NoSQL Contract Job Trends in London

NoSQL
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring NoSQL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 150 169
Rank change year-on-year -33 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing NoSQL 217 250 248
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.51% 1.76% 1.38%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.34% 8.15% 7.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 174 171
10th Percentile £400 £350 £431
25th Percentile £456 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.96% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £696 £725
90th Percentile £725 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -14.53% +1.74% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £35.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - £35.32
90th Percentile - - £35.50
England median hourly rate £66.25 - £35.63
% change year-on-year - - -49.10%

All Database & BI Skills
London

NoSQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,957 3,069 3,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 20.61% 21.58% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,060 2,106 2,501
10th Percentile £359 £363 £382
25th Percentile £415 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £695 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 35
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £22.30
25th Percentile £29.72 £26.21 £35.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £42.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.50 £59.50 £59.38
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.38 £64.52
England median hourly rate £54.70 £42.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +30.24% -9.05% -16.04%

NoSQL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NoSQL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

NoSQL job vacancy trend in London

NoSQL
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NoSQL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NoSQL

NoSQL
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NoSQL in London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NoSQL in London

NoSQL
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NoSQL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NoSQL

NoSQL
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NoSQL within the London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Central London -39 18 £475 -29.63% 21
South London -4 5 £600 +4.35% 4
West London -15 2 £552 - 1
NoSQL
England

