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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 174 198
Rank change year-on-year +3 +24 +48
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 683 441 450
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.63% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.80% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 305 322
10th Percentile £382 £361 £375
25th Percentile £428 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £625 £724
90th Percentile £725 £716 £813
UK median daily rate £535 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 4
10th Percentile £31.52 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £72.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +91.08% +92.03%
75th Percentile £83.25 £77.50 £54.88
90th Percentile £85.85 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year -14.67% +91.08% +92.03%

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 38,339 24,527 31,778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.54% 90.74% 85.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,173 15,771 20,632
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.48% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,262 2,268
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.21 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -30 305 £575 +5.75% 131
Midlands +35 172 £469 -6.90% 24
West Midlands +30 153 £469 -8.49% 14
North of England -36 84 £515 +2.59% 36
South East -47 60 £533 -3.18% 46
North West -19 51 £500 -2.82% 26
South West -33 23 £506 +12.44% 48
Yorkshire -37 21 £510 +7.37% 9
East Midlands -9 19 £445 +8.63% 10
East of England -26 17 £578 +0.43% 4
North East - 12 £525 - 2
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 (9.22%) SAS
2 32 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.93%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.64%) Confluence
5 11 (1.61%) Apache
6 9 (1.32%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.73%) Camunda
8 3 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.29%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.29%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.44%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.44%) Revit
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (3.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.73%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.59%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.59%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.59%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.59%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.44%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.29%) Endur
6 2 (0.29%) Maximo
6 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.29%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 279 (40.85%) Azure
2 184 (26.94%) AWS
3 104 (15.23%) Power Platform
4 67 (9.81%) GCP
5 64 (9.37%) Azure Data Factory
6 48 (7.03%) Snowflake
7 45 (6.59%) Serverless
8 44 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (6.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 33 (4.83%) Amazon S3
11 31 (4.54%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (4.39%) GitHub
13 27 (3.95%) SaaS
14 22 (3.22%) dbt
15 15 (2.20%) PaaS
15 15 (2.20%) Power Automate
16 13 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (1.90%) iPaaS
16 13 (1.90%) PowerApps
17 12 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.02%) FTP
2 4 (0.59%) SMS
3 3 (0.44%) Firewall
3 3 (0.44%) MQTT
3 3 (0.44%) Network Security
3 3 (0.44%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (15.81%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (14.49%) Power BI
3 78 (11.42%) SQL Server
4 63 (9.22%) Metadata
5 58 (8.49%) Data Lake
6 54 (7.91%) Pentaho
7 41 (6.00%) Tableau
8 40 (5.86%) Relational Database
9 30 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (4.10%) Oracle Database
11 26 (3.81%) NoSQL
11 26 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (3.37%) MySQL
13 21 (3.07%) Big Data
14 20 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 19 (2.78%) SAS Enterprise Guide
16 18 (2.64%) Delta Lake
17 17 (2.49%) SAS Visual Analytics
18 16 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
19 15 (2.20%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 53 (7.76%) Git
2 36 (5.27%) JIRA
3 30 (4.39%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.78%) GitLab
5 15 (2.20%) ERwin
6 5 (0.73%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.59%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.59%) Postman
7 4 (0.59%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.29%) Yeoman
9 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.15%) MLflow
9 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.15%) RStudio
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 217 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 161 (23.57%) Finance
3 128 (18.74%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (16.25%) Public Sector
5 48 (7.03%) Banking
6 26 (3.81%) Retail
7 24 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.51%) Marketing
8 19 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.76%) Legal
9 12 (1.76%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.46%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.02%) Automotive
12 7 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Billing
