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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 79 104
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 -6
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,047 1,033 1,072
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.90% 2.83% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 3.25% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 684 820
10th Percentile £360 £356 £380
25th Percentile £413 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £594 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £491 £525
% change year-on-year +1.43% -6.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 16
10th Percentile £32.50 - £44.64
25th Percentile £35.44 £26.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £42.50 £61.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -31.17% +71.53%
75th Percentile £66.88 £60.75 £72.00
90th Percentile £82.23 £100.93 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £27.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year +170.04% -45.57% +44.36%

All Process and 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 32,184 31,740 40,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.29% 87.07% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,215 19,128 27,258
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,084 1,140 1,567
10th Percentile £14.56 £15.22 £14.32
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.04 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -23.87% -24.65% +25.26%
75th Percentile £45.53 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.69% -26.97% +39.06%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ETL in the UK

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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 29 November 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 -11 909 £500 -2.44% 334
London +2 542 £525 - 183
UK excluding London -15 381 £498 +1.43% 297
Work from Home -20 334 £525 +5.00% 206
Midlands -9 121 £515 +8.42% 41
North of England -42 99 £438 -2.78% 34
West Midlands -6 92 £520 +7.83% 28
North West -13 57 £406 -7.14% 23
South West +15 50 £525 -8.70% 32
South East -35 40 £445 -19.09% 143
Scotland +22 39 £500 +10.99% 23
Yorkshire -36 35 £475 +5.56% 7
East Midlands 0 29 £435 +14.47% 13
East of England -10 23 £550 +7.32% 20
Northern Ireland +9 13 £400 -23.81% 1
Wales -2 10 £498 -6.13% 7
North East -9 6 £450 -5.26% 5

