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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 410 503
Rank change year-on-year +58 +93 -30
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 396 237 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.58% 0.44%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.92% 5.12% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 230 156 192
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,853 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £70,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -10.26% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,000 £100,625
90th Percentile £95,250 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -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 4,437 4,632 9,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.68% 11.35% 10.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,077 3,391 7,242
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £90,000 £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% -6.09%

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 28 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 28 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 +61 331 £70,079 -3.34% 134
Work from Home +98 181 £73,377 +12.89% 77
UK excluding London -16 173 £62,500 -3.85% 107
London +70 170 £82,500 -8.33% 50
North of England -73 53 £53,850 -25.72% 32
South West -14 38 £56,250 -13.46% 14
South East -7 36 £62,500 -16.67% 32
North East -37 23 £47,500 -22.45% 6
North West -31 18 £60,000 -20.00% 19
Midlands -40 16 £64,000 -1.54% 11
Scotland -20 15 £68,539 -27.85% 6
Yorkshire -53 12 £73,750 -1.50% 7
West Midlands -21 11 £58,850 -9.46% 10
East of England -22 8 £82,575 +43.61% 6
Wales -31 5 £70,079 +7.81% 5
East Midlands -44 5 £64,000 +55.15% 1
Northern Ireland -34 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 18 (4.55%) Apache
2 14 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.26%) Confluence
5 4 (1.01%) IIS
6 3 (0.76%) nginx
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.51%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
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
1 283 (71.46%) AWS
2 180 (45.45%) Azure
3 163 (41.16%) GCP
4 104 (26.26%) GitHub
5 97 (24.49%) Amazon EKS
6 88 (22.22%) GitHub Actions
7 75 (18.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 75 (18.94%) Datadog
8 59 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
9 58 (14.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 57 (14.39%) Serverless
11 52 (13.13%) SaaS
12 34 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
13 33 (8.33%) OpenShift
14 31 (7.83%) Amazon S3
15 28 (7.07%) Amazon EC2
16 25 (6.31%) Amazon ECS
16 25 (6.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 21 (5.30%) dbt
18 16 (4.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 49 (12.37%) Firewall
2 32 (8.08%) DNS
3 28 (7.07%) HTTP
4 19 (4.80%) TCP/IP
5 17 (4.29%) VPN
6 10 (2.53%) Broadband
6 10 (2.53%) LAN
6 10 (2.53%) WAN
7 7 (1.77%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.77%) VLAN
8 6 (1.52%) Network Security
8 6 (1.52%) SSL
8 6 (1.52%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.52%) WebEx
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (1.26%) DHCP
10 4 (1.01%) BGP
10 4 (1.01%) MQTT
10 4 (1.01%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (6.57%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (5.81%) SQL Server
4 18 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (4.55%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.79%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.03%) MySQL
7 10 (2.53%) Amazon Aurora
7 10 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.53%) InfluxDB
8 8 (2.02%) Redis
9 4 (1.01%) Big Data
9 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
10 2 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.51%) Looker
10 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.51%) PostHog
10 2 (0.51%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 107 (27.02%) Jenkins
2 96 (24.24%) GitLab
3 60 (15.15%) Git
4 59 (14.90%) TeamCity
5 33 (8.33%) Cucumber
6 25 (6.31%) JMeter
7 23 (5.81%) JIRA
8 18 (4.55%) CircleCI
9 17 (4.29%) Selenium
9 17 (4.29%) SonarQube
10 14 (3.54%) Bitbucket
11 13 (3.28%) Locust
12 10 (2.53%) Cypress.io
12 10 (2.53%) JUnit
13 9 (2.27%) Robot Framework
13 9 (2.27%) TestRail
14 8 (2.02%) Gatling
14 8 (2.02%) LoadRunner
15 5 (1.26%) MLflow
15 5 (1.26%) Postman
General
1 118 (29.80%) Finance
2 112 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 71 (17.93%) Banking
3 71 (17.93%) Law
4 66 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 66 (16.67%) Retail
5 38 (9.60%) Back Office
6 36 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (9.09%) Financial Institution
7 35 (8.84%) Telecoms
8 19 (4.80%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.26%) Legal
9 5 (1.26%) Marketing
10 4 (1.01%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Advertising
11 3 (0.76%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.25%) Games
12 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (22.47%) Senior
2 87 (21.97%) DevOps Engineer
3 55 (13.89%) Software Engineer
4 51 (12.88%) Lead
5 32 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
5 32 (8.08%) Platform Engineer
6 29 (7.32%) Developer
7 26 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (6.31%) AWS Engineer
9 21 (5.30%) Java Engineer
