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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 168 212
Rank change year-on-year +19 +44 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 788 451 399
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.63% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.79% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 316 284
10th Percentile £400 £361 £366
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -3.89% -0.68%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £688
90th Percentile £728 £725 £809
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £543
% change year-on-year +3.81% -3.23% -3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 4
10th Percentile - £35.27 -
25th Percentile £30.96 £41.73 -
Median hourly rate £65.85 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.72% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £76.13 £57.50 £39.69
90th Percentile £84.81 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.82% +83.33% -40.00%

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 38,794 25,132 28,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 90.79% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,129 16,058 18,629
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,535 1,418 1,653
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.77% -1.96%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -12 359 £600 +8.70% 355
Midlands +30 174 £469 -9.55% 47
West Midlands +32 157 £469 -9.55% 35
North of England -5 107 £520 +4.00% 66
South East -41 77 £525 - 105
North West -11 62 £550 +9.56% 46
South West -26 29 £525 +10.53% 35
Yorkshire -31 24 £475 - 15
North East - 22 £523 - 5
East Midlands -5 17 £455 +17.12% 12
East of England -13 17 £580 +0.87% 22
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 92 (11.68%) SAS
2 39 (4.95%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.41%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.28%) Confluence
5 16 (2.03%) Apache
6 10 (1.27%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.51%) Camunda
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.25%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
9 1 (0.13%) Mule
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.38%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (4.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.76%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.63%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.63%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.51%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.25%) Endur
7 2 (0.25%) Maximo
7 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP MDM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 299 (37.94%) Azure
2 203 (25.76%) AWS
3 113 (14.34%) Power Platform
4 80 (10.15%) Azure Data Factory
5 74 (9.39%) GCP
6 55 (6.98%) Snowflake
7 54 (6.85%) Serverless
8 46 (5.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 43 (5.46%) Amazon S3
10 42 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
12 35 (4.44%) GitHub
13 22 (2.79%) OCI
14 20 (2.54%) dbt
14 20 (2.54%) SaaS
15 18 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.28%) Power Automate
16 16 (2.03%) PowerApps
17 14 (1.78%) PaaS
18 13 (1.65%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) Firewall
1 5 (0.63%) VPN
2 4 (0.51%) FTP
2 4 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.38%) DNS
3 3 (0.38%) MQTT
3 3 (0.38%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) DHCP
4 2 (0.25%) SSL
4 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.13%) DMZ
5 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (16.24%) Data Warehouse
2 104 (13.20%) Power BI
3 74 (9.39%) Metadata
4 73 (9.26%) SQL Server
5 67 (8.50%) Data Lake
6 62 (7.87%) Pentaho
7 46 (5.84%) Relational Database
8 40 (5.08%) Oracle Database
9 38 (4.82%) Tableau
10 31 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
11 28 (3.55%) Amazon Redshift
12 27 (3.43%) NoSQL
13 24 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 21 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (2.66%) Big Data
15 20 (2.54%) MySQL
16 19 (2.41%) BigQuery
16 19 (2.41%) DataStage
16 19 (2.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
17 18 (2.28%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 66 (8.38%) Git
2 35 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 35 (4.44%) JIRA
3 23 (2.92%) GitLab
4 10 (1.27%) ERwin
5 7 (0.89%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.63%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.63%) Postman
7 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.25%) TestRail
9 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.13%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) Toad
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 243 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 166 (21.07%) Finance
3 142 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (16.24%) Public Sector
5 55 (6.98%) Banking
6 27 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (3.43%) Marketing
7 26 (3.30%) Retail
8 23 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (1.78%) Legal
