CD
2 223 (57.62%) Infrastructure as Code
3 216 (55.81%) DevOps
4 168 (43.41%) Observability
5 159 (41.09%) Containerisation
6 135 (34.88%) Test Automation
7 117 (30.23%) Agile
7 117 (30.23%) Software Engineering
8 106 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (26.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 103 (26.61%) Deployment Automation
11 86 (22.22%) Microservices
12 82 (21.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 71 (18.35%) Platform Engineering
14 69 (17.83%) Mentoring
15 59 (15.25%) Clean Code
16 58 (14.99%) Continuous Deployment
17 55 (14.21%) DevSecOps
18 54 (13.95%) AI
19 51 (13.18%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 235 (60.72%) Python
2 154 (39.79%) Bash
3 114 (29.46%) Java
4 61 (15.76%) PowerShell
5 50 (12.92%) SQL
6 46 (11.89%) Go
7 45 (11.63%) JavaScript
8 34 (8.79%) C#
9 25 (6.46%) Rust
10 21 (5.43%) TypeScript
11 17 (4.39%) C++
12 9 (2.33%) Bicep
13 8 (2.07%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.55%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.78%) Elixir
16 3 (0.78%) Erlang
17 2 (0.52%) Ruby
17 2 (0.52%) VB
17 2 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (21.45%) Security Cleared
2 38 (9.82%) Degree
3 33 (8.53%) DV Cleared
4 32 (8.27%) SC Cleared
5 28 (7.24%) 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
10 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.52%) ISTQB
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 39 (10.08%) 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
4 9 (2.33%) vSphere
5 7 (1.81%) iptables
5 7 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.55%) KVM
6 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.03%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.03%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 285 (73.64%) Terraform
2 249 (64.34%) Kubernetes
3 212 (54.78%) Prometheus
4 147 (37.98%) 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%) ZABBIX
12 9 (2.33%) Docker Swarm
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (11.89%) Splunk
2 39 (10.08%) Microsoft
3 38 (9.82%) 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%) Oracle
9 8 (2.07%) Rapid7
10 7 (1.81%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.81%) NetApp
10 7 (1.81%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.29%) Databricks
11 5 (1.29%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.29%) Tenable
12 4 (1.03%) Cribl.io
12 4 (1.03%) Veracode