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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 176 195
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 +96
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 523 409 441
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.49% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.68% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 268 307
10th Percentile £381 £394 £385
25th Percentile £463 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -2.05% -7.37%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £682
90th Percentile £775 £738 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 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% +33.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £29.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £45.38 £62.32
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +33.80%

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 27,872 24,320 31,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.88% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,782 14,954 21,308
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,755 794 1,429
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +20 293 £575 +4.55% 70
Midlands +3 88 £520 +4.00% 41
West Midlands 0 83 £525 +2.44% 25
South East +9 48 £439 -16.43% 68
North of England -66 42 £500 -8.26% 42
North West -15 29 £473 +11.18% 16
South West -10 18 £625 +29.87% 26
East of England -8 16 £505 -8.18% 25
Yorkshire -62 11 £500 -12.28% 22
East Midlands -24 5 £447 -1.32% 16
North East -15 2 £525 - 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 68 (13.00%) SAS
2 45 (8.60%) Apache Spark
3 29 (5.54%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.87%) Apache
5 11 (2.10%) CMS
6 7 (1.34%) Confluence
6 7 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (1.15%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.76%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.76%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.57%) Maximo
5 3 (0.57%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.57%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.57%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.38%) Eagle PACE
6 2 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.38%) Markit EDM
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle FAH
6 2 (0.38%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.38%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.38%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 185 (35.37%) Azure
2 87 (16.63%) AWS
3 75 (14.34%) Power Platform
4 69 (13.19%) Azure Data Factory
5 39 (7.46%) GCP
6 37 (7.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 37 (7.07%) Snowflake
7 29 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (5.35%) SaaS
9 23 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (3.25%) Serverless
11 15 (2.87%) PaaS
12 14 (2.68%) dbt
12 14 (2.68%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (2.29%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.10%) GitHub
16 10 (1.91%) Azure Functions
17 9 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
17 9 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.38%) 2G
1 2 (0.38%) 5G
1 2 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (0.38%) SMS
2 1 (0.19%) 4G
2 1 (0.19%) DWDM
2 1 (0.19%) Firewall
2 1 (0.19%) FTP
2 1 (0.19%) Network Security
2 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (26.20%) Data Warehouse
2 71 (13.58%) Power BI
3 45 (8.60%) Metadata
4 43 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 43 (8.22%) Data Lake
5 38 (7.27%) NoSQL
5 38 (7.27%) SQL Server
6 35 (6.69%) Pentaho
7 32 (6.12%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 25 (4.78%) Oracle Database
8 25 (4.78%) Tableau
9 24 (4.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (4.40%) Relational Database
11 18 (3.44%) Big Data
12 12 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (2.29%) SAS Visual Analytics
13 11 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
14 10 (1.91%) BigQuery
14 10 (1.91%) DataStage
14 10 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 74 (14.15%) Git
2 54 (10.33%) JIRA
3 47 (8.99%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.34%) GitLab
5 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.76%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.38%) git-flow
6 2 (0.38%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.38%) MLflow
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.38%) TestRail
7 1 (0.19%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 213 (40.73%) Social Skills
2 159 (30.40%) Finance
3 102 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (10.71%) Public Sector
5 45 (8.60%) Banking
6 19 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.68%) Front Office
7 14 (2.68%) Marketing
8 13 (2.49%) Back Office
8 13 (2.49%) Financial Institution
8 13 (2.49%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.72%) Retail
11 8 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.34%) Legal
