GitLab Contracts with Work from Home Options

GitLab
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring GitLab skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GitLab over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 210 155
Rank change year-on-year +22 -55 +32
Contract jobs citing GitLab 161 274 784
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.09% 1.15% 1.79%
As % of the Development Applications category 9.14% 8.01% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 191 572
10th Percentile £416 £438 £450
25th Percentile £475 £500 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile - £38.48 -
25th Percentile - £39.20 £52.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £39.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -28.00% +71.88%
75th Percentile £50.63 - £57.50
90th Percentile £57.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.00 £39.60 £51.88
% change year-on-year +81.82% -23.66% +17.23%

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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,761 3,420 8,077
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.93% 14.32% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 2,472 5,814
10th Percentile £360 £375 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.67% - +8.59%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 95 103
10th Percentile £23.43 £39.60 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £51.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.81% +14.13%
75th Percentile £79.31 £70.64 £65.54
90th Percentile £90.00 £87.92 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £51.10
% change year-on-year +4.00% +22.31% +6.74%

GitLab
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GitLab as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GitLab trend for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GitLab.

GitLab daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GitLab over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

GitLab daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GitLab.

GitLab hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GitLab over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

GitLab hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GitLab
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 24 (14.91%) Confluence
2 5 (3.11%) Apache
3 4 (2.48%) Luigi
4 2 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.24%) nginx
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.62%) IIS
5 1 (0.62%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.62%) SAS
5 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.62%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) CPLEX
1 1 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (50.93%) AWS
2 58 (36.02%) Azure
3 34 (21.12%) GitHub
4 31 (19.25%) GCP
5 21 (13.04%) Serverless
6 20 (12.42%) Amazon S3
7 19 (11.80%) OpenShift
8 18 (11.18%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (10.56%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (10.56%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (9.94%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (5.59%) Amazon ECR
13 9 (5.59%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (5.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (5.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (4.97%) Route 53
15 7 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 6 (3.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.59%) Firewall
2 8 (4.97%) HTTP
3 7 (4.35%) DNS
4 6 (3.73%) VPN
5 3 (1.86%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (1.86%) OpenLDAP
5 3 (1.86%) SNMP
5 3 (1.86%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.24%) Internet
6 2 (1.24%) SSL
7 1 (0.62%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.62%) DSL
7 1 (0.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.62%) Network Security
7 1 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.62%) SSH
7 1 (0.62%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.18%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.83%) NoSQL
3 10 (6.21%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (5.59%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (4.97%) MySQL
6 6 (3.73%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (2.48%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (2.48%) Couchbase
7 4 (2.48%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.48%) Power BI
7 4 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.86%) Apache Hive
8 3 (1.86%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.86%) InfluxDB
8 3 (1.86%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.86%) Triplestore
9 2 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.24%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (52.80%) Jenkins
2 37 (22.98%) Git
3 36 (22.36%) JIRA
4 22 (13.66%) Cucumber
5 15 (9.32%) Selenium
6 13 (8.07%) Cypress.io
7 12 (7.45%) JUnit
8 11 (6.83%) Artifactory
8 11 (6.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 11 (6.83%) SonarQube
9 10 (6.21%) Mockito
9 10 (6.21%) Postman
9 10 (6.21%) REST Assured
10 7 (4.35%) JMeter
10 7 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (3.73%) Appium
11 6 (3.73%) Bitbucket
11 6 (3.73%) Gradle
11 6 (3.73%) TeamCity
12 5 (3.11%) Travis CI
General
1 57 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.63%) Finance
3 22 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.07%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.45%) Banking
