GitLab Contracts in the UK excluding London

GitLab
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GitLab skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GitLab over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 221 195
Rank change year-on-year +20 -26 +44
Contract jobs citing GitLab 206 257 410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.02% 1.12% 1.35%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.18% 8.03% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 188 273
10th Percentile £417 £441 £426
25th Percentile £465 £484 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £638
90th Percentile £689 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £558 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -3.04% - +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £57.38 - £28.88
25th Percentile £62.19 - £38.56
Median hourly rate £74.44 £39.60 £47.85
Median % change year-on-year +87.98% -17.24% +6.33%
75th Percentile £76.74 - £53.06
90th Percentile £77.50 - £55.88
UK median hourly rate £68.22 £39.60 £49.50
% change year-on-year +72.27% -20.00% +10.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

GitLab is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,243 3,202 4,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.05% 13.92% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,462 2,258 3,178
10th Percentile £350 £342 £363
25th Percentile £413 £417 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 166 111
10th Percentile £40.94 £45.45 £38.68
25th Percentile £56.19 £52.50 £44.85
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +20.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £66.88
90th Percentile £79.59 £79.00 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.55
% change year-on-year +5.69% +17.04% +15.48%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitLab in the UK excluding London

GitLab
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +13 79 £575 -4.17% 24
South East +40 65 £598 +3.46% 22
North West -5 50 £600 - 17
Yorkshire +23 24 £574 -0.22% 6
South West +8 20 £533 +12.21% 16
Scotland +21 18 £463 -7.50% 3
Wales +19 10 £545 +3.81%
Midlands -16 8 £378 -29.95% 16
North East +6 5 £430 -21.82% 1
East of England +6 5 £250 -56.52% 7
East Midlands +14 4 £378 - 6
West Midlands -18 4 £388 -28.24% 10
Northern Ireland +2 1 £640 -1.54% 1
GitLab
UK

