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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 156 188
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 +99
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 596 410 467
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.69% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.86% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 295 334
10th Percentile £400 £364 £385
25th Percentile £449 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -7.89% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £629 £738
90th Percentile £775 £733 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +0.72% -5.23% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile £64.81 £25.56 £45.86
25th Percentile £74.17 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £43.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +88.30% -5.13% +125.93%
75th Percentile £86.00 £64.94 £49.96
90th Percentile £86.83 £72.48 £53.30
UK median hourly rate £69.97 £27.13 £46.18
% change year-on-year +157.95% -41.26% +125.93%

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 32,731 22,028 32,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.21% 90.81% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,968 14,519 21,584
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 1,997 852 2,159
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.66 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -1.05% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.10 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -9.72%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 28 March 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 -5 309 £568 +4.85% 80
Midlands +11 138 £506 +6.58% 44
West Midlands +20 129 £513 +7.89% 27
North of England -38 61 £500 -8.26% 36
North West -27 33 £463 -15.14% 19
South East -51 33 £525 +3.96% 47
Yorkshire -39 23 £525 +5.00% 13
South West -29 22 £652 +37.26% 30
East of England -23 14 £613 +8.89% 19
East Midlands -33 9 £447 +7.52% 17
North East -7 5 £563 - 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 69 (11.58%) SAS
2 45 (7.55%) Apache Spark
3 24 (4.03%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.18%) Apache
5 9 (1.51%) CMS
6 6 (1.01%) Confluence
7 4 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.50%) Camunda
8 3 (0.50%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.50%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.17%) Mendix
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.84%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.67%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.67%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.50%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.50%) Maximo
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.50%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.50%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.50%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.50%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.34%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.17%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 228 (38.26%) Azure
2 113 (18.96%) AWS
3 90 (15.10%) Power Platform
4 79 (13.26%) Azure Data Factory
5 57 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (8.05%) GCP
7 43 (7.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 39 (6.54%) SaaS
9 27 (4.53%) Snowflake
10 23 (3.86%) GitHub
11 21 (3.52%) Serverless
12 18 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (2.52%) dbt
14 14 (2.35%) Power Automate
15 13 (2.18%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.85%) Collibra
16 11 (1.85%) OCI
17 10 (1.68%) Azure AKS
17 10 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
18 9 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.84%) FTP
2 3 (0.50%) Firewall
2 3 (0.50%) VPN
3 2 (0.34%) 2G
3 2 (0.34%) 5G
3 2 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.34%) SMS
4 1 (0.17%) 4G
4 1 (0.17%) DWDM
4 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (23.49%) Data Warehouse
2 82 (13.76%) Power BI
3 69 (11.58%) Metadata
4 65 (10.91%) SQL Server
5 46 (7.72%) Data Lake
5 46 (7.72%) Pentaho
6 45 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (7.55%) NoSQL
7 31 (5.20%) Relational Database
8 25 (4.19%) Tableau
9 23 (3.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 20 (3.36%) Oracle Database
11 19 (3.19%) MySQL
11 19 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (3.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 17 (2.85%) Big Data
14 16 (2.68%) Delta Lake
14 16 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
15 11 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (1.68%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 88 (14.77%) Git
2 48 (8.05%) Jenkins
3 46 (7.72%) JIRA
4 8 (1.34%) ERwin
5 5 (0.84%) GitLab
6 4 (0.67%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.50%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.34%) git-flow
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
8 2 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.17%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.17%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.17%) Mocha
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.17%) RStudio
9 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.17%) Terragrunt
General
1 216 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 162 (27.18%) Finance
3 135 (22.65%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (12.25%) Public Sector
5 52 (8.72%) Banking
