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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	229	234	281
Rank change year-on-year	+5	+47	+83
Contract jobs citing Data Ingestion	154	74	55
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options	1.13%	0.76%	0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.24%	0.82%	0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	92	51	39
10^th Percentile	£402	£409	£417
25^th Percentile	£450	£475	£478
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£531	£565	£513
Median % change year-on-year	-6.02%	+10.24%	-18.00%
75^th Percentile	£653	£640	£628
90^th Percentile	£738	£738	£750
UK median daily rate	£510	£550	£500
% change year-on-year	-7.27%	+10.00%	-20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£50.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£54.38	-	-
90^th Percentile	£57.00	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£62.45	£58.75	£28.50
% change year-on-year	+6.30%	+106.14%	-62.00%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	12,458	8,995	10,853
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option	91.08%	91.91%	88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	7,846	5,983	6,833
10^th Percentile	£355	£325	£325
25^th Percentile	£425	£413	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£513	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+2.44%	-2.38%	-0.94%
75^th Percentile	£625	£623	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£725	£750
UK median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	803	289	233
10^th Percentile	£15.81	£13.85	£18.50
25^th Percentile	£28.00	£20.50	£26.25
Median hourly rate	£46.80	£35.50	£43.00
Median % change year-on-year	+31.83%	-17.44%	-18.10%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£65.00	£67.02
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£67.60	£75.00
UK median hourly rate	£37.02	£25.08	£38.50
% change year-on-year	+47.64%	-34.87%	-10.81%

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 Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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 22 October 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.

Data Ingestion Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Ingestion also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options and a requirement for Data Ingestion.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Pipeline	48.7%	75
2	Python	46.8%	72
3	Data Engineering	43.5%	67
4	ETL	40.3%	62
5	Data Modelling	39.6%	61
6	SQL	37.7%	58
7	CI/CD	37.0%	57
8	Data Quality	34.4%	53
9	Analytics	33.1%	51
9	Azure	33.1%	51
11	AI	27.9%	43
12	DevOps	24.0%	37
13	Data Transformation	22.7%	35
13	Security Cleared	22.7%	35
15	AWS	21.4%	33
16	Data Warehouse	20.8%	32
17	Databricks	20.1%	31
18	Validation	19.5%	30
19	Microsoft	18.8%	29
20	Agile	17.5%	27
20	Data Governance	17.5%	27
20	Machine Learning	17.5%	27
23	Business Intelligence	16.9%	26
23	Data Integration	16.9%	26
25	REST	16.2%	25
26	Problem-Solving	15.6%	24
26	SC Cleared	15.6%	24
28	Metadata	14.9%	23
29	Observability	14.3%	22
30	Data Architecture	13.6%	21

Data Ingestion Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Pipeline	48.7%	75
2	Data Engineering	43.5%	67
3	ETL	40.3%	62
4	Data Modelling	39.6%	61
5	CI/CD	37.0%	57
6	Analytics	33.1%	51
7	AI	27.9%	43
8	DevOps	24.0%	37
9	Data Transformation	22.7%	35
10	Validation	19.5%	30
11	Agile	17.5%	27
11	Data Governance	17.5%	27
11	Machine Learning	17.5%	27
14	Business Intelligence	16.9%	26
14	Data Integration	16.9%	26
16	Problem-Solving	15.6%	24
17	Observability	14.3%	22
18	Data Architecture	13.6%	21
18	Migration	13.6%	21
18	Software Engineering	13.6%	21