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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 74 77
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing ETL 764 482 521
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.77% 3.58% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.87% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 337 361
10th Percentile £375 £381 £363
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £514
% change year-on-year - -2.68% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 4
10th Percentile - £32.50 £36.88
25th Percentile - £35.50 £39.69
Median hourly rate - £43.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year - -6.45% -27.34%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £51.75
90th Percentile - £57.25 -
England median hourly rate £33.98 £43.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -21.90% +2.35% -40.97%

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 18,024 12,449 14,389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.05% 92.45% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,783 8,281 9,881
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £688
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 289 255 191
10th Percentile £17.53 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.89 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -9.86% -11.25%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 +5 85 £520 +4.00% 18
West London +3 26 £520 +2.77% 19
South London -6 9 £463 +1.09% 3
East London +4 4 £450 -33.33% 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 97 (12.70%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (11.52%) Apache Spark
3 64 (8.38%) Apache
4 43 (5.63%) SAS
5 15 (1.96%) Confluence
5 15 (1.96%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.92%) nginx
6 7 (0.92%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.92%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.65%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.65%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.39%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.26%) Camunda
9 2 (0.26%) PowerExchange
10 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.13%) Appian
10 1 (0.13%) Luigi
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.65%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.39%) Actimize
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
5 3 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Maximo
6 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.13%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 324 (42.41%) Azure
2 235 (30.76%) AWS
3 184 (24.08%) Power Platform
4 131 (17.15%) Snowflake
5 113 (14.79%) GCP
6 98 (12.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 95 (12.43%) dbt
8 92 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
9 78 (10.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 76 (9.95%) Amazon S3
11 71 (9.29%) GitHub
12 64 (8.38%) Serverless
13 53 (6.94%) AWS Lambda
14 32 (4.19%) Collibra
14 32 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.75%) Amazon EMR
16 19 (2.49%) Azure Databricks
17 15 (1.96%) SaaS
18 13 (1.70%) AWS Step Functions
19 12 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.92%) HTTP
2 5 (0.65%) Firewall
3 3 (0.39%) VPN
4 2 (0.26%) BIG-IP
4 2 (0.26%) DHCP
4 2 (0.26%) DNS
4 2 (0.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 258 (33.77%) Data Warehouse
2 177 (23.17%) Power BI
3 127 (16.62%) Data Lake
4 80 (10.47%) SQL Server
5 72 (9.42%) Metadata
6 68 (8.90%) Delta Lake
7 57 (7.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 52 (6.81%) BigQuery
9 51 (6.68%) Tableau
10 50 (6.54%) Relational Database
11 44 (5.76%) Big Data
12 39 (5.10%) Snowflake Schema
12 39 (5.10%) Star Schema
13 37 (4.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 33 (4.32%) Amazon Athena
15 31 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
15 31 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
16 29 (3.80%) NoSQL
17 28 (3.66%) Power Query
18 23 (3.01%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 64 (8.38%) Git
2 41 (5.37%) JIRA
3 34 (4.45%) GitLab
4 19 (2.49%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.79%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.65%) MLflow
6 5 (0.65%) Selenium
7 4 (0.52%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.39%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.39%) ERwin
8 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.26%) LSMW
9 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 261 (34.16%) Finance
2 179 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 147 (19.24%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (12.43%) Banking
5 58 (7.59%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.62%) Marketing
7 17 (2.23%) Retail
8 15 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.57%) Front Office
9 12 (1.57%) Legal
9 12 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.92%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.79%) Billing
13 5 (0.65%) Games
14 4 (0.52%) Back Office
14 4 (0.52%) Law
