Hybrid/Remote ETL Architect Contract Job Trends

ETL Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median ETL Architect daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 305 344
Rank change year-on-year -21 +39 +118
Contract jobs requiring an ETL Architect 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.049% 0.010% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.011% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £368 - £520
25th Percentile £394 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £535
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.16%
75th Percentile £591 - £538
90th Percentile £639 - £539
UK median daily rate £475 £675 £535
% change year-on-year -29.63% +26.17% -20.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £64.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £64.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,375 9,139 13,935
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 93.88% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,256 6,246 9,355
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £423 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% -0.95% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 216 572
10th Percentile £17.58 £14.00 £14.27
25th Percentile £30.25 £16.00 £23.22
Median hourly rate £57.50 £37.50 £44.87
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -16.43% -14.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £77.50 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £43.09 £28.60 £37.18
% change year-on-year +50.66% -23.08% -17.38%

ETL Architect
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ETL Architect' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ETL Architect job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

ETL Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid ETL Architect job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid ETL Architect job vacancies

ETL Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ETL Architect over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

ETL Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

ETL Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, ETL Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring ETL Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) ETL
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (66.67%) Apache Spark
3 4 (66.67%) AWS
3 4 (66.67%) Data Architecture
3 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle
3 4 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 4 (66.67%) Talend
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (50.00%) AI
4 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) Apache
4 3 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (50.00%) API Integration
4 3 (50.00%) Big Data
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (50.00%) Data Lake
4 3 (50.00%) Data Management
4 3 (50.00%) Data Science
4 3 (50.00%) Data Security

ETL Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (66.67%) Apache Spark
2 3 (50.00%) Apache
2 3 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (16.67%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
3 3 (50.00%) GCP
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) Big Data
2 3 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (50.00%) Hadoop
2 3 (50.00%) Metadata
2 3 (50.00%) MySQL
3 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (16.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Life Science
1 1 (16.67%) Omics
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ETL
2 5 (83.33%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (66.67%) Data Architecture
3 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (50.00%) AI
4 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) API Integration
4 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (50.00%) Data Management
4 3 (50.00%) Data Science
4 3 (50.00%) Logical Data Model
4 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (50.00%) Metadata Management
4 3 (50.00%) Microservices
4 3 (50.00%) Physical Data Model
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
1 4 (66.67%) Talend
2 3 (50.00%) Google
2 3 (50.00%) Informatica
3 1 (16.67%) Databricks
3 1 (16.67%) Denodo