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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 168 207
Rank change year-on-year +6 +39 +87
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 526 415 437
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.54% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.73% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 275 302
10th Percentile £383 £378 £385
25th Percentile £463 £453 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -4.56%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £25.26 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +33.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £29.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £45.38 £62.32
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +33.80%

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 28,047 24,036 31,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.31% 89.14% 87.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,899 14,761 21,230
10th Percentile £304 £310 £305
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,744 772 1,471
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.18
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.50 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -18.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.84 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +8 288 £575 +4.55% 72
Midlands +5 93 £523 +4.50% 36
West Midlands +11 88 £525 +2.44% 18
South East +19 50 £440 -7.37% 77
North of England -53 44 £500 -9.62% 44
North West -16 30 £458 +7.65% 20
South West -20 18 £675 +42.11% 28
East of England -10 15 £503 -8.64% 29
Yorkshire -60 12 £500 -12.74% 18
East Midlands -25 5 £447 -1.32% 18
North East -15 2 £525 - 6
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 70 (13.31%) SAS
2 46 (8.75%) Apache Spark
3 28 (5.32%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.66%) Apache
5 11 (2.09%) CMS
6 7 (1.33%) Confluence
6 7 (1.33%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.14%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.76%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.76%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.57%) Maximo
5 3 (0.57%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.57%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.57%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.38%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.38%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.38%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.38%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 190 (36.12%) Azure
2 86 (16.35%) AWS
3 76 (14.45%) Power Platform
4 73 (13.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 38 (7.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 37 (7.03%) GCP
7 34 (6.46%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (6.27%) Snowflake
9 28 (5.32%) SaaS
10 22 (4.18%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (3.23%) Serverless
12 15 (2.85%) dbt
12 15 (2.85%) PaaS
13 14 (2.66%) Power Automate
14 13 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (2.28%) PowerApps
16 11 (2.09%) Azure AKS
16 11 (2.09%) GitHub
17 10 (1.90%) Azure Functions
18 9 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.38%) 2G
1 2 (0.38%) 5G
1 2 (0.38%) FTP
1 2 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (0.38%) SMS
2 1 (0.19%) 4G
2 1 (0.19%) DWDM
2 1 (0.19%) Firewall
2 1 (0.19%) Network Security
2 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (25.48%) Data Warehouse
2 72 (13.69%) Power BI
3 47 (8.94%) Metadata
4 43 (8.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (8.17%) Data Lake
5 40 (7.60%) SQL Server
6 39 (7.41%) NoSQL
7 36 (6.84%) Pentaho
8 33 (6.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 26 (4.94%) Oracle Database
10 23 (4.37%) Relational Database
10 23 (4.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (4.37%) Tableau
11 17 (3.23%) Big Data
12 12 (2.28%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 11 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (2.09%) Delta Lake
13 11 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (1.71%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 74 (14.07%) Git
2 56 (10.65%) JIRA
3 49 (9.32%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.33%) GitLab
5 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.38%) git-flow
6 2 (0.38%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.38%) MLflow
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.38%) TestRail
7 1 (0.19%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 211 (40.11%) Social Skills
2 161 (30.61%) Finance
3 104 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.75%) Banking
6 21 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.66%) Front Office
7 14 (2.66%) Marketing
8 13 (2.47%) Back Office
8 13 (2.47%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.09%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.09%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.52%) Retail
