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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 75 93
Rank change year-on-year +11 +18 +11
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,337 771 879
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.55% 3.18% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 3.50% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 526 679
10th Percentile £363 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 16
10th Percentile £34.90 £26.25 £29.06
25th Percentile £40.39 £46.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £64.92 £62.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% +26.26% +24.14%
75th Percentile £73.37 £97.60 £55.75
90th Percentile £79.25 £102.00 £66.27
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £56.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +13.27% +11.88% +39.31%

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 32,472 22,014 32,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.22% 90.86% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,793 14,527 21,615
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 1,988 846 2,159
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.33 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £76.55 £76.72 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -9.72%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 +32 744 £513 -6.82% 193
Midlands +17 205 £489 +2.84% 75
West Midlands +17 174 £498 +0.91% 48
North of England -22 162 £460 +0.82% 101
North West -6 89 £434 -7.32% 55
South East -39 81 £475 -5.47% 110
South West -4 69 £525 -8.70% 53
Yorkshire -40 57 £500 +42.86% 31
East of England -12 37 £520 -0.95% 52
East Midlands -20 31 £465 +16.61% 27
North East -6 15 £538 +13.16% 16
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
1 121 (9.05%) Apache Spark
2 96 (7.18%) Apache Airflow
3 73 (5.46%) Apache
4 68 (5.09%) SAS
5 28 (2.09%) Confluence
6 13 (0.97%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.60%) Appian
7 8 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
8 7 (0.52%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.37%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.37%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.30%) Camunda
11 4 (0.30%) nginx
12 3 (0.22%) CMS
12 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.22%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 45 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) Trello
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.075%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
1 14 (1.05%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 13 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
3 11 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.45%) Sage X3
8 5 (0.37%) Maximo
8 5 (0.37%) Oracle 11i
8 5 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 4 (0.30%) Aladdin
9 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 561 (41.96%) Azure
2 406 (30.37%) AWS
3 335 (25.06%) Power Platform
4 215 (16.08%) Azure Data Factory
5 156 (11.67%) GCP
6 155 (11.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 136 (10.17%) Snowflake
8 134 (10.02%) Amazon S3
9 109 (8.15%) Serverless
10 101 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
11 100 (7.48%) GitHub
12 79 (5.91%) AWS Lambda
13 78 (5.83%) dbt
14 45 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
15 44 (3.29%) Collibra
16 38 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (2.54%) SaaS
18 27 (2.02%) Power Automate
19 24 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 24 (1.80%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.52%) 5G
1 7 (0.52%) Firewall
2 6 (0.45%) 2G
2 6 (0.45%) 4G
2 6 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (0.30%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) DSL
4 2 (0.15%) HTTP
4 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.075%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 382 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
2 315 (23.56%) Power BI
3 200 (14.96%) Data Lake
4 173 (12.94%) SQL Server
5 131 (9.80%) Metadata
6 99 (7.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 85 (6.36%) Tableau
8 82 (6.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 79 (5.91%) Azure SQL Database
10 75 (5.61%) Delta Lake
11 74 (5.53%) Relational Database
12 70 (5.24%) Pentaho
13 67 (5.01%) Big Data
14 64 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
15 61 (4.56%) NoSQL
16 58 (4.34%) Snowflake Schema
17 53 (3.96%) Amazon Athena
17 53 (3.96%) BigQuery
18 47 (3.52%) Star Schema
19 45 (3.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 156 (11.67%) Git
2 109 (8.15%) JIRA
3 74 (5.53%) Jenkins
4 59 (4.41%) GitLab
5 27 (2.02%) Postman
6 22 (1.65%) MLflow
7 14 (1.05%) Zephyr
8 12 (0.90%) ERwin
8 12 (0.90%) Selenium
9 7 (0.52%) JMeter
9 7 (0.52%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.37%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.37%) TestRail
10 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.30%) Gatling
11 4 (0.30%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.30%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.30%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.30%) Toad
General
1 389 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 373 (27.90%) Finance
3 231 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (8.83%) Public Sector
5 104 (7.78%) Banking
6 30 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (1.94%) Financial Institution
8 22 (1.65%) Retail
9 21 (1.57%) Marketing
10 20 (1.50%) Telecoms
11 19 (1.42%) Legal
12 17 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.05%) Law
