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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 74 76
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing ETL 763 481 515
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.80% 3.59% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 3.88% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 338 360
10th Percentile £379 £381 £374
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £709 £741 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 6
10th Percentile - £32.50 £35.00
25th Percentile - £36.25 £36.56
Median hourly rate - £43.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year - -6.45% -31.11%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £51.75
90th Percentile - £60.75 -
England median hourly rate £33.98 £48.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% +12.94% -40.14%

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 17,903 12,394 14,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 92.46% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,241 10,033
10th Percentile £361 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 256 196
10th Percentile £17.16 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.74 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -15.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.56
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +11 85 £513 +2.09% 33
West London -2 26 £520 +2.77% 5
South London -1 7 £463 +1.09% 1
East London +3 5 £450 -33.33% 5
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 97 (12.71%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (11.53%) Apache Spark
3 64 (8.39%) Apache
4 43 (5.64%) SAS
5 16 (2.10%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.97%) Confluence
7 7 (0.92%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.79%) nginx
8 6 (0.79%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.66%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.52%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.39%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.39%) Camunda
12 2 (0.26%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.13%) Appian
13 1 (0.13%) CMS
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.66%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.39%) Actimize
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.39%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Maximo
6 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.13%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 323 (42.33%) Azure
2 235 (30.80%) AWS
3 182 (23.85%) Power Platform
4 127 (16.64%) Snowflake
5 113 (14.81%) GCP
6 98 (12.84%) Azure Data Factory
7 92 (12.06%) Azure DevOps
8 91 (11.93%) dbt
9 81 (10.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 74 (9.70%) Amazon S3
11 68 (8.91%) GitHub
12 60 (7.86%) Serverless
13 50 (6.55%) AWS Lambda
14 35 (4.59%) Collibra
15 31 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
16 22 (2.88%) Amazon EMR
17 14 (1.83%) Dagster
17 14 (1.83%) SaaS
18 12 (1.57%) AWS Step Functions
18 12 (1.57%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.79%) HTTP
2 5 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.39%) VPN
4 2 (0.26%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.26%) DHCP
4 2 (0.26%) DNS
4 2 (0.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 262 (34.34%) Data Warehouse
2 175 (22.94%) Power BI
3 131 (17.17%) Data Lake
4 85 (11.14%) SQL Server
5 73 (9.57%) Metadata
6 65 (8.52%) Delta Lake
7 58 (7.60%) Amazon Redshift
8 53 (6.95%) BigQuery
9 52 (6.82%) Tableau
10 50 (6.55%) Relational Database
11 46 (6.03%) Big Data
12 40 (5.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 38 (4.98%) Snowflake Schema
14 36 (4.72%) Star Schema
15 34 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
16 33 (4.33%) Amazon Athena
17 31 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
17 31 (4.06%) NoSQL
18 24 (3.15%) Power Query
19 23 (3.01%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 62 (8.13%) Git
2 40 (5.24%) JIRA
3 31 (4.06%) GitLab
4 18 (2.36%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.79%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.52%) Claude Code
6 4 (0.52%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.52%) ERwin
6 4 (0.52%) MLflow
6 4 (0.52%) Selenium
7 3 (0.39%) LSMW
7 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.13%) Postman
9 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 264 (34.60%) Finance
2 178 (23.33%) Social Skills
3 143 (18.74%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (12.45%) Banking
5 58 (7.60%) Public Sector
6 22 (2.88%) Marketing
7 17 (2.23%) Financial Institution
8 16 (2.10%) Retail
9 13 (1.70%) Front Office
10 12 (1.57%) Legal
10 12 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.66%) Billing
13 5 (0.66%) Games
14 4 (0.52%) Publishing
15 3 (0.39%) Back Office
15 3 (0.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 304 (39.84%) Data Engineer
2 119 (15.60%) Senior
3 110 (14.42%) Architect
4 90 (11.80%) Developer
