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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 161 199
Rank change year-on-year -7 +38 +61
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 651 420 461
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.51% 1.69% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.85% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 296 334
10th Percentile £386 £363 £377
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £734
90th Percentile £774 £721 £813
UK median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £47.75 - -
25th Percentile £54.00 £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 £85.25 £77.50 £54.88
90th Percentile £86.55 - £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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -21 293 £575 +4.55% 105
Midlands +30 170 £469 -6.90% 26
West Midlands +40 155 £469 -8.49% 15
North of England -36 72 £515 +2.59% 29
South East -44 57 £550 +4.76% 47
North West -23 41 £500 -2.82% 18
South West -21 25 £525 +13.51% 19
Yorkshire -50 20 £538 +13.16% 9
East Midlands -20 15 £447 +9.02% 10
East of England -21 15 £575 +4.55% 5
North East - 11 £525 - 2
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 (9.52%) SAS
2 30 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.23%) Apache Spark
4 20 (3.07%) Confluence
5 9 (1.38%) Apache
6 7 (1.08%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.92%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.77%) Camunda
9 2 (0.31%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.31%) ThingWorx
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.15%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.15%) Mule
10 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.46%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.46%) Revit
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (3.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.77%) Aladdin
4 5 (0.77%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.77%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.77%) 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 (0.31%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.31%) Endur
7 2 (0.31%) Maximo
7 2 (0.31%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 259 (39.78%) Azure
2 165 (25.35%) AWS
3 102 (15.67%) Power Platform
4 63 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
5 57 (8.76%) GCP
6 46 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (6.61%) Snowflake
8 42 (6.45%) Serverless
9 38 (5.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 34 (5.22%) GitHub
11 31 (4.76%) SaaS
12 28 (4.30%) Amazon S3
12 28 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (3.07%) dbt
14 16 (2.46%) PaaS
15 15 (2.30%) Power Automate
16 13 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.00%) iPaaS
16 13 (2.00%) PowerApps
17 11 (1.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.23%) 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
1 103 (15.82%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (14.90%) Power BI
3 79 (12.14%) SQL Server
4 64 (9.83%) Metadata
5 55 (8.45%) Data Lake
6 54 (8.29%) Pentaho
7 39 (5.99%) Relational Database
8 36 (5.53%) Tableau
9 28 (4.30%) NoSQL
9 28 (4.30%) Oracle Database
9 28 (4.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
11 22 (3.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 20 (3.07%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (2.92%) MySQL
14 18 (2.76%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (2.61%) Big Data
15 17 (2.61%) Delta Lake
15 17 (2.61%) SAS Visual Analytics
16 16 (2.46%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 55 (8.45%) Git
2 42 (6.45%) JIRA
3 31 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.76%) GitLab
5 14 (2.15%) ERwin
6 5 (0.77%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
7 4 (0.61%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.61%) Postman
7 4 (0.61%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.31%) 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
1 195 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 165 (25.35%) Finance
3 126 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (16.13%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.45%) Banking
6 24 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.38%) Marketing
8 20 (3.07%) Retail
9 16 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.00%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.69%) Legal
12 10 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.92%) Automotive
15 6 (0.92%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.92%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.92%) Military
15 6 (0.92%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 173 (26.57%) Data Engineer
2 169 (25.96%) Architect
3 92 (14.13%) Developer
