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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 164 192
Rank change year-on-year -5 +28 +76
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 614 406 468
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.65% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.81% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 300 341
10th Percentile £400 £363 £385
25th Percentile £435 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £738
90th Percentile £755 £738 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile £47.75 £32.26 -
25th Percentile £54.00 £42.75 £46.18
Median hourly rate £76.50 £60.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.45% +27.37% +132.39%
75th Percentile £85.25 £69.13 £50.25
90th Percentile £86.55 £74.15 £61.35
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £60.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +5.79% +27.37% +132.39%

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 33,845 22,404 32,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.08% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,654 14,697 21,192
10th Percentile £315 £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 £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,105 910 2,231
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.70 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.62 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.82% -12.53% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.60% -16.94% -6.67%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -15 309 £575 +6.98% 58
Midlands +22 142 £468 -1.58% 20
West Midlands +24 128 £469 -1.26% 16
North of England -37 63 £500 -6.54% 19
South East -58 36 £575 +9.00% 27
North West -27 34 £494 -9.40% 12
South West -29 27 £640 +38.38% 13
Yorkshire -35 23 £518 +8.95% 4
East of England -20 18 £588 +6.82% 9
East Midlands -32 14 £445 -2.97% 4
North East -11 6 £500 - 3
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 53 (8.63%) SAS
2 39 (6.35%) Apache Spark
3 27 (4.40%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.12%) Apache
5 6 (0.98%) CMS
5 6 (0.98%) Confluence
5 6 (0.98%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.98%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.65%) Camunda
7 2 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.33%) ThingWorx
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.33%) Navisworks
3 2 (0.33%) Revit
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (0.98%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.65%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.49%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.49%) Maximo
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.49%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.49%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.49%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.49%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.33%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.33%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.33%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.16%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 245 (39.90%) Azure
2 126 (20.52%) AWS
3 90 (14.66%) Power Platform
4 78 (12.70%) Azure Data Factory
5 55 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (8.47%) GCP
7 45 (7.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (6.19%) SaaS
9 32 (5.21%) Snowflake
10 30 (4.89%) Serverless
11 28 (4.56%) GitHub
12 20 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
13 17 (2.77%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.44%) dbt
15 14 (2.28%) Amazon S3
15 14 (2.28%) PaaS
15 14 (2.28%) PowerApps
16 13 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (1.95%) Azure AKS
17 12 (1.95%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.30%) FTP
2 6 (0.98%) SMS
3 3 (0.49%) Firewall
3 3 (0.49%) VPN
4 2 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.33%) MQTT
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (20.36%) Data Warehouse
2 83 (13.52%) Power BI
3 71 (11.56%) SQL Server
4 68 (11.07%) Metadata
5 45 (7.33%) NoSQL
5 45 (7.33%) Pentaho
6 44 (7.17%) Data Lake
7 42 (6.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 31 (5.05%) Relational Database
8 31 (5.05%) Tableau
9 20 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (3.09%) MySQL
10 19 (3.09%) Oracle Database
10 19 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (3.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (2.93%) Big Data
11 18 (2.93%) Delta Lake
12 15 (2.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 10 (1.63%) Data Vault
13 10 (1.63%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 73 (11.89%) Git
2 37 (6.03%) JIRA
3 34 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.79%) ERwin
5 9 (1.47%) GitLab
6 5 (0.81%) PowerDesigner
6 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.49%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.33%) git-flow
8 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.16%) MLflow
9 1 (0.16%) Mocha
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.16%) RStudio
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 212 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 171 (27.85%) Finance
3 132 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (13.03%) Public Sector
5 47 (7.65%) Banking
6 24 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (2.77%) Marketing
