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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 176 203
Rank change year-on-year +24 +27 +21
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 819 447 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.63% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.80% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 310 266
10th Percentile £400 £363 £383
25th Percentile £442 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 3
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £38.13 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £73.19 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £83.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +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 39,005 24,820 27,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 90.75% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,032 15,769 17,764
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 £637 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £752
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,622 1,447 1,355
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.28 £14.84
25th Percentile £18.31 £17.87 £20.40
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.38 £50.00 £66.55
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% +3.24%

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 8 September 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 +7 389 £600 +4.35% 373
Midlands +24 155 £470 -9.35% 50
West Midlands +25 138 £470 -9.35% 35
North of England -4 111 £500 - 89
South East -45 84 £525 - 98
North West -13 66 £500 - 60
South West -23 36 £555 +38.75% 40
Yorkshire -23 27 £450 -5.26% 20
North East -24 19 £520 -5.45% 9
East Midlands -9 17 £455 +10.98% 15
East of England -20 17 £590 +17.41% 37
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 78 (9.52%) SAS
2 43 (5.25%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.17%) Confluence
4 23 (2.81%) Apache Spark
5 21 (2.56%) Apache
6 10 (1.22%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.49%) Camunda
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.24%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.37%) Revit
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.61%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.61%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.49%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.37%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.24%) Endur
7 2 (0.24%) Maximo
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.24%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.24%) SAP MDM
7 2 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 314 (38.34%) Azure
2 221 (26.98%) AWS
3 118 (14.41%) Power Platform
4 83 (10.13%) Azure Data Factory
5 76 (9.28%) GCP
6 67 (8.18%) Serverless
7 63 (7.69%) Snowflake
8 52 (6.35%) Amazon S3
8 52 (6.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 49 (5.98%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
11 36 (4.40%) GitHub
12 30 (3.66%) dbt
13 24 (2.93%) SaaS
14 22 (2.69%) OCI
15 18 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.20%) Power Automate
16 17 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (1.95%) Azure Databricks
18 15 (1.83%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.73%) Firewall
2 5 (0.61%) DNS
3 4 (0.49%) DHCP
3 4 (0.49%) SMS
3 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.49%) VPN
4 3 (0.37%) FTP
4 3 (0.37%) MQTT
5 2 (0.24%) Network Security
5 2 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.24%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) DMZ
6 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (17.34%) Data Warehouse
2 106 (12.94%) Power BI
3 93 (11.36%) Metadata
4 78 (9.52%) SQL Server
5 77 (9.40%) Data Lake
6 49 (5.98%) Pentaho
7 48 (5.86%) Relational Database
8 46 (5.62%) Oracle Database
9 41 (5.01%) Tableau
10 39 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (3.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 30 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 24 (2.93%) DataStage
15 23 (2.81%) NoSQL
16 21 (2.56%) BigQuery
17 20 (2.44%) Big Data
17 20 (2.44%) DynamoDB
18 19 (2.32%) MySQL
18 19 (2.32%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 57 (6.96%) Git
2 35 (4.27%) JIRA
3 25 (3.05%) GitLab
4 24 (2.93%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.22%) ERwin
6 6 (0.73%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.61%) Postman
8 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
10 2 (0.24%) RStudio
10 2 (0.24%) TestRail
10 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
11 1 (0.12%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
11 1 (0.12%) MLflow
11 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.12%) Toad
11 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 271 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 187 (22.83%) Finance
3 147 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (16.73%) Public Sector
5 72 (8.79%) Banking
6 30 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.42%) Retail
8 26 (3.17%) Marketing
9 17 (2.08%) Legal
10 15 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.59%) Front Office
