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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 85 71
Rank change year-on-year +32 -14 +23
Contract jobs citing ETL 759 406 557
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.38% 3.21% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 3.49% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 266 430
10th Percentile £363 £398 £400
25th Percentile £425 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 13
10th Percentile - £43.25 £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.25 £43.03
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.96% -22.31%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £61.75
90th Percentile - £59.35 £67.31
England median hourly rate £64.92 £70.60 £49.50
% change year-on-year -8.04% +42.63% +13.62%

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 15,428 11,636 15,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.09% 91.87% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,331 7,886 11,336
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £799
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 168 334
10th Percentile £18.37 £16.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.75 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.00 £50.56 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £63.40 £66.93
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
% change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%

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 16 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 16 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 +27 98 £520 -9.57% 51
West London +3 34 £603 -3.60% 4
South London -4 15 £463 -3.90% 2
East London 0 8 £450 -9.09% 1
North London +2 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 88 (11.59%) Apache Spark
2 78 (10.28%) Apache Airflow
3 56 (7.38%) Apache
4 12 (1.58%) SAS
5 10 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.19%) Appian
7 7 (0.92%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.79%) Confluence
8 6 (0.79%) nginx
8 6 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.53%) Camunda
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 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.79%) 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 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 6 (0.79%) 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 (0.26%) Actimize
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.26%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.13%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.13%) Maximo
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 346 (45.59%) Azure
2 249 (32.81%) AWS
3 208 (27.40%) Power Platform
4 114 (15.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 113 (14.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 102 (13.44%) Amazon S3
7 93 (12.25%) Snowflake
8 89 (11.73%) GCP
9 74 (9.75%) Serverless
10 69 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
11 65 (8.56%) GitHub
12 63 (8.30%) AWS Lambda
13 56 (7.38%) dbt
14 44 (5.80%) Collibra
15 41 (5.40%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (2.90%) AWS Step Functions
18 20 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
19 19 (2.50%) Dagster
20 18 (2.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) Firewall
1 4 (0.53%) HTTP
2 3 (0.40%) VPN
3 2 (0.26%) 4G
3 2 (0.26%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) 2G
4 1 (0.13%) DSL
4 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (30.70%) Data Warehouse
2 192 (25.30%) Power BI
3 149 (19.63%) Data Lake
4 102 (13.44%) SQL Server
5 93 (12.25%) Metadata
6 63 (8.30%) Tableau
7 60 (7.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 53 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 52 (6.85%) Delta Lake
10 50 (6.59%) Amazon Athena
11 47 (6.19%) Relational Database
11 47 (6.19%) Snowflake Schema
12 46 (6.06%) Big Data
13 45 (5.93%) Azure SQL Database
14 42 (5.53%) BigQuery
15 32 (4.22%) NoSQL
15 32 (4.22%) Star Schema
16 28 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
17 27 (3.56%) Oracle Database
18 26 (3.43%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 68 (8.96%) Git
2 36 (4.74%) JIRA
3 25 (3.29%) GitLab
4 18 (2.37%) MLflow
5 12 (1.58%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.45%) ERwin
7 7 (0.92%) Selenium
8 5 (0.66%) Postman
9 4 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.53%) Toad
10 3 (0.40%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.40%) JMeter
10 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.26%) LSMW
11 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.26%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.13%) Ant
12 1 (0.13%) JUnit
General
1 285 (37.55%) Finance
2 214 (28.19%) Social Skills
3 135 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (10.67%) Banking
5 60 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.16%) Financial Institution
7 18 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.98%) Marketing
10 11 (1.45%) Legal
