NoSQL Contracts

NoSQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring NoSQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NoSQL over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 195 206
Rank change year-on-year -4 +11 -31
Contract jobs citing NoSQL 397 531 768
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 1.22% 1.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.16% 7.27% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 357 535
10th Percentile £396 £363 £450
25th Percentile £425 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £719 £725
90th Percentile £750 £843 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -11.99% +1.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 18
10th Percentile - £25.71 £54.25
25th Percentile £51.25 £31.68 £71.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £37.75 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.07% -49.67% +14.47%
75th Percentile £53.75 £47.13 £77.25
90th Percentile - £59.05 £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -53.33% +20.68%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

NoSQL 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 requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,544 7,303 10,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.96% 16.75% 18.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,832 5,193 7,664
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.78%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £763 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +1.88% -4.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 144 183
10th Percentile £20.09 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.98 £35.00
Median hourly rate £33.11 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.23% -33.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.55 £70.88
90th Percentile £74.75 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £58.05
% change year-on-year -25.00% -31.09% +65.84%

NoSQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NoSQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NoSQL in the UK

NoSQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NoSQL.

Daily rate trend for NoSQL in the UK

NoSQL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NoSQL over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NoSQL in the UK

NoSQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NoSQL.

Hourly rate trend for NoSQL in the UK

NoSQL
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NoSQL within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -23 320 £538 -6.52% 503
London -34 201 £585 -2.50% 269
UK excluding London +36 131 £470 -11.99% 269
Work from Home +14 119 £464 -13.55% 296
North of England +41 53 £460 -13.86% 81
North West +28 42 £447 -16.29% 59
Midlands +26 22 £506 +19.06% 48
South East +14 19 £525 -13.40% 56
West Midlands +17 16 £590 +39.53% 30
Scotland +12 15 £525 +23.53% 30
South West +38 14 £650 +23.81% 29
Northern Ireland - 7 £325 - 10
East Midlands +11 6 £367 -45.63% 18
Yorkshire +9 6 £550 -12.00% 16
North East +2 5 £465 - 6
East of England +25 2 £575 -9.80% 16
Wales - 1 - - 4

