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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 166 199
Rank change year-on-year -11 +33 +54
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 657 421 454
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.68% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.84% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 295 329
10th Percentile £387 £363 £375
25th Percentile £428 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £725
90th Percentile £750 £708 £813
UK median daily rate £535 £521 £550
% change year-on-year +2.64% -5.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile £49.50 - -
25th Percentile £57.86 £72.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +91.08% +92.03%
75th Percentile £84.75 £77.50 £54.88
90th Percentile £86.28 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year -14.67% +91.08% +92.03%

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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -32 292 £575 +6.98% 55
Midlands +33 170 £469 -6.90% 18
West Midlands +36 155 £469 -8.49% 12
North of England -38 77 £520 +1.07% 19
South East -47 58 £550 +4.76% 43
North West -30 45 £500 -6.54% 9
South West -26 25 £525 +10.53% 11
Yorkshire -40 21 £525 +10.53% 9
East Midlands -16 15 £447 +9.02% 6
East of England -21 15 £575 +4.55% 5
North East - 11 £525 - 1
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 62 (9.44%) SAS
2 30 (4.57%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.04%) Apache Spark
3 20 (3.04%) Confluence
4 9 (1.37%) Apache
5 8 (1.22%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.91%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.76%) Camunda
8 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.30%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Mendix
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.46%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.46%) Revit
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.76%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.76%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.61%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.61%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.46%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.46%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.46%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.46%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.30%) Endur
7 2 (0.30%) Maximo
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 265 (40.33%) Azure
2 170 (25.88%) AWS
3 99 (15.07%) Power Platform
4 64 (9.74%) GCP
5 63 (9.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (6.70%) Snowflake
8 41 (6.24%) Serverless
9 38 (5.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 33 (5.02%) GitHub
11 30 (4.57%) SaaS
12 28 (4.26%) Amazon S3
13 27 (4.11%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (3.04%) dbt
15 16 (2.44%) PaaS
16 15 (2.28%) Power Automate
17 13 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (1.98%) iPaaS
17 13 (1.98%) PowerApps
18 11 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.22%) FTP
2 4 (0.61%) SMS
3 3 (0.46%) Firewall
3 3 (0.46%) MQTT
3 3 (0.46%) Network Security
3 3 (0.46%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (15.53%) Data Warehouse
2 94 (14.31%) Power BI
3 79 (12.02%) SQL Server
4 61 (9.28%) Metadata
5 55 (8.37%) Pentaho
6 53 (8.07%) Data Lake
7 38 (5.78%) Relational Database
8 36 (5.48%) Tableau
9 30 (4.57%) Oracle Database
10 27 (4.11%) NoSQL
10 27 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 22 (3.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 19 (2.89%) MySQL
14 18 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (2.59%) Big Data
15 17 (2.59%) Delta Lake
15 17 (2.59%) SAS Visual Analytics
16 16 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
16 16 (2.44%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 54 (8.22%) Git
2 42 (6.39%) JIRA
3 31 (4.72%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.74%) GitLab
5 14 (2.13%) ERwin
6 5 (0.76%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.61%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.61%) Postman
7 4 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.30%) git-flow
9 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.15%) RStudio
9 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
General
1 204 (31.05%) Social Skills
2 161 (24.51%) Finance
3 128 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (15.98%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.37%) Banking
6 25 (3.81%) Retail
7 23 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.35%) Marketing
9 15 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.67%) Legal
10 11 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.07%) Automotive
12 7 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.91%) General Ledger
13 6 (0.91%) Retail Banking
14 5 (0.76%) Military
14 5 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 173 (26.33%) Data Engineer
