Data Integration Contracts

Data Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Integration over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 198 280
Rank change year-on-year +26 +82 -3
Contract jobs citing Data Integration 470 513 586
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.60% 1.18% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.37% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 379 446
10th Percentile £364 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £622 £706 £663
90th Percentile £708 £813 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £29.98 £46.35 £19.60
25th Percentile £37.07 £46.50 £20.44
Median hourly rate £51.06 £48.50 £23.97
Median % change year-on-year +5.28% +102.34% -31.51%
75th Percentile £65.37 £59.50 £39.81
90th Percentile £72.65 £65.05 £70.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.13 £57.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -52.83% +109.09% -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Integration 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,635 37,480 53,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.90% 86.37% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,151 24,166 36,804
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,086 2,447 1,751
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%
75th Percentile £61.28 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%

Data Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Integration.

Daily rate trend for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Integration over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Integration.

Hourly rate trend for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Integration over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Integration within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +28 413 £525 -4.55% 532
London +24 252 £544 -13.00% 271
UK excluding London +40 160 £500 - 335
Work from Home +14 160 £475 -5.00% 315
Midlands +25 42 £500 -2.44% 58
South East +37 40 £550 +10.00% 123
North of England +1 33 £535 +12.63% 68
West Midlands +18 30 £498 -12.72% 32
North West +5 24 £545 +6.34% 30
South West +38 21 £475 +15.15% 32
Scotland +20 16 £449 -4.27% 18
East Midlands +14 11 £498 +0.91% 22
Yorkshire +9 7 £475 - 31
East of England +23 6 £550 +4.76% 31
Wales - 4 £206 - 7
North East -2 2 - - 7

