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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 163 179
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 +96
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 631 406 486
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.60% 1.66% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.83% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 292 357
10th Percentile £400 £363 £385
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £738
90th Percentile £738 £725 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £550
% change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £53.18 £25.56 £44.92
25th Percentile £65.58 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £78.50 £43.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -5.13% +125.93%
75th Percentile £85.44 £64.94 £49.67
90th Percentile £86.83 £72.48 £57.65
UK median hourly rate £69.00 £27.13 £46.84
% change year-on-year +154.38% -42.09% +129.16%

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 33,609 22,244 32,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 91.01% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,526 14,625 21,310
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.51% -0.26% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,074 884 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.84
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.90 £31.70 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.17% -6.76% -9.33%
75th Percentile £67.19 £63.94 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.18 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.43 £33.07
% change year-on-year +23.25% -7.98% -8.15%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -11 317 £575 +6.98% 78
Midlands +12 160 £496 +1.76% 35
West Midlands +27 146 £500 +2.56% 23
North of England -42 60 £500 -8.26% 35
South East -56 35 £550 +8.91% 38
North West -25 32 £494 -9.40% 20
South West -32 24 £640 +38.38% 22
Yorkshire -38 22 £525 +10.53% 10
East of England -15 18 £588 +6.82% 19
East Midlands -30 14 £445 -2.97% 12
North East -14 6 £500 - 5
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 76 (12.04%) SAS
2 45 (7.13%) Apache Spark
3 27 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.06%) Apache
5 7 (1.11%) CMS
6 6 (0.95%) Confluence
6 6 (0.95%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.79%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.63%) Camunda
9 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.16%) Appian
10 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.16%) Mendix
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.95%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (0.95%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.63%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.48%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.48%) Maximo
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.48%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.48%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.48%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.32%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.32%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 245 (38.83%) Azure
2 127 (20.13%) AWS
3 91 (14.42%) Power Platform
4 81 (12.84%) Azure Data Factory
5 57 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (8.40%) GCP
7 45 (7.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (6.02%) SaaS
9 32 (5.07%) Snowflake
10 29 (4.60%) Serverless
11 28 (4.44%) GitHub
12 19 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (2.69%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.38%) dbt
15 14 (2.22%) PowerApps
16 13 (2.06%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
16 13 (2.06%) PaaS
17 12 (1.90%) Azure AKS
17 12 (1.90%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.11%) FTP
2 6 (0.95%) SMS
3 3 (0.48%) Firewall
3 3 (0.48%) VPN
4 2 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.16%) DWDM
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (21.08%) Data Warehouse
2 84 (13.31%) Power BI
3 73 (11.57%) Metadata
4 71 (11.25%) SQL Server
5 55 (8.72%) Pentaho
6 49 (7.77%) NoSQL
7 47 (7.45%) Data Lake
8 46 (7.29%) Azure SQL Database
9 31 (4.91%) Relational Database
10 30 (4.75%) Tableau
11 28 (4.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 24 (3.80%) Oracle Database
13 20 (3.17%) Amazon Redshift
13 20 (3.17%) MySQL
13 20 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
14 19 (3.01%) Big Data
14 19 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (2.85%) Delta Lake
16 10 (1.58%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (1.58%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 88 (13.95%) Git
2 46 (7.29%) Jenkins
2 46 (7.29%) JIRA
3 11 (1.74%) ERwin
4 9 (1.43%) GitLab
5 5 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
5 5 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.48%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.32%) git-flow
7 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.16%) MLflow
8 1 (0.16%) Mocha
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.16%) RStudio
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 219 (34.71%) Social Skills
2 166 (26.31%) Finance
3 134 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (13.00%) Public Sector
