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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 78 88
Rank change year-on-year +9 +10 +12
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,660 906 1,043
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.32% 3.07% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 3.37% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 622 763
10th Percentile £357 £355 £363
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £614
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +0.21% -6.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 12
10th Percentile £34.60 - £30.83
25th Percentile £36.78 £36.69 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +15.38% -32.59%
75th Percentile £64.00 £63.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £69.18 £86.74 £53.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £70.60 £26.05
% change year-on-year -22.10% +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 42,415 26,864 37,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.78% 91.03% 85.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,461 17,061 23,740
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 2,543 1,206 2,581
10th Percentile £14.71 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.13 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -25.68% +1.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% +9.23%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +9 1,488 £500 -1.96% 299
London +15 765 £512 -3.43% 157
UK excluding London +18 735 £469 +0.21% 210
Work from Home +16 531 £500 - 148
Midlands +25 252 £459 +2.96% 33
West Midlands +43 223 £459 -4.38% 24
North of England -11 179 £460 -3.16% 45
South East +2 136 £475 -5.00% 77
North West -14 94 £450 -10.00% 31
South West -14 64 £525 +10.53% 31
Yorkshire -26 63 £500 +19.05% 8
Scotland -10 55 £428 -2.95% 6
East of England -6 45 £488 - 8
East Midlands -22 28 £525 +23.67% 9
North East -20 22 £525 +20.69% 6
Wales -9 8 £313 -26.04% 6
Northern Ireland +5 6 £400 -23.81% 8

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
1 143 (8.61%) Apache Spark
2 125 (7.53%) Apache Airflow
3 83 (5.00%) Apache
4 75 (4.52%) SAS
5 63 (3.80%) Confluence
6 17 (1.02%) SharePoint
7 15 (0.90%) Oracle Application Server
8 13 (0.78%) Tomcat
9 12 (0.72%) nginx
10 10 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
11 9 (0.54%) Appian
12 8 (0.48%) ArcGIS
12 8 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
13 5 (0.30%) WebLogic
14 4 (0.24%) Camunda
14 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
15 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
16 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
16 2 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.42%) Notepad++
4 6 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
2 13 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 10 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.54%) Sage X3
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
7 6 (0.36%) Aladdin
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.30%) BambooHR
8 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.30%) Oracle 11i
9 3 (0.18%) Actimize
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.18%) SimCorp Dimension
10 2 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 680 (40.96%) Azure
2 502 (30.24%) AWS
3 428 (25.78%) Power Platform
4 240 (14.46%) Azure Data Factory
5 191 (11.51%) GCP
6 179 (10.78%) Snowflake
7 158 (9.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 156 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
9 153 (9.22%) Amazon S3
10 147 (8.86%) Serverless
11 116 (6.99%) GitHub
12 112 (6.75%) AWS Lambda
13 102 (6.14%) dbt
14 58 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
15 51 (3.07%) Collibra
16 42 (2.53%) Amazon EMR
17 39 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 34 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
19 32 (1.93%) Power Automate
20 29 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.78%) HTTP
2 12 (0.72%) Firewall
3 7 (0.42%) PuTTY
3 7 (0.42%) WinSCP
4 6 (0.36%) VPN
5 1 (0.060%) 4G
5 1 (0.060%) 5G
5 1 (0.060%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.060%) DHCP
5 1 (0.060%) DNS
5 1 (0.060%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (0.060%) Network Security
5 1 (0.060%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 493 (29.70%) Data Warehouse
2 405 (24.40%) Power BI
3 275 (16.57%) Data Lake
4 190 (11.45%) SQL Server
5 155 (9.34%) Metadata
6 103 (6.20%) Big Data
7 102 (6.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 100 (6.02%) Tableau
9 96 (5.78%) Amazon Redshift
10 94 (5.66%) Delta Lake
11 86 (5.18%) Azure SQL Database
11 86 (5.18%) Relational Database
12 85 (5.12%) NoSQL
13 83 (5.00%) Pentaho
14 73 (4.40%) BigQuery
15 71 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
15 71 (4.28%) Snowflake Schema
16 64 (3.86%) Amazon Athena
17 62 (3.73%) Oracle Reports
18 49 (2.95%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 199 (11.99%) Git
2 148 (8.92%) JIRA
3 97 (5.84%) GitLab
4 70 (4.22%) Jenkins
5 43 (2.59%) Postman
6 37 (2.23%) Zephyr
7 23 (1.39%) MLflow
8 13 (0.78%) Selenium
9 8 (0.48%) ERwin
10 7 (0.42%) JMeter
11 4 (0.24%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.24%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.24%) Flyway
11 4 (0.24%) Gatling
11 4 (0.24%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.24%) LSMW
11 4 (0.24%) MSTest
11 4 (0.24%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.24%) NUnit
11 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
General
1 427 (25.72%) Social Skills
2 411 (24.76%) Finance
3 273 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 127 (7.65%) Banking
6 47 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (1.99%) Marketing
8 26 (1.57%) Retail
9 25 (1.51%) Financial Institution
10 23 (1.39%) Legal
11 19 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.02%) Telecoms