6 11 (6.83%) Front Office
7 8 (4.97%) Law
8 7 (4.35%) Police
9 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Marketing
10 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Retail
11 1 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.62%) French Language
11 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (32.92%) DevOps Engineer
2 38 (23.60%) Developer
3 34 (21.12%) Senior
4 18 (11.18%) Senior Developer
5 17 (10.56%) AWS Engineer
6 16 (9.94%) Java Developer
7 15 (9.32%) AWS DevOps
7 15 (9.32%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 13 (8.07%) Senior Java Developer
9 11 (6.83%) Lead
10 10 (6.21%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (6.21%) Software Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) Data Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (4.97%) Tester
12 7 (4.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.35%) Python Developer
12 7 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
12 7 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 6 (3.73%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.77%) REST
2 19 (11.80%) React
3 15 (9.32%) Node.js
3 15 (9.32%) Spring Boot
4 13 (8.07%) HTML
4 13 (8.07%) YAML
5 12 (7.45%) CSS
6 10 (6.21%) Kafka
7 9 (5.59%) ARM Templates
7 9 (5.59%) Java EE
7 9 (5.59%) JSON
8 7 (4.35%) Middleware
8 7 (4.35%) XML
9 6 (3.73%) AWS CDK
9 6 (3.73%) Django
9 6 (3.73%) OAuth
9 6 (3.73%) SOAP
9 6 (3.73%) WebdriverIO
10 5 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (3.11%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.45%) Public Cloud
2 10 (6.21%) Credit Derivative
3 8 (4.97%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.11%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.48%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.48%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.48%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.24%) Blockchain
9 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.24%) Life Science
9 2 (1.24%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.62%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.62%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (24.84%) Linux
2 11 (6.83%) Unix
3 9 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.11%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.48%) Windows
6 2 (1.24%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.62%) VMS
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (70.19%) CI/CD
1 113 (70.19%) DevOps
2 70 (43.48%) Agile
3 54 (33.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 50 (31.06%) Containerisation
5 46 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 45 (27.95%) Continuous Integration
7 33 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (16.15%) Software Engineering
9 24 (14.91%) Scrum
10 23 (14.29%) SDLC
11 19 (11.80%) Configuration Management
12 18 (11.18%) Computer Science
12 18 (11.18%) Microservices
13 17 (10.56%) Continuous Deployment
13 17 (10.56%) Kanban
14 15 (9.32%) Full Stack Development
15 13 (8.07%) Software Architecture
15 13 (8.07%) Task Automation
16 12 (7.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 65 (40.37%) Python
2 37 (22.98%) Java
3 30 (18.63%) JavaScript
4 23 (14.29%) Bash
5 22 (13.66%) Go
6 21 (13.04%) SQL
7 9 (5.59%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.97%) C#
8 8 (4.97%) Perl
9 7 (4.35%) Bicep
9 7 (4.35%) Groovy
9 7 (4.35%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.73%) Ruby
11 4 (2.48%) PHP
11 4 (2.48%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.86%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.86%) Scala
12 3 (1.86%) SPARQL
13 2 (1.24%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.62%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 40 (24.84%) Security Cleared
2 35 (21.74%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.32%) Degree
4 10 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.18%) QA
2 3 (1.86%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.24%) WCAG
4 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.62%) NIST
4 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 62 (38.51%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.86%) vCloud
3 3 (1.86%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.86%) vSphere
4 2 (1.24%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) HDFS
5 1 (0.62%) Postfix
5 1 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 88 (54.66%) Kubernetes
2 69 (42.86%) Terraform
3 45 (27.95%) Ansible
4 18 (11.18%) Grafana
5 12 (7.45%) Prometheus
5 12 (7.45%) Puppet
6 11 (6.83%) Docker Swarm
6 11 (6.83%) Progress Chef
7 9 (5.59%) Kibana
7 9 (5.59%) Podman
8 3 (1.86%) Argo
8 3 (1.86%) Autotask
8 3 (1.86%) logstash
9 2 (1.24%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.24%) Salt
10 1 (0.62%) CASB
10 1 (0.62%) Graylog
10 1 (0.62%) Istio
10 1 (0.62%) Nagios
10 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (7.45%) Oracle
2 11 (6.83%) Splunk
2 11 (6.83%) VMware
3 10 (6.21%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.97%) Google
5 5 (3.11%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.48%) Cisco
6 4 (2.48%) Confluent
6 4 (2.48%) IBM
6 4 (2.48%) Informatica
6 4 (2.48%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.86%) Arista
7 3 (1.86%) BigPanda
7 3 (1.86%) BMC
7 3 (1.86%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.86%) Remedy
7 3 (1.86%) TOWER Software
8 2 (1.24%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.24%) SAP
8 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow