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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 75 98
Rank change year-on-year +9 +23 +6
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,285 801 858
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.49% 3.24% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 3.57% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 969 549 669
10th Percentile £358 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.05%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £638
90th Percentile £681 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 16
10th Percentile £34.80 £26.25 £29.06
25th Percentile £36.78 £38.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £67.35 £62.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.75% +26.26% +37.02%
75th Percentile £74.26 £97.60 £55.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £102.00 £66.27
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £60.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +5.79% +19.80% +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 31,799 22,421 32,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.62% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,337 14,594 21,795
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £639 £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 1,979 812 2,149
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.15 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% +4.62% -12.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.53
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +24 725 £515 -6.36% 168
Midlands +17 199 £481 +1.26% 62
West Midlands +18 172 £495 +0.35% 45
North of England -33 151 £458 -1.08% 81
North West -21 86 £442 -4.94% 41
South East -44 79 £475 -5.94% 108
South West -6 67 £525 -10.64% 48
Yorkshire -49 49 £490 +38.03% 29
East Midlands -21 27 £460 +18.71% 17
East of England -21 27 £500 -4.76% 36
North East -4 15 £538 +7.50% 12
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 (9.42%) Apache Spark
2 89 (6.93%) Apache Airflow
3 71 (5.53%) Apache
4 64 (4.98%) SAS
5 24 (1.87%) Confluence
6 14 (1.09%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.62%) Appian
7 8 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.39%) Oracle Application Server
9 5 (0.39%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.39%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.31%) nginx
11 3 (0.23%) Camunda
11 3 (0.23%) CMS
11 3 (0.23%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.078%) Apache Synapse
Applications
1 46 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.23%) Trello
5 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.078%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
1 14 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 7 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.47%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.47%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.39%) Maximo
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle 11i
6 5 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.31%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.23%) BambooHR
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 533 (41.48%) Azure
2 396 (30.82%) AWS
3 314 (24.44%) Power Platform
4 207 (16.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 156 (12.14%) GCP
6 141 (10.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 139 (10.82%) Snowflake
8 127 (9.88%) Amazon S3
9 104 (8.09%) Serverless
10 94 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
11 89 (6.93%) GitHub
12 75 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
13 70 (5.45%) dbt
14 43 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
15 39 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
16 38 (2.96%) Collibra
17 34 (2.65%) SaaS
18 24 (1.87%) Power Automate
19 22 (1.71%) Amazon EMR
19 22 (1.71%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.54%) 5G
2 6 (0.47%) 2G
2 6 (0.47%) 4G
2 6 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (0.39%) Firewall
4 4 (0.31%) VPN
5 2 (0.16%) DSL
5 2 (0.16%) HTTP
5 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.078%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 368 (28.64%) Data Warehouse
2 294 (22.88%) Power BI
3 191 (14.86%) Data Lake
4 164 (12.76%) SQL Server
5 119 (9.26%) Metadata
6 98 (7.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 84 (6.54%) Relational Database
8 82 (6.38%) Tableau
9 79 (6.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 74 (5.76%) Big Data
11 72 (5.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 71 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
13 69 (5.37%) Delta Lake
13 69 (5.37%) Pentaho
14 61 (4.75%) NoSQL
15 52 (4.05%) Snowflake Schema
16 51 (3.97%) BigQuery
17 50 (3.89%) Amazon Athena
18 45 (3.50%) Oracle Database
19 38 (2.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 159 (12.37%) Git
2 97 (7.55%) JIRA
3 72 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.36%) GitLab
5 27 (2.10%) Postman
6 21 (1.63%) MLflow
7 15 (1.17%) ERwin
8 14 (1.09%) Zephyr
9 13 (1.01%) Selenium
10 7 (0.54%) JMeter
10 7 (0.54%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.39%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.39%) TestRail
11 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.31%) DBeaver
12 4 (0.31%) Gatling
12 4 (0.31%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.31%) NeoLoad
12 4 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
General
1 387 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 339 (26.38%) Finance
3 221 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 97 (7.55%) Banking
6 29 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (1.87%) Financial Institution
8 22 (1.71%) Marketing
8 22 (1.71%) Retail
9 19 (1.48%) Legal
10 18 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.09%) Law
