ETL Developer Contracts

ETL Developer
UK

The median ETL Developer daily rate in the UK is £351, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 557 671
Rank change year-on-year +44 +114 +94
Contract jobs requiring an ETL Developer 7 25 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.057% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.062% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 36
10th Percentile £257 £400 £403
25th Percentile £268 £440 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 £506 £443
Median % change year-on-year -30.67% +14.41% -15.71%
75th Percentile £450 £620 £508
90th Percentile £465 £660 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £285 £400 £463
% change year-on-year -28.75% -13.51% -2.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

ETL Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured ETL Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ETL Developer in the UK

ETL Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ETL Developer.

Daily rate trend for ETL Developer in the UK

ETL Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ETL Developer in the UK

ETL Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ETL Developer.

Hourly rate trend for ETL Developer in the UK

ETL Developer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ETL Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +62 5 £285 -28.75% 5
England +39 5 £450 -11.11% 5
Work from Home +33 3 £285 -43.00% 5
London +23 2 £450 -14.29% 1
South West +45 1 - -
Midlands +22 1 - - 4
North West +17 1 £351 -
North of England +17 1 £351 -
West Midlands +14 1 - - 3
Scotland - 1 £285 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £250 - 1

ETL Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, ETL Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring ETL Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) ETL
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Python
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) ETL Development
4 2 (28.57%) Data Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Git
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Java
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
5 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) Informatica
5 1 (14.29%) ProC
5 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 1 (14.29%) .NET
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (14.29%) PVCS
5 1 (14.29%) Unix
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms

ETL Developer Skill Set
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 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) Matillion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Big Data
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (14.29%) PVCS
2 1 (14.29%) Subversion
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) Java EE
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ETL
2 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (28.57%) Data Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) ETL Development
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (14.29%) ProC
4 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Informatica
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle