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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 70 69
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing ETL 769 490 547
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.78% 3.65% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 3.94% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 342 379
10th Percentile £375 £400 £363
25th Percentile £435 £450 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 3
10th Percentile - £32.50 £42.85
25th Percentile - £35.50 £45.25
Median hourly rate - £43.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - -13.86% -19.84%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £51.75
90th Percentile - £57.25 -
England median hourly rate £33.98 £41.23 £46.50
% change year-on-year -17.60% -11.33% -32.12%

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 18,089 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,828 8,226 9,619
10th Percentile £360 £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 £675
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 300 251 180
10th Percentile £16.68 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.63 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 88 £500 - 96
West London -3 23 £520 +2.77% 25
South London -2 8 £463 +1.09% 4
East London +5 6 £460 -31.85% 6
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
1 100 (13.00%) Apache Airflow
2 90 (11.70%) Apache Spark
3 68 (8.84%) Apache
4 42 (5.46%) SAS
5 17 (2.21%) Confluence
6 14 (1.82%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.91%) nginx
7 7 (0.91%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.65%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.65%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.39%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.26%) PowerExchange
11 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Luigi
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 21 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.91%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.04%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.52%) Actimize
3 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.26%) BambooHR
5 2 (0.26%) Maximo
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.26%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 317 (41.22%) Azure
2 232 (30.17%) AWS
3 169 (21.98%) Power Platform
4 143 (18.60%) Snowflake
5 115 (14.95%) GCP
6 99 (12.87%) dbt
7 97 (12.61%) Azure Data Factory
8 89 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
9 71 (9.23%) Amazon S3
9 71 (9.23%) GitHub
10 67 (8.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 62 (8.06%) Serverless
12 52 (6.76%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (3.64%) Collibra
15 23 (2.99%) Azure Databricks
16 21 (2.73%) Amazon EMR
17 15 (1.95%) AWS Step Functions
17 15 (1.95%) SaaS
18 13 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.91%) HTTP
2 4 (0.52%) Firewall
3 2 (0.26%) BIG-IP
3 2 (0.26%) DHCP
3 2 (0.26%) DNS
3 2 (0.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (0.13%) Internet
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 251 (32.64%) Data Warehouse
2 163 (21.20%) Power BI
3 116 (15.08%) Data Lake
4 82 (10.66%) SQL Server
5 76 (9.88%) Metadata
6 69 (8.97%) Delta Lake
7 52 (6.76%) Amazon Redshift
8 51 (6.63%) BigQuery
9 48 (6.24%) Relational Database
10 45 (5.85%) Big Data
11 44 (5.72%) Tableau
12 39 (5.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 36 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
14 33 (4.29%) Snowflake Schema
15 31 (4.03%) Amazon Athena
15 31 (4.03%) NoSQL
16 29 (3.77%) Power Query
17 28 (3.64%) Star Schema
18 23 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
18 23 (2.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 77 (10.01%) Git
2 43 (5.59%) JIRA
3 38 (4.94%) GitLab
4 22 (2.86%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.17%) MLflow
6 7 (0.91%) Terragrunt
7 6 (0.78%) Selenium
8 5 (0.65%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.26%) ERwin
10 2 (0.26%) JUnit
10 2 (0.26%) LSMW
10 2 (0.26%) Postman
10 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
General
1 264 (34.33%) Finance
2 190 (24.71%) Social Skills
3 145 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (14.30%) Banking
5 57 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 21 (2.73%) Marketing
7 20 (2.60%) Retail
8 16 (2.08%) Front Office
9 13 (1.69%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.43%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.04%) Billing
12 8 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.04%) Legal
12 8 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.04%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.91%) Back Office