NoSQL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 35 (16.13%) Apache Spark
2 12 (5.53%) Confluence
3 9 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (3.23%) Apache
5 5 (2.30%) nginx
6 2 (0.92%) Luigi
6 2 (0.92%) SAS
7 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.46%) Misys Midas
1 1 (0.46%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 112 (51.61%) AWS
2 108 (49.77%) Azure
3 46 (21.20%) GitHub
4 44 (20.28%) GCP
5 29 (13.36%) Serverless
6 25 (11.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 22 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (8.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 19 (8.76%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (5.53%) Azure Functions
9 12 (5.53%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (5.07%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (5.07%) Azure AKS
11 10 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (4.15%) Amazon S3
12 9 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (4.15%) Power Platform
13 8 (3.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (2.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) DNS
2 2 (0.92%) SSL
3 1 (0.46%) Firewall
3 1 (0.46%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (24.42%) MongoDB
2 39 (17.97%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (17.05%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (12.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 27 (12.44%) SQL Server
6 18 (8.29%) Big Data
6 18 (8.29%) Relational Database
7 16 (7.37%) Redis
8 15 (6.91%) Metadata
9 13 (5.99%) DynamoDB
10 12 (5.53%) BigQuery
11 10 (4.61%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (4.61%) Data Lake
12 9 (4.15%) Hadoop
12 9 (4.15%) MySQL
12 9 (4.15%) Power BI
13 8 (3.69%) Apache Cassandra
13 8 (3.69%) RDBMS
13 8 (3.69%) Tableau
14 7 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 75 (34.56%) Git
2 32 (14.75%) Jenkins
3 24 (11.06%) GitLab
4 14 (6.45%) JIRA
5 11 (5.07%) JUnit
6 9 (4.15%) ERwin
6 9 (4.15%) TeamCity
7 7 (3.23%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.23%) Cypress.io
7 7 (3.23%) Mockito
8 5 (2.30%) Maven
9 4 (1.84%) ER Studio
9 4 (1.84%) Gradle
10 3 (1.38%) Gatling
11 2 (0.92%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.92%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.92%) GoCD
11 2 (0.92%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.92%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 65 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 57 (26.27%) Finance
3 27 (12.44%) Banking
4 24 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.07%) Investment Banking
6 10 (4.61%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.84%) Front Office
9 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.92%) Law
10 1 (0.46%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.46%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Games
10 1 (0.46%) Legal
10 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
10 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.46%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 83 (38.25%) Developer
2 32 (14.75%) Data Engineer
3 27 (12.44%) Java Developer
4 26 (11.98%) Senior
5 20 (9.22%) Azure Data Engineer
5 20 (9.22%) Azure Engineer
6 19 (8.76%) Architect
7 18 (8.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (7.37%) Python Developer
9 13 (5.99%) DBA
10 11 (5.07%) Senior Developer
11 10 (4.61%) Data Architect
12 9 (4.15%) Software Engineer
13 8 (3.69%) Azure Developer
13 8 (3.69%) C# Developer
13 8 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
13 8 (3.69%) Data Modeller
13 8 (3.69%) Python Engineer
14 7 (3.23%) Backend Developer
14 7 (3.23%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (22.58%) Kafka
2 46 (21.20%) RESTful
3 34 (15.67%) Spring
4 33 (15.21%) Node.js
5 32 (14.75%) React
6 31 (14.29%) REST
7 28 (12.90%) Spring Boot
8 24 (11.06%) .NET
9 23 (10.60%) PySpark
10 22 (10.14%) AngularJS
11 21 (9.68%) HTML
12 18 (8.29%) CSS
13 15 (6.91%) OAuth
13 15 (6.91%) Vue
14 14 (6.45%) FastAPI
14 14 (6.45%) OAuth2
14 14 (6.45%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (5.99%) Hibernate
16 11 (5.07%) Jest
16 11 (5.07%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.59%) Cloud Native
2 26 (11.98%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (5.99%) Data Structures
4 12 (5.53%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.69%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.23%) Data Fabric
7 5 (2.30%) Derivative
7 5 (2.30%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.84%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.84%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.92%) IoT
10 2 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.22%) Linux
2 12 (5.53%) Unix
3 3 (1.38%) Windows
4 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (48.39%) Agile
2 100 (46.08%) CI/CD
3 77 (35.48%) Microservices
4 71 (32.72%) Data Modelling
5 61 (28.11%) DevOps
6 52 (23.96%) Containerisation
7 49 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (21.20%) Data Governance
8 46 (21.20%) Data Pipeline
9 42 (19.35%) Test Automation
10 34 (15.67%) Software Engineering
11 33 (15.21%) Data Engineering
11 33 (15.21%) Data Integration
11 33 (15.21%) TDD
12 32 (14.75%) Event-Driven
13 31 (14.29%) Data Architecture
14 29 (13.36%) Full-Stack Development
15 28 (12.90%) Integration Patterns
15 28 (12.90%) Performance Optimisation
16 26 (11.98%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 149 (68.66%) SQL
2 106 (48.85%) Python
3 71 (32.72%) Java
4 27 (12.44%) JavaScript
5 26 (11.98%) Scala
6 24 (11.06%) C#
6 24 (11.06%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.53%) Bash
7 12 (5.53%) Go
8 9 (4.15%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.23%) R
10 5 (2.30%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.38%) Rust
12 2 (0.92%) Bicep
12 2 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.92%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.92%) VB
13 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.46%) C++
13 1 (0.46%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 44 (20.28%) Security Cleared
2 39 (17.97%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.53%) Degree
4 9 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.76%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.76%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.30%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.38%) MCP
8 2 (0.92%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.46%) CFA
9 1 (0.46%) ISEB
9 1 (0.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.75%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.99%) QA
3 8 (3.69%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.76%) GDPR
5 3 (1.38%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.38%) NIST
5 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.38%) WCAG
6 2 (0.92%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.92%) PSD2
6 2 (0.92%) SEPA
7 1 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) IFRS
7 1 (0.46%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.46%) MiFID
7 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.46%) Solvency II
System Software
1 84 (38.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 87 (40.09%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.44%) Terraform
3 10 (4.61%) Prometheus
4 9 (4.15%) Grafana
5 8 (3.69%) Ansible
6 4 (1.84%) Argo
7 3 (1.38%) Puppet
8 2 (0.92%) Istio
8 2 (0.92%) Knative
8 2 (0.92%) Nagios
8 2 (0.92%) Rancher
8 2 (0.92%) rkt
Vendors
1 33 (15.21%) Databricks
2 16 (7.37%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.53%) Google
4 10 (4.61%) Oracle
5 8 (3.69%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.30%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.30%) Confluent
6 5 (2.30%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.84%) Splunk
8 3 (1.38%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.38%) Refinitiv
9 2 (0.92%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.46%) IBM
10 1 (0.46%) Informatica
10 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.46%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.46%) Solace
10 1 (0.46%) Sybase
10 1 (0.46%) Zoomdata