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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 77 103
Rank change year-on-year -6 +26 -3
Contract jobs citing ETL 973 818 814
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.07% 2.99% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 3.37% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 532 625
10th Percentile £358 £356 £382
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 14
10th Percentile £32.50 - £43.99
25th Percentile £35.44 £26.25 £49.44
Median hourly rate £47.36 £42.50 £55.78
Median % change year-on-year +11.42% -23.80% +57.12%
75th Percentile £73.37 £96.64 £64.52
90th Percentile £79.25 £102.00 £70.80
UK median hourly rate £47.36 £35.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year +35.30% -42.15% +70.42%

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 27,971 24,304 31,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.38% 88.87% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,863 14,942 21,444
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,750 794 1,430
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 +13 596 £525 - 167
Midlands -4 120 £515 +6.51% 65
North of England -40 102 £450 -4.00% 101
West Midlands -2 98 £520 +4.73% 29
North West -13 64 £438 -5.41% 45
South West +7 53 £550 -4.35% 58
South East -48 50 £425 -22.73% 154
Yorkshire -59 29 £472 +4.78% 41
East Midlands -18 22 £433 +15.33% 35
East of England -15 19 £575 +4.55% 49
North East -13 8 £450 -9.55% 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 92 (9.46%) Apache Spark
2 73 (7.50%) Apache Airflow
3 60 (6.17%) Apache
4 48 (4.93%) SAS
5 14 (1.44%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.23%) Confluence
7 7 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.41%) IIS
11 3 (0.31%) Appian
11 3 (0.31%) Luigi
11 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.31%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.21%) CMS
12 2 (0.21%) nginx
12 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.10%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.10%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.41%) Trello
6 3 (0.31%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.10%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 8 (0.82%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.51%) Maximo
6 5 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.41%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.31%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.31%) SAP PM
8 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.31%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 400 (41.11%) Azure
2 287 (29.50%) AWS
3 226 (23.23%) Power Platform
4 154 (15.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 129 (13.26%) GCP
6 121 (12.44%) Snowflake
7 103 (10.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 91 (9.35%) Amazon S3
9 83 (8.53%) Serverless
10 69 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
11 64 (6.58%) GitHub
12 55 (5.65%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (4.93%) dbt
14 34 (3.49%) SaaS
15 28 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (2.26%) Amazon EMR
18 20 (2.06%) AWS Step Functions
18 20 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
18 20 (2.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.62%) 2G
1 6 (0.62%) 5G
1 6 (0.62%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.51%) 4G
3 3 (0.31%) DNS
3 3 (0.31%) SSH
3 3 (0.31%) SSL
3 3 (0.31%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.21%) BGP
4 2 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.21%) DSL
4 2 (0.21%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.21%) OSPF
4 2 (0.21%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.10%) FabricPath
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) Internet
5 1 (0.10%) Multicast
5 1 (0.10%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 290 (29.80%) Data Warehouse
2 213 (21.89%) Power BI
3 153 (15.72%) Data Lake
4 116 (11.92%) SQL Server
5 90 (9.25%) Metadata
6 78 (8.02%) Relational Database
7 74 (7.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 68 (6.99%) Big Data
9 65 (6.68%) Amazon Redshift
10 63 (6.47%) Tableau
11 58 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
12 51 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 49 (5.04%) BigQuery
14 46 (4.73%) Pentaho
15 43 (4.42%) NoSQL
16 42 (4.32%) Delta Lake
17 38 (3.91%) Oracle Database
18 37 (3.80%) Snowflake Schema
19 33 (3.39%) Amazon Athena
20 32 (3.29%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 120 (12.33%) Git
2 79 (8.12%) JIRA
3 64 (6.58%) Jenkins
4 30 (3.08%) GitLab
5 14 (1.44%) ERwin
5 14 (1.44%) Postman
6 13 (1.34%) MLflow
6 13 (1.34%) Selenium
7 7 (0.72%) REST Assured
7 7 (0.72%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.72%) TestRail
8 6 (0.62%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.62%) DBeaver
8 6 (0.62%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.41%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.41%) JMeter
9 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.41%) Toad
9 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.31%) Poetry
General
1 301 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 257 (26.41%) Finance
3 162 (16.65%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 74 (7.61%) Banking
6 18 (1.85%) Retail
7 16 (1.64%) Financial Institution
7 16 (1.64%) Marketing
8 15 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (1.54%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.23%) Legal
11 10 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.92%) Law
13 8 (0.82%) Front Office
13 8 (0.82%) Investment Banking
13 8 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.72%) Publishing
