Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ETL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ETL over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 133 133
Rank change year-on-year -56 0 -11
Permanent jobs citing ETL 846 2,095 2,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.62% 2.13% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.48% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 567 1,478 1,904
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £60,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £99,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Process and 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ETL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ETL in the UK

ETL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ETL.

Salary trend for ETL in the UK

ETL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for ETL in the UK

ETL
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ETL within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -50 766 £62,500 - 726
UK excluding London -68 433 £55,000 - 320
London -34 354 £75,000 +3.45% 439
Work from Home -27 349 £65,000 +8.33% 434
North of England -83 123 £65,000 +19.27% 72
Midlands -12 105 £55,000 +3.16% 69
South East -23 104 £50,000 -20.00% 71
West Midlands -10 74 £55,000 - 46
Yorkshire +40 62 £65,000 +36.84% 22
North West -102 56 £57,500 +4.55% 44
East of England +28 37 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Scotland +7 32 £55,000 -8.33% 21
East Midlands +17 31 £48,500 +2.11% 20
South West +23 30 £48,918 -9.83% 55
North East -11 5 £72,500 +13.28% 6
Wales +11 3 £80,000 +53.55% 6

ETL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 91 (10.76%) Apache Spark
2 70 (8.27%) Apache
3 58 (6.86%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (2.96%) SAS
5 17 (2.01%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.54%) Confluence
7 10 (1.18%) Luigi
7 10 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 66 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.59%) SPSS
4 5 (0.59%) Trello
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (2.96%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.71%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.47%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.47%) Oracle BPM
3 4 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 380 (44.92%) Azure
2 274 (32.39%) AWS
3 262 (30.97%) Power Platform
4 158 (18.68%) Azure Data Factory
5 139 (16.43%) Snowflake
6 129 (15.25%) GCP
7 82 (9.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 61 (7.21%) dbt
9 60 (7.09%) Amazon S3
10 57 (6.74%) Serverless
11 45 (5.32%) Power Automate
12 41 (4.85%) SaaS
13 38 (4.49%) AWS Lambda
14 29 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
15 28 (3.31%) PaaS
16 25 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
17 24 (2.84%) PowerApps
18 23 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
19 21 (2.48%) GitHub
20 17 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.59%) HTTP
1 5 (0.59%) Internet
2 4 (0.47%) 5G
3 2 (0.24%) DHCP
3 2 (0.24%) DNS
3 2 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 358 (42.32%) Data Warehouse
2 258 (30.50%) Power BI
3 157 (18.56%) Data Lake
4 140 (16.55%) SQL Server
5 110 (13.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 99 (11.70%) Big Data
7 88 (10.40%) NoSQL
8 78 (9.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 68 (8.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 66 (7.80%) Tableau
11 56 (6.62%) Hadoop
11 56 (6.62%) Metadata
12 48 (5.67%) Azure SQL Database
12 48 (5.67%) BigQuery
13 44 (5.20%) Relational Database
14 33 (3.90%) Power Query
15 31 (3.66%) MySQL
16 29 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
17 24 (2.84%) Apache Hive
17 24 (2.84%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 51 (6.03%) Git
2 34 (4.02%) JIRA
3 28 (3.31%) Eclipse
4 26 (3.07%) Eclipse RCP
5 24 (2.84%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 14 (1.65%) Jenkins
8 13 (1.54%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.95%) MLflow
10 7 (0.83%) ERwin
11 6 (0.71%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.59%) GitLab
13 4 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
14 3 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 2 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
15 2 (0.24%) JUnit
15 2 (0.24%) Spinnaker
15 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 266 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 215 (25.41%) Finance
3 209 (24.70%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (9.93%) Law
5 47 (5.56%) Banking
6 41 (4.85%) Marketing
7 37 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 29 (3.43%) Legal
10 25 (2.96%) Retail
11 21 (2.48%) Manufacturing
12 16 (1.89%) Games
13 12 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.30%) Advertising
15 10 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.71%) Billing
17 6 (0.71%) Front Office
18 5 (0.59%) Automotive
18 5 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 297 (35.11%) Data Engineer
