Data Integration Contract Job Trends in England

Data Integration
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 166 204
Rank change year-on-year -4 +38 +50
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 667 433 455
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.64% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.81% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 300 326
10th Percentile £386 £363 £369
25th Percentile £428 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £625 £725
90th Percentile £738 £713 £813
UK median daily rate £533 £524 £550
% change year-on-year +1.67% -4.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile £33.75 - -
25th Percentile £52.63 £72.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +91.08% +92.03%
75th Percentile £84.25 £77.50 £54.88
90th Percentile £86.00 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year -14.67% +91.08% +92.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,549 23,970 31,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.39% 91.01% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,634 15,421 20,733
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,193 2,304
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -

Data Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Integration job vacancy trend in England

Data Integration
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Integration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Integration

Data Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Integration in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Integration in England

Data Integration
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Integration.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Integration

Data Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Integration in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Integration in England

Data Integration
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Integration within the England region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -24 295 £575 +6.98% 120
Midlands +37 171 £469 -6.90% 27
West Midlands +34 153 £469 -8.49% 14
North of England -30 81 £515 +2.59% 38
South East -43 60 £533 -0.93% 50
North West -19 48 £500 -2.82% 26
South West -32 24 £516 +11.46% 23
Yorkshire -42 22 £518 +8.95% 9
East Midlands -11 18 £445 +8.63% 13
East of England -25 14 £575 +4.55% 6
North East - 11 £525 - 4
Data Integration
UK

