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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 176 200
Rank change year-on-year +12 +24 +21
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 800 453 422
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.63% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.80% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 308 282
10th Percentile £400 £363 £382
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £774
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 3
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £46.88 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £72.06 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £83.51 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -50.82%

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 39,153 25,217 28,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.77% 90.89% 86.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,009 16,021 17,785
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
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 2,713 1,491 1,342
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.30 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -16 381 £600 +4.35% 281
Midlands +20 146 £473 -8.87% 50
West Midlands +21 129 £473 -9.00% 34
North of England +7 114 £500 - 76
South East -36 82 £525 - 100
North West -14 66 £500 - 42
South West -24 33 £585 +46.25% 43
Yorkshire -19 30 £450 -5.26% 23
North East -23 19 £520 -5.45% 11
East Midlands -12 17 £455 +10.98% 16
East of England -21 17 £590 +17.41% 37
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 (9.63%) SAS
2 46 (5.75%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (3.63%) Confluence
4 24 (3.00%) Apache Spark
5 21 (2.63%) Apache
6 11 (1.38%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.38%) 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 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) Mule
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 14 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.38%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (4.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.63%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.63%) 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 (0.38%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.38%) 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 (0.13%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 313 (39.13%) Azure
2 220 (27.50%) AWS
3 119 (14.88%) Power Platform
4 86 (10.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 81 (10.13%) GCP
6 68 (8.50%) Serverless
7 64 (8.00%) Snowflake
8 51 (6.38%) Amazon S3
8 51 (6.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 49 (6.13%) AWS Lambda
10 36 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (4.25%) GitHub
12 32 (4.00%) dbt
13 24 (3.00%) SaaS
14 23 (2.88%) OCI
15 19 (2.38%) Power Automate
16 17 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 17 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (1.88%) Amazon ECS
17 15 (1.88%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) DNS
1 5 (0.63%) Firewall
2 4 (0.50%) DHCP
2 4 (0.50%) SMS
2 4 (0.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.50%) VPN
3 3 (0.38%) FTP
3 3 (0.38%) MQTT
4 2 (0.25%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.25%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) DMZ
5 1 (0.13%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (17.88%) Data Warehouse
2 106 (13.25%) Power BI
3 93 (11.63%) Metadata
4 77 (9.63%) Data Lake
5 73 (9.13%) SQL Server
6 47 (5.88%) Relational Database
7 46 (5.75%) Pentaho
8 44 (5.50%) Oracle Database
9 38 (4.75%) Tableau
10 37 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (3.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 29 (3.63%) Amazon Redshift
14 24 (3.00%) BigQuery
14 24 (3.00%) DataStage
15 21 (2.63%) NoSQL
16 20 (2.50%) Big Data
17 19 (2.38%) DynamoDB
17 19 (2.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
18 18 (2.25%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 56 (7.00%) Git
2 37 (4.63%) JIRA
3 24 (3.00%) GitLab
4 23 (2.88%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.13%) ERwin
6 6 (0.75%) Postman
6 6 (0.75%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
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 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.13%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.13%) MLflow
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 267 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 190 (23.75%) Finance
3 137 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (16.50%) Public Sector
5 75 (9.38%) Banking
6 30 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.50%) Retail
8 24 (3.00%) Marketing
9 15 (1.88%) Legal
10 14 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.63%) Front Office
11 13 (1.63%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.25%) Billing
13 10 (1.25%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.13%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.13%) Military
