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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 81 74
Rank change year-on-year +30 -7 +17
Contract jobs citing ETL 759 407 547
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.44% 3.21% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 3.51% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 269 424
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £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 £750 £740 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - £43.25 £35.00
25th Percentile - £46.25 £41.02
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.96% -22.31%
75th Percentile - £57.25 £62.45
90th Percentile - £59.35 £67.65
England median hourly rate £64.92 £62.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year +3.88% +26.26% +24.14%

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 15,277 11,605 15,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.33% 91.50% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 7,873 11,316
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 169 332
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.12 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.18 £19.83
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.43% -22.92%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £66.98
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

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 6 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 6 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 +26 102 £516 -8.63% 74
West London +5 31 £603 -3.60% 5
South London -5 15 £463 -3.90% 2
East London +3 7 £450 +12.50% 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 86 (11.33%) Apache Spark
2 75 (9.88%) Apache Airflow
3 57 (7.51%) 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
8 6 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
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%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 31 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Trello
6 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 4 (0.53%) Aladdin
2 4 (0.53%) BambooHR
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.40%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.26%) Actimize
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.26%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.13%) Maximo
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 352 (46.38%) Azure
2 249 (32.81%) AWS
3 215 (28.33%) Power Platform
4 116 (15.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 114 (15.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 100 (13.18%) Amazon S3
7 96 (12.65%) Snowflake
8 91 (11.99%) GCP
9 72 (9.49%) Serverless
10 68 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
11 66 (8.70%) GitHub
12 60 (7.91%) AWS Lambda
13 53 (6.98%) dbt
14 42 (5.53%) Collibra
15 41 (5.40%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (2.90%) AWS Step Functions
18 20 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
19 19 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 18 (2.37%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) 4G
1 4 (0.53%) 5G
1 4 (0.53%) Firewall
1 4 (0.53%) HTTP
2 3 (0.40%) 2G
2 3 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (0.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.13%) DSL
3 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (31.09%) Data Warehouse
2 199 (26.22%) Power BI
3 149 (19.63%) Data Lake
4 103 (13.57%) SQL Server
5 92 (12.12%) Metadata
6 62 (8.17%) Tableau
7 55 (7.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 54 (7.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 51 (6.72%) Delta Lake
10 49 (6.46%) Amazon Athena
11 48 (6.32%) Snowflake Schema
12 46 (6.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 46 (6.06%) Relational Database
13 45 (5.93%) Big Data
14 40 (5.27%) BigQuery
15 32 (4.22%) Star Schema
16 31 (4.08%) NoSQL
17 27 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
18 26 (3.43%) OLAP
18 26 (3.43%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 67 (8.83%) Git
2 34 (4.48%) JIRA
3 27 (3.56%) GitLab
4 18 (2.37%) MLflow
5 12 (1.58%) ERwin
6 11 (1.45%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.79%) 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
1 281 (37.02%) Finance
2 215 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 137 (18.05%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (11.59%) Banking
5 60 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.16%) Financial Institution
7 18 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 12 (1.58%) Marketing
8 12 (1.58%) Retail
9 10 (1.32%) Legal
10 8 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.79%) Front Office
12 5 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
12 5 (0.66%) General Ledger
12 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 322 (42.42%) Data Engineer
2 96 (12.65%) Senior
3 92 (12.12%) Developer
4 90 (11.86%) Lead
5 70 (9.22%) Architect
6 68 (8.96%) Analyst
7 67 (8.83%) Senior Data Engineer
8 46 (6.06%) Data Analyst
9 37 (4.87%) Snowflake Engineer
10 36 (4.74%) Data Architect
11 33 (4.35%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 24 (3.16%) Lead Data Engineer
13 22 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
13 22 (2.90%) Python Engineer
14 21 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 19 (2.50%) Azure Data Engineer
16 18 (2.37%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (2.37%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.37%) Senior Developer
17 17 (2.24%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.78%) PySpark
2 81 (10.67%) Kafka
3 35 (4.61%) Pandas
4 32 (4.22%) REST
5 25 (3.29%) XML
6 21 (2.77%) NumPy
7 20 (2.64%) Great Expectations
8 16 (2.11%) PyTorch
9 15 (1.98%) OAuth
10 14 (1.84%) .NET
10 14 (1.84%) JSON
10 14 (1.84%) Middleware
10 14 (1.84%) RESTful
10 14 (1.84%) scikit-learn
10 14 (1.84%) TensorFlow
10 14 (1.84%) Web Services
11 12 (1.58%) pytest
11 12 (1.58%) Spark Streaming
12 11 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
13 10 (1.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (9.62%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.51%) Data Structures
3 44 (5.80%) Legacy Systems
4 26 (3.43%) Distributed Computing
5 19 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.37%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.45%) Reinsurance
9 9 (1.19%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.19%) Low-Code
10 8 (1.05%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.05%) Clustering
10 8 (1.05%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.05%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.92%) Data Fabric
11 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.92%) IoT
12 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
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
1 377 (49.67%) Data Modelling
2 337 (44.40%) Analytics
3 298 (39.26%) Data Engineering
4 295 (38.87%) Data Pipeline
5 235 (30.96%) Business Intelligence
6 228 (30.04%) CI/CD
7 193 (25.43%) Data Governance
8 175 (23.06%) DevOps
9 155 (20.42%) Agile
10 153 (20.16%) Migration
11 140 (18.45%) Data Architecture
12 139 (18.31%) Validation
13 137 (18.05%) AI
13 137 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
14 112 (14.76%) Decision-Making
15 108 (14.23%) Data Science
16 102 (13.44%) Data Migration
17 97 (12.78%) Data Integration
18 92 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
18 92 (12.12%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 543 (71.54%) SQL
2 382 (50.33%) Python
3 67 (8.83%) Java
4 49 (6.46%) C#
5 42 (5.53%) Scala
6 36 (4.74%) PL/SQL
7 35 (4.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 27 (3.56%) T-SQL
9 17 (2.24%) 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
2 110 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.85%) Degree
4 36 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.37%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.79%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.66%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.66%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.53%) PMP
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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
1 281 (37.02%) Data Quality
2 72 (9.49%) GDPR
3 62 (8.17%) 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%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.40%) NIST
10 2 (0.26%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.26%) EMIR
10 2 (0.26%) GMP
11 1 (0.13%) GRC
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
1 106 (13.97%) Terraform
2 53 (6.98%) 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
1 170 (22.40%) Databricks
2 151 (19.89%) Microsoft
3 79 (10.41%) Oracle
4 55 (7.25%) Informatica
5 36 (4.74%) Google
6 34 (4.48%) SAP
7 19 (2.50%) IBM
8 17 (2.24%) Workday
9 14 (1.84%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.84%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.71%) Talend
11 11 (1.45%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.19%) UiPath
13 8 (1.05%) Automation Anywhere
14 7 (0.92%) Denodo
14 7 (0.92%) Palantir
14 7 (0.92%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.79%) Avaloq
15 6 (0.79%) Foundry