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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 99
Rank change year-on-year +6 +26 +9
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,256 809 853
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.49% 3.25% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 3.59% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 946 554 666
10th Percentile £358 £361 £378
25th Percentile £413 £423 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £633
90th Percentile £681 £700 £703
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 16
10th Percentile £34.80 £26.25 £29.06
25th Percentile £36.78 £32.81 £35.00
Median hourly rate £67.35 £51.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +4.04% +37.02%
75th Percentile £74.26 £97.98 £55.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £102.00 £66.27
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £38.75 £50.50
% change year-on-year +65.16% -23.27% +40.28%

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 31,205 22,550 33,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.68% 90.54% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,990 14,548 21,873
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £615 £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 1,928 809 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.44 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.77% - -7.14%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +19 711 £523 -4.91% 151
Midlands +19 196 £489 +2.41% 67
West Midlands +19 170 £499 +1.17% 53
North of England -33 144 £454 -1.84% 84
North West -12 82 £431 -7.85% 41
South East -42 78 £475 -5.94% 119
South West -8 65 £525 -10.64% 45
Yorkshire -47 48 £500 +38.89% 29
East Midlands -21 26 £465 +20.00% 13
East of England -25 26 £475 -9.52% 26
North East -6 13 £525 +5.00% 15
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
1 119 (9.47%) Apache Spark
2 87 (6.93%) Apache Airflow
3 70 (5.57%) Apache
4 66 (5.25%) SAS
5 22 (1.75%) Confluence
6 14 (1.11%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.64%) Appian
7 8 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.40%) Oracle Application Server
9 5 (0.40%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.40%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.32%) nginx
11 3 (0.24%) CMS
11 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.16%) Camunda
12 2 (0.16%) Jupyter
Applications
1 44 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.24%) Trello
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.080%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 13 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 7 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (0.48%) Aladdin
6 6 (0.48%) Sage X3
7 5 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.40%) Maximo
7 5 (0.40%) Oracle 11i
7 5 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.24%) BambooHR
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.24%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 517 (41.16%) Azure
2 377 (30.02%) AWS
3 306 (24.36%) Power Platform
4 203 (16.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 150 (11.94%) GCP
6 140 (11.15%) Snowflake
7 135 (10.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 119 (9.47%) Amazon S3
9 98 (7.80%) Serverless
10 92 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
11 83 (6.61%) GitHub
12 72 (5.73%) AWS Lambda
13 71 (5.65%) dbt
14 41 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
15 37 (2.95%) Collibra
16 35 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
16 35 (2.79%) SaaS
17 24 (1.91%) Amazon EMR
18 23 (1.83%) Power Automate
19 22 (1.75%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.56%) 5G
2 6 (0.48%) 2G
2 6 (0.48%) 4G
2 6 (0.48%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (0.32%) VPN
4 2 (0.16%) DSL
4 2 (0.16%) Firewall
4 2 (0.16%) HTTP
4 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.080%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 361 (28.74%) Data Warehouse
2 288 (22.93%) Power BI
3 187 (14.89%) Data Lake
4 156 (12.42%) SQL Server
5 114 (9.08%) Metadata
6 96 (7.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 82 (6.53%) Relational Database
7 82 (6.53%) Tableau
8 74 (5.89%) Amazon Redshift
9 71 (5.65%) Big Data
9 71 (5.65%) Pentaho
10 67 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
11 66 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
12 64 (5.10%) Delta Lake
13 57 (4.54%) NoSQL
14 52 (4.14%) BigQuery
15 51 (4.06%) Snowflake Schema
16 48 (3.82%) Amazon Athena
17 45 (3.58%) Oracle Database
18 36 (2.87%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 164 (13.06%) Git
2 99 (7.88%) JIRA
3 76 (6.05%) Jenkins
4 53 (4.22%) GitLab
5 27 (2.15%) Postman
6 20 (1.59%) MLflow
7 14 (1.11%) ERwin
7 14 (1.11%) Selenium
7 14 (1.11%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.56%) JMeter
8 7 (0.56%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.40%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.40%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.40%) TestRail
9 5 (0.40%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.32%) DBeaver
10 4 (0.32%) Gatling
10 4 (0.32%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.32%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.32%) PowerDesigner
General
1 387 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 336 (26.75%) Finance
3 205 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 96 (7.64%) Banking
6 29 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (2.07%) Retail
8 23 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 19 (1.51%) Marketing
10 18 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.27%) Legal
13 15 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (1.04%) Law
