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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 164 210
Rank change year-on-year +7 +46 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 803 463 383
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.68% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.85% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 323 264
10th Percentile £400 £363 £366
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.00% -1.59%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £733 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 4
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £31.66 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.74 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.53% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 £39.69
90th Percentile £84.33 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.42% +83.33% -40.00%

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 38,831 25,009 28,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.78% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,961 15,919 18,268
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,587 1,463 1,501
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.68 £17.87 £18.11
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.47 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -16 376 £600 +6.29% 341
Midlands +30 157 £469 -9.55% 45
West Midlands +25 140 £469 -9.55% 35
North of England +4 112 £500 - 75
South East -36 83 £525 - 88
North West -4 67 £500 - 57
South West -15 30 £525 +20.00% 33
Yorkshire -30 25 £450 -5.26% 12
North East -19 21 £525 -4.55% 6
East of England -13 19 £613 +21.29% 26
East Midlands -14 17 £455 +10.98% 10
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 81 (10.09%) SAS
2 40 (4.98%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.86%) Confluence
4 21 (2.62%) Apache Spark
5 16 (1.99%) Apache
6 10 (1.25%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.50%) Camunda
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
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%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Luigi
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (1.62%) 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
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (4.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.75%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.50%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.37%) SimCorp Dimension
8 2 (0.25%) Endur
8 2 (0.25%) Maximo
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.25%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 310 (38.61%) Azure
2 211 (26.28%) AWS
3 122 (15.19%) Power Platform
4 82 (10.21%) Azure Data Factory
5 74 (9.22%) GCP
6 63 (7.85%) Serverless
7 58 (7.22%) Snowflake
8 50 (6.23%) Amazon S3
9 49 (6.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 47 (5.85%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (4.23%) GitHub
13 27 (3.36%) dbt
14 21 (2.62%) OCI
14 21 (2.62%) SaaS
15 18 (2.24%) Power Automate
16 17 (2.12%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (1.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.87%) Firewall
1 7 (0.87%) VPN
2 5 (0.62%) DNS
3 4 (0.50%) DHCP
3 4 (0.50%) SMS
3 4 (0.50%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.37%) FTP
4 3 (0.37%) MQTT
4 3 (0.37%) Network Security
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
1 141 (17.56%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (13.57%) Power BI
3 84 (10.46%) Metadata
4 74 (9.22%) Data Lake
5 72 (8.97%) SQL Server
6 51 (6.35%) Pentaho
6 51 (6.35%) Relational Database
7 43 (5.35%) Oracle Database
8 40 (4.98%) Tableau
9 36 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
10 32 (3.99%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
11 26 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 24 (2.99%) DataStage
13 23 (2.86%) NoSQL
14 21 (2.62%) Big Data
14 21 (2.62%) MySQL
15 20 (2.49%) BigQuery
15 20 (2.49%) DynamoDB
15 20 (2.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 56 (6.97%) Git
2 31 (3.86%) JIRA
3 26 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 24 (2.99%) GitLab
5 11 (1.37%) ERwin
6 5 (0.62%) Postman
6 5 (0.62%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.50%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.50%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.25%) TestRail
9 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.12%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.12%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) RStudio
10 1 (0.12%) Toad
10 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 257 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 184 (22.91%) Finance
3 147 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (16.31%) Public Sector
5 64 (7.97%) Banking
6 28 (3.49%) Retail
7 27 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.24%) Marketing
9 24 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (2.12%) Legal
11 14 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.62%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.37%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.25%) Front Office
