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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 162 207
Rank change year-on-year -16 +45 +58
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 630 417 437
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.74% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.90% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 292 323
10th Percentile £400 £363 £385
25th Percentile £441 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £632 £719
90th Percentile £775 £736 £823
UK median daily rate £537 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £47.75 - £48.70
25th Percentile £54.00 £72.50 £51.63
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +29.31% +183.76%
75th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £64.13
90th Percentile £86.55 - £66.90
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £58.00
% change year-on-year -14.67% +29.31% +183.76%

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 35,523 21,911 31,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.02% 91.34% 85.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,505 14,200 20,503
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -0.36% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,228 974 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.53 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.77% -23.93% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £27.64 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.50% -24.27% +1.39%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -32 290 £575 +4.55% 136
Midlands +22 167 £469 +0.86% 29
West Midlands +30 154 £469 -5.25% 20
North of England -46 63 £525 +4.58% 36
South East -49 54 £575 +4.55% 41
North West -19 37 £500 -2.82% 22
South West -29 23 £516 +11.46% 23
Yorkshire -50 19 £550 +15.79% 8
East of England -25 17 £588 +6.82% 4
East Midlands -24 13 £444 +6.73% 9
North East - 7 £625 - 6
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 63 (10.00%) SAS
2 28 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.44%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.86%) Confluence
4 10 (1.59%) Apache
5 6 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.79%) Camunda
6 5 (0.79%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.32%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) Appian
8 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.16%) Mendix
8 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.48%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.48%) Revit
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.95%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.79%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.63%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.63%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.48%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.48%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.48%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.32%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.32%) SAP MDM
7 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 259 (41.11%) Azure
2 154 (24.44%) AWS
3 97 (15.40%) Power Platform
4 68 (10.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 54 (8.57%) GCP
6 47 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (6.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (6.03%) Snowflake
9 35 (5.56%) SaaS
10 34 (5.40%) Serverless
11 32 (5.08%) GitHub
12 23 (3.65%) Amazon S3
12 23 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (3.02%) dbt
14 17 (2.70%) PaaS
15 14 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (2.22%) Power Automate
16 12 (1.90%) iPaaS
16 12 (1.90%) PowerApps
17 11 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.27%) FTP
2 6 (0.95%) SMS
3 3 (0.48%) MQTT
3 3 (0.48%) VPN
4 2 (0.32%) Firewall
4 2 (0.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (16.83%) Data Warehouse
2 91 (14.44%) Power BI
3 74 (11.75%) SQL Server
4 58 (9.21%) Metadata
5 52 (8.25%) Data Lake
5 52 (8.25%) Pentaho
6 38 (6.03%) Relational Database
7 36 (5.71%) Tableau
8 33 (5.24%) NoSQL
9 28 (4.44%) Oracle Database
10 25 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (3.81%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 23 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (2.86%) MySQL
14 16 (2.54%) Big Data
14 16 (2.54%) Delta Lake
14 16 (2.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
15 13 (2.06%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 59 (9.37%) Git
2 40 (6.35%) JIRA
3 32 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.70%) GitLab
5 12 (1.90%) ERwin
6 5 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.63%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.63%) Postman
7 4 (0.63%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.48%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.32%) git-flow
9 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.16%) MLflow
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.16%) RStudio
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 185 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 159 (25.24%) Finance
3 125 (19.84%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (14.92%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.57%) Banking
