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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 155 201
Rank change year-on-year -21 +46 +84
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 522 426 452
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.64% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.83% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 282 311
10th Percentile £393 £367 £381
25th Percentile £463 £431 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -1.53%
75th Percentile £638 £667 £700
90th Percentile £768 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 13
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% +72.73%
75th Percentile £57.50 £52.81 £50.25
90th Percentile £75.69 £69.13 £62.32
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +72.73%

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 29,128 23,342 33,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.51% 89.73% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,638 14,331 22,291
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £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 1,831 740 1,986
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.03 £16.54
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% - -
75th Percentile £60.13 £64.50 £61.62
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.66 £34.36
% change year-on-year -22.98% -4.95% +5.71%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -7 291 £575 +4.55% 64
Midlands -12 85 £523 -0.48% 22
West Midlands -17 78 £525 - 15
South East +8 48 £475 -9.52% 45
North of England -59 46 £500 -10.95% 32
North West -20 27 £451 +6.12% 22
South West -27 19 £650 +36.84% 18
East of England -9 16 £513 -2.38% 8
Yorkshire -63 16 £530 -6.53% 6
East Midlands -24 7 £449 +20.40% 7
North East -16 3 £525 -18.92% 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 53 (10.15%) SAS
2 46 (8.81%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (2.68%) Apache
5 11 (2.11%) CMS
6 6 (1.15%) Confluence
7 4 (0.77%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.77%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.19%) Camunda
10 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.19%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.77%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.57%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.57%) Maximo
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.57%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.57%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.57%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.38%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.38%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.38%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.38%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 200 (38.31%) Azure
2 98 (18.77%) AWS
3 77 (14.75%) Power Platform
4 74 (14.18%) Azure Data Factory
5 46 (8.81%) GCP
6 39 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 35 (6.70%) SaaS
9 31 (5.94%) Snowflake
10 22 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (3.45%) dbt
12 16 (3.07%) Serverless
13 13 (2.49%) Power Automate
14 12 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.30%) GitHub
15 11 (2.11%) Azure AKS
15 11 (2.11%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.92%) PaaS
17 9 (1.72%) Azure Functions
17 9 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.57%) FTP
2 2 (0.38%) 2G
2 2 (0.38%) 5G
2 2 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (0.38%) SMS
3 1 (0.19%) 4G
3 1 (0.19%) DWDM
3 1 (0.19%) Firewall
3 1 (0.19%) Network Security
3 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (26.05%) Data Warehouse
2 71 (13.60%) Power BI
3 51 (9.77%) Metadata
4 48 (9.20%) SQL Server
5 44 (8.43%) Data Lake
6 41 (7.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (7.66%) NoSQL
8 27 (5.17%) Pentaho
8 27 (5.17%) Relational Database
9 25 (4.79%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 24 (4.60%) Oracle Database
11 22 (4.21%) Tableau
12 21 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (3.07%) Big Data
13 16 (3.07%) Delta Lake
14 12 (2.30%) Data Vault
14 12 (2.30%) MySQL
14 12 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
15 10 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
15 10 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (12.64%) Git
2 46 (8.81%) JIRA
3 39 (7.47%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.57%) GitLab
4 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.38%) ERwin
5 2 (0.38%) git-flow
5 2 (0.38%) MLflow
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.38%) TestRail
6 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
6 1 (0.19%) Mocha
6 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
General
1 216 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 166 (31.80%) Finance
3 107 (20.50%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 48 (9.20%) Banking
6 20 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.68%) Marketing
7 14 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.49%) Front Office
9 12 (2.30%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.30%) Retail
