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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 79 100
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 -1
Contract jobs citing ETL 1,137 945 1,016
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.07% 2.88% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 3.25% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 623 768
10th Percentile £360 £354 £382
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £681 £688 £716
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +1.32% -6.00% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 17
10th Percentile £32.50 - £44.96
25th Percentile £35.44 £26.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £47.36 £35.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.30% -42.15% +70.42%
75th Percentile £73.37 £78.70 £68.00
90th Percentile £79.25 £102.00 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.80 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +157.46% -45.00% +42.86%

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 32,669 29,037 38,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.09% 88.41% 87.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,654 17,656 25,324
10th Percentile £304 £306 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £722 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,016 941 1,546
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%
75th Percentile £53.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £74.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.79 £30.78 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.72% -31.60% +43.91%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 2 January 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 -4 982 £500 -4.76% 382
London +15 601 £525 - 177
UK excluding London -18 395 £500 +1.32% 257
Work from Home -9 359 £501 +0.10% 208
Midlands +2 123 £515 +7.97% 36
North of England -34 102 £450 -4.00% 64
West Midlands -3 101 £520 +5.48% 23
North West -20 63 £438 -5.41% 32
South West +1 54 £538 -6.52% 35
South East -42 50 £425 -22.73% 95
Scotland +18 38 £500 +11.11% 6
Yorkshire -59 30 £472 +4.78% 20
East Midlands -12 22 £433 +15.33% 13
East of England -13 19 £575 +4.55% 22
Northern Ireland +5 15 £400 +3.23% 1
Wales -6 10 £498 -3.40% 3
North East -8 8 £450 -9.55% 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
1 109 (9.59%) Apache Spark
2 95 (8.36%) Apache Airflow
3 76 (6.68%) Apache
4 50 (4.40%) SAS
5 14 (1.23%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.06%) Confluence
7 7 (0.62%) Oracle Application Server
8 6 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.44%) IIS
9 5 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.26%) Appian
10 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.26%) Luigi
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.18%) CMS
11 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.088%) Moodle
Applications
1 53 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Trello
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.088%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 8 (0.70%) Aladdin
4 7 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (0.62%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.53%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 6 (0.53%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.44%) Maximo
6 5 (0.44%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.26%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.26%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 469 (41.25%) Azure
2 360 (31.66%) AWS
3 251 (22.08%) Power Platform
4 181 (15.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 158 (13.90%) GCP
6 153 (13.46%) Snowflake
7 128 (11.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 119 (10.47%) Amazon S3
9 106 (9.32%) Serverless
10 81 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (6.24%) AWS Lambda
12 68 (5.98%) GitHub
13 57 (5.01%) dbt
14 34 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
14 34 (2.99%) SaaS
15 31 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
16 28 (2.46%) Amazon EMR
17 25 (2.20%) Azure Functions
17 25 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
18 24 (2.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.53%) 2G
1 6 (0.53%) 5G
1 6 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (0.44%) 4G
3 4 (0.35%) DNS
4 3 (0.26%) SSH
4 3 (0.26%) SSL
4 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.18%) BGP
5 2 (0.18%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.18%) DSL
5 2 (0.18%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (0.18%) Firewall
5 2 (0.18%) HTTP
5 2 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.18%) OSPF
5 2 (0.18%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.088%) Internet
6 1 (0.088%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.088%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (30.87%) Data Warehouse
2 238 (20.93%) Power BI
3 191 (16.80%) Data Lake
4 134 (11.79%) SQL Server
5 101 (8.88%) Metadata
6 87 (7.65%) Relational Database
7 84 (7.39%) Big Data
8 82 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
9 81 (7.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 80 (7.04%) Amazon Redshift
11 68 (5.98%) Tableau
12 63 (5.54%) BigQuery
13 61 (5.36%) Azure SQL Database
14 56 (4.93%) NoSQL
15 48 (4.22%) Pentaho
16 46 (4.05%) Snowflake Schema
17 45 (3.96%) Delta Lake
18 43 (3.78%) Amazon Athena
18 43 (3.78%) Oracle Database
19 38 (3.34%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 138 (12.14%) Git
2 81 (7.12%) JIRA
3 68 (5.98%) Jenkins
4 38 (3.34%) GitLab
5 21 (1.85%) Postman
6 15 (1.32%) ERwin
6 15 (1.32%) MLflow
7 13 (1.14%) Selenium
8 8 (0.70%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.62%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.62%) TestRail
10 6 (0.53%) DBeaver
10 6 (0.53%) ER Studio
10 6 (0.53%) JMeter
10 6 (0.53%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.35%) Toad
11 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.26%) Bitbucket
General
1 341 (29.99%) Social Skills
2 288 (25.33%) Finance
3 197 (17.33%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (8.88%) Public Sector
5 81 (7.12%) Banking
6 22 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (1.58%) Retail
8 17 (1.50%) Financial Institution
8 17 (1.50%) Marketing
