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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 175 201
Rank change year-on-year 0 +26 +98
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 502 453 466
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.48% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.69% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 289 334
10th Percentile £368 £363 £391
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £735 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £25.26 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.56 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.56% -39.87% +33.80%
75th Percentile £57.50 £30.00 £50.00
90th Percentile - £39.23 £62.32
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £27.13 £47.50
% change year-on-year +102.76% -42.89% +33.80%

All Process and 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 27,812 26,873 34,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.40% 87.89% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,725 16,531 23,197
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,799 953 1,442
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.23 £14.78
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +10 278 £575 +4.55% 85
Midlands -3 78 £520 +1.46% 43
West Midlands +6 72 £525 - 29
South East +25 51 £450 -5.26% 86
North of England -76 45 £500 -4.76% 49
North West -19 33 £458 +7.65% 32
South West -4 21 £475 -1.30% 26
East of England -9 13 £503 -8.64% 22
Yorkshire -62 10 £505 -10.93% 13
East Midlands -13 6 £447 +25.56% 12
North East -10 2 £525 +25.75% 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 62 (12.35%) SAS
2 41 (8.17%) Apache Spark
3 33 (6.57%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.99%) Apache
5 10 (1.99%) CMS
6 8 (1.59%) SharePoint
7 7 (1.39%) Confluence
8 5 (1.00%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.60%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.40%) Camunda
11 2 (0.40%) Luigi
11 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
Applications
1 12 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.60%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.60%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.60%) Loan IQ
3 3 (0.60%) Maximo
3 3 (0.60%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.60%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.40%) Eagle PACE
4 2 (0.40%) Endur
4 2 (0.40%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 2 (0.40%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 173 (34.46%) Azure
2 88 (17.53%) AWS
3 73 (14.54%) Power Platform
4 64 (12.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 53 (10.56%) GCP
6 45 (8.96%) Snowflake
7 34 (6.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 29 (5.78%) SaaS
9 23 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.78%) Serverless
11 18 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (3.39%) Power Automate
13 16 (3.19%) dbt
13 16 (3.19%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.79%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (2.59%) PaaS
16 12 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (2.19%) Azure Functions
18 9 (1.79%) Amazon S3
19 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) 2G
1 2 (0.40%) 5G
1 2 (0.40%) Hyperconnected
1 2 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (0.20%) 4G
2 1 (0.20%) DWDM
2 1 (0.20%) Firewall
2 1 (0.20%) Network Security
2 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (26.10%) Data Warehouse
2 70 (13.94%) Power BI
3 45 (8.96%) Data Lake
4 42 (8.37%) Metadata
5 36 (7.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (6.97%) NoSQL
6 35 (6.97%) SQL Server
7 34 (6.77%) Pentaho
8 26 (5.18%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 26 (5.18%) Tableau
9 23 (4.58%) Big Data
10 21 (4.18%) Oracle Database
10 21 (4.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (3.98%) BigQuery
11 20 (3.98%) Relational Database
12 15 (2.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.39%) SAS Visual Analytics
14 11 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 67 (13.35%) Git
2 50 (9.96%) JIRA
3 47 (9.36%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.59%) GitLab
5 5 (1.00%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.60%) ERwin
8 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.40%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.40%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.40%) TestRail
9 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) Mocha
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 205 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 147 (29.28%) Finance
3 92 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.16%) Public Sector
5 34 (6.77%) Banking
6 18 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.99%) Back Office
7 15 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.59%) Front Office
8 13 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.19%) Marketing
10 9 (1.79%) Retail
11 8 (1.59%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.39%) Legal
13 6 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.00%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (17.53%) Architect
