ETL Contract Job Trends

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ETL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 88 84
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,685 930 985
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.14% 2.84% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.71% 3.14% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 626 703
10th Percentile £363 £358 £358
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year - -1.38% -5.67%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £469 £485
% change year-on-year +0.75% -3.30% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 6
10th Percentile £22.12 £34.70 £32.69
25th Percentile £30.21 £36.47 £36.56
Median hourly rate £34.49 £38.96 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.48% -16.22% -35.42%
75th Percentile £54.38 £53.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £69.22 £80.71 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.49 £62.50 £30.37
% change year-on-year -44.82% +105.80% -58.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,365 29,616 33,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.47% 85.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,789 18,444 20,998
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,884 1,758 1,700
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £13.87
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%
75th Percentile £67.99 £47.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +94.26% -46.75% +6.25%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ETL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ETL job vacancy trend in the UK

ETL
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL

ETL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ETL in the UK

ETL
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL

ETL
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ETL in the UK

ETL
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 August 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
England +10 1,487 £500 - 318
London +3 758 £525 - 154
UK excluding London +16 726 £473 +0.75% 232
Work from Home +17 528 £500 - 154
Midlands +17 247 £469 +1.41% 43
West Midlands +29 212 £469 -6.20% 35
North of England -1 179 £475 +5.91% 64
South East +16 147 £459 - 77
Yorkshire +1 79 £463 +9.47% 11
North West -9 77 £475 - 36
South West -31 61 £523 +11.76% 33
East of England +6 53 £475 -13.64% 7
Scotland -6 38 £450 +2.16% 3
East Midlands -17 34 £490 +13.10% 8
North East -21 24 £520 +18.86% 17
Wales -9 9 £313 -37.50% 6
Northern Ireland -4 3 £334 -34.83% 1

