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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 174 197
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 807 451 415
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.65% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.81% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 306 273
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 £675
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 39,157 24,863 28,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.87% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,010 15,784 17,561
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 £648
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 2,714 1,478 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.29 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.74 £66.53
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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -5 386 £600 +4.35% 516
Midlands +16 146 £475 -8.39% 77
West Midlands +16 129 £475 -8.52% 55
North of England +6 115 £500 - 132
South East -37 82 £525 -2.33% 129
North West -3 66 £500 - 81
South West -29 35 £599 +49.69% 54
Yorkshire -11 31 £450 -5.26% 35
North East -20 19 £520 -5.45% 16
East Midlands -7 17 £455 +10.98% 22
East of England -30 16 £580 +15.42% 46
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 (9.54%) SAS
2 45 (5.58%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (3.59%) Confluence
4 24 (2.97%) Apache Spark
5 21 (2.60%) 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 (1.73%) 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 (1.73%) 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
1 314 (38.91%) Azure
2 221 (27.39%) AWS
3 120 (14.87%) Power Platform
4 85 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
5 83 (10.29%) GCP
6 71 (8.80%) Serverless
7 63 (7.81%) Snowflake
8 53 (6.57%) Amazon S3
9 51 (6.32%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (6.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 37 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
11 35 (4.34%) GitHub
12 32 (3.97%) dbt
13 24 (2.97%) OCI
13 24 (2.97%) SaaS
14 20 (2.48%) Power Automate
15 19 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
17 16 (1.98%) 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 (17.60%) Data Warehouse
2 106 (13.14%) Power BI
3 95 (11.77%) Metadata
4 78 (9.67%) Data Lake
5 74 (9.17%) SQL Server
6 47 (5.82%) Relational Database
7 45 (5.58%) Oracle Database
7 45 (5.58%) Pentaho
8 38 (4.71%) Tableau
9 37 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
10 34 (4.21%) Amazon RDS
11 31 (3.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 28 (3.47%) Amazon Redshift
13 26 (3.22%) BigQuery
14 24 (2.97%) DataStage
15 22 (2.73%) NoSQL
16 20 (2.48%) Big Data
16 20 (2.48%) DynamoDB
17 19 (2.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
18 18 (2.23%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 56 (6.94%) Git
2 37 (4.58%) JIRA
3 25 (3.10%) 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
1 271 (33.58%) Social Skills
2 193 (23.92%) Finance
3 138 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (16.60%) Public Sector
5 76 (9.42%) Banking
6 30 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
7 29 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (3.47%) Retail
9 23 (2.85%) Marketing
10 15 (1.86%) Front Office
10 15 (1.86%) Legal
10 15 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.24%) Billing
13 10 (1.24%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.12%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.12%) Military
15 8 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.87%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 234 (29.00%) Architect
2 200 (24.78%) Data Engineer
3 96 (11.90%) Developer
4 91 (11.28%) Senior
5 84 (10.41%) Data Architect
5 84 (10.41%) Lead
6 73 (9.05%) Solutions Architect
7 64 (7.93%) Analyst
8 40 (4.96%) Senior Data Engineer
9 31 (3.84%) Technical Leader
10 28 (3.47%) Consultant
11 25 (3.10%) Technical Architect
12 24 (2.97%) Data Analyst
12 24 (2.97%) Integration Architect
13 22 (2.73%) Integration Engineer
14 20 (2.48%) Business Analyst
15 18 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.23%) Project Manager
15 18 (2.23%) SQL Developer
16 15 (1.86%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.95%) Terraform
2 44 (5.45%) Kafka
3 40 (4.96%) REST
4 39 (4.83%) JSON
5 34 (4.21%) React
6 32 (3.97%) Middleware
6 32 (3.97%) PySpark
7 25 (3.10%) XML
8 22 (2.73%) .NET
9 19 (2.35%) RESTful
10 17 (2.11%) FastAPI
11 14 (1.73%) Node.js
12 12 (1.49%) SOAP
13 11 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
14 9 (1.12%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
14 9 (1.12%) Spring Boot
15 8 (0.99%) GraphQL
16 7 (0.87%) OAuth
16 7 (0.87%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.58%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.33%) Data Structures
4 32 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.47%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.73%) Reference Data
8 20 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (2.23%) AI Agents
9 18 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.11%) Data Fabric
11 16 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.73%) Replication
14 13 (1.61%) Life Science
15 12 (1.49%) Taxonomies
16 8 (0.99%) Algorithms
16 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.99%) Mainframe
17 7 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.97%) 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
1 326 (40.40%) ETL
2 323 (40.02%) Data Modelling
3 302 (37.42%) Analytics
4 234 (29.00%) Agile
5 232 (28.75%) Data Pipeline
6 201 (24.91%) CI/CD
6 201 (24.91%) Migration
7 188 (23.30%) Stakeholder Management
8 181 (22.43%) Data Engineering
9 171 (21.19%) DevOps
10 156 (19.33%) AI
11 154 (19.08%) Data Governance
12 152 (18.84%) Business Intelligence
13 147 (18.22%) Data Architecture
14 140 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
15 139 (17.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 122 (15.12%) Integration Patterns
17 119 (14.75%) Validation
18 111 (13.75%) Roadmaps
19 107 (13.26%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 345 (42.75%) SQL
2 208 (25.77%) Python
3 40 (4.96%) PL/SQL
4 38 (4.71%) Java
5 28 (3.47%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.97%) C#
7 22 (2.73%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.23%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.23%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.11%) Bash
10 16 (1.98%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.12%) Bicep
12 8 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.87%) R
13 7 (0.87%) Scala
14 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.37%) Cypher
15 3 (0.37%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 262 (32.47%) Security Cleared
2 221 (27.39%) SC Cleared
3 41 (5.08%) Degree
4 23 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (2.85%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.98%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.49%) 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 4 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.50%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (26.52%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.97%) GDPR
2 32 (3.97%) GRC
3 27 (3.35%) QA
4 21 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.87%) PMO
6 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.74%) SLA
6 6 (0.74%) WCAG
7 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.62%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.50%) IFRS
8 4 (0.50%) NCSC
9 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.37%) GxP
9 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.25%) FATCA
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (5.95%) 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 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.86%) 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 (21.56%) Oracle
2 126 (15.61%) Microsoft
3 118 (14.62%) Databricks
4 76 (9.42%) SAP
5 59 (7.31%) Informatica
6 55 (6.82%) Talend
7 37 (4.58%) Google
7 37 (4.58%) Salesforce
8 22 (2.73%) Denodo
8 22 (2.73%) IBM
9 21 (2.60%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.36%) Teradata
11 9 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.12%) Workday
12 8 (0.99%) Ariba
13 7 (0.87%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.87%) Palantir
13 7 (0.87%) Sparx
14 6 (0.74%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.74%) VMware