Hybrid/Remote Data Ingestion Contract Job Trends

Data Ingestion
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Ingestion skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 240 268
Rank change year-on-year +4 +28 +89
Contract jobs citing Data Ingestion 144 65 59
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 0.67% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.73% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 51 41
10th Percentile £400 £409 £425
25th Percentile £450 £453 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -1.90% -16.00%
75th Percentile £656 £617 £638
90th Percentile £738 £675 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +9.95% -19.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,279 8,939 10,905
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.35% 92.42% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,690 5,936 6,876
10th Percentile £355 £325 £325
25th Percentile £428 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 765 280 272
10th Percentile £15.82 £12.98 £19.63
25th Percentile £30.00 £20.50 £31.13
Median hourly rate £48.84 £35.70 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.83% -16.99% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £82.40 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

Data Ingestion
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Ingestion and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Ingestion job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Ingestion
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion

Data Ingestion
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Data Ingestion daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Ingestion
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Ingestion

Data Ingestion
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (5.56%) Apache
2 6 (4.17%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.47%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.08%) Confluence
5 2 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (1.39%) nginx
6 1 (0.69%) Apache Pig
6 1 (0.69%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.69%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 5 (3.47%) NetSuite
1 5 (3.47%) Sage X3
2 3 (2.08%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.39%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.69%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 47 (32.64%) Azure
2 29 (20.14%) AWS
3 20 (13.89%) Power Platform
4 19 (13.19%) GitHub
5 18 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (11.81%) GCP
7 16 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (11.11%) Snowflake
8 15 (10.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (9.72%) dbt
10 13 (9.03%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (5.56%) Entra ID
12 7 (4.86%) Azure Databricks
12 7 (4.86%) Serverless
13 6 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (3.47%) Anthropic Claude
14 5 (3.47%) Azure AKS
14 5 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (3.47%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.78%) Broadband
2 3 (2.08%) HTTP
3 1 (0.69%) Firewall
3 1 (0.69%) IPsec
3 1 (0.69%) Network Security
3 1 (0.69%) NGFW
3 1 (0.69%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.36%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (14.58%) Data Lake
3 19 (13.19%) Metadata
3 19 (13.19%) Power BI
4 13 (9.03%) BigQuery
5 8 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (5.56%) Big Data
5 8 (5.56%) Delta Lake
6 6 (4.17%) Snowflake Schema
6 6 (4.17%) Star Schema
7 5 (3.47%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.78%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (2.08%) Power Query
9 3 (2.08%) SQL Server
9 3 (2.08%) Tableau
10 2 (1.39%) Data Hub
10 2 (1.39%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Git
2 4 (2.78%) JIRA
3 3 (2.08%) Postman
4 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.69%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.69%) GitLab
5 1 (0.69%) MLflow
5 1 (0.69%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.69%) RStudio
5 1 (0.69%) Selenium
5 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.92%) Finance
3 22 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.56%) Marketing
6 7 (4.86%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.17%) Banking
7 6 (4.17%) Billing
8 5 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.78%) Legal
9 4 (2.78%) Publishing
10 3 (2.08%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.08%) Retail
11 2 (1.39%) Back Office
11 2 (1.39%) German Language
11 2 (1.39%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.69%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 25 (17.36%) Architect
3 22 (15.28%) Senior
4 16 (11.11%) Developer
5 14 (9.72%) Data Architect
6 9 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (6.25%) Software Engineer
7 7 (4.86%) Analyst
7 7 (4.86%) Consultant
7 7 (4.86%) Machine Learning Engineer
7 7 (4.86%) Senior Data Engineer
7 7 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Data Engineer
8 6 (4.17%) Databricks Engineer
8 6 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (4.17%) Snowflake Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 5 (3.47%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.47%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.58%) REST
2 15 (10.42%) Terraform
3 12 (8.33%) Kafka
4 9 (6.25%) PySpark
5 6 (4.17%) JSON
5 6 (4.17%) PyTorch
6 5 (3.47%) .NET
6 5 (3.47%) TensorFlow
7 4 (2.78%) LangChain
7 4 (2.78%) Model Context Protocol
7 4 (2.78%) React
7 4 (2.78%) SOAP
7 4 (2.78%) Spring
7 4 (2.78%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.08%) FastAPI
8 3 (2.08%) LangGraph
8 3 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (2.08%) SailPoint
8 3 (2.08%) SAP CAF
8 3 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.19%) Cloud Native
2 16 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.94%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.56%) AI Agents
5 7 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.08%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.08%) Clustering
9 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.08%) SCADA
9 3 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
10 2 (1.39%) BYOD
10 2 (1.39%) Data Fabric
10 2 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.39%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (1.39%) Reference Data
11 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.78%) Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.44%) Data Pipeline
2 56 (38.89%) Data Engineering
3 54 (37.50%) ETL
4 51 (35.42%) Data Modelling
5 48 (33.33%) Analytics
6 46 (31.94%) CI/CD
7 38 (26.39%) AI
8 29 (20.14%) Data Transformation
9 27 (18.75%) DevOps
10 26 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (18.06%) Machine Learning
11 23 (15.97%) Agile
12 22 (15.28%) Observability
12 22 (15.28%) Validation
13 21 (14.58%) Data Architecture
13 21 (14.58%) Data Governance
13 21 (14.58%) Software Engineering
13 21 (14.58%) Use Case
14 20 (13.89%) Data Integration
15 19 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 62 (43.06%) Python
2 48 (33.33%) SQL
3 10 (6.94%) Java
3 10 (6.94%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.25%) C#
5 6 (4.17%) Scala
6 5 (3.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (3.47%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (2.78%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.08%) Bash
8 3 (2.08%) Bicep
8 3 (2.08%) R
9 1 (0.69%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.69%) PROC SQL
9 1 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.47%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.78%) Degree
5 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.39%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.69%) PhD
6 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.69%) PMP
6 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (30.56%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.17%) NIST
2 6 (4.17%) QA
3 5 (3.47%) NCSC
4 3 (2.08%) GDPR
5 2 (1.39%) COPPA
5 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.39%) SLA
6 1 (0.69%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.86%) Docker
2 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.69%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 15 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.08%) Grafana
3 2 (1.39%) Ansible
3 2 (1.39%) Kibana
3 2 (1.39%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.39%) QRadar
4 1 (0.69%) Control-M
4 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (20.14%) Databricks
2 26 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.56%) Google
5 6 (4.17%) Oracle
6 5 (3.47%) PagerDuty
6 5 (3.47%) Sage
6 5 (3.47%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.47%) Splunk
7 4 (2.78%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.78%) SAP
8 3 (2.08%) Adobe
9 2 (1.39%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.39%) Foundry
9 2 (1.39%) IBM
9 2 (1.39%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.39%) SimCorp
10 1 (0.69%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.69%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud