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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 163 204
Rank change year-on-year +9 +41 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 810 464 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.76% 1.67% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.84% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 321 266
10th Percentile £400 £363 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.89% -0.68%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 4
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £32.36 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 £39.69
90th Percentile £84.09 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £64.24 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +16.80% +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 38,963 25,189 28,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.89% 90.78% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,049 16,044 18,122
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £632 £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 1,471 1,456
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.16% +0.31%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -7 377 £600 +4.35% 333
Midlands +28 161 £470 -9.45% 46
West Midlands +33 144 £470 -9.45% 36
North of England 0 112 £500 - 72
South East -42 83 £525 +2.44% 87
North West -16 67 £500 - 55
South West -22 32 £555 +26.86% 32
Yorkshire -29 25 £450 -5.26% 11
North East -17 21 £525 -4.55% 6
East of England -18 19 £613 +21.89% 25
East Midlands -11 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 (10.00%) SAS
2 41 (5.06%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.84%) Confluence
4 21 (2.59%) Apache Spark
5 17 (2.10%) Apache
6 10 (1.23%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.49%) Camunda
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
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%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.12%) Appian
9 1 (0.12%) Luigi
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (1.60%) 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 (4.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.99%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (0.74%) Aladdin
5 5 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.49%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.49%) 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
1 313 (38.64%) Azure
2 215 (26.54%) AWS
3 122 (15.06%) Power Platform
4 82 (10.12%) Azure Data Factory
5 74 (9.14%) GCP
6 63 (7.78%) Serverless
7 58 (7.16%) Snowflake
8 51 (6.30%) Amazon S3
9 49 (6.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 47 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
11 39 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (4.20%) GitHub
13 27 (3.33%) dbt
14 24 (2.96%) SaaS
15 22 (2.72%) OCI
16 18 (2.22%) Power Automate
17 17 (2.10%) PowerApps
18 16 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
19 15 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.86%) Firewall
1 7 (0.86%) VPN
2 5 (0.62%) DNS
3 4 (0.49%) DHCP
3 4 (0.49%) SMS
3 4 (0.49%) 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
1 142 (17.53%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (13.46%) Power BI
3 87 (10.74%) Metadata
4 74 (9.14%) Data Lake
5 73 (9.01%) SQL Server
6 52 (6.42%) Pentaho
7 51 (6.30%) Relational Database
8 45 (5.56%) Oracle Database
9 41 (5.06%) Tableau
10 37 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (3.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 27 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
13 26 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 24 (2.96%) DataStage
15 23 (2.84%) NoSQL
16 21 (2.59%) Big Data
16 21 (2.59%) MySQL
17 20 (2.47%) BigQuery
17 20 (2.47%) DynamoDB
17 20 (2.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 56 (6.91%) Git
2 31 (3.83%) JIRA
3 26 (3.21%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.09%) GitLab
5 11 (1.36%) ERwin
6 5 (0.62%) Postman
6 5 (0.62%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.25%) RStudio
9 2 (0.25%) TestRail
9 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.12%) MLflow
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 261 (32.22%) Social Skills
2 184 (22.72%) Finance
3 147 (18.15%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 64 (7.90%) Banking
6 28 (3.46%) Retail
7 27 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
7 27 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.21%) Marketing
9 17 (2.10%) Legal
10 14 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.36%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.23%) Front Office