9 15 (2.44%) Financial Institution
10 14 (2.28%) Legal
10 14 (2.28%) Retail
11 11 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.30%) Retail Banking
14 7 (1.14%) Front Office
15 6 (0.98%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.81%) Back Office
17 4 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 156 (25.41%) Data Engineer
2 131 (21.34%) Architect
3 89 (14.50%) Developer
4 64 (10.42%) Senior
5 55 (8.96%) Solutions Architect
6 54 (8.79%) Data Architect
7 45 (7.33%) Analyst
8 39 (6.35%) Consultant
9 38 (6.19%) Lead
10 29 (4.72%) Azure Engineer
11 27 (4.40%) Azure Data Engineer
11 27 (4.40%) Business Analyst
12 23 (3.75%) Integration Architect
13 20 (3.26%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (2.93%) Project Manager
15 16 (2.61%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (2.44%) Azure Architect
16 15 (2.44%) Integration Engineer
16 15 (2.44%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.28%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (8.31%) REST
2 37 (6.03%) PySpark
3 32 (5.21%) Kafka
4 26 (4.23%) JSON
5 25 (4.07%) .NET
5 25 (4.07%) Node.js
6 22 (3.58%) Middleware
6 22 (3.58%) RESTful
7 21 (3.42%) YAML
8 20 (3.26%) React
9 17 (2.77%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.61%) XML
11 14 (2.28%) Django
11 14 (2.28%) Flask
12 12 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (1.79%) SOAP
14 10 (1.63%) .NET Core
15 9 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
16 8 (1.30%) FHIR
17 7 (1.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.68%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.19%) Legacy Systems
3 37 (6.03%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.91%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 17 (2.77%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.95%) NHS
9 10 (1.63%) Data Fabric
10 9 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.30%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 6 (0.98%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.98%) IoT
12 6 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (0.81%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.81%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.30%) Unix
2 5 (0.81%) Windows
3 3 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (42.18%) Data Modelling
2 226 (36.81%) Analytics
3 206 (33.55%) ETL
4 199 (32.41%) Agile
5 173 (28.18%) Data Pipeline
6 161 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (23.78%) DevOps
8 145 (23.62%) Business Intelligence
9 138 (22.48%) Data Governance
10 134 (21.82%) CI/CD
11 113 (18.40%) Data Engineering
12 103 (16.78%) Migration
13 102 (16.61%) Data Architecture
14 96 (15.64%) Integration Patterns
15 95 (15.47%) Validation
16 88 (14.33%) Stakeholder Management
17 76 (12.38%) AI
18 74 (12.05%) Decision-Making
19 69 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
20 67 (10.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 278 (45.28%) SQL
2 150 (24.43%) Python
3 35 (5.70%) C#
4 34 (5.54%) Java
5 29 (4.72%) JavaScript
5 29 (4.72%) Scala
6 19 (3.09%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.12%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.79%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.63%) Bash
9 10 (1.63%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.14%) Bicep
10 7 (1.14%) R
11 6 (0.98%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.65%) Groovy
13 3 (0.49%) ABAP
13 3 (0.49%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.16%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.16%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 162 (26.38%) Security Cleared
2 133 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.51%) Degree
4 30 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.93%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (0.98%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.33%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CISSP
12 1 (0.16%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.16%) MBA
12 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (27.04%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.19%) GDPR
3 24 (3.91%) QA
4 8 (1.30%) HL7
5 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.81%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.65%) GRC
7 4 (0.65%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.65%) SLA
8 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.33%) FATCA
9 2 (0.33%) IFRS
9 2 (0.33%) NCSC
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
10 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
System Software
1 57 (9.28%) Docker
2 7 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 49 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.05%) Terraform
3 7 (1.14%) Grafana
4 3 (0.49%) Ansible
4 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.33%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 102 (16.61%) Oracle
2 94 (15.31%) Databricks
3 93 (15.15%) Microsoft
4 62 (10.10%) SAP
5 56 (9.12%) Talend
6 44 (7.17%) Informatica
7 30 (4.89%) Denodo
8 19 (3.09%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.95%) Google
9 12 (1.95%) NEC
10 10 (1.63%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.63%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.47%) Cloudera
11 9 (1.47%) Software AG
12 8 (1.30%) Adobe
12 8 (1.30%) IBM
13 7 (1.14%) Workday
14 6 (0.98%) Sage
14 6 (0.98%) Teradata
15 4 (0.65%) Brio