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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 179 198
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 762 423 421
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.53% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.69% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 296 302
10th Percentile £400 £358 £375
25th Percentile £438 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £697
90th Percentile £738 £725 £813
UK median daily rate £541 £525 £546
% change year-on-year +2.95% -3.89% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.96 - -
Median hourly rate £69.44 - £30.00
75th Percentile £83.25 - £39.69
90th Percentile £86.00 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £53.25 - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 38,823 25,045 28,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.31% 90.74% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,257 16,045 18,963
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,475 1,380 1,752
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.87 £17.80
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -11 347 £600 +9.09% 184
Midlands +45 173 £469 -6.90% 27
West Midlands +35 154 £469 -8.49% 19
North of England -10 100 £510 +2.00% 45
South East -46 67 £529 +2.67% 64
North West -17 61 £538 +6.65% 28
South West -25 31 £516 +8.53% 31
Yorkshire -27 23 £475 - 10
East of England -8 19 £578 +0.43% 7
East Midlands -9 19 £455 +4.72% 8
North East - 17 £520 - 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 90 (11.81%) SAS
2 39 (5.12%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.36%) Confluence
5 16 (2.10%) Apache
6 10 (1.31%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.52%) Camunda
7 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.26%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.26%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Appian
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) Luigi
9 1 (0.13%) Mendix
9 1 (0.13%) Mule
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 12 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.39%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.39%) Revit
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.79%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.66%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.66%) SAP HCM
4 5 (0.66%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.52%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.52%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.39%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.26%) Endur
7 2 (0.26%) Maximo
7 2 (0.26%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 287 (37.66%) Azure
2 197 (25.85%) AWS
3 111 (14.57%) Power Platform
4 73 (9.58%) GCP
5 71 (9.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 54 (7.09%) Snowflake
7 52 (6.82%) Serverless
8 46 (6.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 42 (5.51%) Amazon S3
10 39 (5.12%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
11 33 (4.33%) GitHub
12 23 (3.02%) SaaS
13 20 (2.62%) dbt
14 19 (2.49%) Power Automate
15 17 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (2.23%) PowerApps
16 15 (1.97%) OCI
17 14 (1.84%) iPaaS
17 14 (1.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.79%) FTP
2 4 (0.52%) Firewall
2 4 (0.52%) SMS
2 4 (0.52%) VPN
3 3 (0.39%) MQTT
3 3 (0.39%) Network Security
4 2 (0.26%) DNS
4 2 (0.26%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) DHCP
5 1 (0.13%) DMZ
5 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (16.01%) Data Warehouse
2 103 (13.52%) Power BI
3 72 (9.45%) SQL Server
4 70 (9.19%) Metadata
5 66 (8.66%) Data Lake
6 60 (7.87%) Pentaho
7 43 (5.64%) Relational Database
8 40 (5.25%) Tableau
9 38 (4.99%) Oracle Database
10 32 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
11 28 (3.67%) NoSQL
12 27 (3.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 24 (3.15%) MySQL
13 24 (3.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (3.02%) Big Data
15 21 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
16 19 (2.49%) BigQuery
16 19 (2.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
17 17 (2.23%) DataStage
17 17 (2.23%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 59 (7.74%) Git
2 32 (4.20%) Jenkins
3 31 (4.07%) JIRA
4 21 (2.76%) GitLab
5 13 (1.71%) ERwin
6 7 (0.92%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.66%) ER Studio
7 5 (0.66%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.52%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.52%) Postman
9 2 (0.26%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.13%) MLflow
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) RStudio
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 233 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 167 (21.92%) Finance
3 131 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (16.01%) Public Sector
5 54 (7.09%) Banking
6 28 (3.67%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.54%) Marketing
8 25 (3.28%) Retail
