Kibana Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Elastic Kibana
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Kibana skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 121 136
Rank change year-on-year +2 +15 +45
Contract jobs citing Kibana 1 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.056% 0.42% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.35% 3.11% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £458 £395
25th Percentile £340 £470 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.16% +7.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £420 £497 £575
90th Percentile - £513 £710
South East median daily rate £440 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -11.38% -0.70% -14.89%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

Kibana falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 288 289 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.04% 13.50% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 213 249
10th Percentile £250 £309 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.25% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £650
90th Percentile £612 £671 £700
South East median daily rate £483 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -3.50% -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 11
10th Percentile £18.44 £19.20 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £34.00 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -29.75% +24.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £36.75 £49.07
90th Percentile £84.33 £37.50 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £34.00 £49.73
% change year-on-year -33.82% -31.63% +46.26%

Kibana
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Kibana job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Kibana
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Kibana
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 Kibana within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 October 2025. 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 +7 1 £380 -21.16% 3
Kibana
South East

Kibana
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) FireEye
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium