ETL Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ETL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ETL over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 82 85
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing ETL 308 388 684
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.11% 2.56% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 2.91% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 295 506
10th Percentile £356 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £434 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -1.64%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £88.26 - £26.55
25th Percentile £93.41 - £32.63
Median hourly rate £102.00 £35.00 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year +191.43% -11.95% +13.57%
75th Percentile - £50.25 £43.53
90th Percentile - £58.82 £43.59
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £49.50 £46.82
% change year-on-year +6.06% +5.74% +2.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,024 13,319 22,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 87.90% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,199 8,917 16,193
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 575 527
10th Percentile £13.96 £15.17 £18.67
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.63 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.52 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.01% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.75 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.15 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

ETL
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ETL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ETL trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ETL
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ETL.

ETL daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ETL over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

ETL daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ETL.

ETL hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (7.14%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.84%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (4.87%) Apache
4 14 (4.55%) Confluence
5 10 (3.25%) SAS
6 9 (2.92%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.32%) GeoServer
Applications
1 12 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.27%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.65%) Actimize
3 2 (0.65%) Maximo
3 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 100 (32.47%) Azure
2 93 (30.19%) AWS
3 58 (18.83%) Power Platform
4 40 (12.99%) Snowflake
5 32 (10.39%) GCP
6 26 (8.44%) Amazon S3
7 24 (7.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (6.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 20 (6.49%) Serverless
9 19 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (5.52%) dbt
11 11 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (3.25%) GitHub
13 8 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.27%) Adobe Analytics
14 7 (2.27%) Amazon EMR
15 6 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (1.62%) Cloud Composer
16 5 (1.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (38.96%) Data Warehouse
2 58 (18.83%) Power BI
3 43 (13.96%) Data Lake
4 30 (9.74%) Big Data
5 26 (8.44%) Tableau
6 24 (7.79%) SQL Server
7 23 (7.47%) NoSQL
8 22 (7.14%) Relational Database
9 21 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 16 (5.19%) Metadata
12 15 (4.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 14 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (4.55%) BigQuery
14 13 (4.22%) Snowflake Schema
15 12 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
15 12 (3.90%) Hadoop
15 12 (3.90%) Oracle Database
16 10 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
17 9 (2.92%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (5.52%) JIRA
2 10 (3.25%) Git
3 9 (2.92%) ERwin
4 6 (1.95%) ER Studio
4 6 (1.95%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.62%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (1.30%) GitLab
6 4 (1.30%) PVCS
6 4 (1.30%) Subversion
7 3 (0.97%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.97%) MLflow
8 2 (0.65%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.32%) Flyway
9 1 (0.32%) Hudson
9 1 (0.32%) LSMW
9 1 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 77 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 75 (24.35%) Finance
3 51 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 27 (8.77%) Banking
6 14 (4.55%) Retail
7 13 (4.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (3.57%) Marketing
9 8 (2.60%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.30%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.30%) Legal
11 4 (1.30%) Military
12 3 (0.97%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.97%) Law
12 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.97%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (33.44%) Data Engineer
2 44 (14.29%) Developer
3 37 (12.01%) Analyst
4 34 (11.04%) Architect
5 31 (10.06%) Senior
6 28 (9.09%) Data Analyst
7 27 (8.77%) Data Architect
7 27 (8.77%) Lead
8 19 (6.17%) Senior Data Engineer
9 15 (4.87%) Data Modeller
10 14 (4.55%) Consultant
11 12 (3.90%) AWS Data Engineer
11 12 (3.90%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (3.57%) Business Analyst
12 11 (3.57%) Data Manager
13 9 (2.92%) Azure Data Engineer
13 9 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.92%) Data Consultant
14 8 (2.60%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.60%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.82%) PySpark
2 13 (4.22%) Kafka
3 7 (2.27%) JSON
3 7 (2.27%) XML
4 6 (1.95%) RESTful
5 4 (1.30%) Java EE
5 4 (1.30%) OAuth
5 4 (1.30%) Plotly
5 4 (1.30%) React
6 3 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.97%) Node.js
6 3 (0.97%) PostGIS
6 3 (0.97%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.97%) Web Services
7 2 (0.65%) FHIR
7 2 (0.65%) hapi
7 2 (0.65%) HTML
7 2 (0.65%) Middleware
7 2 (0.65%) REST
7 2 (0.65%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.17%) Data Structures
2 18 (5.84%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.62%) NHS
7 4 (1.30%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.30%) Clustering
7 4 (1.30%) Data Fabric
7 4 (1.30%) Reference Data
8 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.97%) FMCG
8 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.65%) CMDB
9 2 (0.65%) Life Science
9 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.60%) Linux
2 3 (0.97%) Unix
2 3 (0.97%) Windows
3 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (38.96%) Data Modelling
2 92 (29.87%) Data Pipeline
3 82 (26.62%) Analytics
4 76 (24.68%) Business Intelligence
4 76 (24.68%) Migration
5 72 (23.38%) Data Governance
6 64 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (20.45%) Data Integration
8 62 (20.13%) Data Engineering
9 53 (17.21%) Data Migration
10 46 (14.94%) Visualisation
11 43 (13.96%) DevOps
12 39 (12.66%) Validation
13 38 (12.34%) Agile
13 38 (12.34%) Data Architecture
14 37 (12.01%) CI/CD
15 36 (11.69%) Data Management
15 36 (11.69%) Data Visualisation
16 35 (11.36%) Data Transformation
17 31 (10.06%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 193 (62.66%) SQL
2 115 (37.34%) Python
3 23 (7.47%) Java
4 15 (4.87%) Scala
5 14 (4.55%) R
6 11 (3.57%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.25%) PL/SQL
8 7 (2.27%) C#
8 7 (2.27%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (1.95%) Go
10 4 (1.30%) ABAP
10 4 (1.30%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.30%) C
10 4 (1.30%) ProC
11 3 (0.97%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.65%) VBA
13 1 (0.32%) C++
13 1 (0.32%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 39 (12.66%) Security Cleared
2 31 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.82%) Degree
4 9 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.27%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.97%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.65%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) CITP
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (25.32%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.90%) GDPR
3 8 (2.60%) QA
4 6 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (6.17%) Docker
2 4 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.32%) HDFS
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.19%) Terraform
3 4 (1.30%) Grafana
4 3 (0.97%) Ansible
4 3 (0.97%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.65%) Kibana
5 2 (0.65%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.32%) Oozie
Vendors
1 39 (12.66%) Databricks
2 35 (11.36%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.06%) Oracle
4 23 (7.47%) Google
5 14 (4.55%) SAP
6 13 (4.22%) Informatica
7 9 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.92%) Teradata
8 8 (2.60%) Alteryx
9 7 (2.27%) Adobe
10 5 (1.62%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.30%) Ab Initio
11 4 (1.30%) IBM
12 3 (0.97%) Palantir
12 3 (0.97%) Talend
13 2 (0.65%) Atlassian
13 2 (0.65%) ESRI
13 2 (0.65%) Foundry
13 2 (0.65%) MicroStrategy
13 2 (0.65%) Sage