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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 165 193
Rank change year-on-year -15 +28 +105
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 538 439 461
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.69% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.88% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 296 317
10th Percentile £399 £364 £375
25th Percentile £458 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -7.89% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £646 £700
90th Percentile £750 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +102.76% -41.26% +67.93%
75th Percentile £78.75 £52.81 £49.67
90th Percentile £85.63 £69.13 £51.58
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £27.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +135.94% -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 30,349 23,302 32,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.42% 89.94% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,395 14,514 21,728
10th Percentile £311 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,903 732 1,999
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.39
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.49% - -
75th Percentile £61.18 £64.79 £60.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.23 £73.05
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -13 293 £575 +4.55% 53
Midlands -16 101 £519 +1.32% 30
West Midlands -15 92 £520 -0.95% 21
North of England -67 49 £500 -8.26% 31
South East -3 43 £525 +2.44% 44
North West -23 29 £452 -6.62% 21
South West -28 20 £650 +36.84% 24
Yorkshire -56 17 £510 -10.05% 6
East of England -18 15 £505 -8.18% 8
East Midlands -22 9 £449 +20.40% 9
North East -13 3 £475 - 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 58 (10.78%) SAS
2 46 (8.55%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.23%) Apache
5 11 (2.04%) CMS
6 5 (0.93%) Confluence
7 4 (0.74%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.74%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.56%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.37%) 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 9 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.93%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.93%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.74%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.56%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.56%) Maximo
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.56%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.56%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.56%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.37%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.37%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.37%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.37%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 206 (38.29%) Azure
2 106 (19.70%) AWS
3 81 (15.06%) Power Platform
4 73 (13.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 48 (8.92%) GCP
6 43 (7.99%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (7.25%) SaaS
8 37 (6.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 32 (5.95%) Snowflake
10 20 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (3.35%) Serverless
12 17 (3.16%) dbt
13 14 (2.60%) GitHub
14 13 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (2.42%) Power Automate
15 11 (2.04%) Azure AKS
16 10 (1.86%) PowerApps
17 9 (1.67%) Azure Functions
17 9 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (1.67%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.74%) FTP
2 2 (0.37%) 2G
2 2 (0.37%) 5G
2 2 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (0.37%) 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
1 143 (26.58%) Data Warehouse
2 75 (13.94%) Power BI
3 60 (11.15%) Metadata
4 48 (8.92%) SQL Server
5 47 (8.74%) Data Lake
6 46 (8.55%) NoSQL
7 41 (7.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (6.32%) Pentaho
9 27 (5.02%) Relational Database
10 23 (4.28%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 23 (4.28%) Tableau
11 22 (4.09%) Oracle Database
12 21 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (3.35%) Big Data
14 14 (2.60%) Delta Lake
15 12 (2.23%) Data Vault
15 12 (2.23%) MySQL
16 11 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
16 11 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
17 10 (1.86%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 69 (12.83%) Git
2 44 (8.18%) JIRA
3 39 (7.25%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.93%) ERwin
5 3 (0.56%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.37%) git-flow
6 2 (0.37%) MLflow
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) RStudio
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 219 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 165 (30.67%) Finance
3 115 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.71%) Public Sector
5 49 (9.11%) Banking
6 20 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.79%) Marketing
8 14 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.23%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.23%) Retail
10 11 (2.04%) Front Office
10 11 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.86%) Back Office
