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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 166 205
Rank change year-on-year -2 +39 +88
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 542 426 434
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.59% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.78% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 283 300
10th Percentile £381 £376 £381
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 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 14
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 £50.19
90th Percentile - £45.38 £60.97
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £48.00
% change year-on-year +102.76% -43.49% +35.21%

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 28,595 23,952 32,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.09% 89.37% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,305 14,693 21,759
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
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 1,790 775 1,732
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.88 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%
75th Percentile £58.65 £63.93 £62.64
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.01
% change year-on-year -22.62% -12.19% +15.66%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +3 293 £575 +4.55% 75
Midlands +2 102 £525 +5.00% 41
West Midlands +3 93 £525 +2.44% 16
South East +12 49 £444 -6.58% 93
North of England -64 46 £500 -10.95% 53
North West -24 30 £455 +7.00% 25
South West -12 18 £675 +40.26% 37
East of England -12 16 £503 -4.29% 33
Yorkshire -60 14 £510 -10.53% 21
East Midlands -22 9 £447 +20.00% 24
North East -16 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 (13.28%) SAS
2 45 (8.30%) Apache Spark
3 28 (5.17%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.40%) Apache
5 11 (2.03%) CMS
6 7 (1.29%) Confluence
6 7 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.11%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.74%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.18%) Luigi
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.11%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.74%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.55%) Maximo
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.55%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.55%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.55%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.37%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.37%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.37%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 199 (36.72%) Azure
2 95 (17.53%) AWS
3 75 (13.84%) Power Platform
4 70 (12.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 40 (7.38%) GCP
6 38 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (6.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (6.27%) Snowflake
8 31 (5.72%) SaaS
9 23 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (3.14%) dbt
10 17 (3.14%) Serverless
11 16 (2.95%) PaaS
12 14 (2.58%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.21%) GitHub
14 12 (2.21%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.03%) Azure AKS
16 10 (1.85%) OCI
17 9 (1.66%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) 2G
1 2 (0.37%) 5G
1 2 (0.37%) FTP
1 2 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (0.37%) SMS
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) DWDM
2 1 (0.18%) Firewall
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (25.28%) Data Warehouse
2 70 (12.92%) Power BI
3 49 (9.04%) Metadata
4 46 (8.49%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.75%) Data Lake
6 41 (7.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (7.56%) NoSQL
7 38 (7.01%) Pentaho
8 33 (6.09%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 26 (4.80%) Oracle Database
10 25 (4.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (4.43%) Relational Database
12 23 (4.24%) Tableau
13 16 (2.95%) Big Data
14 15 (2.77%) Delta Lake
15 14 (2.58%) Data Vault
16 12 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
16 12 (2.21%) SAS Visual Analytics
17 10 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 76 (14.02%) Git
2 58 (10.70%) JIRA
3 50 (9.23%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.29%) GitLab
5 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.55%) ERwin
6 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.37%) git-flow
7 2 (0.37%) MLflow
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.37%) TestRail
8 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.18%) Terragrunt
General
1 221 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 168 (31.00%) Finance
3 113 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (10.70%) Public Sector
5 46 (8.49%) Banking
6 21 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.58%) Financial Institution
7 14 (2.58%) Marketing
8 13 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.21%) Back Office
9 12 (2.21%) Front Office
10 11 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.03%) Retail
10 11 (2.03%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.48%) Legal
12 6 (1.11%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.11%) Retail Banking
