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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 449 538
Rank change year-on-year +105 +89 -28
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 377 246 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.52% 0.38%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.55% 4.38% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 228 148 184
10th Percentile £44,250 £44,450 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,400 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £85,063 £90,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £95,750 £105,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +14.75%

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 4,408 5,613 8,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.33% 11.79% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,048 3,525 6,907
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £83,250 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -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 February 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 26 February 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 +82 305 £70,079 +0.11% 105
Work from Home +114 174 £72,500 +7.41% 101
UK excluding London +19 162 £62,500 -3.85% 75
London +100 158 £82,500 -8.33% 42
North of England -28 59 £60,000 -19.86% 27
South West -2 31 £55,000 -15.38% 8
South East 0 29 £62,500 -7.41% 13
North West -7 23 £62,500 -16.67% 11
North East -20 23 £51,500 -15.92% 5
Scotland -1 18 £72,289 -9.64% 10
Yorkshire -36 13 £67,500 -9.84% 11
Midlands -4 12 £62,500 -3.85% 14
West Midlands +7 8 £55,200 -15.08% 12
East of England +8 7 £85,000 +70.00%
Wales -12 4 £62,639 -3.63% 2
East Midlands -22 4 £69,500 +68.48% 2
Northern Ireland -26 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 19 (5.04%) Apache
2 13 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.65%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.59%) Confluence
4 6 (1.59%) nginx
5 3 (0.80%) IIS
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.27%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.06%) Weka
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.27%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.27%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 272 (72.15%) AWS
2 177 (46.95%) Azure
3 154 (40.85%) GCP
4 103 (27.32%) GitHub
5 99 (26.26%) Amazon EKS
6 87 (23.08%) GitHub Actions
7 75 (19.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 58 (15.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 58 (15.38%) Datadog
9 56 (14.85%) Azure DevOps
10 48 (12.73%) Serverless
11 46 (12.20%) SaaS
12 28 (7.43%) AWS Lambda
13 27 (7.16%) OpenShift
14 25 (6.63%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (5.84%) Amazon ECS
15 22 (5.84%) Amazon S3
16 20 (5.31%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (5.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 18 (4.77%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.41%) Firewall
2 27 (7.16%) DNS
3 24 (6.37%) HTTP
4 18 (4.77%) TCP/IP
5 16 (4.24%) VPN
6 10 (2.65%) WAN
7 8 (2.12%) LAN
7 8 (2.12%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (1.86%) SSL
8 7 (1.86%) Wireless
9 6 (1.59%) BGP
9 6 (1.59%) VLAN
10 5 (1.33%) DHCP
10 5 (1.33%) MQTT
10 5 (1.33%) Network Security
11 4 (1.06%) MPLS
12 3 (0.80%) SAN
12 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.80%) WebEx
13 2 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.75%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (7.16%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.57%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (3.71%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.71%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.18%) MySQL
7 10 (2.65%) Amazon Aurora
8 9 (2.39%) InfluxDB
9 8 (2.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.12%) Redis
10 6 (1.59%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.80%) Big Data
12 2 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.53%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.53%) Looker
12 2 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 108 (28.65%) Jenkins
2 88 (23.34%) GitLab
3 56 (14.85%) Git
3 56 (14.85%) TeamCity
4 28 (7.43%) JIRA
5 25 (6.63%) Cucumber
6 17 (4.51%) Bitbucket
7 15 (3.98%) CircleCI
7 15 (3.98%) JMeter
7 15 (3.98%) SonarQube
8 14 (3.71%) Selenium
9 10 (2.65%) JUnit
10 8 (2.12%) Locust
10 8 (2.12%) Robot Framework
10 8 (2.12%) TestRail
11 7 (1.86%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.59%) Artifactory
12 6 (1.59%) MLflow
13 5 (1.33%) Maven
14 4 (1.06%) LoadRunner
General
1 118 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 115 (30.50%) Finance
3 66 (17.51%) Law
4 61 (16.18%) Banking
5 59 (15.65%) Retail
6 57 (15.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (9.28%) Back Office
8 33 (8.75%) Financial Institution
9 31 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
9 31 (8.22%) Telecoms
10 16 (4.24%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.12%) Advertising
12 5 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.80%) Legal
15 2 (0.53%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.53%) Marketing
16 1 (0.27%) Aviation
16 1 (0.27%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 94 (24.93%) Senior
2 82 (21.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 55 (14.59%) Software Engineer
4 40 (10.61%) Lead
5 35 (9.28%) Platform Engineer
6 32 (8.49%) Cloud Engineer
7 26 (6.90%) Developer
