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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 74 65
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +19
Contract jobs citing ETL 755 481 560
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.80% 3.54% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 3.84% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 559 340 405
10th Percentile £366 £402 £385
25th Percentile £438 £455 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £657 £661
90th Percentile £712 £750 £763
England median daily rate £500 £505 £511
% change year-on-year -0.89% -1.32% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - £39.25 -
25th Percentile - £44.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.53% -34.62%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £51.75
90th Percentile - £71.25 -
England median hourly rate £35.86 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -31.70% +50.00% -48.15%

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 17,688 12,531 14,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.21% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,675 8,382 10,562
10th Percentile £363 £329 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 239 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.13
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -11.76% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £53.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -8.32%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +8 83 £538 -4.02% 25
West London +4 27 £523 +2.05% 5
South London -3 11 £463 +1.09% 1
East London +3 4 £450 -33.33% 3
North London -2 1 £495 -
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 (11.39%) Apache Spark
2 85 (11.26%) Apache Airflow
3 60 (7.95%) Apache
4 39 (5.17%) SAS
5 14 (1.85%) Confluence
6 12 (1.59%) SharePoint
7 9 (1.19%) nginx
7 9 (1.19%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.93%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.66%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.53%) Appian
10 4 (0.53%) Camunda
11 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.26%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
13 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.13%) Luigi
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (3.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.06%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.66%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.66%) SAP MDG
4 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.40%) Actimize
5 3 (0.40%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.26%) Maximo
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.26%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.13%) iTrent
7 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.13%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.13%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 324 (42.91%) Azure
2 236 (31.26%) AWS
3 190 (25.17%) Power Platform
4 110 (14.57%) GCP
5 108 (14.30%) Snowflake
6 97 (12.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 86 (11.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 85 (11.26%) Azure DevOps
9 79 (10.46%) dbt
10 78 (10.33%) Amazon S3
11 63 (8.34%) Serverless
12 56 (7.42%) GitHub
13 52 (6.89%) AWS Lambda
14 38 (5.03%) Collibra
15 25 (3.31%) Amazon EMR
15 25 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
17 17 (2.25%) Dagster
18 16 (2.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 15 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.93%) HTTP
2 5 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.40%) VPN
4 1 (0.13%) 4G
4 1 (0.13%) 5G
4 1 (0.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (31.79%) Data Warehouse
2 176 (23.31%) Power BI
3 140 (18.54%) Data Lake
4 75 (9.93%) Metadata
5 74 (9.80%) SQL Server
6 61 (8.08%) Tableau
7 58 (7.68%) Delta Lake
8 51 (6.75%) BigQuery
9 49 (6.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 48 (6.36%) Big Data
11 45 (5.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 44 (5.83%) Snowflake Schema
13 43 (5.70%) Relational Database
14 36 (4.77%) NoSQL
15 35 (4.64%) Amazon Athena
16 32 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
17 30 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
17 30 (3.97%) Star Schema
18 21 (2.78%) Oracle Database
19 20 (2.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 64 (8.48%) Git
2 38 (5.03%) JIRA
3 18 (2.38%) GitLab
4 13 (1.72%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.19%) MLflow
6 4 (0.53%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.53%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) LSMW
7 3 (0.40%) Postman
7 3 (0.40%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.26%) ERwin
8 2 (0.26%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.13%) Ant
9 1 (0.13%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.13%) JUnit
9 1 (0.13%) Maven
9 1 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 273 (36.16%) Finance
2 179 (23.71%) Social Skills
3 149 (19.74%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (10.99%) Banking
5 73 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 23 (3.05%) Marketing
7 16 (2.12%) Telecoms
8 13 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 10 (1.32%) Front Office
9 10 (1.32%) Legal
10 9 (1.19%) Retail
11 8 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.66%) Games
