NoSQL
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring NoSQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 269 147 148
Rank change year-on-year -122 +1 -59
Permanent jobs citing NoSQL 571 1,925 2,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.09% 1.96% 2.42%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 7.68% 10.61% 11.25%
Number of salaries quoted 365 872 1,224
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.53% +4.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £98,084 £112,500 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,436 18,137 22,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.26% 18.44% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 12,594 13,904
10th Percentile £37,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NoSQL.

Salary trend for NoSQL in the UK

NoSQL
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for NoSQL in the UK

NoSQL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -37 522 £70,000 +3.70% 503
UK excluding London -134 357 £62,500 - 269
Work from Home +58 242 £67,500 +3.11% 296
London -11 193 £82,500 +3.13% 269
North of England -32 105 £70,000 +13.17% 81
South East -42 102 £62,500 -16.67% 56
North West -60 61 £67,500 +10.28% 59
Midlands -21 59 £62,500 +4.17% 48
Yorkshire +57 43 £71,991 +9.97% 16
South West +69 37 £72,500 +31.82% 29
West Midlands +26 35 £61,206 -5.84% 30
Scotland -83 34 £60,000 -1.64% 30
East Midlands -15 24 £62,500 +13.64% 18
East of England +59 18 £50,000 -31.03% 16
Wales +35 3 £53,000 -18.46% 4
Northern Ireland +27 2 £85,000 -10.53% 10
North East +27 1 £61,206 - 6

