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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 166 199
Rank change year-on-year -6 +33 +62
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 667 423 453
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.66% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.82% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 295 327
10th Percentile £386 £363 £370
25th Percentile £426 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £731
90th Percentile £738 £716 £813
UK median daily rate £535 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +2.39% -5.00% -
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 37,351 23,260 31,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.20% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,546 14,980 20,587
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £418 £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 £515 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +2.18% -4.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,338 1,158 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.38 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +4.17%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -38 295 £575 +5.75% 83
Midlands +34 172 £469 -6.90% 23
West Midlands +37 155 £469 -8.49% 14
North of England -33 80 £520 +3.59% 21
South East -53 59 £550 +2.33% 44
North West -26 47 £500 -2.82% 13
South West -26 25 £525 +13.51% 18
Yorkshire -40 22 £518 +8.95% 7
East Midlands -13 17 £445 +8.63% 9
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 61 (9.15%) SAS
2 32 (4.80%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.15%) Apache Spark
4 19 (2.85%) Confluence
5 11 (1.65%) Apache
6 8 (1.20%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.75%) Camunda
9 2 (0.30%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.30%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Luigi
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
Applications
1 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.45%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.45%) Revit
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.75%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.75%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.60%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.60%) SAP IBP
6 3 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.45%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.45%) SimCorp Dimension
7 2 (0.30%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.30%) Endur
7 2 (0.30%) Maximo
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.30%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 273 (40.93%) Azure
2 179 (26.84%) AWS
3 103 (15.44%) Power Platform
4 67 (10.04%) GCP
5 61 (9.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 47 (7.05%) Snowflake
7 45 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (6.30%) Serverless
9 39 (5.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 32 (4.80%) GitHub
11 30 (4.50%) Amazon S3
12 29 (4.35%) SaaS
13 28 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (3.15%) dbt
15 16 (2.40%) PaaS
16 15 (2.25%) Power Automate
17 13 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
17 13 (1.95%) iPaaS
17 13 (1.95%) PowerApps
18 11 (1.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.20%) FTP
2 4 (0.60%) SMS
3 3 (0.45%) Firewall
3 3 (0.45%) MQTT
3 3 (0.45%) Network Security
3 3 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) DMZ
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (15.74%) Data Warehouse
2 98 (14.69%) Power BI
3 79 (11.84%) SQL Server
4 62 (9.30%) Metadata
5 56 (8.40%) Data Lake
6 54 (8.10%) Pentaho
7 39 (5.85%) Tableau
8 38 (5.70%) Relational Database
9 29 (4.35%) Oracle Database
10 28 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (4.05%) NoSQL
12 26 (3.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (3.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
14 21 (3.15%) Big Data
14 21 (3.15%) MySQL
15 20 (3.00%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (2.55%) Delta Lake
16 17 (2.55%) SAS Visual Analytics
17 15 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
18 14 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 52 (7.80%) Git
2 38 (5.70%) JIRA
3 30 (4.50%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.85%) GitLab
5 14 (2.10%) ERwin
6 5 (0.75%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.60%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.60%) Postman
7 4 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.15%) git-flow
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.15%) RStudio
8 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.15%) Yeoman
General
1 211 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 163 (24.44%) Finance
3 129 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (16.49%) Public Sector
5 53 (7.95%) Banking
6 24 (3.60%) Retail
7 23 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.45%) Marketing
8 15 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.80%) Legal
