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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 173 207
Rank change year-on-year +16 +34 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 788 462 390
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.68% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.85% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 322 270
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.89% -0.68%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.96 £52.50 -
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 £57.99 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.44% +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 38,747 25,016 28,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.80% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,944 15,923 18,325
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,477 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.80 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £69.79 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.26% -37.90% -4.71%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -13 369 £600 +8.30% 86
Midlands +25 154 £469 -9.55% 29
West Midlands +16 137 £469 -9.55% 22
North of England -4 111 £500 -0.40% 25
South East -49 80 £525 +1.94% 29
North West -11 65 £500 -2.82% 19
South West -30 29 £516 +17.83% 20
Yorkshire -24 26 £475 - 2
North East -21 21 £525 -4.55% 4
East of England -17 19 £613 +19.51% 11
East Midlands -11 17 £455 +18.18% 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 81 (10.28%) SAS
2 40 (5.08%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.92%) Confluence
4 20 (2.54%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.03%) Apache
6 10 (1.27%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.51%) Camunda
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
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 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.38%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (4.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.02%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.76%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.51%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.25%) Endur
8 2 (0.25%) Maximo
8 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.25%) SAP MDM
9 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 302 (38.32%) Azure
2 203 (25.76%) AWS
3 119 (15.10%) Power Platform
4 79 (10.03%) Azure Data Factory
5 75 (9.52%) GCP
6 58 (7.36%) Snowflake
7 56 (7.11%) Serverless
8 48 (6.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 46 (5.84%) Amazon S3
10 43 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
11 35 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (4.06%) GitHub
13 25 (3.17%) dbt
14 21 (2.66%) OCI
14 21 (2.66%) SaaS
15 18 (2.28%) Power Automate
16 17 (2.16%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
18 14 (1.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) Firewall
1 5 (0.63%) VPN
2 4 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.38%) DNS
3 3 (0.38%) FTP
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%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (17.77%) Data Warehouse
2 108 (13.71%) Power BI
3 81 (10.28%) Metadata
4 72 (9.14%) Data Lake
5 71 (9.01%) SQL Server
6 52 (6.60%) Relational Database
7 50 (6.35%) Pentaho
8 43 (5.46%) Oracle Database
9 40 (5.08%) Tableau
10 36 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
11 30 (3.81%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 24 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
13 24 (3.05%) DataStage
14 23 (2.92%) NoSQL
15 22 (2.79%) Big Data
16 21 (2.66%) BigQuery
16 21 (2.66%) MySQL
17 20 (2.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
18 19 (2.41%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 55 (6.98%) Git
2 31 (3.93%) JIRA
3 25 (3.17%) Jenkins
4 24 (3.05%) GitLab
5 11 (1.40%) ERwin
6 5 (0.63%) Postman
6 5 (0.63%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.51%) ER Studio
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%) RStudio
10 1 (0.13%) Toad
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 252 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 178 (22.59%) Finance
3 145 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (16.24%) Public Sector
5 61 (7.74%) Banking
6 28 (3.55%) Retail
7 27 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.30%) Marketing
9 23 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.03%) Legal
11 14 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.40%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.14%) Billing
14 9 (1.14%) Front Office
14 9 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.89%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.89%) Automotive
15 7 (0.89%) Military
15 7 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (28.93%) Architect
2 192 (24.37%) Data Engineer
3 93 (11.80%) Developer
4 84 (10.66%) Senior
5 81 (10.28%) Data Architect
6 74 (9.39%) Lead
6 74 (9.39%) Solutions Architect
7 66 (8.38%) Analyst
8 34 (4.31%) Senior Data Engineer
9 28 (3.55%) Technical Leader
10 25 (3.17%) Consultant
10 25 (3.17%) Integration Architect
11 24 (3.05%) Data Analyst
11 24 (3.05%) Integration Engineer
12 23 (2.92%) Technical Architect
13 21 (2.66%) Business Analyst
14 20 (2.54%) Project Manager
15 19 (2.41%) SQL Developer
16 17 (2.16%) Azure Engineer
17 15 (1.90%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.84%) REST
2 44 (5.58%) Kafka
3 40 (5.08%) Terraform
4 32 (4.06%) Middleware
5 30 (3.81%) JSON
5 30 (3.81%) React
6 28 (3.55%) PySpark
7 20 (2.54%) .NET
8 18 (2.28%) RESTful
9 16 (2.03%) Node.js
9 16 (2.03%) XML
10 14 (1.78%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.52%) SOAP
12 11 (1.40%) AngularJS
13 9 (1.14%) YAML
14 8 (1.02%) Django
14 8 (1.02%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (1.02%) Spring Boot
15 7 (0.89%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.25%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.73%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (5.33%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.79%) Reference Data
7 19 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.90%) Life Science
10 14 (1.78%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.65%) Replication
12 8 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.02%) Clustering
12 8 (1.02%) Data Fabric
12 8 (1.02%) IoT
12 8 (1.02%) Mainframe
12 8 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.92%) Unix
2 18 (2.28%) 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
1 326 (41.37%) ETL
2 312 (39.59%) Data Modelling
3 303 (38.45%) Analytics
4 219 (27.79%) Agile
5 218 (27.66%) Data Pipeline
6 195 (24.75%) Migration
7 185 (23.48%) CI/CD
8 163 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 161 (20.43%) Data Engineering
9 161 (20.43%) DevOps
10 153 (19.42%) Business Intelligence
11 147 (18.65%) Data Governance
12 143 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
13 141 (17.89%) AI
14 136 (17.26%) Data Architecture
14 136 (17.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 120 (15.23%) Integration Patterns
16 119 (15.10%) Validation
17 105 (13.32%) Data Migration
18 102 (12.94%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 331 (42.01%) SQL
2 194 (24.62%) Python
3 42 (5.33%) Java
4 38 (4.82%) PL/SQL
5 23 (2.92%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.54%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.28%) Bash
7 18 (2.28%) Shell Script
8 15 (1.90%) C#
8 15 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.78%) JavaScript
10 9 (1.14%) Bicep
10 9 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.02%) Scala
12 6 (0.76%) R
13 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.38%) ABAP
14 3 (0.38%) Cypher
14 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.38%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 247 (31.35%) Security Cleared
2 210 (26.65%) SC Cleared
3 38 (4.82%) Degree
4 22 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.27%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.51%) PMP
11 4 (0.51%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (26.52%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.70%) GDPR
3 31 (3.93%) GRC
4 26 (3.30%) QA
5 19 (2.41%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.89%) PMO
6 7 (0.89%) SLA
7 6 (0.76%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.51%) IFRS
9 4 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
10 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.38%) GxP
10 3 (0.38%) HL7
10 3 (0.38%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.25%) NCSC
11 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (5.46%) 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 54 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.16%) Grafana
3 9 (1.14%) Prometheus
4 7 (0.89%) Ansible
5 6 (0.76%) Control-M
5 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.51%) Argo
7 2 (0.25%) Istio
8 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 171 (21.70%) Oracle
2 116 (14.72%) Microsoft
3 113 (14.34%) Databricks
4 79 (10.03%) SAP
5 61 (7.74%) Informatica
6 58 (7.36%) Talend
7 39 (4.95%) Salesforce
8 33 (4.19%) Google
9 27 (3.43%) Denodo
10 22 (2.79%) IBM
11 20 (2.54%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.40%) Teradata
13 9 (1.14%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.14%) Workday
14 8 (1.02%) NEC
14 8 (1.02%) Sparx
15 7 (0.89%) Ariba
15 7 (0.89%) Palantir
16 5 (0.63%) Alteryx