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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 175 208
Rank change year-on-year +20 +33 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 814 453 407
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.63% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.79% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 309 272
10th Percentile £400 £363 £386
25th Percentile £450 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £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 24 19 3
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £46.88 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -40.00%
75th Percentile £72.06 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £83.51 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -50.82%

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 39,380 25,274 28,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.84% 85.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,176 16,039 17,819
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,707 1,489 1,353
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -5 389 £600 +4.35% 248
Midlands +21 148 £470 -9.35% 41
West Midlands +30 131 £470 -9.35% 33
North of England +4 114 £500 - 68
South East -32 84 £525 - 84
North West -1 66 £500 - 43
South West -26 35 £613 +53.13% 36
Yorkshire -18 30 £450 -5.26% 17
North East -28 19 £520 -5.45% 8
East Midlands -9 17 £455 +10.98% 8
East of England -32 17 £590 +17.41% 28
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 (9.58%) SAS
2 44 (5.41%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (3.56%) Confluence
4 24 (2.95%) Apache Spark
5 21 (2.58%) Apache
6 11 (1.35%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.37%) Camunda
9 2 (0.25%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.25%) ThingWorx
9 2 (0.25%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Mule
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.37%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.37%) Revit
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (4.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.86%) 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 (0.25%) Endur
7 2 (0.25%) Maximo
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.25%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 315 (38.70%) Azure
2 223 (27.40%) AWS
3 119 (14.62%) Power Platform
4 85 (10.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 82 (10.07%) GCP
6 67 (8.23%) Serverless
7 63 (7.74%) Snowflake
8 52 (6.39%) Amazon S3
9 51 (6.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 48 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
11 36 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (4.30%) GitHub
13 30 (3.69%) dbt
14 24 (2.95%) SaaS
15 23 (2.83%) OCI
16 19 (2.33%) Power Automate
17 17 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 17 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
18 15 (1.84%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.61%) DNS
1 5 (0.61%) Firewall
2 4 (0.49%) DHCP
2 4 (0.49%) SMS
2 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.49%) VPN
3 3 (0.37%) FTP
3 3 (0.37%) MQTT
4 2 (0.25%) Network Security
4 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.25%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) DMZ
5 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (17.69%) Data Warehouse
2 106 (13.02%) Power BI
3 96 (11.79%) Metadata
4 77 (9.46%) Data Lake
5 76 (9.34%) SQL Server
6 48 (5.90%) Relational Database
7 47 (5.77%) Pentaho
8 45 (5.53%) Oracle Database
9 41 (5.04%) Tableau
10 38 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (3.93%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (3.69%) Amazon Redshift
14 24 (2.95%) BigQuery
14 24 (2.95%) DataStage
15 22 (2.70%) NoSQL
16 21 (2.58%) Big Data
17 20 (2.46%) DynamoDB
18 19 (2.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
19 18 (2.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 56 (6.88%) Git
2 37 (4.55%) JIRA
3 25 (3.07%) GitLab
4 24 (2.95%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.23%) ERwin
6 6 (0.74%) Postman
6 6 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.37%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.25%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.25%) RStudio
9 2 (0.25%) TestRail
9 2 (0.25%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) eggPlant
10 1 (0.12%) MLflow
10 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 270 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 190 (23.34%) Finance
3 145 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (16.34%) Public Sector
5 75 (9.21%) Banking
6 30 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
7 28 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.44%) Retail
8 26 (3.19%) Marketing
9 16 (1.97%) Legal
10 14 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.60%) Front Office
