GitLab
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 207 170
Rank change year-on-year -14 -37 +74
Contract jobs citing GitLab 472 767 1,525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 1.29% 1.72%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.12% 8.51% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 513 1,031
10th Percentile £381 £461 £450
25th Percentile £463 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £660
90th Percentile £730 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £540
% change year-on-year +1.85% - +13.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 8
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.80 £20.75
25th Percentile £52.00 £40.95 £32.94
Median hourly rate £68.22 £45.00 £47.85
Median % change year-on-year +51.60% -5.96% +12.59%
75th Percentile £75.21 £51.56 £55.06
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.88 £58.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.44 £45.00 £46.20
% change year-on-year +65.42% -2.60% +2.67%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,178 9,015 15,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.10% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,476 6,340 11,249
10th Percentile £356 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.02%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 246 214
10th Percentile £32.23 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +21.78% +12.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £81.90 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year +5.69% +12.84% +21.11%

GitLab
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Daily rate trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Hourly rate trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England -10 396 £575 -2.54% 148
UK excluding London +10 212 £550 +1.85% 79
London -6 194 £575 -6.12% 63
Work from Home -2 178 £575 - 79
North of England +6 78 £575 -4.17% 16
South East +54 73 £593 +0.42% 25
North West -9 50 £606 +1.04% 9
Yorkshire +33 23 £573 -11.92% 4
Scotland +26 23 £463 -7.50% 1
South West +8 17 £525 +10.53% 15
Wales +19 10 £545 +11.79% 1
Midlands -38 6 £475 -12.04% 10
North East +13 5 £430 -21.82% 3
West Midlands -35 5 £388 -28.24% 6
East of England +8 4 £250 -56.52% 14
East Midlands +20 1 £520 - 4
Northern Ireland +4 1 £640 -1.54% 2

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 55 (11.65%) Confluence
2 20 (4.24%) Apache
3 16 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.33%) SharePoint
5 10 (2.12%) nginx
6 6 (1.27%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.85%) Luigi
8 3 (0.64%) CMS
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.42%) Traefik
10 1 (0.21%) IIS
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.21%) SAS
10 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) CPLEX
1 1 (0.21%) Simulink
1 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.42%) Advent Geneva
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.42%) Front Arena
Cloud Services
1 230 (48.73%) AWS
2 145 (30.72%) Azure
3 104 (22.03%) GitHub
4 66 (13.98%) Serverless
5 63 (13.35%) Amazon S3
6 59 (12.50%) GCP
7 53 (11.23%) Amazon EC2
8 44 (9.32%) AWS Lambda
9 41 (8.69%) Azure DevOps
10 37 (7.84%) Amazon EKS
11 36 (7.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 35 (7.42%) AWS CloudFormation
13 26 (5.51%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (5.08%) OpenShift
15 23 (4.87%) Amazon SQS
16 22 (4.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (4.24%) Route 53
18 19 (4.03%) Amazon ECR
19 15 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.66%) VPN
2 17 (3.60%) DNS
3 14 (2.97%) Firewall
4 13 (2.75%) BGP
4 13 (2.75%) Ethernet VPN
4 13 (2.75%) MPLS
5 12 (2.54%) Radio Access Network
6 9 (1.91%) HTTP
7 8 (1.69%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.06%) OpenLDAP
9 4 (0.85%) Internet
10 3 (0.64%) SNMP
11 2 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.42%) SAN
12 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.21%) Network Security
12 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
12 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.21%) SSL
12 1 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (15.68%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (9.96%) MongoDB
3 37 (7.84%) NoSQL
4 30 (6.36%) MySQL
4 30 (6.36%) SQL Server
5 27 (5.72%) Relational Database
6 24 (5.08%) Elasticsearch
7 21 (4.45%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (3.18%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (2.75%) Power BI
10 11 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.91%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.69%) Apache Cassandra
13 7 (1.48%) Couchbase
13 7 (1.48%) Redis
14 6 (1.27%) Hadoop
14 6 (1.27%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.85%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.64%) Big Data
16 3 (0.64%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 183 (38.77%) Jenkins
2 101 (21.40%) JIRA
3 93 (19.70%) Git
4 41 (8.69%) Cucumber
5 31 (6.57%) Selenium
6 26 (5.51%) SonarQube
7 25 (5.30%) Cypress.io
7 25 (5.30%) JUnit
8 20 (4.24%) Artifactory
9 17 (3.60%) REST Assured
10 16 (3.39%) CircleCI
10 16 (3.39%) Maven
11 15 (3.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 15 (3.18%) Mockito
11 15 (3.18%) Postman
11 15 (3.18%) Robot Framework
12 14 (2.97%) Gradle
12 14 (2.97%) Travis CI
13 13 (2.75%) Sonatype Nexus
13 13 (2.75%) TestRail
General
1 105 (22.25%) Social Skills
2 72 (15.25%) Finance
3 57 (12.08%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.51%) Banking
6 19 (4.03%) Law
7 16 (3.39%) Front Office
8 11 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.69%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.69%) Police
9 8 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.48%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.27%) Marketing
