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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 164 192
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 +107
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 523 436 466
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.54% 1.69% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.88% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 294 318
10th Percentile £400 £366 £375
25th Percentile £463 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -7.89% -0.87%
75th Percentile £641 £649 £700
90th Percentile £763 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £25.26 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +72.73%
75th Percentile £73.35 £52.81 £50.25
90th Percentile £85.40 £69.13 £62.32
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +72.73%

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 29,729 23,178 33,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.40% 89.84% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,995 14,353 22,084
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 724 1,981
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.17 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.18 £73.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -14 288 £575 +4.55% 56
Midlands -17 90 £523 +1.95% 34
West Midlands -13 81 £525 - 25
North of England -58 48 £500 -8.68% 28
South East -2 46 £525 +2.44% 43
North West -25 29 £452 -6.62% 20
South West -33 19 £650 +36.84% 19
East of England -13 16 £513 -4.65% 5
Yorkshire -60 16 £530 -6.53% 5
East Midlands -18 9 £449 +20.40% 9
North East -11 3 £475 - 3
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 51 (9.75%) SAS
2 46 (8.80%) Apache Spark
3 21 (4.02%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.29%) Apache
5 11 (2.10%) CMS
6 5 (0.96%) Confluence
7 4 (0.76%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.76%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.19%) Camunda
10 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.19%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.96%) SAP Payroll
5 4 (0.76%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.57%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.57%) Maximo
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle FAH
6 3 (0.57%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.57%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.57%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 2 (0.38%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.38%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 2 (0.38%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.38%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.38%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 200 (38.24%) Azure
2 99 (18.93%) AWS
3 80 (15.30%) Power Platform
4 72 (13.77%) Azure Data Factory
5 47 (8.99%) GCP
6 40 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (7.46%) SaaS
8 37 (7.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 31 (5.93%) Snowflake
10 20 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (3.25%) dbt
12 16 (3.06%) Serverless
13 14 (2.68%) GitHub
14 13 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
15 12 (2.29%) Power Automate
16 11 (2.10%) Azure AKS
17 10 (1.91%) PowerApps
18 9 (1.72%) Azure Functions
18 9 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
18 9 (1.72%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.76%) FTP
2 2 (0.38%) 2G
2 2 (0.38%) 5G
2 2 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (0.38%) SMS
3 1 (0.19%) 4G
3 1 (0.19%) DWDM
3 1 (0.19%) Firewall
3 1 (0.19%) Network Security
3 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (26.96%) Data Warehouse
2 74 (14.15%) Power BI
3 59 (11.28%) Metadata
4 48 (9.18%) SQL Server
5 47 (8.99%) Data Lake
6 44 (8.41%) NoSQL
7 41 (7.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 27 (5.16%) Pentaho
8 27 (5.16%) Relational Database
9 24 (4.59%) Tableau
10 23 (4.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 22 (4.21%) Oracle Database
12 21 (4.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (3.44%) Big Data
14 14 (2.68%) Delta Lake
15 12 (2.29%) Data Vault
15 12 (2.29%) MySQL
16 11 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
17 10 (1.91%) Hadoop
17 10 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 66 (12.62%) Git
2 43 (8.22%) JIRA
3 37 (7.07%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.96%) ERwin
5 3 (0.57%) GitLab
5 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.38%) git-flow
6 2 (0.38%) MLflow
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.19%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) RStudio
7 1 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 218 (41.68%) Social Skills
2 164 (31.36%) Finance
3 114 (21.80%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.28%) Public Sector
5 48 (9.18%) Banking
6 20 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.68%) Marketing
7 14 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.29%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.29%) Retail
9 11 (2.10%) Front Office
10 10 (1.91%) Back Office
10 10 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.91%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.34%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.15%) Legal
14 5 (0.96%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 112 (21.41%) Data Engineer
2 108 (20.65%) Architect
3 73 (13.96%) Developer
4 48 (9.18%) Data Architect
5 44 (8.41%) Analyst
6 43 (8.22%) Consultant
7 42 (8.03%) Senior
8 41 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
9 39 (7.46%) Lead
10 33 (6.31%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (5.74%) Azure Data Engineer
12 24 (4.59%) Business Analyst
13 17 (3.25%) Integration Architect
13 17 (3.25%) Release Manager
14 15 (2.87%) Azure Architect
14 15 (2.87%) Integration Engineer
14 15 (2.87%) Senior Data Engineer
15 14 (2.68%) Data Analyst
16 13 (2.49%) Project Manager
17 12 (2.29%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.18%) REST
2 34 (6.50%) PySpark
3 30 (5.74%) Kafka
4 21 (4.02%) JSON
5 18 (3.44%) Middleware
5 18 (3.44%) XML
6 17 (3.25%) SOAP
7 16 (3.06%) RESTful
8 14 (2.68%) .NET
8 14 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (2.10%) Node.js
9 11 (2.10%) React
10 9 (1.72%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.53%) EDI
11 8 (1.53%) HTML
11 8 (1.53%) Web Services
12 7 (1.34%) FHIR
13 6 (1.15%) CSS
13 6 (1.15%) OAuth
14 5 (0.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.12%) Data Structures
2 21 (4.02%) Cloud Native
3 20 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.44%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.49%) NHS
7 11 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.53%) Reference Data
10 7 (1.34%) Data Fabric
10 7 (1.34%) IoT
10 7 (1.34%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.15%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.15%) Reinsurance
12 5 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.53%) Linux
2 6 (1.15%) Unix
2 6 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (42.07%) Data Modelling
2 192 (36.71%) Agile
3 174 (33.27%) Analytics
4 171 (32.70%) ETL
5 163 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
6 143 (27.34%) Data Pipeline
7 131 (25.05%) Data Governance
8 125 (23.90%) Business Intelligence
9 111 (21.22%) DevOps
10 101 (19.31%) CI/CD
11 99 (18.93%) Data Architecture
12 93 (17.78%) Data Engineering
13 85 (16.25%) Validation
14 82 (15.68%) Migration
15 78 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (14.72%) Integration Patterns
17 65 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
18 63 (12.05%) AI
19 60 (11.47%) Scrum
20 53 (10.13%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 243 (46.46%) SQL
2 131 (25.05%) Python
3 28 (5.35%) Java
3 28 (5.35%) Scala
4 27 (5.16%) C#
5 25 (4.78%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.44%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.68%) PL/SQL
8 13 (2.49%) VB
9 12 (2.29%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.53%) Groovy
12 7 (1.34%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.15%) Bicep
14 5 (0.96%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.96%) R
15 4 (0.76%) ABAP
16 3 (0.57%) Korn
17 2 (0.38%) IronPython
17 2 (0.38%) LookML
Qualifications
1 130 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 115 (21.99%) SC Cleared
3 42 (8.03%) Degree
4 30 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (4.21%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.82%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.15%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.96%) PMP
12 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.19%) CISSP
14 1 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.19%) MBA
14 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (28.49%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.31%) GDPR
3 24 (4.59%) QA
4 9 (1.72%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.34%) HL7
6 5 (0.96%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.57%) GMP
8 3 (0.57%) NCSC
8 3 (0.57%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.38%) FATCA
9 2 (0.38%) GRC
9 2 (0.38%) IFRS
10 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) PMO
10 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (9.56%) Docker
2 4 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 45 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.35%) Terraform
3 4 (0.76%) Kibana
4 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Control-M
5 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.38%) logstash
6 1 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 86 (16.44%) Microsoft
1 86 (16.44%) Oracle
2 83 (15.87%) Databricks
3 48 (9.18%) SAP
4 37 (7.07%) Talend
5 31 (5.93%) Informatica
6 25 (4.78%) Denodo
7 14 (2.68%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.29%) Google
8 12 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.91%) Adobe
10 9 (1.72%) Software AG
10 9 (1.72%) Workday
11 8 (1.53%) IBM
11 8 (1.53%) MuleSoft
12 6 (1.15%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.96%) Sitecore
14 4 (0.76%) Bloomberg
14 4 (0.76%) Murex
14 4 (0.76%) Sage