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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 172 200
Rank change year-on-year +17 +28 +26
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 806 453 416
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.63% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.79% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 308 273
10th Percentile £400 £363 £376
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £673
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 3
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -47.83%
75th Percentile £71.50 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £83.47 - -
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 39,062 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.72% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,917 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,725 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -14 387 £600 +4.35% 513
Midlands +21 145 £475 -8.39% 76
West Midlands +15 127 £481 -7.46% 54
North of England 0 114 £500 - 140
South East -41 82 £525 -2.33% 138
North West -5 63 £500 - 82
South West -26 35 £599 +49.69% 58
Yorkshire -22 33 £463 -2.63% 41
North East -21 19 £520 -5.45% 17
East Midlands -5 18 £435 +6.10% 22
East of England -23 16 £580 +15.42% 53
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 77 (9.55%) SAS
2 45 (5.58%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (3.47%) Confluence
4 24 (2.98%) Apache Spark
5 21 (2.61%) Apache
6 12 (1.49%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.37%) Camunda
9 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Mule
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 14 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.37%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.37%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (4.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.62%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.50%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.37%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.25%) Endur
7 2 (0.25%) Maximo
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 313 (38.83%) Azure
2 222 (27.54%) AWS
3 117 (14.52%) Power Platform
4 84 (10.42%) Azure Data Factory
4 84 (10.42%) GCP
5 71 (8.81%) Serverless
6 63 (7.82%) Snowflake
7 55 (6.82%) Amazon S3
8 52 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (6.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (4.47%) GitHub
12 33 (4.09%) dbt
13 24 (2.98%) OCI
13 24 (2.98%) SaaS
14 20 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 19 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (2.36%) Power Automate
16 16 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
16 16 (1.99%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.62%) DNS
1 5 (0.62%) Firewall
2 4 (0.50%) DHCP
2 4 (0.50%) MQTT
2 4 (0.50%) SMS
2 4 (0.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.50%) VPN
3 3 (0.37%) FTP
4 2 (0.25%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.25%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) DMZ
5 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (17.62%) Data Warehouse
2 103 (12.78%) Power BI
3 96 (11.91%) Metadata
4 79 (9.80%) Data Lake
5 71 (8.81%) SQL Server
6 47 (5.83%) Relational Database
7 45 (5.58%) Oracle Database
8 44 (5.46%) Pentaho
9 37 (4.59%) Tableau
10 36 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 29 (3.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 27 (3.35%) BigQuery
15 24 (2.98%) DataStage
16 21 (2.61%) NoSQL
17 20 (2.48%) Big Data
17 20 (2.48%) DynamoDB
18 19 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
18 19 (2.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 55 (6.82%) Git
2 36 (4.47%) JIRA
3 26 (3.23%) GitLab
4 23 (2.85%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.12%) ERwin
6 6 (0.74%) Postman
6 6 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.25%) RStudio
9 2 (0.25%) TestRail
9 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.12%) MLflow
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 272 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 195 (24.19%) Finance
3 134 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (16.50%) Public Sector
5 77 (9.55%) Banking
6 30 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.47%) Retail
8 23 (2.85%) Marketing
9 15 (1.86%) Front Office
9 15 (1.86%) Legal
9 15 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
10 14 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.24%) Billing
12 10 (1.24%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.12%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.12%) Military
14 8 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.87%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 234 (29.03%) Architect
