ETL Contract Job Trends in England

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ETL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 80 83
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,524 834 907
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.40% 3.03% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 3.34% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,118 570 671
10th Percentile £359 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £704 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 8
10th Percentile £21.25 £38.69 £27.78
25th Percentile £29.96 £44.50 £33.84
Median hourly rate £34.49 £52.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.31% +35.48% -40.38%
75th Percentile £53.13 £74.96 £51.75
90th Percentile £64.32 £89.73 -
UK median hourly rate £35.86 £48.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -25.30% +23.87% -40.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

ETL 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 38,210 24,959 29,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.22% 90.75% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,914 15,999 19,151
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,365 1,791
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.22 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.75
Median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £69.49 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ETL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ETL job vacancy trend in England

ETL
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ETL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ETL

ETL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ETL in England

ETL
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ETL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ETL

ETL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ETL in England over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ETL in England

ETL
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 ETL within the England region over the 6 months to 29 July 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 +9 757 £525 -0.47% 159
Midlands +23 276 £459 +2.00% 44
West Midlands +36 241 £455 -5.21% 32
North of England -9 184 £463 -2.63% 69
South East +9 140 £459 -1.92% 53
North West -23 81 £460 -8.00% 39
Yorkshire -12 79 £475 +11.76% 16
South West -27 65 £523 +10.00% 33
East of England +13 56 £475 -5.00% 7
East Midlands -15 34 £490 +12.00% 12
North East -25 25 £531 +11.79% 17
ETL
UK

