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Elastic Stack IT skill profile
Also known as ELK Stack · Elasticsearch · Elastic · Kibana · Logstash · Beats
What recruiters should know
30,930+ companies globally use the Elastic Stack. Average Elasticsearch engineer salary: $67.93/hr ($127K/yr remote) US (ZipRecruiter May 2026). 34.15% hosted-search market share. Elasticsearch added vector search capabilities for AI-powered semantic search and RAG applications in 2025-2026. Strong in SIEM, APM, and log analytics.
In plain terms
Suite of open-source products for search, logging, and analytics (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
Industry demand
Overall level
high
Trend
stable
Top hiring sectors
- Cybersecurity & SIEM
- Software Development
- DevOps & Observability
- Government & Defence
- Media & Analytics
Proficiency ladder
What each level looks like in the work — behavioural markers, not job titles.
At this level, a developer can…
- Elasticsearch basics
- Kibana dashboards
- Log ingestion
- Basic queries