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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 183 193
Rank change year-on-year +24 +10 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 814 442 426
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.57% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.73% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 296 268
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £675
90th Percentile £775 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 5
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £54.74 £52.50 £25.26
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -47.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -53.85%

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 39,229 25,540 27,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.96% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,740 16,195 17,136
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £643
90th Percentile £738 £734 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,947 1,574 1,191
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.54 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £46.55 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.62 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.57% -40.82% -

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -7 387 £600 +4.35% 444
Midlands +13 135 £470 -9.31% 71
North of England +21 124 £500 - 136
West Midlands +7 117 £470 -10.05% 50
South East -37 79 £525 +9.38% 106
North West -3 63 £486 -2.75% 79
Yorkshire -6 42 £450 -5.26% 38
South West -8 39 £585 +46.25% 51
East of England -17 20 £613 +21.89% 40
North East -20 20 £520 -5.45% 22
East Midlands -1 18 £488 +35.42% 21
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 (8.48%) SAS
2 42 (5.16%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (3.69%) Confluence
4 25 (3.07%) Apache Spark
5 20 (2.46%) Apache
6 13 (1.60%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) CMS
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.25%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Luigi
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.37%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 32 (3.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.74%) Aladdin
4 6 (0.74%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.25%) Endur
8 2 (0.25%) Maximo
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.25%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.12%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 313 (38.45%) Azure
2 218 (26.78%) AWS
3 131 (16.09%) Power Platform
4 89 (10.93%) GCP
5 86 (10.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 68 (8.35%) Snowflake
7 66 (8.11%) Serverless
8 59 (7.25%) Amazon S3
9 52 (6.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 48 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
11 42 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (4.30%) dbt
13 34 (4.18%) GitHub
14 24 (2.95%) OCI
15 23 (2.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (2.58%) SaaS
18 19 (2.33%) Power Automate
19 17 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
20 16 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.98%) MQTT
2 5 (0.61%) DNS
2 5 (0.61%) Firewall
3 4 (0.49%) DHCP
3 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.49%) VPN
4 3 (0.37%) FTP
4 3 (0.37%) Network Security
5 2 (0.25%) SMS
5 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.25%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) DMZ
6 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (17.69%) Data Warehouse
2 113 (13.88%) Power BI
3 98 (12.04%) Metadata
4 80 (9.83%) Data Lake
5 69 (8.48%) SQL Server
6 44 (5.41%) Relational Database
7 41 (5.04%) Oracle Database
8 38 (4.67%) Pentaho
9 36 (4.42%) Amazon RDS
9 36 (4.42%) Tableau
10 33 (4.05%) BigQuery
11 31 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
12 30 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 29 (3.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 26 (3.19%) DataStage
15 20 (2.46%) Big Data
16 19 (2.33%) NoSQL
17 18 (2.21%) Amazon Athena
17 18 (2.21%) DynamoDB
18 17 (2.09%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 58 (7.13%) Git
2 38 (4.67%) JIRA
3 23 (2.83%) GitLab
4 20 (2.46%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.98%) Postman
6 6 (0.74%) ERwin
7 5 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.37%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.25%) Applitools
10 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.25%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.25%) JMeter
10 2 (0.25%) Newman
10 2 (0.25%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.25%) RStudio
10 2 (0.25%) TestRail
10 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
General
1 273 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 200 (24.57%) Finance
3 134 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
3 134 (16.46%) Public Sector
4 82 (10.07%) Banking
5 31 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (3.44%) Retail
7 24 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (2.95%) Marketing
8 20 (2.46%) Manufacturing
9 15 (1.84%) Front Office
9 15 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (1.60%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.60%) Military
