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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 155 191
Rank change year-on-year -27 +36 +106
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 558 436 464
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.75% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.93% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 300 326
10th Percentile £402 £366 £375
25th Percentile £454 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £566
Median % change year-on-year - -7.28% -1.52%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £714
90th Percentile £752 £738 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +0.48% -5.00% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £63.26 - -
25th Percentile £72.60 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £80.50 £27.13 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +196.77% -41.26% +125.93%
75th Percentile £85.63 £52.81 £50.92
90th Percentile £86.00 £69.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £69.44 £27.13 £46.84
% change year-on-year +156.00% -42.09% +129.16%

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 31,205 22,550 33,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.68% 90.54% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,990 14,548 21,873
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £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 1,928 809 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.44 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.77% - -7.14%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -11 292 £575 +5.50% 65
Midlands -1 125 £515 +4.04% 32
West Midlands +6 117 £515 +0.49% 26
North of England -47 55 £500 -10.03% 28
South East -40 34 £513 -2.84% 45
North West -22 30 £457 -12.91% 14
Yorkshire -54 20 £550 -3.00% 10
South West -37 19 £675 +45.95% 28
East of England -26 14 £600 +6.67% 5
East Midlands -32 8 £447 +20.00% 6
North East -8 5 £563 - 4
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 69 (12.37%) SAS
2 44 (7.89%) Apache Spark
3 24 (4.30%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.15%) Apache
5 10 (1.79%) CMS
6 5 (0.90%) Confluence
7 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.54%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.18%) Camunda
10 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.18%) Mendix
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.90%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.72%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.72%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.72%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.54%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.54%) Maximo
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.54%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.54%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.36%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.36%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 215 (38.53%) Azure
2 106 (19.00%) AWS
3 84 (15.05%) Power Platform
4 76 (13.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 54 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (7.89%) GCP
7 41 (7.35%) SaaS
8 39 (6.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 31 (5.56%) Snowflake
10 19 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (3.23%) Serverless
12 17 (3.05%) GitHub
13 16 (2.87%) dbt
14 14 (2.51%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.33%) PowerApps
16 12 (2.15%) Collibra
17 11 (1.97%) OCI
18 10 (1.79%) Azure AKS
18 10 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
19 9 (1.61%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.90%) FTP
2 3 (0.54%) VPN
3 2 (0.36%) 2G
3 2 (0.36%) 5G
3 2 (0.36%) Firewall
3 2 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.36%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) DWDM
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (25.63%) Data Warehouse
2 76 (13.62%) Power BI
3 60 (10.75%) Metadata
4 55 (9.86%) SQL Server
5 46 (8.24%) NoSQL
6 44 (7.89%) Data Lake
7 43 (7.71%) Pentaho
8 42 (7.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (5.56%) Relational Database
10 24 (4.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 22 (3.94%) Oracle Database
12 21 (3.76%) Tableau
13 19 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (3.23%) Big Data
15 15 (2.69%) Delta Lake
16 14 (2.51%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (2.51%) MySQL
17 12 (2.15%) Oracle Reports
17 12 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
18 11 (1.97%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 85 (15.23%) Git
2 50 (8.96%) Jenkins
3 46 (8.24%) JIRA
4 6 (1.08%) ERwin
5 4 (0.72%) GitLab
5 4 (0.72%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.36%) git-flow
7 2 (0.36%) MLflow
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) RStudio
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Terragrunt
General
1 214 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 164 (29.39%) Finance
3 121 (21.68%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (12.19%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.96%) Banking
6 21 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.51%) Marketing
9 13 (2.33%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.15%) Retail
