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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 443 508
Rank change year-on-year +95 +65 +18
Permanent jobs citing Grafana 338 262 284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 0.50% 0.42%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.95% 4.48% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 211 146 192
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,625 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £85,375 £88,438 £90,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £106,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -

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 4,252 5,842 8,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.74% 11.15% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,959 3,538 6,784
10th Percentile £32,000 £38,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,375 £101,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,065 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.56% +9.09% -2.62%

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 January 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 January 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 +62 262 £74,750 -0.33% 225
Work from Home +91 155 £72,500 -3.33% 104
UK excluding London +33 143 £65,000 -3.70% 201
London +87 135 £82,500 -7.82% 62
North of England +6 56 £60,000 -20.00% 33
North West +25 25 £62,500 -16.67% 14
South West -1 23 £75,000 +15.38% 29
Scotland +8 20 £72,289 - 18
South East +9 18 £65,000 -13.33% 68
North East -23 18 £51,500 -9.65% 5
Midlands -2 13 £70,542 +8.53% 24
Yorkshire -11 13 £80,000 +3.90% 14
West Midlands +22 10 £71,521 +10.03% 14
East of England +23 7 £85,000 +70.00% 20
Wales -6 4 £67,539 +3.91% 9
East Midlands -14 3 £64,000 +55.15% 10
Northern Ireland -11 2 - - 3

