ETL Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England citing ETL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	87	67	72
Rank change year-on-year	-20	+5	-2
Contract jobs citing ETL	32	29	21
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England	1.34%	2.07%	1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.69%	2.30%	1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted	21	12	14
10^th Percentile	£380	£451	£319
25^th Percentile	£410	£470	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£463	£550	£538
Median % change year-on-year	-15.91%	+2.33%	+13.16%
75^th Percentile	£573	£631	£550
90^th Percentile	£694	£759	£618
England median daily rate	£490	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	-2.00%	-2.44%	-2.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

ETL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,891	1,261	1,119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England	79.45%	89.81%	80.62%
Number of daily rates quoted	742	544	445
10^th Percentile	£190	£198	£221
25^th Percentile	£350	£371	£313
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£600	£588	£563
90^th Percentile	£713	£681	£650
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	535	342	250
10^th Percentile	£14.22	£14.25	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£17.00	£16.00	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£47.50	£21.00	£27.59
Median % change year-on-year	+126.19%	-23.87%	+39.25%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£59.75	£63.75
90^th Percentile	£80.00	£74.88	£70.00
England median hourly rate	£37.24	£25.15	£40.33
% change year-on-year	+48.07%	-37.63%	-9.38%

ETL Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ETL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

ETL Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ETL.

ETL Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ETL in the East of England

ETL Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing ETL.

ETL Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ETL within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Hertfordshire	-8	13	£435	-19.07%	15
Cambridgeshire	+9	9	£565	-23.39%	7
Essex	-21	6	£421	-0.88%	1
Bedfordshire	0	4	£563	+2.27%
ETL England

ETL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ETL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region citing ETL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	75.0%	24
2	Data Pipeline	65.6%	21
3	Data Modelling	62.5%	20
4	SQL	59.4%	19
5	Data Quality	56.3%	18
6	Validation	50.0%	16
7	Data Engineering	37.5%	12
8	Analytics	34.4%	11
8	Security Cleared	34.4%	11
10	CI/CD	31.3%	10
10	Data Warehouse	31.3%	10
10	Migration	31.3%	10
10	Power Platform	31.3%	10
10	Problem-Solving	31.3%	10
10	QA	31.3%	10
10	Relational Database	31.3%	10
17	AWS	28.1%	9
17	Business Intelligence	28.1%	9
17	Data Integration	28.1%	9
17	Data Migration	28.1%	9
17	Databricks	28.1%	9
17	Power BI	28.1%	9
17	SC Cleared	28.1%	9
24	Data Governance	21.9%	7
25	Azure	18.8%	6
25	Digital Transformation Programme	18.8%	6
25	Model Validation	18.8%	6
25	Stakeholder Management	18.8%	6
29	Collaborative Working	15.6%	5
29	GitHub	15.6%	5

ETL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Pipeline	65.6%	21
2	Data Modelling	62.5%	20
3	Validation	50.0%	16
4	Data Engineering	37.5%	12
5	Analytics	34.4%	11
6	CI/CD	31.3%	10
6	Migration	31.3%	10
6	Problem-Solving	31.3%	10
9	Business Intelligence	28.1%	9
9	Data Integration	28.1%	9
9	Data Migration	28.1%	9
12	Data Governance	21.9%	7
13	Digital Transformation Programme	18.8%	6
13	Model Validation	18.8%	6
13	Stakeholder Management	18.8%	6
16	Collaborative Working	15.6%	5
16	Test Automation	15.6%	5
18	API Testing	12.5%	4
18	Biotechnology	12.5%	4
18	Dashboard Development	12.5%	4