9 15 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 14 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.23%) Legal
11 11 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.79%) Law
12 9 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.70%) Front Office
13 8 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.62%) Local Government
14 7 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 396 (34.83%) Data Engineer
2 161 (14.16%) Developer
3 125 (10.99%) Senior
4 122 (10.73%) Analyst
5 112 (9.85%) Lead
6 108 (9.50%) Architect
7 78 (6.86%) Data Analyst
8 66 (5.80%) Senior Data Engineer
9 65 (5.72%) Data Architect
10 49 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
11 43 (3.78%) Azure Data Engineer
12 37 (3.25%) Consultant
13 33 (2.90%) AWS Engineer
14 32 (2.81%) Business Analyst
15 31 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 31 (2.73%) Python Engineer
16 29 (2.55%) Senior Developer
17 26 (2.29%) AWS Data Engineer
18 24 (2.11%) Snowflake Engineer
19 20 (1.76%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (11.52%) PySpark
2 90 (7.92%) Kafka
3 72 (6.33%) REST
4 50 (4.40%) XML
5 41 (3.61%) JSON
6 40 (3.52%) Pandas
7 28 (2.46%) NumPy
8 27 (2.37%) Node.js
9 25 (2.20%) RESTful
10 22 (1.93%) OAuth
11 21 (1.85%) .NET
12 18 (1.58%) PyTorch
13 17 (1.50%) React
14 16 (1.41%) SOAP
15 15 (1.32%) Middleware
16 13 (1.14%) pytest
17 12 (1.06%) JWT
17 12 (1.06%) Keycloak
17 12 (1.06%) Spark Streaming
17 12 (1.06%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.77%) Data Structures
2 74 (6.51%) Cloud Native
3 53 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (2.37%) Algorithms
5 26 (2.29%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
7 19 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.58%) Replication
9 17 (1.50%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.41%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.14%) IoT
12 12 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (0.79%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.79%) Data Fabric
13 9 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.79%) Reinsurance
13 9 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.43%) Linux
2 18 (1.58%) Unix
3 11 (0.97%) Windows
4 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.088%) Solaris
6 1 (0.088%) VMS
6 1 (0.088%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (44.85%) Data Modelling
2 450 (39.58%) Analytics
3 433 (38.08%) Data Pipeline
4 359 (31.57%) Business Intelligence
5 324 (28.50%) Data Engineering
6 309 (27.18%) CI/CD
7 283 (24.89%) Agile
8 264 (23.22%) DevOps
9 259 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
10 247 (21.72%) Data Governance
11 238 (20.93%) Migration
12 204 (17.94%) Data Integration
13 177 (15.57%) Data Architecture
14 165 (14.51%) Data Migration
15 164 (14.42%) Validation
16 136 (11.96%) Data Science
17 127 (11.17%) Data Transformation
18 125 (10.99%) Machine Learning
19 121 (10.64%) AI
20 119 (10.47%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 721 (63.41%) SQL
2 551 (48.46%) Python
3 97 (8.53%) Java
4 47 (4.13%) C#
5 42 (3.69%) Scala
6 40 (3.52%) PL/SQL
6 40 (3.52%) T-SQL
7 39 (3.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 38 (3.34%) JavaScript
9 26 (2.29%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.58%) R
11 17 (1.50%) Bash
12 16 (1.41%) Go
13 15 (1.32%) PHP
14 14 (1.23%) TypeScript
15 13 (1.14%) Shell Script
15 13 (1.14%) VBA
16 11 (0.97%) Bicep
17 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.53%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 209 (18.38%) Security Cleared
2 161 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 78 (6.86%) Degree
4 47 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (3.96%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.99%) AWS Certification
7 21 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (1.14%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.79%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.79%) PMP
12 6 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.35%) SnowPro
15 3 (0.26%) CISSP
15 3 (0.26%) MCP
16 2 (0.18%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
17 1 (0.088%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 359 (31.57%) Data Quality
2 86 (7.56%) GDPR
3 84 (7.39%) QA
4 26 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 14 (1.23%) IFRS
7 9 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 9 (0.79%) IFRS 17
8 6 (0.53%) SLA
9 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.44%) WCAG
10 4 (0.35%) GAAP
10 4 (0.35%) MiFID
11 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.26%) Basel III
11 3 (0.26%) IFRS 9
11 3 (0.26%) PMO
12 2 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.18%) NCSC
12 2 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 123 (10.82%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.44%) zsh
3 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) KVM
4 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.088%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (0.088%) HDFS
5 1 (0.088%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 117 (10.29%) Kubernetes
2 98 (8.62%) Terraform
3 15 (1.32%) Ansible
4 13 (1.14%) Grafana
5 7 (0.62%) Control-M
5 7 (0.62%) Kibana
6 6 (0.53%) logstash
7 4 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.26%) Argo
8 3 (0.26%) Istio
8 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.26%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.088%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.088%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.088%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.088%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.088%) Puppet
10 1 (0.088%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.088%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 229 (20.14%) Databricks
2 199 (17.50%) Microsoft
3 147 (12.93%) Oracle
4 69 (6.07%) Informatica
4 69 (6.07%) Talend
5 52 (4.57%) SAP
6 50 (4.40%) Google
7 38 (3.34%) Denodo
8 35 (3.08%) Salesforce
9 24 (2.11%) IBM
9 24 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.50%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.41%) Palantir
12 13 (1.14%) Foundry
13 12 (1.06%) Workday
14 10 (0.88%) Ab Initio
15 8 (0.70%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.70%) Cognos
15 8 (0.70%) VMware
16 6 (0.53%) Pega