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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 79 93
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 +11
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,275 944 1,026
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.20% 3.05% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 3.41% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 947 632 776
10th Percentile £363 £354 £375
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £620
90th Percentile £681 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 18
10th Percentile £38.44 - £40.62
25th Percentile £51.25 £26.25 £47.38
Median hourly rate £64.00 £35.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.86% -38.05% +42.14%
75th Percentile £70.71 £78.70 £71.00
90th Percentile £78.05 £102.00 £72.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.35 £27.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year +144.89% -45.57% +44.36%

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 34,652 27,713 38,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.01% 89.46% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,939 16,970 25,283
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £498 £500
% change year-on-year -4.06% -0.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,087 853 2,111
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £13.28
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.51 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.18% -9.97% +9.38%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ETL in the UK

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

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 12 February 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 +1 1,100 £500 -4.76% 388
London +25 673 £525 -2.23% 159
UK excluding London -18 455 £475 -5.00% 307
Work from Home -8 396 £513 +2.50% 214
North of England -39 127 £450 -1.37% 62
Midlands -2 123 £515 +7.97% 70
West Midlands -8 100 £515 +4.78% 49
North West -2 80 £450 -2.70% 39
South East -41 65 £475 -18.80% 101
South West -13 59 £525 -14.29% 38
Scotland +17 55 £488 +8.33% 17
Yorkshire -64 35 £488 +26.62% 17
East Midlands -11 23 £473 +22.33% 21
East of England -25 18 £551 +10.10% 19
Northern Ireland +6 11 £400 +3.23%
Wales -7 11 £410 -18.00% 3
North East -11 11 £450 -10.00% 6