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (12.62%) Confluence
2 21 (10.19%) Apache
3 10 (4.85%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.46%) nginx
5 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.97%) Traefik
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.49%) SAS
6 1 (0.49%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) InfoPath
1 1 (0.49%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 126 (61.17%) AWS
2 59 (28.64%) Azure
3 56 (27.18%) GitHub
4 35 (16.99%) Amazon S3
5 31 (15.05%) Amazon EC2
6 23 (11.17%) Serverless
7 22 (10.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (10.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 21 (10.19%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (9.22%) GCP
10 16 (7.77%) Route 53
11 15 (7.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (7.28%) OpenShift
12 14 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (6.31%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (5.34%) AWS CodePipeline
14 11 (5.34%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (4.85%) Amazon ECR
16 9 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (4.37%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.74%) VPN
2 15 (7.28%) DNS
3 14 (6.80%) HTTP
4 13 (6.31%) Firewall
5 11 (5.34%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.37%) BGP
6 9 (4.37%) Ethernet VPN
6 9 (4.37%) MPLS
6 9 (4.37%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (1.94%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (1.46%) BIG-IP
8 3 (1.46%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (1.46%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (1.46%) SSL
9 2 (0.97%) SAN
10 1 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.49%) Internet
10 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.49%) Network Security
10 1 (0.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (19.90%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (18.45%) MongoDB
3 27 (13.11%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (9.22%) MySQL
4 19 (9.22%) NoSQL
5 18 (8.74%) Relational Database
6 14 (6.80%) SQL Server
7 12 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (3.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.91%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (2.91%) RDBMS
10 5 (2.43%) Couchbase
10 5 (2.43%) Triplestore
11 3 (1.46%) InfluxDB
11 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.46%) Redis
12 2 (0.97%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.97%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 70 (33.98%) Jenkins
2 53 (25.73%) JIRA
3 43 (20.87%) Git
4 22 (10.68%) SonarQube
5 20 (9.71%) Cucumber
5 20 (9.71%) Selenium
6 13 (6.31%) REST Assured
6 13 (6.31%) Travis CI
7 11 (5.34%) Artifactory
7 11 (5.34%) CircleCI
8 10 (4.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (4.85%) Robot Framework
9 9 (4.37%) Cypress.io
9 9 (4.37%) TestRail
10 8 (3.88%) Bitbucket
10 8 (3.88%) webpack
11 7 (3.40%) Postman
12 6 (2.91%) JUnit
13 5 (2.43%) AppScan
13 5 (2.43%) Burp Suite
General
1 37 (17.96%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (10.68%) Public Sector
4 12 (5.83%) Law
5 10 (4.85%) Finance
6 8 (3.88%) Police
7 5 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.46%) Banking
9 2 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.49%) Aviation
10 1 (0.49%) Back Office
10 1 (0.49%) Electronics
10 1 (0.49%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Legal
10 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.49%) Marketing
10 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 60 (29.13%) DevOps Engineer
2 36 (17.48%) Developer
3 29 (14.08%) Senior
4 18 (8.74%) Software Engineer
5 17 (8.25%) Platform Engineer
6 15 (7.28%) Java Developer
7 14 (6.80%) AWS DevOps
8 13 (6.31%) AWS Engineer
9 11 (5.34%) Lead
9 11 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) Test Engineer
11 9 (4.37%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Platform Specialist
12 8 (3.88%) Senior Developer
13 7 (3.40%) Architect
13 7 (3.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 7 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (24.27%) REST
2 29 (14.08%) Node.js
3 22 (10.68%) React
4 20 (9.71%) Elastic Stack
5 18 (8.74%) RESTful
6 15 (7.28%) AWS CDK
7 13 (6.31%) Java EE
7 13 (6.31%) JSON
8 12 (5.83%) ARM Templates
9 11 (5.34%) SOAP
9 11 (5.34%) YAML
10 10 (4.85%) Apache NiFi
10 10 (4.85%) Kafka
10 10 (4.85%) Redux
10 10 (4.85%) XML
11 9 (4.37%) NETCONF
11 9 (4.37%) PostGIS
11 9 (4.37%) RESTCONF
11 9 (4.37%) YANG
12 8 (3.88%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.74%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (5.34%) Clustering
2 11 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.37%) Data Structures
3 9 (4.37%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.88%) Replication
5 7 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.46%) PKI
7 3 (1.46%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.46%) Smart Meter
8 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.49%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.49%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 75 (36.41%) Linux
2 27 (13.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (8.25%) Windows
4 16 (7.77%) Unix
5 10 (4.85%) Ubuntu
6 9 (4.37%) VMS
7 8 (3.88%) CentOS
8 7 (3.40%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.97%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.49%) Solaris
10 1 (0.49%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (66.50%) CI/CD
2 107 (51.94%) DevOps
3 104 (50.49%) Agile
4 83 (40.29%) Containerisation
5 62 (30.10%) Test Automation
6 58 (28.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 56 (27.18%) Continuous Integration
8 51 (24.76%) Scrum
9 37 (17.96%) Software Engineering
10 31 (15.05%) Configuration Management
11 30 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (13.11%) Microservices
13 24 (11.65%) Full Stack Development
14 23 (11.17%) Workflow
15 22 (10.68%) Kanban
15 22 (10.68%) Project Management
16 21 (10.19%) Task Automation
17 19 (9.22%) Migration
18 18 (8.74%) Design Patterns
19 16 (7.77%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 91 (44.17%) Python
2 49 (23.79%) Bash
3 36 (17.48%) Java
4 31 (15.05%) PowerShell
5 29 (14.08%) SQL
6 20 (9.71%) JavaScript
7 17 (8.25%) Go
8 10 (4.85%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.40%) PHP
10 6 (2.91%) Groovy
10 6 (2.91%) Ruby
11 5 (2.43%) SPARQL
12 4 (1.94%) C#
12 4 (1.94%) C++
13 3 (1.46%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.46%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.46%) Scala
14 2 (0.97%) Bicep
14 2 (0.97%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.49%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 86 (41.75%) Security Cleared
2 66 (32.04%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.31%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.85%) Degree
5 8 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.94%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.49%) HNC
7 1 (0.49%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.48%) QA
2 3 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.97%) NCSC
3 2 (0.97%) NIST
3 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.49%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.49%) MISRA
4 1 (0.49%) MISRA C
System Software
1 86 (41.75%) Docker
2 16 (7.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.28%) vSphere
4 7 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.91%) Active Directory
6 5 (2.43%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.97%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (0.97%) LXC
7 2 (0.97%) NFS
7 2 (0.97%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.49%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 106 (51.46%) Terraform
2 105 (50.97%) Kubernetes
3 84 (40.78%) Ansible
4 30 (14.56%) Grafana
5 27 (13.11%) Prometheus
6 24 (11.65%) Docker Swarm
7 21 (10.19%) Puppet
8 17 (8.25%) Kibana
9 16 (7.77%) Packer
10 15 (7.28%) Progress Chef
11 14 (6.80%) Podman
12 9 (4.37%) logstash
13 8 (3.88%) vRealize
14 7 (3.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 7 (3.40%) Rancher
15 6 (2.91%) Nessus
16 5 (2.43%) Graylog
16 5 (2.43%) HP Fortify
16 5 (2.43%) WebInspect
17 4 (1.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (14.08%) VMware
2 20 (9.71%) Splunk
3 19 (9.22%) Oracle
3 19 (9.22%) Red Hat
4 14 (6.80%) Microsoft
5 9 (4.37%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.91%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.91%) PagerDuty
7 5 (2.43%) Arqiva
7 5 (2.43%) Checkmarx
7 5 (2.43%) Veracode
7 5 (2.43%) Veritas
8 4 (1.94%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.46%) Confluent
9 3 (1.46%) F5
10 2 (0.97%) Dell
10 2 (0.97%) Greenplum
10 2 (0.97%) Informatica
10 2 (0.97%) Palo Alto