10 19 (4.80%) Senior DevOps
11 18 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 17 (4.29%) Software Developer
13 16 (4.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 16 (4.04%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 16 (4.04%) Java Software Engineer
14 14 (3.54%) AWS DevOps
15 13 (3.28%) Development Engineer
15 13 (3.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 12 (3.03%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (20.20%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (8.84%) Kafka
3 28 (7.07%) .NET
4 21 (5.30%) React
4 21 (5.30%) Spring
5 20 (5.05%) Spring Boot
6 19 (4.80%) OpenTelemetry
7 17 (4.29%) OAuth
8 16 (4.04%) Gherkin
8 16 (4.04%) RabbitMQ
9 13 (3.28%) Loki
9 13 (3.28%) pytest
10 12 (3.03%) Node.js
11 11 (2.78%) REST
12 10 (2.53%) ADO
12 10 (2.53%) AWS CDK
13 9 (2.27%) Django
13 9 (2.27%) Flask
13 9 (2.27%) JWT
13 9 (2.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 104 (26.26%) Cloud Native
2 42 (10.61%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.30%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (5.30%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.79%) Blog
6 12 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.53%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.53%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (2.02%) PKI
9 7 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.77%) Replication
10 6 (1.52%) FlexPod
10 6 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.01%) Blockchain
11 4 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.76%) IoT
13 2 (0.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 127 (32.07%) Linux
2 63 (15.91%) Windows
3 18 (4.55%) CentOS
4 15 (3.79%) Unix
5 11 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.78%) Windows Server
6 8 (2.02%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.02%) VMS
7 3 (0.76%) SUSE
8 2 (0.51%) Debian
8 2 (0.51%) 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
1 311 (78.54%) CI/CD
2 246 (62.12%) DevOps
3 213 (53.79%) Infrastructure as Code
4 179 (45.20%) Containerisation
5 175 (44.19%) Observability
6 130 (32.83%) Test Automation
7 120 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (29.04%) Agile
9 114 (28.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 108 (27.27%) Software Engineering
11 87 (21.97%) Microservices
12 86 (21.72%) Deployment Automation
13 83 (20.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 69 (17.42%) Platform Engineering
15 58 (14.65%) Clean Code
16 57 (14.39%) Mentoring
17 56 (14.14%) High Availability
18 53 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 52 (13.13%) Continuous Deployment
20 51 (12.88%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 226 (57.07%) Python
2 130 (32.83%) Bash
3 116 (29.29%) Java
4 53 (13.38%) PowerShell
5 51 (12.88%) Go
6 49 (12.37%) JavaScript
7 47 (11.87%) SQL
8 37 (9.34%) C#
9 24 (6.06%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.28%) Rust
11 12 (3.03%) C++
12 9 (2.27%) Bicep
12 9 (2.27%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.02%) Delphi
14 7 (1.77%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.01%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.76%) Elixir
16 3 (0.76%) Erlang
17 2 (0.51%) PHP
17 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (18.94%) Security Cleared
2 48 (12.12%) Degree
3 34 (8.59%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.83%) AWS Certification
4 31 (7.83%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (1.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 7 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.01%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (13.89%) QA
2 15 (3.79%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.79%) GDPR
3 13 (3.28%) WCAG
4 10 (2.53%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.53%) SOC 2
5 7 (1.77%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.51%) GRC
7 2 (0.51%) SEPA
8 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 190 (47.98%) Docker
2 19 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.77%) KVM
4 7 (1.77%) vSphere
5 5 (1.26%) iptables
5 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.01%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.25%) pfSense
8 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 294 (74.24%) Terraform
2 269 (67.93%) Kubernetes
3 209 (52.78%) Prometheus
4 142 (35.86%) Ansible
5 21 (5.30%) Kibana
6 15 (3.79%) Argo
7 14 (3.54%) Puppet
8 12 (3.03%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (2.27%) Istio
9 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (2.27%) Progress Chef
10 8 (2.02%) linkerd
10 8 (2.02%) Mesos
10 8 (2.02%) ZABBIX
11 7 (1.77%) logstash
11 7 (1.77%) Nagios
11 7 (1.77%) Proxmox
12 6 (1.52%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (1.26%) Control-M
14 3 (0.76%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (12.12%) Splunk
2 37 (9.34%) VMware
3 27 (6.82%) Dynatrace
4 25 (6.31%) Microsoft
5 23 (5.81%) Red Hat
6 16 (4.04%) Oracle
7 15 (3.79%) Google
8 12 (3.03%) AppDynamics
9 11 (2.78%) Fortinet
10 10 (2.53%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.02%) Cisco
12 7 (1.77%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.52%) NetApp
13 6 (1.52%) ServiceNow
14 5 (1.26%) Atlassian
14 5 (1.26%) Databricks
14 5 (1.26%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.01%) Cribl.io
15 4 (1.01%) New Relic
15 4 (1.01%) PagerDuty