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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 165 207
Rank change year-on-year +2 +42 +100
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 531 421 439
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.57% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.75% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 281 301
10th Percentile £379 £375 £385
25th Percentile £463 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £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 28,048 23,994 32,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.18% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,911 14,725 21,701
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 1,747 781 1,610
10th Percentile £15.14 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -18.75% +17.96%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +10 292 £575 +4.55% 70
Midlands 0 95 £525 +5.00% 38
West Midlands +8 90 £525 +2.44% 17
South East +12 48 £450 -5.26% 91
North of England -60 45 £500 -10.95% 46
North West -19 31 £455 +10.24% 18
South West -7 18 £675 +38.46% 30
East of England -2 15 £503 -8.64% 37
Yorkshire -62 12 £505 -11.40% 21
East Midlands -20 5 £447 +20.00% 20
North East -17 2 £525 -8.70% 7
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 72 (13.56%) SAS
2 45 (8.47%) Apache Spark
3 28 (5.27%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.45%) Apache
5 11 (2.07%) CMS
6 7 (1.32%) Confluence
6 7 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.75%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.56%) 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 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.56%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.56%) Loan IQ
4 3 (0.56%) Maximo
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
4 3 (0.56%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.56%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.56%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.38%) Eagle PACE
5 2 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.38%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.38%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 194 (36.53%) Azure
2 88 (16.57%) AWS
3 75 (14.12%) Power Platform
4 72 (13.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 38 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (6.97%) GCP
7 36 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 33 (6.21%) Snowflake
9 29 (5.46%) SaaS
10 22 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (3.01%) dbt
11 16 (3.01%) PaaS
11 16 (3.01%) Serverless
12 14 (2.64%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.26%) GitHub
14 12 (2.26%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.07%) Azure AKS
16 10 (1.88%) OCI
17 9 (1.69%) 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
1 135 (25.42%) Data Warehouse
2 71 (13.37%) Power BI
3 49 (9.23%) Metadata
4 45 (8.47%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 39 (7.34%) Data Lake
6 39 (7.34%) NoSQL
7 38 (7.16%) Pentaho
8 33 (6.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 26 (4.90%) Oracle Database
10 23 (4.33%) Relational Database
10 23 (4.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (4.14%) Tableau
12 17 (3.20%) Big Data
13 15 (2.82%) Delta Lake
14 14 (2.64%) Data Vault
15 12 (2.26%) SAS Visual Analytics
16 11 (2.07%) Oracle Reports
17 10 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 76 (14.31%) Git
2 60 (11.30%) JIRA
3 50 (9.42%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.32%) GitLab
5 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.38%) ERwin
7 2 (0.38%) git-flow
7 2 (0.38%) MLflow
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.38%) TestRail
8 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.19%) Mocha
8 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
General
1 216 (40.68%) Social Skills
2 161 (30.32%) Finance
3 107 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.66%) Banking
6 21 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.64%) Marketing
8 13 (2.45%) Financial Institution
8 13 (2.45%) Front Office
9 12 (2.26%) Back Office
9 12 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.07%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.07%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.88%) Retail
12 8 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.51%) Legal
13 6 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.13%) Retail Banking
14 5 (0.94%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 113 (21.28%) Data Engineer
2 89 (16.76%) Architect
3 74 (13.94%) Developer
4 48 (9.04%) Analyst
5 46 (8.66%) Consultant
6 42 (7.91%) Lead
7 37 (6.97%) Data Architect
8 36 (6.78%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (6.59%) Senior
10 33 (6.21%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (5.65%) Azure Data Engineer
12 26 (4.90%) Business Analyst
13 23 (4.33%) Release Manager
14 15 (2.82%) Integration Architect
14 15 (2.82%) Project Manager
15 14 (2.64%) Integration Engineer
16 13 (2.45%) Data Analyst
16 13 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
17 12 (2.26%) Azure Architect
17 12 (2.26%) Data Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.04%) REST
2 38 (7.16%) PySpark
3 29 (5.46%) Kafka
4 20 (3.77%) JSON
5 17 (3.20%) XML
6 16 (3.01%) Middleware
6 16 (3.01%) Oracle Fusion
6 16 (3.01%) SOAP
7 15 (2.82%) RESTful
8 14 (2.64%) .NET
9 9 (1.69%) EDI
9 9 (1.69%) HTML
9 9 (1.69%) Node.js
10 8 (1.51%) React
11 7 (1.32%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.13%) CSS
12 6 (1.13%) FHIR
12 6 (1.13%) OAuth
12 6 (1.13%) XSLT
13 5 (0.94%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.46%) Data Structures
2 26 (4.90%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.01%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.07%) NHS
7 10 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.32%) Data Fabric
9 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.13%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.13%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.13%) Reinsurance
10 6 (1.13%) Replication
11 5 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.94%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.88%) Linux
2 6 (1.13%) Windows
3 4 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (42.00%) Data Modelling
2 211 (39.74%) Agile
3 182 (34.27%) Analytics
4 177 (33.33%) ETL
5 170 (32.02%) Problem-Solving
6 153 (28.81%) Data Pipeline
7 131 (24.67%) Business Intelligence
8 130 (24.48%) Data Governance
9 128 (24.11%) DevOps
10 120 (22.60%) CI/CD
11 88 (16.57%) Validation
12 86 (16.20%) Data Engineering
13 84 (15.82%) Data Architecture
14 81 (15.25%) Migration
15 77 (14.50%) Scrum
16 74 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 72 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
18 70 (13.18%) Integration Patterns
19 57 (10.73%) Decision-Making
20 52 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 255 (48.02%) SQL
2 133 (25.05%) Python
3 30 (5.65%) Scala
4 29 (5.46%) Java
5 24 (4.52%) C#
5 24 (4.52%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.77%) VB
7 17 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.01%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.69%) Groovy
10 9 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.32%) R
11 7 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.13%) Bicep
12 6 (1.13%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.56%) Korn
14 2 (0.38%) Go
14 2 (0.38%) IronPython
14 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 143 (26.93%) Security Cleared
2 123 (23.16%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.29%) Degree
4 31 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.71%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.32%) PMP
8 6 (1.13%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.19%) CISSP
11 1 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.19%) MBA
11 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (28.44%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.90%) GDPR
3 24 (4.52%) QA
4 7 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.13%) HIPAA
5 6 (1.13%) HL7
6 3 (0.56%) GMP
6 3 (0.56%) PMO
6 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.38%) GAAP
7 2 (0.38%) IFRS
7 2 (0.38%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) Basel III
8 1 (0.19%) DICOM
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.19%) MiFID
8 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.19%) SLA
8 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 66 (12.43%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (11.30%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.08%) Terraform
3 6 (1.13%) Kibana
4 4 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.75%) logstash
5 3 (0.56%) Ansible
5 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
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
1 105 (19.77%) Oracle
2 94 (17.70%) Microsoft
3 80 (15.07%) Databricks
4 44 (8.29%) SAP
5 42 (7.91%) Talend
6 36 (6.78%) Denodo
7 27 (5.08%) Informatica
8 14 (2.64%) Google
8 14 (2.64%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.88%) Adobe
9 10 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.69%) Workday
11 8 (1.51%) IBM
11 8 (1.51%) Software AG
12 6 (1.13%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.75%) Brio
13 4 (0.75%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.75%) Solace
13 4 (0.75%) TIBCO
14 3 (0.56%) Teradata