11 13 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.40%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.89%) Automotive
14 7 (0.89%) Front Office
14 7 (0.89%) Military
15 6 (0.76%) Billing
16 5 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 222 (28.17%) Architect
2 206 (26.14%) Data Engineer
3 101 (12.82%) Developer
4 84 (10.66%) Senior
5 78 (9.90%) Data Architect
6 72 (9.14%) Solutions Architect
7 66 (8.38%) Lead
8 63 (7.99%) Analyst
9 31 (3.93%) Senior Data Engineer
10 26 (3.30%) Technical Leader
11 25 (3.17%) Integration Engineer
12 24 (3.05%) Consultant
12 24 (3.05%) Integration Architect
13 23 (2.92%) Data Analyst
13 23 (2.92%) Technical Architect
14 22 (2.79%) Business Analyst
15 19 (2.41%) Project Manager
16 18 (2.28%) Azure Engineer
16 18 (2.28%) Senior Developer
17 17 (2.16%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.35%) REST
2 42 (5.33%) Kafka
3 33 (4.19%) React
4 32 (4.06%) Middleware
5 31 (3.93%) JSON
6 24 (3.05%) .NET
6 24 (3.05%) PySpark
7 23 (2.92%) Node.js
8 21 (2.66%) RESTful
9 18 (2.28%) XML
10 17 (2.16%) YAML
11 14 (1.78%) Django
12 13 (1.65%) FastAPI
12 13 (1.65%) Flask
12 13 (1.65%) SOAP
13 12 (1.52%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.14%) GraphQL
14 9 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (0.89%) pytest
15 7 (0.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.99%) Cloud Native
2 55 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.46%) Data Structures
4 28 (3.55%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.41%) Reference Data
7 18 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 15 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.90%) Life Science
10 12 (1.52%) Replication
11 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.02%) Clustering
12 8 (1.02%) IoT
12 8 (1.02%) Mainframe
12 8 (1.02%) NHS
12 8 (1.02%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.41%) Unix
2 17 (2.16%) Linux
3 7 (0.89%) Windows
4 3 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (41.62%) ETL
2 321 (40.74%) Data Modelling
3 307 (38.96%) Analytics
4 232 (29.44%) Data Pipeline
5 229 (29.06%) Agile
6 195 (24.75%) CI/CD
7 181 (22.97%) Migration
8 178 (22.59%) DevOps
9 161 (20.43%) Data Engineering
10 157 (19.92%) Business Intelligence
11 154 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
12 149 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
13 139 (17.64%) Data Governance
14 134 (17.01%) AI
15 130 (16.50%) Data Architecture
16 129 (16.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 117 (14.85%) Validation
18 116 (14.72%) Integration Patterns
19 101 (12.82%) Data Migration
20 99 (12.56%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 342 (43.40%) SQL
2 194 (24.62%) Python
3 42 (5.33%) Java
4 31 (3.93%) PL/SQL
5 22 (2.79%) Bash
5 22 (2.79%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.66%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.41%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.16%) C#
9 15 (1.90%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.78%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.14%) Scala
12 8 (1.02%) Bicep
13 5 (0.63%) R
14 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.51%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.51%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.38%) ABAP
15 3 (0.38%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 261 (33.12%) Security Cleared
2 223 (28.30%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.95%) Degree
4 20 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.41%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 10 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.76%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.51%) SAS Certification
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.38%) PMP
12 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.13%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (26.90%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.70%) GDPR
3 31 (3.93%) GRC
4 26 (3.30%) QA
5 18 (2.28%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.89%) PMO
6 7 (0.89%) SLA
7 6 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.76%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.51%) IFRS
8 4 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.38%) GxP
9 3 (0.38%) HL7
9 3 (0.38%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.25%) NCSC
10 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (7.11%) Docker
2 9 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (8.38%) Kubernetes
2 40 (5.08%) Terraform
3 17 (2.16%) Grafana
4 8 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.89%) Ansible
6 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.63%) Control-M
8 4 (0.51%) Argo
9 2 (0.25%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 174 (22.08%) Oracle
2 114 (14.47%) Microsoft
3 108 (13.71%) Databricks
4 79 (10.03%) SAP
5 68 (8.63%) Talend
6 62 (7.87%) Informatica
7 40 (5.08%) Salesforce
8 35 (4.44%) Denodo
9 30 (3.81%) Google
10 18 (2.28%) ServiceNow
11 16 (2.03%) IBM
12 14 (1.78%) Cloudera
13 12 (1.52%) NEC
14 11 (1.40%) MuleSoft
15 9 (1.14%) Workday
16 8 (1.02%) Teradata
17 7 (0.89%) Sparx
18 5 (0.63%) Ariba
18 5 (0.63%) Bloomberg
18 5 (0.63%) Palantir