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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 79 103
Rank change year-on-year -11 +24 -5
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,048 1,024 1,058
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.88% 2.85% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 3.25% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 680 806
10th Percentile £360 £354 £382
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £525
% change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 16
10th Percentile £32.50 - £44.64
25th Percentile £35.25 £26.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £43.50 £42.50 £61.43
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -30.81% +70.63%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.75 £69.00
90th Percentile £82.95 £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 32,432 31,463 40,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.97% 87.43% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,408 19,089 26,807
10th Percentile £300 £309 £312
25th Percentile £405 £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 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,095 1,098 1,556
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.24 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.20 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -23.53% +30.77%

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -13 904 £500 -2.44% 428
London -2 540 £525 - 184
UK excluding London -18 381 £500 +3.09% 366
Work from Home -17 329 £523 +4.50% 250
Midlands -10 123 £515 +8.42% 46
West Midlands -7 98 £519 +8.86% 25
North of England -45 98 £441 -1.94% 79
North West -10 59 £413 -5.71% 38
South West +4 49 £525 -8.70% 37
Scotland +22 41 £500 +11.11% 22
South East -42 39 £450 -18.18% 145
Yorkshire -46 33 £475 +5.56% 29
East Midlands -7 25 £435 +14.47% 20
East of England -6 23 £563 +9.76% 28
Northern Ireland +8 13 £400 -23.81% 2
Wales -6 10 £498 -6.13% 9
North East -6 5 £444 -6.58% 12

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
1 105 (10.02%) Apache Airflow
2 101 (9.64%) Apache Spark
3 79 (7.54%) Apache
4 49 (4.68%) SAS
5 13 (1.24%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.05%) Confluence
7 8 (0.76%) Oracle Application Server
8 5 (0.48%) IIS
9 4 (0.38%) Luigi
10 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.29%) nginx
10 3 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.19%) CMS
12 1 (0.095%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.095%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.095%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.095%) Moodle
12 1 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.19%) Trello
6 1 (0.095%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.67%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.67%) SAP HR
3 6 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.57%) SAP PM
4 5 (0.48%) Maximo
4 5 (0.48%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
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%) Actimize
7 2 (0.19%) Eagle PACE
7 2 (0.19%) HFM
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
Cloud Services
1 400 (38.17%) Azure
2 353 (33.68%) AWS
3 217 (20.71%) Power Platform
4 163 (15.55%) GCP
4 163 (15.55%) Snowflake
5 147 (14.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 116 (11.07%) Amazon S3
7 103 (9.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 91 (8.68%) Serverless
9 70 (6.68%) dbt
10 66 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
11 59 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
12 57 (5.44%) GitHub
13 32 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
14 31 (2.96%) Amazon EMR
15 28 (2.67%) SaaS
16 23 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 22 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (2.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.57%) 2G
1 6 (0.57%) 5G
1 6 (0.57%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.48%) 4G
3 4 (0.38%) 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%) DSL
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 (0.095%) Firewall
6 1 (0.095%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.095%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 336 (32.06%) Data Warehouse
2 206 (19.66%) Power BI
3 140 (13.36%) Data Lake
4 107 (10.21%) SQL Server
5 94 (8.97%) Metadata
5 94 (8.97%) Relational Database
6 81 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
7 79 (7.54%) Amazon Redshift
7 79 (7.54%) Big Data
8 74 (7.06%) BigQuery
9 66 (6.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 64 (6.11%) Tableau
11 59 (5.63%) NoSQL
12 47 (4.48%) Pentaho
13 44 (4.20%) Snowflake Schema
14 43 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
15 42 (4.01%) Delta Lake
16 40 (3.82%) Hadoop
17 36 (3.44%) Oracle Database
18 34 (3.24%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 124 (11.83%) Git
2 69 (6.58%) JIRA
3 62 (5.92%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.39%) GitLab
5 15 (1.43%) ERwin
6 14 (1.34%) Postman
7 12 (1.15%) MLflow
8 8 (0.76%) DBeaver
8 8 (0.76%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.76%) Selenium
9 7 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.48%) JMeter
12 4 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
12 4 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.38%) Toad
12 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.29%) Poetry
13 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 311 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 258 (24.62%) Finance
3 198 (18.89%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (8.87%) Public Sector
5 67 (6.39%) Banking
6 19 (1.81%) Retail
6 19 (1.81%) Telecoms
7 17 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.43%) Marketing
9 14 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.15%) Legal