13 6 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.96%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.76%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 101 (19.31%) Data Engineer
2 90 (17.21%) Architect
3 77 (14.72%) Developer
4 49 (9.37%) Analyst
5 45 (8.60%) Consultant
6 41 (7.84%) Lead
7 39 (7.46%) Data Architect
8 33 (6.31%) Senior
8 33 (6.31%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (6.12%) Azure Engineer
10 29 (5.54%) Azure Data Engineer
11 24 (4.59%) Business Analyst
12 22 (4.21%) Release Manager
13 16 (3.06%) Integration Architect
14 15 (2.87%) Project Manager
15 13 (2.49%) Data Analyst
16 12 (2.29%) Integration Engineer
16 12 (2.29%) Integration Specialist
17 11 (2.10%) Azure Architect
17 11 (2.10%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.80%) REST
2 37 (7.07%) PySpark
3 30 (5.74%) Kafka
4 18 (3.44%) JSON
5 17 (3.25%) XML
6 16 (3.06%) Middleware
7 15 (2.87%) .NET
7 15 (2.87%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (2.87%) RESTful
7 15 (2.87%) SOAP
8 11 (2.10%) HTML
9 9 (1.72%) EDI
9 9 (1.72%) Node.js
9 9 (1.72%) React
10 8 (1.53%) CSS
11 7 (1.34%) AngularJS
11 7 (1.34%) FHIR
12 6 (1.15%) OAuth
12 6 (1.15%) Pandas
12 6 (1.15%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.16%) Data Structures
2 25 (4.78%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.87%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.10%) NHS
8 10 (1.91%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.34%) Data Fabric
11 6 (1.15%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.15%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.15%) Replication
12 5 (0.96%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.96%) Taxonomies
13 4 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.91%) Linux
2 6 (1.15%) Windows
3 4 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (41.11%) Data Modelling
2 204 (39.01%) Agile
3 177 (33.84%) Analytics
4 172 (32.89%) ETL
5 155 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
6 144 (27.53%) Data Pipeline
7 129 (24.67%) Data Governance
8 128 (24.47%) Business Intelligence
9 120 (22.94%) DevOps
10 114 (21.80%) CI/CD
11 87 (16.63%) Data Engineering
12 84 (16.06%) Data Architecture
13 80 (15.30%) Migration
13 80 (15.30%) Validation
14 72 (13.77%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (13.38%) Scrum
16 67 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 67 (12.81%) Integration Patterns
17 58 (11.09%) Decision-Making
18 52 (9.94%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 247 (47.23%) SQL
2 129 (24.67%) Python
3 30 (5.74%) Java
4 29 (5.54%) Scala
5 26 (4.97%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.21%) C#
7 20 (3.82%) VB
8 18 (3.44%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.06%) PL/SQL
10 10 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.72%) Groovy
12 7 (1.34%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.34%) R
12 7 (1.34%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.57%) Bicep
14 2 (0.38%) Bash
14 2 (0.38%) IronPython
14 2 (0.38%) Korn
14 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 139 (26.58%) Security Cleared
2 118 (22.56%) SC Cleared
3 43 (8.22%) Degree
4 31 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.21%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.25%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.34%) PMP
8 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.15%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.38%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.19%) CISSP
12 1 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.19%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (26.58%) Data Quality
2 25 (4.78%) GDPR
3 22 (4.21%) QA
4 8 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.34%) HL7
6 6 (1.15%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.57%) GMP
7 3 (0.57%) PMO
7 3 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.38%) DICOM
8 2 (0.38%) GAAP
8 2 (0.38%) IFRS
8 2 (0.38%) MiFID
8 2 (0.38%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) Basel III
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 63 (12.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (10.90%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.40%) Terraform
3 7 (1.34%) Kibana
4 4 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.76%) logstash
4 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.57%) Ansible
6 2 (0.38%) Control-M
7 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
7 1 (0.19%) Puppet
7 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 97 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 96 (18.36%) Oracle
3 73 (13.96%) Databricks
4 45 (8.60%) SAP
5 37 (7.07%) Talend
6 33 (6.31%) Denodo
7 22 (4.21%) Informatica
8 17 (3.25%) Google
9 15 (2.87%) Salesforce
10 12 (2.29%) Adobe
11 9 (1.72%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.72%) Workday
12 8 (1.53%) IBM
12 8 (1.53%) Software AG
13 6 (1.15%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.76%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.76%) Brio
14 4 (0.76%) Palantir
14 4 (0.76%) Solace
14 4 (0.76%) TIBCO