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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 172 210
Rank change year-on-year +19 +38 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 813 451 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.65% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.82% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 312 263
10th Percentile £400 £363 £365
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £541
% change year-on-year +4.76% -3.00% -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 4
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 £39.69
90th Percentile £83.62 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +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 38,735 24,846 28,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,900 15,805 17,939
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,596 1,469 1,428
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.38 £17.87 £18.50
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 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -2 385 £600 +4.35% 366
Midlands +25 157 £469 -9.55% 43
West Midlands +26 140 £469 -9.55% 31
North of England +15 111 £500 - 90
South East -38 83 £525 - 86
North West -5 66 £500 - 66
South West -20 33 £555 +38.75% 41
Yorkshire -24 27 £450 -5.26% 16
North East -24 19 £520 -5.45% 8
East of England -17 18 £600 +19.40% 32
East Midlands -15 17 £455 +10.98% 12
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 78 (9.59%) SAS
2 41 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (3.08%) Confluence
4 23 (2.83%) Apache Spark
5 20 (2.46%) Apache
6 11 (1.35%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.49%) Camunda
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.25%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Luigi
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.37%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.74%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.49%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.25%) Endur
8 2 (0.25%) Maximo
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
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
Cloud Services
1 314 (38.62%) Azure
2 217 (26.69%) AWS
3 120 (14.76%) Power Platform
4 82 (10.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 75 (9.23%) GCP
6 65 (8.00%) Serverless
7 61 (7.50%) Snowflake
8 50 (6.15%) Amazon S3
8 50 (6.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 47 (5.78%) AWS Lambda
10 40 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (4.18%) GitHub
12 29 (3.57%) dbt
13 25 (3.08%) SaaS
14 22 (2.71%) OCI
15 18 (2.21%) Power Automate
16 16 (1.97%) Azure Databricks
16 16 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.74%) Firewall
2 5 (0.62%) DNS
2 5 (0.62%) VPN
3 4 (0.49%) DHCP
3 4 (0.49%) SMS
3 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.37%) FTP
4 3 (0.37%) MQTT
5 2 (0.25%) Network Security
5 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.25%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) DMZ
6 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (17.22%) Data Warehouse
2 107 (13.16%) Power BI
3 90 (11.07%) Metadata
4 77 (9.47%) SQL Server
5 75 (9.23%) Data Lake
6 50 (6.15%) Pentaho
7 49 (6.03%) Relational Database
8 45 (5.54%) Oracle Database
9 41 (5.04%) Tableau
10 38 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
11 31 (3.81%) Amazon Redshift
12 29 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 28 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
14 24 (2.95%) DataStage
15 23 (2.83%) NoSQL
16 20 (2.46%) Big Data
16 20 (2.46%) BigQuery
16 20 (2.46%) MySQL
17 19 (2.34%) DynamoDB
17 19 (2.34%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 58 (7.13%) Git
2 33 (4.06%) JIRA
3 24 (2.95%) GitLab
3 24 (2.95%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.23%) ERwin
5 5 (0.62%) Postman
5 5 (0.62%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.25%) RStudio
8 2 (0.25%) TestRail
8 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.12%) Toad
9 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 270 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 185 (22.76%) Finance
3 146 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (16.73%) Public Sector
5 69 (8.49%) Banking
6 30 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.44%) Retail
8 26 (3.20%) Marketing
9 16 (1.97%) Legal
10 14 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.35%) Front Office
12 11 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.23%) Billing
13 10 (1.23%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.11%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.86%) Automotive
16 7 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 234 (28.78%) Architect
2 201 (24.72%) Data Engineer
3 98 (12.05%) Developer