11 13 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (1.23%) Billing
13 10 (1.23%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.11%) Military
15 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 233 (28.62%) Architect
2 206 (25.31%) Data Engineer
3 96 (11.79%) Developer
4 90 (11.06%) Senior
5 86 (10.57%) Data Architect
6 82 (10.07%) Lead
7 72 (8.85%) Solutions Architect
8 65 (7.99%) Analyst
9 39 (4.79%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (3.69%) Technical Leader
11 29 (3.56%) Consultant
12 26 (3.19%) Integration Architect
13 25 (3.07%) Data Analyst
13 25 (3.07%) Technical Architect
14 22 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.46%) Business Analyst
16 19 (2.33%) Project Manager
16 19 (2.33%) SQL Developer
17 18 (2.21%) Azure Engineer
18 15 (1.84%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.65%) Terraform
2 45 (5.53%) Kafka
3 41 (5.04%) REST
4 37 (4.55%) JSON
5 34 (4.18%) React
6 32 (3.93%) Middleware
7 31 (3.81%) PySpark
8 23 (2.83%) .NET
8 23 (2.83%) XML
9 18 (2.21%) RESTful
10 16 (1.97%) FastAPI
11 14 (1.72%) Node.js
12 12 (1.47%) SOAP
13 11 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
14 9 (1.11%) AngularJS
14 9 (1.11%) Apache NiFi
14 9 (1.11%) Spring Boot
15 8 (0.98%) GraphQL
16 7 (0.86%) Spring
17 6 (0.74%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.60%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.90%) Legacy Systems
3 43 (5.28%) Data Structures
4 31 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.44%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.58%) Reference Data
8 20 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.09%) AI Agents
10 17 (2.09%) Data Fabric
11 16 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.72%) Replication
14 13 (1.60%) Life Science
15 11 (1.35%) Taxonomies
16 8 (0.98%) Algorithms
16 8 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.98%) Mainframe
16 8 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.95%) Unix
2 22 (2.70%) Linux
3 9 (1.11%) 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 (40.79%) ETL
2 326 (40.05%) Data Modelling
3 307 (37.71%) Analytics
4 234 (28.75%) Data Pipeline
5 232 (28.50%) Agile
6 203 (24.94%) Migration
7 200 (24.57%) CI/CD
8 186 (22.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 183 (22.48%) Data Engineering
10 169 (20.76%) DevOps
11 156 (19.16%) Data Governance
12 154 (18.92%) AI
13 151 (18.55%) Business Intelligence
14 144 (17.69%) Data Architecture
15 142 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
16 140 (17.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 126 (15.48%) Integration Patterns
18 121 (14.86%) Validation
19 108 (13.27%) Data Migration
20 106 (13.02%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 347 (42.63%) SQL
2 210 (25.80%) Python
3 40 (4.91%) PL/SQL
4 38 (4.67%) Java
5 28 (3.44%) TypeScript
6 22 (2.70%) C#
6 22 (2.70%) T-SQL
7 19 (2.33%) Bash
8 18 (2.21%) Shell Script
9 17 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.97%) JavaScript
11 9 (1.11%) Bicep
12 8 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (0.98%) Scala
13 7 (0.86%) 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
1 262 (32.19%) Security Cleared
2 221 (27.15%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.28%) Degree
4 23 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.09%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
9 8 (0.98%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.74%) PMP
12 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.49%) SAS Certification
13 2 (0.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (26.54%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.42%) GDPR
3 32 (3.93%) GRC
4 27 (3.32%) QA
5 20 (2.46%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.86%) PMO
7 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.74%) SLA
7 6 (0.74%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.61%) WCAG
9 4 (0.49%) IFRS
9 4 (0.49%) NCSC
9 4 (0.49%) SNOMED CT
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 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.25%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 46 (5.65%) Docker
2 7 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.97%) Grafana
3 11 (1.35%) Prometheus
4 10 (1.23%) Ansible
5 6 (0.74%) Control-M
5 6 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.49%) Argo
7 3 (0.37%) Istio
8 2 (0.25%) Kibana
8 2 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 175 (21.50%) Oracle
2 124 (15.23%) Microsoft
3 117 (14.37%) Databricks
4 78 (9.58%) SAP
5 61 (7.49%) Informatica
6 57 (7.00%) Talend
7 39 (4.79%) Salesforce
8 35 (4.30%) Google
9 23 (2.83%) Denodo
10 22 (2.70%) IBM
11 21 (2.58%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.35%) Teradata
13 10 (1.23%) MuleSoft
14 9 (1.11%) Workday
15 8 (0.98%) Ariba
15 8 (0.98%) Cloudera
16 7 (0.86%) Palantir
16 7 (0.86%) Sparx
17 6 (0.74%) VMware
18 5 (0.61%) Red Hat