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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 276 260
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 +79
Permanent jobs citing Data Integration 543 550 670
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.03% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.13% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 315 259 474
10th Percentile £48,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £115,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -0.87%

All Process & 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Integration in the UK

Data Integration
Top 15 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 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +11 419 £70,000 +7.69% 270
UK excluding London +42 295 £62,500 +4.17% 239
Work from Home +23 228 £65,000 -8.45% 125
London +33 194 £80,000 +17.65% 73
South East -12 89 £62,500 - 80
Scotland +58 71 £75,000 +50.00% 10
Midlands +34 61 £62,000 -2.75% 41
North of England -11 43 £65,000 +18.18% 45
West Midlands +15 37 £60,000 -5.88% 20
East Midlands +11 24 £75,000 +7.53% 21
Yorkshire -19 22 £65,000 +10.38% 19
North West +8 18 £65,000 +18.63% 20
South West +6 17 £62,600 -3.69% 27
East of England +31 14 £55,000 -12.00% 29
North East +11 3 £51,000 -32.00% 6

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 22 (4.05%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (3.87%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.58%) Apache
4 10 (1.84%) CMS
5 7 (1.29%) SAS
6 6 (1.10%) Smallworld
7 5 (0.92%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.74%) Appian
9 3 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.37%) Confluence
11 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.95%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (2.95%) Oracle Payables
1 16 (2.95%) Oracle Receivables
2 14 (2.58%) Hyperion Planning
2 14 (2.58%) Oracle Assets
2 14 (2.58%) Oracle Financials
2 14 (2.58%) Oracle General Ledger
3 10 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.29%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.37%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.18%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 212 (39.04%) Azure
2 104 (19.15%) Power Platform
3 84 (15.47%) AWS
4 70 (12.89%) SaaS
5 69 (12.71%) Snowflake
6 52 (9.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 46 (8.47%) GitHub
8 44 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (7.00%) GCP
10 31 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (4.60%) GitHub Copilot
12 24 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 22 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 21 (3.87%) Power Automate
15 20 (3.68%) dbt
16 18 (3.31%) Amazon S3
17 15 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
17 15 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (2.76%) OpenShift
18 14 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.47%) MQTT
2 6 (1.10%) WinSCP
3 5 (0.92%) Modbus
4 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.37%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.18%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (29.10%) Data Warehouse
2 88 (16.21%) Power BI
3 81 (14.92%) Data Lake
4 52 (9.58%) Metadata
5 49 (9.02%) SQL Server
6 34 (6.26%) NoSQL
7 33 (6.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 27 (4.97%) Relational Database
9 26 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
10 22 (4.05%) Pentaho
11 21 (3.87%) Big Data
12 19 (3.50%) DynamoDB
12 19 (3.50%) MongoDB
12 19 (3.50%) MySQL
13 14 (2.58%) Essbase
13 14 (2.58%) Hadoop
14 13 (2.39%) RDBMS
14 13 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 11 (2.03%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.95%) ERwin
2 15 (2.76%) Git
3 14 (2.58%) Oracle Forms
4 13 (2.39%) JIRA
5 10 (1.84%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.92%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.92%) Selenium
7 4 (0.74%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.74%) Snyk
8 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
9 2 (0.37%) Postman
10 1 (0.18%) NUnit
10 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 206 (37.94%) Social Skills
2 192 (35.36%) Finance
3 132 (24.31%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.29%) Manufacturing
5 36 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.42%) Law
7 20 (3.68%) Banking
7 20 (3.68%) Retail
8 17 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.76%) Marketing
10 13 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.66%) Back Office
12 9 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.47%) Legal
14 7 (1.29%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.92%) Local Government
15 5 (0.92%) Publishing
16 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 141 (25.97%) Architect
2 97 (17.86%) Data Architect
3 74 (13.63%) Developer
4 66 (12.15%) Data Engineer
5 62 (11.42%) Senior
6 53 (9.76%) Lead
7 45 (8.29%) Analyst
8 32 (5.89%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (5.16%) Data Manager
10 26 (4.79%) Consultant
11 24 (4.42%) Senior Data Engineer
12 20 (3.68%) Integration Architect
13 19 (3.50%) Sales Manager
14 18 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (3.13%) Lead Architect
16 16 (2.95%) Integration Manager
17 15 (2.76%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 15 (2.76%) Integration Engineer
17 15 (2.76%) Lead Data Architect
18 14 (2.58%) Data Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.08%) REST
2 30 (5.52%) Middleware
3 28 (5.16%) JSON
4 19 (3.50%) .NET
5 18 (3.31%) RESTful
5 18 (3.31%) XML
6 17 (3.13%) Kafka
6 17 (3.13%) OAuth
7 16 (2.95%) OAuth2
8 14 (2.58%) SOAP
9 11 (2.03%) Keras
9 11 (2.03%) PyTorch
9 11 (2.03%) TensorFlow
10 9 (1.66%) Web Services
11 8 (1.47%) Apache NiFi
12 7 (1.29%) HTML
12 7 (1.29%) PySpark
12 7 (1.29%) SAP CO-PA
13 6 (1.10%) EDI
13 6 (1.10%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.13%) Management Information System
2 43 (7.92%) Data Structures
3 37 (6.81%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.79%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.05%) Legacy Systems
6 20 (3.68%) Low-Code
7 19 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.76%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (2.21%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.21%) IoT
11 11 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.47%) Smart Energy
14 7 (1.29%) SCADA
15 6 (1.10%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.92%) Fixed Income
16 5 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
16 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.03%) Unix
2 8 (1.47%) Windows
3 7 (1.29%) Linux
4 6 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (47.88%) Analytics
2 230 (42.36%) Data Modelling
3 180 (33.15%) ETL
4 177 (32.60%) Agile
5 174 (32.04%) Data Engineering
6 156 (28.73%) Data Governance
7 136 (25.05%) Data Pipeline
8 130 (23.94%) Data Architecture
9 126 (23.20%) AI
10 119 (21.92%) Business Intelligence
11 118 (21.73%) Data Management
12 115 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (19.52%) Coaching
14 93 (17.13%) DevOps
15 90 (16.57%) Roadmaps
16 88 (16.21%) Stakeholder Management
17 87 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
18 76 (14.00%) CI/CD
18 76 (14.00%) Decision-Making
19 74 (13.63%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 225 (41.44%) SQL
2 113 (20.81%) Python
3 38 (7.00%) Java
4 29 (5.34%) C#
5 18 (3.31%) Groovy
5 18 (3.31%) T-SQL
6 16 (2.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.58%) Bicep
8 12 (2.21%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.66%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.47%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.47%) Scala
11 7 (1.29%) VBA
12 6 (1.10%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.92%) Bash
14 4 (0.74%) R
14 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.55%) C
15 3 (0.55%) Fortran
15 3 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 83 (15.29%) Degree
2 46 (8.47%) Master's Degree
3 45 (8.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (7.92%) Security Cleared
5 29 (5.34%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.95%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.84%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.84%) PMP
8 5 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.92%) CITP
9 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.74%) MBA
9 4 (0.74%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.55%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.37%) HNC
11 2 (0.37%) HND
11 2 (0.37%) MCSE
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.37%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (18.97%) Data Quality
2 60 (11.05%) Accessibility
3 44 (8.10%) GDPR
4 7 (1.29%) QA
5 6 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.10%) WCAG
6 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.92%) MiFID
7 4 (0.74%) SLA
8 3 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.55%) GxP
8 3 (0.55%) IFRS
9 2 (0.37%) COREP
9 2 (0.37%) FINREP
9 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (1.47%) Docker
2 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (4.79%) Terraform
2 9 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.29%) Control-M
3 7 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.10%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Ambari
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.18%) Puppet
6 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 119 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 67 (12.34%) Oracle
3 61 (11.23%) Databricks
4 36 (6.63%) SAP
5 34 (6.26%) Informatica
6 26 (4.79%) Talend
7 18 (3.31%) Foundry
8 17 (3.13%) Hyperion
9 16 (2.95%) Dell
10 14 (2.58%) Ab Initio
10 14 (2.58%) Palantir
11 13 (2.39%) Salesforce
11 13 (2.39%) Software AG
12 11 (2.03%) NVIDIA
13 9 (1.66%) Google
14 6 (1.10%) Anaplan
14 6 (1.10%) Charles River
14 6 (1.10%) IBM
14 6 (1.10%) MuleSoft
14 6 (1.10%) Planon