ETL Contracts with Work from Home Options

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for ETL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ETL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 84 80
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 -3
Contract jobs citing ETL 396 670 1,379
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.63% 2.67% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.98% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 497 1,034
10th Percentile £371 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £444 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £606 £602 £625
90th Percentile £738 £708 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile - £26.55 £28.40
25th Percentile - £32.63 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £39.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% +13.57% +35.92%
75th Percentile £50.25 £43.53 £55.39
90th Percentile £58.82 £43.59 £70.96
UK median hourly rate £49.50 £46.82 £45.50
% change year-on-year +5.74% +2.89% +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

ETL is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

ETL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ETL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ETL trend for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ETL.

ETL daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ETL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

ETL daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ETL.

ETL hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ETL over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

ETL hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.28%) Apache
4 4 (1.01%) CMS
5 3 (0.76%) Confluence
5 3 (0.76%) SAS
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) CICS
7 1 (0.25%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.27%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.03%) Elite 3E
2 5 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.76%) MIS ActiveH
3 3 (0.76%) NEC Housing
3 3 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.51%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.51%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.25%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.25%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 139 (35.10%) Azure
2 81 (20.45%) AWS
2 81 (20.45%) Power Platform
3 41 (10.35%) Serverless
4 39 (9.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 38 (9.60%) GCP
6 33 (8.33%) Snowflake
7 30 (7.58%) Amazon S3
7 30 (7.58%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (5.81%) dbt
9 22 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (3.03%) Amazon EMR
10 12 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (3.03%) Collibra
11 11 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (2.53%) AWS Step Functions
13 9 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 9 (2.27%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.25%) Firewall
1 1 (0.25%) FTP
1 1 (0.25%) Internet
1 1 (0.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (36.62%) Data Warehouse
2 79 (19.95%) Power BI
3 76 (19.19%) SQL Server
4 42 (10.61%) Data Lake
5 32 (8.08%) Big Data
6 30 (7.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 28 (7.07%) Amazon Redshift
8 27 (6.82%) BigQuery
9 23 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (5.30%) Tableau
11 18 (4.55%) NoSQL
12 15 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (3.54%) Metadata
13 14 (3.54%) Relational Database
14 12 (3.03%) Oracle Database
15 10 (2.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 9 (2.27%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (2.27%) MySQL
16 9 (2.27%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 18 (4.55%) Git
2 10 (2.53%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.53%) JIRA
3 8 (2.02%) Selenium
4 6 (1.52%) Cucumber
4 6 (1.52%) GitLab
5 5 (1.26%) ERwin
6 4 (1.01%) Appium
6 4 (1.01%) CircleCI
6 4 (1.01%) JUnit
6 4 (1.01%) Postman
6 4 (1.01%) SoapUI
6 4 (1.01%) TestNG
7 3 (0.76%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.76%) eggPlant
7 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
7 3 (0.76%) SOAtest
7 3 (0.76%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 84 (21.21%) Finance
3 38 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.31%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.28%) Banking
6 7 (1.77%) Financial Institution
6 7 (1.77%) Law
7 6 (1.52%) Marketing
7 6 (1.52%) Retail
8 5 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.76%) Legal
10 3 (0.76%) Publishing
11 2 (0.51%) Automotive
11 2 (0.51%) Back Office
11 2 (0.51%) Czech Language
11 2 (0.51%) Local Government
12 1 (0.25%) French Language
Job Titles
1 126 (31.82%) Data Engineer
2 74 (18.69%) Developer
3 49 (12.37%) Senior
4 47 (11.87%) Architect
5 33 (8.33%) Data Architect
6 32 (8.08%) Analyst
6 32 (8.08%) Lead
7 30 (7.58%) Azure Data Engineer
7 30 (7.58%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (5.30%) Data Analyst
9 18 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 15 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (3.54%) Consultant
12 13 (3.28%) Applications Support
12 13 (3.28%) Senior Data Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Support Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Applications Support Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Senior Applications Support
13 12 (3.03%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.32%) PySpark
2 12 (3.03%) Middleware
3 11 (2.78%) Kafka
4 10 (2.53%) JSON
5 9 (2.27%) Web Services
6 8 (2.02%) .NET
6 8 (2.02%) Apache Avro
6 8 (2.02%) AWS CDK
6 8 (2.02%) Node.js
7 7 (1.77%) JSON Schema
7 7 (1.77%) React
7 7 (1.77%) RESTful
8 5 (1.26%) XML
9 4 (1.01%) HTML
10 3 (0.76%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (0.76%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.76%) OAuth
10 3 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.76%) REST
11 2 (0.51%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
1 19 (4.80%) Replication
2 18 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 13 (3.28%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
6 6 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.26%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.01%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.76%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.76%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.51%) FMCG
10 2 (0.51%) NHS
10 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.30%) Windows
2 5 (1.26%) Linux
2 5 (1.26%) Unix
3 3 (0.76%) zOS
4 2 (0.51%) VMS
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (36.87%) Data Modelling
2 130 (32.83%) Business Intelligence
3 110 (27.78%) Analytics
4 89 (22.47%) Agile
5 88 (22.22%) Migration
6 76 (19.19%) Data Engineering
7 73 (18.43%) Data Pipeline
8 55 (13.89%) Data Migration
9 54 (13.64%) CI/CD
10 53 (13.38%) Visualisation
11 52 (13.13%) Data Integration
12 48 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (11.36%) DevOps
14 44 (11.11%) Data Analysis
15 41 (10.35%) Data Governance
16 38 (9.60%) Data Transformation
17 36 (9.09%) Scrum
18 32 (8.08%) Data Management
18 32 (8.08%) Data Science
18 32 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 207 (52.27%) SQL
2 115 (29.04%) Python
3 53 (13.38%) Java
4 24 (6.06%) T-SQL
5 21 (5.30%) C#
6 20 (5.05%) PL/SQL
7 19 (4.80%) Scala
8 13 (3.28%) JavaScript
9 11 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (2.02%) TypeScript
11 7 (1.77%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.77%) R
11 7 (1.77%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.01%) Bash
13 3 (0.76%) C++
13 3 (0.76%) COBOL
13 3 (0.76%) REXX
13 3 (0.76%) SELCOPY
14 2 (0.51%) ABAP
14 2 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 41 (10.35%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.30%) Degree
4 12 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.25%) ISEB
7 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.25%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (16.92%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.28%) GDPR
3 11 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.78%) QA
4 4 (1.01%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.76%) IFRS
5 3 (0.76%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.76%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.51%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.25%) EMIR
7 1 (0.25%) FATCA
7 1 (0.25%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (5.81%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) Time Sharing Option
3 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 24 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.28%) Grafana
3 12 (3.03%) Terraform
4 6 (1.52%) Ansible
5 4 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.51%) Kibana
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 53 (13.38%) Oracle
2 49 (12.37%) Microsoft
3 41 (10.35%) Databricks
4 20 (5.05%) Google
4 20 (5.05%) Informatica
5 11 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.78%) SAP
6 8 (2.02%) Ab Initio
6 8 (2.02%) Talend
7 5 (1.26%) Denodo
7 5 (1.26%) IBM
8 4 (1.01%) Intapp
8 4 (1.01%) Nexthink
8 4 (1.01%) Snow
9 3 (0.76%) Embarcadero
9 3 (0.76%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.76%) NEC
9 3 (0.76%) Splunk
9 3 (0.76%) Syncsort
9 3 (0.76%) Workday