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 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 84 82
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,726 951 1,028
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.26% 2.90% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 3.20% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 645 745
10th Percentile £358 £356 £360
25th Percentile £416 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.98%
75th Percentile £588 £603 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 8
10th Percentile £22.12 - £27.78
25th Percentile £30.21 £36.69 £33.84
Median hourly rate £35.86 £48.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% +23.87% -40.38%
75th Percentile £54.38 £61.25 £51.75
90th Percentile £63.98 £85.74 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.86 £70.60 £26.05
% change year-on-year -49.21% +171.02% -52.64%

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 45,002 29,684 34,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.96% 90.46% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,855 18,648 21,888
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,714 1,621 1,980
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.89 £17.33 £17.74
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.57 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.55% -41.56% -

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 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +12 1,543 £500 - 360
London +11 771 £525 -0.47% 175
UK excluding London +17 770 £463 - 234
Work from Home +16 541 £500 - 160
Midlands +20 278 £459 +2.00% 50
West Midlands +34 243 £455 -5.21% 38
North of England -11 185 £463 -2.63% 65
South East +9 140 £459 -1.92% 58
North West -23 82 £460 -8.00% 38
Yorkshire -16 79 £475 +11.76% 13
South West -23 66 £523 +10.00% 33
East of England +15 56 £475 -5.00% 13
Scotland -11 45 £425 - 9
East Midlands -13 34 £490 +12.00% 12
North East -24 25 £531 +11.79% 16
Wales -12 8 £313 -32.07% 6
Northern Ireland -4 3 £334 -34.83% 2