6 24 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.33%) Marketing
8 18 (2.86%) Retail
9 14 (2.22%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.75%) Legal
11 7 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.11%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.95%) General Ledger
12 6 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.79%) Front Office
13 5 (0.79%) Publishing
14 4 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 169 (26.83%) Data Engineer
2 155 (24.60%) Architect
3 86 (13.65%) Developer
4 67 (10.63%) Solutions Architect
5 66 (10.48%) Senior
6 60 (9.52%) Data Architect
7 49 (7.78%) Lead
8 42 (6.67%) Analyst
9 32 (5.08%) Consultant
10 27 (4.29%) Senior Data Engineer
11 25 (3.97%) Integration Architect
12 23 (3.65%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.17%) Integration Engineer
14 19 (3.02%) Release Manager
15 18 (2.86%) Azure Data Engineer
15 18 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.86%) Technical Architect
15 18 (2.86%) Technical Leader
16 17 (2.70%) Azure Architect
16 17 (2.70%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.78%) REST
2 33 (5.24%) Kafka
3 32 (5.08%) Middleware
4 29 (4.60%) JSON
5 28 (4.44%) PySpark
6 25 (3.97%) .NET
6 25 (3.97%) React
7 24 (3.81%) Node.js
8 19 (3.02%) RESTful
8 19 (3.02%) YAML
9 18 (2.86%) XML
10 15 (2.38%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.22%) Django
11 14 (2.22%) Flask
12 11 (1.75%) SOAP
13 9 (1.43%) Pandas
14 8 (1.27%) HTML
14 8 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.11%) .NET Core
15 7 (1.11%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.51%) Legacy Systems
3 29 (4.60%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.44%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.97%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.22%) Reference Data
8 10 (1.59%) NHS
9 9 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.27%) IoT
10 8 (1.27%) Life Science
10 8 (1.27%) Mainframe
11 7 (1.11%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.95%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.95%) Data Fabric
12 6 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.38%) Unix
2 6 (0.95%) Linux
3 5 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (41.27%) Data Modelling
2 227 (36.03%) Analytics
3 222 (35.24%) ETL
4 192 (30.48%) Agile
5 181 (28.73%) Data Pipeline
6 156 (24.76%) CI/CD
7 153 (24.29%) DevOps
8 142 (22.54%) Business Intelligence
9 139 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (19.05%) Migration
11 111 (17.62%) Data Engineering
12 110 (17.46%) Data Governance
12 110 (17.46%) Integration Patterns
13 102 (16.19%) Validation
14 98 (15.56%) Data Architecture
15 89 (14.13%) AI
15 89 (14.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 81 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 75 (11.90%) Decision-Making
18 74 (11.75%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 293 (46.51%) SQL
2 140 (22.22%) Python
3 38 (6.03%) Java
4 29 (4.60%) C#
5 26 (4.13%) JavaScript
5 26 (4.13%) PL/SQL
6 18 (2.86%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.70%) Scala
8 15 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.90%) Bash
9 12 (1.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.95%) Bicep
11 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.63%) R
13 3 (0.48%) ABAP
13 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.16%) SHACL
14 1 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 175 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 147 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.51%) Degree
4 28 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.38%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.27%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.48%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.32%) PMP
13 2 (0.32%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.16%) MBA
14 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (24.92%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.40%) GDPR
3 21 (3.33%) QA
4 7 (1.11%) SLA
4 7 (1.11%) Solvency II
5 6 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.79%) GRC
6 5 (0.79%) IFRS
6 5 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.63%) HL7
7 4 (0.63%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) FATCA
9 2 (0.32%) GxP
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) GMP
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (6.51%) Docker
2 8 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 44 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.81%) Terraform
3 10 (1.59%) Grafana
4 4 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.48%) Control-M
5 3 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 126 (20.00%) Oracle
2 98 (15.56%) Databricks
3 89 (14.13%) Microsoft
4 65 (10.32%) SAP
5 62 (9.84%) Talend
6 52 (8.25%) Informatica
7 31 (4.92%) Denodo
8 26 (4.13%) Salesforce
9 17 (2.70%) Google
10 12 (1.90%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.90%) NEC
10 12 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.75%) Cloudera
12 8 (1.27%) Adobe
13 7 (1.11%) Software AG
14 6 (0.95%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.79%) IBM
15 5 (0.79%) SimCorp
15 5 (0.79%) Workday
16 4 (0.63%) Infor