8 23 (6.10%) AWS Engineer
9 22 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.84%) Senior DevOps
10 21 (5.57%) Java Engineer
11 17 (4.51%) Applications Support
11 17 (4.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.24%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (4.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.24%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (3.98%) Development Engineer
13 15 (3.98%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 15 (3.98%) Software Developer
14 13 (3.45%) AWS Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (20.69%) Elastic Stack
2 31 (8.22%) Kafka
3 29 (7.69%) .NET
4 21 (5.57%) Spring
5 20 (5.31%) React
5 20 (5.31%) Spring Boot
6 16 (4.24%) OpenTelemetry
7 12 (3.18%) ADO
7 12 (3.18%) OAuth
7 12 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
8 11 (2.92%) AWS CDK
8 11 (2.92%) Loki
9 10 (2.65%) Gherkin
9 10 (2.65%) Node.js
9 10 (2.65%) pytest
10 9 (2.39%) Django
10 9 (2.39%) Flask
10 9 (2.39%) REST
11 8 (2.12%) JWT
11 8 (2.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 101 (26.79%) Cloud Native
2 41 (10.88%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.31%) Onboarding
4 19 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (3.98%) Blog
6 13 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.65%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.12%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.86%) PKI
10 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.33%) IoT
10 5 (1.33%) Replication
11 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.80%) Blockchain
12 3 (0.80%) FlexPod
12 3 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.53%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 127 (33.69%) Linux
2 65 (17.24%) Windows
3 16 (4.24%) Unix
4 13 (3.45%) CentOS
5 9 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.39%) Ubuntu
5 9 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.33%) VMS
7 3 (0.80%) SUSE
8 1 (0.27%) Debian
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (78.51%) CI/CD
2 236 (62.60%) DevOps
3 195 (51.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 162 (42.97%) Containerisation
5 161 (42.71%) Observability
6 111 (29.44%) Test Automation
7 110 (29.18%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (26.26%) Agile
10 91 (24.14%) Software Engineering
11 86 (22.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 80 (21.22%) Deployment Automation
13 78 (20.69%) Microservices
14 67 (17.77%) Platform Engineering
15 56 (14.85%) High Availability
16 55 (14.59%) Clean Code
17 54 (14.32%) Mentoring
18 51 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 49 (13.00%) Continuous Deployment
20 46 (12.20%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 205 (54.38%) Python
2 115 (30.50%) Bash
3 107 (28.38%) Java
4 50 (13.26%) PowerShell
5 49 (13.00%) JavaScript
6 48 (12.73%) Go
7 44 (11.67%) SQL
8 27 (7.16%) C#
9 25 (6.63%) TypeScript
10 14 (3.71%) Bicep
11 12 (3.18%) Rust
12 11 (2.92%) C++
13 8 (2.12%) Delphi
13 8 (2.12%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.59%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (1.33%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.80%) Elixir
16 3 (0.80%) Erlang
17 2 (0.53%) Perl
17 2 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (21.75%) Security Cleared
2 51 (13.53%) Degree
3 43 (11.41%) SC Cleared
4 31 (8.22%) AWS Certification
4 31 (8.22%) DV Cleared
5 29 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.92%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (12.47%) QA
2 12 (3.18%) GDPR
3 8 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.86%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.86%) WCAG
5 6 (1.59%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) SEPA
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 174 (46.15%) Docker
2 14 (3.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.65%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.59%) KVM
5 5 (1.33%) vSphere
6 4 (1.06%) iptables
6 4 (1.06%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.53%) NFS
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.27%) pfSense
9 1 (0.27%) RACF
9 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 283 (75.07%) Terraform
2 264 (70.03%) Kubernetes
3 207 (54.91%) Prometheus
4 137 (36.34%) Ansible
5 22 (5.84%) Argo
5 22 (5.84%) Kibana
6 13 (3.45%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (3.18%) Puppet
8 9 (2.39%) Control-M
8 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (2.39%) Progress Chef
9 8 (2.12%) Istio
9 8 (2.12%) linkerd
9 8 (2.12%) logstash
9 8 (2.12%) Mesos
10 6 (1.59%) Proxmox
10 6 (1.59%) ZABBIX
11 5 (1.33%) Nagios
12 3 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
12 3 (0.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (12.47%) Splunk
2 32 (8.49%) VMware
3 23 (6.10%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.57%) Dynatrace
5 16 (4.24%) Oracle
5 16 (4.24%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.98%) Google
7 11 (2.92%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.65%) AppDynamics
9 9 (2.39%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.12%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.86%) Cisco
12 5 (1.33%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.33%) Databricks
13 4 (1.06%) Cribl.io
13 4 (1.06%) F5
13 4 (1.06%) New Relic
13 4 (1.06%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.06%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.80%) Rapid7