Elasticsearch Contract Job Trends in the South West
Elastic Elasticsearch
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West citing Elasticsearch skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 134 | 115 | 101 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | -14 | +41 |
| Contract jobs citing Elasticsearch | 20 | 14 | 28 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South West | 0.54% | 0.65% | 1.17% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 5.52% | 5.93% | 8.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 12 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £425 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £525 | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | -7.69% | -18.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £675 | £1,075 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £693 | - |
| England median daily rate | £523 | £550 | £610 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -9.84% | +1.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £80.00 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £68.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -4.41% | - | - |
All Database & BI Skills
South West
Elasticsearch 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 citing database or business intelligence skills in the South West.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 362 | 236 | 331 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 9.71% | 10.93% | 13.79% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 207 | 165 | 225 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | £299 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -1.50% | -3.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £613 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £756 | £695 | £750 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £507 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.58% | -7.82% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 58 | 12 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.17 | £22.73 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £55.13 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.71 | £65.00 | £27.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.83% | +139.63% | -50.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.31 | - | £30.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £76.25 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £43.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.11% | +24.29% | -27.76% |
Elasticsearch Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Elasticsearch relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Elasticsearch Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Elasticsearch.
Elasticsearch Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Elasticsearch in the South West over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
Elasticsearch Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Elasticsearch.
Elasticsearch Contract Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Elasticsearch within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | - | 7 | £600 | - | |
| Gloucestershire | -3 | 4 | £700 | +16.67% | 2 |
| Somerset | - | 4 | £450 | - | |
| Dorset | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Wiltshire | - | 2 | £506 | - | 1 |
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Elasticsearch Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Data | 30.0% | 6 |
| 2 | PostgreSQL | 20.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Apache Cassandra | 15.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Hadoop | 15.0% | 3 |
| 3 | HBase | 15.0% | 3 |
| 3 | NoSQL | 15.0% | 3 |
| 7 | GIS | 5.0% | 1 |
| 7 | RDBMS | 5.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Relational Database | 5.0% | 1 |