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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 411 481
Rank change year-on-year +58 +70 -6
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 406 235 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.57% 0.47%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.07% 5.17% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 228 164 200
10th Percentile £45,114 £45,194 £41,206
25th Percentile £51,250 £59,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £71,250 £79,875
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -10.80% +6.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,875 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -13.33% +19.61%

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 4,476 4,548 9,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.40% 11.13% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,135 3,382 7,314
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,618 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +16.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £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 9 April 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 April 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 +53 344 £70,079 -3.34% 134
Work from Home +116 189 £72,500 +9.43% 77
UK excluding London -8 182 £62,500 -3.85% 107
London +52 174 £82,500 -8.33% 50
North of England -72 57 £55,200 -22.53% 32
South West -2 42 £56,250 -13.46% 14
South East -4 37 £62,500 -18.03% 32
North East -30 24 £47,500 -22.45% 6
North West -38 20 £62,500 -15.25% 19
Midlands -50 16 £63,250 -2.69% 11
Scotland -6 15 £68,539 -27.85% 6
Yorkshire -53 13 £80,000 +6.85% 7
West Midlands -32 11 £55,200 -15.08% 10
East of England -20 8 £82,575 +43.61% 6
Wales -35 5 £70,079 +7.81% 5
East Midlands -52 5 £64,000 +55.15% 1
Northern Ireland -38 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 (4.68%) Apache
2 15 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.72%) Confluence
5 4 (0.99%) IIS
6 3 (0.74%) nginx
6 3 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.25%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.25%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.99%) Weka
2 2 (0.49%) 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
1 288 (70.94%) AWS
2 180 (44.33%) Azure
3 165 (40.64%) GCP
4 99 (24.38%) GitHub
5 94 (23.15%) Amazon EKS
6 84 (20.69%) GitHub Actions
7 78 (19.21%) Datadog
8 73 (17.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 58 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
10 55 (13.55%) Serverless
11 53 (13.05%) AWS CloudFormation
12 51 (12.56%) SaaS
13 35 (8.62%) OpenShift
14 32 (7.88%) AWS Lambda
15 30 (7.39%) Amazon S3
16 28 (6.90%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (6.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 22 (5.42%) Amazon ECS
19 21 (5.17%) dbt
20 16 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (13.30%) Firewall
2 32 (7.88%) DNS
3 28 (6.90%) HTTP
4 20 (4.93%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.43%) VPN
6 11 (2.71%) LAN
6 11 (2.71%) WAN
7 10 (2.46%) Broadband
8 9 (2.22%) VLAN
9 7 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (1.72%) Unified Communications
9 7 (1.72%) WebEx
10 6 (1.48%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.48%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.23%) BGP
11 5 (1.23%) DHCP
11 5 (1.23%) Network Security
11 5 (1.23%) SSL
12 4 (0.99%) MQTT
12 4 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.11%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (6.16%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (5.67%) SQL Server
4 19 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (4.68%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.69%) Relational Database
6 14 (3.45%) MySQL
7 13 (3.20%) InfluxDB
8 12 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (2.46%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (1.72%) Redis
11 5 (1.23%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.74%) Big Data
12 3 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.49%) Looker
13 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.49%) PostHog
13 2 (0.49%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 106 (26.11%) Jenkins
2 93 (22.91%) GitLab
3 62 (15.27%) TeamCity
4 55 (13.55%) Git
5 36 (8.87%) Cucumber
6 26 (6.40%) JMeter
7 22 (5.42%) JIRA
8 20 (4.93%) SonarQube
9 19 (4.68%) Selenium
10 17 (4.19%) CircleCI
11 14 (3.45%) Bitbucket
12 13 (3.20%) Locust
13 11 (2.71%) Cypress.io
13 11 (2.71%) JUnit
14 10 (2.46%) Robot Framework
14 10 (2.46%) TestRail
15 9 (2.22%) LoadRunner
16 8 (1.97%) Gatling
17 5 (1.23%) Postman
17 5 (1.23%) REST Assured
General
1 121 (29.80%) Finance
2 109 (26.85%) Social Skills
3 76 (18.72%) Law
4 73 (17.98%) Banking
5 70 (17.24%) Retail
6 67 (16.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (9.61%) Back Office
8 38 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
9 37 (9.11%) Financial Institution
10 36 (8.87%) Telecoms
11 20 (4.93%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.48%) Legal
12 6 (1.48%) Marketing
13 5 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.49%) Advertising
17 1 (0.25%) Games
17 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (21.92%) Senior
2 80 (19.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 59 (14.53%) Software Engineer
4 52 (12.81%) Lead