14 5 (0.73%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.73%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 182 (26.65%) Architect
1 182 (26.65%) Data Engineer
2 96 (14.06%) Developer
3 79 (11.57%) Senior
4 73 (10.69%) Data Architect
5 69 (10.10%) Solutions Architect
6 57 (8.35%) Lead
7 52 (7.61%) Analyst
8 30 (4.39%) Senior Data Engineer
9 27 (3.95%) Consultant
10 24 (3.51%) Technical Leader
11 21 (3.07%) Project Manager
11 21 (3.07%) Technical Architect
12 19 (2.78%) Integration Architect
12 19 (2.78%) Integration Engineer
13 18 (2.64%) Azure Data Engineer
13 18 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
13 18 (2.64%) Business Analyst
13 18 (2.64%) Data Analyst
13 18 (2.64%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.73%) REST
2 34 (4.98%) Kafka
3 31 (4.54%) React
4 30 (4.39%) JSON
5 27 (3.95%) Middleware
6 25 (3.66%) Node.js
7 22 (3.22%) .NET
8 21 (3.07%) XML
9 20 (2.93%) RESTful
10 19 (2.78%) YAML
11 18 (2.64%) PySpark
12 14 (2.05%) Django
12 14 (2.05%) Flask
12 14 (2.05%) SOAP
13 13 (1.90%) AngularJS
14 12 (1.76%) FastAPI
15 9 (1.32%) GraphQL
16 7 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
16 7 (1.02%) Web Services
17 6 (0.88%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 48 (7.03%) Legacy Systems
3 35 (5.12%) Data Structures
4 27 (3.95%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.49%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.20%) Reference Data
8 14 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.76%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.76%) Life Science
10 11 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.46%) IoT
12 9 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.32%) NHS
12 9 (1.32%) Taxonomies
13 8 (1.17%) Mainframe
14 7 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.88%) Clustering
15 6 (0.88%) Reinsurance
16 5 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.49%) Unix
2 5 (0.73%) Linux
3 3 (0.44%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (41.00%) Data Modelling
2 266 (38.95%) ETL
3 249 (36.46%) Analytics
4 210 (30.75%) Data Pipeline
5 201 (29.43%) Agile
6 164 (24.01%) CI/CD
7 152 (22.25%) DevOps
8 146 (21.38%) Business Intelligence
8 146 (21.38%) Migration
8 146 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
9 138 (20.20%) Data Engineering
10 122 (17.86%) Data Governance
11 121 (17.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 114 (16.69%) AI
13 113 (16.54%) Data Architecture
14 108 (15.81%) Validation
15 103 (15.08%) Integration Patterns
16 97 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 82 (12.01%) Decision-Making
18 78 (11.42%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 309 (45.24%) SQL
2 166 (24.30%) Python
3 45 (6.59%) Java
4 25 (3.66%) PL/SQL
5 22 (3.22%) C#
6 21 (3.07%) JavaScript
6 21 (3.07%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.64%) T-SQL
8 15 (2.20%) Bash
9 13 (1.90%) Shell Script
10 11 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (1.61%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.32%) Bicep
11 9 (1.32%) Scala
12 5 (0.73%) ABAP
12 5 (0.73%) R
13 4 (0.59%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.44%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.44%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.44%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 191 (27.96%) Security Cleared
2 159 (23.28%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.15%) Degree
4 22 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.49%) Azure Certification
5 17 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.17%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.59%) SAS Certification
10 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.29%) PMP
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.15%) MBA
11 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (26.06%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.30%) GDPR
3 23 (3.37%) QA
4 10 (1.46%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.32%) GRC
6 8 (1.17%) SLA
6 8 (1.17%) Solvency II
7 7 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.59%) HL7
8 4 (0.59%) IFRS
8 4 (0.59%) PMO
8 4 (0.59%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.44%) GxP
9 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.44%) IFRS 17
9 3 (0.44%) NCSC
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.29%) GMP
10 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (6.88%) Docker
2 10 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 51 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 31 (4.54%) Terraform
3 10 (1.46%) Grafana
4 4 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.44%) Ansible
5 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.29%) Argo
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
7 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 131 (19.18%) Oracle
2 99 (14.49%) Microsoft
3 98 (14.35%) Databricks
4 73 (10.69%) SAP
5 66 (9.66%) Talend
6 60 (8.78%) Informatica
7 38 (5.56%) Salesforce
8 30 (4.39%) Denodo
9 20 (2.93%) Google
10 16 (2.34%) ServiceNow
11 15 (2.20%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.76%) Cloudera
12 12 (1.76%) NEC
13 9 (1.32%) IBM
14 6 (0.88%) Teradata
15 5 (0.73%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.73%) Bloomberg
15 5 (0.73%) Palantir
15 5 (0.73%) SimCorp
15 5 (0.73%) Sparx