2 170 (25.88%) Architect
3 90 (13.70%) Developer
4 77 (11.72%) Senior
5 68 (10.35%) Solutions Architect
6 65 (9.89%) Data Architect
7 56 (8.52%) Lead
8 52 (7.91%) Analyst
9 32 (4.87%) Consultant
10 28 (4.26%) Senior Data Engineer
11 23 (3.50%) Technical Leader
12 22 (3.35%) Integration Architect
13 21 (3.20%) Business Analyst
13 21 (3.20%) Technical Architect
14 20 (3.04%) Integration Engineer
15 18 (2.74%) Data Analyst
16 17 (2.59%) Release Manager
16 17 (2.59%) Senior Developer
16 17 (2.59%) SQL Developer
17 16 (2.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.85%) REST
2 32 (4.87%) Kafka
2 32 (4.87%) Middleware
3 29 (4.41%) JSON
4 28 (4.26%) React
5 25 (3.81%) Node.js
6 23 (3.50%) .NET
6 23 (3.50%) XML
7 19 (2.89%) YAML
8 18 (2.74%) PySpark
8 18 (2.74%) RESTful
9 14 (2.13%) Django
9 14 (2.13%) Flask
10 13 (1.98%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.98%) SOAP
11 10 (1.52%) FastAPI
12 8 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (1.07%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.07%) Web Services
14 6 (0.91%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.15%) Legacy Systems
3 30 (4.57%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.11%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.13%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.67%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.52%) IoT
11 9 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.37%) NHS
12 8 (1.22%) Life Science
12 8 (1.22%) Mainframe
12 8 (1.22%) Taxonomies
13 6 (0.91%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.76%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.44%) Unix
2 6 (0.91%) Linux
3 5 (0.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (40.79%) Data Modelling
2 247 (37.60%) ETL
3 230 (35.01%) Analytics
4 203 (30.90%) Agile
5 192 (29.22%) Data Pipeline
6 166 (25.27%) CI/CD
7 154 (23.44%) DevOps
8 143 (21.77%) Business Intelligence
9 139 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
10 133 (20.24%) Migration
11 122 (18.57%) Data Engineering
12 117 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 110 (16.74%) Data Governance
14 108 (16.44%) Integration Patterns
15 105 (15.98%) Validation
16 101 (15.37%) AI
16 101 (15.37%) Data Architecture
17 92 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 82 (12.48%) Decision-Making
19 75 (11.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 299 (45.51%) SQL
2 153 (23.29%) Python
3 41 (6.24%) Java
4 27 (4.11%) PL/SQL
5 23 (3.50%) C#
6 21 (3.20%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.89%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.74%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.13%) Bash
10 11 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (1.67%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.52%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.52%) Scala
12 8 (1.22%) Bicep
13 4 (0.61%) ABAP
13 4 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.61%) R
14 3 (0.46%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.30%) Gremlin
15 2 (0.30%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 185 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 155 (23.59%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.09%) Degree
4 25 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.22%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (1.07%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.61%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.30%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.30%) PMP
14 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.15%) MBA
14 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (25.88%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.09%) GDPR
3 23 (3.50%) QA
4 8 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.22%) SLA
5 7 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.07%) Solvency II
6 5 (0.76%) GRC
6 5 (0.76%) IFRS
7 4 (0.61%) HL7
7 4 (0.61%) IFRS 17
7 4 (0.61%) SNOMED CT
8 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.46%) NCSC
9 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.30%) FATCA
9 2 (0.30%) GxP
9 2 (0.30%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.15%) GMP
System Software
1 44 (6.70%) Docker
2 10 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.26%) Terraform
3 10 (1.52%) Grafana
4 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.46%) Ansible
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.30%) Argo
6 2 (0.30%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 132 (20.09%) Oracle
2 97 (14.76%) Databricks
3 96 (14.61%) Microsoft
4 70 (10.65%) SAP
5 66 (10.05%) Talend
6 56 (8.52%) Informatica
7 38 (5.78%) Salesforce
8 31 (4.72%) Denodo
9 19 (2.89%) Google
10 14 (2.13%) MuleSoft
10 14 (2.13%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.83%) Cloudera
11 12 (1.83%) NEC
12 9 (1.37%) IBM
13 7 (1.07%) Alteryx
14 6 (0.91%) Workday
15 5 (0.76%) Palantir
15 5 (0.76%) SimCorp
15 5 (0.76%) Sparx
15 5 (0.76%) Teradata