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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 425 534
Rank change year-on-year +77 +109 -36
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 393 242 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.55% 0.37%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.91% 4.76% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 237 150 188
10th Percentile £44,000 £44,650 £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 £96,000 £107,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -3.85% -11.86% +20.90%

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 4,409 5,086 9,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.98% 11.65% 10.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,046 3,470 7,186
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £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 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -4.39%

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 13 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 13 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 +75 325 £70,079 -3.34% 199
Work from Home +101 175 £72,500 +7.41% 161
UK excluding London +12 174 £62,500 -3.85% 155
London +76 164 £82,500 -8.33% 71
North of England -50 58 £53,850 -28.07% 42
South East 0 35 £62,500 -12.28% 47
South West -1 35 £55,000 -15.38% 21
North East -33 26 £51,500 -15.92% 7
North West -19 19 £60,000 -20.00% 15
Scotland -7 16 £72,289 -23.91% 7
Midlands -33 15 £64,000 -1.54% 17
Yorkshire -45 13 £67,500 -9.84% 20
West Midlands -16 11 £62,500 -3.85% 12
East of England +3 8 £82,575 +69.38% 14
Wales -20 5 £70,079 +7.81% 6
East Midlands -33 4 £69,500 +68.48% 5
Northern Ireland -28 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 (4.83%) Apache
2 14 (3.56%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.05%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.27%) Confluence
5 4 (1.02%) nginx
6 3 (0.76%) IIS
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.25%) CICS
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
8 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.02%) 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 (72.01%) AWS
2 184 (46.82%) Azure
3 162 (41.22%) GCP
4 108 (27.48%) GitHub
5 98 (24.94%) Amazon EKS
6 91 (23.16%) GitHub Actions
7 74 (18.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 71 (18.07%) Datadog
9 60 (15.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 58 (14.76%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (14.25%) Serverless
12 53 (13.49%) SaaS
13 33 (8.40%) AWS Lambda
14 32 (8.14%) OpenShift
15 29 (7.38%) Amazon S3
16 28 (7.12%) Amazon EC2
17 24 (6.11%) Amazon ECS
18 23 (5.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 20 (5.09%) dbt
20 18 (4.58%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 48 (12.21%) Firewall
2 31 (7.89%) DNS
3 28 (7.12%) HTTP
4 19 (4.83%) TCP/IP
5 18 (4.58%) VPN
6 10 (2.54%) WAN
7 9 (2.29%) LAN
8 8 (2.04%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (1.53%) Network Security
9 6 (1.53%) SSL
9 6 (1.53%) VLAN
9 6 (1.53%) Wireless
10 5 (1.27%) BGP
10 5 (1.27%) DHCP
10 5 (1.27%) MQTT
11 4 (1.02%) MPLS
11 4 (1.02%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.02%) WebEx
12 3 (0.76%) Broadband
12 3 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.65%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.87%) SQL Server
3 25 (6.36%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (4.58%) Elasticsearch
5 17 (4.33%) NoSQL
6 15 (3.82%) Relational Database
7 14 (3.56%) MySQL
8 10 (2.54%) Amazon Aurora
8 10 (2.54%) InfluxDB
9 9 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.04%) Redis
11 5 (1.27%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.02%) Big Data
13 3 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
14 2 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.51%) Looker
14 2 (0.51%) Metadata
14 2 (0.51%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 111 (28.24%) Jenkins
2 94 (23.92%) GitLab
3 60 (15.27%) Git
4 59 (15.01%) TeamCity
5 30 (7.63%) Cucumber
6 28 (7.12%) JIRA
7 22 (5.60%) JMeter
8 18 (4.58%) Bitbucket
9 17 (4.33%) CircleCI
9 17 (4.33%) SonarQube
10 16 (4.07%) Selenium
11 12 (3.05%) Locust
12 10 (2.54%) JUnit
13 9 (2.29%) Cypress.io
13 9 (2.29%) Robot Framework
13 9 (2.29%) TestRail
14 7 (1.78%) LoadRunner
15 6 (1.53%) Gatling
16 5 (1.27%) Artifactory
16 5 (1.27%) MLflow
General
1 118 (30.03%) Finance
1 118 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.81%) Law
3 67 (17.05%) Banking
4 64 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (16.03%) Retail
6 37 (9.41%) Back Office
7 35 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (8.91%) Financial Institution
8 34 (8.65%) Telecoms
9 17 (4.33%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.78%) Advertising
11 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.02%) Legal
13 3 (0.76%) Marketing
14 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.25%) Front Office
15 1 (0.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 90 (22.90%) Senior
2 87 (22.14%) DevOps Engineer
3 57 (14.50%) Software Engineer
4 47 (11.96%) Lead
5 33 (8.40%) Cloud Engineer
5 33 (8.40%) Platform Engineer
6 28 (7.12%) Developer
7 25 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (6.11%) AWS Engineer