13 10 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.11%) Billing
15 7 (0.86%) Automotive
15 7 (0.86%) Military
15 7 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (28.77%) Architect
2 202 (24.94%) Data Engineer
3 97 (11.98%) Developer
4 87 (10.74%) Senior
5 86 (10.62%) Data Architect
6 76 (9.38%) Lead
7 74 (9.14%) Solutions Architect
8 65 (8.02%) Analyst
9 36 (4.44%) Senior Data Engineer
10 29 (3.58%) Technical Leader
11 26 (3.21%) Consultant
11 26 (3.21%) Integration Architect
12 24 (2.96%) Data Analyst
12 24 (2.96%) Integration Engineer
13 23 (2.84%) Technical Architect
14 21 (2.59%) Business Analyst
14 21 (2.59%) Project Manager
15 19 (2.35%) SQL Developer
16 17 (2.10%) Azure Engineer
17 15 (1.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.68%) Kafka
2 44 (5.43%) Terraform
3 43 (5.31%) REST
4 33 (4.07%) JSON
4 33 (4.07%) React
5 32 (3.95%) Middleware
6 31 (3.83%) PySpark
7 21 (2.59%) .NET
8 19 (2.35%) Node.js
8 19 (2.35%) XML
9 17 (2.10%) RESTful
10 15 (1.85%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.48%) SOAP
12 10 (1.23%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.23%) Django
12 10 (1.23%) YAML
13 9 (1.11%) Flask
14 8 (0.99%) GraphQL
14 8 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
14 8 (0.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.54%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.31%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.09%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.72%) Reference Data
7 21 (2.59%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.98%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.85%) Life Science
12 14 (1.73%) Replication
13 11 (1.36%) Data Fabric
14 8 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.99%) IoT
14 8 (0.99%) Mainframe
14 8 (0.99%) NHS
15 7 (0.86%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.96%) Unix
2 22 (2.72%) Linux
3 9 (1.11%) 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
1 332 (40.99%) ETL
2 320 (39.51%) Data Modelling
3 309 (38.15%) Analytics
4 227 (28.02%) Agile
5 226 (27.90%) Data Pipeline
6 196 (24.20%) Migration
7 190 (23.46%) CI/CD
8 172 (21.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 170 (20.99%) Data Engineering
10 167 (20.62%) DevOps
11 154 (19.01%) Business Intelligence
12 150 (18.52%) AI
13 148 (18.27%) Data Governance
14 146 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
15 142 (17.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 141 (17.41%) Data Architecture
17 121 (14.94%) Integration Patterns
18 119 (14.69%) Validation
19 107 (13.21%) Enterprise Architecture
20 105 (12.96%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 345 (42.59%) SQL
2 208 (25.68%) Python
3 42 (5.19%) Java
4 39 (4.81%) PL/SQL
5 26 (3.21%) TypeScript
6 21 (2.59%) Bash
7 20 (2.47%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.22%) JavaScript
8 18 (2.22%) PowerShell
8 18 (2.22%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.10%) C#
10 10 (1.23%) Bicep
11 9 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.99%) Scala
13 7 (0.86%) R
14 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.37%) ABAP
15 3 (0.37%) Cypher
15 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 259 (31.98%) Security Cleared
2 221 (27.28%) SC Cleared
3 40 (4.94%) Degree
4 22 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.62%) PMP
13 4 (0.49%) 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 (26.17%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.69%) GDPR
3 31 (3.83%) GRC
4 26 (3.21%) QA
5 20 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.86%) PMO
6 7 (0.86%) SLA
7 6 (0.74%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.49%) IFRS
9 4 (0.49%) 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%) FATCA
11 2 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 45 (5.56%) Docker
2 8 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (7.16%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.35%) Grafana
3 11 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.23%) Ansible
5 6 (0.74%) Control-M
5 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.49%) 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
1 174 (21.48%) Oracle
2 121 (14.94%) Microsoft
3 115 (14.20%) Databricks
4 80 (9.88%) SAP
5 62 (7.65%) Informatica
6 60 (7.41%) Talend
7 39 (4.81%) Salesforce
8 31 (3.83%) Google
9 27 (3.33%) Denodo
10 22 (2.72%) IBM
11 21 (2.59%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.36%) MuleSoft
12 11 (1.36%) NEC
12 11 (1.36%) Teradata
13 9 (1.11%) Cloudera
13 9 (1.11%) Workday
14 8 (0.99%) Ariba
14 8 (0.99%) Sparx
15 7 (0.86%) Palantir
16 6 (0.74%) VMware