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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 78 72
Rank change year-on-year +24 -6 +21
Contract jobs citing ETL 754 415 550
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.31% 3.26% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 3.54% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 279 422
10th Percentile £362 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £452 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 11
10th Percentile - £43.25 £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.25 £40.88
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.96% -22.31%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £57.75
90th Percentile - £59.35 £64.53
England median hourly rate £61.00 £78.70 £49.50
% change year-on-year -22.49% +58.99% +13.45%

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 15,550 11,711 15,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 91.99% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,406 7,955 11,321
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 168 333
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.48 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.57 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £63.75 £66.70
England median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +25 94 £516 -8.63% 30
West London +2 32 £603 -3.60% 3
South London -3 15 £463 -3.90% 1
East London +2 8 £450 -23.08% 3
North London +2 1 £495 - 2
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 85 (11.27%) Apache Spark
2 79 (10.48%) Apache Airflow
3 53 (7.03%) Apache
4 12 (1.59%) SAS
5 10 (1.33%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.19%) Appian
7 7 (0.93%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.80%) Confluence
8 6 (0.80%) nginx
8 6 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.53%) Camunda
10 4 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 30 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.40%) Trello
7 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 6 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.66%) BambooHR
3 4 (0.53%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.27%) Actimize
5 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.27%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.13%) Maximo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 343 (45.49%) Azure
2 248 (32.89%) AWS
3 201 (26.66%) Power Platform
4 113 (14.99%) Azure Data Factory
4 113 (14.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 101 (13.40%) Amazon S3
6 93 (12.33%) Snowflake
7 90 (11.94%) GCP
8 72 (9.55%) Azure DevOps
8 72 (9.55%) Serverless
9 66 (8.75%) GitHub
10 61 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
11 57 (7.56%) dbt
12 43 (5.70%) Collibra
13 42 (5.57%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (3.58%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (2.92%) AWS Step Functions
16 19 (2.52%) Amazon SQS
16 19 (2.52%) Dagster
17 18 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) Firewall
1 4 (0.53%) HTTP
2 3 (0.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.13%) 4G
3 1 (0.13%) 5G
3 1 (0.13%) DSL
3 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
2 185 (24.54%) Power BI
3 151 (20.03%) Data Lake
4 103 (13.66%) SQL Server
5 91 (12.07%) Metadata
6 62 (8.22%) Tableau
7 61 (8.09%) Amazon Redshift
8 54 (7.16%) Delta Lake
8 54 (7.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 50 (6.63%) Amazon Athena
10 48 (6.37%) Big Data
11 47 (6.23%) Relational Database
12 45 (5.97%) Azure SQL Database
13 44 (5.84%) Snowflake Schema
14 43 (5.70%) BigQuery
15 33 (4.38%) Star Schema
16 32 (4.24%) NoSQL
17 28 (3.71%) PostgreSQL
18 27 (3.58%) Oracle Database
19 24 (3.18%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 72 (9.55%) Git
2 38 (5.04%) JIRA
3 26 (3.45%) GitLab
4 20 (2.65%) MLflow
5 11 (1.46%) ERwin
5 11 (1.46%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.93%) Selenium
7 5 (0.66%) Postman
8 4 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.53%) Toad
9 3 (0.40%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.40%) JMeter
9 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.27%) LSMW
10 2 (0.27%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.13%) Ant
11 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 283 (37.53%) Finance
2 208 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 132 (17.51%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (11.14%) Banking
5 57 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.18%) Financial Institution
7 18 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.99%) Marketing
9 14 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.46%) Legal
11 10 (1.33%) Retail
12 8 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.93%) Front Office
14 5 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
14 5 (0.66%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.53%) Law
