GitLab
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GitLab skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GitLab over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 322 251
Rank change year-on-year -32 -71 +33
Permanent jobs citing GitLab 764 1,049 2,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.06% 1.64%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.03% 7.45% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 567 617 825
10th Percentile £35,920 £43,162 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,512 14,072 37,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.42% 14.29% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,632 8,593 15,905
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GitLab.

Salary trend for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GitLab over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GitLab in the UK

GitLab
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GitLab within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -27 672 £65,000 -7.80% 164
UK excluding London +2 479 £62,500 +4.17% 93
Work from Home +21 394 £62,783 -6.99% 99
London +9 258 £85,000 +6.25% 68
North of England -8 150 £60,000 +4.35% 25
South East +65 114 £66,250 -5.36% 18
North West +33 95 £57,750 -17.50% 17
South West -16 55 £65,000 +8.33% 18
Midlands -54 50 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Scotland -27 44 £61,500 +2.50% 4
Yorkshire -9 40 £62,783 +47.72% 5
West Midlands -34 36 £40,000 -40.74% 13
East of England +24 35 £62,500 -3.85% 11
Wales +30 30 £62,500 +4.17%
North East -5 15 £62,783 +40.56% 3
East Midlands -9 14 £55,000 - 5
Northern Ireland +12 1 £75,000 +63.04% 3

