ETL Contract Job Trends in London

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ETL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 80 78
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 +25
Contract jobs citing ETL 715 438 531
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.44% 3.38% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 3.71% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 291 421
10th Percentile £363 £380 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £648 £638
90th Percentile £737 £756 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - £36.25 £35.00
25th Percentile - £38.13 £41.02
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.84% -22.31%
75th Percentile - £52.25 £62.45
90th Percentile - £57.35 £67.65
England median hourly rate £67.35 £51.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year +30.77% +4.04% +37.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,486 11,803 16,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.91% 91.01% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,750 7,835 11,536
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 158 354
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.32 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.25 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year - +17.19% -16.44%
75th Percentile £56.62 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.77 £69.85
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ETL job vacancy trend in London

ETL
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ETL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ETL

ETL
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL in London over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ETL in London

ETL
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ETL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ETL

ETL
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 ETL within the London region over the 6 months to 10 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
Central London +13 92 £513 -9.89% 22
West London +3 27 £603 +9.55% 5
South London -5 12 £475 -1.30% 3
East London +2 7 £450 +12.50% 3
North London - 1 £495 - 1
ETL
England

ETL
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 82 (11.47%) Apache Spark
2 59 (8.25%) Apache Airflow
3 52 (7.27%) Apache
4 10 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.26%) SAS
6 8 (1.12%) Appian
7 6 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.70%) Confluence
8 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.70%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.56%) nginx
10 3 (0.42%) Camunda
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.42%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.28%) CMS
11 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 25 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.42%) Trello
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Aladdin
1 6 (0.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 6 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.56%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.42%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.28%) Actimize
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.28%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.14%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.14%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.14%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 318 (44.48%) Azure
2 231 (32.31%) AWS
3 188 (26.29%) Power Platform
4 113 (15.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 98 (13.71%) Snowflake
6 94 (13.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 88 (12.31%) Amazon S3
8 82 (11.47%) GCP
9 60 (8.39%) Serverless
10 54 (7.55%) GitHub
11 53 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
11 53 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
12 43 (6.01%) dbt
13 39 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
14 35 (4.90%) Collibra
15 26 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
16 21 (2.94%) AWS Step Functions
17 16 (2.24%) Amazon SQS
18 15 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (2.10%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.56%) 4G
1 4 (0.56%) 5G
2 3 (0.42%) 2G
2 3 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.28%) Firewall
3 2 (0.28%) HTTP
3 2 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.14%) DSL
4 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (30.49%) Data Warehouse
2 177 (24.76%) Power BI
3 136 (19.02%) Data Lake
4 106 (14.83%) SQL Server
5 82 (11.47%) Metadata
6 58 (8.11%) Tableau
7 54 (7.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 53 (7.41%) Relational Database
9 51 (7.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 50 (6.99%) Big Data
11 46 (6.43%) Amazon Athena
12 44 (6.15%) Delta Lake
13 41 (5.73%) BigQuery
14 39 (5.45%) Azure SQL Database
15 38 (5.31%) Snowflake Schema
16 30 (4.20%) NoSQL
17 29 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
18 26 (3.64%) Oracle Database
19 23 (3.22%) OLAP
20 19 (2.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (9.93%) Git
2 28 (3.92%) JIRA
3 24 (3.36%) GitLab
4 17 (2.38%) MLflow
5 14 (1.96%) ERwin
5 14 (1.96%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.12%) Selenium
7 5 (0.70%) Postman
8 4 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.56%) Toad
9 3 (0.42%) JMeter
9 3 (0.42%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.28%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.28%) LSMW
10 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.14%) Ant
11 1 (0.14%) JUnit
General
1 251 (35.10%) Finance
2 213 (29.79%) Social Skills
3 114 (15.94%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.33%) Banking
5 55 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 23 (3.22%) Financial Institution
