ETL Contract Job Trends
Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing ETL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | 91 | 77 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -14 | +30 |
| Contract jobs citing ETL | 1,674 | 1,008 | 1,028 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 3.04% | 2.92% | 2.83% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.55% | 3.24% | 3.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,191 | 708 | 690 |
| 10th Percentile | £371 | £358 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £617 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £469 | £481 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.42% | -1.91% | -6.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 34 | 12 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.24 | £32.78 | £26.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £30.75 | £35.81 | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.00 | £41.23 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.42% | +49.93% | -57.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £66.62 | £58.88 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £80.78 | £53.55 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.00 | £56.61 | £27.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.51% | +109.67% | -56.12% |
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 citing process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 47,162 | 31,136 | 31,241 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.65% | 90.16% | 86.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,241 | 19,463 | 18,787 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £295 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £620 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,739 | 2,011 | 1,107 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.41 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.00 | £25.15 | £35.36 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.19% | -28.87% | -20.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £43.21 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.00 | £67.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.00 | £22.58 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +46.18% | -35.50% | -21.35% |
ETL Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ETL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
ETL Daily Rate Trend
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 4 November 2026.
ETL Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL.
ETL Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.
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 4 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -1 | 1,456 | £488 | -2.50% | 484 |
| London | -5 | 768 | £525 | - | 225 |
| UK excluding London | +6 | 696 | £469 | -2.42% | 363 |
| Work from Home | -5 | 510 | £495 | -5.71% | 193 |
| Midlands | +18 | 238 | £470 | -8.39% | 56 |
| West Midlands | +21 | 211 | £469 | -9.55% | 29 |
| North of England | +7 | 184 | £463 | +3.35% | 76 |
| South East | +9 | 117 | £470 | +5.62% | 122 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 83 | £475 | +3.26% | 27 |
| North West | -14 | 83 | £460 | +11.52% | 40 |
| South West | -4 | 81 | £500 | - | 46 |
| Scotland | -19 | 41 | £425 | -10.53% | 16 |
| East of England | -25 | 32 | £463 | -15.91% | 33 |
| East Midlands | -16 | 26 | £475 | +8.57% | 27 |
| North East | -15 | 23 | £481 | +6.94% | 10 |
| Wales | -9 | 10 | £313 | -37.19% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | -2 | 8 | £463 | +15.63% | 8 |
ETL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Modelling | 46.4% | 776 |
| 2 | Data Pipeline | 44.0% | 736 |
| 3 | Analytics | 37.5% | 627 |
| 4 | Data Engineering | 36.6% | 612 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 34.4% | 576 |
| 6 | Agile | 30.1% | 504 |
| 7 | Migration | 29.0% | 486 |
| 8 | Data Integration | 26.8% | 448 |
| 9 | Business Intelligence | 24.6% | 411 |
| 10 | Validation | 23.9% | 400 |
| 11 | Data Governance | 23.1% | 386 |
| 12 | DevOps | 22.3% | 373 |
| 13 | AI | 21.0% | 352 |
| 14 | Stakeholder Management | 18.7% | 313 |
| 15 | Problem-Solving | 17.8% | 298 |
| 16 | Data Transformation | 17.1% | 286 |
| 17 | Data Migration | 17.0% | 284 |
| 18 | Test Automation | 14.5% | 242 |
| 19 | Data Architecture | 14.4% | 241 |
| 20 | Performance Tuning | 12.4% | 208 |