15 6 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 341 (35.05%) Data Engineer
2 144 (14.80%) Developer
3 108 (11.10%) Lead
4 101 (10.38%) Analyst
4 101 (10.38%) Senior
5 82 (8.43%) Architect
6 70 (7.19%) Data Analyst
7 58 (5.96%) Senior Data Engineer
8 48 (4.93%) Data Architect
9 42 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
10 35 (3.60%) Azure Data Engineer
11 31 (3.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 30 (3.08%) Business Analyst
13 29 (2.98%) Consultant
14 26 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
15 24 (2.47%) Senior Developer
16 20 (2.06%) Snowflake Engineer
17 19 (1.95%) AWS Data Engineer
18 18 (1.85%) Lead Data Engineer
18 18 (1.85%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (10.38%) PySpark
2 79 (8.12%) Kafka
3 50 (5.14%) REST
4 42 (4.32%) XML
5 27 (2.77%) Pandas
6 26 (2.67%) Node.js
7 24 (2.47%) JSON
8 21 (2.16%) .NET
9 20 (2.06%) NumPy
10 19 (1.95%) RESTful
11 16 (1.64%) OAuth
12 15 (1.54%) Middleware
13 13 (1.34%) PyTorch
14 12 (1.23%) Keycloak
14 12 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
14 12 (1.23%) Spark Streaming
14 12 (1.23%) TensorFlow
15 11 (1.13%) pytest
15 11 (1.13%) React
16 10 (1.03%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 61 (6.27%) Data Structures
3 45 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
4 21 (2.16%) Algorithms
5 20 (2.06%) Distributed Computing
5 20 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 18 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (1.44%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.34%) Replication
10 12 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.23%) IoT
10 12 (1.23%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.03%) Reinsurance
12 9 (0.92%) Data Fabric
12 9 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.82%) Data Centre
13 8 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.67%) Linux
2 10 (1.03%) Unix
3 9 (0.92%) Windows
4 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.10%) VMS
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (44.40%) Data Modelling
2 402 (41.32%) Analytics
3 371 (38.13%) Data Pipeline
4 320 (32.89%) Business Intelligence
5 292 (30.01%) Data Engineering
6 268 (27.54%) CI/CD
7 241 (24.77%) Agile
8 235 (24.15%) DevOps
9 233 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
10 223 (22.92%) Data Governance
11 195 (20.04%) Migration
12 172 (17.68%) Data Integration
13 162 (16.65%) Data Architecture
14 138 (14.18%) Data Migration
15 134 (13.77%) Validation
16 120 (12.33%) Data Science
17 111 (11.41%) Data Transformation
18 107 (11.00%) Machine Learning
19 106 (10.89%) AI
20 102 (10.48%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 626 (64.34%) SQL
2 459 (47.17%) Python
3 83 (8.53%) Java
4 42 (4.32%) C#
5 38 (3.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 38 (3.91%) Scala
6 37 (3.80%) PL/SQL
7 33 (3.39%) T-SQL
8 32 (3.29%) JavaScript
9 16 (1.64%) Go
9 16 (1.64%) R
10 15 (1.54%) PHP
11 14 (1.44%) Bash
11 14 (1.44%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.13%) Bicep
12 11 (1.13%) VBA
13 10 (1.03%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.92%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.51%) ABAP
15 5 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 186 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 141 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 66 (6.78%) Degree
4 43 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (3.91%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.98%) AWS Certification
7 20 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.82%) PMP
11 7 (0.72%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.62%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.41%) SnowPro
14 3 (0.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 3 (0.31%) MCP
15 2 (0.21%) CISSP
15 2 (0.21%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (31.96%) Data Quality
2 72 (7.40%) GDPR
3 66 (6.78%) QA
4 15 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (1.44%) IFRS
6 9 (0.92%) IFRS 17
7 8 (0.82%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.51%) SLA
9 4 (0.41%) GAAP
9 4 (0.41%) MiFID
9 4 (0.41%) WCAG
10 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.31%) Basel III
10 3 (0.31%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.31%) NIST
10 3 (0.31%) PMO
11 2 (0.21%) EMIR
11 2 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 116 (11.92%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) zsh
3 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.21%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.21%) KVM
4 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.10%) HDFS
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 108 (11.10%) Kubernetes
2 81 (8.32%) Terraform
3 10 (1.03%) Ansible
4 9 (0.92%) Grafana
5 6 (0.62%) Control-M
5 6 (0.62%) Kibana
5 6 (0.62%) logstash
6 4 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.31%) Argo
7 3 (0.31%) Istio
7 3 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.21%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.10%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.10%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.10%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.10%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 189 (19.42%) Databricks
2 167 (17.16%) Microsoft
3 132 (13.57%) Oracle
4 61 (6.27%) Talend
5 58 (5.96%) Informatica
6 45 (4.62%) SAP
7 40 (4.11%) Google
8 38 (3.91%) Denodo
9 26 (2.67%) Salesforce
10 21 (2.16%) IBM
11 19 (1.95%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.64%) MuleSoft
13 14 (1.44%) Palantir
14 12 (1.23%) Workday
15 11 (1.13%) Foundry
16 8 (0.82%) Ab Initio
16 8 (0.82%) Alteryx
16 8 (0.82%) Cognos
17 6 (0.62%) OpenAI
18 5 (0.51%) VMware