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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 80 103
Rank change year-on-year -8 +23 -7
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,031 1,030 1,070
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.88% 2.84% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 3.26% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 735 685 816
10th Percentile £360 £356 £381
25th Percentile £413 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £704
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £489 £525
% change year-on-year +2.30% -6.90% -
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 £61.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -30.81% +70.63%
75th Percentile £66.88 £60.75 £69.00
90th Percentile £82.23 £100.93 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.26 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +170.04% -45.00% +42.86%

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 31,961 31,602 40,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.17% 87.15% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,061 19,103 27,192
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 2,078 1,129 1,558
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.22 £14.33
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -24.36% +24.64%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.74 £32.50 £44.25
% change year-on-year -30.05% -26.55% +38.28%

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 30 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 30 November 2025.

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 30 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 -9 894 £500 -2.44% 324
London +3 532 £525 - 174
UK excluding London -12 375 £500 +2.30% 283
Work from Home -19 328 £525 +5.00% 203
Midlands -5 119 £515 +8.42% 40
North of England -40 96 £438 -2.78% 33
West Midlands -7 91 £520 +7.83% 27
North West -8 56 £413 -5.71% 22
South West +15 50 £525 -8.70% 30
South East -42 40 £445 -19.09% 134
Scotland +24 38 £481 +6.83% 21
Yorkshire -42 34 £475 +5.56% 6
East Midlands -6 28 £438 +15.13% 13
East of England -6 23 £550 +7.32% 20
Northern Ireland +8 13 £400 -23.81% 1
Wales -4 10 £498 -6.13% 7
North East -11 5 £444 -6.58% 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 (10.38%) Apache Airflow
2 102 (9.89%) Apache Spark
3 78 (7.57%) Apache
4 48 (4.66%) SAS
5 13 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 10 (0.97%) Confluence
7 8 (0.78%) Oracle Application Server
8 5 (0.48%) IIS
9 4 (0.39%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.39%) Luigi
10 3 (0.29%) nginx
10 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.19%) CMS
12 1 (0.097%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.097%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.097%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.097%) Moodle
12 1 (0.097%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 60 (5.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.19%) Trello
6 1 (0.097%) Maple
6 1 (0.097%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.68%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.68%) SAP HR
3 6 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.58%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.39%) Maximo
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
7 2 (0.19%) Eagle PACE
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
7 2 (0.19%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 396 (38.41%) Azure
2 348 (33.75%) AWS
3 207 (20.08%) Power Platform
4 163 (15.81%) GCP
5 160 (15.52%) Snowflake
6 146 (14.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 114 (11.06%) Amazon S3
8 100 (9.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 89 (8.63%) Serverless
10 72 (6.98%) dbt
11 66 (6.40%) AWS Lambda
12 60 (5.82%) Azure DevOps
13 57 (5.53%) GitHub
14 31 (3.01%) Amazon EMR
14 31 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
15 28 (2.72%) SaaS
16 22 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 22 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
17 21 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
18 19 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.58%) 2G
1 6 (0.58%) 5G
1 6 (0.58%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.48%) 4G
3 4 (0.39%) 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 (0.097%) DSL
6 1 (0.097%) FabricPath
6 1 (0.097%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.097%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 335 (32.49%) Data Warehouse
2 196 (19.01%) Power BI
3 135 (13.09%) Data Lake
4 110 (10.67%) SQL Server
5 95 (9.21%) Relational Database
6 88 (8.54%) Metadata
7 82 (7.95%) Amazon Redshift
8 79 (7.66%) Big Data
9 76 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
10 75 (7.27%) BigQuery
11 68 (6.60%) Tableau
12 63 (6.11%) NoSQL
12 63 (6.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 47 (4.56%) Pentaho
14 46 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
15 41 (3.98%) Delta Lake
16 40 (3.88%) Hadoop
17 39 (3.78%) Snowflake Schema
18 36 (3.49%) Oracle Database
19 32 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 121 (11.74%) Git
2 67 (6.50%) JIRA
3 61 (5.92%) Jenkins
4 23 (2.23%) GitLab
5 17 (1.65%) ERwin
6 13 (1.26%) Postman
7 12 (1.16%) MLflow
8 9 (0.87%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.78%) DBeaver
10 7 (0.68%) Selenium
10 7 (0.68%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.48%) JMeter
13 4 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
13 4 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.39%) Toad
13 4 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.29%) Poetry
14 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 309 (29.97%) Social Skills
2 253 (24.54%) Finance
3 194 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (8.73%) Public Sector
5 68 (6.60%) Banking
6 19 (1.84%) Retail
6 19 (1.84%) Telecoms
7 17 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.45%) Marketing
9 14 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.16%) Legal
12 11 (1.07%) Local Government
12 11 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.97%) Investment Banking
13 10 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.87%) Financial Institution
15 7 (0.68%) Front Office
15 7 (0.68%) Law
15 7 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 347 (33.66%) Data Engineer
2 151 (14.65%) Developer
3 120 (11.64%) Architect
4 115 (11.15%) Analyst
5 114 (11.06%) Senior
6 94 (9.12%) Lead
7 71 (6.89%) Data Analyst
8 67 (6.50%) Data Architect
9 59 (5.72%) Senior Data Engineer
10 47 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
11 42 (4.07%) Azure Data Engineer
12 36 (3.49%) Consultant
13 34 (3.30%) AWS Engineer
14 33 (3.20%) Business Analyst
15 30 (2.91%) Python Engineer
16 27 (2.62%) AWS Data Engineer
17 24 (2.33%) Senior Developer
17 24 (2.33%) Snowflake Engineer
18 22 (2.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
19 20 (1.94%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (9.99%) PySpark
2 83 (8.05%) Kafka
3 51 (4.95%) REST
4 43 (4.17%) XML
5 39 (3.78%) JSON
6 32 (3.10%) Node.js
7 29 (2.81%) Pandas
8 25 (2.42%) RESTful
9 23 (2.23%) NumPy
10 19 (1.84%) OAuth
11 17 (1.65%) React
11 17 (1.65%) SOAP
12 13 (1.26%) GraphQL
12 13 (1.26%) PyTorch
13 12 (1.16%) .NET
13 12 (1.16%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.16%) Middleware
14 11 (1.07%) Oracle GoldenGate
15 10 (0.97%) Apache Avro
15 10 (0.97%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 71 (6.89%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.60%) Data Structures
3 38 (3.69%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (2.62%) Algorithms
5 24 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.55%) Replication
9 15 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.16%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.07%) IoT
13 11 (1.07%) NHS
14 9 (0.87%) Reinsurance
14 9 (0.87%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.27%) Linux
2 19 (1.84%) Unix
3 16 (1.55%) Windows
4 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.097%) Solaris
6 1 (0.097%) VMS
6 1 (0.097%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.097%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (44.71%) Data Modelling
2 395 (38.31%) Data Pipeline
3 386 (37.44%) Analytics
4 297 (28.81%) Business Intelligence
5 289 (28.03%) Data Engineering
6 275 (26.67%) CI/CD
7 262 (25.41%) Agile
8 253 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
9 240 (23.28%) Data Governance
10 225 (21.82%) Migration
11 221 (21.44%) DevOps
12 205 (19.88%) Data Integration
13 153 (14.84%) Data Architecture
13 153 (14.84%) Data Migration
14 141 (13.68%) Validation
15 136 (13.19%) Data Transformation
16 124 (12.03%) Visualisation
17 119 (11.54%) Data Science
18 106 (10.28%) Machine Learning
19 100 (9.70%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 660 (64.02%) SQL
2 515 (49.95%) Python
3 87 (8.44%) Java
4 49 (4.75%) Scala
5 40 (3.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 36 (3.49%) C#
6 36 (3.49%) T-SQL
7 32 (3.10%) PL/SQL
8 29 (2.81%) PowerShell
9 28 (2.72%) JavaScript
10 19 (1.84%) R
11 17 (1.65%) Bash
12 16 (1.55%) VBA
13 15 (1.45%) PHP
14 14 (1.36%) Go
14 14 (1.36%) Shell Script
14 14 (1.36%) TypeScript
15 9 (0.87%) Perl
16 7 (0.68%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.68%) Korn
Qualifications
1 170 (16.49%) Security Cleared
2 131 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 70 (6.79%) Degree
4 41 (3.98%) Azure Certification
5 40 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (3.49%) AWS Certification
7 19 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.55%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.97%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.68%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.097%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (31.23%) Data Quality
2 77 (7.47%) QA
3 72 (6.98%) GDPR
4 28 (2.72%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.97%) 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 (0.39%) 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
1 114 (11.06%) Docker
2 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.097%) HDFS
6 1 (0.097%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 108 (10.48%) Kubernetes
2 79 (7.66%) Terraform
3 17 (1.65%) Grafana
4 10 (0.97%) Ansible
5 6 (0.58%) Kibana
6 5 (0.48%) Control-M
6 5 (0.48%) logstash
6 5 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.29%) Argo
8 3 (0.29%) Istio
9 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.097%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.097%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.097%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.097%) Puppet
10 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.097%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 187 (18.14%) Databricks
2 159 (15.42%) Microsoft
3 140 (13.58%) Oracle
4 70 (6.79%) Talend
5 61 (5.92%) Informatica
6 59 (5.72%) Google
7 47 (4.56%) SAP
8 37 (3.59%) Denodo
9 32 (3.10%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.94%) IBM
11 17 (1.65%) Palantir
12 14 (1.36%) Foundry
13 13 (1.26%) MuleSoft
14 11 (1.07%) VMware
15 10 (0.97%) AppDynamics
15 10 (0.97%) Cognos
15 10 (0.97%) ServiceNow
16 8 (0.78%) Ab Initio
16 8 (0.78%) Workday
17 7 (0.68%) Teradata