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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 174 212
Rank change year-on-year +18 +38 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 790 458 392
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.73% 1.65% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.81% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 317 276
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -3.89% -0.68%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £678
90th Percentile £738 £725 £794
UK median daily rate £545 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +3.81% -2.78% -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 4
10th Percentile - £46.04 -
25th Percentile £30.96 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.85 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.72% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £76.13 £57.50 £39.69
90th Percentile £84.81 - £57.13
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 38,847 25,245 28,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.01% 90.81% 85.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,107 16,076 18,544
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.40% -4.53%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,555 1,444 1,611
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.97
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.61% -1.28%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -15 358 £600 +9.09% 218
Midlands +34 173 £469 -9.55% 42
West Midlands +23 156 £469 -9.55% 33
North of England -6 106 £520 +4.00% 56
South East -40 78 £525 +1.94% 77
North West -2 62 £525 +4.58% 44
South West -26 30 £516 +8.53% 23
Yorkshire -22 24 £475 - 7
North East -22 21 £525 -4.55% 5
East of England -12 19 £600 - 18
East Midlands -12 17 £455 +18.18% 9
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 90 (11.39%) SAS
2 39 (4.94%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 18 (2.28%) Confluence
5 16 (2.03%) Apache
6 10 (1.27%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.51%) Camunda
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.25%) WordPress
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Appian
9 1 (0.13%) Mendix
9 1 (0.13%) Mule
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.38%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.38%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (4.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.01%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 7 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.63%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.51%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.51%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.51%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.38%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.25%) Endur
7 2 (0.25%) Maximo
7 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 303 (38.35%) Azure
2 204 (25.82%) AWS
3 116 (14.68%) Power Platform
4 83 (10.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 75 (9.49%) GCP
6 55 (6.96%) Serverless
6 55 (6.96%) Snowflake
7 48 (6.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 45 (5.70%) Amazon S3
9 42 (5.32%) AWS Lambda
10 40 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (4.30%) GitHub
12 23 (2.91%) OCI
13 22 (2.78%) dbt
14 19 (2.41%) Power Automate
14 19 (2.41%) SaaS
15 18 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (2.15%) PowerApps
17 14 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (1.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) Firewall
1 5 (0.63%) VPN
2 4 (0.51%) FTP
2 4 (0.51%) SMS
3 3 (0.38%) DNS
3 3 (0.38%) MQTT
3 3 (0.38%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) DHCP
4 2 (0.25%) SSL
4 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.13%) DMZ
5 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (16.84%) Data Warehouse
2 105 (13.29%) Power BI
3 73 (9.24%) Metadata
3 73 (9.24%) SQL Server
4 69 (8.73%) Data Lake
5 61 (7.72%) Pentaho
6 46 (5.82%) Relational Database
7 40 (5.06%) Oracle Database
8 39 (4.94%) Tableau
9 32 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
10 29 (3.67%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (3.29%) NoSQL
12 24 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
14 21 (2.66%) Big Data
14 21 (2.66%) BigQuery
14 21 (2.66%) DataStage
14 21 (2.66%) MySQL
15 19 (2.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
16 18 (2.28%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 66 (8.35%) Git
2 35 (4.43%) Jenkins
2 35 (4.43%) JIRA
3 23 (2.91%) GitLab
4 11 (1.39%) ERwin
5 7 (0.89%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.63%) Postman
7 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.51%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.25%) TestRail
9 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.13%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.13%) MLflow
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.13%) Zephyr
General
1 245 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 170 (21.52%) Finance
3 141 (17.85%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (16.08%) Public Sector
5 55 (6.96%) Banking
6 27 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (3.42%) Marketing
7 26 (3.29%) Retail
8 22 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (1.77%) Legal
9 14 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.52%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.01%) Front Office
14 7 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.89%) Automotive
14 7 (0.89%) Military
15 6 (0.76%) Billing
16 5 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 224 (28.35%) Architect
2 207 (26.20%) Data Engineer
3 101 (12.78%) Developer
4 84 (10.63%) Senior
5 79 (10.00%) Data Architect
6 73 (9.24%) Solutions Architect
7 66 (8.35%) Lead
8 64 (8.10%) Analyst
9 33 (4.18%) Senior Data Engineer
10 26 (3.29%) Technical Leader
11 24 (3.04%) Consultant
11 24 (3.04%) Data Analyst
11 24 (3.04%) Integration Architect
11 24 (3.04%) Integration Engineer
12 23 (2.91%) Technical Architect
13 22 (2.78%) Business Analyst
14 19 (2.41%) Project Manager
14 19 (2.41%) SQL Developer
15 18 (2.28%) Azure Engineer
16 17 (2.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.33%) REST
2 44 (5.57%) Kafka
3 32 (4.05%) JSON
3 32 (4.05%) Middleware
4 31 (3.92%) React
5 24 (3.04%) PySpark
6 23 (2.91%) .NET
7 21 (2.66%) Node.js
8 20 (2.53%) RESTful
9 18 (2.28%) XML
10 15 (1.90%) YAML
11 13 (1.65%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.65%) SOAP
12 12 (1.52%) AngularJS
12 12 (1.52%) Django
13 11 (1.39%) Flask
14 9 (1.14%) GraphQL
14 9 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (0.89%) pytest
15 7 (0.89%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 63 (7.97%) Cloud Native
2 54 (6.84%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.44%) Data Structures
4 29 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.04%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.53%) Reference Data
7 18 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
7 18 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.90%) AI Agents
9 15 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.77%) Life Science
11 12 (1.52%) Replication
12 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.01%) Clustering
13 8 (1.01%) IoT
13 8 (1.01%) Mainframe
13 8 (1.01%) NHS
14 7 (0.89%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.41%) Unix
2 17 (2.15%) Linux
3 7 (0.89%) Windows
4 3 (0.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (42.03%) ETL
2 323 (40.89%) Data Modelling
3 309 (39.11%) Analytics
4 231 (29.24%) Data Pipeline
5 227 (28.73%) Agile
6 196 (24.81%) CI/CD
7 183 (23.16%) Migration
8 176 (22.28%) DevOps
9 163 (20.63%) Data Engineering
10 161 (20.38%) Business Intelligence
11 154 (19.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 150 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
13 142 (17.97%) Data Governance
14 138 (17.47%) AI
15 134 (16.96%) Data Architecture
16 130 (16.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 115 (14.56%) Integration Patterns
18 113 (14.30%) Validation
19 101 (12.78%) Data Migration
20 100 (12.66%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 344 (43.54%) SQL
2 193 (24.43%) Python
3 42 (5.32%) Java
4 34 (4.30%) PL/SQL
5 22 (2.78%) TypeScript
6 20 (2.53%) Bash
7 19 (2.41%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.41%) T-SQL
8 17 (2.15%) C#
9 15 (1.90%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.77%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.27%) Scala
12 9 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 8 (1.01%) Bicep
14 5 (0.63%) R
15 4 (0.51%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.51%) Gremlin
15 4 (0.51%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.38%) ABAP
16 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 260 (32.91%) Security Cleared
2 220 (27.85%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.94%) Degree
4 20 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.41%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (1.14%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.51%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.38%) PMP
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (27.09%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.68%) GDPR
3 31 (3.92%) GRC
4 26 (3.29%) QA
5 19 (2.41%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.89%) PMO
6 7 (0.89%) SLA
7 6 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.76%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.51%) IFRS
8 4 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.38%) GxP
9 3 (0.38%) HL7
9 3 (0.38%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 54 (6.84%) Docker
2 9 (1.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 64 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 41 (5.19%) Terraform
3 17 (2.15%) Grafana
4 8 (1.01%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.89%) Ansible
6 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.63%) Control-M
8 4 (0.51%) Argo
9 2 (0.25%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 177 (22.41%) Oracle
2 115 (14.56%) Microsoft
3 111 (14.05%) Databricks
4 80 (10.13%) SAP
5 67 (8.48%) Talend
6 62 (7.85%) Informatica
7 40 (5.06%) Salesforce
8 36 (4.56%) Denodo
9 32 (4.05%) Google
10 18 (2.28%) IBM
11 17 (2.15%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.52%) Cloudera
13 11 (1.39%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.27%) NEC
15 9 (1.14%) Workday
16 8 (1.01%) Sparx
16 8 (1.01%) Teradata
17 5 (0.63%) Ariba
17 5 (0.63%) Bloomberg
17 5 (0.63%) Cognos