5 36 (8.87%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (7.88%) Platform Engineer
7 29 (7.14%) Developer
8 27 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 25 (6.16%) AWS Engineer
10 22 (5.42%) Java Engineer
11 20 (4.93%) Senior DevOps
12 19 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 18 (4.43%) Software Developer
14 17 (4.19%) Java Software Engineer
15 16 (3.94%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 15 (3.69%) DevSecOps Engineer
17 14 (3.45%) Administrator
17 14 (3.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
18 13 (3.20%) Systems Administrator
18 13 (3.20%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (18.72%) Elastic Stack
2 37 (9.11%) Kafka
3 28 (6.90%) .NET
4 22 (5.42%) React
5 20 (4.93%) OpenTelemetry
5 20 (4.93%) Spring
6 19 (4.68%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.19%) OAuth
7 17 (4.19%) RabbitMQ
8 16 (3.94%) Gherkin
9 14 (3.45%) Loki
9 14 (3.45%) pytest
10 12 (2.96%) Node.js
10 12 (2.96%) REST
11 10 (2.46%) ADO
11 10 (2.46%) AWS CDK
12 9 (2.22%) Django
12 9 (2.22%) Flask
12 9 (2.22%) JWT
12 9 (2.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 108 (26.60%) Cloud Native
2 45 (11.08%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (5.42%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.94%) Blog
6 12 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.71%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.46%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (2.22%) PKI
9 9 (2.22%) Replication
10 8 (1.97%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.72%) FlexPod
11 7 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.23%) IoT
13 4 (0.99%) Blockchain
13 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 123 (30.30%) Linux
2 64 (15.76%) Windows
3 20 (4.93%) CentOS
4 14 (3.45%) Unix
5 12 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.96%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.46%) Ubuntu
7 9 (2.22%) VMS
8 3 (0.74%) Debian
8 3 (0.74%) SUSE
9 2 (0.49%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (77.09%) CI/CD
2 244 (60.10%) DevOps
3 218 (53.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 181 (44.58%) Containerisation
5 179 (44.09%) Observability
6 134 (33.00%) Test Automation
7 123 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (29.56%) Agile
9 117 (28.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 112 (27.59%) Software Engineering
11 90 (22.17%) Deployment Automation
12 89 (21.92%) Microservices
13 85 (20.94%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 70 (17.24%) Platform Engineering
15 60 (14.78%) Clean Code
16 57 (14.04%) Mentoring
17 56 (13.79%) Continuous Deployment
18 54 (13.30%) High Availability
19 53 (13.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 51 (12.56%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 231 (56.90%) Python
2 131 (32.27%) Bash
3 120 (29.56%) Java
4 56 (13.79%) PowerShell
5 55 (13.55%) JavaScript
6 52 (12.81%) Go
7 50 (12.32%) SQL
8 37 (9.11%) C#
9 25 (6.16%) TypeScript
10 15 (3.69%) C++
10 15 (3.69%) Rust
11 10 (2.46%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.97%) Bicep
12 8 (1.97%) Delphi
12 8 (1.97%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.74%) Elixir
13 3 (0.74%) Erlang
13 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.49%) C
14 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 46 (11.33%) Degree
3 32 (7.88%) SC Cleared
4 31 (7.64%) AWS Certification
4 31 (7.64%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (1.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 8 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.23%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 4 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.05%) QA
2 15 (3.69%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.69%) GDPR
3 13 (3.20%) WCAG
4 10 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.46%) SOC 2
5 8 (1.97%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.49%) GRC
7 2 (0.49%) SEPA
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 195 (48.03%) Docker
2 21 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.96%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.97%) KVM
5 7 (1.72%) iptables
5 7 (1.72%) vSphere
6 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.99%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.25%) pfSense
10 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 300 (73.89%) Terraform
2 272 (67.00%) Kubernetes
3 209 (51.48%) Prometheus
4 145 (35.71%) Ansible
5 24 (5.91%) Kibana
6 15 (3.69%) Puppet
7 14 (3.45%) Argo
8 12 (2.96%) Docker Swarm
9 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.22%) Istio
10 9 (2.22%) logstash
10 9 (2.22%) Progress Chef
10 9 (2.22%) ZABBIX
11 8 (1.97%) linkerd
11 8 (1.97%) Mesos
11 8 (1.97%) Nagios
11 8 (1.97%) Proxmox
12 7 (1.72%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.99%) Control-M
14 3 (0.74%) Scalr
Vendors
1 49 (12.07%) Splunk
2 40 (9.85%) VMware
3 30 (7.39%) Microsoft
4 27 (6.65%) Dynatrace
5 24 (5.91%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.69%) Google
6 15 (3.69%) Oracle
7 12 (2.96%) AppDynamics
7 12 (2.96%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.46%) SolarWinds
9 9 (2.22%) Cisco
10 8 (1.97%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.48%) Atlassian
12 6 (1.48%) NetApp
13 5 (1.23%) Databricks
13 5 (1.23%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.99%) Cribl.io
14 4 (0.99%) New Relic
14 4 (0.99%) PagerDuty