Elasticsearch Developer Contract Job Trends

Elasticsearch Developer
UK

As of 22 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Elasticsearch Developer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 - 648
Rank change year-on-year - - +191
Contract jobs requiring an Elasticsearch Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.13%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,559 35,319 46,870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 92.93% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,644 21,679 32,085
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,577 1,630 1,509
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.80 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.79 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.11 £43.90 £43.75
% change year-on-year -42.80% +0.34% +98.86%

Elasticsearch Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Elasticsearch Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Elasticsearch Developer in the UK

Elasticsearch Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Elasticsearch Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Elasticsearch Developer job vacancies in the UK

Elasticsearch Developer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Elasticsearch Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Scotland - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

Elasticsearch Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Elasticsearch Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Elasticsearch Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Elasticsearch Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk