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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 159 197
Rank change year-on-year -22 +38 +104
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 564 422 461
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.71% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.89% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 291 325
10th Percentile £400 £367 £375
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £715
90th Percentile £771 £738 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £63.26 - -
25th Percentile £72.60 £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £80.50 £27.13 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +196.77% -41.26% +125.93%
75th Percentile £85.63 £52.81 £50.92
90th Percentile £86.00 £69.13 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £69.44 £27.13 £46.84
% change year-on-year +156.00% -42.09% +129.16%

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 31,521 22,327 33,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,160 14,432 21,853
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,961 797 2,159
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.63 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -10 293 £575 +6.98% 72
Midlands +11 128 £515 +8.42% 27
West Midlands +6 120 £515 +8.42% 21
North of England -44 56 £500 -6.54% 33
South East -41 34 £513 -2.84% 46
North West -31 30 £457 -14.53% 18
South West -27 21 £525 +13.51% 20
Yorkshire -52 21 £530 -7.83% 13
East of England -21 12 £600 +6.67% 4
East Midlands -31 8 £447 +20.00% 6
North East -10 5 £563 - 2
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 65 (11.52%) SAS
2 44 (7.80%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.77%) Apache
4 10 (1.77%) CMS
5 5 (0.89%) Confluence
6 4 (0.71%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.53%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.35%) Camunda
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.18%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.89%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.71%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.71%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.71%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.53%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.53%) Maximo
6 3 (0.53%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.53%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.53%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.35%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.35%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.18%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 217 (38.48%) Azure
2 104 (18.44%) AWS
3 86 (15.25%) Power Platform
4 76 (13.48%) Azure Data Factory
5 58 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (7.80%) GCP
7 41 (7.27%) SaaS
8 40 (7.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 29 (5.14%) Snowflake
10 19 (3.37%) GitHub
11 18 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (3.01%) Serverless
13 14 (2.48%) dbt
13 14 (2.48%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.48%) PowerApps
14 12 (2.13%) Collibra
15 11 (1.95%) OCI
16 10 (1.77%) Azure AKS
17 9 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
17 9 (1.60%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.89%) FTP
2 3 (0.53%) Firewall
2 3 (0.53%) VPN
3 2 (0.35%) 2G
3 2 (0.35%) 5G
3 2 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.35%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.35%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) DWDM
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (24.82%) Data Warehouse
2 78 (13.83%) Power BI
3 61 (10.82%) Metadata
4 58 (10.28%) SQL Server
5 45 (7.98%) NoSQL
6 44 (7.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 43 (7.62%) Data Lake
8 41 (7.27%) Pentaho
9 31 (5.50%) Relational Database
10 23 (4.08%) Tableau
11 21 (3.72%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 19 (3.37%) Oracle Database
12 19 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (3.19%) Big Data
14 17 (3.01%) Delta Lake
15 15 (2.66%) MySQL
16 14 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
18 12 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
19 11 (1.95%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 82 (14.54%) Git
2 45 (7.98%) Jenkins
3 42 (7.45%) JIRA
4 6 (1.06%) ERwin
5 4 (0.71%) GitLab
5 4 (0.71%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.35%) git-flow
7 2 (0.35%) MLflow
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.18%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) RStudio
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.18%) Terragrunt
General
1 211 (37.41%) Social Skills
2 162 (28.72%) Finance
3 124 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (12.59%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.87%) Banking
6 21 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.30%) Financial Institution
8 13 (2.30%) Marketing
9 12 (2.13%) Retail
10 10 (1.77%) Back Office
10 10 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.60%) Front Office
11 9 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.42%) Legal
12 8 (1.42%) Retail Banking
13 7 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.06%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.89%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 139 (24.65%) Data Engineer
2 116 (20.57%) Architect
3 80 (14.18%) Developer
4 57 (10.11%) Senior
5 52 (9.22%) Data Architect
6 43 (7.62%) Consultant
6 43 (7.62%) Solutions Architect
7 40 (7.09%) Analyst
8 36 (6.38%) Lead
9 34 (6.03%) Azure Engineer
10 31 (5.50%) Azure Data Engineer
11 25 (4.43%) Business Analyst
12 18 (3.19%) Release Manager
13 17 (3.01%) Senior Data Engineer
14 15 (2.66%) Integration Architect
14 15 (2.66%) Integration Engineer
15 14 (2.48%) Full-Stack Developer
15 14 (2.48%) Project Manager
15 14 (2.48%) Senior Developer
16 13 (2.30%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.75%) REST
2 35 (6.21%) PySpark
3 33 (5.85%) Kafka
4 23 (4.08%) JSON
5 20 (3.55%) Node.js
5 20 (3.55%) RESTful
6 19 (3.37%) .NET
6 19 (3.37%) Middleware
6 19 (3.37%) YAML
7 17 (3.01%) XML
8 16 (2.84%) SOAP
9 15 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (2.48%) Django
10 14 (2.48%) Flask
10 14 (2.48%) React
11 13 (2.30%) AngularJS
12 8 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.42%) Web Services
13 7 (1.24%) .NET Core
13 7 (1.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.85%) Data Structures
2 26 (4.61%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.72%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.66%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.13%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.60%) Data Fabric
9 9 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.60%) NHS
9 9 (1.60%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.42%) Taxonomies
11 7 (1.24%) IoT
12 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.06%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.89%) Market Risk
13 5 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.24%) Linux
2 6 (1.06%) Unix
3 5 (0.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (44.15%) Data Modelling
2 198 (35.11%) Analytics
3 197 (34.93%) ETL
4 196 (34.75%) Agile
5 169 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (28.55%) Data Pipeline
7 141 (25.00%) DevOps
8 137 (24.29%) Data Governance
9 134 (23.76%) Business Intelligence
10 126 (22.34%) CI/CD
11 106 (18.79%) Data Architecture
12 100 (17.73%) Data Engineering
13 87 (15.43%) Migration
14 86 (15.25%) Validation
15 82 (14.54%) Stakeholder Management
16 79 (14.01%) Integration Patterns
17 74 (13.12%) Continuous Improvement
18 65 (11.52%) Decision-Making
19 63 (11.17%) AI
20 61 (10.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 261 (46.28%) SQL
2 141 (25.00%) Python
3 31 (5.50%) JavaScript
3 31 (5.50%) Scala
4 30 (5.32%) C#
5 27 (4.79%) Java
6 16 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.30%) Shell Script
8 12 (2.13%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.42%) Bash
10 8 (1.42%) Groovy
11 7 (1.24%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.06%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.89%) Bicep
14 4 (0.71%) ABAP
14 4 (0.71%) R
15 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.35%) IronPython
16 2 (0.35%) Korn
Qualifications
1 155 (27.48%) Security Cleared
2 133 (23.58%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.09%) Degree
4 29 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.43%) Azure Certification
6 19 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.53%) PMP
11 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CISSP
12 1 (0.18%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.18%) MBA
12 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (29.43%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.32%) GDPR
3 26 (4.61%) QA
4 8 (1.42%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.06%) HL7
7 4 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.53%) SLA
8 3 (0.53%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.35%) FATCA
9 2 (0.35%) GMP
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) IFRS
9 2 (0.35%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) GAAP
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.18%) MiFID
10 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (10.46%) Docker
2 6 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (9.57%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.32%) Terraform
3 3 (0.53%) Grafana
4 2 (0.35%) Ansible
4 2 (0.35%) Control-M
4 2 (0.35%) Kibana
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.18%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.18%) logstash
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 99 (17.55%) Oracle
2 86 (15.25%) Databricks
3 81 (14.36%) Microsoft
4 51 (9.04%) SAP
4 51 (9.04%) Talend
5 44 (7.80%) Informatica
6 32 (5.67%) Denodo
7 14 (2.48%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.95%) NEC
9 10 (1.77%) Google
10 9 (1.60%) Adobe
10 9 (1.60%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.60%) Software AG
11 8 (1.42%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.24%) Cloudera
12 7 (1.24%) IBM
12 7 (1.24%) Workday
13 5 (0.89%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.89%) Sage
13 5 (0.89%) Sitecore