14 4 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 315 (41.23%) Data Engineer
2 127 (16.62%) Senior
3 102 (13.35%) Architect
4 92 (12.04%) Developer
5 86 (11.26%) Senior Data Engineer
6 83 (10.86%) Lead
7 69 (9.03%) Analyst
8 41 (5.37%) Data Architect
9 39 (5.10%) Data Analyst
10 35 (4.58%) Databricks Engineer
11 32 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
12 31 (4.06%) Databricks Data Engineer
13 29 (3.80%) Snowflake Engineer
14 26 (3.40%) Azure Data Engineer
15 25 (3.27%) Snowflake Data Engineer
16 23 (3.01%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (2.75%) Lead Data Engineer
17 21 (2.75%) Python Engineer
18 19 (2.49%) AWS Data Engineer
18 19 (2.49%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (13.22%) PySpark
2 81 (10.60%) Terraform
3 73 (9.55%) Kafka
4 37 (4.84%) REST
5 34 (4.45%) .NET
6 29 (3.80%) JSON
7 19 (2.49%) Middleware
8 17 (2.23%) Pandas
9 16 (2.09%) React
10 13 (1.70%) Spring
11 12 (1.57%) Spring Boot
11 12 (1.57%) XML
11 12 (1.57%) YAML
12 10 (1.31%) Web Services
13 9 (1.18%) HTML
14 8 (1.05%) Great Expectations
15 7 (0.92%) GraphQL
15 7 (0.92%) NumPy
15 7 (0.92%) OAuth
15 7 (0.92%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.41%) Data Structures
3 44 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
4 42 (5.50%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.19%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (2.09%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.96%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
10 13 (1.70%) Reference Data
11 12 (1.57%) Clustering
12 10 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.31%) Replication
13 9 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.18%) NHS
14 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
14 8 (1.05%) Reinsurance
15 7 (0.92%) IoT
15 7 (0.92%) Taxonomies
16 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.53%) Linux
2 13 (1.70%) Windows
3 12 (1.57%) Unix
4 4 (0.52%) Solaris
4 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (45.94%) Data Modelling
2 332 (43.46%) Data Pipeline
3 308 (40.31%) Data Engineering
4 305 (39.92%) Analytics
5 258 (33.77%) CI/CD
6 229 (29.97%) Agile
7 214 (28.01%) DevOps
8 208 (27.23%) Business Intelligence
9 181 (23.69%) Data Governance
10 158 (20.68%) Migration
11 155 (20.29%) Data Integration
12 151 (19.76%) AI
13 148 (19.37%) Validation
14 136 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
15 132 (17.28%) Data Transformation
16 129 (16.88%) Stakeholder Management
17 122 (15.97%) Data Architecture
18 106 (13.87%) Decision-Making
19 86 (11.26%) Data Migration
20 83 (10.86%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 516 (67.54%) SQL
2 361 (47.25%) Python
3 81 (10.60%) Java
4 40 (5.24%) C#
5 39 (5.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 37 (4.84%) Scala
7 33 (4.32%) PL/SQL
8 31 (4.06%) JavaScript
8 31 (4.06%) T-SQL
9 25 (3.27%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.70%) R
10 13 (1.70%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.57%) TypeScript
12 9 (1.18%) Bash
13 5 (0.65%) Bicep
13 5 (0.65%) Cypher
13 5 (0.65%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.39%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 142 (18.59%) Security Cleared
2 124 (16.23%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.63%) Degree
4 23 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 21 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.09%) AWS Certification
7 15 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.52%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.39%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.26%) CISA
12 2 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
12 2 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.13%) CISM
13 1 (0.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (36.65%) Data Quality
2 58 (7.59%) QA
3 40 (5.24%) GDPR
4 28 (3.66%) GRC
5 11 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (1.05%) IFRS
7 8 (1.05%) Solvency II
8 7 (0.92%) PMO
9 4 (0.52%) GAAP
10 3 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS 17
11 2 (0.26%) IFRS 9
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) GMP
12 1 (0.13%) HL7
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) SEPA
12 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 57 (7.46%) Docker
2 6 (0.79%) 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
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 59 (7.72%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.57%) Control-M
3 8 (1.05%) Ansible
4 6 (0.79%) Grafana
5 3 (0.39%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 175 (22.91%) Databricks
2 140 (18.32%) Microsoft
3 118 (15.45%) Oracle
4 56 (7.33%) Informatica
5 37 (4.84%) Google
6 20 (2.62%) Talend
7 18 (2.36%) IBM
7 18 (2.36%) SAP
8 14 (1.83%) Alteryx
9 13 (1.70%) Palantir
10 11 (1.44%) Foundry
11 9 (1.18%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.05%) Bloomberg
12 8 (1.05%) SnapLogic
12 8 (1.05%) Workday
13 6 (0.79%) Denodo
14 5 (0.65%) Cloudera
14 5 (0.65%) MicroStrategy
14 5 (0.65%) OpenAI
14 5 (0.65%) Refinitiv