2 199 (24.69%) Data Engineer
3 94 (11.66%) Developer
4 89 (11.04%) Senior
5 84 (10.42%) Lead
6 83 (10.30%) Data Architect
7 74 (9.18%) Solutions Architect
8 64 (7.94%) Analyst
9 40 (4.96%) Senior Data Engineer
10 31 (3.85%) Technical Leader
11 28 (3.47%) Consultant
12 25 (3.10%) Technical Architect
13 24 (2.98%) Data Analyst
13 24 (2.98%) Integration Architect
14 22 (2.73%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.48%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
16 18 (2.23%) Project Manager
16 18 (2.23%) SQL Developer
17 15 (1.86%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.08%) Terraform
2 44 (5.46%) Kafka
3 40 (4.96%) REST
4 39 (4.84%) JSON
5 33 (4.09%) React
6 32 (3.97%) Middleware
6 32 (3.97%) PySpark
7 25 (3.10%) XML
8 21 (2.61%) .NET
9 18 (2.23%) RESTful
10 17 (2.11%) FastAPI
11 14 (1.74%) Node.js
12 12 (1.49%) SOAP
13 11 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
14 9 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
14 9 (1.12%) Spring Boot
15 8 (0.99%) AngularJS
15 8 (0.99%) GraphQL
16 7 (0.87%) OAuth
16 7 (0.87%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.81%) Cloud Native
2 44 (5.46%) Data Structures
2 44 (5.46%) Legacy Systems
3 32 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.47%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.73%) Reference Data
7 20 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.11%) AI Agents
9 17 (2.11%) Data Fabric
10 16 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (1.86%) Replication
12 13 (1.61%) Life Science
12 13 (1.61%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.99%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.99%) Mainframe
14 7 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.98%) Unix
2 22 (2.73%) Linux
3 9 (1.12%) Windows
4 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (40.32%) ETL
2 322 (39.95%) Data Modelling
3 302 (37.47%) Analytics
4 234 (29.03%) Agile
5 233 (28.91%) Data Pipeline
6 203 (25.19%) Migration
7 202 (25.06%) CI/CD
8 189 (23.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 184 (22.83%) Data Engineering
10 171 (21.22%) DevOps
11 157 (19.48%) Data Governance
12 156 (19.35%) AI
13 149 (18.49%) Data Architecture
14 148 (18.36%) Business Intelligence
15 140 (17.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 138 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
17 121 (15.01%) Integration Patterns
17 121 (15.01%) Validation
18 114 (14.14%) Roadmaps
19 107 (13.28%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 346 (42.93%) SQL
2 209 (25.93%) Python
3 40 (4.96%) PL/SQL
4 38 (4.71%) Java
5 28 (3.47%) TypeScript
6 23 (2.85%) C#
7 21 (2.61%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.23%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.11%) Bash
10 16 (1.99%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.12%) Bicep
12 7 (0.87%) R
12 7 (0.87%) Scala
13 6 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.37%) ABAP
16 3 (0.37%) Cypher
16 3 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 258 (32.01%) Security Cleared
2 218 (27.05%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.09%) Degree
4 23 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.99%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.74%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.74%) PMP
12 5 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.50%) SAS Certification
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (26.67%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.97%) GDPR
3 31 (3.85%) GRC
4 26 (3.23%) QA
5 21 (2.61%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.87%) PMO
7 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.74%) SLA
7 6 (0.74%) WCAG
8 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.62%) Solvency II
9 4 (0.50%) IFRS
9 4 (0.50%) NCSC
10 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.37%) GxP
10 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.25%) FATCA
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (5.96%) Docker
2 7 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.74%) Grafana
3 11 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.24%) Ansible
5 7 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.74%) Control-M
7 4 (0.50%) Argo
8 3 (0.37%) Istio
9 2 (0.25%) 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
1 174 (21.59%) Oracle
2 127 (15.76%) Microsoft
3 118 (14.64%) Databricks
4 76 (9.43%) SAP
5 59 (7.32%) Informatica
6 54 (6.70%) Talend
7 38 (4.71%) Google
7 38 (4.71%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.73%) IBM
9 21 (2.61%) Denodo
10 20 (2.48%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.49%) Teradata
12 9 (1.12%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.12%) Workday
13 8 (0.99%) Ariba
14 7 (0.87%) Cloudera
14 7 (0.87%) Palantir
14 7 (0.87%) Sparx
15 6 (0.74%) Bloomberg
15 6 (0.74%) VMware