11 11 (1.35%) Billing
11 11 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.35%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.35%) Legal
12 9 (1.11%) Automotive
13 8 (0.98%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 231 (28.38%) Architect
2 205 (25.18%) Data Engineer
3 98 (12.04%) Senior
4 97 (11.92%) Lead
5 94 (11.55%) Developer
6 78 (9.58%) Data Architect
7 71 (8.72%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (8.23%) Analyst
9 47 (5.77%) Senior Data Engineer
10 32 (3.93%) Technical Leader
11 31 (3.81%) Consultant
12 25 (3.07%) Data Analyst
13 23 (2.83%) Technical Architect
14 21 (2.58%) Integration Architect
14 21 (2.58%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.46%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
17 18 (2.21%) Business Analyst
17 18 (2.21%) SQL Developer
18 16 (1.97%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.39%) Terraform
2 46 (5.65%) Kafka
3 45 (5.53%) REST
4 36 (4.42%) JSON
5 32 (3.93%) Middleware
5 32 (3.93%) PySpark
6 30 (3.69%) React
7 25 (3.07%) XML
8 20 (2.46%) .NET
9 19 (2.33%) RESTful
10 18 (2.21%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.60%) Node.js
12 12 (1.47%) SOAP
13 11 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (1.23%) Apache NiFi
14 10 (1.23%) OAuth
15 9 (1.11%) GraphQL
15 9 (1.11%) pytest
16 8 (0.98%) OpenID
17 7 (0.86%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.72%) Cloud Native
2 42 (5.16%) Data Structures
2 42 (5.16%) Legacy Systems
3 34 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 27 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.58%) Reference Data
7 20 (2.46%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.09%) Data Fabric
10 16 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.97%) Replication
11 14 (1.72%) Taxonomies
12 13 (1.60%) Life Science
13 10 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.11%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.11%) SCADA
15 7 (0.86%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.07%) Linux
2 24 (2.95%) Unix
3 8 (0.98%) Windows
4 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (40.66%) ETL
2 323 (39.68%) Data Modelling
3 297 (36.49%) Analytics
4 237 (29.12%) Agile
5 231 (28.38%) Data Pipeline
6 204 (25.06%) Stakeholder Management
7 202 (24.82%) Data Engineering
8 197 (24.20%) CI/CD
8 197 (24.20%) Migration
9 172 (21.13%) DevOps
10 168 (20.64%) Data Governance
11 157 (19.29%) AI
12 155 (19.04%) Data Architecture
13 153 (18.80%) Business Intelligence
14 139 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
15 138 (16.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 132 (16.22%) Validation
17 122 (14.99%) Roadmaps
18 117 (14.37%) Decision-Making
19 112 (13.76%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 357 (43.86%) SQL
2 214 (26.29%) Python
3 39 (4.79%) PL/SQL
4 30 (3.69%) Java
5 29 (3.56%) TypeScript
6 28 (3.44%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.95%) C#
8 18 (2.21%) Shell Script
8 18 (2.21%) T-SQL
9 17 (2.09%) Bash
9 17 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.11%) Bicep
11 7 (0.86%) R
12 6 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (0.74%) Scala
13 5 (0.61%) Korn
14 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.37%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 251 (30.84%) Security Cleared
2 213 (26.17%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.28%) Degree
4 24 (2.95%) DV Cleared
5 23 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.97%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.86%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.86%) PMP
11 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.49%) SAS Certification
13 3 (0.37%) CBAP
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (28.38%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.93%) GRC
3 29 (3.56%) GDPR
4 26 (3.19%) QA
5 23 (2.83%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.11%) SLA
7 7 (0.86%) PMO
8 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.74%) WCAG
9 5 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.49%) IFRS
10 4 (0.49%) NCSC
11 3 (0.37%) GxP
11 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.37%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.25%) FATCA
12 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
12 2 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 43 (5.28%) Docker
2 7 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) HDFS
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 55 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.60%) Grafana
3 12 (1.47%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.11%) Ansible
5 7 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.74%) Control-M
7 4 (0.49%) Argo
8 3 (0.37%) Istio
8 3 (0.37%) Kibana
9 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 166 (20.39%) Oracle
2 140 (17.20%) Microsoft
3 116 (14.25%) Databricks
4 68 (8.35%) SAP
5 60 (7.37%) Informatica
6 47 (5.77%) Talend
7 45 (5.53%) Google
8 37 (4.55%) Salesforce
9 24 (2.95%) IBM
9 24 (2.95%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.33%) Denodo
11 11 (1.35%) Teradata
12 9 (1.11%) Workday
13 8 (0.98%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.86%) Bloomberg
14 7 (0.86%) eFront
14 7 (0.86%) Sparx
15 6 (0.74%) Ariba
15 6 (0.74%) Planon
15 6 (0.74%) VMware