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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 81 82
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,723 950 1,060
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.26% 2.90% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 3.21% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 646 771
10th Percentile £350 £356 £360
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -5.12%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £463 £480
% change year-on-year - -3.65% -6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 10
10th Percentile £29.96 - £29.51
25th Percentile £30.96 £36.69 £35.00
Median hourly rate £41.78 £48.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +23.87% -40.38%
75th Percentile £60.75 £61.25 £51.38
90th Percentile £67.50 £85.74 £51.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.78 £70.60 £26.05
% change year-on-year -40.83% +171.02% -59.30%

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 44,857 29,633 35,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.35% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,817 18,625 22,863
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.02%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,571 2,253
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.44 £16.82
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.05 £62.00
90th Percentile £82.41 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £24.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year +87.50% -37.04% -6.09%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +11 1,526 £500 -1.48% 318
UK excluding London +19 787 £463 - 197
London +6 751 £525 -1.50% 160
Work from Home +21 546 £500 - 151
Midlands +27 277 £459 +1.94% 37
West Midlands +32 242 £450 -9.09% 23
North of England -12 188 £463 -2.63% 58
South East +9 142 £461 -5.49% 57
North West -19 86 £460 -8.00% 27
Yorkshire -19 79 £478 +9.77% 16
South West -17 72 £523 +10.00% 28
Scotland -1 57 £425 +2.41% 7
East of England +9 50 £500 +2.56% 9
East Midlands -14 34 £490 +10.96% 14
North East -18 24 £537 +23.45% 16
Wales -11 9 £313 -32.07% 4
Northern Ireland +2 3 £334 -36.38%

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
1 147 (8.53%) Apache Spark
2 138 (8.01%) Apache Airflow
3 100 (5.80%) Apache
4 98 (5.69%) SAS
5 66 (3.83%) Confluence
6 21 (1.22%) Oracle Application Server
7 19 (1.10%) SharePoint
8 15 (0.87%) nginx
8 15 (0.87%) Tomcat
9 9 (0.52%) ArcGIS
10 8 (0.46%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.29%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.23%) Appian
12 4 (0.23%) Camunda
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.12%) Apache Pig
14 2 (0.12%) IIS
14 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.41%) Notepad++
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
7 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%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (0.52%) Aladdin
7 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.29%) BambooHR
8 5 (0.29%) Oracle 11i
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
9 4 (0.23%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.17%) Actimize
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.17%) SimCorp Dimension
10 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 675 (39.18%) Azure
2 520 (30.18%) AWS
3 411 (23.85%) Power Platform
4 221 (12.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 210 (12.19%) GCP
6 201 (11.67%) Snowflake
7 156 (9.05%) Amazon S3
8 154 (8.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 145 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
10 144 (8.36%) Serverless
11 123 (7.14%) dbt
12 116 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
13 107 (6.21%) GitHub
14 57 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
15 53 (3.08%) Amazon EMR
16 49 (2.84%) Collibra
17 40 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 30 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (1.74%) SaaS
19 29 (1.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.93%) HTTP
2 12 (0.70%) Firewall
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
1 550 (31.92%) Data Warehouse
2 392 (22.75%) Power BI
3 258 (14.97%) Data Lake
4 166 (9.63%) SQL Server
5 161 (9.34%) Metadata
6 106 (6.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 103 (5.98%) Amazon Redshift
8 102 (5.92%) Tableau
9 100 (5.80%) Big Data
10 94 (5.46%) Relational Database
11 92 (5.34%) Delta Lake
12 87 (5.05%) BigQuery
13 79 (4.59%) NoSQL
13 79 (4.59%) Pentaho
13 79 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
14 73 (4.24%) Oracle Reports
15 68 (3.95%) Snowflake Schema
16 67 (3.89%) Azure SQL Database
17 60 (3.48%) Amazon Athena
18 54 (3.13%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 195 (11.32%) Git
2 152 (8.82%) JIRA
3 91 (5.28%) GitLab
4 67 (3.89%) Jenkins
5 41 (2.38%) Zephyr
6 38 (2.21%) Postman
7 19 (1.10%) MLflow
8 13 (0.75%) Selenium
9 5 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.23%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.23%) ERwin
10 4 (0.23%) Flyway
10 4 (0.23%) LSMW
10 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.23%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.17%) Gatling
11 3 (0.17%) MSTest
11 3 (0.17%) NUnit
General
1 406 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 389 (22.58%) Finance
3 310 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
4 190 (11.03%) Public Sector
5 118 (6.85%) Banking
6 51 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (1.80%) Marketing
8 25 (1.45%) Legal
8 25 (1.45%) Retail
9 24 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.16%) Telecoms
12 16 (0.93%) Financial Institution
13 12 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 11 (0.64%) Billing