ETL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 131 (7.77%) Apache Airflow
2 130 (7.72%) Apache Spark
3 96 (5.70%) Apache
3 96 (5.70%) SAS
4 61 (3.62%) Confluence
5 29 (1.72%) SharePoint
6 26 (1.54%) Oracle Application Server
7 11 (0.65%) nginx
8 10 (0.59%) ArcGIS
8 10 (0.59%) Tomcat
9 9 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
10 7 (0.42%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.30%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.24%) PowerExchange
13 3 (0.18%) Camunda
13 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
14 2 (0.12%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.42%) Notepad++
4 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 18 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (0.59%) Aladdin
4 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.42%) Sage X3
6 7 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle 11i
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.24%) SAP MDG
8 4 (0.24%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.18%) Actimize
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.18%) SimCorp Dimension
10 2 (0.12%) Maximo
10 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 678 (40.24%) Azure
2 506 (30.03%) AWS
3 403 (23.92%) Power Platform
4 236 (14.01%) Azure Data Factory
5 227 (13.47%) Snowflake
6 223 (13.23%) GCP
7 150 (8.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 149 (8.84%) Azure DevOps
9 135 (8.01%) Amazon S3
9 135 (8.01%) Serverless
10 129 (7.66%) dbt
11 114 (6.77%) GitHub
12 109 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
13 60 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
14 45 (2.67%) Amazon EMR
15 41 (2.43%) Collibra
16 33 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 31 (1.84%) Power Automate
18 29 (1.72%) SaaS
19 27 (1.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.71%) Firewall
2 11 (0.65%) HTTP
3 8 (0.47%) VPN
4 7 (0.42%) PuTTY
4 7 (0.42%) WinSCP
5 3 (0.18%) BIG-IP
5 3 (0.18%) DHCP
5 3 (0.18%) DNS
5 3 (0.18%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.12%) Network Security
7 1 (0.059%) LTE
7 1 (0.059%) OpenFlow
7 1 (0.059%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 590 (35.01%) Data Warehouse
2 392 (23.26%) Power BI
3 266 (15.79%) Data Lake
4 163 (9.67%) Metadata
4 163 (9.67%) SQL Server
5 110 (6.53%) Relational Database
6 109 (6.47%) Amazon Redshift
7 97 (5.76%) BigQuery
8 93 (5.52%) Tableau
9 92 (5.46%) Delta Lake
9 92 (5.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 87 (5.16%) Big Data
11 74 (4.39%) NoSQL
11 74 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
12 69 (4.09%) Oracle Reports
13 66 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
14 65 (3.86%) Pentaho
15 58 (3.44%) Amazon Athena
16 57 (3.38%) Oracle Database
16 57 (3.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 179 (10.62%) Git
2 140 (8.31%) JIRA
3 98 (5.82%) GitLab
4 57 (3.38%) Jenkins
5 38 (2.26%) Zephyr
6 33 (1.96%) Postman
7 14 (0.83%) Selenium
8 11 (0.65%) MLflow
9 7 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.36%) Terragrunt
11 5 (0.30%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.30%) ER Studio
11 5 (0.30%) ERwin
11 5 (0.30%) Gatling
12 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.24%) Newman
12 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.18%) Flyway
13 3 (0.18%) NeoLoad
General
1 404 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 365 (21.66%) Finance
3 317 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 127 (7.54%) Banking
6 36 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 35 (2.08%) Retail
8 29 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (1.66%) Marketing
10 27 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 25 (1.48%) Legal
12 19 (1.13%) Financial Institution
12 19 (1.13%) Law
13 16 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 14 (0.83%) Front Office
15 12 (0.71%) Billing
15 12 (0.71%) Investment Banking
15 12 (0.71%) Police
16 11 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 652 (38.69%) Data Engineer
2 251 (14.90%) Developer
3 237 (14.07%) Architect
4 230 (13.65%) Senior
5 171 (10.15%) Lead
6 150 (8.90%) Senior Data Engineer
7 130 (7.72%) Data Architect
8 119 (7.06%) Analyst
9 67 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
10 60 (3.56%) Data Analyst
11 52 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
11 52 (3.09%) Azure Data Engineer
12 44 (2.61%) Snowflake Engineer
13 43 (2.55%) Tester
14 42 (2.49%) AWS Data Engineer
14 42 (2.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 39 (2.31%) Data Migration Lead
15 39 (2.31%) Oracle Developer
15 39 (2.31%) SQL Developer
16 38 (2.26%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (10.21%) PySpark
2 150 (8.90%) Terraform
3 140 (8.31%) Kafka
4 76 (4.51%) REST
5 58 (3.44%) JSON
6 45 (2.67%) .NET
7 33 (1.96%) Pandas
8 27 (1.60%) Middleware
8 27 (1.60%) XML
9 26 (1.54%) React
10 23 (1.36%) Spring
10 23 (1.36%) Spring Boot
11 17 (1.01%) YAML
12 14 (0.83%) OAuth
12 14 (0.83%) pytest
12 14 (0.83%) SOAP
13 13 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (0.77%) RESTful
14 11 (0.65%) HTML
14 11 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 161 (9.55%) Cloud Native
2 109 (6.47%) Data Structures
3 77 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.50%) Product Ownership
5 36 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (1.60%) NHS
7 23 (1.36%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.31%) AI Agents
8 22 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 22 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (1.31%) Reference Data
9 19 (1.13%) Clustering
10 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.07%) Replication
11 17 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
12 15 (0.89%) Data Fabric
13 13 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
15 10 (0.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 60 (3.56%) Linux
2 56 (3.32%) Unix
3 17 (1.01%) Windows
4 6 (0.36%) Solaris
5 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.12%) HPUX
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 797 (47.30%) Data Modelling
2 700 (41.54%) Data Pipeline
3 641 (38.04%) Analytics
4 526 (31.22%) Data Engineering
5 512 (30.39%) CI/CD
6 479 (28.43%) Business Intelligence
7 475 (28.19%) Agile
8 449 (26.65%) Migration
9 389 (23.09%) Data Integration
10 385 (22.85%) DevOps
11 354 (21.01%) Data Governance
12 323 (19.17%) Validation
13 299 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
14 278 (16.50%) AI
15 270 (16.02%) Data Migration
16 257 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
17 243 (14.42%) Data Architecture
18 236 (14.01%) Data Transformation
19 215 (12.76%) Test Automation
20 203 (12.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 1,119 (66.41%) SQL
2 645 (38.28%) Python
3 150 (8.90%) Java
4 87 (5.16%) PL/SQL
5 85 (5.04%) T-SQL
6 63 (3.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 51 (3.03%) C#
8 50 (2.97%) Scala
9 47 (2.79%) JavaScript
10 45 (2.67%) PowerShell
11 38 (2.26%) Shell Script
12 33 (1.96%) Bash
13 21 (1.25%) R
14 20 (1.19%) TypeScript
15 18 (1.07%) Bicep
16 9 (0.53%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.47%) Cypher
18 7 (0.42%) SPARQL
19 6 (0.36%) Perl
20 5 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 462 (27.42%) Security Cleared
2 389 (23.09%) SC Cleared
3 75 (4.45%) Degree
4 48 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (2.49%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 26 (1.54%) ISTQB
9 22 (1.31%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.59%) SnowPro
13 7 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.24%) CISM
14 4 (0.24%) CISSP
14 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.18%) CCSP
15 3 (0.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 602 (35.73%) Data Quality
2 135 (8.01%) QA
3 90 (5.34%) GDPR
4 39 (2.31%) GRC
5 26 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 13 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (0.59%) HL7
8 9 (0.53%) IFRS
9 8 (0.47%) PMO
9 8 (0.47%) SLA
9 8 (0.47%) Solvency II
9 8 (0.47%) WCAG
10 6 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.30%) FATCA
11 5 (0.30%) NIST
12 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.24%) GAAP
12 4 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 117 (6.94%) Docker
2 16 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.12%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.12%) HDFS
6 1 (0.059%) RACF
6 1 (0.059%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 117 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.26%) Grafana
3 18 (1.07%) Ansible
4 16 (0.95%) Control-M
5 11 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) HP ALM
7 5 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.12%) Foglight
8 2 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.059%) Argo
9 1 (0.059%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.059%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.059%) Istio
9 1 (0.059%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.059%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.059%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 357 (21.19%) Databricks
2 323 (19.17%) Oracle
3 298 (17.69%) Microsoft
4 147 (8.72%) Informatica
5 114 (6.77%) Talend
6 76 (4.51%) Google
7 75 (4.45%) SAP
8 57 (3.38%) Denodo
9 49 (2.91%) IBM
10 36 (2.14%) ServiceNow
11 34 (2.02%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.72%) Alteryx
13 20 (1.19%) Palantir
14 15 (0.89%) Foundry
14 15 (0.89%) Teradata
15 13 (0.77%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.77%) Sage
16 12 (0.71%) Workday
17 11 (0.65%) Cloudera
17 11 (0.65%) MuleSoft