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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 174 203
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 +42
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 689 440 446
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.62% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.79% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 304 321
10th Percentile £384 £357 £375
25th Percentile £428 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £524 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% -4.77% -
75th Percentile £626 £625 £725
90th Percentile £729 £709 £813
UK median daily rate £537 £524 £550
% change year-on-year +2.53% -4.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 4
10th Percentile £31.52 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £72.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +91.08% +92.03%
75th Percentile £83.25 £77.50 £54.88
90th Percentile £85.85 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year -14.67% +91.08% +92.03%

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 38,535 24,596 31,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.57% 90.73% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,284 15,811 20,551
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,389 1,270 2,240
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.94 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.60 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -4.70%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -30 308 £575 +5.75% 96
Midlands +32 172 £469 -6.90% 23
West Midlands +33 153 £469 -8.49% 13
North of England -26 86 £515 +2.59% 24
South East -51 60 £533 -0.93% 44
North West -27 52 £500 -2.82% 15
South West -35 24 £516 +14.56% 19
Yorkshire -39 21 £510 +7.37% 7
East Midlands -15 19 £445 +8.63% 10
East of England -19 17 £578 +0.43% 4
North East - 13 £523 - 2
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 64 (9.29%) SAS
2 32 (4.64%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.61%) Confluence
5 12 (1.74%) Apache
6 9 (1.31%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.73%) Camunda
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.29%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.29%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.44%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.44%) Revit
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.73%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.58%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.58%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.58%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.58%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.29%) Endur
6 2 (0.29%) Maximo
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.29%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 280 (40.64%) Azure
2 187 (27.14%) AWS
3 104 (15.09%) Power Platform
4 68 (9.87%) GCP
5 65 (9.43%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (6.97%) Snowflake
7 47 (6.82%) Serverless
8 45 (6.53%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 36 (5.22%) Amazon S3
11 33 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (4.35%) GitHub
13 28 (4.06%) SaaS
14 22 (3.19%) dbt
15 15 (2.18%) PaaS
15 15 (2.18%) Power Automate
16 14 (2.03%) iPaaS
17 13 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (1.89%) PowerApps
18 12 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) FTP
2 4 (0.58%) SMS
3 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 3 (0.44%) MQTT
3 3 (0.44%) Network Security
3 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (15.97%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (14.37%) Power BI
3 78 (11.32%) SQL Server
4 65 (9.43%) Metadata
5 60 (8.71%) Data Lake
6 54 (7.84%) Pentaho
7 41 (5.95%) Tableau
8 40 (5.81%) Relational Database
9 30 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (4.06%) Oracle Database
11 26 (3.77%) NoSQL
11 26 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (3.34%) MySQL
13 21 (3.05%) Amazon Redshift
13 21 (3.05%) Big Data
14 19 (2.76%) Delta Lake
14 19 (2.76%) SAS Enterprise Guide
15 18 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
16 17 (2.47%) SAS Visual Analytics
17 15 (2.18%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 54 (7.84%) Git
2 36 (5.22%) JIRA
3 30 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.76%) GitLab
5 15 (2.18%) ERwin
6 5 (0.73%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.58%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.58%) Postman
7 4 (0.58%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.29%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.15%) RStudio
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 220 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 162 (23.51%) Finance
3 130 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (16.40%) Public Sector
5 49 (7.11%) Banking
6 26 (3.77%) Retail
7 25 (3.63%) Marketing
8 24 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.74%) Legal
10 12 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.45%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.02%) Automotive
13 7 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.73%) Billing