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 40 (5.24%) Confluence
2 19 (2.49%) CMS
3 17 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.70%) nginx
5 7 (0.92%) Apache
6 3 (0.39%) WordPress
7 2 (0.26%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Doxygen
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Simulink
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.23%) SDL Web 8
2 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 421 (55.10%) AWS
2 336 (43.98%) Azure
3 139 (18.19%) GitHub
4 90 (11.78%) Serverless
5 81 (10.60%) GCP
6 67 (8.77%) AWS Lambda
7 58 (7.59%) Amazon ECS
8 54 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (5.37%) GitHub Actions
10 40 (5.24%) Snowflake
11 36 (4.71%) Datadog
11 36 (4.71%) SaaS
12 32 (4.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (3.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 30 (3.93%) Matillion
14 28 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
14 28 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
15 24 (3.14%) Amazon S3
16 23 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.66%) Firewall
2 21 (2.75%) DNS
3 19 (2.49%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.09%) Modbus
5 13 (1.70%) BGP
6 12 (1.57%) VPN
7 11 (1.44%) Ethernet VPN
7 11 (1.44%) MPLS
8 10 (1.31%) HTTP
9 7 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (0.92%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.92%) WAN
10 5 (0.65%) Internet
10 5 (0.65%) SSL
11 4 (0.52%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.52%) OpenLDAP
12 3 (0.39%) IPv4
12 3 (0.39%) IPv6
12 3 (0.39%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.42%) SQL Server
2 71 (9.29%) PostgreSQL
3 62 (8.12%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (7.07%) Amazon RDS
5 48 (6.28%) DynamoDB
6 45 (5.89%) Elasticsearch
7 43 (5.63%) MySQL
8 39 (5.10%) Data Lake
9 35 (4.58%) NoSQL
10 31 (4.06%) MongoDB
11 30 (3.93%) Star Schema
12 23 (3.01%) Relational Database
13 21 (2.75%) BigQuery
14 15 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (1.57%) Looker
15 12 (1.57%) Tableau
16 10 (1.31%) Redis
17 9 (1.18%) Metadata
18 8 (1.05%) Ataccama
19 6 (0.79%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 237 (31.02%) Jenkins
2 221 (28.93%) Git
3 119 (15.58%) JIRA
4 38 (4.97%) Artifactory
5 34 (4.45%) CircleCI
6 28 (3.66%) Visual Studio
7 27 (3.53%) TeamCity
8 25 (3.27%) Bitbucket
9 19 (2.49%) SonarQube
10 18 (2.36%) NUnit
10 18 (2.36%) Selenium
11 17 (2.23%) Moq
12 15 (1.96%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.96%) JUnit
13 11 (1.44%) webpack
14 10 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (1.05%) Cypress.io
15 8 (1.05%) Postman
16 7 (0.92%) Katalon Studio
17 6 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 188 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 131 (17.15%) Finance
3 68 (8.90%) Public Sector
4 49 (6.41%) Marketing
5 47 (6.15%) Law
6 41 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (4.32%) Retail
8 27 (3.53%) Banking
9 26 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (1.96%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.57%) Legal
11 12 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.31%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.18%) Electronics
13 9 (1.18%) Front Office
14 8 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.05%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.65%) Retail Finance
16 3 (0.39%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 166 (21.73%) Developer
2 137 (17.93%) Senior
3 122 (15.97%) Lead
4 117 (15.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 102 (13.35%) Software Engineer
6 60 (7.85%) Full Stack Developer
7 57 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 53 (6.94%) Technical Leader
9 51 (6.68%) AWS Engineer
10 48 (6.28%) Data Engineer
11 39 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
12 38 (4.97%) Architect
12 38 (4.97%) Cloud Engineer
13 34 (4.45%) Python Engineer
14 28 (3.66%) AWS DevOps
14 28 (3.66%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 28 (3.66%) Java Developer
15 26 (3.40%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (3.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (14.01%) React
2 96 (12.57%) RESTful
3 90 (11.78%) .NET
4 71 (9.29%) CSS
5 64 (8.38%) HTML
6 61 (7.98%) Django
7 60 (7.85%) REST
8 49 (6.41%) Node.js
9 48 (6.28%) GraphQL
9 48 (6.28%) Spring
10 39 (5.10%) Spring Boot
11 37 (4.84%) SOAP
12 36 (4.71%) Kafka
13 34 (4.45%) Web Services
14 32 (4.19%) JSON
15 31 (4.06%) .NET Framework
16 26 (3.40%) XML
17 25 (3.27%) Elastic Stack
18 21 (2.75%) YAML
19 17 (2.23%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 117 (15.31%) Private Cloud
2 65 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
3 49 (6.41%) Public Cloud
4 48 (6.28%) Data Structures
5 26 (3.40%) Cloud Native
5 26 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.88%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.62%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (2.09%) Legacy Code
10 16 (2.09%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.57%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
14 8 (1.05%) Equities
14 8 (1.05%) FPGA
14 8 (1.05%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.92%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 152 (19.90%) Linux
2 89 (11.65%) Windows
3 35 (4.58%) Unix
4 27 (3.53%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (1.57%) CentOS
7 7 (0.92%) VMS
8 6 (0.79%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.13%) Android
10 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (57.07%) CI/CD
2 370 (48.43%) Agile
3 343 (44.90%) DevOps
4 274 (35.86%) Software Engineering
5 205 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
6 187 (24.48%) Continuous Integration
7 184 (24.08%) Containerisation
8 183 (23.95%) Mentoring
9 169 (22.12%) Full Stack Development
9 169 (22.12%) Infrastructure as Code
10 114 (14.92%) Scrum
11 103 (13.48%) Microservices
12 94 (12.30%) Open Source
13 92 (12.04%) Computer Science
14 89 (11.65%) TDD
15 84 (10.99%) Coaching
16 80 (10.47%) Code Quality
17 79 (10.34%) Analytics
18 75 (9.82%) Test Automation
19 72 (9.42%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 313 (40.97%) Python
2 207 (27.09%) Java
3 192 (25.13%) SQL
4 137 (17.93%) JavaScript
5 124 (16.23%) TypeScript
6 88 (11.52%) C#
7 66 (8.64%) Bash
8 55 (7.20%) PowerShell
9 52 (6.81%) C++
10 35 (4.58%) C
11 34 (4.45%) PHP
12 29 (3.80%) Ruby
13 27 (3.53%) Go
13 27 (3.53%) Shell Script
14 17 (2.23%) T-SQL
15 16 (2.09%) Perl
16 15 (1.96%) Fortran
17 14 (1.83%) Apex Code
18 11 (1.44%) Kotlin
18 11 (1.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 163 (21.34%) Security Cleared
2 99 (12.96%) Degree
3 85 (11.13%) SC Cleared
4 54 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (5.10%) DBS Check
6 32 (4.19%) Master's Degree
7 26 (3.40%) AWS Certification
8 18 (2.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 16 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.18%) PhD
11 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.79%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.26%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.26%) CCNA
14 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.26%) MCSE
14 2 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 29 (3.80%) QA
3 18 (2.36%) NIST
4 11 (1.44%) GDPR
5 8 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.05%) PSD2
6 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.13%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) MISRA
9 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.13%) SLA
9 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 241 (31.54%) Docker
2 26 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 26 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.79%) VirtualBox
5 5 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.52%) Firmware
6 4 (0.52%) vSphere
6 4 (0.52%) XenApp
6 4 (0.52%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.26%) Varnish
9 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 245 (32.07%) Kubernetes
1 245 (32.07%) Terraform
2 130 (17.02%) Ansible
3 60 (7.85%) Puppet
4 46 (6.02%) Grafana
5 43 (5.63%) Prometheus
6 33 (4.32%) Progress Chef
7 22 (2.88%) Kibana
8 18 (2.36%) Consul
9 11 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (1.31%) Red Hat Satellite
11 8 (1.05%) logstash
11 8 (1.05%) Packer
12 7 (0.92%) Argo
13 5 (0.65%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.52%) Podman
14 4 (0.52%) Rancher
15 3 (0.39%) Nagios
15 3 (0.39%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 107 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.20%) Google
3 38 (4.97%) VMware
4 32 (4.19%) Splunk
5 24 (3.14%) Oracle
6 18 (2.36%) Dynatrace
6 18 (2.36%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.23%) Cisco
7 17 (2.23%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.44%) Atlassian
9 10 (1.31%) TOWER Software
10 8 (1.05%) Duck Creek
11 7 (0.92%) ForgeRock
11 7 (0.92%) Zscaler
12 6 (0.79%) Databricks
12 6 (0.79%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.79%) Sun
13 5 (0.65%) McAfee
13 5 (0.65%) SAP
13 5 (0.65%) Teradata