Data Integration Job Trends

Data Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Integration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 279 234
Rank change year-on-year +33 -45 +106
Permanent jobs citing Data Integration 530 645 721
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.95% 1.02% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.18% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 306 334 431
10th Percentile £47,125 £41,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,563 £52,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Integration falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

Data Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Integration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Integration job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Integration
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Integration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Integration

Data Integration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Integration over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Integration within the UK over the 6 months to 5 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 423 £70,000 +7.69% 167
UK excluding London +10 274 £62,500 +4.17% 141
Work from Home +29 223 £65,000 -8.77% 117
London +24 204 £82,500 +10.00% 65
South East -20 90 £60,000 +2.13% 59
Scotland +45 56 £75,000 +30.43% 9
Midlands +44 50 £62,500 -5.94% 22
North of England -12 38 £62,500 +13.64% 31
West Midlands +14 26 £60,000 -8.26% 17
East Midlands +25 24 £66,250 -19.70% 4
East of England +39 20 £60,000 -4.00% 8
South West +7 19 £70,000 +3.70% 12
North West +8 17 £68,750 +25.00% 22
Yorkshire -26 13 £65,000 +10.38% 6
North East +15 8 £51,000 -32.00% 3
Wales +7 1 £50,124 -

Data Integration
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 28 (5.28%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.58%) Apache
3 17 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.70%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.51%) CMS
6 7 (1.32%) SAS
7 6 (1.13%) Appian
7 6 (1.13%) Smallworld
8 3 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.57%) Confluence
9 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.64%) Oracle Smart View
3 7 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.26%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (2.26%) Oracle Receivables
3 11 (2.08%) Hyperion Planning
3 11 (2.08%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (2.08%) Oracle Financials
3 11 (2.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 10 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.38%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.38%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.19%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 231 (43.58%) Azure
2 100 (18.87%) Power Platform
3 90 (16.98%) AWS
4 70 (13.21%) SaaS
5 65 (12.26%) Snowflake
6 53 (10.00%) GCP
7 51 (9.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 50 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (8.49%) GitHub
10 42 (7.92%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (4.15%) Power Automate
12 20 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 20 (3.77%) dbt
13 18 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (3.21%) GitHub Copilot
14 17 (3.21%) OpenShift
15 15 (2.83%) PowerApps
16 13 (2.45%) H2O.ai
17 12 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.94%) MQTT
2 3 (0.57%) Modbus
3 2 (0.38%) Broadband
3 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) HTTP
4 1 (0.19%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.19%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.19%) SSL
4 1 (0.19%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (30.57%) Data Warehouse
2 80 (15.09%) Power BI
3 74 (13.96%) Data Lake
4 63 (11.89%) SQL Server
5 39 (7.36%) Metadata
6 26 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (4.53%) Big Data
7 24 (4.53%) NoSQL
8 22 (4.15%) Relational Database
8 22 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (3.96%) Pentaho
10 20 (3.77%) MongoDB
10 20 (3.77%) MySQL
11 17 (3.21%) Hadoop
12 14 (2.64%) RDBMS
13 12 (2.26%) DynamoDB
13 12 (2.26%) Neo4j
14 11 (2.08%) DataStage
14 11 (2.08%) Essbase
14 11 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (3.40%) JIRA
2 16 (3.02%) ERwin
3 11 (2.08%) Oracle Forms
4 8 (1.51%) Git
4 8 (1.51%) Selenium
5 6 (1.13%) Robot Framework
5 6 (1.13%) Snyk
6 5 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.94%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.57%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
8 1 (0.19%) JUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.19%) NUnit
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.19%) TestComplete
General
1 182 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 172 (32.45%) Finance
3 106 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (7.36%) Law
5 37 (6.98%) Manufacturing
6 32 (6.04%) Public Sector
7 28 (5.28%) Marketing
8 21 (3.96%) Back Office
8 21 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (3.40%) Retail
