ETL Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 110 102
Rank change year-on-year -37 -8 +19
Permanent jobs citing ETL 349 904 1,330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.30% 2.67% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 2.92% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 254 792 908
10th Percentile £43,428 £39,166 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £51,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,991 £92,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.31% -6.92% +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

ETL salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ETL
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ETL over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

ETL salary histogram 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 38 (10.89%) Apache Spark
2 21 (6.02%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (5.44%) Apache
4 12 (3.44%) SharePoint
5 10 (2.87%) SAS
6 7 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.72%) Confluence
8 2 (0.57%) CMS
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.29%) Luigi
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 32 (9.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.43%) Trello
4 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.01%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (1.72%) Infor M3
3 4 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 145 (41.55%) Azure
2 119 (34.10%) Power Platform
3 94 (26.93%) AWS
4 64 (18.34%) Azure Data Factory
5 44 (12.61%) GCP
6 36 (10.32%) Snowflake
7 33 (9.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (8.02%) Serverless
9 22 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (6.30%) PaaS
9 22 (6.30%) Power Automate
10 20 (5.73%) Amazon S3
10 20 (5.73%) SaaS
11 19 (5.44%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (5.44%) GitHub
12 15 (4.30%) dbt
13 14 (4.01%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (3.72%) IaaS
15 12 (3.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.43%) HTTP
2 2 (0.57%) DHCP
2 2 (0.57%) DNS
2 2 (0.57%) VoIP
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (42.69%) Data Warehouse
2 118 (33.81%) Power BI
3 72 (20.63%) SQL Server
4 66 (18.91%) Data Lake
5 65 (18.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 41 (11.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 39 (11.17%) Big Data
8 36 (10.32%) NoSQL
9 33 (9.46%) Tableau
10 27 (7.74%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (6.88%) Hadoop
12 21 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
13 20 (5.73%) BigQuery
14 18 (5.16%) Metadata
14 18 (5.16%) Relational Database
15 13 (3.72%) Delta Lake
15 13 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
16 12 (3.44%) Power Query
17 11 (3.15%) Star Schema
18 10 (2.87%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 18 (5.16%) JIRA
2 16 (4.58%) Git
3 15 (4.30%) Visual Studio
4 10 (2.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 9 (2.58%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.43%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.86%) GitLab
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.57%) ERwin
8 2 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.57%) MLflow
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.29%) kappa
9 1 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 122 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 117 (33.52%) Finance
3 99 (28.37%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.17%) Law
5 32 (9.17%) Banking
6 25 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (6.88%) Marketing
8 17 (4.87%) Games
9 12 (3.44%) Legal
9 12 (3.44%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.87%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.87%) Retail
11 5 (1.43%) Billing
12 4 (1.15%) Advertising
13 3 (0.86%) Environmental Health
13 3 (0.86%) Police
14 2 (0.57%) Automotive
14 2 (0.57%) Aviation
14 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 120 (34.38%) Data Engineer
2 66 (18.91%) Senior
3 55 (15.76%) Developer
4 41 (11.75%) Senior Data Engineer
5 40 (11.46%) Analyst
6 36 (10.32%) Architect
7 31 (8.88%) Lead
8 23 (6.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 22 (6.30%) Data Manager
10 21 (6.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 20 (5.73%) Data Architect
12 18 (5.16%) ETL Developer
13 17 (4.87%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (4.58%) Power BI Developer
15 13 (3.72%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.72%) SQL Developer
16 12 (3.44%) Python Developer
17 11 (3.15%) Administrator
18 10 (2.87%) Business Developer
18 10 (2.87%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.02%) PySpark
2 27 (7.74%) Kafka
3 18 (5.16%) Pandas
4 16 (4.58%) JSON
5 10 (2.87%) .NET
6 9 (2.58%) PyArrow
7 6 (1.72%) RESTful
8 5 (1.43%) NumPy
8 5 (1.43%) Puppeteer
8 5 (1.43%) REST
8 5 (1.43%) Scrapy
9 4 (1.15%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.15%) PyTorch
9 4 (1.15%) SOAP
9 4 (1.15%) TensorFlow
9 4 (1.15%) Web Services
9 4 (1.15%) XML
10 3 (0.86%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.86%) React
10 3 (0.86%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 42 (12.03%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.16%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.87%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.87%) Social Media
6 8 (2.29%) Credit Risk
6 8 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.29%) Market Risk
6 8 (2.29%) NHS
7 6 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.72%) Mobile Games
8 5 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.15%) Data Fabric
9 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.86%) Reference Data
10 3 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.72%) Linux
2 11 (3.15%) Unix
3 4 (1.15%) Windows
4 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.57%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (44.41%) Analytics
1 155 (44.41%) Business Intelligence
2 122 (34.96%) Data Modelling
3 108 (30.95%) Data Pipeline
4 104 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
5 82 (23.50%) Agile
6 71 (20.34%) Data Engineering
7 66 (18.91%) Decision-Making
8 65 (18.62%) CI/CD
8 65 (18.62%) Visualisation
9 62 (17.77%) Data Science
10 55 (15.76%) Data Visualisation
11 53 (15.19%) Data Integration
12 52 (14.90%) Data Architecture
12 52 (14.90%) DevOps
13 50 (14.33%) Data Management
14 46 (13.18%) Data Governance
15 41 (11.75%) Mentoring
16 40 (11.46%) Data Strategy
16 40 (11.46%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 250 (71.63%) SQL
2 164 (46.99%) Python
3 45 (12.89%) T-SQL
4 30 (8.60%) Java
5 27 (7.74%) C#
6 25 (7.16%) PowerShell
7 23 (6.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 23 (6.59%) R
8 14 (4.01%) Bash
8 14 (4.01%) Scala
9 10 (2.87%) Go
9 10 (2.87%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.29%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.15%) Bicep
12 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.57%) C++
13 2 (0.57%) PHP
13 2 (0.57%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (17.19%) Degree
2 21 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.01%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.15%) AWS Certification
5 11 (3.15%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.58%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.58%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 5 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.15%) HND
9 4 (1.15%) SnowPro
10 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) IIBA
11 1 (0.29%) MBA
11 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (22.64%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.44%) GDPR
4 10 (2.87%) QA
5 9 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.01%) Basel II
6 7 (2.01%) Basel III
6 7 (2.01%) Dodd-Frank
6 7 (2.01%) IFRS
6 7 (2.01%) IFRS 9
7 6 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.72%) GxP
7 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.86%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.86%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.57%) Dublin Core
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (5.16%) Docker
2 13 (3.72%) HDFS
3 4 (1.15%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.58%) Terraform
3 6 (1.72%) Grafana
3 6 (1.72%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.43%) Ansible
5 2 (0.57%) SCCM
5 2 (0.57%) SCOM
6 1 (0.29%) Istio
Vendors
1 90 (25.79%) Microsoft
2 58 (16.62%) Databricks
3 30 (8.60%) Oracle
4 26 (7.45%) Google
5 24 (6.88%) SAP
6 15 (4.30%) Salesforce
7 14 (4.01%) Informatica
8 12 (3.44%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.72%) Infor
10 5 (1.43%) Teradata
11 4 (1.15%) Talend
11 4 (1.15%) Xero
11 4 (1.15%) Zoho
12 3 (0.86%) Aderant
13 2 (0.57%) Ab Initio
13 2 (0.57%) Aruba
13 2 (0.57%) Cloudera
13 2 (0.57%) Linksys
13 2 (0.57%) QAD
13 2 (0.57%) VMware