Data Integration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 59 (8.85%) SAS
2 32 (4.80%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.00%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.70%) Confluence
5 11 (1.65%) Apache
6 8 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.75%) Camunda
8 4 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.30%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Mule
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.45%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.45%) Revit
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.75%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.60%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.60%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.45%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.30%) Endur
6 2 (0.30%) Maximo
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.30%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.15%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 275 (41.23%) Azure
2 182 (27.29%) AWS
3 103 (15.44%) Power Platform
4 67 (10.04%) GCP
5 60 (9.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (7.05%) Snowflake
7 44 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (6.60%) Serverless
8 39 (5.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 32 (4.80%) Amazon S3
10 30 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (4.50%) GitHub
11 27 (4.05%) SaaS
12 22 (3.30%) dbt
13 15 (2.25%) PaaS
13 15 (2.25%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.95%) iPaaS
14 13 (1.95%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.05%) FTP
2 4 (0.60%) SMS
3 3 (0.45%) Firewall
3 3 (0.45%) MQTT
3 3 (0.45%) Network Security
3 3 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (15.59%) Data Warehouse
2 98 (14.69%) Power BI
3 77 (11.54%) SQL Server
4 63 (9.45%) Metadata
5 58 (8.70%) Data Lake
6 54 (8.10%) Pentaho
7 40 (6.00%) Tableau
8 37 (5.55%) Relational Database
9 28 (4.20%) Oracle Database
9 28 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
10 26 (3.90%) NoSQL
11 25 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (3.15%) Big Data
12 21 (3.15%) MySQL
13 20 (3.00%) Amazon Redshift
14 19 (2.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
15 18 (2.70%) Delta Lake
16 17 (2.55%) SAS Visual Analytics
17 15 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
18 14 (2.10%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 52 (7.80%) Git
2 35 (5.25%) JIRA
3 30 (4.50%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.85%) GitLab
5 15 (2.25%) ERwin
6 5 (0.75%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.60%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.60%) Postman
7 4 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.30%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.15%) RStudio
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 211 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 162 (24.29%) Finance
3 127 (19.04%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (16.64%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.35%) Banking
6 25 (3.75%) Retail
7 24 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.60%) Marketing
8 17 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.80%) Legal
9 12 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.65%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.05%) Automotive
12 7 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.75%) Billing
13 5 (0.75%) General Ledger
13 5 (0.75%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 180 (26.99%) Architect
2 177 (26.54%) Data Engineer
3 92 (13.79%) Developer
4 78 (11.69%) Senior
5 73 (10.94%) Data Architect
6 71 (10.64%) Solutions Architect
7 55 (8.25%) Lead
8 53 (7.95%) Analyst
9 29 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
10 26 (3.90%) Consultant
11 23 (3.45%) Technical Leader
12 21 (3.15%) Technical Architect
13 20 (3.00%) Integration Architect
14 19 (2.85%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.85%) Project Manager
15 18 (2.70%) Data Analyst
15 18 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
15 18 (2.70%) SQL Developer
16 17 (2.55%) Senior Developer
17 16 (2.40%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.90%) REST
2 34 (5.10%) Kafka
3 30 (4.50%) JSON
3 30 (4.50%) React
4 28 (4.20%) Middleware
5 25 (3.75%) Node.js
6 22 (3.30%) .NET
7 21 (3.15%) XML
8 19 (2.85%) YAML
9 18 (2.70%) PySpark
9 18 (2.70%) RESTful
10 14 (2.10%) Django
10 14 (2.10%) Flask
10 14 (2.10%) SOAP
11 13 (1.95%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.65%) FastAPI
13 9 (1.35%) GraphQL
14 7 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (1.05%) Web Services
15 6 (0.90%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.10%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.05%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (4.95%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.20%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.25%) Reference Data
8 14 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.50%) IoT
12 9 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.35%) Life Science
12 9 (1.35%) NHS
12 9 (1.35%) Taxonomies
13 8 (1.20%) Mainframe
14 7 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.90%) Clustering
15 6 (0.90%) Reinsurance
16 5 (0.75%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.40%) Unix
2 5 (0.75%) Linux
3 3 (0.45%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (41.23%) Data Modelling
2 257 (38.53%) ETL
3 239 (35.83%) Analytics
4 202 (30.28%) Agile
5 201 (30.13%) Data Pipeline
6 162 (24.29%) CI/CD
7 152 (22.79%) DevOps
8 145 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
9 143 (21.44%) Migration
10 142 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (19.79%) Data Engineering
12 121 (18.14%) Data Governance
13 119 (17.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 113 (16.94%) AI
15 107 (16.04%) Data Architecture
15 107 (16.04%) Validation
16 104 (15.59%) Integration Patterns
17 96 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 81 (12.14%) Decision-Making
19 76 (11.39%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 303 (45.43%) SQL
2 160 (23.99%) Python
3 43 (6.45%) Java
4 24 (3.60%) PL/SQL
5 23 (3.45%) C#
6 21 (3.15%) JavaScript
7 20 (3.00%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.70%) T-SQL
9 15 (2.25%) Bash
10 12 (1.80%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 11 (1.65%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.35%) Bicep
12 9 (1.35%) Scala
13 5 (0.75%) R
14 4 (0.60%) ABAP
14 4 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.45%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.45%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 187 (28.04%) Security Cleared
2 155 (23.24%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.30%) Degree
4 23 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.80%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.20%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.60%) SAS Certification
12 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.30%) PMP
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.15%) MBA
13 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (26.09%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.45%) GDPR
3 22 (3.30%) QA
4 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.20%) SLA
5 8 (1.20%) Solvency II
6 6 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.75%) GRC
8 4 (0.60%) HL7
8 4 (0.60%) IFRS
8 4 (0.60%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.45%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.45%) NCSC
9 3 (0.45%) PMO
10 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.30%) FATCA
10 2 (0.30%) GMP
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (6.75%) Docker
2 10 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.65%) Terraform
3 10 (1.50%) Grafana
4 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.45%) Ansible
5 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.30%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 126 (18.89%) Oracle
2 99 (14.84%) Microsoft
3 98 (14.69%) Databricks
4 71 (10.64%) SAP
5 66 (9.90%) Talend
6 59 (8.85%) Informatica
7 38 (5.70%) Salesforce
8 30 (4.50%) Denodo
9 20 (3.00%) Google
10 15 (2.25%) MuleSoft
10 15 (2.25%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.80%) Cloudera
11 12 (1.80%) NEC
12 7 (1.05%) IBM
13 5 (0.75%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.75%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.75%) Palantir
13 5 (0.75%) SimCorp
13 5 (0.75%) Teradata
13 5 (0.75%) Workday