14 11 (0.64%) Front Office
15 10 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (0.58%) Law
16 9 (0.52%) Military
16 9 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 683 (39.64%) Data Engineer
2 247 (14.34%) Developer
3 234 (13.58%) Architect
4 202 (11.72%) Senior
5 175 (10.16%) Lead
6 135 (7.84%) Senior Data Engineer
7 134 (7.78%) Data Architect
8 124 (7.20%) Analyst
9 67 (3.89%) Data Analyst
10 57 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
11 54 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
12 48 (2.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 47 (2.73%) Azure Data Engineer
14 46 (2.67%) AWS Data Engineer
14 46 (2.67%) Snowflake Engineer
14 46 (2.67%) SQL Developer
15 43 (2.50%) Tester
16 42 (2.44%) Python Engineer
17 40 (2.32%) Lead Data Engineer
18 36 (2.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (10.74%) PySpark
2 146 (8.47%) Kafka
3 77 (4.47%) REST
4 59 (3.42%) JSON
5 43 (2.50%) .NET
6 42 (2.44%) Pandas
7 30 (1.74%) XML
8 27 (1.57%) Middleware
9 25 (1.45%) Spring
10 23 (1.33%) Spring Boot
11 22 (1.28%) React
12 21 (1.22%) PyTorch
12 21 (1.22%) RESTful
13 20 (1.16%) OAuth
14 18 (1.04%) YAML
15 15 (0.87%) Great Expectations
15 15 (0.87%) NumPy
15 15 (0.87%) pytest
15 15 (0.87%) Web Services
16 14 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 165 (9.58%) Cloud Native
2 118 (6.85%) Data Structures
3 88 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (3.25%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 35 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (1.51%) NHS
8 25 (1.45%) AI Agents
9 24 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (1.33%) Reference Data
11 22 (1.28%) Distributed Computing
11 22 (1.28%) Management Information System
12 20 (1.16%) Clustering
12 20 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 18 (1.04%) Replication
14 15 (0.87%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.75%) IoT
15 13 (0.75%) Taxonomies
16 12 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.08%) Unix
2 51 (2.96%) Linux
3 21 (1.22%) Windows
4 12 (0.70%) Solaris
5 11 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) VMS
10 2 (0.12%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (47.07%) Data Modelling
2 700 (40.63%) Data Pipeline
3 664 (38.54%) Analytics
4 534 (30.99%) Data Engineering
5 510 (29.60%) CI/CD
6 494 (28.67%) Business Intelligence
7 452 (26.23%) Migration
8 446 (25.89%) Agile
9 376 (21.82%) Data Governance
10 367 (21.30%) DevOps
11 343 (19.91%) Validation
12 332 (19.27%) Data Integration
13 318 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
14 279 (16.19%) AI
15 265 (15.38%) Data Migration
16 253 (14.68%) Data Architecture
17 230 (13.35%) Test Automation
18 221 (12.83%) Decision-Making
19 211 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
20 192 (11.14%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1,143 (66.34%) SQL
2 691 (40.10%) Python
3 149 (8.65%) Java
4 91 (5.28%) T-SQL
5 83 (4.82%) PL/SQL
6 74 (4.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 59 (3.42%) C#
8 53 (3.08%) Scala
9 39 (2.26%) JavaScript
10 38 (2.21%) PowerShell
11 33 (1.92%) Shell Script
12 31 (1.80%) Bash
13 24 (1.39%) TypeScript
14 19 (1.10%) Bicep
14 19 (1.10%) R
15 9 (0.52%) VBA
16 8 (0.46%) Cypher
16 8 (0.46%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.46%) SPARQL
17 7 (0.41%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 487 (28.26%) Security Cleared
2 409 (23.74%) SC Cleared
3 100 (5.80%) Degree
4 47 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 44 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.57%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.57%) ISTQB
9 20 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 12 (0.70%) SnowPro
11 10 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 5 (0.29%) IBM Certification
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 579 (33.60%) Data Quality
2 150 (8.71%) QA
3 116 (6.73%) GDPR
4 27 (1.57%) GRC
5 25 (1.45%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.81%) PMO
6 14 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.70%) IFRS
8 10 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.52%) SLA
10 8 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.46%) FATCA
11 7 (0.41%) HL7
11 7 (0.41%) IFRS 17
11 7 (0.41%) Solvency II
12 5 (0.29%) WCAG
13 4 (0.23%) GAAP
13 4 (0.23%) GMP
13 4 (0.23%) NIST
13 4 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 120 (6.96%) Docker
2 13 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.35%) HDFS
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.058%) RACF
8 1 (0.058%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 150 (8.71%) Terraform
2 127 (7.37%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.55%) Grafana
4 21 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 18 (1.04%) Ansible
6 9 (0.52%) Control-M
7 8 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (0.35%) HP ALM
9 3 (0.17%) Foglight
10 2 (0.12%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.058%) Argo
11 1 (0.058%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.058%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.058%) IBM Guardium
11 1 (0.058%) Istio
11 1 (0.058%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.058%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 331 (19.21%) Databricks
2 325 (18.86%) Oracle
3 299 (17.35%) Microsoft
4 164 (9.52%) Informatica
5 137 (7.95%) Talend
6 82 (4.76%) SAP
7 69 (4.00%) Google
8 60 (3.48%) Denodo
9 49 (2.84%) IBM
10 38 (2.21%) ServiceNow
11 36 (2.09%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.68%) Alteryx
13 23 (1.33%) Sage
14 18 (1.04%) MuleSoft
14 18 (1.04%) Splunk
15 17 (0.99%) OpenAI
16 16 (0.93%) Palantir
17 13 (0.75%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.75%) Workday
18 12 (0.70%) Cloudera