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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 167 267
Rank change year-on-year -154 +100 +38
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 141 345 276
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 2.08% 1.12%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.30% 22.02% 10.63%
Number of salaries quoted 90 65 167
10th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,297 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% +3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £74,987 £82,500 £84,375
90th Percentile £88,833 £92,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £69,310 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.59% +7.14% -

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 1,516 1,567 2,597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 6.61% 9.46% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 997 1,756
10th Percentile £39,564 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.77% -9.69%
75th Percentile £74,987 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £88,750 £91,250
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 20 August 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 11 (7.80%) Apache Spark
2 9 (6.38%) Apache
2 9 (6.38%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (5.67%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 82 (58.16%) AWS
2 51 (36.17%) Azure
3 21 (14.89%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (13.48%) AWS CloudFormation
4 19 (13.48%) Azure AKS
5 18 (12.77%) GitHub
6 16 (11.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 15 (10.64%) Amazon S3
8 14 (9.93%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (9.93%) Azure Service Bus
9 12 (8.51%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (7.80%) SaaS
11 9 (6.38%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (6.38%) GCP
12 8 (5.67%) Amazon ECR
12 8 (5.67%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (5.67%) Amazon EMR
12 8 (5.67%) OpenShift
13 6 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (4.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (21.99%) Broadband
2 7 (4.96%) Firewall
3 4 (2.84%) Network Security
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.42%) BGP
5 2 (1.42%) VPN
5 2 (1.42%) WAN
6 1 (0.71%) DHCP
6 1 (0.71%) DNS
6 1 (0.71%) MQTT
6 1 (0.71%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (19.15%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (17.73%) MongoDB
3 14 (9.93%) MySQL
4 9 (6.38%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (6.38%) DynamoDB
5 7 (4.96%) Relational Database
6 6 (4.26%) Big Data
6 6 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.84%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.84%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.13%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.42%) ZAP BI
10 1 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
10 1 (0.71%) Parquet
10 1 (0.71%) Presto
10 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.71%) Trino
Development Applications
1 54 (38.30%) Jenkins
2 43 (30.50%) Git
3 25 (17.73%) SonarQube
4 11 (7.80%) Selenium
5 10 (7.09%) JIRA
6 9 (6.38%) Gatling
6 9 (6.38%) JUnit
7 8 (5.67%) Postman
8 7 (4.96%) Cypress.io
9 6 (4.26%) Cucumber
10 4 (2.84%) Storybook
11 3 (2.13%) Bitbucket
11 3 (2.13%) JMeter
11 3 (2.13%) REST Assured
12 2 (1.42%) Maven
12 2 (1.42%) NUnit
12 2 (1.42%) Snyk
12 2 (1.42%) Subversion
13 1 (0.71%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.71%) IntelliJ
General
1 44 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 42 (29.79%) Public Sector
3 25 (17.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (15.60%) Marketing
5 20 (14.18%) Games
6 13 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (7.09%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.96%) Finance
9 5 (3.55%) Law
10 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.13%) Legal
11 2 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.42%) Military
12 1 (0.71%) Banking
12 1 (0.71%) Billing
12 1 (0.71%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (29.79%) Senior
2 37 (26.24%) DevOps Engineer
3 22 (15.60%) Architect
3 22 (15.60%) Salesforce Architect
4 17 (12.06%) Senior DevOps
4 17 (12.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 12 (8.51%) Lead
5 12 (8.51%) Test Engineer
6 11 (7.80%) Developer
6 11 (7.80%) Salesforce Technical Architect
6 11 (7.80%) Technical Architect
7 10 (7.09%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (7.09%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 8 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.96%) AWS DevOps
9 7 (4.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (4.26%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (40.43%) Terraform
2 30 (21.28%) REST
3 27 (19.15%) Node.js
4 22 (15.60%) Lightning Web Components
4 22 (15.60%) SOAP
5 20 (14.18%) Visualforce
6 18 (12.77%) React
7 11 (7.80%) YAML
8 9 (6.38%) Playwright
8 9 (6.38%) PySpark
9 8 (5.67%) JSON
10 7 (4.96%) .NET
10 7 (4.96%) AngularJS
10 7 (4.96%) RESTful
11 6 (4.26%) Jinja
11 6 (4.26%) Next.js
12 5 (3.55%) CSS
12 5 (3.55%) OAuth
13 4 (2.84%) ASP.NET
13 4 (2.84%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 33 (23.40%) Cloud Native
2 30 (21.28%) Product Ownership
3 12 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.84%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.84%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.13%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.42%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.71%) PropTech
9 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.86%) Linux
2 18 (12.77%) Windows
3 17 (12.06%) Unix
4 3 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.71%) Android
6 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.71%) Debian
6 1 (0.71%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (97.16%) CI/CD
2 97 (68.79%) Agile
2 97 (68.79%) DevOps
3 52 (36.88%) Continuous Integration
4 51 (36.17%) Test Automation
5 49 (34.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (32.62%) Mentoring
7 43 (30.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (28.37%) Coaching
9 39 (27.66%) Containerisation
10 38 (26.95%) Scrum
11 33 (23.40%) Microservices
12 30 (21.28%) Continuous Delivery
12 30 (21.28%) Design Patterns
13 26 (18.44%) AI
13 26 (18.44%) Community of Practice
13 26 (18.44%) Roadmaps
14 25 (17.73%) SDLC
14 25 (17.73%) Software Engineering
15 23 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 56 (39.72%) Python
2 34 (24.11%) Java
3 23 (16.31%) Bash
3 23 (16.31%) SQL
4 22 (15.60%) Apex Code
5 20 (14.18%) SOQL
5 20 (14.18%) SOSL
6 15 (10.64%) JavaScript
6 15 (10.64%) TypeScript
7 11 (7.80%) Go
8 7 (4.96%) C#
8 7 (4.96%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.84%) Scala
10 3 (2.13%) Groovy
11 1 (0.71%) Bicep
11 1 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.71%) Perl
11 1 (0.71%) Rust
11 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (28.37%) Security Cleared
2 36 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.51%) Degree
4 5 (3.55%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.42%) OCP
7 2 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.71%) CCNA
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.71%) MCSE
8 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.18%) QA
2 14 (9.93%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.26%) WCAG
4 5 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.84%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.42%) NIST
7 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (41.84%) Docker
2 2 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 50 (35.46%) Kubernetes
2 19 (13.48%) Argo
2 19 (13.48%) Prometheus
3 17 (12.06%) Grafana
4 12 (8.51%) Ansible
5 5 (3.55%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.13%) Istio
6 3 (2.13%) linkerd
6 3 (2.13%) Puppet
7 2 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.42%) HP Fortify
7 2 (1.42%) Kibana
7 2 (1.42%) Nagios
8 1 (0.71%) Cilium
8 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.71%) Packer
Vendors
1 22 (15.60%) Salesforce
1 22 (15.60%) Splunk
2 8 (5.67%) Red Hat
3 7 (4.96%) Cisco
3 7 (4.96%) Google
3 7 (4.96%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.84%) Databricks
4 4 (2.84%) VMware
5 3 (2.13%) F5
5 3 (2.13%) Juniper
5 3 (2.13%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.42%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.42%) Commvault
6 2 (1.42%) UiPath
7 1 (0.71%) EMC
7 1 (0.71%) FIS
7 1 (0.71%) New Relic
7 1 (0.71%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.71%) Trend Micro