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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 418 508
Rank change year-on-year +67 +90 -19
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 395 236 351
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.56% 0.41%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.97% 4.84% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 234 146 192
10th Percentile £43,250 £44,250 £42,500
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 £100,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,625 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% +20.00%

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 4,404 4,878 9,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.87% 11.47% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,038 3,408 7,156
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,801 £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 £91,000 £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% -5.26%

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 19 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 19 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 +68 328 £70,079 -3.34% 164
Work from Home +103 181 £72,500 +9.43% 111
UK excluding London +9 172 £60,000 -7.69% 131
London +76 168 £82,500 -8.33% 58
North of England -58 55 £51,500 -31.21% 37
South East -2 36 £62,500 -15.25% 42
South West -6 36 £55,000 -15.38% 14
North East -35 24 £50,000 -18.37% 6
North West -15 18 £60,000 -20.00% 17
Scotland -17 15 £68,539 -27.85% 6
Midlands -32 15 £64,000 -1.54% 10
Yorkshire -30 13 £67,500 -9.84% 14
West Midlands -15 10 £62,500 -3.85% 7
East of England -5 8 £82,575 +73.84% 15
Wales -23 5 £70,079 +7.81% 5
East Midlands -44 5 £64,000 +55.15% 3
Northern Ireland -32 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 20 (5.06%) Apache
2 14 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.04%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.27%) Confluence
5 4 (1.01%) IIS
6 3 (0.76%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.01%) 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
1 280 (70.89%) AWS
2 179 (45.32%) Azure
3 160 (40.51%) GCP
4 106 (26.84%) GitHub
5 99 (25.06%) Amazon EKS
6 90 (22.78%) GitHub Actions
7 73 (18.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 73 (18.48%) Datadog
8 62 (15.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 58 (14.68%) Azure DevOps
9 58 (14.68%) Serverless
10 52 (13.16%) SaaS
11 34 (8.61%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (8.35%) OpenShift
13 30 (7.59%) Amazon S3
14 28 (7.09%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
16 23 (5.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 20 (5.06%) dbt
18 18 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 47 (11.90%) Firewall
2 30 (7.59%) DNS
3 28 (7.09%) HTTP
4 18 (4.56%) TCP/IP
5 17 (4.30%) VPN
6 10 (2.53%) Broadband
7 9 (2.28%) LAN
7 9 (2.28%) WAN
8 7 (1.77%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (1.52%) Network Security
9 6 (1.52%) SSL
9 6 (1.52%) VLAN
10 5 (1.27%) Unified Communications
10 5 (1.27%) WebEx
11 4 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (1.01%) DHCP
11 4 (1.01%) MQTT
11 4 (1.01%) Wireless
12 3 (0.76%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.35%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.58%) Amazon RDS
2 26 (6.58%) SQL Server
3 19 (4.81%) NoSQL
4 18 (4.56%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.80%) Relational Database
6 13 (3.29%) MySQL
7 10 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (2.53%) InfluxDB
8 9 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.03%) Redis
10 4 (1.01%) Big Data
10 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.51%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.51%) Looker
12 2 (0.51%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 109 (27.59%) Jenkins
2 94 (23.80%) GitLab
3 61 (15.44%) Git
4 58 (14.68%) TeamCity
5 30 (7.59%) Cucumber
6 25 (6.33%) JIRA
7 22 (5.57%) JMeter
8 18 (4.56%) CircleCI
9 17 (4.30%) Bitbucket
10 16 (4.05%) Selenium
10 16 (4.05%) SonarQube
11 12 (3.04%) Locust
12 10 (2.53%) JUnit
13 9 (2.28%) Robot Framework
13 9 (2.28%) TestRail
14 8 (2.03%) Cypress.io
15 7 (1.77%) LoadRunner
16 6 (1.52%) Gatling
17 5 (1.27%) MLflow
18 4 (1.01%) Postman
General
1 117 (29.62%) Finance
2 114 (28.86%) Social Skills
3 70 (17.72%) Law
4 68 (17.22%) Banking
5 64 (16.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (16.20%) Retail
6 37 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (9.37%) Back Office
7 35 (8.86%) Financial Institution
8 34 (8.61%) Telecoms
9 18 (4.56%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.77%) Advertising
11 4 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.01%) Legal
11 4 (1.01%) Marketing
12 3 (0.76%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.25%) Front Office
14 1 (0.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 88 (22.28%) Senior
2 85 (21.52%) DevOps Engineer
3 56 (14.18%) Software Engineer
4 48 (12.15%) Lead
5 34 (8.61%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (8.10%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (7.34%) Developer
8 25 (6.33%) AWS Engineer
8 25 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.57%) Java Engineer
