Data Warehouse Contract Job Trends in London

Data Warehousing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Data Warehouse skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 117 81
Rank change year-on-year -9 -36 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Warehouse 459 334 497
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.32% 2.45% 2.86%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 13.12% 11.49% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 235 378
10th Percentile £403 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £615 £672 £675
90th Percentile £712 £799 £750
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £35.11 £47.50
25th Percentile - £35.84 £48.63
Median hourly rate - £40.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.80% -21.71%
75th Percentile - £47.00 £51.75
90th Percentile - £51.05 -
England median hourly rate £69.00 £36.08 £40.75
% change year-on-year +91.27% -11.47% -36.33%

All Database & BI Skills
London

Data Warehouse falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,499 2,906 4,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.69% 21.35% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,356 2,034 3,029
10th Percentile £363 £381 £363
25th Percentile £435 £448 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £725
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 28
10th Percentile £18.94 £25.40 £20.98
25th Percentile £25.25 £29.07 £34.06
Median hourly rate £41.00 £42.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -12.50% -25.00%
75th Percentile £60.12 £61.25 £52.56
90th Percentile £76.50 £79.25 £69.40
England median hourly rate £38.38 £34.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.87% -11.69% -33.04%

Data Warehouse
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Warehouse relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Warehouse job vacancy trend in London

Data Warehouse
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Warehouse.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Warehouse

Data Warehouse
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Warehouse in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Warehouse in London

Data Warehouse
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Warehouse.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Warehouse

Data Warehouse
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Warehouse within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Central London 0 62 £550 - 55
West London -14 7 £480 -23.20% 31
South London -16 1 - - 1
Data Warehouse
England