9 23 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.71%) Legal
12 12 (1.57%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.31%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.05%) Front Office
16 7 (0.92%) Automotive
17 6 (0.79%) Billing
17 6 (0.79%) Military
18 5 (0.66%) Aviation
19 4 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 222 (29.13%) Architect
2 198 (25.98%) Data Engineer
3 101 (13.25%) Developer
4 84 (11.02%) Senior
5 81 (10.63%) Data Architect
6 70 (9.19%) Solutions Architect
7 62 (8.14%) Lead
8 57 (7.48%) Analyst
9 31 (4.07%) Senior Data Engineer
10 26 (3.41%) Consultant
11 25 (3.28%) Technical Leader
12 23 (3.02%) Integration Architect
13 22 (2.89%) Business Analyst
13 22 (2.89%) Technical Architect
14 21 (2.76%) Project Manager
15 20 (2.62%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.62%) Senior Developer
16 19 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
16 19 (2.49%) Data Analyst
16 19 (2.49%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (6.69%) REST
2 44 (5.77%) Kafka
3 33 (4.33%) JSON
4 32 (4.20%) Middleware
4 32 (4.20%) React
5 23 (3.02%) .NET
5 23 (3.02%) Node.js
5 23 (3.02%) PySpark
6 20 (2.62%) RESTful
6 20 (2.62%) XML
7 17 (2.23%) YAML
8 14 (1.84%) SOAP
9 13 (1.71%) Django
9 13 (1.71%) FastAPI
9 13 (1.71%) Flask
10 11 (1.44%) AngularJS
11 10 (1.31%) GraphQL
12 7 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (0.92%) pytest
12 7 (0.92%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.74%) Cloud Native
2 54 (7.09%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.64%) Data Structures
4 28 (3.67%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.49%) Reference Data
6 18 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.84%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.84%) Life Science
10 10 (1.31%) Taxonomies
11 9 (1.18%) NHS
12 8 (1.05%) Clustering
12 8 (1.05%) IoT
12 8 (1.05%) Mainframe
12 8 (1.05%) Replication
13 7 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.79%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.62%) Unix
2 14 (1.84%) Linux
3 6 (0.79%) Windows
4 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (40.94%) ETL
2 305 (40.03%) Data Modelling
3 292 (38.32%) Analytics
4 221 (29.00%) Data Pipeline
5 219 (28.74%) Agile
6 183 (24.02%) CI/CD
7 168 (22.05%) Migration
8 162 (21.26%) DevOps
9 153 (20.08%) Business Intelligence
10 149 (19.55%) Data Engineering
11 143 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
12 142 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 130 (17.06%) Data Governance
14 129 (16.93%) Data Architecture
15 121 (15.88%) AI
16 115 (15.09%) Integration Patterns
16 115 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 111 (14.57%) Validation
18 92 (12.07%) Data Migration
19 91 (11.94%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 328 (43.04%) SQL
2 178 (23.36%) Python
3 43 (5.64%) Java
4 30 (3.94%) PL/SQL
5 21 (2.76%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.62%) C#
6 20 (2.62%) JavaScript
7 18 (2.36%) Bash
7 18 (2.36%) T-SQL
8 16 (2.10%) Shell Script
9 11 (1.44%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.05%) Bicep
11 8 (1.05%) Scala
12 6 (0.79%) ABAP
13 5 (0.66%) R
14 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.52%) Gremlin
14 4 (0.52%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.39%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 246 (32.28%) Security Cleared
2 211 (27.69%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.72%) Degree
4 17 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.97%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.52%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.39%) PMP
13 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.13%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (26.25%) Data Quality
2 39 (5.12%) GDPR
3 31 (4.07%) GRC
4 23 (3.02%) QA
5 18 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.05%) Solvency II
7 7 (0.92%) PMO
7 7 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.92%) SLA
8 5 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
10 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) GxP
10 3 (0.39%) HL7
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.39%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.26%) FATCA
System Software
1 50 (6.56%) Docker
2 8 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 35 (4.59%) Terraform
3 14 (1.84%) Grafana
4 6 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.66%) Ansible
5 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.52%) Argo
6 4 (0.52%) Control-M
7 2 (0.26%) Istio
8 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 167 (21.92%) Oracle
2 104 (13.65%) Microsoft
3 101 (13.25%) Databricks
4 81 (10.63%) SAP
5 71 (9.32%) Talend
6 62 (8.14%) Informatica
7 40 (5.25%) Salesforce
8 33 (4.33%) Denodo
9 25 (3.28%) Google
10 18 (2.36%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.97%) IBM
12 13 (1.71%) Cloudera
12 13 (1.71%) MuleSoft
13 12 (1.57%) NEC
14 9 (1.18%) Workday
15 7 (0.92%) Teradata
16 6 (0.79%) Sparx
17 5 (0.66%) Alteryx
17 5 (0.66%) Bloomberg
17 5 (0.66%) Palantir