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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 240 222
Rank change year-on-year -5 -18 +38
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 123 221 277
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.30% 1.36%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.13% 9.55% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 87 111 231
10th Percentile £52,400 £50,000 £35,920
25th Percentile £65,625 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +8.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £86,253 £90,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £89,100 £107,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

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 1,214 2,313 3,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.03% 13.58% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 804 1,321 2,572
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,445
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +1.96%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -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 1 January 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 9 (7.32%) Confluence
2 4 (3.25%) Apache
3 3 (2.44%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.81%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 76 (61.79%) AWS
2 68 (55.28%) Azure
3 36 (29.27%) GitHub
4 35 (28.46%) GCP
5 24 (19.51%) GitHub Actions
6 16 (13.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 14 (11.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (8.94%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (8.13%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (8.13%) Serverless
10 9 (7.32%) Amazon S3
10 9 (7.32%) OpenShift
11 8 (6.50%) Datadog
11 8 (6.50%) Entra ID
12 5 (4.07%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (4.07%) AWS Step Functions
13 4 (3.25%) Amazon ECR
13 4 (3.25%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (3.25%) Apigee
13 4 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.01%) Broadband
2 13 (10.57%) DNS
3 4 (3.25%) Firewall
4 2 (1.63%) VPN
5 1 (0.81%) Network Security
5 1 (0.81%) VLAN
5 1 (0.81%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.94%) NoSQL
3 9 (7.32%) MongoDB
4 6 (4.88%) DynamoDB
5 5 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.44%) Delta Lake
7 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.63%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (1.63%) MySQL
9 1 (0.81%) Apache Hudi
9 1 (0.81%) Apache Iceberg
9 1 (0.81%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 51 (41.46%) Jenkins
2 35 (28.46%) Git
3 23 (18.70%) SonarQube
4 13 (10.57%) Cucumber
4 13 (10.57%) JIRA
5 11 (8.94%) JUnit
6 10 (8.13%) Bitbucket
6 10 (8.13%) Selenium
7 9 (7.32%) Cypress.io
7 9 (7.32%) Subversion
8 6 (4.88%) Maven
9 4 (3.25%) Postman
10 3 (2.44%) Artifactory
10 3 (2.44%) REST Assured
11 2 (1.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (1.63%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (1.63%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.81%) Storybook
12 1 (0.81%) Testinfra
General
1 41 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (13.82%) Games
2 17 (13.82%) Telecoms
3 16 (13.01%) Finance
3 16 (13.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (12.20%) Marketing
5 9 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.50%) Manufacturing
6 8 (6.50%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.44%) Retail
8 2 (1.63%) Aviation
9 1 (0.81%) Automotive
9 1 (0.81%) Back Office
9 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.81%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (32.52%) Lead
2 24 (19.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 21 (17.07%) Senior
4 17 (13.82%) Architect
5 15 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (12.20%) Lead DevOps
5 15 (12.20%) Lead DevOps Engineer
6 14 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (11.38%) Salesforce Architect
7 13 (10.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (10.57%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 13 (10.57%) Software Engineer
8 12 (9.76%) Developer
8 12 (9.76%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (8.94%) Senior DevOps
10 8 (6.50%) Consultant
10 8 (6.50%) Salesforce Technical Architect
10 8 (6.50%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (6.50%) Senior DevOps Consultant
10 8 (6.50%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.45%) REST
2 18 (14.63%) Spring
2 18 (14.63%) Spring Boot
3 15 (12.20%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (12.20%) Lightning Web Components
3 15 (12.20%) SOAP
3 15 (12.20%) Visualforce
4 11 (8.94%) React
5 9 (7.32%) AngularJS
5 9 (7.32%) Django
5 9 (7.32%) pytest
6 8 (6.50%) Flask
7 7 (5.69%) Gherkin
8 6 (4.88%) Node.js
8 6 (4.88%) RESTful
9 5 (4.07%) HTML
9 5 (4.07%) Jest
10 4 (3.25%) CSS
10 4 (3.25%) Flutter
10 4 (3.25%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.14%) Cloud Native
2 16 (13.01%) Product Ownership
3 10 (8.13%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.63%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.81%) Online Games
5 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.81%) Replication
5 1 (0.81%) Video on Demand
5 1 (0.81%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.70%) Linux
2 9 (7.32%) Windows
3 5 (4.07%) Unix
4 4 (3.25%) CentOS
4 4 (3.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.25%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.81%) Fedora
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (79.67%) CI/CD
2 89 (72.36%) DevOps
3 65 (52.85%) Agile
4 47 (38.21%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (25.20%) Mentoring
7 30 (24.39%) Containerisation
7 30 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 27 (21.95%) Observability
8 27 (21.95%) Roadmaps
8 27 (21.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 26 (21.14%) Technical Leadership
10 24 (19.51%) Incident Response
11 23 (18.70%) Event-Driven
11 23 (18.70%) Software Engineering
12 22 (17.89%) Scrum
13 21 (17.07%) Design Patterns
14 20 (16.26%) Collaborative Culture
14 20 (16.26%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 35 (28.46%) Python
2 30 (24.39%) Java
3 18 (14.63%) Bash
3 18 (14.63%) SQL
4 16 (13.01%) TypeScript
5 15 (12.20%) Apex Code
5 15 (12.20%) SOQL
5 15 (12.20%) SOSL
6 13 (10.57%) JavaScript
7 10 (8.13%) PowerShell
8 8 (6.50%) Delphi
9 4 (3.25%) C#
10 3 (2.44%) Groovy
11 2 (1.63%) C++
11 2 (1.63%) Go
12 1 (0.81%) Bicep
12 1 (0.81%) Perl
12 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Degree
1 13 (10.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.25%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.63%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 2 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.81%) CCNA
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.81%) LPIC
5 1 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) QA
2 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.63%) ECSS
System Software
1 54 (43.90%) Docker
2 9 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (44.72%) Terraform
2 50 (40.65%) Kubernetes
3 40 (32.52%) Grafana
4 34 (27.64%) Ansible
5 30 (24.39%) Prometheus
6 8 (6.50%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (3.25%) HP Fortify
8 2 (1.63%) Argo
9 1 (0.81%) Icinga
9 1 (0.81%) Istio
9 1 (0.81%) Kibana
9 1 (0.81%) Nagios
9 1 (0.81%) Packer
9 1 (0.81%) Puppet
9 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (17.89%) Splunk
2 15 (12.20%) Salesforce
3 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.32%) Atlassian
4 9 (7.32%) Oracle
5 2 (1.63%) Databricks
5 2 (1.63%) Guidewire
5 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.63%) VMware
6 1 (0.81%) Adobe
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco
6 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.81%) Mercator
6 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.81%) UiPath