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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 76 75
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 +23
Contract jobs citing ETL 702 442 556
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.48% 3.27% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 3.61% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 287 439
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £628
90th Percentile £725 £743 £732
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 10
10th Percentile - £36.25 £42.22
25th Percentile £35.25 £38.13 £47.38
Median hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -24.78% +25.56%
75th Percentile £35.75 £52.25 £63.84
90th Percentile - £57.35 £68.45
England median hourly rate £68.39 £42.50 £51.06
% change year-on-year +60.92% -16.76% +43.82%

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 14,164 12,253 16,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.44% 90.70% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,468 7,900 11,699
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% - -8.10%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 156 345
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.60 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.50 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.73 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.58 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 February 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 February 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 +10 88 £513 -6.82% 39
West London -2 25 £603 +9.55% 3
South London -4 13 £475 -2.56% 4
East London +6 6 £463 +15.63% 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 76 (10.83%) Apache Spark
2 55 (7.83%) Apache Airflow
3 46 (6.55%) Apache
4 8 (1.14%) Appian
4 8 (1.14%) SAS
5 7 (1.00%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.71%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.57%) Confluence
8 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.57%) nginx
9 3 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.43%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.28%) CMS
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.14%) Camunda
Applications
1 26 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.43%) Trello
5 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.85%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.57%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.43%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.28%) Actimize
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.14%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.14%) Maximo
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP FI-GL
7 1 (0.14%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 319 (45.44%) Azure
2 230 (32.76%) AWS
3 177 (25.21%) Power Platform
4 110 (15.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 95 (13.53%) Snowflake
6 90 (12.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 85 (12.11%) GCP
8 82 (11.68%) Amazon S3
9 59 (8.40%) Serverless
10 50 (7.12%) GitHub
11 48 (6.84%) AWS Lambda
11 48 (6.84%) Azure DevOps
12 38 (5.41%) dbt
13 35 (4.99%) AWS CloudFormation
14 28 (3.99%) Collibra
15 24 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (2.85%) AWS Step Functions
17 16 (2.28%) Amazon EMR
18 15 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (2.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.57%) 4G
1 4 (0.57%) 5G
2 3 (0.43%) 2G
2 3 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.28%) BGP
3 2 (0.28%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.28%) HTTP
3 2 (0.28%) OSPF
3 2 (0.28%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.14%) DSL
4 1 (0.14%) FabricPath
4 1 (0.14%) Firewall
4 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (29.06%) Data Warehouse
2 163 (23.22%) Power BI
3 132 (18.80%) Data Lake
4 96 (13.68%) SQL Server
5 84 (11.97%) Metadata
6 55 (7.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 52 (7.41%) Tableau
8 50 (7.12%) Big Data
9 49 (6.98%) Relational Database
10 45 (6.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 42 (5.98%) Amazon Athena
12 41 (5.84%) Delta Lake
13 38 (5.41%) BigQuery
14 37 (5.27%) Azure SQL Database
15 36 (5.13%) Snowflake Schema
16 30 (4.27%) NoSQL
17 29 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
18 28 (3.99%) Oracle Database
19 20 (2.85%) OLAP
20 18 (2.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (9.83%) Git
2 29 (4.13%) JIRA
3 24 (3.42%) GitLab
4 17 (2.42%) MLflow
5 15 (2.14%) ERwin
5 15 (2.14%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.28%) Selenium
7 7 (1.00%) Postman
8 4 (0.57%) Toad
9 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.43%) JMeter
9 3 (0.43%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.43%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.28%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.14%) Ant
11 1 (0.14%) JUnit
General
1 250 (35.61%) Finance
2 209 (29.77%) Social Skills
3 108 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.25%) Banking
5 50 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 21 (2.99%) Financial Institution
7 18 (2.56%) Retail
8 16 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.42%) Marketing
9 10 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.85%) Legal
11 5 (0.71%) Corporate Banking
