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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 175 196
Rank change year-on-year +19 +21 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 834 436 419
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.56% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.72% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 290 264
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £673
90th Percentile £775 £735 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 5
10th Percentile £30.96 - -
25th Percentile £61.74 £52.50 £25.26
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -47.83%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £73.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +83.33% -53.85%

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 39,476 25,411 27,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.93% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,882 16,117 16,935
10th Percentile £325 £295 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £642
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,976 1,567 1,167
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £67.01
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.87 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +50.56% -39.40% -2.92%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 +5 399 £600 +4.35% 428
Midlands +11 134 £473 -8.82% 73
North of England +23 127 £500 - 117
West Midlands +9 116 £470 -10.00% 49
South East -39 83 £533 +11.52% 102
North West +3 64 £500 - 71
Yorkshire +2 44 £463 -2.63% 33
South West -16 41 £525 +31.25% 41
North East -20 20 £520 -5.45% 15
East of England -21 20 £613 +21.89% 36
East Midlands -8 18 £488 +35.42% 24
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 69 (8.27%) SAS
2 42 (5.04%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (3.72%) Confluence
4 26 (3.12%) Apache Spark
5 21 (2.52%) Apache
6 12 (1.44%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.24%) CMS
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.24%) ThingWorx
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) Mule
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.12%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.36%) Navisworks
2 3 (0.36%) Revit
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 33 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 7 (0.84%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.72%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
8 3 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.36%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.24%) Endur
9 2 (0.24%) Maximo
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.24%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.24%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.24%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.24%) SAP IBP
9 2 (0.24%) SimCorp Dimension
10 1 (0.12%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 321 (38.49%) Azure
2 221 (26.50%) AWS
3 133 (15.95%) Power Platform
4 89 (10.67%) GCP
5 86 (10.31%) Azure Data Factory
6 68 (8.15%) Snowflake
7 67 (8.03%) Serverless
8 59 (7.07%) Amazon S3
9 52 (6.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 50 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
11 48 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
12 39 (4.68%) GitHub
13 35 (4.20%) dbt
14 25 (3.00%) SaaS
15 24 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 23 (2.76%) OCI
17 19 (2.28%) Power Automate
18 17 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
19 16 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.96%) MQTT
2 6 (0.72%) DNS
2 6 (0.72%) Firewall
3 5 (0.60%) DHCP
3 5 (0.60%) VPN
4 4 (0.48%) Network Security
4 4 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.24%) SMS
6 2 (0.24%) SSL
7 1 (0.12%) DMZ
7 1 (0.12%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.12%) FTP
7 1 (0.12%) Internet
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) WAN
7 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (17.63%) Data Warehouse
2 113 (13.55%) Power BI
3 100 (11.99%) Metadata
4 80 (9.59%) Data Lake
5 72 (8.63%) SQL Server
6 46 (5.52%) Relational Database
7 43 (5.16%) Oracle Database
8 38 (4.56%) Pentaho
9 36 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
9 36 (4.32%) Tableau
10 33 (3.96%) BigQuery
10 33 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
11 32 (3.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (3.48%) Amazon Redshift
13 26 (3.12%) DataStage
14 20 (2.40%) Big Data
15 19 (2.28%) NoSQL
16 18 (2.16%) Amazon Athena
16 18 (2.16%) DynamoDB
17 17 (2.04%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 60 (7.19%) Git
2 39 (4.68%) JIRA
3 22 (2.64%) GitLab
4 20 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.96%) Postman
6 6 (0.72%) ERwin
7 5 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.36%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.24%) Applitools
10 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.24%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.24%) JMeter
10 2 (0.24%) Newman
10 2 (0.24%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.24%) RStudio
10 2 (0.24%) TestRail
10 2 (0.24%) Yeoman
General
1 281 (33.69%) Social Skills
2 206 (24.70%) Finance
3 140 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
3 140 (16.79%) Public Sector
4 84 (10.07%) Banking
5 31 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (3.36%) Retail
7 26 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (2.88%) Marketing