12 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.53%) Billing
13 4 (0.53%) Law
13 4 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 299 (39.60%) Data Engineer
2 111 (14.70%) Architect
3 104 (13.77%) Senior
4 89 (11.79%) Developer
4 89 (11.79%) Lead
5 71 (9.40%) Analyst
6 69 (9.14%) Senior Data Engineer
7 46 (6.09%) Data Architect
8 42 (5.56%) Data Analyst
9 25 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
9 25 (3.31%) Snowflake Engineer
10 24 (3.18%) Lead Data Engineer
10 24 (3.18%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 23 (3.05%) Azure Data Engineer
12 22 (2.91%) AWS Engineer
12 22 (2.91%) Python Engineer
13 20 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
14 18 (2.38%) AWS Data Engineer
14 18 (2.38%) Integration Engineer
14 18 (2.38%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (12.85%) PySpark
2 68 (9.01%) Kafka
3 40 (5.30%) REST
4 30 (3.97%) JSON
5 25 (3.31%) Pandas
6 23 (3.05%) .NET
6 23 (3.05%) Middleware
7 15 (1.99%) Web Services
8 14 (1.85%) Spring
8 14 (1.85%) XML
9 13 (1.72%) Great Expectations
10 12 (1.59%) NumPy
11 11 (1.46%) OAuth
11 11 (1.46%) PyTorch
11 11 (1.46%) React
11 11 (1.46%) Spring Boot
12 10 (1.32%) HTML
12 10 (1.32%) TensorFlow
12 10 (1.32%) YAML
13 8 (1.06%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.86%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.28%) Data Structures
3 49 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
4 32 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 28 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (2.52%) Distributed Computing
8 14 (1.85%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.85%) Reference Data
9 12 (1.59%) Clustering
9 12 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.59%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.19%) NHS
10 9 (1.19%) Replication
10 9 (1.19%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.93%) IoT
11 7 (0.93%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (2.78%) Linux
2 13 (1.72%) Windows
3 7 (0.93%) Solaris
3 7 (0.93%) Unix
3 7 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (47.68%) Data Modelling
2 314 (41.59%) Data Pipeline
3 303 (40.13%) Analytics
4 280 (37.09%) Data Engineering
5 235 (31.13%) CI/CD
6 205 (27.15%) Business Intelligence
7 194 (25.70%) Agile
8 192 (25.43%) DevOps
9 185 (24.50%) Data Governance
10 173 (22.91%) Migration
11 149 (19.74%) Validation
12 146 (19.34%) AI
13 130 (17.22%) Data Architecture
13 130 (17.22%) Data Integration
14 129 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
15 114 (15.10%) Decision-Making
16 105 (13.91%) Data Transformation
17 99 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
18 94 (12.45%) Data Migration
19 85 (11.26%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 509 (67.42%) SQL
2 363 (48.08%) Python
3 83 (10.99%) Java
4 40 (5.30%) C#
5 38 (5.03%) Scala
6 36 (4.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 34 (4.50%) T-SQL
8 32 (4.24%) PL/SQL
9 25 (3.31%) JavaScript
10 18 (2.38%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.85%) R
12 13 (1.72%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.32%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.93%) Bash
14 7 (0.93%) SAS Macro
15 6 (0.79%) Bicep
16 5 (0.66%) Cypher
16 5 (0.66%) SPARQL
17 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.40%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 154 (20.40%) Security Cleared
2 130 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 44 (5.83%) Degree
4 27 (3.58%) Azure Certification
5 25 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (1.99%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.79%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.53%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.26%) CISA
13 2 (0.26%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
14 1 (0.13%) CISM
14 1 (0.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (35.23%) Data Quality
2 65 (8.61%) QA
3 54 (7.15%) GDPR
4 20 (2.65%) GRC
5 12 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.46%) PMO
7 9 (1.19%) IFRS
8 8 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.93%) Solvency II
10 4 (0.53%) GAAP
10 4 (0.53%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.40%) GMP
12 2 (0.26%) IFRS 9
13 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) HL7
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 1 (0.13%) SEPA
13 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 52 (6.89%) Docker
2 4 (0.53%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
3 1 (0.13%) RACF
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 86 (11.39%) Terraform
2 60 (7.95%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.93%) Grafana
4 5 (0.66%) Ansible
4 5 (0.66%) Control-M
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 154 (20.40%) Databricks
2 139 (18.41%) Microsoft
3 102 (13.51%) Oracle
4 49 (6.49%) Informatica
5 40 (5.30%) Google
6 25 (3.31%) SAP
7 21 (2.78%) IBM
8 15 (1.99%) Talend
9 14 (1.85%) Alteryx
10 13 (1.72%) Palantir
10 13 (1.72%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.19%) Bloomberg
11 9 (1.19%) Foundry
11 9 (1.19%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.06%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.06%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.06%) Workday
13 7 (0.93%) Refinitiv
14 6 (0.79%) Denodo
14 6 (0.79%) ServiceNow