10 19 (4.81%) Senior DevOps
11 17 (4.30%) Software Developer
12 16 (4.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.05%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 16 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (3.80%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.54%) AWS DevOps
15 13 (3.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 13 (3.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (20.76%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (8.86%) Kafka
3 28 (7.09%) .NET
4 22 (5.57%) Spring
5 21 (5.32%) Spring Boot
6 20 (5.06%) React
7 19 (4.81%) OpenTelemetry
8 17 (4.30%) OAuth
9 16 (4.05%) RabbitMQ
10 14 (3.54%) Gherkin
11 12 (3.04%) Loki
11 12 (3.04%) Node.js
11 12 (3.04%) pytest
12 11 (2.78%) AWS CDK
13 10 (2.53%) ADO
13 10 (2.53%) REST
14 9 (2.28%) Django
14 9 (2.28%) Flask
14 9 (2.28%) JWT
14 9 (2.28%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 103 (26.08%) Cloud Native
2 41 (10.38%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (5.06%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.80%) Blog
5 15 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.28%) Private Cloud
7 9 (2.28%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.03%) PKI
8 8 (2.03%) Replication
9 5 (1.27%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.27%) FlexPod
9 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.01%) Blockchain
11 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.76%) IoT
11 3 (0.76%) NHS
11 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 131 (33.16%) Linux
2 67 (16.96%) Windows
3 16 (4.05%) CentOS
4 15 (3.80%) Unix
5 10 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.53%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.03%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.52%) VMS
8 3 (0.76%) SUSE
9 1 (0.25%) Debian
9 1 (0.25%) 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
1 305 (77.22%) CI/CD
2 240 (60.76%) DevOps
3 209 (52.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 178 (45.06%) Containerisation
5 174 (44.05%) Observability
6 125 (31.65%) Test Automation
7 119 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (28.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 111 (28.10%) Agile
10 106 (26.84%) Software Engineering
11 87 (22.03%) Microservices
12 84 (21.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 82 (20.76%) Deployment Automation
14 66 (16.71%) Platform Engineering
15 59 (14.94%) High Availability
16 57 (14.43%) Clean Code
17 56 (14.18%) Mentoring
18 53 (13.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 51 (12.91%) Continuous Deployment
20 50 (12.66%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 221 (55.95%) Python
2 127 (32.15%) Bash
3 114 (28.86%) Java
4 52 (13.16%) PowerShell
5 50 (12.66%) Go
6 49 (12.41%) JavaScript
7 48 (12.15%) SQL
8 37 (9.37%) C#
9 25 (6.33%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.29%) Rust
11 12 (3.04%) C++
12 11 (2.78%) Bicep
13 9 (2.28%) Kotlin
14 8 (2.03%) Delphi
15 7 (1.77%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.76%) Elixir
17 3 (0.76%) Erlang
18 2 (0.51%) PHP
18 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (19.75%) Security Cleared
2 51 (12.91%) Degree
3 37 (9.37%) SC Cleared
4 33 (8.35%) AWS Certification
5 31 (7.85%) DV Cleared
6 28 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.28%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.76%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.91%) QA
2 14 (3.54%) GDPR
3 13 (3.29%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.78%) WCAG
5 10 (2.53%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.28%) SOC 2
7 7 (1.77%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.51%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) SEPA
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 183 (46.33%) Docker
2 17 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.28%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.77%) KVM
5 6 (1.52%) vSphere
6 5 (1.27%) iptables
7 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.01%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.25%) pfSense
8 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 292 (73.92%) Terraform
2 270 (68.35%) Kubernetes
3 212 (53.67%) Prometheus
4 140 (35.44%) Ansible
5 23 (5.82%) Kibana
6 17 (4.30%) Argo
7 13 (3.29%) Puppet
8 12 (3.04%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.28%) logstash
9 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (2.28%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.03%) Control-M
10 8 (2.03%) Istio
10 8 (2.03%) linkerd
10 8 (2.03%) Mesos
11 7 (1.77%) Proxmox
11 7 (1.77%) ZABBIX
12 6 (1.52%) Nagios
13 5 (1.27%) Cisco CUCM
14 3 (0.76%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (12.15%) Splunk
2 35 (8.86%) VMware
3 27 (6.84%) Dynatrace
4 24 (6.08%) Microsoft
5 22 (5.57%) Red Hat
6 16 (4.05%) Oracle
7 15 (3.80%) Google
8 12 (3.04%) AppDynamics
9 10 (2.53%) Fortinet
9 10 (2.53%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.77%) Cisco
11 6 (1.52%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.27%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.27%) Databricks
12 5 (1.27%) NetApp
13 4 (1.01%) Cribl.io
13 4 (1.01%) New Relic
13 4 (1.01%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.01%) Rapid7