15 8 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.88%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 232 (29.00%) Architect
2 200 (25.00%) Data Engineer
3 95 (11.88%) Developer
4 90 (11.25%) Senior
5 84 (10.50%) Data Architect
6 80 (10.00%) Lead
7 73 (9.13%) Solutions Architect
8 64 (8.00%) Analyst
9 39 (4.88%) Senior Data Engineer
10 29 (3.63%) Technical Leader
11 27 (3.38%) Consultant
12 25 (3.13%) Technical Architect
13 24 (3.00%) Data Analyst
13 24 (3.00%) Integration Architect
14 22 (2.75%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.50%) Business Analyst
16 19 (2.38%) Project Manager
17 18 (2.25%) Azure Engineer
17 18 (2.25%) SQL Developer
18 15 (1.88%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.75%) Terraform
2 45 (5.63%) Kafka
3 40 (5.00%) REST
4 37 (4.63%) JSON
5 34 (4.25%) React
6 32 (4.00%) Middleware
6 32 (4.00%) PySpark
7 23 (2.88%) XML
8 22 (2.75%) .NET
9 19 (2.38%) RESTful
10 16 (2.00%) FastAPI
11 14 (1.75%) Node.js
12 12 (1.50%) SOAP
13 11 (1.38%) Oracle Fusion
14 9 (1.13%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.13%) Apache NiFi
14 9 (1.13%) Spring Boot
15 8 (1.00%) GraphQL
16 7 (0.88%) Spring
17 6 (0.75%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 46 (5.75%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (5.25%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.50%) Product Ownership
6 23 (2.88%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.63%) Reference Data
8 20 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.25%) AI Agents
11 17 (2.13%) Data Fabric
12 16 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
14 13 (1.63%) Life Science
14 13 (1.63%) Replication
15 11 (1.38%) Taxonomies
16 8 (1.00%) Algorithms
16 8 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (1.00%) Mainframe
17 7 (0.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (3.00%) Unix
2 22 (2.75%) Linux
3 9 (1.13%) Windows
4 5 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (40.63%) ETL
2 318 (39.75%) Data Modelling
3 300 (37.50%) Analytics
4 231 (28.88%) Agile
4 231 (28.88%) Data Pipeline
5 199 (24.88%) Migration
6 197 (24.63%) CI/CD
7 186 (23.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 179 (22.38%) Data Engineering
9 168 (21.00%) DevOps
10 153 (19.13%) Data Governance
11 152 (19.00%) AI
11 152 (19.00%) Business Intelligence
12 143 (17.88%) Data Architecture
13 139 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
14 137 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 122 (15.25%) Integration Patterns
16 118 (14.75%) Validation
17 106 (13.25%) Data Migration
17 106 (13.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 341 (42.63%) SQL
2 204 (25.50%) Python
3 40 (5.00%) PL/SQL
4 38 (4.75%) Java
5 28 (3.50%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.75%) C#
6 22 (2.75%) T-SQL
7 18 (2.25%) Shell Script
8 17 (2.13%) Bash
8 17 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 16 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.13%) Bicep
11 8 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.88%) R
12 7 (0.88%) Scala
13 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.38%) ABAP
14 3 (0.38%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.38%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 262 (32.75%) Security Cleared
2 221 (27.63%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.13%) Degree
4 23 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.00%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.00%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.88%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.75%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.75%) PMP
13 4 (0.50%) 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
1 212 (26.50%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.13%) GDPR
3 32 (4.00%) GRC
4 27 (3.38%) QA
5 20 (2.50%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.88%) PMO
7 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.75%) SLA
8 5 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.63%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.63%) WCAG
9 4 (0.50%) IFRS
9 4 (0.50%) NCSC
10 3 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.38%) GxP
10 3 (0.38%) 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 47 (5.88%) Docker
2 7 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.00%) Grafana
3 11 (1.38%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.25%) Ansible
5 6 (0.75%) Control-M
5 6 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.50%) Argo
7 3 (0.38%) Istio
8 2 (0.25%) Kibana
8 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 173 (21.63%) Oracle
2 125 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 116 (14.50%) Databricks
4 76 (9.50%) SAP
5 59 (7.38%) Informatica
6 56 (7.00%) Talend
7 37 (4.63%) Salesforce
8 35 (4.38%) Google
9 23 (2.88%) Denodo
10 22 (2.75%) IBM
11 21 (2.63%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.38%) Teradata
13 9 (1.13%) MuleSoft
13 9 (1.13%) Workday
14 8 (1.00%) Ariba
15 7 (0.88%) Cloudera
15 7 (0.88%) Palantir
15 7 (0.88%) Sparx
16 6 (0.75%) VMware
17 5 (0.63%) Red Hat