Hybrid/Remote GitLab Job Trends

GitLab
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GitLab skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 239 276
Rank change year-on-year +83 +37 -50
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 339 258 242
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.07% 1.29% 1.08%
As % of the Development Applications category 23.76% 11.10% 6.95%
Number of salaries quoted 56 131 178
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £47,125
25th Percentile £69,375 £54,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,750 £90,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £85,750
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% +3.70% -6.90%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

GitLab falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,427 2,324 3,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.73% 11.61% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 820 1,234 2,914
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,454 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GitLab and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GitLab job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GitLab
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab

GitLab
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GitLab over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

GitLab salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GitLab
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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
1 161 (47.49%) Confluence
2 5 (1.47%) Apache
3 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 307 (90.56%) AWS
2 283 (83.48%) Azure
3 176 (51.92%) GCP
4 16 (4.72%) GitHub
5 15 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (2.36%) Serverless
7 7 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.47%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.47%) Datadog
10 4 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.59%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.59%) AWS CodeDeploy
11 2 (0.59%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.59%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.42%) Broadband
2 4 (1.18%) Firewall
3 2 (0.59%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) DNS
4 1 (0.29%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) VLAN
4 1 (0.29%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 251 (74.04%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.24%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.88%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.59%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Hudi
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 269 (79.35%) SonarQube
2 256 (75.52%) Sonatype Nexus
3 253 (74.63%) Maven
4 252 (74.34%) JIRA
5 251 (74.04%) Bitbucket
6 250 (73.75%) Cucumber
7 248 (73.16%) Selenium
8 42 (12.39%) Jenkins
9 19 (5.60%) Git
10 7 (2.06%) JUnit
11 5 (1.47%) Subversion
12 4 (1.18%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.88%) Mockito
14 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.59%) IntelliJ
14 2 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
14 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
15 1 (0.29%) JMeter
15 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 263 (77.58%) Finance
1 263 (77.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 247 (72.86%) Banking
3 93 (27.43%) Retail
4 90 (26.55%) Corporate Banking
4 90 (26.55%) Investment Banking
5 24 (7.08%) Social Skills
6 18 (5.31%) Games
7 15 (4.42%) Marketing
8 11 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (2.06%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.18%) Aviation
11 3 (0.88%) Automotive
11 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.59%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.29%) Back Office
13 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 257 (75.81%) Software Engineer
2 25 (7.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 18 (5.31%) Architect
4 16 (4.72%) Lead
5 14 (4.13%) Salesforce Architect
6 13 (3.83%) Senior
7 9 (2.65%) Senior DevOps
8 8 (2.36%) Lead DevOps
8 8 (2.36%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 8 (2.36%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 8 (2.36%) Technical Architect
9 6 (1.77%) AWS DevOps
9 6 (1.77%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (1.77%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (1.77%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.47%) Developer
10 5 (1.47%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (1.18%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.18%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (1.18%) Salesforce Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (75.52%) React
2 255 (75.22%) Spring
2 255 (75.22%) Spring Boot
3 250 (73.75%) Kafka
4 249 (73.45%) CSS
4 249 (73.45%) HTML
5 247 (72.86%) JPA
5 247 (72.86%) Redux
6 159 (46.90%) Hibernate
7 114 (33.63%) REST
8 92 (27.14%) CSS3
8 92 (27.14%) HTML5
8 92 (27.14%) RESTful
9 91 (26.84%) Sass
10 90 (26.55%) Jest
11 15 (4.42%) Lightning Web Components
11 15 (4.42%) SOAP
11 15 (4.42%) Visualforce
12 5 (1.47%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 262 (77.29%) Product Ownership
2 249 (73.45%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.90%) Cloud Native
4 3 (0.88%) Data Centre
4 3 (0.88%) Replication
5 2 (0.59%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.59%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.59%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.29%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.29%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.29%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.29%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.29%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.29%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.29%) Online Games
6 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.26%) Linux
2 9 (2.65%) Windows
3 5 (1.47%) CentOS
3 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.88%) Unix
4 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Debian
6 1 (0.29%) Fedora
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (97.35%) CI/CD
2 313 (92.33%) DevOps
3 291 (85.84%) Agile
4 270 (79.65%) Containerisation
5 264 (77.88%) Software Engineering
6 258 (76.11%) Microservices
7 255 (75.22%) Performance Optimisation
8 254 (74.93%) Full-Stack Development
9 252 (74.34%) SDLC
10 251 (74.04%) Test Automation
11 250 (73.75%) Front End Development
12 181 (53.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 162 (47.79%) Clean Code
14 159 (46.90%) TDD
15 101 (29.79%) Mentoring
16 92 (27.14%) User Experience
17 91 (26.84%) Migration
18 90 (26.55%) Responsive Web Design
18 90 (26.55%) Strategic Thinking
19 37 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 267 (78.76%) Java
2 259 (76.40%) SQL
3 258 (76.11%) JavaScript
4 99 (29.20%) TypeScript
5 37 (10.91%) Python
6 19 (5.60%) Bash
7 15 (4.42%) Apex Code
7 15 (4.42%) SOQL
7 15 (4.42%) SOSL
8 12 (3.54%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.06%) C++
10 4 (1.18%) C#
10 4 (1.18%) Go
10 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.59%) Bicep
12 1 (0.29%) C
12 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (3.54%) Degree
1 12 (3.54%) Security Cleared
2 9 (2.65%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.06%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.29%) CCNA
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (75.52%) QA
2 90 (26.55%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.59%) ECSS
System Software
1 282 (83.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 287 (84.66%) Kubernetes
2 36 (10.62%) Ansible
3 35 (10.32%) Terraform
4 23 (6.78%) Prometheus
5 21 (6.19%) Grafana
6 4 (1.18%) Kibana
7 2 (0.59%) Argo
7 2 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.29%) Istio
8 1 (0.29%) Nagios
8 1 (0.29%) Packer
8 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.29%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.29%) Puppet
8 1 (0.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 247 (72.86%) Solace
2 20 (5.90%) Splunk
3 15 (4.42%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.65%) Microsoft
5 5 (1.47%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.88%) Databricks
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle
6 3 (0.88%) Red Hat
6 3 (0.88%) VMware
7 2 (0.59%) IBM
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco
8 1 (0.29%) Commvault
8 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.29%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.29%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.29%) Perforce
8 1 (0.29%) QNX
8 1 (0.29%) UiPath