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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 162 200
Rank change year-on-year -18 +38 +68
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 642 417 448
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.70% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.86% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 294 324
10th Percentile £387 £363 £375
25th Percentile £429 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £646 £625 £738
90th Percentile £766 £723 £813
UK median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £47.75 - £33.35
25th Percentile £54.00 £72.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +54.64% +137.28%
75th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £59.50
90th Percentile £86.55 - £65.05
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year -14.67% +54.64% +137.28%

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 36,362 22,469 32,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.16% 91.35% 85.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,009 14,533 20,781
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £415 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,276 1,038 2,365
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.13 £16.02
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.85 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.76% -25.73% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.66 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -30 290 £575 +5.75% 87
Midlands +26 167 £469 -5.25% 21
West Midlands +31 154 £469 -8.49% 12
North of England -28 70 £510 +1.59% 31
South East -49 57 £550 +4.76% 48
North West -24 40 £500 -2.82% 14
South West -17 24 £525 +10.53% 14
Yorkshire -42 20 £538 +13.16% 12
East of England -20 16 £575 +4.55% 4
East Midlands -19 13 £444 +8.23% 9
North East - 10 £525 - 5
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 62 (9.66%) SAS
2 29 (4.52%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.27%) Apache Spark
4 19 (2.96%) Confluence
5 8 (1.25%) Apache
6 6 (0.93%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.78%) Camunda
7 5 (0.78%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.31%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.47%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.47%) Revit
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (3.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.78%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.78%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.62%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.62%) SAP MDG
5 4 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.47%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.47%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.47%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.47%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.31%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.31%) Endur
7 2 (0.31%) Maximo
7 2 (0.31%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 256 (39.88%) Azure
2 159 (24.77%) AWS
3 99 (15.42%) Power Platform
4 62 (9.66%) Azure Data Factory
5 55 (8.57%) GCP
6 47 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (6.70%) Snowflake
8 40 (6.23%) Serverless
9 37 (5.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 34 (5.30%) GitHub
11 33 (5.14%) SaaS
12 26 (4.05%) Amazon S3
12 26 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.96%) dbt
14 16 (2.49%) PaaS
15 14 (2.18%) Power Automate
16 13 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.02%) iPaaS
17 12 (1.87%) OCI
17 12 (1.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.25%) FTP
2 5 (0.78%) SMS
3 3 (0.47%) Firewall
3 3 (0.47%) MQTT
3 3 (0.47%) Network Security
3 3 (0.47%) VPN
4 1 (0.16%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (16.20%) Data Warehouse
2 94 (14.64%) Power BI
3 78 (12.15%) SQL Server
4 61 (9.50%) Metadata
5 56 (8.72%) Data Lake
6 54 (8.41%) Pentaho
7 38 (5.92%) Relational Database
7 38 (5.92%) Tableau
8 29 (4.52%) NoSQL
9 28 (4.36%) Oracle Database
10 27 (4.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 26 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (3.43%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 20 (3.12%) Amazon Redshift
13 20 (3.12%) MySQL
14 18 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (2.65%) Big Data
15 17 (2.65%) Delta Lake
15 17 (2.65%) SAS Visual Analytics
16 16 (2.49%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 55 (8.57%) Git
2 40 (6.23%) JIRA
3 32 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.80%) GitLab
5 12 (1.87%) ERwin
6 5 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.62%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.62%) ER Studio
7 4 (0.62%) Postman
7 4 (0.62%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.31%) git-flow
9 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.16%) RStudio
9 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 194 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 163 (25.39%) Finance
3 126 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (15.58%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.57%) Banking
6 24 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.58%) Marketing
8 20 (3.12%) Retail
9 15 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.02%) Financial Institution