NoSQL
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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (5.79%) Apache Spark
2 17 (4.28%) Apache
3 14 (3.53%) Confluence
4 7 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.01%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.76%) Camunda
7 2 (0.50%) IIS
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Luigi
8 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.25%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) Sketch
3 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.50%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.50%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.25%) Actimize
4 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 185 (46.60%) AWS
2 121 (30.48%) Azure
3 96 (24.18%) Serverless
4 47 (11.84%) Amazon S3
5 41 (10.33%) AWS Lambda
5 41 (10.33%) GCP
6 32 (8.06%) GitHub
7 23 (5.79%) Power Platform
8 22 (5.54%) Amazon EC2
9 21 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (4.79%) Azure Monitor
11 18 (4.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 16 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (4.03%) Azure Functions
12 16 (4.03%) OpenShift
12 16 (4.03%) Route 53
12 16 (4.03%) Snowflake
13 15 (3.78%) Azure AKS
13 15 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.77%) Firewall
2 4 (1.01%) SSL
2 4 (1.01%) VPN
3 3 (0.76%) DNS
3 3 (0.76%) HTTP
3 3 (0.76%) IPsec
3 3 (0.76%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.50%) BGP
4 2 (0.50%) DHCP
4 2 (0.50%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.50%) MPLS
4 2 (0.50%) Network Security
4 2 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.25%) FTP
5 1 (0.25%) SMS
5 1 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (29.47%) MongoDB
2 78 (19.65%) PostgreSQL
3 67 (16.88%) Relational Database
4 46 (11.59%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (10.33%) RDBMS
6 39 (9.82%) SQL Server
7 36 (9.07%) MySQL
8 35 (8.82%) Data Lake
9 29 (7.30%) Big Data
10 25 (6.30%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (6.05%) DynamoDB
12 23 (5.79%) Power BI
13 20 (5.04%) Amazon Aurora
14 19 (4.79%) Redis
15 15 (3.78%) Couchbase
15 15 (3.78%) Tableau
16 14 (3.53%) Metadata
17 13 (3.27%) DocumentDB
17 13 (3.27%) Hadoop
18 12 (3.02%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 59 (14.86%) Git
2 48 (12.09%) Jenkins
3 32 (8.06%) JIRA
4 27 (6.80%) GitLab
5 16 (4.03%) ERwin
5 16 (4.03%) Maven
6 11 (2.77%) Artifactory
6 11 (2.77%) JUnit
7 10 (2.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (2.02%) Gradle
9 7 (1.76%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.76%) gulp
9 7 (1.76%) Selenium
9 7 (1.76%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.76%) Subversion
10 6 (1.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (1.51%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.51%) ER Studio
11 5 (1.26%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.26%) TeamCity
General
1 96 (24.18%) Finance
2 83 (20.91%) Social Skills
3 54 (13.60%) Public Sector
4 50 (12.59%) Banking
5 30 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.53%) Retail Banking
7 9 (2.27%) Front Office
8 8 (2.02%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.51%) Retail
11 5 (1.26%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.01%) Legal
12 4 (1.01%) Marketing
12 4 (1.01%) Military
13 3 (0.76%) Local Government
14 2 (0.50%) Billing
14 2 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 151 (38.04%) Developer
2 54 (13.60%) Java Developer
3 47 (11.84%) Architect
3 47 (11.84%) Data Engineer
4 41 (10.33%) Senior
5 33 (8.31%) Full-Stack Developer
6 22 (5.54%) Senior Developer
7 21 (5.29%) DBA
8 20 (5.04%) Lead
9 19 (4.79%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 17 (4.28%) Data Architect
11 16 (4.03%) .NET Developer
11 16 (4.03%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (3.53%) Data Modeller
13 13 (3.27%) React Developer
14 12 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.77%) Azure Developer
15 11 (2.77%) C# Developer
16 10 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (25.69%) Kafka
2 81 (20.40%) React
3 79 (19.90%) RESTful
4 64 (16.12%) Spring
5 63 (15.87%) Spring Boot
6 49 (12.34%) .NET
6 49 (12.34%) Node.js
7 41 (10.33%) JSON
8 31 (7.81%) Web Services
9 29 (7.30%) XML
10 27 (6.80%) AngularJS
11 25 (6.30%) CSS
12 24 (6.05%) HTML
13 22 (5.54%) REST
14 21 (5.29%) GraphQL
15 19 (4.79%) RabbitMQ
16 18 (4.53%) OAuth
17 17 (4.28%) .NET Core
17 17 (4.28%) Vue
18 16 (4.03%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.34%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.80%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.30%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (6.05%) Derivative
5 19 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (3.78%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.02%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.02%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.51%) Equities
10 6 (1.51%) Genomics
10 6 (1.51%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.51%) Replication
10 6 (1.51%) Social Media
11 5 (1.26%) Data Fabric
11 5 (1.26%) Equity Derivative
11 5 (1.26%) PKI
12 4 (1.01%) LIMS
13 3 (0.76%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.57%) Linux
2 7 (1.76%) Unix
3 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.26%) Windows
4 2 (0.50%) CentOS
4 2 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Debian
5 1 (0.25%) SUSE
5 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (38.29%) Agile
2 145 (36.52%) DevOps
3 131 (33.00%) Microservices
4 125 (31.49%) CI/CD
5 82 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (17.13%) Data Modelling
7 67 (16.88%) ETL
8 66 (16.62%) Containerisation
9 62 (15.62%) Software Engineering
10 60 (15.11%) Test Automation
11 52 (13.10%) API Development
12 51 (12.85%) Data Pipeline
13 50 (12.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 49 (12.34%) Event-Driven
14 49 (12.34%) Full-Stack Development
14 49 (12.34%) SOLID
15 46 (11.59%) TDD
16 38 (9.57%) Data Engineering
17 36 (9.07%) Analytics
18 35 (8.82%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 245 (61.71%) SQL
2 138 (34.76%) Python
3 127 (31.99%) Java
4 95 (23.93%) JavaScript
5 50 (12.59%) C#
6 34 (8.56%) TypeScript
7 23 (5.79%) Scala
8 19 (4.79%) Go
9 15 (3.78%) PowerShell
10 12 (3.02%) Bicep
11 10 (2.52%) PHP
12 8 (2.02%) R
12 8 (2.02%) Ruby
13 4 (1.01%) Bash
13 4 (1.01%) C++
13 4 (1.01%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.76%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (12.85%) Security Cleared
2 44 (11.08%) Degree
3 38 (9.57%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.29%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.03%) AWS Certified Developer
7 9 (2.27%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.51%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Tableau Certification
11 2 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CEH
12 1 (0.25%) CISSP
12 1 (0.25%) ISEB
12 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.29%) Accessibility
3 19 (4.79%) QA
4 10 (2.52%) GDPR
5 7 (1.76%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.01%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (25.19%) Docker
2 15 (3.78%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.01%) HDFS
5 3 (0.76%) RACF
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 132 (33.25%) Kubernetes
2 80 (20.15%) Terraform
3 20 (5.04%) Grafana
4 19 (4.79%) Ansible
5 11 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.52%) Puppet
7 7 (1.76%) Packer
7 7 (1.76%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.51%) Kibana
8 6 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.50%) Istio
9 2 (0.50%) linkerd
9 2 (0.50%) Rancher
10 1 (0.25%) Argo
10 1 (0.25%) Consul
10 1 (0.25%) Graylog
10 1 (0.25%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.25%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 57 (14.36%) Oracle
2 54 (13.60%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.29%) Google
3 21 (5.29%) SAP
4 16 (4.03%) Databricks
5 13 (3.27%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.02%) Splunk
7 11 (2.77%) Informatica
7 11 (2.77%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.77%) VMware
8 8 (2.02%) Talend
9 5 (1.26%) Cisco
9 5 (1.26%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.26%) TIBCO
10 4 (1.01%) CA Agile Central
10 4 (1.01%) LabVantage
10 4 (1.01%) SnapLogic
10 4 (1.01%) Zend
11 3 (0.76%) New Relic
11 3 (0.76%) Sybase