12 11 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 11 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.95%) Local Government
13 10 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.76%) Law
16 7 (0.67%) Front Office
16 7 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 357 (34.06%) Data Engineer
2 153 (14.60%) Developer
3 119 (11.35%) Analyst
4 116 (11.07%) Architect
5 111 (10.59%) Senior
6 97 (9.26%) Lead
7 75 (7.16%) Data Analyst
8 66 (6.30%) Data Architect
9 59 (5.63%) Senior Data Engineer
10 48 (4.58%) Azure Engineer
11 43 (4.10%) Azure Data Engineer
12 35 (3.34%) Consultant
13 34 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
13 34 (3.24%) Business Analyst
14 30 (2.86%) Python Engineer
15 27 (2.58%) AWS Data Engineer
16 25 (2.39%) Snowflake Engineer
17 24 (2.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 22 (2.10%) Senior Developer
19 19 (1.81%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (10.11%) PySpark
2 85 (8.11%) Kafka
3 52 (4.96%) REST
4 44 (4.20%) XML
5 40 (3.82%) JSON
6 32 (3.05%) Node.js
7 31 (2.96%) Pandas
8 25 (2.39%) RESTful
9 24 (2.29%) NumPy
10 19 (1.81%) OAuth
11 17 (1.62%) React
11 17 (1.62%) SOAP
12 13 (1.24%) PyTorch
13 12 (1.15%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.15%) GraphQL
14 11 (1.05%) .NET
14 11 (1.05%) Keycloak
14 11 (1.05%) Middleware
14 11 (1.05%) Oracle GoldenGate
15 10 (0.95%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.97%) Cloud Native
2 72 (6.87%) Data Structures
3 40 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (2.58%) Algorithms
5 25 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.62%) Replication
9 15 (1.43%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.34%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.24%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.24%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.15%) IoT
13 11 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.86%) Reference Data
15 8 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.76%) Fixed Income
15 8 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.10%) Linux
2 19 (1.81%) Unix
3 14 (1.34%) Windows
4 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.095%) Solaris
6 1 (0.095%) VMS
6 1 (0.095%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.095%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 470 (44.85%) Data Modelling
2 402 (38.36%) Data Pipeline
3 398 (37.98%) Analytics
4 305 (29.10%) Business Intelligence
5 298 (28.44%) Data Engineering
6 274 (26.15%) CI/CD
7 266 (25.38%) Agile
8 256 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
9 245 (23.38%) Data Governance
10 230 (21.95%) Migration
11 225 (21.47%) DevOps
12 208 (19.85%) Data Integration
13 158 (15.08%) Data Architecture
13 158 (15.08%) Data Migration
14 142 (13.55%) Validation
15 129 (12.31%) Data Transformation
16 121 (11.55%) Visualisation
17 120 (11.45%) Data Science
18 106 (10.11%) Machine Learning
19 102 (9.73%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 667 (63.65%) SQL
2 528 (50.38%) Python
3 90 (8.59%) Java
4 48 (4.58%) Scala
5 40 (3.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 38 (3.63%) C#
6 38 (3.63%) T-SQL
7 32 (3.05%) PL/SQL
8 28 (2.67%) PowerShell
9 27 (2.58%) JavaScript
10 17 (1.62%) Bash
10 17 (1.62%) R
11 15 (1.43%) Go
11 15 (1.43%) PHP
11 15 (1.43%) VBA
12 14 (1.34%) Shell Script
12 14 (1.34%) TypeScript
13 9 (0.86%) Perl
14 7 (0.67%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.67%) Korn
Qualifications
1 176 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 134 (12.79%) SC Cleared
3 72 (6.87%) Degree
4 40 (3.82%) Azure Certification
4 40 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.44%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.53%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.05%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.57%) PMP
11 5 (0.48%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.29%) CISSP
12 3 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.19%) MCP
14 1 (0.095%) CBAP
14 1 (0.095%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 326 (31.11%) Data Quality
2 77 (7.35%) GDPR
3 75 (7.16%) QA
4 28 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.95%) HIPAA
6 6 (0.57%) IFRS
6 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.48%) WCAG
8 4 (0.38%) MiFID
8 4 (0.38%) SLA
9 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.29%) PMO
10 2 (0.19%) CRD IV
10 2 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.19%) EMIR
10 2 (0.19%) HL7
10 2 (0.19%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 115 (10.97%) Docker
2 6 (0.57%) 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 (0.095%) HDFS
6 1 (0.095%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 109 (10.40%) Kubernetes
2 84 (8.02%) Terraform
3 17 (1.62%) Grafana
4 12 (1.15%) Ansible
5 6 (0.57%) Kibana
6 5 (0.48%) Control-M
6 5 (0.48%) logstash
6 5 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.38%) 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 (0.095%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.095%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.095%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.095%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.095%) Puppet
10 1 (0.095%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.095%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 193 (18.42%) Databricks
2 164 (15.65%) Microsoft
3 139 (13.26%) Oracle
4 73 (6.97%) Talend
5 68 (6.49%) Informatica
6 58 (5.53%) Google
7 47 (4.48%) SAP
8 37 (3.53%) Denodo
9 33 (3.15%) Salesforce
10 19 (1.81%) IBM
11 17 (1.62%) Palantir
12 14 (1.34%) Foundry
13 13 (1.24%) MuleSoft
14 12 (1.15%) ServiceNow
15 11 (1.05%) VMware
16 10 (0.95%) AppDynamics
17 8 (0.76%) Ab Initio
17 8 (0.76%) Cognos
17 8 (0.76%) Teradata
17 8 (0.76%) Workday