7 17 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.24%) Retail
9 14 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.54%) Marketing
11 10 (1.40%) Legal
12 7 (0.98%) Front Office
13 6 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.84%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.70%) Law
14 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.70%) Publishing
15 4 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 280 (39.16%) Data Engineer
2 93 (13.01%) Lead
3 88 (12.31%) Developer
4 80 (11.19%) Senior
5 72 (10.07%) Architect
6 65 (9.09%) Analyst
7 56 (7.83%) Senior Data Engineer
8 44 (6.15%) Data Analyst
9 38 (5.31%) Data Architect
10 31 (4.34%) Snowflake Engineer
11 26 (3.64%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 24 (3.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 23 (3.22%) Azure Engineer
14 21 (2.94%) Business Analyst
14 21 (2.94%) Lead Data Engineer
14 21 (2.94%) Python Engineer
15 19 (2.66%) Azure Data Engineer
16 17 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
17 16 (2.24%) Senior Developer
18 15 (2.10%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (13.01%) PySpark
2 70 (9.79%) Kafka
3 32 (4.48%) Pandas
4 28 (3.92%) REST
5 25 (3.50%) XML
6 21 (2.94%) NumPy
7 18 (2.52%) Great Expectations
7 18 (2.52%) PyTorch
8 17 (2.38%) RESTful
9 16 (2.24%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.24%) TensorFlow
10 15 (2.10%) .NET
10 15 (2.10%) Middleware
11 12 (1.68%) OAuth
11 12 (1.68%) pytest
12 11 (1.54%) JSON
12 11 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
12 11 (1.54%) Spark Streaming
12 11 (1.54%) Web Services
13 10 (1.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.37%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 42 (5.87%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.22%) Distributed Computing
5 15 (2.10%) Reinsurance
6 13 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 12 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 11 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.40%) Fixed Income
9 10 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.26%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.98%) Reference Data
11 7 (0.98%) Taxonomies
12 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.84%) IoT
12 6 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.10%) Linux
2 9 (1.26%) Windows
3 7 (0.98%) Unix
4 5 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.56%) Solaris
5 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.42%) VMS
7 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (47.55%) Data Modelling
2 307 (42.94%) Analytics
3 270 (37.76%) Data Engineering
4 258 (36.08%) Data Pipeline
5 218 (30.49%) Business Intelligence
6 209 (29.23%) CI/CD
7 176 (24.62%) Data Governance
8 157 (21.96%) Migration
9 156 (21.82%) Agile
10 150 (20.98%) DevOps
11 133 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
12 128 (17.90%) Data Architecture
13 123 (17.20%) AI
14 116 (16.22%) Validation
15 114 (15.94%) Data Migration
16 107 (14.97%) Data Science
17 101 (14.13%) Decision-Making
18 92 (12.87%) Machine Learning
19 88 (12.31%) Data Integration
19 88 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 498 (69.65%) SQL
2 357 (49.93%) Python
3 57 (7.97%) Java
4 41 (5.73%) C#
4 41 (5.73%) Scala
5 36 (5.03%) PL/SQL
6 28 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (3.22%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.80%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.82%) Bicep
9 13 (1.82%) R
10 7 (0.98%) PowerShell
10 7 (0.98%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.84%) Bash
11 6 (0.84%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.70%) SAS Macro
13 4 (0.56%) Perl
13 4 (0.56%) PHP
14 3 (0.42%) C
14 3 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 116 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 88 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 52 (7.27%) Degree
4 35 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 22 (3.08%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.66%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.84%) PMP
11 4 (0.56%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.56%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.42%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.14%) HP APS
14 1 (0.14%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (34.83%) Data Quality
2 70 (9.79%) GDPR
3 53 (7.41%) QA
4 16 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.68%) IFRS
6 9 (1.26%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.26%) IFRS 17
7 6 (0.84%) PMO
8 5 (0.70%) GAAP
8 5 (0.70%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.70%) MiFID
9 4 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.56%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.42%) Basel III
10 3 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.42%) NIST
10 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
11 2 (0.28%) EMIR
11 2 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 54 (7.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.28%) zsh
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) HDFS
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 98 (13.71%) Terraform
2 58 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.42%) Ansible
3 3 (0.42%) Control-M
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.14%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 175 (24.48%) Databricks
2 126 (17.62%) Microsoft
3 77 (10.77%) Oracle
4 44 (6.15%) Informatica
5 33 (4.62%) SAP
6 31 (4.34%) Google
7 16 (2.24%) Workday
8 15 (2.10%) IBM
8 15 (2.10%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.96%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.96%) Talend
10 12 (1.68%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.26%) UiPath
12 8 (1.12%) Automation Anywhere
13 7 (0.98%) Palantir
14 6 (0.84%) Avaloq
14 6 (0.84%) Foundry
15 5 (0.70%) Red Hat
16 4 (0.56%) Bloomberg