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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 158 195
Rank change year-on-year -18 +37 +73
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 627 417 441
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.74% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.91% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 293 326
10th Percentile £400 £363 £385
25th Percentile £441 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £630 £719
90th Percentile £775 £735 £819
UK median daily rate £537 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +3.27% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £47.75 - £48.70
25th Percentile £54.00 £72.50 £51.63
Median hourly rate £72.50 £75.00 £58.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +29.31% +183.76%
75th Percentile £85.25 £77.50 £64.13
90th Percentile £86.55 - £66.90
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £75.00 £58.00
% change year-on-year -14.67% +29.31% +183.76%

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 35,462 21,869 31,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.04% 91.35% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,467 14,201 20,640
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 965 2,327
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.69 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.91 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.85 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.27% -23.70% +1.39%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -37 291 £575 +4.55% 127
Midlands +25 165 £469 -0.21% 27
West Midlands +24 152 £469 -3.30% 18
North of England -51 61 £525 +4.58% 34
South East -50 54 £575 +4.55% 36
North West -27 35 £500 -2.82% 21
South West -25 22 £525 +13.51% 21
Yorkshire -49 19 £550 +15.79% 7
East of England -23 17 £588 +6.82% 4
East Midlands -26 13 £444 +6.73% 9
North East - 7 £625 - 6
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 61 (9.73%) SAS
2 28 (4.47%) Apache Spark
3 26 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.87%) Confluence
5 10 (1.59%) Apache
6 6 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.80%) Camunda
7 5 (0.80%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.32%) CMS
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.32%) ThingWorx
9 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.16%) Appian
9 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) Mendix
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.48%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.48%) Revit
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.96%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.80%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.80%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.64%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.64%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.48%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.48%) SAP Retail
6 3 (0.48%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.32%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.32%) SAP MDM
7 2 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 256 (40.83%) Azure
2 151 (24.08%) AWS
3 96 (15.31%) Power Platform
4 69 (11.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 53 (8.45%) GCP
6 47 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (6.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (6.06%) Snowflake
9 34 (5.42%) SaaS
9 34 (5.42%) Serverless
10 32 (5.10%) GitHub
11 23 (3.67%) Amazon S3
11 23 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (3.03%) dbt
13 15 (2.39%) PaaS
14 14 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (2.23%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.91%) iPaaS
15 12 (1.91%) PowerApps
16 11 (1.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.28%) FTP
2 6 (0.96%) SMS
3 3 (0.48%) MQTT
3 3 (0.48%) VPN
4 2 (0.32%) Firewall
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (17.22%) Data Warehouse
2 90 (14.35%) Power BI
3 73 (11.64%) SQL Server
4 58 (9.25%) Metadata
5 52 (8.29%) Data Lake
5 52 (8.29%) Pentaho
6 37 (5.90%) Relational Database
7 36 (5.74%) Tableau
8 34 (5.42%) NoSQL
9 26 (4.15%) Oracle Database
10 24 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
12 22 (3.51%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 18 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (2.87%) MySQL
14 16 (2.55%) Delta Lake
15 15 (2.39%) Big Data
16 14 (2.23%) SAS Visual Analytics
17 13 (2.07%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 60 (9.57%) Git
2 40 (6.38%) JIRA
3 32 (5.10%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.71%) GitLab
5 12 (1.91%) ERwin
6 5 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.64%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.64%) Postman
7 4 (0.64%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.48%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.32%) git-flow
9 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.16%) MLflow
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.16%) RStudio
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 186 (29.67%) Social Skills
2 158 (25.20%) Finance
3 124 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (14.67%) Public Sector
5 53 (8.45%) Banking