6 24 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.35%) Marketing
9 13 (2.18%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.01%) Retail
11 10 (1.68%) Back Office
11 10 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.68%) Legal
12 9 (1.51%) Front Office
13 8 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.34%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.34%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.01%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.84%) Law
15 5 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 150 (25.17%) Data Engineer
2 119 (19.97%) Architect
3 83 (13.93%) Developer
4 60 (10.07%) Senior
5 54 (9.06%) Data Architect
6 44 (7.38%) Solutions Architect
7 43 (7.21%) Consultant
8 41 (6.88%) Analyst
9 40 (6.71%) Lead
10 33 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (5.03%) Azure Data Engineer
12 27 (4.53%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.36%) Release Manager
14 18 (3.02%) Senior Data Engineer
15 17 (2.85%) Integration Architect
16 14 (2.35%) Full-Stack Developer
16 14 (2.35%) Integration Engineer
16 14 (2.35%) Senior Developer
17 13 (2.18%) Azure Architect
17 13 (2.18%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.06%) REST
2 38 (6.38%) PySpark
3 36 (6.04%) Kafka
4 26 (4.36%) JSON
5 21 (3.52%) RESTful
6 20 (3.36%) .NET
6 20 (3.36%) Node.js
6 20 (3.36%) YAML
7 19 (3.19%) Middleware
8 17 (2.85%) React
8 17 (2.85%) XML
9 15 (2.52%) AngularJS
10 14 (2.35%) Django
10 14 (2.35%) Flask
10 14 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (2.18%) SOAP
12 9 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (1.34%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.34%) FHIR
14 7 (1.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.38%) Data Structures
2 33 (5.54%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.53%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.52%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.85%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.85%) NHS
9 10 (1.68%) Reference Data
10 9 (1.51%) Data Fabric
10 9 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.17%) IoT
13 6 (1.01%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (1.01%) Taxonomies
14 5 (0.84%) AI Agents
14 5 (0.84%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.17%) Unix
2 6 (1.01%) Linux
2 6 (1.01%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (44.30%) Data Modelling
2 218 (36.58%) Analytics
3 213 (35.74%) ETL
4 201 (33.72%) Agile
5 173 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
6 172 (28.86%) Data Pipeline
7 147 (24.66%) DevOps
8 145 (24.33%) Business Intelligence
8 145 (24.33%) Data Governance
9 139 (23.32%) CI/CD
10 111 (18.62%) Data Architecture
11 109 (18.29%) Data Engineering
12 94 (15.77%) Migration
13 92 (15.44%) Validation
14 88 (14.77%) Integration Patterns
15 82 (13.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 80 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (11.41%) Decision-Making
18 66 (11.07%) AI
19 64 (10.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 276 (46.31%) SQL
2 157 (26.34%) Python
3 33 (5.54%) C#
3 33 (5.54%) Scala
4 31 (5.20%) Java
5 30 (5.03%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.19%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.18%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.85%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.51%) Bash
9 9 (1.51%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.17%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.17%) R
11 6 (1.01%) Groovy
12 5 (0.84%) Bicep
13 4 (0.67%) ABAP
14 3 (0.50%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.34%) IronPython
15 2 (0.34%) Korn
Qualifications
1 167 (28.02%) Security Cleared
2 143 (23.99%) SC Cleared
3 37 (6.21%) Degree
4 27 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.36%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.85%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.17%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.34%) PMP
12 1 (0.17%) CISSP
12 1 (0.17%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.17%) MBA
12 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (29.87%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.04%) GDPR
3 26 (4.36%) QA
4 8 (1.34%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.34%) HL7
5 7 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.84%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.50%) GRC
8 3 (0.50%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) FATCA
9 2 (0.34%) IFRS
9 2 (0.34%) NCSC
9 2 (0.34%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.17%) Basel III
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 62 (10.40%) Docker
2 6 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (9.56%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.70%) Terraform
3 6 (1.01%) Grafana
4 3 (0.50%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Control-M
5 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.17%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.17%) Kibana
6 1 (0.17%) logstash
6 1 (0.17%) SCCM
6 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 104 (17.45%) Oracle
2 91 (15.27%) Databricks
3 81 (13.59%) Microsoft
4 57 (9.56%) Talend
5 53 (8.89%) SAP
6 41 (6.88%) Informatica
7 37 (6.21%) Denodo
8 16 (2.68%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.85%) NEC
10 10 (1.68%) Google
10 10 (1.68%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.51%) Software AG
12 8 (1.34%) Adobe
12 8 (1.34%) Cloudera
13 7 (1.17%) IBM
14 6 (1.01%) Sage
14 6 (1.01%) Workday
15 5 (0.84%) Sitecore
16 4 (0.67%) Murex