13 11 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.54%) Front Office
14 7 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.47%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.47%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 523 (40.70%) Data Engineer
2 164 (12.76%) Developer
3 142 (11.05%) Lead
4 136 (10.58%) Senior
5 124 (9.65%) Architect
6 120 (9.34%) Analyst
7 94 (7.32%) Senior Data Engineer
8 82 (6.38%) Data Analyst
9 71 (5.53%) Data Architect
10 43 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 40 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
12 34 (2.65%) Snowflake Engineer
13 33 (2.57%) Lead Data Engineer
14 32 (2.49%) AWS Engineer
15 30 (2.33%) Azure Data Engineer
16 28 (2.18%) Consultant
16 28 (2.18%) Snowflake Data Engineer
17 27 (2.10%) Business Analyst
18 26 (2.02%) AWS Data Engineer
19 24 (1.87%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (11.21%) PySpark
2 121 (9.42%) Kafka
3 74 (5.76%) REST
4 41 (3.19%) Pandas
5 36 (2.80%) XML
6 33 (2.57%) .NET
7 28 (2.18%) JSON
8 26 (2.02%) RESTful
9 24 (1.87%) NumPy
10 22 (1.71%) Middleware
11 21 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
12 19 (1.48%) PyTorch
13 18 (1.40%) Great Expectations
14 16 (1.25%) pytest
14 16 (1.25%) scikit-learn
14 16 (1.25%) TensorFlow
14 16 (1.25%) YAML
15 15 (1.17%) Node.js
16 14 (1.09%) OAuth
16 14 (1.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 111 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 88 (6.85%) Data Structures
3 66 (5.14%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (2.02%) Distributed Computing
5 24 (1.87%) Management Information System
6 23 (1.79%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (1.56%) Product Ownership
9 19 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 15 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.17%) IoT
10 15 (1.17%) Reinsurance
11 14 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 14 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (1.01%) NHS
12 13 (1.01%) Replication
13 11 (0.86%) Clustering
13 11 (0.86%) Fixed Income
13 11 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.56%) Linux
2 18 (1.40%) Unix
3 11 (0.86%) Windows
4 6 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.31%) Solaris
6 4 (0.31%) VMS
6 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.078%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 605 (47.08%) Data Modelling
2 557 (43.35%) Analytics
3 477 (37.12%) Data Pipeline
4 434 (33.77%) Data Engineering
5 410 (31.91%) Business Intelligence
6 365 (28.40%) CI/CD
7 315 (24.51%) Agile
8 302 (23.50%) Data Governance
9 289 (22.49%) DevOps
10 285 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
11 274 (21.32%) Migration
12 211 (16.42%) Validation
13 209 (16.26%) Data Architecture
14 203 (15.80%) Data Integration
15 186 (14.47%) Data Migration
16 174 (13.54%) Decision-Making
17 164 (12.76%) AI
18 149 (11.60%) Data Science
19 138 (10.74%) Test Automation
20 132 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 869 (67.63%) SQL
2 595 (46.30%) Python
3 98 (7.63%) Java
4 56 (4.36%) C#
5 54 (4.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 54 (4.20%) Scala
6 49 (3.81%) PL/SQL
7 48 (3.74%) T-SQL
8 39 (3.04%) JavaScript
9 21 (1.63%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.48%) Bicep
11 18 (1.40%) Bash
12 17 (1.32%) Shell Script
13 16 (1.25%) R
13 16 (1.25%) TypeScript
14 12 (0.93%) Go
14 12 (0.93%) VBA
15 10 (0.78%) PHP
16 6 (0.47%) SAS Macro
17 5 (0.39%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 286 (22.26%) Security Cleared
2 225 (17.51%) SC Cleared
3 90 (7.00%) Degree
4 54 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 26 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.17%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.09%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.39%) PMP
12 5 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.31%) SnowPro
14 3 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 3 (0.23%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 1 (0.078%) CISSP
16 1 (0.078%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 437 (34.01%) Data Quality
2 112 (8.72%) QA
3 100 (7.78%) GDPR
4 22 (1.71%) IFRS
5 18 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (1.32%) IFRS 17
7 13 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.70%) PMO
9 8 (0.62%) SLA
10 7 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.39%) GAAP
11 5 (0.39%) MiFID
12 4 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.31%) IFRS 9
13 3 (0.23%) Basel III
13 3 (0.23%) GMP
13 3 (0.23%) HL7
13 3 (0.23%) NIST
13 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (9.42%) Docker
2 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 4 (0.31%) HDFS
4 3 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.16%) zsh
6 1 (0.078%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 132 (10.27%) Kubernetes
2 128 (9.96%) Terraform
3 14 (1.09%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.86%) Ansible
4 11 (0.86%) Grafana
5 4 (0.31%) Control-M
6 3 (0.23%) Foglight
6 3 (0.23%) Kibana
6 3 (0.23%) logstash
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.078%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.078%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.078%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.078%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.078%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 271 (21.09%) Databricks
2 218 (16.96%) Microsoft
3 195 (15.18%) Oracle
4 113 (8.79%) Informatica
5 103 (8.02%) Talend
6 54 (4.20%) SAP
7 49 (3.81%) Google
8 43 (3.35%) Denodo
9 39 (3.04%) ServiceNow
10 27 (2.10%) Salesforce
11 23 (1.79%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.63%) IBM
13 18 (1.40%) Splunk
14 17 (1.32%) Workday
15 16 (1.25%) Palantir
15 16 (1.25%) Sage
16 12 (0.93%) Foundry
17 11 (0.86%) Ab Initio
17 11 (0.86%) OpenAI
18 10 (0.78%) Alteryx