11 12 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.71%) Legal
13 8 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.93%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.93%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.93%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.78%) Automotive
16 5 (0.78%) Military
16 5 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 170 (26.48%) Data Engineer
2 163 (25.39%) Architect
3 88 (13.71%) Developer
4 71 (11.06%) Senior
5 68 (10.59%) Solutions Architect
6 60 (9.35%) Data Architect
7 55 (8.57%) Lead
8 46 (7.17%) Analyst
9 33 (5.14%) Consultant
10 28 (4.36%) Senior Data Engineer
11 23 (3.58%) Integration Architect
12 22 (3.43%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.27%) Technical Architect
13 21 (3.27%) Technical Leader
14 20 (3.12%) Integration Engineer
15 18 (2.80%) Data Analyst
16 17 (2.65%) Release Manager
17 16 (2.49%) Project Manager
17 16 (2.49%) Senior Developer
17 16 (2.49%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.48%) REST
2 32 (4.98%) Kafka
2 32 (4.98%) Middleware
3 28 (4.36%) JSON
4 27 (4.21%) React
5 25 (3.89%) Node.js
6 24 (3.74%) .NET
7 21 (3.27%) PySpark
7 21 (3.27%) XML
8 19 (2.96%) RESTful
8 19 (2.96%) YAML
9 14 (2.18%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.18%) Django
9 14 (2.18%) Flask
10 12 (1.87%) SOAP
11 9 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (1.25%) FastAPI
12 8 (1.25%) Pandas
13 7 (1.09%) .NET Core
13 7 (1.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.10%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.85%) Legacy Systems
3 29 (4.52%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.05%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.18%) Reference Data
9 10 (1.56%) NHS
10 9 (1.40%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.40%) IoT
11 8 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.25%) Life Science
11 8 (1.25%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.93%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.93%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.93%) Taxonomies
13 5 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.49%) Unix
2 6 (0.93%) Linux
3 5 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (41.28%) Data Modelling
2 242 (37.69%) ETL
3 227 (35.36%) Analytics
4 194 (30.22%) Agile
5 183 (28.50%) Data Pipeline
6 160 (24.92%) CI/CD
7 157 (24.45%) DevOps
8 142 (22.12%) Business Intelligence
9 141 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
10 128 (19.94%) Migration
11 114 (17.76%) Data Engineering
12 108 (16.82%) Integration Patterns
13 107 (16.67%) Data Governance
14 106 (16.51%) Validation
15 105 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
16 97 (15.11%) AI
17 96 (14.95%) Data Architecture
18 90 (14.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 78 (12.15%) Decision-Making
20 75 (11.68%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 297 (46.26%) SQL
2 146 (22.74%) Python
3 39 (6.07%) Java
4 26 (4.05%) PL/SQL
5 25 (3.89%) C#
6 22 (3.43%) JavaScript
7 18 (2.80%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.02%) Bash
10 12 (1.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (1.87%) Scala
11 10 (1.56%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.25%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.09%) Bicep
14 4 (0.62%) ABAP
14 4 (0.62%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.62%) R
15 3 (0.47%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.31%) SOQL
17 1 (0.16%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 177 (27.57%) Security Cleared
2 149 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.39%) Degree
4 26 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.96%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.40%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.62%) SAS Certification
11 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.31%) PMP
11 2 (0.31%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.16%) MBA
12 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (25.08%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.07%) GDPR
3 23 (3.58%) QA
4 8 (1.25%) SLA
5 7 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.09%) Solvency II
6 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.78%) GRC
7 5 (0.78%) IFRS
8 4 (0.62%) HL7
8 4 (0.62%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.47%) NCSC
9 3 (0.47%) SNOMED CT
10 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.31%) FATCA
10 2 (0.31%) GxP
10 2 (0.31%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.16%) GAAP
System Software
1 43 (6.70%) Docker
2 10 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.36%) Terraform
3 10 (1.56%) Grafana
4 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.47%) Ansible
5 3 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 2 (0.31%) Control-M
7 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 130 (20.25%) Oracle
2 97 (15.11%) Databricks
3 92 (14.33%) Microsoft
4 70 (10.90%) SAP
5 64 (9.97%) Talend
6 55 (8.57%) Informatica
7 31 (4.83%) Denodo
8 30 (4.67%) Salesforce
9 19 (2.96%) Google
10 14 (2.18%) ServiceNow
11 13 (2.02%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.87%) Cloudera
12 12 (1.87%) NEC
13 9 (1.40%) IBM
14 7 (1.09%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.93%) Workday
16 5 (0.78%) Adobe
16 5 (0.78%) SimCorp
16 5 (0.78%) Software AG
16 5 (0.78%) Teradata