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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 75 95
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 +4
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,323 953 1,014
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.25% 3.09% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 3.45% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 982 637 766
10th Percentile £358 £350 £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 £612
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 17
10th Percentile £35.71 - £32.10
25th Percentile £51.22 £26.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £64.00 £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +82.86% -33.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £70.39 £78.70 £68.00
90th Percentile £77.58 £102.00 £72.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.67 £27.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +138.81% -42.11% +35.71%

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 35,377 27,631 38,379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.89% 89.70% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,416 17,028 25,083
10th Percentile £311 £306 £300
25th Percentile £410 £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 £480 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,136 844 2,147
10th Percentile £14.58 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £60.32
90th Percentile £70.36 £75.00 £73.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.85% -12.53% +5.26%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +2 1,151 £500 -4.76% 471
London +22 701 £523 -2.74% 194
UK excluding London -17 477 £475 -3.65% 350
Work from Home -12 411 £509 +1.75% 212
Midlands -6 138 £513 +7.44% 80
North of England -42 132 £450 +2.86% 87
West Midlands -5 115 £513 +4.06% 54
North West -5 82 £447 -3.35% 49
South East -39 64 £475 -18.80% 108
South West -11 60 £525 -14.29% 38
Scotland +17 56 £463 +2.78% 16
Yorkshire -57 37 £475 +33.80% 30
East Midlands -17 23 £473 +21.94% 26
East of England -25 19 £535 +1.95% 21
North East -10 12 £450 -10.00% 9
Northern Ireland +8 11 £400 +3.23%
Wales -11 11 £410 -18.00% 5

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 (9.83%) Apache Spark
2 105 (7.94%) Apache Airflow
3 84 (6.35%) Apache
4 50 (3.78%) SAS
5 16 (1.21%) Confluence
6 15 (1.13%) SharePoint
7 10 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.60%) Appian
9 7 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
10 6 (0.45%) nginx
10 6 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
10 6 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 6 (0.45%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.38%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.23%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.23%) CMS
12 3 (0.23%) WebSphere
13 2 (0.15%) IIS
13 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
Applications
1 48 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.23%) Trello
6 1 (0.076%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (0.98%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 12 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 7 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.38%) Aladdin
7 5 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.38%) Maximo
7 5 (0.38%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.30%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.23%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 3 (0.23%) Workday HCM
10 2 (0.15%) Actimize
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 582 (43.99%) Azure
2 436 (32.96%) AWS
3 304 (22.98%) Power Platform
4 218 (16.48%) Azure Data Factory
5 180 (13.61%) GCP
6 160 (12.09%) Snowflake
7 148 (11.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 144 (10.88%) Amazon S3
9 129 (9.75%) Serverless
10 112 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
11 92 (6.95%) GitHub
12 89 (6.73%) AWS Lambda
13 71 (5.37%) dbt
14 46 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 44 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
16 38 (2.87%) SaaS
17 36 (2.72%) Amazon EMR
18 35 (2.65%) Collibra
19 30 (2.27%) AWS Step Functions
20 28 (2.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.53%) 5G
1 7 (0.53%) HTTP
2 6 (0.45%) 2G
2 6 (0.45%) 4G
2 6 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.15%) BGP
3 2 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.15%) DSL
3 2 (0.15%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Firewall
3 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.15%) OSPF
3 2 (0.15%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.076%) FabricPath
4 1 (0.076%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.076%) Multicast
4 1 (0.076%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 380 (28.72%) Data Warehouse
2 286 (21.62%) Power BI
3 228 (17.23%) Data Lake
4 159 (12.02%) SQL Server
5 134 (10.13%) Metadata
6 95 (7.18%) Big Data
6 95 (7.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 88 (6.65%) PostgreSQL
8 84 (6.35%) Relational Database
9 77 (5.82%) Amazon Redshift
9 77 (5.82%) Tableau
10 70 (5.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 65 (4.91%) Delta Lake
11 65 (4.91%) NoSQL
12 60 (4.54%) BigQuery
13 56 (4.23%) Snowflake Schema
14 55 (4.16%) Amazon Athena
15 54 (4.08%) Pentaho
16 49 (3.70%) Oracle Database
17 42 (3.17%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 149 (11.26%) Git
2 85 (6.42%) JIRA
3 65 (4.91%) Jenkins
4 48 (3.63%) GitLab
5 24 (1.81%) Postman
6 23 (1.74%) MLflow
7 17 (1.28%) ERwin
8 14 (1.06%) Selenium
9 9 (0.68%) JMeter
10 7 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.53%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.45%) TestRail
12 5 (0.38%) DBeaver
12 5 (0.38%) ER Studio
12 5 (0.38%) NUnit
12 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.30%) Gatling
13 4 (0.30%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.30%) Toad
13 4 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 402 (30.39%) Social Skills
2 341 (25.77%) Finance
3 218 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 102 (7.71%) Banking
6 38 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (1.89%) Retail
8 21 (1.59%) Financial Institution
9 19 (1.44%) Marketing
