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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 71 71
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +14
Contract jobs citing ETL 762 497 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.77% 3.70% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 4.00% 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 363 375
10th Percentile £373 £400 £363
25th Percentile £425 £448 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - £32.50 £36.88
25th Percentile - £35.25 £39.69
Median hourly rate £57.00 £43.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -6.45% -26.19%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £51.75
90th Percentile - £60.75 -
England median hourly rate £33.98 £38.96 £38.75
% change year-on-year -12.80% +0.54% -43.43%

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 17,972 12,434 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.55% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,766 8,197 9,428
10th Percentile £360 £332 £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 £664 £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 333 243 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.01 £24.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £78.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +3 84 £500 - 76
West London 0 22 £520 +4.00% 13
South London -6 8 £438 -4.37% 5
East London +10 7 £463 +28.47% 3
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
1 103 (13.52%) Apache Airflow
2 96 (12.60%) Apache Spark
3 73 (9.58%) Apache
4 41 (5.38%) SAS
5 20 (2.62%) Confluence
6 13 (1.71%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.66%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.66%) nginx
8 5 (0.66%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.52%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.26%) CMS
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.26%) PowerExchange
11 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.13%) Luigi
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 18 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.92%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.05%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.52%) Actimize
3 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
4 3 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.26%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.26%) Maximo
5 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.26%) SimCorp Dimension
5 2 (0.26%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.13%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.13%) HFM
6 1 (0.13%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 319 (41.86%) Azure
2 229 (30.05%) AWS
3 143 (18.77%) Snowflake
4 141 (18.50%) Power Platform
5 119 (15.62%) GCP
6 98 (12.86%) dbt
7 89 (11.68%) Azure Data Factory
8 84 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
9 68 (8.92%) Amazon S3
10 61 (8.01%) GitHub
11 55 (7.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 55 (7.22%) Serverless
12 47 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
13 32 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
14 31 (4.07%) Azure Databricks
15 23 (3.02%) Collibra
16 20 (2.62%) SaaS
17 19 (2.49%) Amazon EMR
18 14 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 12 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.66%) HTTP
2 3 (0.39%) 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (32.41%) Data Warehouse
2 137 (17.98%) Power BI
3 107 (14.04%) Data Lake
4 74 (9.71%) SQL Server
5 67 (8.79%) Metadata
6 63 (8.27%) Delta Lake
7 57 (7.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 53 (6.96%) BigQuery
9 51 (6.69%) Big Data
9 51 (6.69%) Relational Database
10 41 (5.38%) Tableau
11 36 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
12 33 (4.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 31 (4.07%) NoSQL
14 30 (3.94%) Amazon Athena
15 28 (3.67%) Power Query
16 25 (3.28%) Oracle Database
16 25 (3.28%) Snowflake Schema
17 21 (2.76%) Star Schema
18 19 (2.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 81 (10.63%) Git
2 42 (5.51%) JIRA
3 37 (4.86%) GitLab
4 22 (2.89%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.05%) MLflow
5 8 (1.05%) Selenium
6 7 (0.92%) Terragrunt
7 6 (0.79%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.39%) ERwin
8 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.26%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.26%) JUnit
9 2 (0.26%) LSMW
9 2 (0.26%) Postman
9 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.26%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 267 (35.04%) Finance
2 190 (24.93%) Social Skills
3 140 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (15.75%) Banking
5 56 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 23 (3.02%) Retail
7 20 (2.62%) Marketing
8 19 (2.49%) Front Office
8 19 (2.49%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.84%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.31%) Billing
12 9 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.92%) Back Office
14 7 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (0.79%) Publishing