9 22 (5.60%) Java Engineer
10 20 (5.09%) Senior DevOps
11 17 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (4.07%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 16 (4.07%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 16 (4.07%) Java Software Engineer
12 16 (4.07%) Software Developer
13 15 (3.82%) Applications Support
14 13 (3.31%) Development Engineer
14 13 (3.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 13 (3.31%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (20.87%) Elastic Stack
2 35 (8.91%) Kafka
3 27 (6.87%) .NET
4 22 (5.60%) Spring
5 21 (5.34%) Spring Boot
6 20 (5.09%) React
7 18 (4.58%) OpenTelemetry
8 15 (3.82%) OAuth
8 15 (3.82%) RabbitMQ
9 14 (3.56%) Gherkin
10 13 (3.31%) Loki
11 11 (2.80%) Node.js
11 11 (2.80%) pytest
12 10 (2.54%) ADO
12 10 (2.54%) AWS CDK
12 10 (2.54%) REST
13 9 (2.29%) Django
13 9 (2.29%) Flask
14 8 (2.04%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.04%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 104 (26.46%) Cloud Native
2 43 (10.94%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.60%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.82%) Blog
5 15 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.54%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.29%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.04%) PKI
10 7 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.78%) Replication
11 5 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.02%) Blockchain
12 4 (1.02%) FlexPod
12 4 (1.02%) IoT
12 4 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.76%) NHS
13 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 129 (32.82%) Linux
2 67 (17.05%) Windows
3 15 (3.82%) CentOS
3 15 (3.82%) Unix
4 10 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.04%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.27%) VMS
8 3 (0.76%) SUSE
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
1 311 (79.13%) CI/CD
2 245 (62.34%) DevOps
3 210 (53.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 176 (44.78%) Containerisation
5 170 (43.26%) Observability
6 124 (31.55%) Test Automation
7 113 (28.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (27.99%) Agile
10 99 (25.19%) Software Engineering
11 87 (22.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 84 (21.37%) Deployment Automation
12 84 (21.37%) Microservices
13 67 (17.05%) Platform Engineering
14 58 (14.76%) High Availability
15 57 (14.50%) Clean Code
16 56 (14.25%) Mentoring
17 54 (13.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 51 (12.98%) Continuous Deployment
19 50 (12.72%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 217 (55.22%) Python
2 124 (31.55%) Bash
3 116 (29.52%) Java
4 53 (13.49%) PowerShell
5 50 (12.72%) JavaScript
6 49 (12.47%) Go
7 46 (11.70%) SQL
8 30 (7.63%) C#
9 26 (6.62%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.31%) Rust
11 12 (3.05%) Bicep
11 12 (3.05%) C++
12 9 (2.29%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.04%) Delphi
14 7 (1.78%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.76%) Elixir
16 3 (0.76%) Erlang
17 2 (0.51%) PHP
17 2 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (20.36%) Security Cleared
2 53 (13.49%) Degree
3 39 (9.92%) SC Cleared
4 33 (8.40%) AWS Certification
5 31 (7.89%) DV Cleared
6 29 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.29%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (1.02%) 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%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.25%) ISEB
14 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.98%) QA
2 14 (3.56%) GDPR
3 12 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.80%) WCAG
5 9 (2.29%) PCI DSS
5 9 (2.29%) SOC 2
6 7 (1.78%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) SEPA
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 183 (46.56%) Docker
2 17 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.54%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.78%) KVM
5 6 (1.53%) vSphere
6 5 (1.27%) iptables
7 4 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.25%) NFS
9 1 (0.25%) pfSense
9 1 (0.25%) RACF
9 1 (0.25%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 296 (75.32%) Terraform
2 272 (69.21%) Kubernetes
3 216 (54.96%) Prometheus
4 141 (35.88%) Ansible
5 23 (5.85%) Kibana
6 20 (5.09%) Argo
7 13 (3.31%) Docker Swarm
8 12 (3.05%) Puppet
9 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.29%) Control-M
10 9 (2.29%) logstash
10 9 (2.29%) Progress Chef
11 8 (2.04%) Istio
11 8 (2.04%) linkerd
11 8 (2.04%) Mesos
12 7 (1.78%) Proxmox
13 6 (1.53%) Nagios
13 6 (1.53%) ZABBIX
14 4 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
15 3 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (12.47%) Splunk
2 36 (9.16%) VMware
3 25 (6.36%) Dynatrace
3 25 (6.36%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.34%) Red Hat
5 16 (4.07%) Google
5 16 (4.07%) Oracle
6 12 (3.05%) AppDynamics
7 11 (2.80%) SolarWinds
8 10 (2.54%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.04%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.78%) Cisco
11 6 (1.53%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.27%) Databricks
12 5 (1.27%) Palo Alto
13 4 (1.02%) Cribl.io
13 4 (1.02%) NetApp
13 4 (1.02%) New Relic
13 4 (1.02%) PagerDuty
13 4 (1.02%) Rapid7