15 4 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 322 (42.71%) Data Engineer
2 99 (13.13%) Senior
3 91 (12.07%) Lead
4 90 (11.94%) Developer
5 72 (9.55%) Architect
6 69 (9.15%) Analyst
6 69 (9.15%) Senior Data Engineer
7 45 (5.97%) Data Analyst
8 35 (4.64%) Data Architect
8 35 (4.64%) Snowflake Engineer
9 32 (4.24%) Snowflake Data Engineer
10 24 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
10 24 (3.18%) Lead Data Engineer
11 21 (2.79%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (2.79%) Azure Data Engineer
12 19 (2.52%) AWS Data Engineer
12 19 (2.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 19 (2.52%) Python Engineer
13 18 (2.39%) Senior Developer
13 18 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.86%) PySpark
2 75 (9.95%) Kafka
3 33 (4.38%) Pandas
3 33 (4.38%) REST
4 23 (3.05%) XML
5 19 (2.52%) Great Expectations
5 19 (2.52%) NumPy
6 16 (2.12%) .NET
6 16 (2.12%) OAuth
6 16 (2.12%) PyTorch
7 15 (1.99%) Middleware
8 14 (1.86%) JSON
8 14 (1.86%) RESTful
8 14 (1.86%) scikit-learn
8 14 (1.86%) TensorFlow
8 14 (1.86%) Web Services
9 12 (1.59%) pytest
9 12 (1.59%) Spark Streaming
10 11 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (1.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 43 (5.70%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.58%) Distributed Computing
5 21 (2.79%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.33%) Clustering
9 10 (1.33%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.19%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.06%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.93%) Taxonomies
13 6 (0.80%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.86%) Linux
2 12 (1.59%) Windows
3 7 (0.93%) Unix
4 6 (0.80%) Solaris
4 6 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.40%) VMS
6 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 322 (42.71%) Analytics
3 298 (39.52%) Data Pipeline
4 295 (39.12%) Data Engineering
5 225 (29.84%) CI/CD
6 222 (29.44%) Business Intelligence
7 183 (24.27%) Data Governance
8 181 (24.01%) DevOps
9 163 (21.62%) Agile
10 156 (20.69%) Migration
11 142 (18.83%) Validation
12 140 (18.57%) Data Architecture
13 139 (18.44%) AI
14 130 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
15 112 (14.85%) Decision-Making
16 103 (13.66%) Data Migration
17 101 (13.40%) Data Science
18 97 (12.86%) Data Integration
19 93 (12.33%) Infrastructure as Code
20 89 (11.80%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 534 (70.82%) SQL
2 375 (49.73%) Python
3 73 (9.68%) Java
4 48 (6.37%) C#
5 44 (5.84%) Scala
6 38 (5.04%) PL/SQL
7 36 (4.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 29 (3.85%) T-SQL
9 18 (2.39%) R
10 14 (1.86%) JavaScript
11 10 (1.33%) Bicep
11 10 (1.33%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.19%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.93%) SAS Macro
14 6 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.53%) Perl
15 4 (0.53%) PHP
16 3 (0.40%) Bash
16 3 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 134 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 110 (14.59%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.50%) Degree
4 34 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 18 (2.39%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.80%) SnowPro
11 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.53%) PMP
12 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 2 (0.27%) CISA
14 2 (0.27%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.27%) Tableau Certification
15 1 (0.13%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (36.34%) Data Quality
2 71 (9.42%) GDPR
3 61 (8.09%) QA
4 16 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.59%) IFRS
6 9 (1.19%) IFRS 17
6 9 (1.19%) PMO
7 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.66%) GAAP
9 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.53%) IFRS 9
9 4 (0.53%) MiFID
10 3 (0.40%) Basel III
10 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.40%) NIST
11 2 (0.27%) GMP
11 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 55 (7.29%) Docker
2 5 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
5 1 (0.13%) RACF
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 109 (14.46%) Terraform
2 52 (6.90%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.53%) Control-M
3 4 (0.53%) Grafana
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (0.40%) Ansible
5 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 170 (22.55%) Databricks
2 154 (20.42%) Microsoft
3 79 (10.48%) Oracle
4 53 (7.03%) Informatica
5 37 (4.91%) Google
6 32 (4.24%) SAP
7 22 (2.92%) IBM
8 18 (2.39%) Workday
9 15 (1.99%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.86%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.46%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.33%) Talend
14 9 (1.19%) UiPath
15 8 (1.06%) Automation Anywhere
16 7 (0.93%) Alteryx
16 7 (0.93%) Denodo
16 7 (0.93%) Red Hat
17 6 (0.80%) Bloomberg
18 5 (0.66%) Palantir