5 87 (11.40%) Lead
6 81 (10.62%) Senior Data Engineer
7 67 (8.78%) Analyst
8 41 (5.37%) Data Architect
9 37 (4.85%) Data Analyst
10 30 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
11 26 (3.41%) Snowflake Engineer
12 25 (3.28%) Azure Data Engineer
13 24 (3.15%) Snowflake Data Engineer
14 21 (2.75%) AWS Engineer
14 21 (2.75%) Lead Data Engineer
15 20 (2.62%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.62%) Python Engineer
15 20 (2.62%) Technical Leader
16 18 (2.36%) AWS Data Engineer
16 18 (2.36%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.11%) PySpark
2 84 (11.01%) Terraform
3 75 (9.83%) Kafka
4 38 (4.98%) REST
5 30 (3.93%) .NET
5 30 (3.93%) JSON
6 21 (2.75%) Middleware
7 17 (2.23%) Pandas
8 14 (1.83%) React
9 12 (1.57%) Spring
9 12 (1.57%) YAML
10 11 (1.44%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.44%) XML
11 10 (1.31%) Web Services
12 9 (1.18%) HTML
13 8 (1.05%) OAuth
14 7 (0.92%) GraphQL
14 7 (0.92%) Great Expectations
14 7 (0.92%) NumPy
14 7 (0.92%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.48%) Cloud Native
2 53 (6.95%) Data Structures
3 42 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (5.50%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.19%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.23%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.97%) Distributed Computing
8 14 (1.83%) Reference Data
9 13 (1.70%) AI Agents
10 12 (1.57%) Clustering
10 12 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.31%) Replication
12 9 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.18%) NHS
13 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
13 8 (1.05%) Reinsurance
13 8 (1.05%) Taxonomies
14 7 (0.92%) Legacy Code
15 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.41%) Linux
2 13 (1.70%) Windows
3 12 (1.57%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Solaris
4 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (46.53%) Data Modelling
2 323 (42.33%) Data Pipeline
3 301 (39.45%) Analytics
4 295 (38.66%) Data Engineering
5 253 (33.16%) CI/CD
6 224 (29.36%) Agile
7 213 (27.92%) DevOps
8 202 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
9 182 (23.85%) Data Governance
10 163 (21.36%) Migration
11 156 (20.45%) Data Integration
12 145 (19.00%) AI
12 145 (19.00%) Validation
13 135 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
14 128 (16.78%) Data Transformation
14 128 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
15 124 (16.25%) Data Architecture
16 109 (14.29%) Decision-Making
17 89 (11.66%) Data Migration
18 78 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 510 (66.84%) SQL
2 356 (46.66%) Python
3 81 (10.62%) Java
4 37 (4.85%) C#
4 37 (4.85%) Scala
5 36 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 34 (4.46%) PL/SQL
7 33 (4.33%) T-SQL
8 31 (4.06%) JavaScript
9 24 (3.15%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.83%) R
11 13 (1.70%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.44%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.05%) Bash
14 5 (0.66%) Bicep
14 5 (0.66%) Cypher
14 5 (0.66%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.39%) Gremlin
15 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.39%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 142 (18.61%) Security Cleared
2 122 (15.99%) SC Cleared
3 44 (5.77%) Degree
4 23 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 22 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.97%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.52%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.26%) CISA
12 2 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.13%) CISM
13 1 (0.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (36.17%) Data Quality
2 57 (7.47%) QA
3 43 (5.64%) GDPR
4 28 (3.67%) GRC
5 12 (1.57%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.18%) IFRS
6 9 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.05%) Solvency II
8 7 (0.92%) PMO
9 4 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.52%) GAAP
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.13%) COPPA
11 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.13%) GMP
11 1 (0.13%) MiFID
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 57 (7.47%) Docker
2 6 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.13%) RACF
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (8.13%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.57%) Control-M
3 7 (0.92%) Ansible
4 6 (0.79%) Grafana
5 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 170 (22.28%) Databricks
2 135 (17.69%) Microsoft
3 119 (15.60%) Oracle
4 57 (7.47%) Informatica
5 39 (5.11%) Google
6 20 (2.62%) SAP
7 18 (2.36%) IBM
7 18 (2.36%) Talend
8 14 (1.83%) Alteryx
9 13 (1.70%) Palantir
10 10 (1.31%) Bloomberg
10 10 (1.31%) Foundry
10 10 (1.31%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.18%) Workday
12 7 (0.92%) Refinitiv
12 7 (0.92%) SnapLogic
13 6 (0.79%) Denodo
14 5 (0.66%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.66%) MicroStrategy
14 5 (0.66%) ServiceNow