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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 158 184
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 +98
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 621 415 473
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.70% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 1.87% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 301 340
10th Percentile £400 £366 £385
25th Percentile £450 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.26%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £738
90th Percentile £750 £738 £813
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +0.48% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile £53.18 £25.56 £45.86
25th Percentile £65.58 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £78.50 £43.81 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -5.13% +125.93%
75th Percentile £85.44 £64.94 £49.96
90th Percentile £86.83 £72.48 £53.30
UK median hourly rate £69.22 £27.13 £46.18
% change year-on-year +155.19% -41.26% +125.93%

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 33,181 22,150 32,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.82% 90.86% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,274 14,593 21,355
10th Percentile £313 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £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 2,050 865 2,166
10th Percentile £15.49 £14.99 £12.89
25th Percentile £19.48 £19.00 £15.85
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.95 £70.44
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £31.58 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.71% -2.83% -13.33%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -13 316 £575 +6.98% 80
Midlands +17 148 £500 +5.26% 44
West Midlands +29 137 £513 +7.89% 27
North of England -40 64 £500 -9.09% 36
North West -26 35 £488 -10.96% 19
South East -54 35 £525 -0.47% 47
South West -24 25 £640 +38.38% 30
Yorkshire -37 23 £525 -4.55% 13
East of England -21 15 £600 +9.09% 19
East Midlands -32 11 £447 +7.52% 17
North East -10 6 £500 - 4
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 76 (12.24%) SAS
2 46 (7.41%) Apache Spark
3 29 (4.67%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.09%) Apache
5 8 (1.29%) CMS
6 7 (1.13%) Confluence
7 6 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.64%) Camunda
8 4 (0.64%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.48%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.32%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.16%) Appian
11 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.16%) Mendix
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (3.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (0.97%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.64%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.48%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.48%) Maximo
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle FAH
5 3 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.48%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.48%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.48%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.48%) SAP Retail
6 2 (0.32%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.32%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 238 (38.33%) Azure
2 122 (19.65%) AWS
3 91 (14.65%) Power Platform
4 80 (12.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 57 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (8.05%) GCP
7 43 (6.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (6.60%) SaaS
9 29 (4.67%) Snowflake
10 27 (4.35%) Serverless
11 26 (4.19%) GitHub
12 18 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (2.58%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.42%) dbt
15 13 (2.09%) OCI
15 13 (2.09%) PaaS
15 13 (2.09%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.93%) Amazon S3
16 12 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (1.77%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.13%) FTP
2 4 (0.64%) SMS
3 3 (0.48%) Firewall
3 3 (0.48%) VPN
4 2 (0.32%) 2G
4 2 (0.32%) 5G
4 2 (0.32%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.32%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.16%) 4G
5 1 (0.16%) DWDM
5 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (22.71%) Data Warehouse
2 84 (13.53%) Power BI
3 70 (11.27%) Metadata
4 67 (10.79%) SQL Server
5 50 (8.05%) Pentaho
6 47 (7.57%) Data Lake
6 47 (7.57%) NoSQL
7 45 (7.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 34 (5.48%) Relational Database
9 28 (4.51%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 26 (4.19%) Tableau
11 24 (3.86%) Oracle Database
12 20 (3.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (3.22%) MySQL
12 20 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (2.90%) Big Data
13 18 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (2.74%) Delta Lake
15 11 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
16 10 (1.61%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 90 (14.49%) Git
2 48 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 47 (7.57%) JIRA
4 10 (1.61%) ERwin
5 9 (1.45%) GitLab
6 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.64%) PowerDesigner
8 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.32%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.32%) git-flow
9 2 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.16%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.16%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.16%) MLflow
10 1 (0.16%) Mocha
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.16%) RStudio