13 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.54%) Billing
14 9 (0.54%) Investment Banking
14 9 (0.54%) Law
14 9 (0.54%) Publishing
15 8 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.48%) Military
15 8 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 682 (41.08%) Data Engineer
2 210 (12.65%) Developer
3 201 (12.11%) Architect
4 194 (11.69%) Senior
5 177 (10.66%) Lead
6 131 (7.89%) Senior Data Engineer
7 125 (7.53%) Analyst
8 119 (7.17%) Data Architect
9 75 (4.52%) Data Analyst
10 53 (3.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 50 (3.01%) AWS Engineer
12 48 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
13 44 (2.65%) AWS Data Engineer
14 43 (2.59%) Python Engineer
15 39 (2.35%) Snowflake Engineer
15 39 (2.35%) SQL Developer
16 36 (2.17%) Data Migration Lead
16 36 (2.17%) Integration Engineer
17 35 (2.11%) Consultant
17 35 (2.11%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (11.51%) PySpark
2 134 (8.07%) Kafka
3 88 (5.30%) REST
4 54 (3.25%) Pandas
5 43 (2.59%) .NET
5 43 (2.59%) JSON
6 41 (2.47%) XML
7 33 (1.99%) Middleware
8 27 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
8 27 (1.63%) PyTorch
9 24 (1.45%) OAuth
9 24 (1.45%) RESTful
9 24 (1.45%) Spring
10 23 (1.39%) NumPy
11 22 (1.33%) pytest
11 22 (1.33%) Spring Boot
12 19 (1.14%) TensorFlow
12 19 (1.14%) Web Services
13 18 (1.08%) FastAPI
13 18 (1.08%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 155 (9.34%) Cloud Native
2 114 (6.87%) Data Structures
3 90 (5.42%) Legacy Systems
4 49 (2.95%) Onboarding
5 44 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 28 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
7 26 (1.57%) Distributed Computing
8 24 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 24 (1.45%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.39%) AI Agents
10 22 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.27%) Reference Data
12 19 (1.14%) Clustering
13 18 (1.08%) NHS
14 17 (1.02%) Replication
15 14 (0.84%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.84%) Reinsurance
16 13 (0.78%) Public Cloud
16 13 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (2.23%) Unix
2 35 (2.11%) Linux
3 21 (1.27%) Windows
4 12 (0.72%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.66%) Solaris
5 11 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.18%) VMS
10 2 (0.12%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 785 (47.29%) Data Modelling
2 650 (39.16%) Data Pipeline
3 643 (38.73%) Analytics
4 516 (31.08%) Data Engineering
5 506 (30.48%) Business Intelligence
6 476 (28.67%) CI/CD
7 417 (25.12%) Agile
8 400 (24.10%) Migration
9 378 (22.77%) DevOps
10 332 (20.00%) Data Governance
11 316 (19.04%) Validation
12 313 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
13 288 (17.35%) Data Integration
14 283 (17.05%) AI
15 250 (15.06%) Data Architecture
16 245 (14.76%) Data Migration
17 218 (13.13%) Decision-Making
18 212 (12.77%) Test Automation
19 189 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
20 181 (10.90%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1,115 (67.17%) SQL
2 699 (42.11%) Python
3 137 (8.25%) Java
4 93 (5.60%) T-SQL
5 77 (4.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 76 (4.58%) PL/SQL
7 65 (3.92%) C#
8 53 (3.19%) Scala
9 37 (2.23%) JavaScript
10 34 (2.05%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.57%) Bash
12 22 (1.33%) Shell Script
13 21 (1.27%) TypeScript
14 19 (1.14%) R
15 16 (0.96%) Bicep
16 8 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.48%) VBA
17 7 (0.42%) SAS Macro
18 6 (0.36%) Cypher
19 5 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 442 (26.63%) Security Cleared
2 368 (22.17%) SC Cleared
3 101 (6.08%) Degree
4 44 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 34 (2.05%) Master's Degree
8 30 (1.81%) ISTQB
9 26 (1.57%) AWS Certification
10 15 (0.90%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.66%) SnowPro
13 6 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.24%) PMP
16 3 (0.18%) IBM Certification
16 3 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 2 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 555 (33.43%) Data Quality
2 152 (9.16%) QA
3 112 (6.75%) GDPR
4 24 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 19 (1.14%) IFRS
6 17 (1.02%) IFRS 17
7 14 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.78%) PMO
8 13 (0.78%) SLA
9 8 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.48%) FATCA
9 8 (0.48%) GRC
10 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.30%) GAAP
10 5 (0.30%) IFRS 9
10 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.24%) HL7
11 4 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 114 (6.87%) Docker
2 8 (0.48%) Oracle RAC
2 8 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.30%) HDFS
5 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.060%) RACF
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 149 (8.98%) Terraform
2 119 (7.17%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.29%) Grafana
4 17 (1.02%) Ansible
4 17 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.48%) Control-M
6 6 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.18%) Foglight
8 2 (0.12%) SCCM
9 1 (0.060%) Argo
9 1 (0.060%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.060%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.060%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.060%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.060%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 336 (20.24%) Databricks
2 311 (18.73%) Microsoft
3 298 (17.95%) Oracle
4 158 (9.52%) Informatica
5 140 (8.43%) Talend
6 73 (4.40%) SAP
7 62 (3.73%) Denodo
8 61 (3.67%) Google
9 46 (2.77%) ServiceNow
10 41 (2.47%) IBM
11 29 (1.75%) Salesforce
12 23 (1.39%) Alteryx
12 23 (1.39%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.20%) Sage
14 18 (1.08%) Splunk
15 17 (1.02%) OpenAI
15 17 (1.02%) Workday
16 12 (0.72%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.66%) Cloudera
17 11 (0.66%) ESRI