2 157 (18.56%) Senior
3 128 (15.13%) Developer
4 98 (11.58%) Lead
5 84 (9.93%) Senior Data Engineer
6 77 (9.10%) Architect
7 63 (7.45%) Analyst
8 48 (5.67%) Software Engineer
9 47 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 44 (5.20%) Consultant
11 40 (4.73%) Data Architect
11 40 (4.73%) Data Manager
12 31 (3.66%) Lead Data Engineer
12 31 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
13 28 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 28 (3.31%) Junior
14 25 (2.96%) AWS Engineer
15 24 (2.84%) AWS Data Engineer
15 24 (2.84%) Data Consultant
16 23 (2.72%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.16%) PySpark
2 47 (5.56%) Kafka
3 34 (4.02%) REST
4 28 (3.31%) Middleware
5 27 (3.19%) HTML
6 26 (3.07%) CSS
6 26 (3.07%) JSP
7 24 (2.84%) JSON
8 23 (2.72%) Pandas
9 21 (2.48%) XML
10 19 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (2.13%) .NET
12 16 (1.89%) React
12 16 (1.89%) Web Services
13 12 (1.42%) SOAP
14 11 (1.30%) GraphQL
14 11 (1.30%) RESTful
15 10 (1.18%) PyTorch
15 10 (1.18%) Redux
15 10 (1.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.27%) Data Structures
2 55 (6.50%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.73%) Legacy Systems
4 35 (4.14%) Product Ownership
5 29 (3.43%) Cloud Native
6 22 (2.60%) Algorithms
7 16 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.18%) Credit Risk
11 10 (1.18%) Social Media
12 8 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.95%) IoT
12 8 (0.95%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.95%) Market Risk
12 8 (0.95%) NHS
13 6 (0.71%) Data Fabric
13 6 (0.71%) FMCG
13 6 (0.71%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.56%) Linux
2 34 (4.02%) Windows
3 16 (1.89%) Unix
4 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.24%) SUSE
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (43.62%) Business Intelligence
2 366 (43.26%) Analytics
3 312 (36.88%) Data Modelling
4 279 (32.98%) Data Pipeline
5 249 (29.43%) Data Engineering
6 231 (27.30%) Problem-Solving
7 181 (21.39%) Visualisation
8 177 (20.92%) Agile
9 160 (18.91%) Data Governance
10 157 (18.56%) CI/CD
11 137 (16.19%) Data Management
12 135 (15.96%) Decision-Making
13 129 (15.25%) DevOps
14 126 (14.89%) Data Science
15 123 (14.54%) Data Integration
15 123 (14.54%) Data Visualisation
16 118 (13.95%) Data Architecture
17 117 (13.83%) Mentoring
18 109 (12.88%) Migration
19 108 (12.77%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 623 (73.64%) SQL
2 438 (51.77%) Python
3 92 (10.87%) Java
4 81 (9.57%) T-SQL
5 66 (7.80%) C#
6 56 (6.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 46 (5.44%) Scala
8 41 (4.85%) R
9 39 (4.61%) PL/SQL
10 38 (4.49%) PowerShell
11 23 (2.72%) Ada
11 23 (2.72%) Rust
12 20 (2.36%) JavaScript
13 16 (1.89%) Bash
14 12 (1.42%) MATLAB
15 10 (1.18%) Go
16 8 (0.95%) SPARQL
17 7 (0.83%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.83%) TypeScript
18 6 (0.71%) PHP
Qualifications
1 184 (21.75%) Degree
2 60 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (4.37%) Azure Certification
4 36 (4.26%) Security Cleared
5 31 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (3.66%) SC Cleared
6 29 (3.43%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.77%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.65%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.95%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.71%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 5 (0.59%) ACCA
13 5 (0.59%) CIMA
14 4 (0.47%) HND
14 4 (0.47%) PhD
14 4 (0.47%) PMP
14 4 (0.47%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (21.87%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.15%) Accessibility
3 46 (5.44%) GDPR
4 44 (5.20%) QA
5 9 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.06%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.83%) Basel II
6 7 (0.83%) Basel III
6 7 (0.83%) Dodd-Frank
6 7 (0.83%) IFRS
6 7 (0.83%) IFRS 9
7 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.71%) GxP
8 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.24%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (4.61%) Docker
2 14 (1.65%) HDFS
3 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.59%) Apache Flume
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 40 (4.73%) Terraform
3 10 (1.18%) Grafana
3 10 (1.18%) Prometheus
4 7 (0.83%) Ansible
5 5 (0.59%) Oozie
6 2 (0.24%) SCCM
6 2 (0.24%) SCOM
7 1 (0.12%) Istio
7 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 172 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 145 (17.14%) Databricks
3 103 (12.17%) Oracle
4 53 (6.26%) Google
5 48 (5.67%) Informatica
6 33 (3.90%) SAP
7 23 (2.72%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.48%) Alteryx
9 13 (1.54%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.30%) Talend
11 8 (0.95%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.71%) Aderant
12 6 (0.71%) Infor
13 5 (0.59%) Intel
13 5 (0.59%) Teradata
13 5 (0.59%) Vertica
14 4 (0.47%) Palantir
14 4 (0.47%) StreamSets
14 4 (0.47%) Xero
14 4 (0.47%) Zoho