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
1 130 (10.20%) Apache Spark
2 108 (8.47%) Apache Airflow
3 88 (6.90%) Apache
4 40 (3.14%) SAS
5 15 (1.18%) Confluence
5 15 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 10 (0.78%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (0.63%) Appian
8 7 (0.55%) Oracle Application Server
8 7 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.31%) nginx
11 4 (0.31%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.31%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.24%) CMS
12 3 (0.24%) IIS
12 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.078%) Moodle
Applications
1 43 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.31%) Trello
6 3 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.078%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.02%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.47%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.39%) Maximo
7 5 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
8 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.31%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.24%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.24%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.16%) Actimize
10 2 (0.16%) Eagle PACE
10 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 571 (44.78%) Azure
2 417 (32.71%) AWS
3 297 (23.29%) Power Platform
4 216 (16.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 180 (14.12%) GCP
6 163 (12.78%) Snowflake
7 146 (11.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 136 (10.67%) Amazon S3
9 122 (9.57%) Serverless
10 109 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (7.14%) GitHub
12 82 (6.43%) AWS Lambda
13 70 (5.49%) dbt
14 43 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
14 43 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
15 38 (2.98%) SaaS
16 32 (2.51%) Amazon EMR
16 32 (2.51%) Collibra
17 29 (2.27%) Power Automate
18 27 (2.12%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.47%) 2G
1 6 (0.47%) 5G
1 6 (0.47%) HTTP
1 6 (0.47%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.39%) 4G
3 2 (0.16%) BGP
3 2 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.16%) DSL
3 2 (0.16%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.16%) Firewall
3 2 (0.16%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.16%) OSPF
3 2 (0.16%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.078%) FabricPath
4 1 (0.078%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.078%) Multicast
4 1 (0.078%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (28.94%) Data Warehouse
2 284 (22.27%) Power BI
3 224 (17.57%) Data Lake
4 151 (11.84%) SQL Server
5 126 (9.88%) Metadata
6 95 (7.45%) Big Data
7 89 (6.98%) PostgreSQL
8 83 (6.51%) Relational Database
8 83 (6.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 77 (6.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 73 (5.73%) Tableau
11 72 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 65 (5.10%) NoSQL
13 62 (4.86%) Delta Lake
14 59 (4.63%) BigQuery
15 53 (4.16%) Snowflake Schema
16 49 (3.84%) Amazon Athena
17 46 (3.61%) Oracle Database
18 45 (3.53%) Pentaho
19 43 (3.37%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 139 (10.90%) Git
2 84 (6.59%) JIRA
3 64 (5.02%) Jenkins
4 47 (3.69%) GitLab
5 22 (1.73%) MLflow
5 22 (1.73%) Postman
6 17 (1.33%) ERwin
7 13 (1.02%) Selenium
8 9 (0.71%) JMeter
9 7 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.55%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.55%) TestRail
10 6 (0.47%) DBeaver
10 6 (0.47%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.39%) ER Studio
11 5 (0.39%) NUnit
12 4 (0.31%) Gatling
12 4 (0.31%) MSTest
12 4 (0.31%) NeoLoad
12 4 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 387 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 330 (25.88%) Finance
3 209 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 97 (7.61%) Banking
6 36 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (1.80%) Retail
8 21 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 19 (1.49%) Marketing
10 14 (1.10%) Legal
11 13 (1.02%) Law
11 13 (1.02%) Telecoms
12 12 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.63%) Publishing
15 7 (0.55%) General Ledger
16 6 (0.47%) Front Office
16 6 (0.47%) Local Government
16 6 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 484 (37.96%) Data Engineer
2 161 (12.63%) Developer
3 139 (10.90%) Lead
4 137 (10.75%) Architect
4 137 (10.75%) Senior
5 118 (9.25%) Analyst
6 88 (6.90%) Data Architect
7 85 (6.67%) Senior Data Engineer
8 81 (6.35%) Data Analyst
9 50 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
10 38 (2.98%) Azure Data Engineer
11 35 (2.75%) Python Engineer
11 35 (2.75%) Snowflake Engineer
12 34 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
13 33 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 29 (2.27%) AWS Data Engineer
15 28 (2.20%) Business Analyst
15 28 (2.20%) Snowflake Data Engineer
16 26 (2.04%) Consultant
16 26 (2.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (12.39%) PySpark
2 116 (9.10%) Kafka
3 89 (6.98%) REST
4 50 (3.92%) XML
5 48 (3.76%) JSON
6 47 (3.69%) Pandas
7 34 (2.67%) NumPy
8 31 (2.43%) .NET
9 30 (2.35%) PyTorch
10 28 (2.20%) RESTful
11 26 (2.04%) OAuth
12 21 (1.65%) pytest
13 20 (1.57%) Middleware
13 20 (1.57%) Node.js
13 20 (1.57%) TensorFlow
14 19 (1.49%) scikit-learn
15 18 (1.41%) Hugging Face
16 17 (1.33%) SOAP
17 16 (1.25%) JWT
17 16 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.24%) Cloud Native
2 93 (7.29%) Data Structures
3 64 (5.02%) Legacy Systems
4 28 (2.20%) Algorithms
4 28 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 24 (1.88%) Distributed Computing
6 23 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 21 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (1.49%) Replication
9 17 (1.33%) Reinsurance
10 16 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.02%) Reference Data
13 12 (0.94%) IoT
13 12 (0.94%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.67%) Linux
2 23 (1.80%) Unix
3 13 (1.02%) Windows
4 7 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.31%) VMS
7 3 (0.24%) Solaris
7 3 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.078%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 591 (46.35%) Data Modelling
2 536 (42.04%) Analytics
3 482 (37.80%) Data Pipeline
4 403 (31.61%) Data Engineering
5 399 (31.29%) Business Intelligence
6 366 (28.71%) CI/CD
7 302 (23.69%) Data Governance
8 301 (23.61%) Agile
9 288 (22.59%) DevOps
10 284 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
11 248 (19.45%) Migration
12 217 (17.02%) Data Architecture
13 208 (16.31%) Data Integration
14 193 (15.14%) Validation
15 171 (13.41%) Data Science
16 166 (13.02%) AI
17 163 (12.78%) Data Migration
18 160 (12.55%) Machine Learning
19 146 (11.45%) Decision-Making
20 145 (11.37%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 814 (63.84%) SQL
2 641 (50.27%) Python
3 112 (8.78%) Java
4 58 (4.55%) C#
5 53 (4.16%) Scala
6 46 (3.61%) T-SQL
7 43 (3.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 42 (3.29%) JavaScript
8 42 (3.29%) PL/SQL
9 32 (2.51%) PowerShell
10 19 (1.49%) Shell Script
10 19 (1.49%) TypeScript
11 16 (1.25%) Bicep
12 14 (1.10%) Go
12 14 (1.10%) R
13 12 (0.94%) Bash
14 11 (0.86%) PHP
14 11 (0.86%) VBA
15 5 (0.39%) Korn
15 5 (0.39%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 244 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 190 (14.90%) SC Cleared
3 103 (8.08%) Degree
4 52 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 47 (3.69%) Azure Certification
6 44 (3.45%) Master's Degree
7 32 (2.51%) AWS Certification
8 27 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.18%) DV Cleared
10 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.63%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.55%) PMP
13 6 (0.47%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.39%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.24%) IBM Certification
16 3 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 1 (0.078%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 412 (32.31%) Data Quality
2 108 (8.47%) GDPR
3 94 (7.37%) QA
4 22 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.65%) IFRS
6 17 (1.33%) IFRS 17
6 17 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (0.78%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.39%) GAAP
8 5 (0.39%) MiFID
8 5 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.39%) PMO
9 4 (0.31%) SLA
10 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.24%) Basel III
10 3 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.24%) FATCA
10 3 (0.24%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 114 (8.94%) Docker
2 5 (0.39%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
2 5 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.39%) zsh
3 4 (0.31%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.16%) HDFS
5 2 (0.16%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.16%) KVM
5 2 (0.16%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.078%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 125 (9.80%) Kubernetes
1 125 (9.80%) Terraform
2 13 (1.02%) Ansible
2 13 (1.02%) Grafana
2 13 (1.02%) Prometheus
3 7 (0.55%) Kibana
4 6 (0.47%) logstash
5 5 (0.39%) Control-M
6 4 (0.31%) ITRS Geneos
7 2 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.16%) SCCM
8 1 (0.078%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.078%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.078%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.078%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 282 (22.12%) Databricks
2 215 (16.86%) Microsoft
3 157 (12.31%) Oracle
4 95 (7.45%) Informatica
5 80 (6.27%) Talend
6 55 (4.31%) Google
7 48 (3.76%) SAP
8 31 (2.43%) Denodo
8 31 (2.43%) ServiceNow
9 29 (2.27%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.96%) IBM
11 19 (1.49%) MuleSoft
12 16 (1.25%) Palantir
13 15 (1.18%) Workday
14 13 (1.02%) Ab Initio
14 13 (1.02%) Foundry
14 13 (1.02%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.94%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.94%) Cognos
16 11 (0.86%) Splunk