15 11 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.60%) General Ledger
17 7 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.45%) Front Office
18 6 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 545 (40.76%) Data Engineer
2 173 (12.94%) Developer
3 148 (11.07%) Senior
4 147 (10.99%) Lead
5 126 (9.42%) Analyst
6 125 (9.35%) Architect
7 99 (7.40%) Senior Data Engineer
8 85 (6.36%) Data Analyst
9 70 (5.24%) Data Architect
10 45 (3.37%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 38 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
12 36 (2.69%) Snowflake Engineer
13 35 (2.62%) AWS Engineer
14 34 (2.54%) Lead Data Engineer
15 31 (2.32%) Snowflake Data Engineer
16 30 (2.24%) Consultant
17 29 (2.17%) AWS Data Engineer
17 29 (2.17%) Azure Data Engineer
18 27 (2.02%) Business Analyst
19 26 (1.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (11.29%) PySpark
2 133 (9.95%) Kafka
3 82 (6.13%) REST
4 42 (3.14%) Pandas
5 37 (2.77%) XML
6 36 (2.69%) JSON
7 31 (2.32%) .NET
8 26 (1.94%) RESTful
9 23 (1.72%) NumPy
9 23 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
10 20 (1.50%) Great Expectations
10 20 (1.50%) Middleware
11 18 (1.35%) PyTorch
12 17 (1.27%) YAML
13 16 (1.20%) OAuth
13 16 (1.20%) pytest
14 15 (1.12%) scikit-learn
14 15 (1.12%) TensorFlow
14 15 (1.12%) Web Services
15 13 (0.97%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 93 (6.96%) Data Structures
3 70 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
4 31 (2.32%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.09%) Distributed Computing
5 28 (2.09%) Product Ownership
6 23 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.12%) IoT
11 13 (0.97%) Algorithms
11 13 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.97%) Low-Code
11 13 (0.97%) Reference Data
12 12 (0.90%) Clustering
12 12 (0.90%) NHS
12 12 (0.90%) Reinsurance
13 11 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.42%) Unix
2 18 (1.35%) Linux
3 10 (0.75%) Windows
4 6 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.30%) Solaris
6 4 (0.30%) VMS
6 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 649 (48.54%) Data Modelling
2 581 (43.46%) Analytics
3 502 (37.55%) Data Pipeline
4 455 (34.03%) Data Engineering
5 434 (32.46%) Business Intelligence
6 380 (28.42%) CI/CD
7 320 (23.93%) Data Governance
8 316 (23.64%) Agile
9 304 (22.74%) DevOps
10 288 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
11 284 (21.24%) Migration
12 243 (18.18%) Validation
13 215 (16.08%) Data Architecture
14 211 (15.78%) Data Integration
15 195 (14.58%) Data Migration
16 186 (13.91%) AI
17 183 (13.69%) Decision-Making
18 148 (11.07%) Performance Tuning
19 146 (10.92%) Data Science
20 141 (10.55%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 904 (67.61%) SQL
2 595 (44.50%) Python
3 105 (7.85%) Java
4 63 (4.71%) C#
5 60 (4.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 51 (3.81%) PL/SQL
6 51 (3.81%) Scala
6 51 (3.81%) T-SQL
7 34 (2.54%) JavaScript
8 25 (1.87%) PowerShell
9 17 (1.27%) Bicep
9 17 (1.27%) R
10 16 (1.20%) Bash
10 16 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 15 (1.12%) Shell Script
12 12 (0.90%) Go
13 9 (0.67%) PHP
14 8 (0.60%) SAS Macro
14 8 (0.60%) VBA
15 5 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 310 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 244 (18.25%) SC Cleared
3 86 (6.43%) Degree
4 53 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 27 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 23 (1.72%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.12%) ISTQB
9 13 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.45%) SnowPro
12 5 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.30%) PMP
14 3 (0.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.15%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.15%) Tableau Certification
16 1 (0.075%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 469 (35.08%) Data Quality
2 123 (9.20%) QA
3 103 (7.70%) GDPR
4 22 (1.65%) IFRS
5 20 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (1.27%) IFRS 17
7 13 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 11 (0.82%) PMO
9 8 (0.60%) SLA
10 6 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.37%) GAAP
11 5 (0.37%) GRC
11 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.37%) MiFID
12 4 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.30%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 3 (0.22%) GMP
13 3 (0.22%) HL7
13 3 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 123 (9.20%) Docker
2 5 (0.37%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 4 (0.30%) HDFS
4 3 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.15%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 134 (10.02%) Kubernetes
2 132 (9.87%) Terraform
3 17 (1.27%) Prometheus
4 16 (1.20%) Grafana
5 11 (0.82%) Ansible
6 5 (0.37%) Control-M
7 3 (0.22%) Foglight
7 3 (0.22%) Kibana
7 3 (0.22%) logstash
8 2 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.15%) SCCM
9 1 (0.075%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.075%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.075%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.075%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 275 (20.57%) Databricks
2 242 (18.10%) Microsoft
3 201 (15.03%) Oracle
4 123 (9.20%) Informatica
5 109 (8.15%) Talend
6 62 (4.64%) SAP
7 48 (3.59%) Denodo
7 48 (3.59%) Google
8 44 (3.29%) ServiceNow
9 27 (2.02%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.87%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.57%) IBM
12 18 (1.35%) Splunk
13 16 (1.20%) Sage
13 16 (1.20%) Workday
14 14 (1.05%) Palantir
15 11 (0.82%) Ab Initio
15 11 (0.82%) Alteryx
15 11 (0.82%) OpenAI
16 10 (0.75%) Cognos