11 13 (1.59%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.22%) Billing
13 10 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.10%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.10%) Military
15 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 234 (28.57%) Architect
2 206 (25.15%) Data Engineer
3 95 (11.60%) Developer
4 90 (10.99%) Senior
5 89 (10.87%) Data Architect
6 79 (9.65%) Lead
7 74 (9.04%) Solutions Architect
8 66 (8.06%) Analyst
9 39 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
10 31 (3.79%) Technical Leader
11 28 (3.42%) Consultant
12 26 (3.17%) Integration Architect
13 25 (3.05%) Data Analyst
13 25 (3.05%) Technical Architect
14 22 (2.69%) Integration Engineer
15 21 (2.56%) Business Analyst
16 19 (2.32%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.32%) SQL Developer
17 18 (2.20%) Azure Engineer
18 15 (1.83%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.74%) Terraform
2 45 (5.49%) Kafka
3 42 (5.13%) REST
4 36 (4.40%) JSON
5 34 (4.15%) React
6 32 (3.91%) PySpark
7 31 (3.79%) Middleware
8 22 (2.69%) .NET
8 22 (2.69%) XML
9 17 (2.08%) RESTful
10 16 (1.95%) FastAPI
10 16 (1.95%) Node.js
11 12 (1.47%) SOAP
12 10 (1.22%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
13 8 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
13 8 (0.98%) GraphQL
13 8 (0.98%) Spring Boot
14 7 (0.85%) Django
14 7 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.79%) Cloud Native
2 49 (5.98%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (5.13%) Data Structures
4 30 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.42%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.56%) Reference Data
8 20 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (1.95%) AI Agents
10 16 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.83%) Data Fabric
11 15 (1.83%) Life Science
11 15 (1.83%) Replication
12 9 (1.10%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.98%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (0.98%) IoT
13 8 (0.98%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.93%) Unix
2 22 (2.69%) Linux
3 9 (1.10%) Windows
4 5 (0.61%) 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 (40.54%) ETL
2 327 (39.93%) Data Modelling
3 309 (37.73%) Analytics
4 230 (28.08%) Data Pipeline
5 229 (27.96%) Agile
6 203 (24.79%) Migration
7 197 (24.05%) CI/CD
8 182 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 181 (22.10%) Data Engineering
10 171 (20.88%) DevOps
11 155 (18.93%) Data Governance
12 153 (18.68%) AI
13 151 (18.44%) Business Intelligence
14 146 (17.83%) Data Architecture
15 144 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
16 139 (16.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 124 (15.14%) Integration Patterns
18 122 (14.90%) Validation
19 108 (13.19%) Data Migration
20 106 (12.94%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 348 (42.49%) SQL
2 209 (25.52%) Python
3 39 (4.76%) PL/SQL
4 38 (4.64%) Java
5 28 (3.42%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.69%) T-SQL
7 20 (2.44%) C#
8 19 (2.32%) Bash
9 18 (2.20%) Shell Script
10 17 (2.08%) JavaScript
10 17 (2.08%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.22%) Bicep
12 8 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.98%) Scala
13 7 (0.85%) R
14 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.37%) Cypher
15 3 (0.37%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 264 (32.23%) Security Cleared
2 223 (27.23%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.25%) Degree
4 23 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 17 (2.08%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.71%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.73%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.61%) PMP
13 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.49%) SAS Certification
14 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 215 (26.25%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.40%) GDPR
3 32 (3.91%) GRC
4 26 (3.17%) QA
5 20 (2.44%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.85%) PMO
7 6 (0.73%) SLA
7 6 (0.73%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.49%) IFRS
9 4 (0.49%) NCSC
9 4 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
9 4 (0.49%) WCAG
10 3 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.37%) GxP
10 3 (0.37%) HL7
10 3 (0.37%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.24%) FATCA
System Software
1 46 (5.62%) Docker
2 7 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.08%) Grafana
3 11 (1.34%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.22%) Ansible
5 6 (0.73%) Control-M
5 6 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.49%) Argo
7 3 (0.37%) Istio
8 2 (0.24%) Kibana
8 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 176 (21.49%) Oracle
2 125 (15.26%) Microsoft
3 119 (14.53%) Databricks
4 81 (9.89%) SAP
5 64 (7.81%) Informatica
6 59 (7.20%) Talend
7 39 (4.76%) Salesforce
8 33 (4.03%) Google
9 24 (2.93%) Denodo
10 22 (2.69%) IBM
11 21 (2.56%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.34%) Teradata
13 10 (1.22%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.22%) NEC
14 9 (1.10%) Workday
15 8 (0.98%) Ariba
15 8 (0.98%) Cloudera
16 7 (0.85%) Palantir
16 7 (0.85%) Sparx
17 6 (0.73%) VMware