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
1 107 (10.22%) Apache Airflow
2 103 (9.84%) Apache Spark
3 78 (7.45%) Apache
4 49 (4.68%) SAS
5 13 (1.24%) SharePoint
6 10 (0.96%) Confluence
7 8 (0.76%) Oracle Application Server
8 5 (0.48%) IIS
9 4 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.38%) Luigi
10 3 (0.29%) nginx
10 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.19%) CMS
12 1 (0.096%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.096%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.096%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.096%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.096%) Moodle
12 1 (0.096%) Tomcat
Applications
1 62 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.096%) Maple
6 1 (0.096%) SPSS
6 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.67%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.67%) SAP HR
3 6 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.57%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.38%) Maximo
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.19%) Actimize
7 2 (0.19%) Eagle PACE
7 2 (0.19%) HFM
7 2 (0.19%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 406 (38.78%) Azure
2 354 (33.81%) AWS
3 215 (20.53%) Power Platform
4 169 (16.14%) GCP
5 160 (15.28%) Snowflake
6 149 (14.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 114 (10.89%) Amazon S3
8 101 (9.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 91 (8.69%) Serverless
10 71 (6.78%) dbt
11 67 (6.40%) AWS Lambda
12 63 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
13 57 (5.44%) GitHub
14 31 (2.96%) Amazon EMR
14 31 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
15 29 (2.77%) SaaS
16 23 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
19 20 (1.91%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.57%) 2G
1 6 (0.57%) 5G
1 6 (0.57%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.48%) 4G
3 4 (0.38%) DNS
4 3 (0.29%) SSH
4 3 (0.29%) SSL
4 3 (0.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.19%) BGP
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.19%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.19%) HTTP
5 2 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.19%) Internet
5 2 (0.19%) OSPF
5 2 (0.19%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.096%) DSL
6 1 (0.096%) FabricPath
6 1 (0.096%) Firewall
6 1 (0.096%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (32.19%) Data Warehouse
2 202 (19.29%) Power BI
3 140 (13.37%) Data Lake
4 112 (10.70%) SQL Server
5 95 (9.07%) Relational Database
6 89 (8.50%) Metadata
7 83 (7.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 80 (7.64%) Big Data
9 78 (7.45%) BigQuery
10 76 (7.26%) PostgreSQL
11 68 (6.49%) Tableau
12 64 (6.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 63 (6.02%) NoSQL
14 49 (4.68%) Pentaho
15 48 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
16 42 (4.01%) Hadoop
17 41 (3.92%) Delta Lake
18 39 (3.72%) Snowflake Schema
19 36 (3.44%) Oracle Database
20 32 (3.06%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 121 (11.56%) Git
2 67 (6.40%) JIRA
3 61 (5.83%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.20%) GitLab
5 18 (1.72%) ERwin
6 13 (1.24%) MLflow
6 13 (1.24%) Postman
7 9 (0.86%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.76%) DBeaver
9 7 (0.67%) Selenium
9 7 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.48%) JMeter
12 4 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
12 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.38%) Toad
12 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.29%) Poetry
13 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 312 (29.80%) Social Skills
2 258 (24.64%) Finance
3 198 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (8.79%) Public Sector
5 70 (6.69%) Banking
6 22 (2.10%) Retail
7 18 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (1.72%) Telecoms
8 15 (1.43%) Marketing
9 14 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.15%) Legal
11 12 (1.15%) Local Government
12 11 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (0.96%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.67%) Front Office
15 7 (0.67%) Law
15 7 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 349 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 159 (15.19%) Developer
3 125 (11.94%) Architect
4 118 (11.27%) Senior
5 115 (10.98%) Analyst
6 97 (9.26%) Lead
7 71 (6.78%) Data Analyst
8 70 (6.69%) Data Architect
9 61 (5.83%) Senior Data Engineer
10 46 (4.39%) Azure Engineer
11 41 (3.92%) Azure Data Engineer
12 36 (3.44%) Consultant
13 34 (3.25%) AWS Engineer
14 33 (3.15%) Business Analyst
15 30 (2.87%) Python Engineer
16 27 (2.58%) AWS Data Engineer
17 26 (2.48%) Senior Developer
18 24 (2.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 24 (2.29%) Snowflake Engineer
19 20 (1.91%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (10.12%) PySpark
2 85 (8.12%) Kafka
3 52 (4.97%) REST
4 43 (4.11%) XML
5 40 (3.82%) JSON
6 32 (3.06%) Node.js
7 29 (2.77%) Pandas
8 25 (2.39%) RESTful
9 23 (2.20%) NumPy
10 19 (1.81%) OAuth
11 17 (1.62%) React
11 17 (1.62%) SOAP
12 14 (1.34%) .NET
13 13 (1.24%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.24%) PyTorch
14 12 (1.15%) AngularJS
14 12 (1.15%) Middleware
15 11 (1.05%) Oracle GoldenGate
16 10 (0.96%) AWS CDK
16 10 (0.96%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.97%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.49%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (2.58%) Algorithms
5 24 (2.29%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.53%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.53%) Replication
9 15 (1.43%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.34%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.05%) IoT
13 11 (1.05%) NHS
14 9 (0.86%) Reinsurance
14 9 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.20%) Linux
2 19 (1.81%) Unix
3 16 (1.53%) Windows
4 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.096%) Solaris
6 1 (0.096%) VMS
6 1 (0.096%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.096%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 469 (44.79%) Data Modelling
2 401 (38.30%) Data Pipeline
3 393 (37.54%) Analytics
4 303 (28.94%) Business Intelligence
5 292 (27.89%) Data Engineering
6 279 (26.65%) CI/CD
7 268 (25.60%) Agile
8 254 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
9 245 (23.40%) Data Governance
10 228 (21.78%) Migration
11 227 (21.68%) DevOps
12 209 (19.96%) Data Integration
13 156 (14.90%) Data Migration
14 155 (14.80%) Data Architecture
15 142 (13.56%) Validation
16 137 (13.09%) Data Transformation
17 129 (12.32%) Visualisation
18 124 (11.84%) Data Science
19 112 (10.70%) Machine Learning
20 102 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 669 (63.90%) SQL
2 521 (49.76%) Python
3 89 (8.50%) Java
4 50 (4.78%) Scala
5 43 (4.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 38 (3.63%) C#
7 37 (3.53%) T-SQL
8 32 (3.06%) PL/SQL
9 30 (2.87%) JavaScript
10 29 (2.77%) PowerShell
11 19 (1.81%) R
12 18 (1.72%) Bash
13 17 (1.62%) VBA
14 16 (1.53%) PHP
15 15 (1.43%) TypeScript
16 14 (1.34%) Go
16 14 (1.34%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.86%) Perl
18 7 (0.67%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.67%) Korn
Qualifications
1 173 (16.52%) Security Cleared
2 133 (12.70%) SC Cleared
3 73 (6.97%) Degree
4 42 (4.01%) Azure Certification
5 41 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.53%) AWS Certification
7 20 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 17 (1.62%) Master's Degree
9 13 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.57%) PMP
13 5 (0.48%) SnowPro
14 3 (0.29%) CISSP
14 3 (0.29%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.19%) MCP
15 2 (0.19%) MCSE
16 1 (0.096%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 325 (31.04%) Data Quality
2 78 (7.45%) QA
3 76 (7.26%) GDPR
4 32 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.96%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.48%) IFRS
6 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (0.48%) WCAG
7 4 (0.38%) SLA
8 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.29%) HL7
8 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.29%) MiFID
8 3 (0.29%) PMO
9 2 (0.19%) CRD IV
9 2 (0.19%) EMIR
9 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 115 (10.98%) Docker
2 6 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.48%) zsh
4 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.19%) KVM
5 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.096%) HDFS
6 1 (0.096%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 110 (10.51%) Kubernetes
2 81 (7.74%) Terraform
3 17 (1.62%) Grafana
4 10 (0.96%) Ansible
5 6 (0.57%) Kibana
6 5 (0.48%) Control-M
6 5 (0.48%) logstash
6 5 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.29%) Argo
8 3 (0.29%) Istio
9 2 (0.19%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.096%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.096%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.096%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.096%) Puppet
10 1 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.096%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 187 (17.86%) Databricks
2 162 (15.47%) Microsoft
3 141 (13.47%) Oracle
4 70 (6.69%) Talend
5 62 (5.92%) Google
6 61 (5.83%) Informatica
7 47 (4.49%) SAP
8 37 (3.53%) Denodo
9 33 (3.15%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.91%) IBM
11 18 (1.72%) Palantir
12 15 (1.43%) Foundry
13 14 (1.34%) MuleSoft
14 11 (1.05%) Cognos
14 11 (1.05%) VMware
15 10 (0.96%) AppDynamics
15 10 (0.96%) ServiceNow
16 8 (0.76%) Ab Initio
16 8 (0.76%) Teradata
16 8 (0.76%) Workday