6 24 (3.83%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (3.35%) Marketing
8 18 (2.87%) Retail
9 14 (2.23%) Financial Institution
9 14 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.75%) Legal
11 7 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.12%) Retail Banking
12 6 (0.96%) Front Office
12 6 (0.96%) General Ledger
12 6 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.80%) Publishing
14 4 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 170 (27.11%) Data Engineer
2 155 (24.72%) Architect
3 86 (13.72%) Developer
4 67 (10.69%) Solutions Architect
5 66 (10.53%) Senior
6 60 (9.57%) Data Architect
7 49 (7.81%) Lead
8 42 (6.70%) Analyst
9 32 (5.10%) Consultant
10 27 (4.31%) Senior Data Engineer
11 25 (3.99%) Integration Architect
12 23 (3.67%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.19%) Integration Engineer
14 19 (3.03%) Azure Data Engineer
14 19 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.87%) Technical Architect
15 18 (2.87%) Technical Leader
16 17 (2.71%) Data Analyst
16 17 (2.71%) Project Manager
16 17 (2.71%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (7.97%) REST
2 33 (5.26%) Kafka
3 32 (5.10%) Middleware
4 29 (4.63%) JSON
4 29 (4.63%) PySpark
5 25 (3.99%) React
6 24 (3.83%) .NET
6 24 (3.83%) Node.js
7 20 (3.19%) RESTful
8 19 (3.03%) YAML
9 18 (2.87%) XML
10 16 (2.55%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.23%) Django
11 14 (2.23%) Flask
12 11 (1.75%) SOAP
13 9 (1.44%) Pandas
14 8 (1.28%) HTML
14 8 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
15 7 (1.12%) .NET Core
15 7 (1.12%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 41 (6.54%) Legacy Systems
3 29 (4.63%) Data Structures
4 27 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.23%) Reference Data
8 10 (1.59%) NHS
9 9 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.28%) IoT
10 8 (1.28%) Mainframe
11 7 (1.12%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (1.12%) Life Science
12 6 (0.96%) Credit Risk
12 6 (0.96%) Data Fabric
12 6 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.39%) Unix
2 6 (0.96%) Linux
3 5 (0.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (41.31%) Data Modelling
2 225 (35.89%) Analytics
3 220 (35.09%) ETL
4 192 (30.62%) Agile
5 182 (29.03%) Data Pipeline
6 153 (24.40%) CI/CD
7 149 (23.76%) DevOps
8 141 (22.49%) Business Intelligence
9 139 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
10 119 (18.98%) Migration
11 111 (17.70%) Data Engineering
11 111 (17.70%) Data Governance
12 109 (17.38%) Integration Patterns
13 99 (15.79%) Data Architecture
13 99 (15.79%) Validation
14 88 (14.04%) AI
14 88 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
15 80 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 75 (11.96%) Decision-Making
17 74 (11.80%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 292 (46.57%) SQL
2 140 (22.33%) Python
3 38 (6.06%) Java
4 29 (4.63%) C#
5 26 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 26 (4.15%) PL/SQL
6 19 (3.03%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.71%) Scala
8 14 (2.23%) T-SQL
9 12 (1.91%) Bash
9 12 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.44%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.96%) Bicep
11 6 (0.96%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.64%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.64%) R
13 3 (0.48%) ABAP
13 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.16%) Gremlin
14 1 (0.16%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 173 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 146 (23.29%) SC Cleared
3 41 (6.54%) Degree
4 28 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.71%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.28%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.48%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.32%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.32%) PMP
13 2 (0.32%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.16%) MBA
14 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (25.04%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.42%) GDPR
3 21 (3.35%) QA
4 7 (1.12%) SLA
4 7 (1.12%) Solvency II
5 6 (0.96%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.80%) GRC
6 5 (0.80%) IFRS
6 5 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.64%) HL7
7 4 (0.64%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) FATCA
9 2 (0.32%) GxP
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) GMP
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (6.54%) Docker
2 8 (1.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 44 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.83%) Terraform
3 10 (1.59%) Grafana
4 4 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.48%) Control-M
5 3 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 124 (19.78%) Oracle
2 98 (15.63%) Databricks
3 88 (14.04%) Microsoft
4 64 (10.21%) SAP
5 62 (9.89%) Talend
6 52 (8.29%) Informatica
7 31 (4.94%) Denodo
8 26 (4.15%) Salesforce
9 17 (2.71%) Google
10 12 (1.91%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.91%) NEC
11 11 (1.75%) Cloudera
11 11 (1.75%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.28%) Adobe
13 7 (1.12%) Software AG
14 6 (0.96%) Alteryx
15 5 (0.80%) IBM
15 5 (0.80%) SimCorp
15 5 (0.80%) Workday
16 4 (0.64%) Infor