11 5 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.71%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.71%) Law
11 5 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.71%) Publishing
12 4 (0.57%) Local Government
12 4 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 278 (39.60%) Data Engineer
2 96 (13.68%) Lead
3 87 (12.39%) Developer
4 76 (10.83%) Senior
5 67 (9.54%) Analyst
6 65 (9.26%) Architect
7 50 (7.12%) Senior Data Engineer
8 46 (6.55%) Data Analyst
9 40 (5.70%) Data Architect
10 31 (4.42%) Snowflake Engineer
11 26 (3.70%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 25 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
13 23 (3.28%) Lead Data Engineer
14 22 (3.13%) Python Engineer
15 21 (2.99%) Azure Data Engineer
15 21 (2.99%) Business Analyst
15 21 (2.99%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 18 (2.56%) Senior Developer
17 15 (2.14%) AWS Engineer
17 15 (2.14%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (13.39%) PySpark
2 67 (9.54%) Kafka
3 32 (4.56%) Pandas
4 30 (4.27%) XML
5 25 (3.56%) REST
6 23 (3.28%) NumPy
7 21 (2.99%) PyTorch
8 19 (2.71%) TensorFlow
9 17 (2.42%) scikit-learn
10 16 (2.28%) Great Expectations
11 15 (2.14%) JSON
11 15 (2.14%) RESTful
12 14 (1.99%) Middleware
12 14 (1.99%) OAuth
13 13 (1.85%) .NET
14 12 (1.71%) pytest
15 11 (1.57%) Hugging Face
15 11 (1.57%) Spark Streaming
16 10 (1.42%) Web Services
16 10 (1.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 52 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 42 (5.98%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
5 15 (2.14%) Reinsurance
6 13 (1.85%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.71%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.42%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.28%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.00%) Reference Data
12 6 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.85%) IoT
12 6 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.56%) Linux
2 9 (1.28%) Windows
3 7 (1.00%) Unix
4 5 (0.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.57%) Solaris
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.43%) VMS
7 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (46.87%) Data Modelling
2 300 (42.74%) Analytics
3 259 (36.89%) Data Engineering
4 253 (36.04%) Data Pipeline
5 205 (29.20%) Business Intelligence
6 197 (28.06%) CI/CD
7 175 (24.93%) Data Governance
8 151 (21.51%) Agile
9 150 (21.37%) Migration
10 136 (19.37%) DevOps
11 129 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
12 124 (17.66%) Data Architecture
13 123 (17.52%) AI
14 112 (15.95%) Validation
15 111 (15.81%) Data Migration
15 111 (15.81%) Data Science
16 97 (13.82%) Machine Learning
17 91 (12.96%) Decision-Making
18 86 (12.25%) Data Integration
19 84 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 487 (69.37%) SQL
2 350 (49.86%) Python
3 55 (7.83%) Java
4 41 (5.84%) C#
5 38 (5.41%) Scala
6 34 (4.84%) PL/SQL
7 23 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (3.28%) T-SQL
8 20 (2.85%) JavaScript
9 13 (1.85%) Bicep
10 11 (1.57%) PowerShell
10 11 (1.57%) R
11 8 (1.14%) Bash
12 7 (1.00%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.85%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.57%) Korn
14 4 (0.57%) Perl
14 4 (0.57%) PHP
14 4 (0.57%) SAS Macro
15 3 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 110 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 85 (12.11%) SC Cleared
3 49 (6.98%) Degree
4 32 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 21 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.42%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.14%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.00%) PMP
11 5 (0.71%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.71%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.14%) CCIE
15 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (34.76%) Data Quality
2 67 (9.54%) GDPR
3 51 (7.26%) QA
4 17 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 11 (1.57%) IFRS
6 9 (1.28%) IFRS 17
7 8 (1.14%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.00%) PMO
9 6 (0.85%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.71%) GAAP
10 5 (0.71%) MiFID
11 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.43%) Basel III
12 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.43%) IFRS 9
12 3 (0.43%) NIST
13 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
13 2 (0.28%) EMIR
13 2 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 52 (7.41%) Docker
2 4 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.57%) zsh
3 3 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.28%) KVM
4 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 91 (12.96%) Terraform
2 56 (7.98%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.43%) Control-M
5 2 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (0.28%) Kibana
5 2 (0.28%) logstash
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 173 (24.64%) Databricks
2 121 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 72 (10.26%) Oracle
4 42 (5.98%) Informatica
5 35 (4.99%) SAP
6 29 (4.13%) Google
7 15 (2.14%) IBM
7 15 (2.14%) MuleSoft
7 15 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.14%) Talend
8 14 (1.99%) Workday
9 13 (1.85%) OpenAI
9 13 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.28%) UiPath
11 8 (1.14%) Automation Anywhere
12 7 (1.00%) Alteryx
12 7 (1.00%) Palantir
13 6 (0.85%) Avaloq
13 6 (0.85%) Foundry
14 5 (0.71%) Red Hat