5 46 (7.29%) Banking
6 24 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (2.54%) Marketing
9 15 (2.38%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.06%) Legal
11 12 (1.90%) Retail
12 10 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.27%) Retail Banking
15 7 (1.11%) Front Office
16 6 (0.95%) Back Office
16 6 (0.95%) General Ledger
16 6 (0.95%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.79%) Telecoms
18 4 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 159 (25.20%) Data Engineer
2 131 (20.76%) Architect
3 87 (13.79%) Developer
4 64 (10.14%) Senior
5 57 (9.03%) Data Architect
6 53 (8.40%) Solutions Architect
7 43 (6.81%) Analyst
8 41 (6.50%) Consultant
9 40 (6.34%) Lead
10 31 (4.91%) Azure Engineer
11 29 (4.60%) Azure Data Engineer
12 25 (3.96%) Business Analyst
13 23 (3.65%) Release Manager
14 21 (3.33%) Integration Architect
15 20 (3.17%) Senior Data Engineer
16 16 (2.54%) Full-Stack Developer
16 16 (2.54%) Integration Engineer
17 15 (2.38%) Project Manager
17 15 (2.38%) Senior Developer
18 14 (2.22%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.08%) REST
2 41 (6.50%) PySpark
3 33 (5.23%) Kafka
4 26 (4.12%) JSON
5 25 (3.96%) Node.js
6 24 (3.80%) .NET
7 22 (3.49%) RESTful
8 21 (3.33%) Middleware
8 21 (3.33%) React
8 21 (3.33%) YAML
9 17 (2.69%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.54%) XML
11 14 (2.22%) Django
11 14 (2.22%) Flask
12 13 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (1.58%) SOAP
14 9 (1.43%) .NET Core
14 9 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
15 8 (1.27%) FHIR
16 7 (1.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.34%) Cloud Native
2 37 (5.86%) Data Structures
3 34 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.90%) NHS
9 10 (1.58%) Data Fabric
10 9 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.27%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.95%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.95%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (0.95%) IoT
12 6 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.27%) Unix
2 5 (0.79%) Windows
3 3 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (44.22%) Data Modelling
2 235 (37.24%) Analytics
3 218 (34.55%) ETL
4 211 (33.44%) Agile
5 184 (29.16%) Data Pipeline
6 167 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
7 156 (24.72%) DevOps
8 153 (24.25%) Business Intelligence
8 153 (24.25%) CI/CD
9 149 (23.61%) Data Governance
10 116 (18.38%) Data Engineering
11 109 (17.27%) Data Architecture
12 108 (17.12%) Migration
13 102 (16.16%) Integration Patterns
14 101 (16.01%) Validation
15 86 (13.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 75 (11.89%) AI
17 74 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 68 (10.78%) Decision-Making
19 66 (10.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 290 (45.96%) SQL
2 157 (24.88%) Python
3 37 (5.86%) Java
4 34 (5.39%) C#
5 33 (5.23%) Scala
6 29 (4.60%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.01%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (1.90%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.74%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.58%) Bash
11 10 (1.58%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.11%) R
13 6 (0.95%) Bicep
13 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.79%) Groovy
15 3 (0.48%) ABAP
15 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.32%) IronPython
16 2 (0.32%) Korn
Qualifications
1 184 (29.16%) Security Cleared
2 154 (24.41%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.02%) Degree
4 28 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.12%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.85%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.27%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.32%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.16%) CISSP
14 1 (0.16%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.16%) MBA
14 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (28.21%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.86%) GDPR
3 25 (3.96%) QA
4 9 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.27%) HL7
6 5 (0.79%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.63%) GRC
7 4 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.63%) SLA
8 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) FATCA
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS
9 2 (0.32%) NCSC
9 2 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 67 (10.62%) Docker
2 7 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (9.51%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.07%) Terraform
3 7 (1.11%) Grafana
4 3 (0.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.32%) Control-M
5 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 116 (18.38%) Oracle
2 98 (15.53%) Databricks
3 89 (14.10%) Microsoft
4 66 (10.46%) Talend
5 59 (9.35%) SAP
6 43 (6.81%) Informatica
7 40 (6.34%) Denodo
8 18 (2.85%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.90%) NEC
10 11 (1.74%) Google
11 10 (1.58%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.58%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.43%) Cloudera
12 9 (1.43%) Software AG
13 8 (1.27%) Adobe
14 7 (1.11%) IBM
14 7 (1.11%) Workday
15 6 (0.95%) Sage
16 5 (0.79%) Alteryx
16 5 (0.79%) Teradata