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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 171 196
Rank change year-on-year +1 +25 +102
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 499 449 469
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.61% 1.48% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.68% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 286 337
10th Percentile £366 £363 £387
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.56%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £736 £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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £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 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +13 275 £575 +4.55% 85
Midlands -3 77 £520 +1.46% 53
West Midlands +4 71 £523 -0.48% 39
South East +15 51 £450 -5.26% 100
North of England -66 45 £500 +2.56% 58
North West -6 33 £458 +10.98% 34
South West -13 22 £475 -1.30% 36
East of England -11 13 £503 -8.64% 37
Yorkshire -68 10 £505 -10.93% 20
East Midlands -15 6 £447 +25.56% 12
North East -11 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 (12.42%) SAS
2 41 (8.22%) Apache Spark
3 33 (6.61%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (3.01%) Apache
5 10 (2.00%) CMS
6 8 (1.60%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.20%) 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%) Luigi
11 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.20%) Camunda
12 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
Applications
1 12 (2.40%) 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 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.20%) 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%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 172 (34.47%) Azure
2 88 (17.64%) AWS
3 72 (14.43%) Power Platform
4 63 (12.63%) Azure Data Factory
5 53 (10.62%) GCP
6 45 (9.02%) Snowflake
7 33 (6.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 29 (5.81%) SaaS
9 23 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.81%) Serverless
11 18 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (3.41%) Power Automate
13 16 (3.21%) dbt
13 16 (3.21%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (2.61%) PaaS
16 12 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (2.20%) Azure Functions
18 9 (1.80%) Amazon S3
19 7 (1.40%) Collibra
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
1 130 (26.05%) Data Warehouse
2 69 (13.83%) Power BI
3 44 (8.82%) Data Lake
4 42 (8.42%) Metadata
5 36 (7.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (7.01%) NoSQL
6 35 (7.01%) SQL Server
7 34 (6.81%) Pentaho
8 26 (5.21%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 26 (5.21%) Tableau
9 23 (4.61%) Big Data
10 21 (4.21%) Oracle Database
10 21 (4.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (4.01%) BigQuery
11 20 (4.01%) Relational Database
12 15 (3.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.40%) SAS Visual Analytics
14 11 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 66 (13.23%) Git
2 49 (9.82%) JIRA
3 47 (9.42%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.60%) 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%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.40%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.40%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.40%) TestRail
9 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
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
1 204 (40.88%) Social Skills
2 146 (29.26%) Finance
3 92 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.61%) Banking
6 18 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.01%) Back Office
7 15 (3.01%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.61%) Front Office
8 13 (2.61%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.20%) Marketing
10 9 (1.80%) Retail
11 8 (1.60%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.40%) Legal
12 7 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.00%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.00%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 88 (17.64%) Architect
2 87 (17.43%) Data Engineer
3 75 (15.03%) Developer
4 61 (12.22%) Analyst
5 39 (7.82%) Data Architect
6 38 (7.62%) Consultant
7 36 (7.21%) Lead
7 36 (7.21%) Senior
8 30 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (5.61%) Azure Engineer
10 24 (4.81%) Azure Data Engineer
11 20 (4.01%) Business Analyst
12 17 (3.41%) Data Analyst
13 15 (3.01%) Release Manager
14 14 (2.81%) Project Manager
15 12 (2.40%) Azure Architect
16 11 (2.20%) Integration Architect
16 11 (2.20%) Integration Engineer
16 11 (2.20%) Integration Specialist
17 10 (2.00%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.21%) REST
2 35 (7.01%) Kafka
3 27 (5.41%) PySpark
4 15 (3.01%) SOAP
5 14 (2.81%) .NET
5 14 (2.81%) XML
6 13 (2.61%) JSON
6 13 (2.61%) Oracle Fusion
7 12 (2.40%) RESTful
8 11 (2.20%) React
9 9 (1.80%) Middleware
9 9 (1.80%) Node.js
10 8 (1.60%) FHIR
11 6 (1.20%) EDI
11 6 (1.20%) OAuth
11 6 (1.20%) XSLT
12 5 (1.00%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.00%) HTML
12 5 (1.00%) LangChain
12 5 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (6.01%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.41%) Data Structures
3 19 (3.81%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.20%) NHS
6 11 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.40%) 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%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.00%) IoT
9 5 (1.00%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.00%) Linux
2 4 (0.80%) Unix
3 3 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (41.68%) Data Modelling
2 189 (37.88%) Agile
3 176 (35.27%) ETL
4 166 (33.27%) Analytics
5 149 (29.86%) Problem-Solving
6 138 (27.66%) Data Pipeline
7 126 (25.25%) Data Governance
8 122 (24.45%) Business Intelligence
9 114 (22.85%) CI/CD
10 106 (21.24%) DevOps
11 87 (17.43%) Data Engineering
12 77 (15.43%) Migration
13 76 (15.23%) Data Architecture
14 72 (14.43%) Scrum
15 70 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 66 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 66 (13.23%) Validation
17 57 (11.42%) AI
18 53 (10.62%) Visualisation
19 51 (10.22%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 242 (48.50%) SQL
2 142 (28.46%) Python
3 41 (8.22%) Java
4 24 (4.81%) Scala
5 21 (4.21%) JavaScript
6 20 (4.01%) VB
7 19 (3.81%) C#
8 15 (3.01%) TypeScript
9 13 (2.61%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.20%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.20%) T-SQL
11 10 (2.00%) R
12 9 (1.80%) Groovy
13 7 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (1.40%) 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%) LookML
Qualifications
1 124 (24.85%) Security Cleared
2 104 (20.84%) SC Cleared
3 43 (8.62%) Degree
4 29 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.21%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.20%) PMP
10 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.00%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.00%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.60%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.40%) GCIA
12 2 (0.40%) GCIH
12 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.20%) CISSP
13 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (25.45%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.81%) GDPR
3 21 (4.21%) QA
4 9 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.40%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.40%) 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%) GAAP
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (12.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 55 (11.02%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.61%) Terraform
3 7 (1.40%) 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 98 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 82 (16.43%) Oracle
3 67 (13.43%) Databricks
4 38 (7.62%) Talend
5 37 (7.41%) SAP
6 32 (6.41%) Denodo
7 29 (5.81%) Google
8 22 (4.41%) Informatica
9 14 (2.81%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.80%) 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%) Adobe
13 4 (0.80%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.80%) Palantir
13 4 (0.80%) Solace
13 4 (0.80%) TIBCO