15 11 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.56%) Front Office
16 7 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.56%) Publishing
17 6 (0.48%) General Ledger
17 6 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 501 (39.89%) Data Engineer
2 162 (12.90%) Developer
3 138 (10.99%) Lead
4 134 (10.67%) Senior
5 119 (9.47%) Architect
6 117 (9.32%) Analyst
7 91 (7.25%) Senior Data Engineer
8 80 (6.37%) Data Analyst
9 66 (5.25%) Data Architect
10 43 (3.42%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 40 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
12 33 (2.63%) Snowflake Engineer
13 30 (2.39%) Azure Data Engineer
13 30 (2.39%) Lead Data Engineer
14 28 (2.23%) AWS Engineer
15 27 (2.15%) Business Analyst
15 27 (2.15%) Consultant
15 27 (2.15%) Snowflake Data Engineer
16 25 (1.99%) Integration Engineer
17 24 (1.91%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (10.91%) PySpark
2 110 (8.76%) Kafka
3 71 (5.65%) REST
4 40 (3.18%) Pandas
5 36 (2.87%) XML
6 32 (2.55%) .NET
7 27 (2.15%) JSON
8 26 (2.07%) RESTful
9 24 (1.91%) NumPy
10 22 (1.75%) Middleware
11 20 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
11 20 (1.59%) PyTorch
12 17 (1.35%) Great Expectations
12 17 (1.35%) Node.js
12 17 (1.35%) pytest
12 17 (1.35%) scikit-learn
12 17 (1.35%) TensorFlow
13 16 (1.27%) OAuth
13 16 (1.27%) YAML
14 13 (1.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 86 (6.85%) Data Structures
3 60 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (2.07%) Distributed Computing
5 21 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 21 (1.67%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (1.43%) Product Ownership
8 16 (1.27%) Reinsurance
9 15 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (0.96%) IoT
12 11 (0.88%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 11 (0.88%) Replication
13 10 (0.80%) Data Fabric
13 10 (0.80%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.51%) Linux
2 18 (1.43%) Unix
3 11 (0.88%) Windows
4 6 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.32%) Solaris
6 4 (0.32%) VMS
6 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (46.66%) Data Modelling
2 540 (42.99%) Analytics
3 470 (37.42%) Data Pipeline
4 419 (33.36%) Data Engineering
5 410 (32.64%) Business Intelligence
6 357 (28.42%) CI/CD
7 312 (24.84%) Agile
8 292 (23.25%) Data Governance
9 288 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
10 284 (22.61%) DevOps
11 265 (21.10%) Migration
12 205 (16.32%) Data Architecture
13 204 (16.24%) Validation
14 202 (16.08%) Data Integration
15 183 (14.57%) Data Migration
16 168 (13.38%) Decision-Making
17 161 (12.82%) AI
18 147 (11.70%) Data Science
19 143 (11.39%) Test Automation
20 134 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 842 (67.04%) SQL
2 586 (46.66%) Python
3 98 (7.80%) Java
4 55 (4.38%) C#
4 55 (4.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 51 (4.06%) Scala
6 48 (3.82%) PL/SQL
7 47 (3.74%) T-SQL
8 41 (3.26%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.67%) PowerShell
10 17 (1.35%) Bicep
10 17 (1.35%) Shell Script
11 16 (1.27%) Bash
12 15 (1.19%) R
12 15 (1.19%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.96%) Go
13 12 (0.96%) VBA
14 10 (0.80%) PHP
15 6 (0.48%) SAS Macro
16 5 (0.40%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 278 (22.13%) Security Cleared
2 221 (17.60%) SC Cleared
3 87 (6.93%) Degree
4 52 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (3.42%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.31%) Master's Degree
7 26 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.11%) ISTQB
10 12 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.48%) PMP
12 4 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.32%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.24%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.080%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.080%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 419 (33.36%) Data Quality
2 106 (8.44%) QA
3 96 (7.64%) GDPR
4 22 (1.75%) IFRS
5 19 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (1.35%) IFRS 17
7 14 (1.11%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.64%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.64%) PMO
8 8 (0.64%) SLA
9 5 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.40%) GAAP
9 5 (0.40%) MiFID
10 4 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.32%) IFRS 9
10 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.24%) Basel III
11 3 (0.24%) FATCA
11 3 (0.24%) GMP
11 3 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 123 (9.79%) Docker
2 5 (0.40%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 4 (0.32%) HDFS
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.16%) zsh
6 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 134 (10.67%) Kubernetes
2 119 (9.47%) Terraform
3 14 (1.11%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.88%) Grafana
5 10 (0.80%) Ansible
6 4 (0.32%) Control-M
7 3 (0.24%) Kibana
7 3 (0.24%) logstash
8 2 (0.16%) Foglight
8 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.16%) SCCM
9 1 (0.080%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.080%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.080%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.080%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 264 (21.02%) Databricks
2 208 (16.56%) Microsoft
3 192 (15.29%) Oracle
4 105 (8.36%) Informatica
5 103 (8.20%) Talend
6 52 (4.14%) SAP
7 47 (3.74%) Denodo
8 45 (3.58%) Google
9 38 (3.03%) ServiceNow
10 28 (2.23%) Salesforce
11 22 (1.75%) MuleSoft
12 20 (1.59%) IBM
13 18 (1.43%) Splunk
13 18 (1.43%) Workday
14 15 (1.19%) Sage
15 14 (1.11%) Palantir
16 12 (0.96%) OpenAI
17 11 (0.88%) Ab Initio
17 11 (0.88%) Alteryx
18 10 (0.80%) Foundry