11 16 (3.02%) Banking
12 9 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.51%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.51%) Legal
14 7 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.13%) Front Office
16 5 (0.94%) Publishing
16 5 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 145 (27.36%) Architect
2 108 (20.38%) Data Architect
3 85 (16.04%) Developer
4 66 (12.45%) Senior
5 65 (12.26%) Data Engineer
6 61 (11.51%) Lead
7 43 (8.11%) Analyst
8 25 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (4.53%) Consultant
9 24 (4.53%) Senior Architect
10 20 (3.77%) Data Manager
11 19 (3.58%) Lead Architect
11 19 (3.58%) Senior Data Architect
12 18 (3.40%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 18 (3.40%) Senior Data Engineer
13 17 (3.21%) Lead Data Architect
14 15 (2.83%) Dynamics NAV Developer
14 15 (2.83%) SaaS Developer
14 15 (2.83%) Senior Analyst
15 14 (2.64%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.47%) XML
2 24 (4.53%) JSON
2 24 (4.53%) Middleware
2 24 (4.53%) REST
3 18 (3.40%) Kafka
4 16 (3.02%) .NET
5 14 (2.64%) OAuth
5 14 (2.64%) RESTful
6 13 (2.45%) Keras
6 13 (2.45%) OAuth2
6 13 (2.45%) PyTorch
6 13 (2.45%) TensorFlow
7 10 (1.89%) Apache NiFi
7 10 (1.89%) SOAP
8 9 (1.70%) HTML
9 8 (1.51%) PySpark
10 7 (1.32%) CSS
10 7 (1.32%) Web Services
11 5 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (0.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.25%) Management Information System
2 34 (6.42%) Data Structures
3 30 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 29 (5.47%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.77%) Low-Code
7 19 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (3.21%) NHS
9 15 (2.83%) Onboarding
10 14 (2.64%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.08%) IoT
12 10 (1.89%) Mobile App
13 6 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.94%) Fixed Income
14 5 (0.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.32%) Unix
2 4 (0.75%) Windows
3 3 (0.57%) Linux
4 2 (0.38%) VMS
4 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (46.42%) Analytics
2 229 (43.21%) Data Modelling
3 184 (34.72%) Data Engineering
4 171 (32.26%) ETL
5 161 (30.38%) Agile
6 154 (29.06%) Data Governance
7 142 (26.79%) Data Pipeline
8 133 (25.09%) Data Architecture
9 131 (24.72%) AI
10 126 (23.77%) Business Intelligence
11 112 (21.13%) Data Management
12 102 (19.25%) Mentoring
13 101 (19.06%) DevOps
14 100 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
15 98 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 97 (18.30%) Coaching
17 96 (18.11%) Roadmaps
18 88 (16.60%) Stakeholder Management
19 84 (15.85%) Data Science
20 73 (13.77%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 206 (38.87%) SQL
2 112 (21.13%) Python
3 43 (8.11%) Java
4 42 (7.92%) C#
5 17 (3.21%) T-SQL
6 16 (3.02%) JavaScript
7 14 (2.64%) Groovy
8 13 (2.45%) C
8 13 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (2.26%) Bicep
10 10 (1.89%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.32%) Scala
12 6 (1.13%) Bash
12 6 (1.13%) R
12 6 (1.13%) VBA
13 5 (0.94%) Fortran
14 4 (0.75%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.75%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.38%) ABAP
15 2 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (15.28%) Degree
2 50 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (6.98%) Master's Degree
3 37 (6.98%) Security Cleared
4 24 (4.53%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.32%) PMP
8 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.75%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.38%) HNC
11 2 (0.38%) HND
11 2 (0.38%) MCSA
11 2 (0.38%) MCSE
11 2 (0.38%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.19%) ISEB
12 1 (0.19%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (18.87%) Data Quality
2 55 (10.38%) Accessibility
3 41 (7.74%) GDPR
4 14 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.26%) ISO 9001
6 9 (1.70%) MiFID
7 6 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.13%) QA
8 4 (0.75%) PMO
9 2 (0.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.38%) COREP
9 2 (0.38%) FINREP
9 2 (0.38%) GxP
9 2 (0.38%) IFRS
10 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.51%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (4.15%) Terraform
2 8 (1.51%) Ansible
2 8 (1.51%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.38%) Argo
5 1 (0.19%) Ambari
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.19%) Kibana
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.19%) Puppet
5 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 143 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 67 (12.64%) Databricks
3 56 (10.57%) Oracle
4 29 (5.47%) Informatica
5 25 (4.72%) SAP
5 25 (4.72%) Talend
6 18 (3.40%) Dell
7 14 (2.64%) Foundry
8 13 (2.45%) NVIDIA
9 11 (2.08%) Ab Initio
9 11 (2.08%) Google
9 11 (2.08%) Hyperion
9 11 (2.08%) Palantir
10 9 (1.70%) GoldenSource
10 9 (1.70%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.70%) Software AG
11 6 (1.13%) Black Duck
11 6 (1.13%) Cloudera
11 6 (1.13%) MuleSoft
11 6 (1.13%) VMware