1 88 (17.53%) Data Engineer
2 74 (14.74%) Developer
3 61 (12.15%) Analyst
4 39 (7.77%) Consultant
4 39 (7.77%) Data Architect
5 36 (7.17%) Lead
5 36 (7.17%) Senior
6 30 (5.98%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (5.78%) Azure Engineer
8 25 (4.98%) Azure Data Engineer
9 20 (3.98%) Business Analyst
10 17 (3.39%) Data Analyst
11 15 (2.99%) Project Manager
11 15 (2.99%) Release Manager
12 12 (2.39%) Azure Architect
13 11 (2.19%) Integration Architect
13 11 (2.19%) Integration Engineer
13 11 (2.19%) Integration Specialist
14 10 (1.99%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.37%) REST
2 36 (7.17%) Kafka
3 27 (5.38%) PySpark
4 15 (2.99%) SOAP
5 14 (2.79%) .NET
5 14 (2.79%) XML
6 13 (2.59%) JSON
6 13 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 12 (2.39%) React
7 12 (2.39%) RESTful
8 9 (1.79%) Middleware
9 8 (1.59%) FHIR
9 8 (1.59%) Node.js
10 6 (1.20%) EDI
10 6 (1.20%) OAuth
10 6 (1.20%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.20%) XSLT
11 5 (1.00%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.00%) HTML
11 5 (1.00%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.98%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.38%) Data Structures
3 19 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.79%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (2.39%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.19%) NHS
6 11 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.39%) Replication
8 6 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.20%) Data Fabric
8 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.20%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.00%) IoT
9 5 (1.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.99%) Linux
2 4 (0.80%) Unix
3 3 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (41.43%) Data Modelling
2 190 (37.85%) Agile
3 177 (35.26%) ETL
4 167 (33.27%) Analytics
5 149 (29.68%) Problem-Solving
6 139 (27.69%) Data Pipeline
7 126 (25.10%) Data Governance
8 123 (24.50%) Business Intelligence
9 116 (23.11%) CI/CD
10 107 (21.31%) DevOps
11 88 (17.53%) Data Engineering
12 79 (15.74%) Migration
13 76 (15.14%) Data Architecture
14 72 (14.34%) Scrum
15 71 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
16 67 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
16 67 (13.35%) Validation
17 58 (11.55%) AI
18 54 (10.76%) Visualisation
19 51 (10.16%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 243 (48.41%) SQL
2 142 (28.29%) Python
3 42 (8.37%) Java
4 24 (4.78%) Scala
5 22 (4.38%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.98%) VB
7 19 (3.78%) C#
8 15 (2.99%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.59%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 10 (1.99%) R
12 9 (1.79%) Groovy
13 7 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.39%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.00%) Bash
15 3 (0.60%) Bicep
15 3 (0.60%) Go
16 2 (0.40%) Cypher
16 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 123 (24.50%) Security Cleared
2 103 (20.52%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.76%) Degree
4 29 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.18%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.99%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.59%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.20%) PMP
10 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.60%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.40%) GCIA
13 2 (0.40%) GCIH
13 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.20%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (25.30%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.78%) GDPR
3 21 (4.18%) QA
4 9 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.39%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.39%) HL7
6 4 (0.80%) MiFID
7 3 (0.60%) EMIR
7 3 (0.60%) GMP
7 3 (0.60%) NCSC
7 3 (0.60%) PMO
8 2 (0.40%) DICOM
8 2 (0.40%) GRC
8 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.20%) IFRS
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) Section 508
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 62 (12.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (10.96%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.58%) Terraform
3 7 (1.39%) Kibana
4 4 (0.80%) ITRS Geneos
4 4 (0.80%) logstash
4 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.60%) Ansible
6 2 (0.40%) Grafana
7 1 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.20%) Podman
7 1 (0.20%) Puppet
7 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 99 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 83 (16.53%) Oracle
3 68 (13.55%) Databricks
4 38 (7.57%) Talend
5 37 (7.37%) SAP
6 32 (6.37%) Denodo
7 29 (5.78%) Google
8 22 (4.38%) Informatica
9 14 (2.79%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.79%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.20%) IBM
11 6 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.00%) OpenAI
12 5 (1.00%) Teradata
12 5 (1.00%) Workday
13 4 (0.80%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.80%) Bloomberg
13 4 (0.80%) Palantir
13 4 (0.80%) Solace
13 4 (0.80%) TIBCO