Elasticsearch Engineer Job Trends

Elasticsearch Engineer
UK

The median Elasticsearch Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 - 743
Rank change year-on-year - - +410
Permanent jobs requiring an Elasticsearch Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £95,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,066 65,835 53,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 95.36% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 25,983 37,615 41,369
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,345 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,252 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Elasticsearch Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Elasticsearch Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Elasticsearch Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Elasticsearch Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Elasticsearch Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Elasticsearch Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Elasticsearch Engineer
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Elasticsearch Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
England - 1 £65,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £65,000 -

Elasticsearch Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Elasticsearch Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Elasticsearch Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) logstash
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

Elasticsearch Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
1 1 (100.00%) logstash