4 75 (11.52%) Senior
5 68 (10.45%) Solutions Architect
6 63 (9.68%) Data Architect
7 56 (8.60%) Lead
8 45 (6.91%) Analyst
9 31 (4.76%) Consultant
10 29 (4.45%) Senior Data Engineer
11 22 (3.38%) Integration Architect
11 22 (3.38%) Technical Leader
12 21 (3.23%) Technical Architect
13 20 (3.07%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.07%) Integration Engineer
14 18 (2.76%) Data Analyst
15 17 (2.61%) Release Manager
15 17 (2.61%) Senior Developer
15 17 (2.61%) SQL Developer
16 16 (2.46%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.83%) REST
2 32 (4.92%) Kafka
2 32 (4.92%) Middleware
3 30 (4.61%) JSON
4 27 (4.15%) React
5 25 (3.84%) Node.js
6 23 (3.53%) .NET
6 23 (3.53%) XML
7 20 (3.07%) PySpark
8 19 (2.92%) RESTful
8 19 (2.92%) YAML
9 14 (2.15%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.15%) Django
9 14 (2.15%) Flask
10 13 (2.00%) SOAP
11 9 (1.38%) FastAPI
12 8 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
12 8 (1.23%) Pandas
13 7 (1.08%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 53 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 42 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (5.07%) Data Structures
4 28 (4.30%) Product Ownership
5 26 (3.99%) Onboarding
6 20 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (2.15%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.69%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.38%) IoT
12 8 (1.23%) Life Science
12 8 (1.23%) Mainframe
12 8 (1.23%) NHS
12 8 (1.23%) Taxonomies
13 6 (0.92%) Reinsurance
14 5 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.46%) Unix
2 6 (0.92%) Linux
3 5 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (40.86%) Data Modelling
2 248 (38.10%) ETL
3 229 (35.18%) Analytics
4 197 (30.26%) Agile
5 187 (28.73%) Data Pipeline
6 165 (25.35%) CI/CD
7 156 (23.96%) DevOps
8 144 (22.12%) Business Intelligence
9 141 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
10 129 (19.82%) Migration
11 118 (18.13%) Data Engineering
12 111 (17.05%) Integration Patterns
13 108 (16.59%) Data Governance
13 108 (16.59%) Stakeholder Management
14 105 (16.13%) Validation
15 100 (15.36%) AI
16 97 (14.90%) Data Architecture
17 92 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 82 (12.60%) Decision-Making
19 80 (12.29%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 299 (45.93%) SQL
2 151 (23.20%) Python
3 41 (6.30%) Java
4 26 (3.99%) PL/SQL
5 24 (3.69%) C#
6 22 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 19 (2.92%) T-SQL
8 18 (2.76%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.15%) Bash
10 11 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (1.69%) Scala
10 11 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.38%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.23%) Bicep
13 4 (0.61%) ABAP
13 4 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.61%) R
14 3 (0.46%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.31%) Gremlin
15 2 (0.31%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 181 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 152 (23.35%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.14%) Degree
4 25 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.76%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.38%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.92%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.61%) SAS Certification
12 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.31%) PMP
12 2 (0.31%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.15%) MBA
13 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (25.35%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.14%) GDPR
3 23 (3.53%) QA
4 8 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.23%) SLA
5 7 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (1.08%) Solvency II
6 5 (0.77%) GRC
6 5 (0.77%) IFRS
7 4 (0.61%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.46%) HL7
8 3 (0.46%) NCSC
8 3 (0.46%) SNOMED CT
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) FATCA
9 2 (0.31%) GxP
9 2 (0.31%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (6.76%) Docker
2 10 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.30%) Terraform
3 10 (1.54%) Grafana
4 4 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.46%) Ansible
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 2 (0.31%) Control-M
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 129 (19.82%) Oracle
2 96 (14.75%) Databricks
3 94 (14.44%) Microsoft
4 71 (10.91%) SAP
5 65 (9.98%) Talend
6 56 (8.60%) Informatica
7 32 (4.92%) Salesforce
8 31 (4.76%) Denodo
9 18 (2.76%) Google
10 15 (2.30%) ServiceNow
11 14 (2.15%) MuleSoft
12 12 (1.84%) Cloudera
12 12 (1.84%) NEC
13 9 (1.38%) IBM
14 7 (1.08%) Alteryx
15 6 (0.92%) Workday
16 5 (0.77%) SimCorp
16 5 (0.77%) Sparx
16 5 (0.77%) Teradata
17 4 (0.61%) Infor