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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 77 101
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 -3
Contract jobs citing ETL 807 907 1,030
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.95% 2.78% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 3.23% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 643 771
10th Percentile £360 £358 £382
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +1.89%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £650
90th Percentile £715 £724 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 14
10th Percentile £32.78 £30.75 £50.00
25th Percentile £35.81 £37.50 £54.19
Median hourly rate £41.23 £46.50 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% -32.12% +52.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £51.75 £78.00
90th Percentile - - £86.40
UK median hourly rate £38.85 £46.50 £72.00
% change year-on-year -16.46% -35.42% +60.00%

All Process and 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 24,859 28,043 38,151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.86% 86.03% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,781 17,557 26,415
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £404 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £648 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,478 1,320 1,438
10th Percentile £14.29 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%
75th Percentile £48.74 £66.53 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ETL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ETL 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 -6 479 £525 - 263
Midlands -5 91 £478 +8.66% 48
North of England -35 90 £475 -2.06% 92
West Midlands -7 62 £510 +18.60% 32
South West +25 48 £475 -11.63% 32
North West -30 48 £500 +3.09% 56
South East +1 37 £475 -9.52% 195
Yorkshire -20 37 £445 -8.25% 31
East of England +16 29 £525 +5.00% 33
East Midlands +3 26 £433 -1.53% 15
North East -6 6 £438 +21.53% 5
ETL
UK

ETL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 87 (10.78%) Apache Airflow
2 63 (7.81%) Apache Spark
3 48 (5.95%) Apache
4 33 (4.09%) SAS
5 12 (1.49%) Confluence
6 6 (0.74%) Oracle Application Server
6 6 (0.74%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.62%) IIS
7 5 (0.62%) Luigi
8 4 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.37%) nginx
10 2 (0.25%) Apache Superset
10 2 (0.25%) CICS
10 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Pig
11 1 (0.12%) CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.62%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.12%) Maple
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.49%) SAP PM
3 10 (1.24%) Aladdin
4 9 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (0.87%) SAP HR
6 5 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 2 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.25%) Eagle PACE
9 2 (0.25%) Markit EDM
9 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.25%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 318 (39.41%) Azure
2 252 (31.23%) AWS
3 165 (20.45%) Power Platform
4 139 (17.22%) GCP
5 112 (13.88%) Snowflake
6 102 (12.64%) Azure Data Factory
7 78 (9.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 69 (8.55%) dbt
9 68 (8.43%) Serverless
10 55 (6.82%) Amazon S3
10 55 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
12 36 (4.46%) GitHub
13 29 (3.59%) PaaS
14 28 (3.47%) SaaS
15 24 (2.97%) IaaS
16 23 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (2.73%) Amazon EMR
18 21 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
19 19 (2.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.12%) Firewall
2 7 (0.87%) VPN
3 5 (0.62%) Internet
4 4 (0.50%) DNS
5 3 (0.37%) SSH
5 3 (0.37%) SSL
5 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.25%) BGP
6 2 (0.25%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) DMZ
6 2 (0.25%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (0.25%) OSPF
6 2 (0.25%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.12%) FabricPath
7 1 (0.12%) FTP
7 1 (0.12%) Multicast
7 1 (0.12%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 256 (31.72%) Data Warehouse
2 145 (17.97%) Power BI
3 112 (13.88%) Data Lake
4 103 (12.76%) SQL Server
5 68 (8.43%) Relational Database
6 67 (8.30%) BigQuery
7 66 (8.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 63 (7.81%) Big Data
9 61 (7.56%) Metadata
10 52 (6.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 50 (6.20%) NoSQL
12 48 (5.95%) Tableau
13 46 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
14 40 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
15 38 (4.71%) Delta Lake
16 35 (4.34%) Snowflake Schema
17 31 (3.84%) Hadoop
18 29 (3.59%) Power Query
19 28 (3.47%) Oracle Database
20 25 (3.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (8.92%) Git
2 52 (6.44%) JIRA
3 41 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.98%) ERwin
5 10 (1.24%) Selenium
6 8 (0.99%) ER Studio
6 8 (0.99%) GitLab
7 7 (0.87%) Postman
8 6 (0.74%) MLflow
8 6 (0.74%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.50%) DBeaver
10 4 (0.50%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.50%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.37%) LSMW
11 3 (0.37%) Maven
11 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.25%) PROIV
12 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 240 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 208 (25.77%) Finance
3 122 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (8.43%) Banking
5 63 (7.81%) Public Sector
6 25 (3.10%) Marketing
6 25 (3.10%) Retail
7 15 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.49%) Legal
9 11 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.24%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.12%) General Ledger
11 9 (1.12%) Local Government
11 9 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.87%) Retail Banking
13 6 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (0.62%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 233 (28.87%) Data Engineer
2 126 (15.61%) Architect
3 117 (14.50%) Developer
4 86 (10.66%) Senior
5 76 (9.42%) Analyst
6 73 (9.05%) Data Architect
7 65 (8.05%) Lead
8 50 (6.20%) Data Analyst
9 43 (5.33%) Azure Engineer
10 41 (5.08%) Senior Data Engineer
11 39 (4.83%) Azure Data Engineer
12 28 (3.47%) Consultant
13 25 (3.10%) Data Manager
14 24 (2.97%) Business Analyst
14 24 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 21 (2.60%) Senior Developer
15 21 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
16 19 (2.35%) AWS Engineer
17 18 (2.23%) SQL Developer
18 16 (1.98%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (7.43%) PySpark
2 58 (7.19%) Kafka
3 37 (4.58%) XML
4 28 (3.47%) JSON
5 21 (2.60%) Node.js
6 19 (2.35%) REST
7 18 (2.23%) RESTful
8 15 (1.86%) GraphQL
8 15 (1.86%) Middleware
9 13 (1.61%) .NET
10 12 (1.49%) OAuth
11 10 (1.24%) Pandas
12 9 (1.12%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (1.12%) Visualforce
12 9 (1.12%) Web Services
13 8 (0.99%) NumPy
13 8 (0.99%) pytest
13 8 (0.99%) React
14 7 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.07%) Cloud Native
2 43 (5.33%) Data Structures
3 39 (4.83%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.49%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.36%) Replication
9 10 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.24%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.12%) IoT
10 9 (1.12%) Management Information System
11 8 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (0.99%) SCADA
12 6 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (0.62%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.21%) Linux
2 14 (1.73%) Windows
3 11 (1.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (41.26%) Data Modelling
2 284 (35.19%) Analytics
3 280 (34.70%) Data Pipeline
4 216 (26.77%) Business Intelligence
5 203 (25.15%) Data Engineering
6 194 (24.04%) Data Governance
7 191 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
8 181 (22.43%) Data Integration
9 180 (22.30%) Migration
10 168 (20.82%) CI/CD
11 163 (20.20%) Agile
12 158 (19.58%) DevOps
13 118 (14.62%) Data Migration
14 111 (13.75%) Data Architecture
15 110 (13.63%) Data Transformation
16 105 (13.01%) Validation
17 104 (12.89%) Visualisation
18 83 (10.29%) Data Science
18 83 (10.29%) Machine Learning
19 76 (9.42%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 505 (62.58%) SQL
2 341 (42.26%) Python
3 75 (9.29%) Java
4 45 (5.58%) Scala
5 44 (5.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 37 (4.58%) C#
7 29 (3.59%) T-SQL
8 22 (2.73%) PL/SQL
9 21 (2.60%) R
10 17 (2.11%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.98%) JavaScript
12 12 (1.49%) PHP
12 12 (1.49%) VBA
13 11 (1.36%) Bash
14 9 (1.12%) Apex Code
14 9 (1.12%) Bicep
15 8 (0.99%) Go
16 7 (0.87%) ABAP
17 6 (0.74%) Perl
18 5 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 108 (13.38%) Security Cleared
2 76 (9.42%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.44%) Degree
4 27 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.11%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.24%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.62%) PMP
12 5 (0.62%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.37%) MCSE
14 2 (0.25%) CISSP
14 2 (0.25%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.12%) CCIE Data Center
15 1 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (27.14%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.44%) GDPR
3 45 (5.58%) QA
4 21 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.87%) HIPAA
5 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.74%) IFRS
7 5 (0.62%) SLA
7 5 (0.62%) WCAG
8 4 (0.50%) IFRS 9
9 3 (0.37%) GAAP
9 3 (0.37%) HL7
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) Basel III
10 2 (0.25%) EMIR
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.25%) MiFID
10 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 71 (8.80%) Docker
2 9 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.37%) zsh
6 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.25%) KVM
6 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.12%) HDFS
7 1 (0.12%) NFS
Systems Management
1 66 (8.18%) Kubernetes
2 52 (6.44%) Terraform
3 15 (1.86%) Grafana
4 9 (1.12%) Control-M
5 7 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.74%) Ansible
7 5 (0.62%) Kibana
7 5 (0.62%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.37%) Argo
8 3 (0.37%) Istio
8 3 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.37%) logstash
8 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.12%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 141 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 122 (15.12%) Databricks
3 101 (12.52%) Oracle
4 64 (7.93%) Google
5 53 (6.57%) Informatica
5 53 (6.57%) SAP
6 40 (4.96%) Talend
7 22 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 18 (2.23%) Denodo
9 16 (1.98%) IBM
10 14 (1.73%) Teradata
11 9 (1.12%) AppDynamics
11 9 (1.12%) Palantir
12 8 (0.99%) Cognos
12 8 (0.99%) VMware
13 7 (0.87%) Alteryx
13 7 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 7 (0.87%) StreamSets
13 7 (0.87%) Workday
14 6 (0.74%) ServiceNow