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 47 (8.23%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.33%) Apache
3 19 (3.33%) Confluence
4 14 (2.45%) SAS
5 13 (2.28%) nginx
6 12 (2.10%) Apache Solr
7 9 (1.58%) CMS
8 7 (1.23%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.70%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.70%) GemFire
10 3 (0.53%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.53%) IIS
10 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.53%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.53%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.35%) Appian
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.35%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Endur
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 284 (49.74%) AWS
2 235 (41.16%) Azure
3 167 (29.25%) GCP
4 65 (11.38%) SaaS
4 65 (11.38%) Serverless
5 47 (8.23%) Amazon S3
6 39 (6.83%) Amazon EC2
7 34 (5.95%) GitHub
8 30 (5.25%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (4.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 27 (4.73%) Power Platform
10 26 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (4.03%) Snowflake
12 22 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 22 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (2.28%) Apigee
15 13 (2.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.63%) DNS
2 13 (2.28%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.10%) HTTPS
3 12 (2.10%) IPsec
4 11 (1.93%) HTTP
5 7 (1.23%) Internet
6 3 (0.53%) Firewall
6 3 (0.53%) VPN
7 2 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.35%) FCoE
7 2 (0.35%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.35%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.35%) LAN
7 2 (0.35%) Multicast
7 2 (0.35%) NAS
7 2 (0.35%) SAN
7 2 (0.35%) SSL
7 2 (0.35%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
8 1 (0.18%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (23.82%) MongoDB
2 84 (14.71%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (12.61%) SQL Server
4 68 (11.91%) MySQL
5 62 (10.86%) Relational Database
6 61 (10.68%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (7.36%) Big Data
7 42 (7.36%) DynamoDB
8 37 (6.48%) Redis
9 34 (5.95%) Hadoop
10 32 (5.60%) RDBMS
11 29 (5.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 28 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (4.38%) Data Lake
13 25 (4.38%) Tableau
14 24 (4.20%) BigQuery
15 23 (4.03%) Couchbase
15 23 (4.03%) Power BI
16 21 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
17 20 (3.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 145 (25.39%) Git
2 80 (14.01%) Jenkins
3 57 (9.98%) JUnit
4 37 (6.48%) JIRA
5 33 (5.78%) GitLab
6 28 (4.90%) Maven
6 28 (4.90%) Mockito
7 23 (4.03%) IntelliJ
7 23 (4.03%) Jasmine
7 23 (4.03%) Karma Test Runner
8 22 (3.85%) Eclipse
8 22 (3.85%) Protractor
9 20 (3.50%) Selenium
10 17 (2.98%) Cypress.io
11 16 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
12 15 (2.63%) SonarQube
13 14 (2.45%) Bitbucket
13 14 (2.45%) Octopus Deploy
14 11 (1.93%) Gradle
14 11 (1.93%) TeamCity
General
1 188 (32.92%) Finance
2 173 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 80 (14.01%) Banking
4 55 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (7.36%) Law
6 31 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 21 (3.68%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.50%) Marketing
10 19 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.98%) Games
12 15 (2.63%) Electronics
12 15 (2.63%) Front Office
12 15 (2.63%) Retail
13 12 (2.10%) Automotive
13 12 (2.10%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.75%) Legal
15 6 (1.05%) Advertising
15 6 (1.05%) Retail Banking
15 6 (1.05%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 209 (36.60%) Developer
2 163 (28.55%) Senior
3 95 (16.64%) Lead
4 89 (15.59%) Architect
5 86 (15.06%) Software Engineer
6 66 (11.56%) Senior Developer
7 51 (8.93%) Solutions Architect
8 43 (7.53%) Java Developer
9 41 (7.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 38 (6.65%) Backend Developer
11 33 (5.78%) .NET Developer
12 32 (5.60%) Data Engineer
12 32 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (5.43%) Software Developer
14 24 (4.20%) Data Architect
15 23 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
15 23 (4.03%) Senior Architect
16 22 (3.85%) Lead Architect
17 21 (3.68%) C# Developer
18 19 (3.33%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (28.72%) React
2 114 (19.96%) .NET
3 100 (17.51%) RESTful
4 98 (17.16%) Kafka
5 96 (16.81%) RabbitMQ
6 91 (15.94%) REST
7 72 (12.61%) AngularJS
8 71 (12.43%) Node.js
9 59 (10.33%) GraphQL
10 58 (10.16%) Spring
11 57 (9.98%) CSS
12 50 (8.76%) HTML
13 45 (7.88%) Hibernate
14 44 (7.71%) Spring Boot
15 32 (5.60%) .NET Core
15 32 (5.60%) Vue
16 26 (4.55%) .NET Framework
16 26 (4.55%) ASP.NET
16 26 (4.55%) HTML5
17 25 (4.38%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.08%) Cloud Native
2 63 (11.03%) Algorithms
3 49 (8.58%) Product Ownership
4 37 (6.48%) Data Structures
5 33 (5.78%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (5.43%) Management Information System
7 30 (5.25%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (4.03%) Mobile App
9 18 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (3.15%) IoT
10 14 (2.45%) Legacy Code
10 14 (2.45%) Mobile Games
11 12 (2.10%) Distributed Applications
12 11 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.58%) Blockchain
13 9 (1.58%) Clustering
13 9 (1.58%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.23%) Credit Risk
14 7 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.61%) Linux
2 32 (5.60%) Unix
3 16 (2.80%) Windows
4 11 (1.93%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.40%) Android
6 5 (0.88%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.35%) Solaris
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (49.39%) Agile
2 246 (43.08%) CI/CD
3 238 (41.68%) Microservices
4 177 (31.00%) DevOps
5 175 (30.65%) Software Engineering
6 147 (25.74%) Containerisation
7 138 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (17.69%) Mentoring
9 97 (16.99%) Data Modelling
10 88 (15.41%) ETL
11 86 (15.06%) Test Automation
12 83 (14.54%) Analytics
12 83 (14.54%) Computer Science
12 83 (14.54%) Event-Driven
13 79 (13.84%) Full-Stack Development
13 79 (13.84%) TDD
14 78 (13.66%) Machine Learning
15 76 (13.31%) Unit Testing
16 74 (12.96%) Artificial Intelligence
17 65 (11.38%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 354 (62.00%) SQL
2 196 (34.33%) Python
3 175 (30.65%) Java
4 156 (27.32%) JavaScript
5 113 (19.79%) C#
6 101 (17.69%) TypeScript
7 30 (5.25%) Go
8 20 (3.50%) PHP
8 20 (3.50%) R
8 20 (3.50%) Scala
9 12 (2.10%) MATLAB
10 11 (1.93%) Bash
10 11 (1.93%) C++
11 10 (1.75%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.23%) Bicep
13 6 (1.05%) Ruby
14 5 (0.88%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.70%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.53%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 105 (18.39%) Degree
2 56 (9.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (3.68%) Master's Degree
3 21 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.50%) AWS Certification
5 15 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 15 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.28%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.05%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.53%) CISSP
10 2 (0.35%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.35%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CISA
11 1 (0.18%) CISM
11 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.53%) Data Quality
1 43 (7.53%) QA
2 34 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 31 (5.43%) GDPR
4 16 (2.80%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (1.40%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.23%) Basel II
7 7 (1.23%) Basel III
7 7 (1.23%) Dodd-Frank
7 7 (1.23%) IFRS
7 7 (1.23%) IFRS 9
7 7 (1.23%) NIST
8 4 (0.70%) GMP
9 2 (0.35%) SLA
10 1 (0.18%) COBIT
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 223 (39.05%) Docker
2 11 (1.93%) HDFS
3 6 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.88%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) KVM
5 2 (0.35%) NFS
5 2 (0.35%) SRDF
5 2 (0.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.35%) Xen
Systems Management
1 200 (35.03%) Kubernetes
2 84 (14.71%) Terraform
3 21 (3.68%) Ansible
4 13 (2.28%) Istio
4 13 (2.28%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.93%) Grafana
6 6 (1.05%) Argo
7 5 (0.88%) Oozie
7 5 (0.88%) Puppet
8 4 (0.70%) Kibana
9 2 (0.35%) Graylog
9 2 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.18%) Marathon
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.18%) Nagios
10 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (11.56%) Google
2 37 (6.48%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.08%) Oracle
4 28 (4.90%) Databricks
5 26 (4.55%) IBM
6 13 (2.28%) Informatica
6 13 (2.28%) SAP
7 12 (2.10%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.23%) New Relic
8 7 (1.23%) Splunk
9 6 (1.05%) F5
9 6 (1.05%) Solace
10 5 (0.88%) Cloudera
10 5 (0.88%) Intel
10 5 (0.88%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.70%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.70%) CA Agile Central
12 3 (0.53%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.53%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.53%) YouTube