11 10 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.67%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.30%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.12%) Legal
15 5 (0.93%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 122 (22.68%) Data Engineer
2 111 (20.63%) Architect
3 75 (13.94%) Developer
4 49 (9.11%) Data Architect
5 44 (8.18%) Analyst
5 44 (8.18%) Senior
6 43 (7.99%) Consultant
7 42 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
8 39 (7.25%) Lead
9 33 (6.13%) Azure Engineer
10 30 (5.58%) Azure Data Engineer
11 25 (4.65%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.16%) Integration Architect
12 17 (3.16%) Release Manager
13 16 (2.97%) Integration Engineer
14 15 (2.79%) Azure Architect
14 15 (2.79%) Senior Data Engineer
15 13 (2.42%) Data Analyst
15 13 (2.42%) Data Integration Engineer
15 13 (2.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.29%) REST
2 34 (6.32%) PySpark
3 30 (5.58%) Kafka
4 21 (3.90%) JSON
5 18 (3.35%) Middleware
5 18 (3.35%) XML
6 17 (3.16%) RESTful
6 17 (3.16%) SOAP
7 15 (2.79%) Node.js
8 14 (2.60%) .NET
8 14 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (2.23%) React
10 9 (1.67%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.49%) EDI
11 8 (1.49%) HTML
11 8 (1.49%) Web Services
11 8 (1.49%) YAML
12 7 (1.30%) FHIR
13 6 (1.12%) Django
13 6 (1.12%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.95%) Data Structures
2 22 (4.09%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.35%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.42%) NHS
7 11 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.49%) Reference Data
9 8 (1.49%) Taxonomies
10 7 (1.30%) Data Fabric
10 7 (1.30%) IoT
11 6 (1.12%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.12%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.93%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.49%) Linux
2 6 (1.12%) Unix
2 6 (1.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (42.94%) Data Modelling
2 198 (36.80%) Agile
3 181 (33.64%) ETL
4 176 (32.71%) Analytics
5 165 (30.67%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (28.25%) Data Pipeline
7 132 (24.54%) Data Governance
8 128 (23.79%) Business Intelligence
9 119 (22.12%) DevOps
10 108 (20.07%) CI/CD
11 102 (18.96%) Data Architecture
12 98 (18.22%) Data Engineering
13 88 (16.36%) Validation
14 84 (15.61%) Migration
15 79 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (14.31%) Integration Patterns
17 67 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
18 65 (12.08%) AI
19 60 (11.15%) Scrum
20 57 (10.59%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 253 (47.03%) SQL
2 141 (26.21%) Python
3 28 (5.20%) Java
3 28 (5.20%) JavaScript
3 28 (5.20%) Scala
4 27 (5.02%) C#
5 19 (3.53%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.60%) PL/SQL
7 12 (2.23%) Shell Script
8 10 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 10 (1.86%) VB
9 8 (1.49%) Groovy
10 7 (1.30%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.12%) Bicep
11 6 (1.12%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.93%) Bash
12 5 (0.93%) R
13 4 (0.74%) ABAP
14 3 (0.56%) Korn
15 2 (0.37%) IronPython
Qualifications
1 140 (26.02%) Security Cleared
2 122 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.99%) Degree
4 31 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.28%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.72%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.49%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.93%) PMP
12 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.19%) CISSP
13 1 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.19%) MBA
13 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (28.44%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.32%) GDPR
3 24 (4.46%) QA
4 9 (1.67%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.30%) HL7
6 5 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.56%) GMP
7 3 (0.56%) NCSC
7 3 (0.56%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.37%) FATCA
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
8 2 (0.37%) IFRS
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.19%) DICOM
9 1 (0.19%) GAAP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) MiFID
9 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (9.85%) Docker
2 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (8.92%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.39%) Terraform
3 4 (0.74%) Kibana
4 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.37%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Control-M
5 2 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.37%) logstash
6 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (16.91%) Oracle
2 88 (16.36%) Microsoft
3 84 (15.61%) Databricks
4 51 (9.48%) SAP
5 44 (8.18%) Talend
6 37 (6.88%) Informatica
7 26 (4.83%) Denodo
8 14 (2.60%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.23%) Google
9 12 (2.23%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.86%) Adobe
11 9 (1.67%) Software AG
11 9 (1.67%) Workday
12 8 (1.49%) IBM
12 8 (1.49%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.12%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.93%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.93%) Sitecore
15 4 (0.74%) Murex
15 4 (0.74%) Sage