13 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (20.85%) Data Engineer
2 95 (17.53%) Architect
3 79 (14.58%) Developer
4 49 (9.04%) Analyst
5 45 (8.30%) Consultant
6 42 (7.75%) Lead
7 41 (7.56%) Solutions Architect
8 38 (7.01%) Data Architect
9 37 (6.83%) Senior
10 32 (5.90%) Azure Engineer
11 29 (5.35%) Azure Data Engineer
12 28 (5.17%) Business Analyst
13 23 (4.24%) Release Manager
14 16 (2.95%) Integration Architect
15 15 (2.77%) Project Manager
16 14 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
17 13 (2.40%) Senior Data Engineer
18 12 (2.21%) Azure Architect
18 12 (2.21%) Data Integration Engineer
18 12 (2.21%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.86%) REST
2 36 (6.64%) PySpark
3 29 (5.35%) Kafka
4 20 (3.69%) JSON
5 17 (3.14%) Middleware
5 17 (3.14%) XML
6 16 (2.95%) Oracle Fusion
6 16 (2.95%) SOAP
7 15 (2.77%) RESTful
8 13 (2.40%) .NET
9 11 (2.03%) Node.js
10 10 (1.85%) React
11 9 (1.66%) EDI
12 8 (1.48%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.48%) HTML
13 7 (1.29%) FHIR
14 6 (1.11%) CSS
14 6 (1.11%) OAuth
14 6 (1.11%) XSLT
15 5 (0.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.54%) Data Structures
2 26 (4.80%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.77%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.21%) NHS
8 10 (1.85%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.29%) Credit Risk
10 7 (1.29%) Data Fabric
10 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.11%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.11%) Reinsurance
11 6 (1.11%) Replication
12 5 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.92%) Taxonomies
13 4 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.85%) Linux
2 6 (1.11%) Windows
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (41.88%) Data Modelling
2 213 (39.30%) Agile
3 184 (33.95%) Analytics
4 180 (33.21%) ETL
5 175 (32.29%) Problem-Solving
6 157 (28.97%) Data Pipeline
7 132 (24.35%) Business Intelligence
7 132 (24.35%) Data Governance
8 130 (23.99%) DevOps
9 121 (22.32%) CI/CD
10 91 (16.79%) Data Engineering
11 90 (16.61%) Data Architecture
12 87 (16.05%) Validation
13 86 (15.87%) Migration
14 78 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 77 (14.21%) Scrum
16 72 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 72 (13.28%) Integration Patterns
17 60 (11.07%) Decision-Making
18 55 (10.15%) AI
Programming Languages
1 260 (47.97%) SQL
2 136 (25.09%) Python
3 31 (5.72%) Java
4 30 (5.54%) Scala
5 25 (4.61%) C#
5 25 (4.61%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.51%) VB
7 18 (3.32%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.77%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.66%) Groovy
10 9 (1.66%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.29%) R
11 7 (1.29%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.11%) Bicep
12 6 (1.11%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.55%) Korn
14 2 (0.37%) Go
14 2 (0.37%) IronPython
14 2 (0.37%) LookML
Qualifications
1 143 (26.38%) Security Cleared
2 123 (22.69%) SC Cleared
3 47 (8.67%) Degree
4 34 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.43%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.69%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.48%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.29%) PMP
9 6 (1.11%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.11%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.37%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.18%) CISSP
12 1 (0.18%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.18%) MBA
12 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.18%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (27.86%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.80%) GDPR
3 24 (4.43%) QA
4 8 (1.48%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.29%) HL7
6 5 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.55%) GMP
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS
7 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) GAAP
8 2 (0.37%) NCSC
8 2 (0.37%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) Basel III
9 1 (0.18%) DICOM
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.18%) MiFID
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (12.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (11.25%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.98%) Terraform
3 6 (1.11%) Kibana
4 4 (0.74%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.74%) logstash
5 3 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.37%) Ansible
6 2 (0.37%) Control-M
7 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.18%) Puppet
7 1 (0.18%) SCCM
7 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 105 (19.37%) Oracle
2 97 (17.90%) Microsoft
3 79 (14.58%) Databricks
4 46 (8.49%) SAP
5 42 (7.75%) Talend
6 36 (6.64%) Denodo
7 28 (5.17%) Informatica
8 16 (2.95%) Google
9 14 (2.58%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.85%) Adobe
10 10 (1.85%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.66%) Software AG
11 9 (1.66%) Workday
12 8 (1.48%) IBM
13 6 (1.11%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.74%) Brio
14 4 (0.74%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.74%) Solace
14 4 (0.74%) TIBCO
15 3 (0.55%) Teradata