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 (5.33%) Apache
2 10 (2.96%) Confluence
3 9 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.66%) nginx
4 6 (1.78%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.89%) IIS
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.30%) CICS
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Weka
2 3 (0.89%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Bloomberg AIM
1 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.30%) Loan IQ
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.30%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 237 (70.12%) AWS
2 162 (47.93%) Azure
3 119 (35.21%) GCP
4 94 (27.81%) GitHub
5 85 (25.15%) Amazon EKS
6 80 (23.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 77 (22.78%) GitHub Actions
8 53 (15.68%) AWS CloudFormation
9 50 (14.79%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (13.02%) Datadog
11 42 (12.43%) Serverless
12 37 (10.95%) SaaS
13 31 (9.17%) Amazon EC2
14 28 (8.28%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (7.99%) Amazon S3
15 27 (7.99%) OpenShift
16 25 (7.40%) Azure Monitor
17 23 (6.80%) Amazon ECS
17 23 (6.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 21 (6.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.76%) Firewall
2 26 (7.69%) DNS
3 19 (5.62%) HTTP
4 14 (4.14%) VPN
5 12 (3.55%) TCP/IP
6 8 (2.37%) Software-Defined Networking
6 8 (2.37%) SSL
6 8 (2.37%) WAN
7 7 (2.07%) Wireless
8 6 (1.78%) BGP
8 6 (1.78%) FTP
8 6 (1.78%) LAN
9 5 (1.48%) DHCP
9 5 (1.48%) SMTP
9 5 (1.48%) SSH
10 4 (1.18%) MPLS
11 3 (0.89%) IMAP
11 3 (0.89%) Network Security
11 3 (0.89%) SAN
11 3 (0.89%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (7.99%) Amazon RDS
3 26 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 13 (3.85%) Amazon Aurora
5 12 (3.55%) Relational Database
6 11 (3.25%) MySQL
6 11 (3.25%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (2.66%) InfluxDB
9 8 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.37%) Redis
10 5 (1.48%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.89%) Big Data
11 3 (0.89%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.59%) CockroachDB
12 2 (0.59%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.59%) Metadata
12 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.59%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 105 (31.07%) Jenkins
2 78 (23.08%) GitLab
3 54 (15.98%) Git
4 43 (12.72%) TeamCity
5 33 (9.76%) JIRA
6 25 (7.40%) Cucumber
7 14 (4.14%) Bitbucket
7 14 (4.14%) Selenium
7 14 (4.14%) SonarQube
8 11 (3.25%) JMeter
8 11 (3.25%) JUnit
9 9 (2.66%) CircleCI
10 8 (2.37%) Cypress.io
10 8 (2.37%) Locust
10 8 (2.37%) Robot Framework
10 8 (2.37%) TestRail
11 6 (1.78%) Artifactory
11 6 (1.78%) MLflow
12 5 (1.48%) Gradle
12 5 (1.48%) Vagrant
General
1 106 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 95 (28.11%) Finance
3 42 (12.43%) Banking
3 42 (12.43%) Law
4 38 (11.24%) Retail
5 37 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (7.69%) Back Office
7 24 (7.10%) Financial Institution
8 21 (6.21%) Telecoms
9 18 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (4.14%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.37%) Advertising
12 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.89%) Legal
13 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.59%) Agriculture
15 1 (0.30%) Aviation
15 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 79 (23.37%) Senior
2 73 (21.60%) DevOps Engineer
3 43 (12.72%) Software Engineer
4 38 (11.24%) Lead
5 36 (10.65%) Platform Engineer
6 32 (9.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (6.80%) Developer
8 20 (5.92%) AWS Engineer
9 18 (5.33%) Senior DevOps
10 17 (5.03%) Applications Support
10 17 (5.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 17 (5.03%) Development Engineer
11 15 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (4.44%) Java Engineer
11 15 (4.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 14 (4.14%) Lead DevOps
12 14 (4.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 13 (3.85%) AWS Platform Engineer
13 13 (3.85%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.55%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (20.41%) Elastic Stack
2 33 (9.76%) .NET
3 18 (5.33%) Kafka
3 18 (5.33%) React
4 16 (4.73%) Spring
5 15 (4.44%) OpenTelemetry
5 15 (4.44%) Spring Boot
6 14 (4.14%) ADO
7 13 (3.85%) AWS CDK
8 11 (3.25%) Node.js
9 10 (2.96%) Django
9 10 (2.96%) Gherkin
9 10 (2.96%) Loki
9 10 (2.96%) pytest
10 9 (2.66%) Flask
10 9 (2.66%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (2.66%) REST
11 8 (2.37%) JWT
11 8 (2.37%) OAuth
11 8 (2.37%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.26%) Cloud Native
2 35 (10.36%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 17 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.96%) Blog
6 10 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.07%) PKI
8 6 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.48%) IoT
9 5 (1.48%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.48%) Replication
10 3 (0.89%) Blockchain
10 3 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.59%) Online Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 128 (37.87%) Linux
2 68 (20.12%) Windows
3 16 (4.73%) Unix
4 13 (3.85%) Ubuntu
5 12 (3.55%) CentOS
6 10 (2.96%) VMS
7 9 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.48%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (1.48%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.89%) SUSE
10 2 (0.59%) Debian
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (77.51%) CI/CD
2 218 (64.50%) DevOps
3 172 (50.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 145 (42.90%) Observability
5 133 (39.35%) Containerisation
6 102 (30.18%) Problem-Solving
7 88 (26.04%) Test Automation
8 83 (24.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (23.96%) Agile
10 77 (22.78%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 71 (21.01%) Platform Engineering
12 69 (20.41%) Software Engineering
13 61 (18.05%) Deployment Automation
14 56 (16.57%) Microservices
15 51 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 46 (13.61%) Incident Response
17 43 (12.72%) High Availability
17 43 (12.72%) Mentoring
18 40 (11.83%) Clean Code
19 39 (11.54%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 187 (55.33%) Python
2 97 (28.70%) Bash
3 90 (26.63%) Java
4 48 (14.20%) JavaScript
4 48 (14.20%) PowerShell
5 43 (12.72%) SQL
6 39 (11.54%) Go
7 28 (8.28%) C#
8 23 (6.80%) TypeScript
9 17 (5.03%) Bicep
10 10 (2.96%) C++
11 8 (2.37%) Delphi
11 8 (2.37%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.78%) Google Apps Script
12 6 (1.78%) Rust
12 6 (1.78%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.48%) Groovy
14 4 (1.18%) Perl
15 3 (0.89%) Elixir
15 3 (0.89%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 86 (25.44%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.50%) SC Cleared
3 48 (14.20%) Degree
4 32 (9.47%) AWS Certification
5 31 (9.17%) DV Cleared
6 29 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (5.03%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.48%) MCP
10 4 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.89%) CCNP
11 3 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.89%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.43%) QA
2 7 (2.07%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.07%) GDPR
2 7 (2.07%) WCAG
3 3 (0.89%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.59%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 166 (49.11%) Docker
2 12 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.78%) KVM
5 4 (1.18%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.89%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.89%) Dovecot
6 3 (0.89%) Postfix
6 3 (0.89%) Squid
6 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.59%) iptables
7 2 (0.59%) NFS
7 2 (0.59%) vSphere
8 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.30%) pfSense
8 1 (0.30%) RACF
8 1 (0.30%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 247 (73.08%) Terraform
2 238 (70.41%) Kubernetes
3 191 (56.51%) Prometheus
4 118 (34.91%) Ansible
5 22 (6.51%) Argo
6 19 (5.62%) Kibana
7 13 (3.85%) Docker Swarm
8 10 (2.96%) Control-M
9 9 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (2.66%) Progress Chef
9 9 (2.66%) Puppet
10 8 (2.37%) logstash
11 7 (2.07%) Istio
11 7 (2.07%) linkerd
11 7 (2.07%) Mesos
11 7 (2.07%) ZABBIX
12 6 (1.78%) Proxmox
13 5 (1.48%) Nagios
13 5 (1.48%) Nessus
14 3 (0.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (13.91%) Splunk
2 27 (7.99%) VMware
3 21 (6.21%) Microsoft
4 16 (4.73%) Oracle
5 14 (4.14%) Google
6 13 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.85%) SolarWinds
7 12 (3.55%) Dynatrace
8 11 (3.25%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.37%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.78%) Cisco
10 6 (1.78%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.48%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.48%) Databricks
12 4 (1.18%) Cribl.io
12 4 (1.18%) F5
13 3 (0.89%) Arista
13 3 (0.89%) Jaspersoft
13 3 (0.89%) New Relic
13 3 (0.89%) Zscaler