10 14 (1.06%) Legal
10 14 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 13 (0.98%) Law
11 13 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 12 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.60%) Publishing
14 7 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (0.45%) General Ledger
15 6 (0.45%) Local Government
16 5 (0.38%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 513 (38.78%) Data Engineer
2 167 (12.62%) Developer
3 141 (10.66%) Architect
4 140 (10.58%) Lead
5 139 (10.51%) Senior
6 125 (9.45%) Analyst
7 92 (6.95%) Data Architect
8 87 (6.58%) Senior Data Engineer
9 84 (6.35%) Data Analyst
10 49 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
11 37 (2.80%) AWS Engineer
11 37 (2.80%) Azure Data Engineer
12 36 (2.72%) Python Engineer
13 35 (2.65%) Snowflake Engineer
14 34 (2.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 31 (2.34%) AWS Data Engineer
16 29 (2.19%) Business Analyst
17 28 (2.12%) Snowflake Data Engineer
18 27 (2.04%) Lead Data Engineer
19 26 (1.97%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (12.77%) PySpark
2 118 (8.92%) Kafka
3 85 (6.42%) REST
4 49 (3.70%) XML
5 48 (3.63%) Pandas
6 47 (3.55%) JSON
7 34 (2.57%) NumPy
8 31 (2.34%) .NET
9 30 (2.27%) PyTorch
10 27 (2.04%) RESTful
11 26 (1.97%) OAuth
12 22 (1.66%) pytest
13 21 (1.59%) TensorFlow
14 20 (1.51%) Middleware
15 19 (1.44%) Node.js
15 19 (1.44%) scikit-learn
16 18 (1.36%) Hugging Face
16 18 (1.36%) SOAP
17 16 (1.21%) Oracle Fusion
17 16 (1.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.01%) Cloud Native
2 98 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 69 (5.22%) Legacy Systems
4 30 (2.27%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.89%) Algorithms
6 24 (1.81%) Distributed Computing
7 23 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (1.28%) Reinsurance
11 16 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 16 (1.21%) Replication
12 15 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.06%) Reference Data
14 13 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
14 13 (0.98%) IoT
15 12 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.49%) Linux
2 23 (1.74%) Unix
3 15 (1.13%) Windows
4 9 (0.68%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.38%) Solaris
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.30%) VMS
9 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.076%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (46.86%) Data Modelling
2 550 (41.57%) Analytics
3 499 (37.72%) Data Pipeline
4 421 (31.82%) Data Engineering
5 405 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
6 376 (28.42%) CI/CD
7 316 (23.89%) Agile
7 316 (23.89%) Data Governance
8 298 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
9 291 (22.00%) DevOps
10 266 (20.11%) Migration
11 224 (16.93%) Data Architecture
12 212 (16.02%) Data Integration
12 212 (16.02%) Validation
13 175 (13.23%) AI
14 174 (13.15%) Data Science
15 172 (13.00%) Data Migration
16 159 (12.02%) Machine Learning
17 150 (11.34%) Decision-Making
18 149 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 854 (64.55%) SQL
2 659 (49.81%) Python
3 109 (8.24%) Java
4 59 (4.46%) C#
5 54 (4.08%) T-SQL
6 51 (3.85%) Scala
7 46 (3.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 45 (3.40%) PL/SQL
9 44 (3.33%) JavaScript
10 31 (2.34%) PowerShell
11 19 (1.44%) Shell Script
12 18 (1.36%) Bash
12 18 (1.36%) TypeScript
13 17 (1.28%) Bicep
14 14 (1.06%) Go
14 14 (1.06%) R
15 12 (0.91%) VBA
16 11 (0.83%) PHP
17 5 (0.38%) Cypher
17 5 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 265 (20.03%) Security Cleared
2 208 (15.72%) SC Cleared
3 103 (7.79%) Degree
4 52 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (3.48%) Azure Certification
6 44 (3.33%) Master's Degree
7 32 (2.42%) AWS Certification
8 27 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.06%) DV Cleared
10 13 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.53%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.45%) PMP
13 5 (0.38%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.38%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.23%) IBM Certification
15 3 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 1 (0.076%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 438 (33.11%) Data Quality
2 110 (8.31%) GDPR
3 107 (8.09%) QA
4 22 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.59%) IFRS
6 19 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (1.28%) IFRS 17
8 10 (0.76%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.60%) PMO
10 5 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.38%) GAAP
10 5 (0.38%) MiFID
10 5 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.38%) SLA
11 3 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.23%) Basel III
11 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.23%) FATCA
11 3 (0.23%) GMP
11 3 (0.23%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 114 (8.62%) Docker
2 6 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 5 (0.38%) zsh
4 4 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.15%) HDFS
5 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.15%) KVM
5 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.076%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 131 (9.90%) Terraform
2 125 (9.45%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.06%) Grafana
5 13 (0.98%) Ansible
6 5 (0.38%) Control-M
6 5 (0.38%) Kibana
7 4 (0.30%) logstash
8 3 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.15%) SCCM
10 1 (0.076%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.076%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.076%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.076%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 289 (21.84%) Databricks
2 219 (16.55%) Microsoft
3 172 (13.00%) Oracle
4 107 (8.09%) Informatica
5 93 (7.03%) Talend
6 54 (4.08%) Google
6 54 (4.08%) SAP
7 32 (2.42%) Denodo
7 32 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 30 (2.27%) Salesforce
9 27 (2.04%) IBM
10 24 (1.81%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.21%) Palantir
12 15 (1.13%) Workday
13 13 (0.98%) Ab Initio
13 13 (0.98%) Foundry
13 13 (0.98%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.91%) Alteryx
14 12 (0.91%) Cognos
14 12 (0.91%) Splunk