11 10 (1.32%) Retail
12 8 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.92%) 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
15 4 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 323 (42.56%) Data Engineer
2 96 (12.65%) Senior
3 93 (12.25%) Developer
4 92 (12.12%) Lead
5 70 (9.22%) Architect
6 69 (9.09%) Analyst
7 67 (8.83%) Senior Data Engineer
8 45 (5.93%) Data Analyst
9 35 (4.61%) Data Architect
9 35 (4.61%) Snowflake Engineer
10 31 (4.08%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 24 (3.16%) Lead Data Engineer
12 23 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
13 20 (2.64%) Azure Data Engineer
14 19 (2.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 19 (2.50%) Python Engineer
15 18 (2.37%) AWS Data Engineer
15 18 (2.37%) Senior Developer
16 17 (2.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (12.65%) PySpark
2 78 (10.28%) Kafka
3 34 (4.48%) Pandas
4 32 (4.22%) REST
5 23 (3.03%) XML
6 20 (2.64%) Great Expectations
6 20 (2.64%) NumPy
7 16 (2.11%) OAuth
7 16 (2.11%) PyTorch
8 15 (1.98%) .NET
8 15 (1.98%) Middleware
9 14 (1.84%) JSON
9 14 (1.84%) RESTful
9 14 (1.84%) scikit-learn
9 14 (1.84%) TensorFlow
9 14 (1.84%) Web Services
10 12 (1.58%) pytest
10 12 (1.58%) Spark Streaming
11 11 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
12 10 (1.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.14%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.38%) Data Structures
3 44 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.56%) Distributed Computing
5 20 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.24%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.45%) Reinsurance
10 9 (1.19%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.05%) Clustering
11 8 (1.05%) Reference Data
12 7 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.92%) Taxonomies
13 6 (0.79%) AI Agents
13 6 (0.79%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.84%) Linux
2 12 (1.58%) Windows
3 8 (1.05%) Unix
4 6 (0.79%) Solaris
4 6 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.79%) 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
1 380 (50.07%) Data Modelling
2 329 (43.35%) Analytics
3 299 (39.39%) Data Engineering
4 296 (39.00%) Data Pipeline
5 229 (30.17%) Business Intelligence
6 224 (29.51%) CI/CD
7 186 (24.51%) Data Governance
8 178 (23.45%) DevOps
9 161 (21.21%) Agile
10 153 (20.16%) Migration
11 141 (18.58%) Validation
12 139 (18.31%) AI
12 139 (18.31%) Data Architecture
13 135 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
14 114 (15.02%) Decision-Making
15 107 (14.10%) Data Science
16 101 (13.31%) Data Migration
17 98 (12.91%) Data Integration
18 94 (12.38%) Infrastructure as Code
19 91 (11.99%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 540 (71.15%) SQL
2 385 (50.72%) Python
3 71 (9.35%) Java
4 49 (6.46%) C#
5 46 (6.06%) Scala
6 38 (5.01%) PL/SQL
7 35 (4.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 29 (3.82%) T-SQL
9 18 (2.37%) R
10 14 (1.84%) JavaScript
11 10 (1.32%) Bicep
11 10 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.92%) SAS Macro
14 6 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.66%) Bash
16 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.53%) Perl
16 4 (0.53%) PHP
17 3 (0.40%) C
Qualifications
1 138 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 112 (14.76%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.72%) Degree
4 36 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.79%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.53%) PMP
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
14 1 (0.13%) CISSP
14 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 275 (36.23%) Data Quality
2 73 (9.62%) GDPR
3 60 (7.91%) QA
4 16 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.58%) IFRS
6 9 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.19%) IFRS 17
6 9 (1.19%) PMO
7 5 (0.66%) GAAP
8 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.53%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.53%) MiFID
9 3 (0.40%) Basel III
9 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.40%) NIST
10 2 (0.26%) GMP
10 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (7.11%) Docker
2 5 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
5 1 (0.13%) RACF
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 108 (14.23%) Terraform
2 52 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.53%) Ansible
3 4 (0.53%) Control-M
3 4 (0.53%) Grafana
3 4 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.26%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 172 (22.66%) Databricks
2 152 (20.03%) Microsoft
3 79 (10.41%) Oracle
4 53 (6.98%) Informatica
5 37 (4.87%) Google
6 33 (4.35%) SAP
7 20 (2.64%) IBM
8 18 (2.37%) Workday
9 15 (1.98%) Salesforce
10 14 (1.84%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.84%) ServiceNow
11 11 (1.45%) OpenAI
12 10 (1.32%) Talend
13 9 (1.19%) UiPath
14 8 (1.05%) Automation Anywhere
14 8 (1.05%) Denodo
15 7 (0.92%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.92%) Red Hat
16 6 (0.79%) Avaloq
16 6 (0.79%) Bloomberg