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
1 140 (8.11%) Apache Spark
2 129 (7.47%) Apache Airflow
3 115 (6.66%) SAS
4 95 (5.50%) Apache
5 66 (3.82%) Confluence
6 25 (1.45%) SharePoint
7 23 (1.33%) Oracle Application Server
8 12 (0.70%) nginx
8 12 (0.70%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.58%) ArcGIS
10 9 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
11 7 (0.41%) WebLogic
12 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
14 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
14 3 (0.17%) Appian
14 3 (0.17%) Camunda
14 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
15 2 (0.12%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 41 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.41%) Notepad++
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.058%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.058%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 16 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.64%) Sage X3
5 10 (0.58%) Aladdin
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.29%) BambooHR
7 5 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
7 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.23%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.17%) Actimize
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.17%) SimCorp Dimension
10 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 671 (38.88%) Azure
2 519 (30.07%) AWS
3 406 (23.52%) Power Platform
4 225 (13.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 217 (12.57%) GCP
6 202 (11.70%) Snowflake
7 155 (8.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 146 (8.46%) Amazon S3
9 144 (8.34%) Azure DevOps
10 141 (8.17%) Serverless
11 122 (7.07%) dbt
12 113 (6.55%) AWS Lambda
13 102 (5.91%) GitHub
14 57 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
15 51 (2.95%) Amazon EMR
16 45 (2.61%) Collibra
17 41 (2.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 32 (1.85%) Power Automate
19 30 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
20 29 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.70%) Firewall
2 11 (0.64%) HTTP
3 7 (0.41%) PuTTY
3 7 (0.41%) WinSCP
4 6 (0.35%) VPN
5 2 (0.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.058%) 4G
6 1 (0.058%) 5G
6 1 (0.058%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.058%) DHCP
6 1 (0.058%) DNS
6 1 (0.058%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.058%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 564 (32.68%) Data Warehouse
2 388 (22.48%) Power BI
3 260 (15.06%) Data Lake
4 165 (9.56%) SQL Server
5 158 (9.15%) Metadata
6 108 (6.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 101 (5.85%) Relational Database
8 100 (5.79%) Amazon Redshift
9 98 (5.68%) Tableau
10 92 (5.33%) Big Data
11 90 (5.21%) BigQuery
12 89 (5.16%) Delta Lake
13 87 (5.04%) Pentaho
14 75 (4.35%) NoSQL
14 75 (4.35%) Oracle Reports
14 75 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
15 66 (3.82%) Snowflake Schema
16 65 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
17 61 (3.53%) Amazon Athena
18 52 (3.01%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 193 (11.18%) Git
2 148 (8.57%) JIRA
3 97 (5.62%) GitLab
4 72 (4.17%) Jenkins
5 43 (2.49%) Zephyr
6 39 (2.26%) Postman
7 15 (0.87%) MLflow
8 14 (0.81%) Selenium
9 7 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 5 (0.29%) Gatling
11 4 (0.23%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.23%) Flyway
11 4 (0.23%) LSMW
11 4 (0.23%) Newman
11 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.17%) ERwin
12 3 (0.17%) JMeter
12 3 (0.17%) JUnit
12 3 (0.17%) NeoLoad
General
1 412 (23.87%) Social Skills
2 392 (22.71%) Finance
3 303 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (11.01%) Public Sector
5 126 (7.30%) Banking
6 46 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
7 32 (1.85%) Marketing
8 31 (1.80%) Retail
9 25 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (1.39%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.33%) Legal
12 20 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 14 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (0.75%) Front Office
16 11 (0.64%) Billing
16 11 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (0.64%) Law
17 9 (0.52%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 683 (39.57%) Data Engineer
2 251 (14.54%) Developer
3 238 (13.79%) Architect
4 208 (12.05%) Senior
5 171 (9.91%) Lead
6 136 (7.88%) Senior Data Engineer
7 131 (7.59%) Data Architect
8 120 (6.95%) Analyst
9 59 (3.42%) Data Analyst
10 58 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
11 55 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
12 49 (2.84%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 48 (2.78%) Azure Data Engineer
14 46 (2.67%) Tester
15 45 (2.61%) AWS Data Engineer
15 45 (2.61%) Snowflake Engineer
15 45 (2.61%) SQL Developer
16 41 (2.38%) Python Engineer
17 38 (2.20%) Lead Data Engineer
18 35 (2.03%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (10.60%) PySpark
2 143 (8.29%) Kafka
3 76 (4.40%) REST
4 62 (3.59%) JSON
5 42 (2.43%) .NET
6 40 (2.32%) Pandas
7 30 (1.74%) Middleware
7 30 (1.74%) XML
8 25 (1.45%) React
8 25 (1.45%) Spring
9 23 (1.33%) Spring Boot
10 19 (1.10%) RESTful
11 18 (1.04%) YAML
12 17 (0.98%) OAuth
12 17 (0.98%) PyTorch
13 16 (0.93%) Web Services
14 15 (0.87%) NumPy
15 14 (0.81%) Apache Avro
15 14 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
15 14 (0.81%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 163 (9.44%) Cloud Native
2 114 (6.60%) Data Structures
3 83 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
4 54 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 37 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (1.51%) NHS
8 24 (1.39%) AI Agents
9 22 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 22 (1.27%) Distributed Computing
10 21 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.22%) Reference Data
11 20 (1.16%) Clustering
12 19 (1.10%) Management Information System
13 18 (1.04%) Replication
14 13 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.75%) IoT
15 12 (0.70%) Algorithms
16 11 (0.64%) Data Fabric
16 11 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (3.19%) Unix
2 52 (3.01%) Linux
3 19 (1.10%) Windows
4 9 (0.52%) Solaris
5 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (0.41%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.12%) HPUX
9 2 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (46.87%) Data Modelling
2 714 (41.37%) Data Pipeline
3 673 (38.99%) Analytics
4 537 (31.11%) Data Engineering
5 516 (29.90%) CI/CD
6 497 (28.79%) Business Intelligence
7 464 (26.88%) Agile
8 449 (26.01%) Migration
9 377 (21.84%) DevOps
10 369 (21.38%) Data Governance
11 356 (20.63%) Data Integration
12 337 (19.52%) Validation
13 312 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
14 275 (15.93%) Data Migration
15 269 (15.59%) AI
16 245 (14.19%) Data Architecture
17 234 (13.56%) Test Automation
18 224 (12.98%) Decision-Making
19 215 (12.46%) Stakeholder Management
20 206 (11.94%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1,148 (66.51%) SQL
2 675 (39.11%) Python
3 146 (8.46%) Java
4 93 (5.39%) T-SQL
5 82 (4.75%) PL/SQL
6 77 (4.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 58 (3.36%) C#
8 50 (2.90%) Scala
9 45 (2.61%) JavaScript
10 41 (2.38%) PowerShell
11 35 (2.03%) Shell Script
12 31 (1.80%) Bash
13 24 (1.39%) TypeScript
14 21 (1.22%) R
15 19 (1.10%) Bicep
16 9 (0.52%) Cypher
16 9 (0.52%) VBA
17 8 (0.46%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.46%) SPARQL
18 7 (0.41%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 495 (28.68%) Security Cleared
2 422 (24.45%) SC Cleared
3 84 (4.87%) Degree
4 43 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (2.43%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.56%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.51%) AWS Certification
9 21 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.58%) SnowPro
12 6 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.23%) CISM
14 4 (0.23%) CISSP
14 4 (0.23%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 594 (34.41%) Data Quality
2 146 (8.46%) QA
3 108 (6.26%) GDPR
4 38 (2.20%) GRC
5 24 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.81%) PMO
6 14 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (0.58%) IFRS
7 10 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.52%) SLA
9 8 (0.46%) FATCA
9 8 (0.46%) Solvency II
10 7 (0.41%) HL7
10 7 (0.41%) WCAG
11 6 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.29%) IFRS 17
13 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.23%) GAAP
13 4 (0.23%) NIST
13 4 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 122 (7.07%) Docker
2 12 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
4 6 (0.35%) HDFS
5 5 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.12%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.058%) RACF
7 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 146 (8.46%) Terraform
2 132 (7.65%) Kubernetes
3 43 (2.49%) Grafana
4 20 (1.16%) Ansible
5 19 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.52%) Control-M
7 6 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 6 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.17%) Foglight
9 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.058%) Argo
10 1 (0.058%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.058%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.058%) Istio
10 1 (0.058%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.058%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.058%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 341 (19.76%) Oracle
2 336 (19.47%) Databricks
3 300 (17.38%) Microsoft
4 163 (9.44%) Informatica
5 143 (8.29%) Talend
6 82 (4.75%) SAP
7 71 (4.11%) Google
8 66 (3.82%) Denodo
9 46 (2.67%) IBM
10 40 (2.32%) Salesforce
11 38 (2.20%) ServiceNow
12 29 (1.68%) Alteryx
13 23 (1.33%) Sage
14 21 (1.22%) Palantir
15 17 (0.98%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.93%) OpenAI
16 16 (0.93%) Splunk
17 14 (0.81%) Foundry
18 13 (0.75%) Cloudera
19 12 (0.70%) Workday