16 5 (0.66%) Games
16 5 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 302 (39.63%) Data Engineer
2 127 (16.67%) Senior
3 102 (13.39%) Architect
4 89 (11.68%) Developer
5 82 (10.76%) Senior Data Engineer
6 76 (9.97%) Lead
7 75 (9.84%) Analyst
8 45 (5.91%) Databricks Engineer
9 41 (5.38%) Data Analyst
10 38 (4.99%) Data Architect
10 38 (4.99%) Databricks Data Engineer
11 34 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
12 29 (3.81%) Consultant
13 25 (3.28%) Azure Data Engineer
14 23 (3.02%) Snowflake Engineer
15 21 (2.76%) AWS Engineer
15 21 (2.76%) Technical Leader
16 20 (2.62%) Business Analyst
17 19 (2.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
17 19 (2.49%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (13.52%) PySpark
2 74 (9.71%) Terraform
3 72 (9.45%) Kafka
4 40 (5.25%) REST
5 38 (4.99%) .NET
6 27 (3.54%) JSON
7 21 (2.76%) Middleware
8 19 (2.49%) Pandas
9 13 (1.71%) React
10 12 (1.57%) YAML
11 11 (1.44%) Spring
12 10 (1.31%) Spring Boot
12 10 (1.31%) Web Services
12 10 (1.31%) XML
13 9 (1.18%) HTML
13 9 (1.18%) NumPy
14 8 (1.05%) LangChain
14 8 (1.05%) PyTorch
15 7 (0.92%) GraphQL
15 7 (0.92%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.97%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.74%) Data Structures
3 44 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 39 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (3.81%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.62%) AI Agents
8 19 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 18 (2.36%) Reference Data
10 14 (1.84%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.71%) Replication
12 12 (1.57%) Reinsurance
13 10 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.31%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (1.05%) IoT
14 8 (1.05%) NHS
14 8 (1.05%) Taxonomies
15 7 (0.92%) Derivative
15 7 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.07%) Linux
2 13 (1.71%) Unix
3 11 (1.44%) Windows
4 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.26%) Solaris
4 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (44.49%) Data Modelling
2 327 (42.91%) Data Pipeline
3 300 (39.37%) Data Engineering
4 285 (37.40%) Analytics
5 269 (35.30%) CI/CD
6 238 (31.23%) Agile
7 192 (25.20%) DevOps
8 177 (23.23%) Data Governance
9 176 (23.10%) Business Intelligence
10 171 (22.44%) Migration
11 163 (21.39%) AI
12 160 (21.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 159 (20.87%) Data Integration
13 159 (20.87%) Validation
14 146 (19.16%) Data Transformation
15 135 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
16 108 (14.17%) Data Architecture
17 97 (12.73%) Decision-Making
18 92 (12.07%) Data Migration
19 87 (11.42%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 506 (66.40%) SQL
2 359 (47.11%) Python
3 65 (8.53%) Java
4 38 (4.99%) C#
4 38 (4.99%) PL/SQL
4 38 (4.99%) Scala
5 34 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 31 (4.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 27 (3.54%) T-SQL
8 21 (2.76%) PowerShell
9 15 (1.97%) Shell Script
10 13 (1.71%) R
11 10 (1.31%) Bash
11 10 (1.31%) TypeScript
12 8 (1.05%) Cypher
13 5 (0.66%) Bicep
14 4 (0.52%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.39%) Korn
15 3 (0.39%) Perl
15 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 133 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 114 (14.96%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.64%) Degree
4 17 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.10%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.97%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 9 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.52%) CBAP
10 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.39%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.26%) PMP
12 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (36.75%) Data Quality
2 47 (6.17%) QA
3 31 (4.07%) GDPR
4 29 (3.81%) GRC
5 10 (1.31%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.05%) IFRS
7 8 (1.05%) Solvency II
8 4 (0.52%) GAAP
8 4 (0.52%) PMO
9 3 (0.39%) COREP
9 3 (0.39%) FINREP
9 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.26%) IFRS 9
11 1 (0.13%) GMP
11 1 (0.13%) HL7
11 1 (0.13%) NCSC
11 1 (0.13%) SEPA
11 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 55 (7.22%) Docker
2 5 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 63 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.57%) Control-M
3 9 (1.18%) Ansible
4 6 (0.79%) Grafana
5 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
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%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 198 (25.98%) Databricks
2 131 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 120 (15.75%) Oracle
4 48 (6.30%) Informatica
5 33 (4.33%) Google
6 25 (3.28%) Talend
7 19 (2.49%) SAP
8 16 (2.10%) IBM
9 14 (1.84%) Foundry
10 13 (1.71%) Alteryx
11 12 (1.57%) Palantir
11 12 (1.57%) Salesforce
12 10 (1.31%) OpenAI
13 9 (1.18%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.18%) SnapLogic
14 6 (0.79%) Cloudera
14 6 (0.79%) MicroStrategy
15 5 (0.66%) Hitachi
15 5 (0.66%) Hyperion
15 5 (0.66%) Sybase