HDFS Contract Job Trends

Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing HDFS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 685 546 530
Rank change year-on-year -139 -16 +83
Contract jobs citing HDFS 7 20 23
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.058% 0.063%
As % of the System Software category 0.13% 0.47% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 10
10th Percentile £318 £309 £396
25th Percentile £340 £405 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £447 £484
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% -7.55% -34.44%
75th Percentile £431 £488 £527
90th Percentile £435 £506 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £447 £477
% change year-on-year -10.51% -6.29% -17.04%

All System Software Skills
UK

HDFS falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing system software skills.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing system software skills 5,507 4,229 4,317
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 10.11% 12.32% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,640 2,724 2,788
10th Percentile £225 £208 £213
25th Percentile £400 £379 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £588 £609
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +0.63% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 132 87
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.50 £17.44
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £62.50 £26.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.64% -46.50% +14.05%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.06 £67.84
90th Percentile £90.60 £88.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.24 £54.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +18.96% +8.00% +33.33%

HDFS Job Vacancy Trend

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

HDFS job vacancy trend in the UK

HDFS Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HDFS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HDFS

HDFS Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HDFS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HDFS

HDFS Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HDFS within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 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
England -118 7 £400 -10.51%
London -90 4 - -
UK excluding London -93 3 £400 -10.51%
North of England -74 2 £413 -13.16%
North East - 2 £413 -
East Midlands -6 1 £304 -27.62%
Midlands -54 1 £304 -27.62%

HDFS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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.

System Software

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Docker57.1%4
2Apache Flume14.3%1