Data Warehouse
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 60 (13.07%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (7.19%) Apache Spark
3 27 (5.88%) Apache
3 27 (5.88%) Confluence
4 13 (2.83%) SAS
5 4 (0.87%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.22%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.22%) Luigi
7 1 (0.22%) OpenROAD
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.31%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (1.31%) Actimize
2 5 (1.09%) BambooHR
3 4 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.44%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.44%) Finacle
5 2 (0.44%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.44%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.44%) Primavera
5 2 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.44%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.22%) Cerner Millennium
6 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.22%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 203 (44.23%) Azure
2 164 (35.73%) Power Platform
3 137 (29.85%) AWS
4 96 (20.92%) Snowflake
5 93 (20.26%) GCP
6 88 (19.17%) dbt
7 78 (16.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 62 (13.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 41 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (7.63%) Amazon S3
11 31 (6.75%) Serverless
12 25 (5.45%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (4.36%) GitHub
14 16 (3.49%) Amazon EMR
15 13 (2.83%) Fivetran
16 12 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (2.61%) OCI
17 11 (2.40%) Amazon Kinesis
18 10 (2.18%) Prefect
19 9 (1.96%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.44%) VPN
2 1 (0.22%) 4G
2 1 (0.22%) 5G
2 1 (0.22%) Firewall
2 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (33.55%) Power BI
2 101 (22.00%) Data Lake
3 58 (12.64%) SQL Server
4 49 (10.68%) Tableau
5 48 (10.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 48 (10.46%) Metadata
6 43 (9.37%) BigQuery
7 38 (8.28%) Snowflake Schema
8 31 (6.75%) Star Schema
9 28 (6.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 26 (5.66%) Relational Database
11 24 (5.23%) Big Data
11 24 (5.23%) NoSQL
12 22 (4.79%) Amazon Athena
13 21 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
14 19 (4.14%) Looker
15 18 (3.92%) Delta Lake
15 18 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 17 (3.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 16 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 47 (10.24%) Git
2 36 (7.84%) JIRA
3 17 (3.70%) GitLab
4 14 (3.05%) ERwin
5 9 (1.96%) PowerDesigner
6 7 (1.53%) ER Studio
7 6 (1.31%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.65%) Postman
9 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.22%) MLflow
10 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.22%) Snyk
10 1 (0.22%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 153 (33.33%) Finance
2 130 (28.32%) Social Skills
3 100 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (11.76%) Banking
5 40 (8.71%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.70%) Financial Institution
7 15 (3.27%) Retail
8 14 (3.05%) Marketing
9 12 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.61%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.18%) Legal
11 5 (1.09%) Front Office
11 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.87%) Publishing
13 3 (0.65%) Advertising
13 3 (0.65%) Billing
13 3 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 160 (34.86%) Data Engineer
2 68 (14.81%) Architect
3 64 (13.94%) Senior
4 57 (12.42%) Developer
5 51 (11.11%) Analyst
6 40 (8.71%) Data Architect
7 39 (8.50%) Senior Data Engineer
8 33 (7.19%) Lead
9 29 (6.32%) Snowflake Engineer
10 27 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 26 (5.66%) Data Analyst
12 24 (5.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 23 (5.01%) Data Modeller
14 21 (4.58%) Snowflake Data Engineer
15 19 (4.14%) Data Business Analyst
16 16 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
17 15 (3.27%) AWS Engineer
17 15 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
18 14 (3.05%) Azure Data Engineer
19 12 (2.61%) AWS Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.06%) PySpark
2 36 (7.84%) Kafka
3 17 (3.70%) REST
4 15 (3.27%) YAML
5 12 (2.61%) JSON
6 11 (2.40%) Middleware
7 9 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.74%) XML
9 5 (1.09%) Apache Beam
10 4 (0.87%) .NET
10 4 (0.87%) ADO
10 4 (0.87%) Pandas
10 4 (0.87%) Web Services
11 3 (0.65%) CSS
11 3 (0.65%) HTML
11 3 (0.65%) SOAP
11 3 (0.65%) Spring
11 3 (0.65%) Spring Boot
12 2 (0.44%) Node.js
12 2 (0.44%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.50%) Data Structures
2 31 (6.75%) Cloud Native
3 13 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (2.61%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.61%) Reinsurance
5 11 (2.40%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.74%) Reference Data
6 8 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.31%) Clustering
8 6 (1.31%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.31%) IoT
9 5 (1.09%) Derivative
9 5 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.09%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.87%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.87%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.87%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.74%) Linux
2 5 (1.09%) Windows
3 3 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (50.54%) Data Modelling
2 231 (50.33%) ETL
3 230 (50.11%) Analytics
4 196 (42.70%) Business Intelligence
5 168 (36.60%) Data Pipeline
6 158 (34.42%) Data Engineering
7 131 (28.54%) Agile
8 125 (27.23%) CI/CD
9 103 (22.44%) Data Governance
10 93 (20.26%) DevOps
11 88 (19.17%) AI
12 83 (18.08%) Data Architecture
13 82 (17.86%) Migration
14 76 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
15 74 (16.12%) Stakeholder Management
16 70 (15.25%) Validation
17 65 (14.16%) Decision-Making
17 65 (14.16%) Dimensional Modelling
18 60 (13.07%) Data Transformation
18 60 (13.07%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 332 (72.33%) SQL
2 178 (38.78%) Python
3 34 (7.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (6.10%) T-SQL
5 25 (5.45%) Java
6 16 (3.49%) Scala
7 10 (2.18%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.96%) C#
9 8 (1.74%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.74%) R
10 6 (1.31%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.09%) Bash
11 5 (1.09%) Go
11 5 (1.09%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.87%) Bicep
12 4 (0.87%) LookML
12 4 (0.87%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.65%) C
13 3 (0.65%) SAS Macro
14 2 (0.44%) C++
Qualifications
1 75 (16.34%) Security Cleared
2 65 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 28 (6.10%) Degree
4 16 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (2.83%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.09%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.09%) SnowPro
11 4 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.87%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.44%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.22%) PhD
13 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (33.12%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.54%) GDPR
3 20 (4.36%) QA
4 10 (2.18%) Solvency II
5 8 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.53%) IFRS
7 5 (1.09%) MiFID
7 5 (1.09%) PMO
8 3 (0.65%) GAAP
9 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.44%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.22%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.22%) Basel II
10 1 (0.22%) EMIR
10 1 (0.22%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) GxP
10 1 (0.22%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 19 (4.14%) Docker
2 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 41 (8.93%) Terraform
2 20 (4.36%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.87%) Control-M
4 2 (0.44%) Ansible
4 2 (0.44%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.22%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 84 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 81 (17.65%) Databricks
3 43 (9.37%) Oracle
4 32 (6.97%) Google
5 26 (5.66%) Informatica
6 9 (1.96%) SAP
7 8 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.74%) Talend
8 7 (1.53%) Workday
9 4 (0.87%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.87%) Hyperion
10 3 (0.65%) LexisNexis
10 3 (0.65%) MicroStrategy
10 3 (0.65%) Pega
10 3 (0.65%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.65%) Temenos
11 2 (0.44%) Autodesk
11 2 (0.44%) ESRI
11 2 (0.44%) IBM
11 2 (0.44%) OpenText