9 12 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 9 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.05%) Automotive
12 7 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.90%) General Ledger
13 6 (0.90%) Retail Banking
14 5 (0.75%) Billing
14 5 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 175 (26.24%) Architect
1 175 (26.24%) Data Engineer
2 93 (13.94%) Developer
3 78 (11.69%) Senior
4 70 (10.49%) Data Architect
5 68 (10.19%) Solutions Architect
6 57 (8.55%) Lead
7 52 (7.80%) Analyst
8 29 (4.35%) Consultant
8 29 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
9 23 (3.45%) Technical Leader
10 21 (3.15%) Integration Architect
10 21 (3.15%) Technical Architect
11 20 (3.00%) Business Analyst
12 18 (2.70%) Data Analyst
12 18 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
12 18 (2.70%) SQL Developer
13 17 (2.55%) Project Manager
13 17 (2.55%) Senior Developer
14 16 (2.40%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (6.90%) REST
2 35 (5.25%) Kafka
3 30 (4.50%) JSON
3 30 (4.50%) Middleware
4 29 (4.35%) React
5 25 (3.75%) Node.js
6 23 (3.45%) .NET
6 23 (3.45%) XML
7 19 (2.85%) YAML
8 18 (2.70%) PySpark
8 18 (2.70%) RESTful
9 14 (2.10%) Django
9 14 (2.10%) Flask
10 13 (1.95%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.95%) SOAP
11 10 (1.50%) FastAPI
12 9 (1.35%) GraphQL
13 8 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (1.05%) Web Services
15 6 (0.90%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 53 (7.95%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.05%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (4.95%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.20%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.10%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.50%) IoT
12 9 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.35%) Life Science
12 9 (1.35%) NHS
12 9 (1.35%) Taxonomies
13 8 (1.20%) Mainframe
14 6 (0.90%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.75%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.40%) Unix
2 6 (0.90%) Linux
3 5 (0.75%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (40.93%) Data Modelling
2 255 (38.23%) ETL
3 239 (35.83%) Analytics
4 203 (30.43%) Agile
5 197 (29.54%) Data Pipeline
6 166 (24.89%) CI/CD
7 153 (22.94%) DevOps
8 145 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
9 142 (21.29%) Migration
10 141 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
11 128 (19.19%) Data Engineering
12 118 (17.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 116 (17.39%) Data Governance
14 108 (16.19%) AI
15 107 (16.04%) Integration Patterns
16 106 (15.89%) Validation
17 105 (15.74%) Data Architecture
18 95 (14.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 85 (12.74%) Decision-Making
20 75 (11.24%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 303 (45.43%) SQL
2 158 (23.69%) Python
3 43 (6.45%) Java
4 26 (3.90%) PL/SQL
5 23 (3.45%) C#
6 22 (3.30%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.85%) T-SQL
7 19 (2.85%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.25%) Bash
9 12 (1.80%) Shell Script
10 11 (1.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (1.50%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.50%) Scala
12 8 (1.20%) Bicep
13 5 (0.75%) R
14 4 (0.60%) ABAP
14 4 (0.60%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.45%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.45%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 190 (28.49%) Security Cleared
2 158 (23.69%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.30%) Degree
4 25 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.60%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.45%) PMP
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) MBA
13 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (25.94%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.45%) GDPR
3 22 (3.30%) QA
4 10 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.20%) SLA
6 7 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (1.05%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.75%) GRC
7 5 (0.75%) IFRS
8 4 (0.60%) HL7
8 4 (0.60%) IFRS 17
8 4 (0.60%) SNOMED CT
9 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.45%) NCSC
10 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.30%) GMP
10 2 (0.30%) GxP
10 2 (0.30%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (6.75%) Docker
2 10 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.50%) Terraform
3 10 (1.50%) Grafana
4 4 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.45%) Ansible
5 3 (0.45%) 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
7 1 (0.15%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (19.34%) Oracle
2 98 (14.69%) Databricks
2 98 (14.69%) Microsoft
3 73 (10.94%) SAP
4 65 (9.75%) Talend
5 59 (8.85%) Informatica
6 38 (5.70%) Salesforce
7 30 (4.50%) Denodo
8 20 (3.00%) Google
9 15 (2.25%) MuleSoft
9 15 (2.25%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.80%) Cloudera
10 12 (1.80%) NEC
11 8 (1.20%) IBM
12 7 (1.05%) Workday
13 6 (0.90%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.75%) Palantir
14 5 (0.75%) SimCorp
14 5 (0.75%) Sparx
14 5 (0.75%) Teradata