Elastic Stack Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Elastic Stack (formerly ELK Stack - Elasticsearch, Logstash & Kibana)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Elastic Stack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 110 129
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 +28
Contract jobs citing Elastic Stack 3 2 17
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.13% 0.12% 0.62%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.81% 0.66% 4.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £505 £397
25th Percentile £393 £513 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% - -32.17%
75th Percentile £418 £538 £569
90th Percentile - £545 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -32.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

Elastic Stack falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 370 305 406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.42% 18.23% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 209 218
10th Percentile £363 £382 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £584 £638 £625
90th Percentile £640 £670 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 15
10th Percentile - £72.18 £56.50
25th Percentile - £73.01 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.00 £75.22 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +22.11% -21.78%
75th Percentile £81.25 £76.61 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.70 £76.96 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +0.81% -4.62%

Elastic Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Elastic Stack relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Elastic Stack job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Elastic Stack
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Elastic Stack.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Elastic Stack within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
Berkshire -8 3 £405 -22.86% 2
Elastic Stack
South East

Elastic Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Tanium