14 10 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.12%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.12%) Billing
16 7 (0.87%) Automotive
16 7 (0.87%) Military
16 7 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (28.52%) Architect
2 200 (24.91%) Data Engineer
3 97 (12.08%) Developer
4 85 (10.59%) Senior
5 82 (10.21%) Data Architect
6 76 (9.46%) Lead
7 74 (9.22%) Solutions Architect
8 65 (8.09%) Analyst
9 35 (4.36%) Senior Data Engineer
10 29 (3.61%) Technical Leader
11 26 (3.24%) Consultant
12 25 (3.11%) Integration Architect
13 24 (2.99%) Data Analyst
13 24 (2.99%) Integration Engineer
14 23 (2.86%) Technical Architect
15 21 (2.62%) Business Analyst
15 21 (2.62%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.37%) SQL Developer
17 17 (2.12%) Azure Engineer
18 15 (1.87%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.73%) Kafka
2 44 (5.48%) Terraform
3 43 (5.35%) REST
4 33 (4.11%) React
5 32 (3.99%) JSON
5 32 (3.99%) Middleware
6 31 (3.86%) PySpark
7 21 (2.62%) .NET
8 19 (2.37%) Node.js
8 19 (2.37%) XML
9 17 (2.12%) RESTful
10 15 (1.87%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.49%) SOAP
12 10 (1.25%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.25%) Django
12 10 (1.25%) YAML
13 9 (1.12%) Flask
14 8 (1.00%) GraphQL
14 8 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.59%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.60%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.35%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.74%) Reference Data
7 21 (2.62%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.99%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.87%) Life Science
12 13 (1.62%) Replication
13 8 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.00%) Data Fabric
13 8 (1.00%) IoT
13 8 (1.00%) Mainframe
13 8 (1.00%) NHS
14 7 (0.87%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.99%) Unix
2 22 (2.74%) 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
1 330 (41.10%) ETL
2 318 (39.60%) Data Modelling
3 308 (38.36%) Analytics
4 225 (28.02%) Agile
4 225 (28.02%) Data Pipeline
5 195 (24.28%) Migration
6 189 (23.54%) CI/CD
7 170 (21.17%) Data Engineering
8 169 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 167 (20.80%) DevOps
10 153 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
11 149 (18.56%) AI
12 147 (18.31%) Data Governance
13 145 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
14 138 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 137 (17.06%) Data Architecture
16 121 (15.07%) Integration Patterns
17 119 (14.82%) Validation
18 104 (12.95%) Enterprise Architecture
19 103 (12.83%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 343 (42.71%) SQL
2 207 (25.78%) Python
3 42 (5.23%) Java
4 39 (4.86%) PL/SQL
5 26 (3.24%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.62%) Bash
7 20 (2.49%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.24%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.24%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.24%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.12%) C#
10 10 (1.25%) Bicep
11 9 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.00%) Scala
13 6 (0.75%) R
14 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.37%) ABAP
15 3 (0.37%) Cypher
15 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 253 (31.51%) Security Cleared
2 215 (26.77%) SC Cleared
3 40 (4.98%) Degree
4 22 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.37%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.12%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.75%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.62%) PMP
13 4 (0.50%) SAS Certification
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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 (26.40%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.73%) GDPR
3 31 (3.86%) GRC
4 25 (3.11%) QA
5 20 (2.49%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.87%) PMO
6 7 (0.87%) SLA
7 6 (0.75%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.50%) IFRS
9 4 (0.50%) SNOMED CT
10 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.37%) GxP
10 3 (0.37%) HL7
10 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.37%) WCAG
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 45 (5.60%) Docker
2 8 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.37%) Grafana
3 11 (1.37%) 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 (0.37%) Istio
8 2 (0.25%) Kibana
8 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 172 (21.42%) Oracle
2 121 (15.07%) Microsoft
3 115 (14.32%) Databricks
4 80 (9.96%) SAP
5 61 (7.60%) Informatica
6 59 (7.35%) Talend
7 39 (4.86%) Salesforce
8 31 (3.86%) Google
9 27 (3.36%) Denodo
10 22 (2.74%) IBM
11 21 (2.62%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.37%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.37%) NEC
12 11 (1.37%) Teradata
13 9 (1.12%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.12%) Workday
14 8 (1.00%) Ariba
14 8 (1.00%) Sparx
15 7 (0.87%) Palantir
16 6 (0.75%) VMware