ETL Contracts in the UK excluding London

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ETL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ETL over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 133 112
Rank change year-on-year +48 -21 -6
Contract jobs citing ETL 366 336 524
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.84% 1.66% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 1.96% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 262 376
10th Percentile £313 £356 £361
25th Percentile £400 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £504 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -3.54% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 10
10th Percentile £50.11 £22.93 £33.75
25th Percentile £65.61 £24.74 £35.00
Median hourly rate £85.20 £30.37 £43.13
Median % change year-on-year +180.52% -29.58% +7.81%
75th Percentile £101.14 £31.81 £71.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £32.67 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £48.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.25% -11.82% +20.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,649 17,108 20,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.51% 84.43% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 10,200 14,248
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,053 1,261
10th Percentile £14.10 £12.31 £10.75
25th Percentile £17.26 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.66 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.71
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ETL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ETL in the UK excluding London

ETL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ETL in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ETL in the UK excluding London

ETL
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ETL in the UK excluding London

ETL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ETL in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ETL in the UK excluding London

ETL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ETL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ETL in the UK excluding London

ETL
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
North of England +10 109 £463 -9.31% 118
North West -3 67 £475 -9.52% 68
Midlands +5 62 £475 +5.56% 94
South East +58 60 £517 +8.27% 214
Scotland +27 54 £425 -14.49% 36
South West +49 51 £475 -9.52% 65
West Midlands -4 39 £513 +20.59% 62
Yorkshire +14 34 £415 -17.00% 32
East of England +36 25 £500 -4.76% 22
East Midlands +14 21 £420 -11.58% 27
North East +3 9 £435 +26.09% 20
Wales +5 6 £380 -15.56% 7
Northern Ireland -6 4 £500 +25.00% 16
ETL
UK

