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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 151 238
Rank change year-on-year -192 +87 +68
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 119 341 300
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 2.08% 1.31%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.51% 23.24% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 89 59 138
10th Percentile £44,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +16.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £69,310 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +10.71% -

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 1,584 1,467 2,419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.43% 8.97% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 884 1,400
10th Percentile £39,213 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%

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 24 September 2026.

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 10 (8.40%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (7.56%) Apache
3 8 (6.72%) Jupyter
4 7 (5.88%) Apache Spark
5 3 (2.52%) Confluence
6 1 (0.84%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 81 (68.07%) AWS
2 54 (45.38%) Azure
3 27 (22.69%) GitHub
4 25 (21.01%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (18.49%) Azure AKS
6 20 (16.81%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (15.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (11.76%) Azure Service Bus
10 12 (10.08%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (10.08%) Amazon S3
11 11 (9.24%) Amazon EKS
11 11 (9.24%) GCP
11 11 (9.24%) SaaS
12 8 (6.72%) Amazon ECR
12 8 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (6.72%) Amazon EMR
13 6 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (5.04%) Serverless
14 5 (4.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.24%) Broadband
2 4 (3.36%) Network Security
3 3 (2.52%) VPN
4 2 (1.68%) BGP
4 2 (1.68%) WAN
5 1 (0.84%) DHCP
5 1 (0.84%) DNS
5 1 (0.84%) Firewall
5 1 (0.84%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.84%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (23.53%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (20.17%) MongoDB
3 15 (12.61%) MySQL
4 9 (7.56%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (7.56%) DynamoDB
5 8 (6.72%) Relational Database
6 7 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (5.04%) Big Data
8 4 (3.36%) Data Lake
8 4 (3.36%) Delta Lake
9 3 (2.52%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.68%) Redis
10 2 (1.68%) ZAP BI
11 1 (0.84%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.84%) Apache Iceberg
11 1 (0.84%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.84%) Metadata
11 1 (0.84%) Parquet
11 1 (0.84%) Presto
11 1 (0.84%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 44 (36.97%) Git
2 33 (27.73%) Jenkins
3 12 (10.08%) JIRA
4 9 (7.56%) JUnit
4 9 (7.56%) Postman
5 8 (6.72%) Selenium
6 6 (5.04%) Cucumber
6 6 (5.04%) Gatling
6 6 (5.04%) Storybook
7 5 (4.20%) Cypress.io
7 5 (4.20%) SonarQube
8 3 (2.52%) Subversion
9 2 (1.68%) Artifactory
9 2 (1.68%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.68%) ESLint
9 2 (1.68%) Maven
9 2 (1.68%) NUnit
9 2 (1.68%) Snyk
9 2 (1.68%) Vite
10 1 (0.84%) Claude Code
General
1 44 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 42 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.56%) Finance
5 5 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.20%) Law
6 4 (3.36%) Marketing
6 4 (3.36%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.52%) Legal
8 2 (1.68%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.68%) Military
9 1 (0.84%) Banking
9 1 (0.84%) Billing
9 1 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (33.61%) DevOps Engineer
1 40 (33.61%) Senior
2 17 (14.29%) Lead
2 17 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
2 17 (14.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 11 (9.24%) Developer
4 10 (8.40%) Test Engineer
5 9 (7.56%) Software Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) AWS DevOps
6 7 (5.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Lead DevOps
7 6 (5.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (5.04%) Lead DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Quality Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (48.74%) Terraform
2 27 (22.69%) Node.js
3 20 (16.81%) React
4 10 (8.40%) REST
5 9 (7.56%) .NET
5 9 (7.56%) PySpark
5 9 (7.56%) RESTful
6 7 (5.88%) AngularJS
6 7 (5.88%) Playwright
7 6 (5.04%) CSS
7 6 (5.04%) Next.js
7 6 (5.04%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (3.36%) ASP.NET
8 4 (3.36%) Jest
8 4 (3.36%) Pulumi
8 4 (3.36%) Vitest
9 3 (2.52%) Gherkin
9 3 (2.52%) Kafka
9 3 (2.52%) Spring Boot
9 3 (2.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (27.73%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.08%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (8.40%) Product Ownership
4 9 (7.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.36%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.52%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (2.52%) Robotics
7 2 (1.68%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.68%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.84%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.84%) PropTech
8 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (23.53%) Linux
2 19 (15.97%) Windows
3 15 (12.61%) Unix
4 3 (2.52%) Debian
4 3 (2.52%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (2.52%) Ubuntu
4 3 (2.52%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.84%) Android
6 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (96.64%) CI/CD
2 79 (66.39%) DevOps
3 75 (63.03%) Agile
4 56 (47.06%) Test Automation
5 49 (41.18%) Mentoring
6 48 (40.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 43 (36.13%) Coaching
8 40 (33.61%) Containerisation
9 34 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
10 31 (26.05%) Software Engineering
11 30 (25.21%) AI
11 30 (25.21%) Microservices
12 27 (22.69%) Observability
13 23 (19.33%) SDLC
14 22 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (15.13%) Scrum
16 18 (15.13%) Technical Leadership
17 16 (13.45%) End-to-End Testing
18 15 (12.61%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 54 (45.38%) Python
2 30 (25.21%) Java
3 29 (24.37%) Bash
4 24 (20.17%) SQL
5 18 (15.13%) TypeScript
6 14 (11.76%) JavaScript
7 12 (10.08%) Go
8 11 (9.24%) PowerShell
9 9 (7.56%) C#
10 4 (3.36%) Groovy
11 3 (2.52%) Bicep
12 2 (1.68%) Apex Code
12 2 (1.68%) PHP
13 1 (0.84%) Perl
13 1 (0.84%) R
13 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (31.09%) Security Cleared
2 33 (27.73%) SC Cleared
3 15 (12.61%) Degree
4 8 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.20%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.68%) OCP
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.84%) CCNA
8 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.84%) MCSE
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (20.17%) QA
2 11 (9.24%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.04%) Data Quality
3 6 (5.04%) WCAG
4 4 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.36%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.68%) NIST
6 1 (0.84%) GDPR
6 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (54.62%) Docker
2 2 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (37.82%) Kubernetes
2 19 (15.97%) Argo
2 19 (15.97%) Grafana
2 19 (15.97%) Prometheus
3 10 (8.40%) Ansible
4 6 (5.04%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.52%) Istio
5 3 (2.52%) Kibana
5 3 (2.52%) linkerd
5 3 (2.52%) Puppet
6 2 (1.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.68%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.68%) Nagios
6 2 (1.68%) Packer
7 1 (0.84%) Cilium
7 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.84%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) Google
3 4 (3.36%) Databricks
3 4 (3.36%) VMware
4 3 (2.52%) NVIDIA
5 2 (1.68%) AppDynamics
5 2 (1.68%) Commvault
5 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.68%) Splunk
5 2 (1.68%) UiPath
6 1 (0.84%) Cisco
6 1 (0.84%) EMC
6 1 (0.84%) FIS
6 1 (0.84%) New Relic
6 1 (0.84%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.84%) YouTube