12 4 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.85%) Retail
13 3 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.64%) Legal
14 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.21%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 142 (30.08%) DevOps Engineer
2 114 (24.15%) Developer
3 57 (12.08%) Senior
4 40 (8.47%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (7.42%) AWS DevOps
6 33 (6.99%) Java Developer
7 30 (6.36%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 28 (5.93%) Lead
9 26 (5.51%) Azure Engineer
10 25 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (5.08%) Senior Developer
11 24 (5.08%) Software Engineer
12 19 (4.03%) Data Engineer
13 18 (3.81%) Senior Java Developer
14 15 (3.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 15 (3.18%) Test Engineer
15 14 (2.97%) Full Stack Developer
16 13 (2.75%) Linux Engineer
16 13 (2.75%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (15.04%) REST
2 51 (10.81%) Node.js
3 46 (9.75%) React
4 33 (6.99%) JSON
5 29 (6.14%) RESTful
6 28 (5.93%) Spring Boot
7 25 (5.30%) SOAP
8 24 (5.08%) Elastic Stack
9 22 (4.66%) YAML
10 21 (4.45%) Spring
11 19 (4.03%) XML
12 17 (3.60%) ARM Templates
12 17 (3.60%) AWS CDK
13 15 (3.18%) Kafka
14 14 (2.97%) HTML
15 13 (2.75%) CSS
15 13 (2.75%) Java EE
15 13 (2.75%) NETCONF
15 13 (2.75%) Redux
15 13 (2.75%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.87%) Linux Command Line
2 19 (4.03%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.03%) Public Cloud
3 14 (2.97%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.54%) Clustering
4 12 (2.54%) Credit Derivative
5 10 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (1.91%) Algorithms
6 9 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.91%) Replication
7 8 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.48%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.27%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.27%) PKI
10 5 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.06%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.64%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 144 (30.51%) Linux
2 37 (7.84%) Windows
3 35 (7.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 32 (6.78%) Unix
5 15 (3.18%) Windows Server
6 10 (2.12%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.12%) VMS
7 8 (1.69%) CentOS
8 4 (0.85%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.21%) Solaris
9 1 (0.21%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (67.58%) CI/CD
2 282 (59.75%) DevOps
3 213 (45.13%) Agile
4 132 (27.97%) Containerisation
5 130 (27.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 111 (23.52%) Test Automation
7 88 (18.64%) Continuous Integration
8 79 (16.74%) Scrum
9 73 (15.47%) Microservices
10 64 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (13.35%) Configuration Management
12 58 (12.29%) Software Engineering
13 46 (9.75%) Platform Engineering
14 38 (8.05%) Computer Science
14 38 (8.05%) Full Stack Development
14 38 (8.05%) SDLC
15 34 (7.20%) Kanban
16 31 (6.57%) Task Automation
17 30 (6.36%) DevSecOps
18 29 (6.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 194 (41.10%) Python
2 93 (19.70%) Java
3 90 (19.07%) Bash
4 69 (14.62%) JavaScript
5 66 (13.98%) SQL
6 65 (13.77%) PowerShell
7 45 (9.53%) Go
8 32 (6.78%) C#
9 19 (4.03%) Shell Script
10 18 (3.81%) Perl
11 14 (2.97%) TypeScript
12 13 (2.75%) Ruby
13 10 (2.12%) PHP
14 9 (1.91%) Apex Code
15 8 (1.69%) Groovy
16 7 (1.48%) Bicep
16 7 (1.48%) C++
16 7 (1.48%) PL/SQL
16 7 (1.48%) SOQL
17 6 (1.27%) C
Qualifications
1 167 (35.38%) Security Cleared
2 139 (29.45%) SC Cleared
3 44 (9.32%) Degree
4 35 (7.42%) DV Cleared
5 28 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.42%) CISSP
11 2 (0.42%) SANS
12 1 (0.21%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.21%) HNC
12 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (11.02%) QA
2 6 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.85%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.64%) NIST
5 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.42%) NCSC
5 2 (0.42%) WCAG
6 1 (0.21%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.21%) MISRA
6 1 (0.21%) MISRA C
System Software
1 154 (32.63%) Docker
2 19 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (4.03%) vSphere
3 18 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.91%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.06%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.64%) NFS
6 3 (0.64%) vCloud
7 2 (0.42%) LXC
8 1 (0.21%) Ceph
8 1 (0.21%) HDFS
8 1 (0.21%) Postfix
8 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 230 (48.73%) Terraform
2 196 (41.53%) Kubernetes
3 151 (31.99%) Ansible
4 41 (8.69%) Prometheus
5 40 (8.47%) Grafana
6 34 (7.20%) Puppet
7 23 (4.87%) Docker Swarm
8 22 (4.66%) Progress Chef
9 20 (4.24%) Kibana
10 18 (3.81%) Packer
11 14 (2.97%) Podman
12 9 (1.91%) Rancher
13 8 (1.69%) Graylog
13 8 (1.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 8 (1.69%) vRealize
14 7 (1.48%) HP Fortify
14 7 (1.48%) Nagios
14 7 (1.48%) Nessus
15 6 (1.27%) logstash
15 6 (1.27%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 56 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.81%) Oracle
3 44 (9.32%) VMware
4 30 (6.36%) Splunk
5 23 (4.87%) Red Hat
6 20 (4.24%) Google
7 13 (2.75%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.12%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.91%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.91%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.48%) Checkmarx
10 7 (1.48%) IBM
10 7 (1.48%) Veracode
11 6 (1.27%) PagerDuty
11 6 (1.27%) SAP
11 6 (1.27%) Talend
11 6 (1.27%) TOWER Software
12 5 (1.06%) Arqiva
12 5 (1.06%) Databricks
12 5 (1.06%) Veritas