ETL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (7.65%) Apache Spark
2 25 (6.83%) Apache Airflow
3 24 (6.56%) Apache
4 19 (5.19%) Confluence
5 10 (2.73%) SAS
6 5 (1.37%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.55%) CICS
7 2 (0.55%) nginx
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.27%) Luigi
8 1 (0.27%) Mule
Applications
1 11 (3.01%) MS Visio
2 10 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.46%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.37%) SAP PM
4 3 (0.82%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.55%) Maximo
5 2 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.27%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.27%) Shopify
6 1 (0.27%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 117 (31.97%) Azure
2 113 (30.87%) AWS
3 61 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 52 (14.21%) GCP
5 41 (11.20%) Snowflake
6 35 (9.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (7.65%) Serverless
8 27 (7.38%) Amazon S3
9 26 (7.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (6.01%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (4.64%) dbt
13 16 (4.37%) GitHub
14 9 (2.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (2.19%) Azure API Management
15 8 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (2.19%) Matillion
16 7 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.55%) Firewall
2 1 (0.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (35.79%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (16.67%) Power BI
3 36 (9.84%) Relational Database
3 36 (9.84%) SQL Server
4 34 (9.29%) Big Data
5 33 (9.02%) Hadoop
6 27 (7.38%) Oracle Database
7 25 (6.83%) Data Lake
7 25 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (6.56%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (6.01%) Metadata
10 20 (5.46%) NoSQL
11 19 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 18 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (4.92%) Tableau
13 15 (4.10%) BigQuery
13 15 (4.10%) MySQL
14 11 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (3.01%) Apache Hive
14 11 (3.01%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 28 (7.65%) JIRA
2 23 (6.28%) Git
3 11 (3.01%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.73%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (2.46%) PVCS
5 9 (2.46%) Subversion
6 8 (2.19%) ERwin
6 8 (2.19%) GitLab
7 6 (1.64%) ER Studio
8 4 (1.09%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.82%) Selenium
10 2 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.55%) SOAtest
10 2 (0.55%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.55%) TestRail
11 1 (0.27%) Flyway
11 1 (0.27%) Liquibase
11 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 142 (38.80%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.95%) Finance
3 64 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.92%) Banking
5 28 (7.65%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.28%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.28%) Marketing
7 9 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.19%) Legal
9 7 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.37%) Retail
11 4 (1.09%) Automotive
11 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.82%) Billing
12 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.82%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (29.23%) Data Engineer
2 60 (16.39%) Developer
3 46 (12.57%) Analyst
4 43 (11.75%) Architect
5 36 (9.84%) Senior
6 29 (7.92%) Data Analyst
7 26 (7.10%) Data Architect
7 26 (7.10%) Lead
8 22 (6.01%) Senior Data Engineer
9 15 (4.10%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.83%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.55%) Migration Engineer
12 12 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.01%) Data Migration Engineer
13 11 (3.01%) Data Modeller
13 11 (3.01%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 11 (3.01%) Snowflake Engineer
14 10 (2.73%) Consultant
14 10 (2.73%) Oracle Developer
15 9 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.20%) Kafka
2 27 (7.38%) PySpark
3 12 (3.28%) REST
4 10 (2.73%) OAuth
5 9 (2.46%) Java EE
6 8 (2.19%) .NET
6 8 (2.19%) RESTful
6 8 (2.19%) Web Services
7 5 (1.37%) JSON
7 5 (1.37%) SAML
7 5 (1.37%) YAML
8 4 (1.09%) Apache NiFi
8 4 (1.09%) OAuth2
8 4 (1.09%) OpenID
8 4 (1.09%) SOAP
8 4 (1.09%) XML
9 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.82%) Keycloak
9 3 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.82%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.74%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (6.01%) Data Structures
3 8 (2.19%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.19%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.91%) IoT
4 7 (1.91%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.37%) SCADA
7 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.82%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.82%) NHS
8 3 (0.82%) Replication
9 2 (0.55%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.55%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.55%) Mobile Payment
9 2 (0.55%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.91%) Linux
1 7 (1.91%) Unix
2 3 (0.82%) Windows
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (35.79%) Data Modelling
2 114 (31.15%) Analytics
3 110 (30.05%) Problem-Solving
4 102 (27.87%) Migration
5 101 (27.60%) Data Pipeline
6 81 (22.13%) Data Migration
7 79 (21.58%) Business Intelligence
8 75 (20.49%) Data Governance
9 71 (19.40%) Data Engineering
10 66 (18.03%) CI/CD
10 66 (18.03%) Data Integration
11 64 (17.49%) Agile
12 50 (13.66%) Visualisation
13 46 (12.57%) DevOps
13 46 (12.57%) Validation
14 43 (11.75%) Data Management
15 41 (11.20%) Data Transformation
16 36 (9.84%) Data Mapping
16 36 (9.84%) Data Security
17 35 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 235 (64.21%) SQL
2 127 (34.70%) Python
3 34 (9.29%) Java
4 25 (6.83%) PL/SQL
5 18 (4.92%) Scala
6 14 (3.83%) R
7 10 (2.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (2.46%) C
8 9 (2.46%) ProC
8 9 (2.46%) T-SQL
9 8 (2.19%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.64%) C#
10 6 (1.64%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.37%) Bash
11 5 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.09%) SPARQL
13 3 (0.82%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.55%) JCL
14 2 (0.55%) REXX
Qualifications
1 45 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 31 (8.47%) Degree
3 22 (6.01%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.83%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.64%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
9 1 (0.27%) CITP
9 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (24.86%) Data Quality
2 29 (7.92%) QA
3 18 (4.92%) GDPR
4 5 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (1.37%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) Basel III
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.27%) PMO
6 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (4.92%) Docker
2 5 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.27%) HDFS
4 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (7.92%) Terraform
2 21 (5.74%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.64%) Grafana
4 4 (1.09%) Ansible
5 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.55%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.27%) Control-M
7 1 (0.27%) Kibana
7 1 (0.27%) logstash
7 1 (0.27%) Perfmon
7 1 (0.27%) SCOM
7 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (14.48%) Oracle
2 50 (13.66%) Microsoft
3 49 (13.39%) Databricks
4 26 (7.10%) Google
4 26 (7.10%) SAP
5 25 (6.83%) Informatica
6 10 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.46%) Adobe
7 9 (2.46%) Teradata
8 7 (1.91%) Alteryx
8 7 (1.91%) Talend
9 6 (1.64%) IBM
9 6 (1.64%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.37%) Ab Initio
11 4 (1.09%) IDERA
11 4 (1.09%) StreamSets
12 3 (0.82%) Splunk
12 3 (0.82%) UiPath
13 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.55%) VMware