14 5 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 315 (40.96%) Data Engineer
2 129 (16.78%) Senior
3 103 (13.39%) Architect
4 87 (11.31%) Developer
4 87 (11.31%) Senior Data Engineer
5 79 (10.27%) Lead
6 72 (9.36%) Analyst
7 43 (5.59%) Databricks Engineer
8 41 (5.33%) Data Analyst
9 39 (5.07%) Data Architect
10 38 (4.94%) Databricks Data Engineer
11 37 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
12 29 (3.77%) Azure Data Engineer
13 28 (3.64%) Snowflake Engineer
14 24 (3.12%) Snowflake Data Engineer
15 23 (2.99%) Consultant
16 22 (2.86%) Technical Leader
17 21 (2.73%) AWS Engineer
18 19 (2.47%) Python Engineer
19 18 (2.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (13.26%) PySpark
2 81 (10.53%) Terraform
3 70 (9.10%) Kafka
4 35 (4.55%) .NET
5 34 (4.42%) REST
6 29 (3.77%) JSON
7 20 (2.60%) Middleware
8 17 (2.21%) Pandas
8 17 (2.21%) React
9 13 (1.69%) Spring
10 12 (1.56%) Spring Boot
10 12 (1.56%) XML
10 12 (1.56%) YAML
11 9 (1.17%) HTML
11 9 (1.17%) LangChain
11 9 (1.17%) Web Services
12 7 (0.91%) Apache Avro
12 7 (0.91%) GraphQL
12 7 (0.91%) NumPy
12 7 (0.91%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.40%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 45 (5.85%) Product Ownership
4 39 (5.07%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (4.81%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.60%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.82%) Reference Data
8 14 (1.82%) Replication
9 13 (1.69%) Distributed Computing
10 12 (1.56%) Reinsurance
11 11 (1.43%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.17%) Clustering
13 9 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.17%) Taxonomies
14 8 (1.04%) NHS
15 7 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.91%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 29 (3.77%) Linux
2 13 (1.69%) Unix
2 13 (1.69%) Windows
3 4 (0.52%) Solaris
3 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (46.55%) Data Modelling
2 333 (43.30%) Data Pipeline
3 306 (39.79%) Data Engineering
4 301 (39.14%) Analytics
5 267 (34.72%) CI/CD
6 238 (30.95%) Agile
7 203 (26.40%) DevOps
8 196 (25.49%) Business Intelligence
9 189 (24.58%) Data Governance
10 160 (20.81%) AI
11 159 (20.68%) Migration
12 158 (20.55%) Data Integration
12 158 (20.55%) Validation
13 149 (19.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 136 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
15 133 (17.30%) Data Transformation
16 122 (15.86%) Data Architecture
17 101 (13.13%) Decision-Making
18 88 (11.44%) Performance Tuning
19 87 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 510 (66.32%) SQL
2 362 (47.07%) Python
3 80 (10.40%) Java
4 41 (5.33%) Scala
5 40 (5.20%) C#
6 35 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 34 (4.42%) JavaScript
7 34 (4.42%) PL/SQL
8 31 (4.03%) T-SQL
9 25 (3.25%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.69%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.56%) R
11 12 (1.56%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.43%) Bash
13 8 (1.04%) Cypher
14 5 (0.65%) Bicep
15 4 (0.52%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.39%) Korn
16 3 (0.39%) Perl
16 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 137 (17.82%) Security Cleared
2 119 (15.47%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.07%) Degree
4 20 (2.60%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.95%) AWS Certification
5 15 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.91%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.52%) SnowPro
10 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.26%) CISA
10 2 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.26%) PMP
10 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (36.80%) Data Quality
2 53 (6.89%) QA
3 36 (4.68%) GDPR
4 29 (3.77%) GRC
5 12 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.04%) IFRS
7 8 (1.04%) Solvency II
8 6 (0.78%) PMO
9 4 (0.52%) GAAP
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS 9
11 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) GMP
12 1 (0.13%) HL7
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 61 (7.93%) Docker
2 6 (0.78%) 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
Systems Management
1 61 (7.93%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.56%) Control-M
3 8 (1.04%) Ansible
3 8 (1.04%) Grafana
4 4 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 190 (24.71%) Databricks
2 137 (17.82%) Microsoft
3 120 (15.60%) Oracle
4 52 (6.76%) Informatica
5 36 (4.68%) Google
6 23 (2.99%) Talend
7 19 (2.47%) SAP
8 17 (2.21%) IBM
9 16 (2.08%) Alteryx
10 13 (1.69%) Foundry
11 12 (1.56%) Salesforce
12 11 (1.43%) Palantir
13 10 (1.30%) Bloomberg
14 9 (1.17%) OpenAI
15 8 (1.04%) SnapLogic
16 7 (0.91%) Denodo
17 6 (0.78%) Cloudera
17 6 (0.78%) Hyperion
17 6 (0.78%) MicroStrategy
17 6 (0.78%) ServiceNow