11 11 (1.97%) Front Office
12 10 (1.79%) Back Office
12 10 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.43%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.08%) Legal
16 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.90%) General Ledger
18 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (24.55%) Data Engineer
2 115 (20.61%) Architect
3 78 (13.98%) Developer
4 54 (9.68%) Senior
5 50 (8.96%) Data Architect
6 44 (7.89%) Consultant
7 43 (7.71%) Solutions Architect
8 41 (7.35%) Analyst
9 37 (6.63%) Lead
10 34 (6.09%) Azure Engineer
11 31 (5.56%) Azure Data Engineer
12 25 (4.48%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.23%) Release Manager
14 17 (3.05%) Integration Engineer
14 17 (3.05%) Senior Data Engineer
15 16 (2.87%) Integration Architect
16 14 (2.51%) Azure Architect
16 14 (2.51%) Project Manager
16 14 (2.51%) Senior Developer
17 12 (2.15%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.86%) REST
2 35 (6.27%) PySpark
3 31 (5.56%) Kafka
4 22 (3.94%) JSON
5 21 (3.76%) Node.js
6 20 (3.58%) RESTful
7 19 (3.41%) Middleware
8 18 (3.23%) .NET
8 18 (3.23%) YAML
9 16 (2.87%) XML
10 15 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (2.69%) SOAP
11 14 (2.51%) React
12 13 (2.33%) Django
12 13 (2.33%) Flask
13 12 (2.15%) AngularJS
14 8 (1.43%) HTML
14 8 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (1.43%) Web Services
15 7 (1.25%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.91%) Data Structures
2 23 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (3.58%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 11 (1.97%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.61%) NHS
8 9 (1.61%) Reference Data
9 8 (1.43%) Data Fabric
9 8 (1.43%) Taxonomies
10 6 (1.08%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.08%) IoT
10 6 (1.08%) Reinsurance
11 5 (0.90%) Market Risk
11 5 (0.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.25%) Linux
2 6 (1.08%) Unix
3 5 (0.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (44.98%) Data Modelling
2 202 (36.20%) ETL
3 201 (36.02%) Agile
4 199 (35.66%) Analytics
5 174 (31.18%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (30.29%) Data Pipeline
7 143 (25.63%) DevOps
8 140 (25.09%) Business Intelligence
9 135 (24.19%) Data Governance
10 131 (23.48%) CI/CD
11 105 (18.82%) Data Architecture
12 101 (18.10%) Data Engineering
13 86 (15.41%) Migration
14 85 (15.23%) Validation
15 82 (14.70%) Integration Patterns
16 81 (14.52%) Stakeholder Management
17 80 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
18 65 (11.65%) Scrum
19 64 (11.47%) Decision-Making
20 61 (10.93%) AI
Programming Languages
1 264 (47.31%) SQL
2 143 (25.63%) Python
3 32 (5.73%) JavaScript
4 31 (5.56%) Scala
5 30 (5.38%) C#
6 29 (5.20%) Java
7 17 (3.05%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.33%) PL/SQL
8 13 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.43%) Groovy
11 7 (1.25%) Bash
11 7 (1.25%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.08%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.72%) ABAP
13 4 (0.72%) Bicep
13 4 (0.72%) R
14 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.36%) IronPython
15 2 (0.36%) Korn
Qualifications
1 155 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 135 (24.19%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.35%) Degree
4 30 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.48%) Azure Certification
6 19 (3.41%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.43%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.08%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.54%) PMP
11 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CISSP
12 1 (0.18%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.18%) MBA
12 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (30.47%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.73%) GDPR
3 26 (4.66%) QA
4 9 (1.61%) HIPAA
5 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.08%) HL7
6 5 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.54%) SLA
7 3 (0.54%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) FATCA
8 2 (0.36%) GMP
8 2 (0.36%) GRC
8 2 (0.36%) IFRS
8 2 (0.36%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) Basel III
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) GAAP
9 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (11.47%) Docker
2 6 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (10.57%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.20%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) Ansible
3 2 (0.36%) Control-M
3 2 (0.36%) Grafana
3 2 (0.36%) Kibana
3 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.18%) logstash
4 1 (0.18%) SCCM
4 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 104 (18.64%) Oracle
2 85 (15.23%) Databricks
3 79 (14.16%) Microsoft
4 53 (9.50%) Talend
5 49 (8.78%) SAP
6 40 (7.17%) Informatica
7 36 (6.45%) Denodo
8 14 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.79%) Google
9 10 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.61%) Adobe
10 9 (1.61%) MuleSoft
10 9 (1.61%) Software AG
11 8 (1.43%) Workday
12 7 (1.25%) IBM
13 6 (1.08%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.90%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.90%) NEC
14 5 (0.90%) Sitecore
15 4 (0.72%) Brio