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.16%) Terragrunt
General
1 218 (35.10%) Social Skills
2 168 (27.05%) Finance
3 134 (21.58%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (12.56%) Public Sector
5 50 (8.05%) Banking
6 27 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.25%) Financial Institution
9 13 (2.09%) Legal
9 13 (2.09%) Marketing
10 11 (1.77%) Retail
11 10 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.45%) Back Office
12 9 (1.45%) Front Office
12 9 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.29%) Retail Banking
14 7 (1.13%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.97%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.81%) Law
17 4 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 155 (24.96%) Data Engineer
2 128 (20.61%) Architect
3 89 (14.33%) Developer
4 61 (9.82%) Senior
5 58 (9.34%) Data Architect
6 50 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
7 42 (6.76%) Consultant
8 41 (6.60%) Analyst
9 39 (6.28%) Lead
10 32 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
11 30 (4.83%) Azure Data Engineer
12 27 (4.35%) Business Analyst
13 23 (3.70%) Release Manager
14 21 (3.38%) Integration Architect
15 19 (3.06%) Senior Data Engineer
16 15 (2.42%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (2.42%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.25%) Azure Architect
17 14 (2.25%) Integration Engineer
18 13 (2.09%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.02%) REST
2 39 (6.28%) PySpark
3 38 (6.12%) Kafka
4 25 (4.03%) JSON
5 21 (3.38%) .NET
5 21 (3.38%) Middleware
5 21 (3.38%) Node.js
5 21 (3.38%) RESTful
6 20 (3.22%) YAML
7 19 (3.06%) React
8 17 (2.74%) AngularJS
9 16 (2.58%) XML
10 14 (2.25%) Django
10 14 (2.25%) Flask
10 14 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (2.25%) SOAP
11 9 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.29%) .NET Core
12 8 (1.29%) FHIR
13 7 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.28%) Data Structures
2 37 (5.96%) Cloud Native
3 27 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.22%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.93%) NHS
9 10 (1.61%) Reference Data
10 9 (1.45%) Data Fabric
10 9 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.13%) IoT
13 6 (0.97%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.97%) Credit Risk
13 6 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
14 5 (0.81%) Market Risk
14 5 (0.81%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.45%) Unix
2 5 (0.81%) Windows
3 4 (0.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (44.12%) Data Modelling
2 233 (37.52%) Analytics
3 220 (35.43%) ETL
4 209 (33.66%) Agile
5 175 (28.18%) Data Pipeline
6 169 (27.21%) Problem-Solving
7 155 (24.96%) DevOps
8 154 (24.80%) CI/CD
9 150 (24.15%) Business Intelligence
10 145 (23.35%) Data Governance
11 111 (17.87%) Data Architecture
12 110 (17.71%) Data Engineering
13 104 (16.75%) Migration
14 97 (15.62%) Integration Patterns
14 97 (15.62%) Validation
15 81 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
16 78 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 67 (10.79%) Decision-Making
17 67 (10.79%) Roadmaps
18 66 (10.63%) AI
Programming Languages
1 284 (45.73%) SQL
2 157 (25.28%) Python
3 36 (5.80%) Java
4 32 (5.15%) C#
4 32 (5.15%) Scala
5 30 (4.83%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 13 (2.09%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.77%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.61%) Bash
10 9 (1.45%) T-SQL
11 7 (1.13%) R
12 6 (0.97%) Groovy
12 6 (0.97%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.81%) Bicep
14 3 (0.48%) ABAP
14 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.32%) IronPython
15 2 (0.32%) Korn
Qualifications
1 178 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 150 (24.15%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.96%) Degree
4 27 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.03%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.74%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.97%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.97%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.32%) PMP
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) MBA
11 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (28.99%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.12%) GDPR
3 26 (4.19%) QA
4 8 (1.29%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.29%) HL7
5 6 (0.97%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.81%) Solvency II
7 4 (0.64%) SLA
8 3 (0.48%) GRC
8 3 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.32%) FATCA
9 2 (0.32%) IFRS
9 2 (0.32%) NCSC
9 2 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.16%) Basel III
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.16%) MiFID
System Software
1 66 (10.63%) Docker
2 7 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 60 (9.66%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.48%) Terraform
3 7 (1.13%) Grafana
4 3 (0.48%) Ansible
4 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.32%) Control-M
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 114 (18.36%) Oracle
2 95 (15.30%) Databricks
3 84 (13.53%) Microsoft
4 61 (9.82%) Talend
5 56 (9.02%) SAP
6 42 (6.76%) Informatica
7 40 (6.44%) Denodo
8 18 (2.90%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.93%) NEC
10 11 (1.77%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.61%) MuleSoft
12 9 (1.45%) Cloudera
12 9 (1.45%) Google
12 9 (1.45%) Software AG
13 8 (1.29%) Adobe
14 7 (1.13%) IBM
14 7 (1.13%) Workday
15 6 (0.97%) Sage
16 5 (0.81%) Teradata
17 4 (0.64%) Brio