4 89 (10.95%) Senior
5 87 (10.70%) Data Architect
6 78 (9.59%) Lead
7 74 (9.10%) Solutions Architect
8 66 (8.12%) Analyst
9 38 (4.67%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (3.69%) Technical Leader
11 28 (3.44%) Consultant
12 26 (3.20%) Integration Architect
13 25 (3.08%) Data Analyst
13 25 (3.08%) Technical Architect
14 23 (2.83%) Integration Engineer
15 21 (2.58%) Business Analyst
15 21 (2.58%) SQL Developer
16 20 (2.46%) Project Manager
17 17 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
18 15 (1.85%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.66%) Terraform
2 45 (5.54%) Kafka
3 42 (5.17%) REST
4 35 (4.31%) JSON
5 34 (4.18%) React
6 32 (3.94%) PySpark
7 31 (3.81%) Middleware
8 23 (2.83%) .NET
9 21 (2.58%) XML
10 17 (2.09%) Node.js
10 17 (2.09%) RESTful
11 15 (1.85%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.48%) SOAP
13 10 (1.23%) AngularJS
14 8 (0.98%) Django
14 8 (0.98%) GraphQL
14 8 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (0.98%) Spring Boot
14 8 (0.98%) YAML
15 7 (0.86%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.49%) Cloud Native
2 50 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.29%) Data Structures
4 30 (3.69%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.71%) Reference Data
7 20 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 16 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.85%) Life Science
10 15 (1.85%) Replication
11 14 (1.72%) Data Fabric
12 8 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.98%) Mainframe
12 8 (0.98%) NHS
12 8 (0.98%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.95%) Unix
2 22 (2.71%) Linux
3 9 (1.11%) Windows
4 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (40.84%) ETL
2 319 (39.24%) Data Modelling
3 303 (37.27%) Analytics
4 228 (28.04%) Agile
5 227 (27.92%) Data Pipeline
6 199 (24.48%) Migration
7 193 (23.74%) CI/CD
8 180 (22.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 175 (21.53%) Data Engineering
10 170 (20.91%) DevOps
11 152 (18.70%) Business Intelligence
12 151 (18.57%) AI
13 150 (18.45%) Data Governance
14 145 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
15 142 (17.47%) Data Architecture
16 140 (17.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 121 (14.88%) Integration Patterns
18 120 (14.76%) Validation
19 106 (13.04%) Data Migration
19 106 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 345 (42.44%) SQL
2 206 (25.34%) Python
3 39 (4.80%) Java
3 39 (4.80%) PL/SQL
4 28 (3.44%) TypeScript
5 22 (2.71%) T-SQL
6 21 (2.58%) C#
7 19 (2.34%) Bash
8 18 (2.21%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.21%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.23%) Bicep
11 8 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.98%) Scala
12 7 (0.86%) R
13 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.37%) Cypher
14 3 (0.37%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 262 (32.23%) Security Cleared
2 221 (27.18%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.17%) Degree
4 22 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.46%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.09%) Azure Certification
7 13 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.74%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.62%) PMP
12 4 (0.49%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (26.20%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.55%) GDPR
3 32 (3.94%) GRC
4 26 (3.20%) QA
5 20 (2.46%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.86%) PMO
7 6 (0.74%) SLA
7 6 (0.74%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.49%) IFRS
9 4 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 4 (0.49%) WCAG
10 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.37%) GxP
10 3 (0.37%) HL7
10 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.37%) NCSC
11 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 45 (5.54%) Docker
2 7 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (7.13%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.21%) Grafana
3 11 (1.35%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.23%) Ansible
5 6 (0.74%) Control-M
5 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.49%) Argo
7 3 (0.37%) Istio
8 2 (0.25%) Kibana
8 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 173 (21.28%) Oracle
2 125 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 116 (14.27%) Databricks
4 80 (9.84%) SAP
5 63 (7.75%) Informatica
6 59 (7.26%) Talend
7 39 (4.80%) Salesforce
8 32 (3.94%) Google
9 25 (3.08%) Denodo
10 22 (2.71%) IBM
11 21 (2.58%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.35%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.35%) NEC
12 11 (1.35%) Teradata
13 9 (1.11%) Workday
14 8 (0.98%) Ariba
14 8 (0.98%) Cloudera
15 7 (0.86%) Palantir
15 7 (0.86%) Sparx
16 6 (0.74%) VMware