ETL
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
1 128 (8.40%) Apache Spark
2 110 (7.22%) Apache Airflow
3 104 (6.82%) SAS
4 74 (4.86%) Apache
5 54 (3.54%) Confluence
6 23 (1.51%) Oracle Application Server
7 20 (1.31%) SharePoint
8 10 (0.66%) nginx
8 10 (0.66%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
10 6 (0.39%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.33%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.20%) Appian
12 3 (0.20%) Camunda
12 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.13%) Apache Pig
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.066%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.33%) Notepad++
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 14 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.72%) Sage X3
5 10 (0.66%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.33%) BambooHR
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle 11i
7 5 (0.33%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.20%) Actimize
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.20%) SimCorp Dimension
9 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 590 (38.71%) Azure
2 436 (28.61%) AWS
3 358 (23.49%) Power Platform
4 207 (13.58%) Azure Data Factory
5 188 (12.34%) GCP
6 169 (11.09%) Snowflake
7 139 (9.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 124 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
9 115 (7.55%) Amazon S3
10 114 (7.48%) Serverless
11 110 (7.22%) dbt
12 87 (5.71%) AWS Lambda
13 84 (5.51%) GitHub
14 46 (3.02%) GitHub Actions
15 41 (2.69%) Collibra
16 32 (2.10%) Amazon EMR
17 27 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 27 (1.77%) Power Automate
18 25 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
19 24 (1.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.79%) Firewall
2 8 (0.52%) HTTP
3 5 (0.33%) PuTTY
3 5 (0.33%) VPN
3 5 (0.33%) WinSCP
4 1 (0.066%) 4G
4 1 (0.066%) 5G
4 1 (0.066%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.066%) DHCP
4 1 (0.066%) DNS
4 1 (0.066%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.066%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 496 (32.55%) Data Warehouse
2 342 (22.44%) Power BI
3 223 (14.63%) Data Lake
4 156 (10.24%) SQL Server
5 136 (8.92%) Metadata
6 99 (6.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 95 (6.23%) Tableau
8 90 (5.91%) Relational Database
9 84 (5.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 84 (5.51%) Delta Lake
10 82 (5.38%) Pentaho
11 81 (5.31%) BigQuery
12 73 (4.79%) Big Data
13 67 (4.40%) NoSQL
13 67 (4.40%) Oracle Reports
14 63 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
15 59 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
16 58 (3.81%) Snowflake Schema
17 48 (3.15%) Oracle Database
18 47 (3.08%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 168 (11.02%) Git
2 126 (8.27%) JIRA
3 78 (5.12%) GitLab
4 60 (3.94%) Jenkins
5 40 (2.62%) Zephyr
6 37 (2.43%) Postman
7 12 (0.79%) MLflow
8 11 (0.72%) Selenium
9 7 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.33%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.26%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.26%) Flyway
11 4 (0.26%) Gatling
11 4 (0.26%) LSMW
11 4 (0.26%) Newman
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.20%) ERwin
12 3 (0.20%) JMeter
12 3 (0.20%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 362 (23.75%) Finance
2 357 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 272 (17.85%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 108 (7.09%) Banking
6 36 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (2.03%) Marketing
8 24 (1.57%) Retail
9 22 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.25%) Legal
13 15 (0.98%) Financial Institution
14 13 (0.85%) Front Office
15 12 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.72%) Law
17 10 (0.66%) Billing
18 9 (0.59%) Military
19 7 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 603 (39.57%) Data Engineer
2 231 (15.16%) Developer
3 201 (13.19%) Architect
4 186 (12.20%) Senior
5 157 (10.30%) Lead
6 124 (8.14%) Senior Data Engineer
7 108 (7.09%) Analyst
8 107 (7.02%) Data Architect
9 53 (3.48%) Data Analyst
10 48 (3.15%) Azure Engineer
11 46 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 43 (2.82%) SQL Developer
13 42 (2.76%) Azure Data Engineer
13 42 (2.76%) Tester
14 41 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
15 36 (2.36%) Snowflake Engineer
16 34 (2.23%) Data Migration Lead
16 34 (2.23%) Lead Data Engineer
16 34 (2.23%) Oracle Developer
17 33 (2.17%) AWS Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (10.37%) PySpark
2 121 (7.94%) Kafka
3 67 (4.40%) REST
4 54 (3.54%) JSON
5 39 (2.56%) .NET
6 33 (2.17%) Pandas
7 26 (1.71%) Middleware
7 26 (1.71%) XML
8 24 (1.57%) React
9 22 (1.44%) Spring
10 20 (1.31%) Spring Boot
11 17 (1.12%) YAML
12 16 (1.05%) RESTful
12 16 (1.05%) Web Services
13 14 (0.92%) Apache Avro
13 14 (0.92%) Great Expectations
14 13 (0.85%) NumPy
14 13 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
15 12 (0.79%) OAuth
15 12 (0.79%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 135 (8.86%) Cloud Native
2 95 (6.23%) Data Structures
3 75 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
4 47 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 32 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (1.51%) AI Agents
7 23 (1.51%) NHS
8 22 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
9 21 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
11 18 (1.18%) Reference Data
12 17 (1.12%) Clustering
13 16 (1.05%) Management Information System
14 12 (0.79%) IoT
14 12 (0.79%) Replication
15 10 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
16 9 (0.59%) Algorithms
16 9 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (0.59%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.08%) Unix
2 46 (3.02%) Linux
3 19 (1.25%) Windows
4 8 (0.52%) Solaris
4 8 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.13%) HPUX
8 2 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (47.24%) Data Modelling
2 615 (40.35%) Data Pipeline
3 591 (38.78%) Analytics
4 471 (30.91%) Data Engineering
5 453 (29.72%) CI/CD
6 437 (28.67%) Business Intelligence
7 398 (26.12%) Agile
7 398 (26.12%) Migration
8 323 (21.19%) DevOps
9 313 (20.54%) Data Governance
10 305 (20.01%) Data Integration
11 302 (19.82%) Validation
12 275 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
13 249 (16.34%) Data Migration
14 237 (15.55%) AI
15 219 (14.37%) Data Architecture
16 211 (13.85%) Test Automation
17 205 (13.45%) Decision-Making
18 187 (12.27%) Data Transformation
19 167 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1,020 (66.93%) SQL
2 577 (37.86%) Python
3 133 (8.73%) Java
4 83 (5.45%) T-SQL
5 75 (4.92%) PL/SQL
6 71 (4.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 51 (3.35%) C#
8 45 (2.95%) Scala
9 38 (2.49%) PowerShell
10 37 (2.43%) JavaScript
11 29 (1.90%) Bash
11 29 (1.90%) Shell Script
12 20 (1.31%) TypeScript
13 17 (1.12%) R
14 16 (1.05%) Bicep
15 9 (0.59%) VBA
16 8 (0.52%) Cypher
17 7 (0.46%) SAS Macro
18 6 (0.39%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.39%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 432 (28.35%) Security Cleared
2 364 (23.88%) SC Cleared
3 75 (4.92%) Degree
4 39 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (2.23%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (1.57%) ISTQB
8 20 (1.31%) DV Cleared
9 17 (1.12%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.46%) SnowPro
12 6 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.13%) CISSP
15 2 (0.13%) CTC Cleared
15 2 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.13%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 526 (34.51%) Data Quality
2 135 (8.86%) QA
3 94 (6.17%) GDPR
4 33 (2.17%) GRC
5 23 (1.51%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.92%) PMO
7 13 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 10 (0.66%) IFRS
9 9 (0.59%) SLA
10 8 (0.52%) FATCA
10 8 (0.52%) Solvency II
11 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 6 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.39%) WCAG
13 5 (0.33%) IFRS 17
14 4 (0.26%) GAAP
14 4 (0.26%) GMP
14 4 (0.26%) HL7
14 4 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
15 3 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 109 (7.15%) Docker
2 8 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.39%) HDFS
3 6 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.13%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.066%) RACF
6 1 (0.066%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 128 (8.40%) Terraform
2 115 (7.55%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.71%) Grafana
4 17 (1.12%) Ansible
5 15 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.52%) Control-M
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.20%) Foglight
8 3 (0.20%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.066%) Argo
9 1 (0.066%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.066%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.066%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.066%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.066%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.066%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.066%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 306 (20.08%) Oracle
2 290 (19.03%) Databricks
3 267 (17.52%) Microsoft
4 135 (8.86%) Informatica
5 125 (8.20%) Talend
6 77 (5.05%) SAP
7 62 (4.07%) Denodo
8 60 (3.94%) Google
9 41 (2.69%) IBM
10 37 (2.43%) ServiceNow
11 33 (2.17%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.90%) Alteryx
13 23 (1.51%) Sage
14 19 (1.25%) Palantir
15 16 (1.05%) MuleSoft
16 15 (0.98%) Splunk
17 12 (0.79%) Cloudera
17 12 (0.79%) Foundry
17 12 (0.79%) OpenAI
18 11 (0.72%) Workday