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 citing ETL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 70 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | -5 | +19 |
| Contract jobs citing ETL | 774 | 515 | 554 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 3.80% | 3.77% | 3.52% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.24% | 4.08% | 3.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 560 | 379 | 363 |
| 10th Percentile | £387 | £380 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £427 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -1.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £629 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £738 | £738 |
| England median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £507 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.05% | -1.38% | -5.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.20 | £32.50 | £36.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £34.56 | £38.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £57.00 | £40.50 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.74% | -4.71% | -32.54% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £47.00 | £47.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £64.25 | £50.15 |
| England median hourly rate | £39.49 | £38.96 | £31.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.35% | +24.67% | -51.17% |
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 citing process or methodology skills in London.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 18,266 | 12,627 | 14,037 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 89.69% | 92.42% | 89.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,023 | 8,296 | 9,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £326 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £539 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.01% | -1.97% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £663 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £797 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 373 | 251 | 171 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.56 | £17.98 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.75 | £25.09 | £24.34 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.35 | £31.49 | £38.07 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.46% | -17.28% | -4.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £47.25 | £58.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £64.75 | £80.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.22 | £25.15 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.04% | -37.13% | -10.11% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in London
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 30 October 2026.
ETL Hourly Rate Trend in London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ETL.
ETL Hourly Rate Histogram in London
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing ETL in London over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.
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 30 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | +2 | 95 | £475 | -7.32% | 22 |
| West London | -3 | 20 | £520 | -4.32% | 16 |
| East London | +12 | 10 | £463 | +28.47% | 4 |
| South London | -5 | 9 | £450 | -3.49% | 1 |
| North London | - | 1 | £650 | - | 2 |
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ETL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Pipeline | 44.8% | 347 |
| 2 | Data Modelling | 44.6% | 345 |
| 3 | Data Engineering | 41.2% | 319 |
| 4 | Analytics | 39.4% | 305 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 37.7% | 292 |
| 6 | Agile | 30.7% | 238 |
| 7 | DevOps | 24.2% | 187 |
| 8 | Data Governance | 24.0% | 186 |
| 9 | AI | 23.3% | 180 |
| 10 | Migration | 23.1% | 179 |
| 11 | Business Intelligence | 23.0% | 178 |
| 12 | Data Integration | 21.6% | 167 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 21.2% | 164 |
| 14 | Validation | 20.9% | 162 |
| 15 | Data Transformation | 20.0% | 155 |
| 16 | Problem-Solving | 19.1% | 148 |
| 17 | Data Architecture | 13.4% | 104 |
| 18 | Data Migration | 12.8% | 99 |
| 18 | Decision-Making | 12.8% | 99 |
| 18 | Performance Tuning | 12.8% | 99 |