10 11 (2.11%) Back Office
11 10 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.34%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.15%) Legal
15 5 (0.96%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (21.46%) Data Engineer
2 100 (19.16%) Architect
3 79 (15.13%) Developer
4 45 (8.62%) Analyst
5 43 (8.24%) Consultant
6 42 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
7 41 (7.85%) Senior
8 40 (7.66%) Data Architect
9 39 (7.47%) Lead
10 33 (6.32%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (5.75%) Azure Data Engineer
12 25 (4.79%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.64%) Release Manager
14 16 (3.07%) Integration Architect
15 14 (2.68%) Azure Architect
15 14 (2.68%) Integration Engineer
16 13 (2.49%) Data Analyst
16 13 (2.49%) Senior Data Engineer
17 12 (2.30%) Oracle Consultant
17 12 (2.30%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.20%) REST
2 36 (6.90%) PySpark
3 28 (5.36%) Kafka
4 22 (4.21%) JSON
5 19 (3.64%) XML
6 16 (3.07%) Middleware
6 16 (3.07%) RESTful
6 16 (3.07%) SOAP
7 14 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (2.49%) .NET
9 11 (2.11%) Node.js
10 10 (1.92%) React
11 9 (1.72%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.53%) EDI
12 8 (1.53%) HTML
13 7 (1.34%) FHIR
13 7 (1.34%) Web Services
14 6 (1.15%) CSS
14 6 (1.15%) OAuth
15 5 (0.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.56%) Data Structures
2 23 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.30%) NHS
6 11 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.34%) Data Fabric
8 7 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.15%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
9 6 (1.15%) IoT
9 6 (1.15%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.15%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.15%) Replication
10 5 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.96%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.92%) Linux
2 6 (1.15%) Unix
2 6 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (41.38%) Data Modelling
2 197 (37.74%) Agile
3 168 (32.18%) Analytics
3 168 (32.18%) ETL
4 162 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
5 143 (27.39%) Data Pipeline
6 126 (24.14%) Data Governance
7 119 (22.80%) Business Intelligence
8 114 (21.84%) DevOps
9 104 (19.92%) CI/CD
10 93 (17.82%) Data Engineering
11 91 (17.43%) Data Architecture
12 83 (15.90%) Migration
12 83 (15.90%) Validation
13 78 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 72 (13.79%) Integration Patterns
15 64 (12.26%) Scrum
16 62 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 60 (11.49%) AI
18 57 (10.92%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 248 (47.51%) SQL
2 135 (25.86%) Python
3 29 (5.56%) Java
4 28 (5.36%) Scala
5 26 (4.98%) C#
6 24 (4.60%) JavaScript
7 18 (3.45%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.45%) VB
8 14 (2.68%) PL/SQL
9 12 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (2.30%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.72%) Groovy
11 7 (1.34%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.34%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.15%) Bicep
12 6 (1.15%) R
13 3 (0.57%) Korn
14 2 (0.38%) ABAP
14 2 (0.38%) Go
14 2 (0.38%) IronPython
Qualifications
1 126 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 111 (21.26%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.43%) Degree
4 32 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.41%) Azure Certification
6 21 (4.02%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.53%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.96%) PMP
11 4 (0.77%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.19%) CISSP
14 1 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.19%) MBA
14 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (27.20%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.56%) GDPR
3 26 (4.98%) QA
4 9 (1.72%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.34%) HL7
6 6 (1.15%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.57%) GMP
7 3 (0.57%) IFRS
7 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.38%) FATCA
8 2 (0.38%) GAAP
8 2 (0.38%) GRC
8 2 (0.38%) NCSC
8 2 (0.38%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (9.77%) Docker
2 4 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (8.81%) Kubernetes
2 27 (5.17%) Terraform
3 6 (1.15%) Kibana
4 4 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.77%) logstash
5 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.38%) Ansible
6 2 (0.38%) Control-M
7 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.19%) SCCM
7 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 90 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 88 (16.86%) Oracle
3 82 (15.71%) Databricks
4 45 (8.62%) SAP
5 37 (7.09%) Talend
6 31 (5.94%) Informatica
7 25 (4.79%) Denodo
8 15 (2.87%) Salesforce
9 13 (2.49%) Google
10 11 (2.11%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.92%) Adobe
12 9 (1.72%) Software AG
12 9 (1.72%) Workday
13 8 (1.53%) IBM
13 8 (1.53%) MuleSoft
14 6 (1.15%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.96%) Sitecore
16 4 (0.77%) Murex
16 4 (0.77%) Sage
16 4 (0.77%) TIBCO