Extract, Transform and Load (ETL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ETL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 167 134
Rank change year-on-year -20 -33 -5
Permanent jobs citing ETL 1,005 839 2,074
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.93% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 2.07% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 717 556 1,466
10th Percentile £44,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,250
Median % change year-on-year - +7.88% -7.31%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

All Process & 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 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,446 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

ETL
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ETL job vacancy trend in the UK

ETL
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ETL

ETL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ETL over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

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 9 May 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 +4 925 £65,000 - 350
UK excluding London -10 510 £60,000 +4.35% 221
London +11 417 £75,000 - 164
Work from Home +11 339 £62,000 -4.62% 170
South East +11 141 £62,500 +13.64% 64
North of England -51 127 £60,000 -7.69% 68
Midlands -35 108 £60,000 +9.09% 43
West Midlands -20 88 £60,000 +9.09% 31
North West -4 69 £55,000 -4.35% 39
East of England +14 58 £62,500 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire -63 45 £72,500 +9.43% 19
South West -31 44 £55,000 +4.76% 24
Scotland -13 28 £82,500 +32.00% 8
East Midlands -34 20 £57,000 +17.53% 12
North East -37 13 £68,000 -6.21% 10
Wales -26 6 £55,000 -31.25% 6

ETL
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
1 151 (15.02%) Apache Airflow
2 116 (11.54%) Apache Spark
3 92 (9.15%) Apache
4 19 (1.89%) SAS
5 18 (1.79%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.29%) Confluence
7 12 (1.19%) Appian
8 7 (0.70%) Oracle Application Server
9 5 (0.50%) IIS
10 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 2 (0.20%) Luigi
10 2 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.100%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.100%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.100%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.100%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.100%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.100%) Notion
Business Applications
1 16 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.90%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.70%) Markit EDM
5 6 (0.60%) NEC Housing
6 5 (0.50%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.40%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.30%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.30%) Misys Opics
9 2 (0.20%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.20%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.100%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.100%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.100%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.100%) Primavera
10 1 (0.100%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 504 (50.15%) Azure
2 311 (30.95%) AWS
3 288 (28.66%) Power Platform
4 188 (18.71%) Azure Data Factory
5 144 (14.33%) GCP
6 129 (12.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 108 (10.75%) Snowflake
8 98 (9.75%) dbt
9 95 (9.45%) Amazon S3
10 83 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
11 60 (5.97%) Serverless
12 48 (4.78%) GitHub
13 40 (3.98%) AWS Lambda
13 40 (3.98%) Power Automate
14 37 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
14 37 (3.68%) SaaS
15 26 (2.59%) OpenShift
16 24 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
17 20 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.99%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.70%) Broadband
2 6 (0.60%) WinSCP
3 2 (0.20%) 4G
3 2 (0.20%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 324 (32.24%) Data Warehouse
2 275 (27.36%) Power BI
3 167 (16.62%) Data Lake
4 132 (13.13%) SQL Server
5 97 (9.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 94 (9.35%) Tableau
7 80 (7.96%) Relational Database
8 75 (7.46%) BigQuery
8 75 (7.46%) Metadata
9 72 (7.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 47 (4.68%) Snowflake Schema
11 45 (4.48%) Delta Lake
12 43 (4.28%) NoSQL
13 42 (4.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 41 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
14 41 (4.08%) Big Data
15 40 (3.98%) Spark SQL
16 39 (3.88%) Oracle Database
17 36 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
18 34 (3.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 114 (11.34%) Git
2 39 (3.88%) MLflow
3 32 (3.18%) JIRA
4 25 (2.49%) IBM UrbanCode
5 18 (1.79%) Postman
6 7 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.30%) GitLab
8 3 (0.30%) JMeter
8 3 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.20%) DBeaver
9 2 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.20%) TestDirector
9 2 (0.20%) Toad
9 2 (0.20%) Yeoman
9 2 (0.20%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.100%) LoadRunner
General
1 317 (31.54%) Finance
2 282 (28.06%) Social Skills
3 246 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (7.36%) Banking