12 7 (1.33%) Legal
13 6 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.14%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.76%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 105 (19.96%) Data Engineer
2 90 (17.11%) Architect
3 76 (14.45%) Developer
4 49 (9.32%) Analyst
5 45 (8.56%) Consultant
6 41 (7.79%) Lead
7 38 (7.22%) Data Architect
8 36 (6.84%) Solutions Architect
9 34 (6.46%) Azure Engineer
10 33 (6.27%) Senior
11 31 (5.89%) Azure Data Engineer
12 25 (4.75%) Business Analyst
13 23 (4.37%) Release Manager
14 15 (2.85%) Integration Architect
14 15 (2.85%) Project Manager
15 13 (2.47%) Azure Architect
15 13 (2.47%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.47%) Integration Engineer
16 12 (2.28%) Integration Specialist
16 12 (2.28%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.94%) REST
2 38 (7.22%) PySpark
3 31 (5.89%) Kafka
4 19 (3.61%) JSON
5 17 (3.23%) XML
6 16 (3.04%) Middleware
7 15 (2.85%) .NET
7 15 (2.85%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (2.85%) RESTful
7 15 (2.85%) SOAP
8 9 (1.71%) EDI
8 9 (1.71%) HTML
8 9 (1.71%) Node.js
8 9 (1.71%) React
9 7 (1.33%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.33%) FHIR
10 6 (1.14%) CSS
10 6 (1.14%) OAuth
10 6 (1.14%) XSLT
11 5 (0.95%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.51%) Data Structures
2 24 (4.56%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.85%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.09%) NHS
9 10 (1.90%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.33%) Data Fabric
11 7 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.14%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.14%) Replication
13 5 (0.95%) Credit Risk
13 5 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.95%) Taxonomies
14 4 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.90%) Linux
2 6 (1.14%) Windows
3 4 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (40.87%) Data Modelling
2 207 (39.35%) Agile
3 179 (34.03%) Analytics
4 171 (32.51%) ETL
5 160 (30.42%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (28.14%) Data Pipeline
7 130 (24.71%) Data Governance
8 129 (24.52%) Business Intelligence
9 124 (23.57%) DevOps
10 119 (22.62%) CI/CD
11 87 (16.54%) Data Engineering
12 85 (16.16%) Validation
13 82 (15.59%) Data Architecture
14 79 (15.02%) Migration
15 74 (14.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 71 (13.50%) Scrum
17 70 (13.31%) Integration Patterns
18 69 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
19 56 (10.65%) Decision-Making
20 52 (9.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 248 (47.15%) SQL
2 128 (24.33%) Python
3 30 (5.70%) Scala
4 29 (5.51%) Java
5 25 (4.75%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.37%) C#
7 20 (3.80%) VB
8 18 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.04%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.71%) Groovy
11 9 (1.71%) T-SQL
12 8 (1.52%) R
13 7 (1.33%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.14%) Bicep
14 6 (1.14%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.57%) Korn
16 2 (0.38%) Go
16 2 (0.38%) IronPython
16 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 144 (27.38%) Security Cleared
2 122 (23.19%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.98%) Degree
4 30 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.56%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.33%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.33%) PMP
8 6 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) CISSP
11 1 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (27.19%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.75%) GDPR
3 23 (4.37%) QA
4 8 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.33%) HL7
6 6 (1.14%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.57%) GMP
7 3 (0.57%) PMO
7 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.38%) DICOM
8 2 (0.38%) GAAP
8 2 (0.38%) IFRS
8 2 (0.38%) MiFID
8 2 (0.38%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) Basel III
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 65 (12.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (11.22%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.94%) Terraform
3 7 (1.33%) Kibana
4 4 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.76%) logstash
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.57%) Ansible
6 2 (0.38%) Control-M
7 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.19%) Puppet
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 99 (18.82%) Oracle
2 95 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 77 (14.64%) Databricks
4 45 (8.56%) SAP
5 38 (7.22%) Talend
6 34 (6.46%) Denodo
7 23 (4.37%) Informatica
8 15 (2.85%) Google
9 14 (2.66%) Salesforce
10 11 (2.09%) Adobe
11 10 (1.90%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.71%) Workday
13 8 (1.52%) IBM
13 8 (1.52%) Software AG
14 6 (1.14%) Alteryx
15 4 (0.76%) Brio
15 4 (0.76%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.76%) Palantir
15 4 (0.76%) Solace
15 4 (0.76%) TIBCO