Data Integration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (4.26%) Apache Spark
4 19 (4.04%) Apache
5 15 (3.19%) Confluence
6 8 (1.70%) SAS
7 6 (1.28%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Luigi
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.06%) Aladdin
4 4 (0.85%) Maximo
4 4 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.64%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.43%) Actimize
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.43%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.21%) SAP Bank Analyzer
7 1 (0.21%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.21%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 191 (40.64%) Azure
2 113 (24.04%) AWS
3 111 (23.62%) Power Platform
4 62 (13.19%) GCP
5 61 (12.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 35 (7.45%) Snowflake
7 32 (6.81%) Serverless
8 26 (5.53%) Amazon S3
9 22 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (4.68%) Power Automate
10 20 (4.26%) Azure Machine Learning
10 20 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (3.62%) dbt
12 16 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (3.40%) PowerApps
13 14 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (2.55%) Amazon EMR
15 11 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (2.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.49%) Firewall
2 4 (0.85%) VPN
3 3 (0.64%) SMS
4 2 (0.43%) Broadband
4 2 (0.43%) HTTP
4 2 (0.43%) MQTT
4 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.21%) 5G
5 1 (0.21%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.21%) FTP
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
5 1 (0.21%) J1939
5 1 (0.21%) MPLS
5 1 (0.21%) VoIP
5 1 (0.21%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.21%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (24.26%) Data Warehouse
2 95 (20.21%) Power BI
3 70 (14.89%) Data Lake
4 38 (8.09%) SQL Server
5 36 (7.66%) Metadata
5 36 (7.66%) Tableau
6 27 (5.74%) NoSQL
7 24 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (4.68%) Big Data
8 22 (4.68%) BigQuery
8 22 (4.68%) Relational Database
9 19 (4.04%) Neo4j
10 16 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (3.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
14 12 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (2.13%) Hadoop
16 9 (1.91%) Oracle Reports
17 8 (1.70%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (4.04%) GitLab
2 18 (3.83%) JIRA
3 9 (1.91%) Git
4 8 (1.70%) ERwin
5 6 (1.28%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.43%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.43%) MagicDraw
6 2 (0.43%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.21%) MLflow
7 1 (0.21%) Postman
7 1 (0.21%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 142 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 102 (21.70%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (19.15%) Finance
4 48 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.74%) Banking
6 20 (4.26%) Marketing
7 15 (3.19%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.98%) Retail
9 10 (2.13%) Legal
10 9 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.91%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.70%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.28%) Billing
12 6 (1.28%) Local Government
13 5 (1.06%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.85%) Front Office
14 4 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (24.47%) Architect
2 101 (21.49%) Data Engineer
3 65 (13.83%) Developer
4 62 (13.19%) Analyst
5 51 (10.85%) Data Architect
6 44 (9.36%) Data Analyst
7 40 (8.51%) Lead
8 39 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (7.02%) Consultant
10 24 (5.11%) Azure Engineer
10 24 (5.11%) Business Analyst
10 24 (5.11%) Senior
11 17 (3.62%) Azure Data Engineer
12 13 (2.77%) Data Business Analyst
13 10 (2.13%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.13%) Senior Data Engineer
13 10 (2.13%) Snowflake Developer
14 9 (1.91%) Technical Analyst
15 8 (1.70%) Lead Architect
15 8 (1.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.17%) Kafka
2 24 (5.11%) React
3 21 (4.47%) REST
4 19 (4.04%) Plotly
4 19 (4.04%) PySpark
5 15 (3.19%) .NET
6 9 (1.91%) Middleware
6 9 (1.91%) RESTful
6 9 (1.91%) SOAP
6 9 (1.91%) Web Services
7 7 (1.49%) XML
8 6 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
8 6 (1.28%) AWS CDK
8 6 (1.28%) FHIR
8 6 (1.28%) Node.js
9 5 (1.06%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.06%) JSON
9 5 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.06%) PostGIS
10 3 (0.64%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.17%) Data Structures
2 19 (4.04%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.06%) Clustering
8 5 (1.06%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.85%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.85%) NHS
10 3 (0.64%) CMDB
10 3 (0.64%) Life Science
10 3 (0.64%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.64%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.64%) Replication
10 3 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.43%) Linux
1 2 (0.43%) Unix
1 2 (0.43%) Windows
1 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (36.60%) Data Modelling
2 162 (34.47%) ETL
3 145 (30.85%) Analytics
4 127 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (24.89%) Business Intelligence
6 113 (24.04%) Data Governance
7 112 (23.83%) Migration
8 99 (21.06%) Agile
8 99 (21.06%) Data Pipeline
9 87 (18.51%) Data Migration
10 82 (17.45%) Visualisation
11 80 (17.02%) Data Engineering
12 68 (14.47%) Data Architecture
13 67 (14.26%) Data Management
13 67 (14.26%) Decision-Making
13 67 (14.26%) DevOps
14 63 (13.40%) Data Visualisation
15 60 (12.77%) Data Analysis
16 54 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
17 53 (11.28%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 176 (37.45%) SQL
2 117 (24.89%) Python
3 31 (6.60%) Java
4 27 (5.74%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.26%) T-SQL
6 17 (3.62%) C#
7 13 (2.77%) Scala
8 12 (2.55%) R
9 9 (1.91%) Bash
9 9 (1.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.28%) VBA
12 5 (1.06%) Bicep
12 5 (1.06%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.64%) ABAP
13 3 (0.64%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.64%) C++
13 3 (0.64%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.43%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 62 (13.19%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.79%) Degree
4 17 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.98%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.70%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.70%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.06%) PMP
9 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.85%) CCNP
9 4 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.64%) CCNA
11 2 (0.43%) MCPD
11 2 (0.43%) MCSD
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (20.21%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.26%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.83%) GDPR
4 17 (3.62%) QA
5 5 (1.06%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.64%) HL7
6 3 (0.64%) IFRS
6 3 (0.64%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) GAAP
8 1 (0.21%) GxP
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (6.81%) Docker
2 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) NFS
3 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.40%) Terraform
3 8 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.64%) Ansible
4 3 (0.64%) Grafana
4 3 (0.64%) Kibana
5 2 (0.43%) HP Data Protector
5 2 (0.43%) MOM
5 2 (0.43%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.21%) Perfmon
6 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.21%) SCOM
6 1 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 86 (18.30%) Microsoft
2 69 (14.68%) Databricks
3 47 (10.00%) SAP
4 35 (7.45%) Google
4 35 (7.45%) Oracle
5 24 (5.11%) Informatica
6 23 (4.89%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.40%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.55%) Ariba
9 10 (2.13%) Talend
10 7 (1.49%) Palantir
11 6 (1.28%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.28%) Virgin Media
12 5 (1.06%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.85%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.85%) Teradata
13 4 (0.85%) VMware
14 3 (0.64%) Charles River
14 3 (0.64%) Fortinet
14 3 (0.64%) Infoblox