15 5 (0.73%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.73%) Military
15 5 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 185 (26.85%) Architect
2 184 (26.71%) Data Engineer
3 96 (13.93%) Developer
4 79 (11.47%) Senior
5 74 (10.74%) Data Architect
6 70 (10.16%) Solutions Architect
7 58 (8.42%) Lead
8 52 (7.55%) Analyst
9 30 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
10 27 (3.92%) Consultant
11 24 (3.48%) Technical Leader
12 21 (3.05%) Project Manager
12 21 (3.05%) Technical Architect
13 20 (2.90%) Integration Architect
14 19 (2.76%) Integration Engineer
15 18 (2.61%) Azure Data Engineer
15 18 (2.61%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.61%) Business Analyst
15 18 (2.61%) Data Analyst
15 18 (2.61%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.68%) REST
2 35 (5.08%) Kafka
3 31 (4.50%) React
4 30 (4.35%) JSON
5 28 (4.06%) Middleware
6 25 (3.63%) Node.js
7 22 (3.19%) .NET
8 21 (3.05%) XML
9 20 (2.90%) RESTful
10 19 (2.76%) PySpark
10 19 (2.76%) YAML
11 14 (2.03%) Django
11 14 (2.03%) Flask
11 14 (2.03%) SOAP
12 13 (1.89%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.74%) FastAPI
14 9 (1.31%) GraphQL
15 7 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.02%) Web Services
16 6 (0.87%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 55 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 48 (6.97%) Legacy Systems
3 35 (5.08%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.47%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.18%) Reference Data
7 14 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.74%) AI Agents
8 12 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.74%) Life Science
9 10 (1.45%) IoT
10 9 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.31%) NHS
10 9 (1.31%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.16%) Mainframe
12 7 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (0.87%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.87%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.47%) Unix
2 5 (0.73%) Linux
3 3 (0.44%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (41.22%) Data Modelling
2 269 (39.04%) ETL
3 252 (36.57%) Analytics
4 211 (30.62%) Data Pipeline
5 203 (29.46%) Agile
6 166 (24.09%) CI/CD
7 153 (22.21%) DevOps
8 147 (21.34%) Migration
9 146 (21.19%) Business Intelligence
9 146 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
10 141 (20.46%) Data Engineering
11 124 (18.00%) Data Governance
11 124 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 116 (16.84%) Data Architecture
13 114 (16.55%) AI
14 108 (15.67%) Validation
15 105 (15.24%) Integration Patterns
16 98 (14.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 83 (12.05%) Decision-Making
18 78 (11.32%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 312 (45.28%) SQL
2 169 (24.53%) Python
3 45 (6.53%) Java
4 25 (3.63%) PL/SQL
5 22 (3.19%) C#
6 21 (3.05%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.61%) T-SQL
8 15 (2.18%) Bash
9 13 (1.89%) Shell Script
10 11 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (1.60%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.31%) Bicep
11 9 (1.31%) Scala
12 5 (0.73%) ABAP
12 5 (0.73%) R
13 4 (0.58%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.44%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.44%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 194 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 161 (23.37%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.10%) Degree
4 22 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (2.47%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.31%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.16%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.58%) SAS Certification
12 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.29%) PMP
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) MBA
13 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (26.12%) Data Quality
2 44 (6.39%) GDPR
3 23 (3.34%) QA
4 10 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.45%) GRC
5 8 (1.16%) SLA
5 8 (1.16%) Solvency II
6 7 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.58%) HL7
7 4 (0.58%) IFRS
7 4 (0.58%) PMO
7 4 (0.58%) SNOMED CT
8 3 (0.44%) GxP
8 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.44%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.29%) GMP
9 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (6.82%) Docker
2 10 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (7.40%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.50%) Terraform
3 10 (1.45%) Grafana
4 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.44%) Ansible
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 132 (19.16%) Oracle
2 99 (14.37%) Databricks
2 99 (14.37%) Microsoft
3 73 (10.60%) SAP
4 66 (9.58%) Talend
5 60 (8.71%) Informatica
6 38 (5.52%) Salesforce
7 30 (4.35%) Denodo
8 21 (3.05%) Google
9 16 (2.32%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.18%) MuleSoft
11 12 (1.74%) Cloudera
11 12 (1.74%) NEC
12 9 (1.31%) IBM
13 7 (1.02%) Teradata
14 5 (0.73%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.73%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.73%) Palantir
14 5 (0.73%) SimCorp
14 5 (0.73%) Workday