5 61 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 52 (5.17%) Legal
7 44 (4.38%) Law
8 34 (3.38%) Investment Banking
9 31 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
11 23 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (1.79%) Retail
14 16 (1.59%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.29%) Marketing
16 12 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (1.09%) Advertising
18 7 (0.70%) Billing
19 6 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
20 5 (0.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 424 (42.19%) Data Engineer
2 193 (19.20%) Senior
3 119 (11.84%) Lead
4 110 (10.95%) Analyst
4 110 (10.95%) Senior Data Engineer
5 96 (9.55%) Developer
6 70 (6.97%) Architect
7 59 (5.87%) Data Analyst
8 56 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
9 50 (4.98%) Data Architect
10 48 (4.78%) AWS Engineer
11 42 (4.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 41 (4.08%) Azure Data Engineer
13 40 (3.98%) Lead Data Engineer
14 39 (3.88%) Data Manager
15 38 (3.78%) AWS Data Engineer
16 25 (2.49%) Banking Analyst
17 24 (2.39%) Business Analyst
17 24 (2.39%) Consultant
17 24 (2.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (11.44%) PySpark
2 84 (8.36%) Kafka
3 54 (5.37%) REST
4 41 (4.08%) Pandas
5 39 (3.88%) RESTful
6 38 (3.78%) PyTorch
7 37 (3.68%) TensorFlow
8 35 (3.48%) scikit-learn
9 30 (2.99%) Swagger
10 29 (2.89%) .NET
11 28 (2.79%) JSON
11 28 (2.79%) OpenAPI
12 26 (2.59%) LangChain
13 23 (2.29%) LlamaIndex
13 23 (2.29%) pgvector
14 21 (2.09%) OAuth
15 19 (1.89%) NumPy
16 17 (1.69%) pytest
16 17 (1.69%) Web Services
17 16 (1.59%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.16%) Cloud Native
2 57 (5.67%) Data Structures
3 46 (4.58%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.99%) Low-Code
7 26 (2.59%) Public Cloud
8 23 (2.29%) Clustering
9 17 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.29%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.09%) Distributed Computing
14 11 (1.09%) Reference Data
14 11 (1.09%) Replication
15 8 (0.80%) Virtual Team
16 7 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.19%) Windows
2 6 (0.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.100%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (49.35%) Analytics
2 490 (48.76%) Data Modelling
3 467 (46.47%) Data Pipeline
4 426 (42.39%) Data Engineering
5 358 (35.62%) Business Intelligence
6 278 (27.66%) Data Governance
7 274 (27.26%) CI/CD
8 242 (24.08%) Decision-Making
9 238 (23.68%) Agile
10 233 (23.18%) AI
11 225 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
12 196 (19.50%) DevOps
13 172 (17.11%) Data Integration
14 149 (14.83%) Data Science
15 139 (13.83%) Machine Learning
16 128 (12.74%) Data Architecture
17 122 (12.14%) Visualisation
18 120 (11.94%) Validation
19 113 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
20 109 (10.85%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 751 (74.73%) SQL
2 581 (57.81%) Python
3 55 (5.47%) Java
4 50 (4.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 50 (4.98%) Scala
5 33 (3.28%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.08%) T-SQL
7 27 (2.69%) C#
8 24 (2.39%) VBA
9 19 (1.89%) Bash
9 19 (1.89%) JavaScript
9 19 (1.89%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.59%) R
11 13 (1.29%) Bicep
11 13 (1.29%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.09%) C++
13 6 (0.60%) Groovy
13 6 (0.60%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.30%) PHP
15 1 (0.100%) Perl
Qualifications
1 110 (10.95%) Degree
2 76 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 49 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (3.88%) SC Cleared
5 19 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.49%) ACCA
6 15 (1.49%) CIMA
6 15 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.70%) CITP
10 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (0.40%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.40%) PMP
12 3 (0.30%) CAPM
13 2 (0.20%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 353 (35.12%) Data Quality
2 101 (10.05%) GDPR
3 37 (3.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 31 (3.08%) QA
5 20 (1.99%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.69%) HIPAA
7 11 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.90%) IFRS
9 7 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.60%) NIST
11 5 (0.50%) IFRS 17
11 5 (0.50%) Solvency II
12 4 (0.40%) GAAP
13 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.20%) GRC
15 1 (0.100%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.100%) MiFID
15 1 (0.100%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.100%) SLA
15 1 (0.100%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 34 (3.38%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (7.86%) Terraform
2 33 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.60%) Control-M
3 6 (0.60%) Grafana
4 2 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.100%) Ansible
Vendors
1 209 (20.80%) Databricks
2 190 (18.91%) Microsoft
3 109 (10.85%) Oracle
4 70 (6.97%) Informatica
5 59 (5.87%) SAP
6 44 (4.38%) Talend
7 33 (3.28%) Cloudera
8 30 (2.99%) Salesforce
9 25 (2.49%) Google
9 25 (2.49%) Red Hat
10 23 (2.29%) Dell
11 20 (1.99%) OpenAI
12 12 (1.19%) Automation Anywhere
12 12 (1.19%) UiPath
13 11 (1.09%) Ab Initio
13 11 (1.09%) MuleSoft
13 11 (1.09%) Palantir
14 8 (0.80%) Alteryx
14 8 (0.80%) Foundry
14 8 (0.80%) ServiceNow