9 20 (2.40%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.92%) Front Office
11 15 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 14 (1.68%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.56%) Investment Banking
13 13 (1.56%) Military
14 11 (1.32%) Billing
14 11 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.08%) Automotive
15 9 (1.08%) Legal
16 8 (0.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 236 (28.30%) Architect
2 206 (24.70%) Data Engineer
3 104 (12.47%) Senior
4 99 (11.87%) Lead
5 94 (11.27%) Developer
6 79 (9.47%) Data Architect
7 73 (8.75%) Solutions Architect
8 71 (8.51%) Analyst
9 47 (5.64%) Senior Data Engineer
10 32 (3.84%) Technical Leader
11 31 (3.72%) Consultant
12 28 (3.36%) Data Analyst
13 25 (3.00%) Project Manager
13 25 (3.00%) Technical Architect
14 21 (2.52%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.40%) Azure Engineer
15 20 (2.40%) Integration Architect
16 18 (2.16%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.16%) Senior Architect
16 18 (2.16%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.71%) Terraform
2 48 (5.76%) REST
3 46 (5.52%) Kafka
4 38 (4.56%) JSON
5 33 (3.96%) Middleware
6 32 (3.84%) PySpark
7 30 (3.60%) React
8 26 (3.12%) XML
9 22 (2.64%) .NET
10 19 (2.28%) RESTful
11 18 (2.16%) FastAPI
12 14 (1.68%) Node.js
13 11 (1.32%) OAuth
13 11 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
14 10 (1.20%) SOAP
15 9 (1.08%) GraphQL
15 9 (1.08%) OpenID
15 9 (1.08%) pytest
16 7 (0.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 77 (9.23%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.40%) Legacy Systems
3 44 (5.28%) Data Structures
4 35 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 34 (4.08%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (3.36%) Product Ownership
8 23 (2.76%) Reference Data
9 21 (2.52%) AI Agents
10 19 (2.28%) Data Fabric
10 19 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
12 17 (2.04%) Replication
13 14 (1.68%) Taxonomies
14 13 (1.56%) Life Science
15 10 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (1.08%) Operational Technology
16 9 (1.08%) SCADA
17 7 (0.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.00%) Linux
2 24 (2.88%) Unix
3 9 (1.08%) Windows
4 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (40.17%) ETL
2 327 (39.21%) Data Modelling
3 302 (36.21%) Analytics
4 244 (29.26%) Agile
5 234 (28.06%) Data Pipeline
6 212 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 207 (24.82%) Data Engineering
8 204 (24.46%) Migration
9 202 (24.22%) CI/CD
10 180 (21.58%) DevOps
11 170 (20.38%) Data Governance
12 160 (19.18%) AI
13 157 (18.82%) Data Architecture
14 152 (18.23%) Business Intelligence
15 143 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
16 141 (16.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 133 (15.95%) Validation
18 129 (15.47%) Roadmaps
19 118 (14.15%) Decision-Making
20 113 (13.55%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 364 (43.65%) SQL
2 219 (26.26%) Python
3 40 (4.80%) PL/SQL
4 31 (3.72%) Java
5 30 (3.60%) TypeScript
6 29 (3.48%) JavaScript
7 25 (3.00%) C#
8 19 (2.28%) Shell Script
9 18 (2.16%) T-SQL
10 17 (2.04%) Bash
10 17 (2.04%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.56%) Bicep
12 7 (0.84%) R
13 6 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.72%) Scala
14 5 (0.60%) Korn
15 4 (0.48%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.48%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.36%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 262 (31.41%) Security Cleared
2 224 (26.86%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.40%) Degree
4 25 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 19 (2.28%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.04%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (0.96%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.84%) PMP
12 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.48%) CBAP
13 4 (0.48%) SAS Certification
14 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 236 (28.30%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.84%) GRC
3 28 (3.36%) GDPR
4 25 (3.00%) QA
5 24 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.08%) SLA
7 7 (0.84%) PMO
8 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (0.72%) WCAG
9 4 (0.48%) IFRS
9 4 (0.48%) NCSC
10 3 (0.36%) GxP
10 3 (0.36%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.36%) Solvency II
11 2 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.24%) FATCA
11 2 (0.24%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 44 (5.28%) Docker
2 9 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.12%) HDFS
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 63 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.16%) Grafana
3 12 (1.44%) Prometheus
4 9 (1.08%) Ansible
5 6 (0.72%) Control-M
6 5 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.48%) Argo
8 3 (0.36%) Istio
8 3 (0.36%) Kibana
9 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 166 (19.90%) Oracle
2 146 (17.51%) Microsoft
3 116 (13.91%) Databricks
4 69 (8.27%) SAP
5 60 (7.19%) Informatica
6 46 (5.52%) Talend
7 45 (5.40%) Google
8 37 (4.44%) Salesforce
9 24 (2.88%) IBM
9 24 (2.88%) ServiceNow
10 18 (2.16%) Denodo
11 12 (1.44%) VMware
12 11 (1.32%) Teradata
13 9 (1.08%) Workday
14 8 (0.96%) Bloomberg
14 8 (0.96%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.96%) Sparx
15 7 (0.84%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.84%) eFront
15 7 (0.84%) Palantir